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12-11-2025
The Interpreter Foundation Podcast — December 9, 2025
Books and materials to aid Old Testament Study
Kevin's 2004 FARMS Review Article "The Deuteronomist De-Christianizing of the Old Testament"

Terry Hutchinson

Kevin Christensen

Mark Johnson
In the December 9 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson discuss books and materials to aid Old Testament Study and Kevin’s 2004 FARMS Review Article “The Deuteronomist De-Christianizing of the Old Testament”. The audio track is also included in our podcast feed (https://cms.interpreterfoundation.org/feed/podcast).
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Kevin Christensen has been a technical writer since 1984, since 2004 working in Pittsburgh, PA. He has a B.A. in English from San Jose State University. He has published articles in Dialogue, Sunstone, the FARMS Review of Books, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Insights, the Meridian Magazine, the FARMS Occasional Papers, Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem, Interpreter, Square Two, FairMormon, and in collaboration with Margaret Barker, an essay in Joseph Smith Jr.: Reappraisals after Two Centuries. He lives with his wife Shauna in Canonsburg, PA.

Mark J. Johnson is an independent researcher and Interpreter Foundation volunteer who helps with the production of the Interpreter radio show. He has a degree in Marketing Management from Western Governor’s University. He has papers published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, and the Review of Books on the Book of Mormon. His interests include scripture study, family history, woodworking, and 1950s-era rock and roll. Mark lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, Melissa and two children.

