Uncover Sacred Scripture for Yourself
Unveil the original meanings beneath the text, alongside a supportive community of seekers
Scripture speaks truth, but its voice is often buried beneath thousands of years of translation, tradition, interpretation, and time that have veiled its voice and narrowed its meaning.
Veiled Roots is a community of scholars, linguists, teachers, and students who want to dig deeper. Together, we trace the language, history, culture, and ancient context behind the text to uncover what has been there all along.
The roots are there. The veil can be lifted. And the story is still unfolding.
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Heavenly Mother Behind the Veil is a 2-day intensive small-group retreat led by Jared and Brittany Lambert for spiritually curious seekers who want to approach the doctrine of Heavenly Mother with reverence, courage, and care.
This retreat is not about speculation for its own sake. It is an invitation to slow down, study deeply, hold sacred questions with honesty, and explore what has been hidden, hinted at, protected, and longed for.
Jan 15-16th 2027
REGISTER FOR THE RETREATDoes your scripture study feel difficult or incomplete?
Scripture can often feel difficult because we are reading ancient text through modern eyes. Thousands of years separate us from the language, culture, symbols, history, and patterns of thought. Translation helps bridge the distance, but doesn't carry every layer of meaning with it.
Have you ever felt:
A sense that something essential is missing from the story you were taught
Questions about women, authority, and partnership that never received satisfying answers
A longing for scripture to feel whole rather than fragmented or flattened
Tension between standard interpretations and your spiritual intuition
Scripture asks us to learn how to read in context
The Church of Jesus Christ’s Old Testament Student Manual teaches that understanding scripture requires us to place ourselves as much as possible in the setting of those who wrote it:
Do you read the Scriptures … as though you stood in the place of the men who wrote them?
— Brigham Young, Old Testament Student Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, Introduction 1-13
Before asking what a passage means to us today, we have to first learn to ask what its language meant when it was written, what cultural assumptions shaped it, and what its original audience would have understood from it.
This is where Veiled Roots begins
We trace scripture through language, history, culture, translation, and sacred patterns to recover context that centuries of distance can make difficult to see.
A Different Way of Seeing
Veiled Roots is built on a simple, but transformative premise:
Scripture was written in a conceptual language—one that carries layers of meaning we often flatten when we read it through modern translation.
When we return to original languages and ancient idioms, we see new truths emerge:
God is relational and rooted in divine partnership
Authority is expressed through calling and partnership, rather than hierarchy
Sacred roles are clarified through ancient language and patterns
We are returning to what has been there all along.
Tracing the language, history, and context helps recover layers of meaning that time and translation have obscured.
This is the work of restoration - returning to the roots of the text.
What is Veiled Roots?
Veiled Roots is a teaching platform and learning community started by Jared Lambert, a historical linguist specializing in the ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible. Jared began his career as a military linguist in the United States Army and later served as the Supervising Linguist over Sacred Materials for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He holds seven degrees in higher education across linguistics, history, and religious studies and is currently completing his PhD in historical linguistics. Jared's work focuses on diachronic language development, temple theology, and the ways translation, symbolism, and later theological frameworks reshaped earlier biblical traditions, particularly surrounding covenant, priesthood, and the Divine Feminine.
By weaving together historical linguistics, ancient language, history, translation, and temple theology, Jared's courses and content help modern readers approach scripture with greater context and depth. Veiled Roots has become a community for those who want to dig deeper, ask better questions, and learn how to trace the roots of the text for themselves.
Learn with Us
Veiled Roots is built around learning together.
You can begin with free Come Follow Me classes, short videos, discussion, and live conversations. These are places to explore ideas, ask questions, and begin looking more closely at scripture.
For those looking to dig deeper, the Veiled Roots 30-Session Course offers 6 months of live classes alongside a vibrant community dedicated to open conversation, deeper questions, and richer study. It’s a space to discover what scripture, history, language, and context truly reveal.
The goal is to help you study more carefully, recognize what has been obscured over time, and engage with text with greater depth and confidence.
JOIN OUR VEILED ROOTS COMMUNITYCommon Questions
How can taking a deeper look at scripture and language actually help strengthen and ground my faith?
Veiled Roots will help you recover the historical richness, clarity, and balance in the scripture tradition that you already love.
How much time does weekly class take?
Each class is 1.5 hours long, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. The course is designed so that you can join a live class or watch the recording at a convenient time.
Each lesson has supplemental materials selected to deepen your knowledge and understanding. You can read as many or few as you want.
The course is structured to meet you where you are and allow you to move at your own pace.
Podcasts
Listen in as Jared Lambert explores scripture, language, and temple patterns through engaging conversations designed to transform the way you hear the text.
LISTEN NOWAn Invitation
Veiled Roots invites you to revisit the text, understand its original language, and uncover what was there all along.
BEGIN THE JOURNEY