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On the Origins of the Alphabet
Another great post from Jim Davila at PaleoJudaica.com: ON THE ORIGINS OF THE ALPHABET: An interesting debate was started up in the March/April issue of BAR by Orly Goldwasser on whether the alphabet was invented in elite scribal circles or (her position) in a working-class environment. Anson Rainey and now Christopher Rollston have replied, taking the contrary view. [...]
Posted in Religious Scholars, Uncategorized Also tagged ABC, alphabet, Anson Rainey, Christopher Rollston, James Davila, John Boardley, origins, Orly Goldwasser, scribes Comments closed
New Egyptian Tombs Discovery Contains Texts for Afterlife Journey
57 Ancient Tombs, Mummies Unearthed In Egypt by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 23, 2010 Archeologists have unearthed 57 ancient Egyptian tombs, most of which hold an ornately painted wooden sarcophagus with a mummy inside, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said Sunday. The oldest tombs date back to around 2750 B.C. during the period of Egypt’s [...]
Posted in News and Events Also tagged Afterlife, Book of the Dead, Egyptian, Lahoun, mummies, tombs, Underworld Comments closed
Sinai Relived: Ritual Retelling of the Sinai Story in the Psalms
(Old Testament Lesson 14 — Exodus 15-20; 32-34) I would like to share some musings on a source for studying the Sinai story that many might not think of — the Psalms. There will be some overlap here with my previous post on the Exodus story, so if you read that one, please bear with [...]
Posted in Early Judaism, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons, Temple Also tagged Israel, kingship, liturgy, Mt. Sinai, Psalms Comments closed
The Bird as Angel of the Lord in Book of Abraham Facs. 1 (Old Testament Lesson 7)
For anyone hoping that this post was going to be about the Abrahamic Covenant, I hate to let you down. Upon reading the first chapters of the Book of Abraham, my attention was drawn (as it often is) again to the “Facsimiles” that accompany that book, which are a frequent source of wonder and awe [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Andrei Orlov, Apocalypse of Abraham, Book of Abraham, Facsimile 1, Horus, LDS, Pearl of Great Price, Sunday School Comments closed
Amazing Photos of Egyptian Temples and Israelite Tabernacle
Check out these amazing 360-degree photos taken by Professor William Hamblin while in Egypt and Israel. Luxor Temple http://www.360cities.net/image/luxortemplenight Karnak Temple Hypostyle hall http://www.360cities.net/image/karnakhypostyle Reconstruction of Israelite Tabernacle (at Timna) http://www.360cities.net/image/tabernacleholyplace
Posted in Religious Scholars, Temple Also tagged Israel, Tabernacle, Temple, William Hamblin Comments closed
SBL Notes 2009: April DeConick — Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism
My notes on: Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism – Sunday 4pm April De Conick Star Gates: What Were the Gnostics Doing? The Peratics (perasai, Greek for “Transcendentalists”) say: We alone have known that genesis is necessary and (we alone have known) have know the roads by which humans have entered into the cosmos. We have [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascents, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences Also tagged April DeConick, Cosmology, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Egyptian, Gnosticism, John Hall, Peratics, SBL Comments closed
SBL 2010 Summary (Continued)