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Jews Ready for Renewal of Passover Sacrifice in Jerusalem Tonight

By David Larsen | Published: April 18, 2011
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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The Temple Institute: 1 Nisan, The 2nd Annual International Temple Mount Awareness Day

By David Larsen | Published: April 5, 2011
The following is from an email sent out by the Jerusalem-based The Temple Institute. This event is scheduled for today, April 5th. APRIL 5TH/ROSH CHODESH NISAN HAS ARRIVED! THE 2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE MOUNT AWARENESS DAY: 6 HOUR LIVE STREAMING VIDEO EVENT This day is the anniversary of the dedication of the Tabernacle in the [...]
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Margaret Barker Misquoted about Lead Codices

By David Larsen | Published: April 2, 2011
I recently came across a blog post by Thomas Verenna that shares an email he sent to Margaret Barker about her recent quotes which have been appearing in the media.  According to this, Barker claims that she has been grossly misquoted. She says: “Alas, I was not quoted correctly. I am discovering all sorts of [...]
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Metal Plates in Dire Straits

By David Larsen | Published: April 1, 2011
From the latest updates I’ve seen, things aren’t looking good for our Jordanian lead plates. As more scholars gain access to photos of the plates and are beginning to be able to evaluate the inscriptions and images, there are some who are quite certain that they are forgeries.  I think it will still be some [...]
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Heavenly Ascents News

By David Larsen | Published: March 28, 2011
Just wanted to give you a brief update of some things I’ve been doing lately. I posted (a couple of weeks back now) some material over at The Millennial Star about the reforms of King Josiah and the Deuteronomists and how these reforms may have affected the theological themes found in the Old Testament we [...]
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New Press Releases on Metal Plates Discovery

By David Larsen | Published: March 25, 2011
Another quick update on this topic. Many of you have probably seen this by now. A couple of press releases are now circulating related to the cache of metal plates. Bryce Haymond over at TempleStudy.com links to one, plus he give a great outline of the nature of the plates and what some people think [...]
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Biblical Scholars Weigh in on Discovery of Metal Plates

By David Larsen | Published: March 22, 2011
Via Jim Davila at PaleoJudaica Just an update on my last post regarding the supposed discovery of a cache of ancient inscriptions written on metal plates.  This find continues to generate interest and a number of biblical scholars, including Margaret Barker, Philip Davies, and Jim Davila, have expressed opinions on the matter, based on what information [...]
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Cache of Ancient Books on Metal Plates Found: But Are They Real?

By David Larsen | Published: March 4, 2011
Via Jim Davila at PaleoJudaica; original article featured on The Jewish Chronicle Online. Heavy metal secrets from a Mid-East cave Israel’s archaeological establishment believes they are a fake. But could a collection of metal books be an early example of Kabbalah? By Simon Rocker, March 3, 2011 Robert Feather is out to prove the sceptics wrong. [...]
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