Scot and Maurine Proctor are joined today by Daniel C. Peterson, retired professor of Islamic Studies and leader of the Middle Eastern texts project at Brigham Young University. He has studied and taught in Israel and Egypt, is the editor of The Interpreter Journal, the author of several books, and the producer of two recent films, Witnesses of the Book of Mormon and Undaunted. His knowledge is vast, and this podcast sheds light on Exodus 7-13 that you may not have realized before.

In Egypt, there are more gods than you can count, and Jehovah makes it clear that not only is He God, but He is the only one who can deliver the covenant people out of bondage. Moses is gradually transformed from one who quakes to think of going before Pharoah to one who has the spiritual strength to lead an enormous group of people into a barren desert and part the Red Sea, with confidence that God is with him.

We had fun talking about this important scriptural moment and everything that is layered into the scripture. We hope you will join us today. A transcript is not available for this podcast.

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Scot and Maurine Proctor
After receiving her education from University of Utah and Harvard, Maurine Jensen Proctor, the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Meridian Magazine, began her writing career with McGraw Hill Magazines and the Chicago Sun-Times. She has created award-winning television documentaries, has written a radio show for more than six years that played on 300 radio stations, and was a long-time writer of The Spoken Word for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She, and her husband, Scot, have written several books together, including Witness of the Light, Source of the Light, Light from the Dust and The Gathering. They also edited a new version of Lucy Mack Smith's biography of her son called The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother and The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. They were formerly the editors of This People magazine. Maurine has been a part-time Institute teacher for the past 13 years and is the mother of eleven children and grandmother of three.
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