This morning I was looking around for my Friday BYU TV Study and came across a mini-series entitled Joseph.  It is fantastic.  It plays every day at 3AM (which really isn’t a problem with the online version… you can watch it whenever).

When I was a missionary one of the most profound testimony building experiences of my mission was listening to Truman Madsen’s Joseph Smith, the Prophet.  Well, these video’s are the equivalent of these tapes for TV.  From BYU-TV Broadcasting Page:

“Joseph” features many faculty from BYU’s Department of Church History and Doctrine, Department of Ancient Scripture, and other scholars from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The project is a joint effort of BYU Broadcasting and BYU Religious Education. The series executive producers are Dean Andrew Skinner and Susan Easton Black. Dr. Black is also the series host.

The 6 hour television series and accompanying book was written by many of the same faculty that are interviewed and is a scholarly examination of the life and teachings of Joseph Smith. The series is not an exhaustive review of Joseph’s life but instead focuses on some aspects and events in Joseph’s life that have a lasting impact on members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, two centuries after the birth of Joseph Smith.

The content includes Susan Black at the relevant church history sites introducing the topics to be covered, the expert interviews and quotes from Joseph Smith and his contemporaries. Hundreds of images of Joseph, artwork featuring events from his life, and footage of the relevant church history sites enhance the expert interviews.”

I highly recommend it!  Check it out!

  1. “I Had Seen a Vision” 1805-1823 (Summary, Watch)
  2. “The Most Correct of Any book” 1823-1830 (Summary, Watch)
  3. “The Only True and Living Church” 1830-1832 (Summary, Watch)
  4. “A House to Thy Name” 1832-1836 (Summary, Watch)
  5. “Peace Be Unto Thy Soul” 1836-1839 (Summary)
  6. “Calm as a Summer’s Morning” 1839-1844 (Summary)

Note: The last two episodes are probably going to be played today and tomorrow.. the other’s have been playing all week.  I’ll add links on Monday or so. 

Note 2: BYU still needs an easy way to embed their player on another page or share a link without having to send an e-mail… very difficult.