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“The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God” — Bryce Haymond’s Notes From the Daniel Peterson Fireside

By David Larsen | Published: July 17, 2009

Bryce Haymond over at www.templestudy.com has posted his notes from Dr. Daniel Peterson’s fireside Sunday on “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God.” This, of course, is one of my favorite topics and I really wish I could have been there to hear Dr. Peterson speak. Bryce, however, has taken some incredible notes [...]

Posted in Scholarly Conferences, Scripture, Temple | Also tagged Bryce Haymond, BYU, Daniel Peterson, Heavenly Ascents, Latter-day Saints, LDS, Temple, TempleStudy | 1 Comment

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By David Larsen | Published: July 8, 2009

Oldest Known Bible Goes Online LONDON, England (CNN) — The world’s oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday — but the 1,600-year-old text doesn’t match the one you’ll find in churches today. The Codex also includes much of the Old Testament adopted by early Greek-speaking Christians. Discovered in a monastery in the Sinai desert in Egypt more than [...]

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- Nibley’s ‘One Eternal Round’ Magnum Opus Published March 7, 2010
  Book Cover I know a lot of people who have been waiting for this book for many years. One Eternal Round is the 19th volume in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, and is his magnum opus, the volume of materials he worked on for a very long time until the end of his life. The [...]Nibley’s ‘One Eternal Round’ Magnum Opus Published […]
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- President Monson Gives Remarks at Funeral for Marie Osmond’s Son March 8, 2010
  Place: Provo, Utah Purpose: Funeral services for Marie Osmond’s son Today at a private service in Provo, Utah, President Thomas S. Monson presided and gave the closing remarks at the funeral of Marie Osmond’s son, Michael Bryan. The services started with Marie’s brother, Donny Osmond, giving the opening prayer, and then family members expressing their thoug […]
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- Review of Fifth Symposium on Coptic Studies (Al-Ahram) March 11, 2010
  THE FIFTH SYMPOSIUM ON COPTIC STUDIES, with the theme "Early Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia," is reviewed in Al-Ahram:Revisiting the southern frontierCoptic history never ceases to enthral. Jill Kamil attends this year's symposium near AswanEarly Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia" was the fifth symposium on […]
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  I was walking to a seminar today with Emanuel Tov and he told me about a website he maintains where PDFs of many of his recent publication can be freely accessed. The website is emanueltov.info, and where you see the PDF symbol you can access the article. All the articles from his Greek and Hebrew [...] […]
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  Один из моих студентов по имени Lee Systma составил полезную начальную библиографию по межзаветной литературе.Библиография находится здесь в формате ПДФ:http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/intertestbiblio.pdfОна включает в себя следующие разделы:Table of ContentsOnline Works……………………………………………………………………………………………...02General Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………… […]
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  As always, the following is my own understanding of the matter at hand, and I take complete responsibility for the contents therein. In 1830, only a few months after the publication of the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, the founder and first Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, began work on a [...] […]
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  Merlin Olsen, LA Rams football star and tv star (Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy, Florist commercials), died at the age of 69. He has suffered from mesothelioma for about a year. As a player with the LA Rams, he was a member of the "Fearsome Foursome" with Rosie Greer, Deacon Jones and Lamar Lundy. Some of his records from his playing in […]
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