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2014-04-11T16:58:50-07:00

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Popcorn trees!

Last updated on: April 11, 2014 at 4:58 pm By William Hamblin

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2014-04-10T18:19:33-07:00

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DH 9: Dating Ancient Texts (part 1)

Last updated on: April 10, 2014 at 6:19 pm By William Hamblin

Rarely do we have the original manuscripts of ancient books. Surviving copies generally date centuries—and often millennia—after the date of the original composition. Unfortunately, it is often the case that we don’t know—and frequently cannot know—the original date of a composition, especially anonymous compositions with vague historical allusions. There are four main ways scholars use to date ancient texts. 1- Examining explicit references to dates given in the text. Some biblical books, such as Kings and Chronicles, provide numerous explicit... Read more

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2014-04-10T14:15:56-07:00

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Third Temple Movements

Last updated on: April 10, 2014 at 2:15 pm By William Hamblin

Israel Third Temple movements are increasing their agitation for Jewish control of the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, an issue which continues to undermine the possibility of Arab-Israel peace (however slight they may be). Read more

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2014-04-09T19:44:52-07:00

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Olmec arrowheads

Last updated on: April 9, 2014 at 7:44 pm By William Hamblin

The Olmec Museum at La Venta contains a number of interesting artifacts, including these obsidian blades, and arrowheads from the first half of the first millennium BC. Read more

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2014-04-09T16:50:43-07:00

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DH 8: Editing the Bible

Last updated on: April 9, 2014 at 4:50 pm By William Hamblin

The most obvious example of later editing of a biblical text is found in the story of the death of Moses in Deuteronomy 34. Deuteronomy explicitly claims to have been written by Moses (31:24–26), but chapter 34 describes Moses’ death and burial as if it had occurred long ago. “So Moses the servant of YHWH [Jehovah, “the LORD”] died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the YHWH, and he [YHWH] buried him in the valley... Read more

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2014-04-08T17:29:57-07:00

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Colossal Olmec Head

Last updated on: April 8, 2014 at 5:29 pm By William Hamblin

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

2014-04-08T08:07:55-07:00

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DH 7: Expanding and Abridging

Last updated on: April 8, 2014 at 8:07 am By William Hamblin

The biblical text itself explicitly claims that much of it is composed of copies, abridgments, or expansions of earlier documents. This is clear in Jeremiah 36, where Jeremiah asks Baruch, his scribe, to “write on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH that he had spoken to him” (Jer. 36:4). This scroll is burnt by king Zedekiah (Jer. 36:23), after which Jeremiah dictates the same prophecies to Baruch again, with “many similar words were added... Read more

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2014-04-07T20:50:20-07:00

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Future of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Last updated on: April 7, 2014 at 8:50 pm By William Hamblin

This letter is just in on the new direction of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies under the editorship of Brian Hauglid from the Maxwell Institute. jbms_letter Read more

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2014-04-07T18:13:22-07:00

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Black Jesus

Last updated on: April 7, 2014 at 6:13 pm By William Hamblin

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

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2014-04-07T15:34:54-07:00

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DH 6: Scrolls and Books

Last updated on: April 7, 2014 at 3:34 pm By William Hamblin

We need to clearly understand that the ancient idea of a “book” is quite different from how moderns conceive it. The Hebrew term sefer, and its Greek equivalent biblion, are generally translated into English as “book,” but this is inaccurate. Sefer/biblion literally means “scroll,” and refers to a long narrow rolled piece of parchment (animal skin) or papyrus. Our English word “Bible” derives from the Greek plural ta biblia (“the books”), and would be better translated as “the scrolls.” (When... Read more

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