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The Exodus Narrative as Another Creation Story (for Old Testament Lesson 13)
Please excuse me for not sharing much for the last couple of weeks. I have been working hard on my dissertation. Unfortunately, I missed commenting on a story I really love — the Joseph in Egypt narrative. I won’t take the time to backtrack now and write much on it, but I have always thought [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Favorite Posts, LDS Interest, Scripture Also tagged Creation, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Exodus, LDS, Lesson 13, Moses, Old Testament, Red Sea, Sigmund Mowinckel, Sunday School 7 Comments
Melchizedek: King, Priest, and God and the Forbidden Degrees
The title of this post is actually somewhat deceptive as it implies that the post is going to be about Melchizedek, who can be considered a king, a priest, and also a god, and about the “Forbidden Degrees” (sounds tantalizing, eh?), which the title seems to suggest have some connection to Melchizedek. Well, as far [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Andrei Orlov, Deification, First Temple, High Priest, James Davila, Marquette, Melchizedek, Melchizedek Priesthood, Priesthood, Psalms, Qumran, Temple 5 Comments
Most Ancient Hebrew Biblical Inscription Deciphered (Khirbet Qeiyafa)
Press Release: University of Haifa
Most ancient Hebrew biblical inscription deciphered
‘It indicates that the kingdom of Israel already existed in the 10th century BCE, and that at least some of the biblical texts were written hundreds of years before the dates presented in current research.’
Prof. Gershon Galil of the University of Haifa who deciphered the inscription: “It indicates that the [...]
Posted in Early Judaism, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Ancient Hebrew, Gershon Galil, inscription, Israel, Khirbet Qeiyafa, King David, University of Haifa 3 Comments
BYU Professor Donald Parry to Help with New Hebrew Bible
Some great news (news to me, anyways) about BYU’s Professor Donald Parry and his great new opportunity, from Professor Jim Davila’s PaleoJudaica.com blog, no less:
PROFESSOR DONALD W. PARRY has been named as one of about two dozen editors of Biblia Hebraica Quinta. He will be working on the book of Isaiah.
This article in TC gives background to Biblia Hebraica Quinta.
Congratulations [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Uncategorized Also tagged BYU, Donald Parry 4 Comments
Answers to Questions Regarding Heavenly Ascent in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature