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April 2014

April 11, 2014

Popcorn trees!

April 10, 2014

DH 9: Dating Ancient Texts (part 1)

Rarely do we have the original manuscripts of ancient books. Surviving copies generally date centuries—and...

April 10, 2014

Third Temple Movements

Israel Third Temple movements are increasing their agitation for Jewish control of the Temple Mount

April 09, 2014

Olmec arrowheads

The Olmec Museum at La Venta contains a number of interesting artifacts, including these obsidian...

April 09, 2014

DH 8: Editing the Bible

The most obvious example of later editing of a biblical text is found in the...

April 08, 2014

Colossal Olmec Head

Colossal head of an Olmec god-king from La Venta, Mexico (early first millennium BC).

April 08, 2014

DH 7: Expanding and Abridging

The biblical text itself explicitly claims that much of it is composed of copies, abridgments,...

April 07, 2014

Future of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

This letter is just in on the new direction of the Journal of Book of Mormon...

April 07, 2014

Black Jesus

A black Jesus in the Church of Guadaloupe, San Cristobal del las Casas, Mexico.

April 07, 2014

DH 6: Scrolls and Books

We need to clearly understand that the ancient idea of a “book” is quite different...

April 06, 2014

Late Winter Sunset

April 06, 2014

Shrine of Guadaloupe

The Virgin of Guadaloupe is the patron saint of Catholic Mexico, with regional shrines throughout...

April 06, 2014

Was Jesus a Priest?

We need to understand that in ancient societies, it was not only considered completely legitimate...

April 06, 2014

DH 5: Tradition and Authorship

We need to understand that in ancient societies, it was not only considered completely legitimate...

April 05, 2014

Amazing Grace!

The Hamblin-Peterson column for this week.

April 05, 2014

Photos of the Church of Santa Lucia

My photography of the Church of Santa Lucia, decorated for Christmas, 2013. San Christobal del...

April 05, 2014

Priesthood in the Bible

Priests and priesthood are import in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament. In its...

April 05, 2014

DH 4: Ancient concepts of Authorship

Most biblical books are anonymous—no authorship is asserted by the text itself. The major exceptions...

April 05, 2014

New LGBT agenda: Impeach Obama!

I've just heard a secret report that, following on their triumph in getting Brendan Eich...

April 04, 2014

Book Signing

Bradshaw and Larsen will be signing their book at Eborn Books (254 S. Main Street) in...

April 04, 2014

Noah and the Flood

Personally, I thought the Noah movie was okay, but not great. I really couldn’t buy...

April 04, 2014

DH 3: Reviews of Bokovoy

Two new reviews of David Bokovoy’s new book Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis–-Deuteronomy have appeared on Interpreter....

April 04, 2014

DH 2: Mosaic Authorship?

To understand the Documentary Hypothesis, we need to begin by considering this question: why do...

April 03, 2014

I’m shocked about the Noah Movie!

What shocks me most about the new Noah movie is that people actually expect Hollywood...

April 03, 2014

Why “Enigmatic Mirror”?

Why did I name my new blog "Enigmatic Mirror"? It is drawn from Paul's observation...

April 03, 2014

DH 1: Documentary Hypothesis

Issues relating to the Documentary Hypothesis are again being discussed these days in some LDS...

April 03, 2014

Welcome to “Enigmatic Mirror”

I've relocated my blog "Mormon Scripture Explorations" to the Patheos community. The old site location...

February 2014

February 15, 2014

An important article

An important evaluation of the secularizing impulse at work at BYU, providing the broad context...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Want to Tour Mesoamerica?

Although I have ceased active posting on this blog, I do want to make this...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Gee’s Official Position on the BOA

Gee's views on the BOA have been misrepresented in some of the comments on my...

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