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October 2012
October 16, 2012
For the series announcement and the question to which I am replying, see here. I...
September 2011
September 09, 2011
The Problem What makes Biblical Scripture, Scripture for LDS Christians?* Historically one prominent model for...
July 2011
July 07, 2011
Liturgy is prescribed or ritualized forms of public worship. For instance, the LDS Sacrament (=...
January 2011
January 29, 2011
1. The biblical, or so-called "canonical," prophets--those whom we tend to consider the prophets--in many...
January 14, 2011
Jude 1:5-7 (NRSV): Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, that...
January 05, 2011
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and...
December 2010
December 20, 2010
Introduction [1] The Bible often privileges men as normative for what it means to be...
July 2010
July 31, 2010
CANON The New Testament writers and early Church Fathers used the Septuagint (LXX) for proof...
March 2010
March 29, 2010
Although YHWH clearly was perceived by biblical authors in anthropomorphic terms, YHWH’s body was still...
March 26, 2010
Of course, much of this [i.e., that Israel worshiped El and Asherah alongside YHWH] is...
March 24, 2010
One of the most important deities that many, if not most, ancient Israelites worshiped was...
March 21, 2010
This historical reconstruction [that El was originally Israel's chief deity, and YHWH was originally his...
March 19, 2010
As the very name Israel might indicate on account of its theophoric element el (אל),...
March 16, 2010
Introduction: Was Ancient Israel Monotheistic? Western Society is perhaps more indebted to the Hebrew Bible...
February 2010
February 05, 2010
For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is God's power for salvation...
January 2010
January 05, 2010
Scholars continue to debate a number of important issues concerning the nature of human (child)...
June 2009
June 05, 2009
The Gospel of Mark, written c. 65-70 C.E., is the earliest of the four gospels...
May 2009
May 04, 2009
Background/The Divine Council This post (yes, I know the title is rather provocative) was inspired...
May 03, 2009
As I have discussed in a series of posts on creation in Genesis 1-3 (see:...
April 2009
April 29, 2009
God ['elohim] has taken his place in the divine council ['adat 'el]; in the midst...
April 26, 2009
In much of the modern Judeo-Christian tradition, including LDS Christianity, Satan is seen as the...
April 25, 2009
There is an interesting tradition found in many biblical texts that affirms that Yahweh, the...
April 15, 2009
This important title, often found in connection with name 'El, is found in several biblical...
February 2009
February 02, 2009
Deuteronomy 6.4-9, also known as the Shema because the first word of the passage in...
December 2008
December 17, 2008
There has been serious discussion among Mormon scholars over the past several years regarding the...
December 05, 2008
As scholars have noted for some time, and as I shall argue here, there are...
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