{"id":44722,"date":"2017-10-29T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T15:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=44722"},"modified":"2017-10-29T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T15:24:29","slug":"notes-west-jaffa-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/10\/notes-west-jaffa-gate.html","title":{"rendered":"Notes from west of Jaffa Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Jaffa Gate in its mutilated modern condition, in the western wall of Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cNephite History in Context: Artifacts, Inscriptions, and Texts Relevant to the Book of Mormon\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll be interested to see how this effort goes. \u00a0Years ago, before certain employees of the Maxwell Institute (n\u00e9e FARMS) decided to assume\u00a0control of it and to lead it in a fundamentally different direction, we had planned to compile a volume that would provide descriptions and backgrounds for the ancient. texts and artifacts that were routinely mentioned by Hugh Nibley and in other apologetic writings. \u00a0Unfortunately, like so many other worthy plans, that project never came to fruition.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve posted a couple of things of late with respect to the advertising for the volume Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Apologetics<\/em> (e.g. \u201c\u2018A very important contribution to the study of Mormon theology. . . . marvelous.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s an August 2017 review of the book that I somehow managed to miss:<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery Argument is an Apology\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Perhaps this will help you to get in the mood for the season:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWatch: Mormon Tabernacle Organist Plays the Most Epic Halloween Solo\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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While I\u2019m in the musical vein: \u00a0My wife and I walked over to the Old City this afternoon, entering it by the Jaffa Gate. \u00a0Most of our walk, both there and back, was through the elegant Mamilla Mall, which is a very pleasant place. \u00a0(Its main entrance is directly adjacent to our hotel.)<\/p>\n

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Today, we saw something that I really never expected.<\/p>\n

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There was a wonderful rock guitarist \u2014 he\u2019s very good \u2014 playing in one of the mall\u2019s open areas with his guitar case open in front of him for donations.<\/p>\n

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Nothing new there, right?<\/p>\n

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Right. \u00a0Except that he was an Ultra Orthodox Jew, dressed all in black, including a black hat, with a long graying beard and ring curls.<\/p>\n

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Marvelous.<\/p>\n

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When we passed him by the second time, making our return to our hotel, there was a group of about eight Israeli soldiers standing in front of him, making fun of him. \u00a0As we walked past, he smiled at them and said \u201cI love you.\u201d \u00a0At which three teenage Palestinian girls, dressed in hijabs and watching from his left, burst out laughing at the soldiers and at what he had said to them.<\/p>\n

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One of those funny little Jerusalem scenes. \u00a0I pick them up every time I come.<\/p>\n

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What a fascinating and endlessly entertaining city!<\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some might find this, from Taylor Halverson, to be helpful:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018Son of man\u2019 or \u2018Son of God\u2019: Two Crucial Names for Christ We Keep Misunderstanding\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Posted from Jerusalem, Israel<\/p>\n

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