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Notes on Early Jewish Belief in a Messiah
The following is from some notes that I took in Professor Jim Davila’s class on the Dead Sea Scrolls this week. I sit in on this undergraduate class of his just to get more exposure to his great knowledge and expertise on this topic. The way the class is set up, at least at this [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Religious Scholars, School Journal Also tagged High Priest, James Davila, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, King David, Melchizedek, Messiah, Messianism, Qumran 3 Comments
Notes on Emanuel Tov’s Dead Sea Scrolls Lecture at St Mary’s College
The following are my notes from a lecture given by Professor Emanuel Tov as a part of the Biblical Studies Seminar at St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews. Emanuel Tov is a professor of Hebrew Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was one of the editors of the Hebrew University Bible Project, [...]
Posted in Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars Also tagged Bible, BYU, Emanuel Tov, Kristin de Troyer, lecture, Oxford, professor, Qumran, St Marys College, University of St Andrews Leave a comment
On Corruptions in the Biblical Text: Ancient and Modern
I have recently been sitting in on a postgraduate course taught by Kristin de Troyer that deals with textual criticism of the Bible. Professor de Troyer is excellent and has opened my eyes considerably as to the complexity of the history of the development of our biblical texts. Instead of trying to explain it all [...]
Posted in Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged biblical inerrancy, biblical infallibility, biblical text criticism, Emanuel Tov, Masoretic Text, textual criticism 6 Comments
Son of God and King: Adam, Enoch, Moses (Comments on Old Testament Lesson 5)
The following are some notes that I made this week in association with my study of this Sunday’s Gospel Doctrine (Old Testament) Lesson 5. The lesson covers Moses 5-7 and is titled: “If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted” This title has to do with the Book of Moses narrative regarding Cain and Abel [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Adam, Book of Moses, Enoch, Gospel Doctrine, LDS, Moses, Pearl of Great Price, Scripture, Sunday School 4 Comments
BAR Article on How Errors Crept into the Bible