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New Egyptian Tombs Discovery Contains Texts for Afterlife Journey

By David Larsen | Published: May 24, 2010
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 [...]
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SBL Notes 2009: April DeConick — Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism

By David Larsen | Published: December 11, 2009
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 [...]
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Professor John F. Hall: Notes from the Temple Studies Symposium III

By David Larsen | Published: November 7, 2009
The following are my notes from Dr. John F. Hall’s wonderful presentation at the recent Temple Studies Group symposium held 31 October 2009 at the Temple Church in London. Dr. Hall is the Eliza R. Snow Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages and Ancient History at Brigham Young University. The paper Dr. Hall presented is a [...]
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