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Dead Sea Scrolls News
Some recent news regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls via Jim Davila’s PaleoJudaica.com: BOOK REVIEW from the H-JUDAIC list: John Joseph Collins. Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010. xii + 266 pp. Illustrations. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8028-2887-3. Reviewed by Alex Jassen (University of [...]
Posted in News and Events, Religious Scholars Also tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, Handbook, John J. Collins, Oxford, Qumran, SBTS, Timothy H. Lim Comments closed
“How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”: Some Thoughts on OT Lesson 39
Isaiah 50-53 In 1979, a biblical scholar named John Eaton published a work entitled Festal Drama in Deutero-Isaiah. Eaton, following the work of Ivan Engnell and others, saw in the “Servant Songs” and other themes of chapters 40-55, 60-62 of Isaiah allusions to the themes of the Ancient Israelite New Year Festival (which I’ve so [...]
Posted in Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Atonement, Day of Atonement, Deutero-Isaiah, High Priest, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, John Eaton, King, lesson, New Year Festival, Old Testament, scapegoat, Second Isaiah, Servant, Servant Songs, Suffering Servant, Sunday School Comments closed
Major Trends in Hekhalot Literature Research
MAJOR TRENDS IN HEKHALOT LITERATURE RESEARCH are summed up in an article by Shlomo Brody in Text and Texture: “The Aleinu Prayer and the Pardes Story: Major Trends in Hekhalot Literature Research” (Via James Davila at PaleoJudaica.com)
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascents, Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha, Religious Scholars Also tagged Aleinu Prayer, Early Judaism, Hekhalot, Pardes Story, Shlomo Brody Comments closed
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, Egypt, John Boardley, origins, Orly Goldwasser, scribes Comments closed
2,000-Year-Old Cupid Found in Jerusalem Excavations
AN ANCIENT CUPID CAMEO has been excavated in Jerusalem: Israel archeologists uncover 2,000-year-old cupid in City of David dig Israel Antiquities Authority says added inlaid semi-precious stone is of the ‘Eros in mourning,’ one of a group of visual motifs linked with mourning practices. By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel news archeology Jerusalem Israeli archeologists unveiled a 2,000 [...]
Posted in News and Events Also tagged archaeology, City of David, Cupid, dig, excavations, Jerusalem, LDS, Salt Lake Temple Comments closed
Book Review: Canon and Canonicity. The Formation and Use of Scripture
Via PaleoJudaica.com BOOK REVIEW (BMCR): Einar Thomassen (ed.), Canon and Canonicity. The Formation and Use of Scripture. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2010. Pp. 232. ISBN 9788763530279. $48.00. Reviewed by David J. DeVore, University of California, Berkeley Table of Contents As editor Thomassen’s preface states (p. 7), the volume under review is the fruit of “Highways and [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Bible, Canon, canonicity, Early Christianity, Early Christians, heresy, New Testament, Orthodox, orthodoxy, Scripture, scriptures Comments closed
James Davila: More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project News