Tag Archives: Anointing Oil

Book Cover I know a lot of people who have been waiting for this book for many years.  One Eternal Round is the 19th volume in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, and is his magnum opus, the volume of materials he worked on for a very long time until the end of his life.  The [...]Nibley’s ‘One Eternal Round’ Magnum Opus Published […]

Place: Provo, Utah Purpose: Funeral services for Marie Osmond’s son Today at a private service in Provo, Utah, President Thomas S. Monson presided and gave the closing remarks at the funeral of Marie Osmond’s son, Michael Bryan.  The services started with Marie’s brother, Donny Osmond, giving the opening prayer, and then family members expressing their thoug […]

MORE ON THE ST. PAUL DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBITION, which begins on Friday:Dead Sea Scrolls come to St. PaulThe ancient scrolls will be exhibited at the Science Museum of Minnesota.Published: 03/09/2010 (mndaily.com)By Kyle PotterTweezers and scissors sat within reach of latex glove-clad hands. Rubber suction handles sat attached to a Plexiglass case.When deal […]

March is Women's History month. So I am going to be devoting a good portion of my blogging this month to a series I'm calling: Women Yesterday and Today. To start off the series, I thought I would highlight a few statistics that are very troubling.Women are now 50% of the workforce. On average women earn 77 cents to every dollar earned by men. Just […]

Floor Mosaics from the original fourth century basilica.http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157623469137381/ […]

There is a small debate (though that word is probably too strong) in the LDS community about the nature of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST). Most average LDS probably assume that it is a restoration of what the original biblical authors wrote down. But many LDS scholars and thinkers would argue that the JST is [...] […]

I was walking to a seminar today with Emanuel Tov and he told me about a website he maintains where PDFs of many of his recent publication can be freely accessed. The website is emanueltov.info, and where you see the PDF symbol you can access the article. All the articles from his Greek and Hebrew [...] […]

Один из моих студентов по имени Lee Systma составил полезную начальную библиографию по межзаветной литературе.Библиография находится здесь в формате ПДФ:http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/intertestbiblio.pdfОна включает в себя следующие разделы:Table of ContentsOnline Works……………………………………………………………………………………………...02General Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………… […]

An Introduction to Modern Translation Philosophies We live in a day where the choice of differing translations and commentaries on the scriptures is almost overwhelming. When it comes to translations, there are several different philosophies. Formal Equivalence Formal equivalence is a translation philosophy that has as its goal as literal a translation of th […]

Gospel Doctrine Lesson #10 – Birthright Blessings; Marriage in the CovenantGenesis 24-29While the Sunday School lesson focuses on the blessings of birthrights and marriage, we’ll also discuss some other equally important issues in the story.Background:Abraham has faithfully followed the Lord through more than a century of trials and blessings. The blessings […]