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In Memoriam: Matthew B. Brown, Popular LDS Author
Prolific and popular LDS author, Matthew B. Brown, was laid to rest today at the Orem City Cemetery at 1pm. He passed peacefully through to the other side of the veil on October 5, 2011 after a brief and unexpected illness. I only met Matthew personally fairly recently, when I participated in the Expound Conference [...]
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The 1st St Andrews Graduate Conference for Biblical and Early Christian Studies
(Some of the conference participants, from left to right; Dan Batovici — St Andrews, Justin Mihoc — Durham, Beniamin Pascut — Cambridge, Nicholas Ellis — Oxford, Michael Clark — Birmingham, David J. Larsen — St. Andrews, Albertina Oegema — Groningen) Well, the first of what we hope will become an annual event here at the [...]
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James Davila: More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project News
Professor James Davila, of the University of St Andrews, shared some recent news today, on his PaleoJudaica blog, regarding the monumental More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project that he is directing, together with Professor Emeritus Richard Bauckham, and with Dr. Alexander Panayotov as co-editor. In his words: I am very happy to announce that the first [...]
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Heavenly Sabbath, Heavenly Sanctuary: Jared Calaway’s PhD Dissertation Online
If you haven’t heard of Jared Calaway, he finished his PhD in Biblical Studies at Columbia University last year, writing his dissertation under the direction of the late (and great) Alan Segal. I have been following Jared’s work for the past few years and I have been intrigued by his insights into the world of [...]
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Report from the 1st Annual Expound Symposium
On Saturday the 14th of May I had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 1st Annual Expound Symposium, which was held in Provo at the Brigham Young Academy building. For anyone who was there, I hope I had a chance to talk to you — I met so many bright and interesting people [...]
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First Annual Expound Symposium in Provo, May 14th!!!!
I just wanted to alert you, especially those who live or will be in Utah next month, to the imminent advent of the First Annual Expound Symposium, to be held Saturday, May 14th, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah. I will be coming all the way from Scotland to speak at this event [...]
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Jews Ready for Renewal of Passover Sacrifice in Jerusalem Tonight
Rabbi Yehudah Glick has 300 sheep and goats on-hand and 20 trained slaughterers ready to lead the Jewish world in a renewal of the Pessach (Passover) sacrifice on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Now all they need is for the Messiah to come. While Jews, for many centuries now, have celebrated Passover with the Seder [...]
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BYU Religious Education Student Symposium: Call for Papers