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The Bird as Angel of the Lord in Book of Abraham Facs. 1 (Old Testament Lesson 7)

By David Larsen | Published: February 11, 2010
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 [...]
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Son of God and King: Adam, Enoch, Moses (Comments on Old Testament Lesson 5)

By David Larsen | Published: January 28, 2010
The following are some notes that I made this week in association with my study of this Sunday’s Gospel Doctrine (Old Testament) Lesson 5. The lesson covers Moses 5-7 and is titled: “If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted” This title has to do with the Book of Moses narrative regarding Cain and Abel [...]
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“Because of My Transgression My Eyes are Opened”

By David Larsen | Published: January 22, 2010
Study Helps for Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4 Although I am still struggling to decide exactly what format my notes on the Sunday School lessons should take and what would be the most helpful type of information to provide, I wanted to make sure I got started with this series of posts and provided [...]
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New Series of Posts on Sunday School Curriculum

By David Larsen | Published: January 16, 2010
At the suggestion of my father, I have been contemplating doing a series of posts treating the content of this year’s Sunday School curriculum.  For those who are not LDS (or, for whatever reason, are not following the LDS Sunday School lessons), the LDS Church, as a whole throughout the world, is studying the Old [...]
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In God’s Image and Likeness: Part 5, The Intriguing Conclusion to My Interview with Author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

By David Larsen | Published: January 13, 2010
This is the conclusion (you can judge whether its intriguing or not) to my question and answer session with Dr. Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, author of the recently published In God’s Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses. As those who are LDS are studying the Old Testament this year in [...]
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In God’s Image and Likeness: an Interview with Author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Part 4

By David Larsen | Published: January 7, 2010
Part 4 [David] You make some interesting comments in your Preface regarding the opinion of many people in modern society concerning Mormonism, which would presumably apply to the Book of Moses as well. Specifically, that Mormons seem to be a very superstitious people from the perspective of our modern, scientific world, with our beliefs based, as [...]
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In God’s Image and Likeness: An Interview with Author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Part III

By David Larsen | Published: December 29, 2009
This is the third installment of a multi-part interview between myself and Dr. Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, author of the recently released In God’s Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses. For previous posts in this series, see Part I here and Part II here. Please see the official website for [...]
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In God’s Image and Likeness: An Interview with author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

By David Larsen | Published: December 8, 2009
In God’s Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses is a newly published work by Senior Research Scientist and LDS author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, PhD.  I have, in the past couple of years, come to know Dr. Bradshaw and his excellent work in religious studies, and am very excited about [...]
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