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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: Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT Purpose: Unknown A couple was at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake last Saturday, March 13th, for an all-day training conference.  At the end of their training they were getting ready to go home when they saw the prophet near an elevator.  They don’t know why he was [...]President Monson Gives a Hug is a po […]

PROFESSOR GARY ANDERSON is interviewed in Christianity Today about his new book, Sin: A History.Earlier review here. […]

Here is the poster artwork for the approaching conference, Hidden God, Hidden Histories. I think it is stunning and look forward to the conference. It is open to the public, so if you are in the area, stop by for a session or two. I'll post a final schedule soon. […]

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 [...] […]

Just got back from a trip up to Scotland to see the ancestral homestead. We took a train to Carlisle, rented a car, and drove into Kirkcudbright (kihr-KU-brie). It was some of the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen. The castle’s pretty run down and small. It was actually built as just a residence rather than [...] […]

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……………………………………………………………………………… […]

As always, the following is my own understanding of the matter at hand, and I take complete responsibility for the contents therein. In 1830, only a few months after the publication of the Book of Mormon,  Joseph Smith, the founder and first Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, began work on a [...] […]

Gospel Doctrine Lesson #11 – Fruitful in the Land of My AfflictionGenesis 40-45BackgroundWith this lesson, we end our journey through Genesis and the patriarchs of the ancient Church. From Adam to Joseph, the patriarchs were those individuals selected by God for a special purpose. They were to be representative of the Firstborn, Jesus Christ. They would lead […]