Summary: Gerrit Dirkmaat is an associate professor of Church History and doctrine at Brigham Young University. He has worked as a writer and historian for the church history department, working on the Joseph Smith Papers. In addition to his work for BYU and on various journals and academic boards, Gerrit hosts a church history podcast called <a href="https://standardoftruth.com/">“Standard of Truth,”</a><br> Click <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/epigraph?lang=eng">here</a> to read “The Standard of Truth” quote by Joseph Smith.<br> Watch the video of this interview on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheCulturalHall/videos">YouTube</a> or become a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/theculturalhall/posts">Patreon Saint</a> to watch it on Facebook.<br> Click <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/2022/7/22/23278321/church-statement-photo-of-joseph-smith-found-in-locket">here</a> to read the Church of Jesus Christ’s statement regarding the Joseph Smith daguerreotype.<br> Gerrit Dirkmaat and Michael Hubbard McKay authored <a href="https://rsc.byu.edu/book/darkness-unto-light">“From Darkness Unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Transalation and Publication of the Book of Mormon”.</a><br> Gerrit is well versed in The Council of Fifty; minutes from these meetings are included in <a href="https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/articles/administrative-records-council-of-fifty-minutes">The Joseph Smith Papers</a>.<br> <a href="https://rsc.byu.edu/book/brigham-young-journals">Volume I of The Brigham Young Journals</a> is now available.<br> Check out <a href="https://www.theculturalhallpodcast.com/?s=richards">“A Bunch of Richards” Episode 733</a><br> Read all about the Joseph Smith Papers at <a href="https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/">JosephSmithPapers.org</a><br> <br>
