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Review: Encountering the Manuscripts (Comfort)

diglot wrote 4 weeks ago: Title: Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Critic … more →

Tags: Book Review, Textual Criticism, New Testament Textual Criticism, philip comfort, paleography, nomina sacra, Uncial

Does history even matter to Mormons?112 comments

Andrew wrote 5 months ago: My quest is complete. The quotation I’ve been searching for since the start of this blog (most … more →

Tags: ex-mormon, cultural Mormon, LDS, Mormonism, Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, historicity, mormon, liberal mormon

Peter Head Responds

Rob Kashow wrote 6 months ago: Since my critique of one or two of Peter Head’s comments (more on this here), he has responded … more →

Tags: The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, CSNTM, New Testament Textual Criticism, Peter Head, Daniel B. Wallace, Papyrus, New Testament

Head and Wallace/CSNTM in Dialogue4 comments

Rob Kashow wrote 6 months ago: Peter Head over at evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com has posted an article summarizing a rece … more →

Tags: The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, CSNTM, New Testament Textual Criticism, NTTC, Peter Head, Daniel B. Wallace, Papyrus, Eldon Epp

The Joseph Smith Paryri

Randall wrote 1 year ago: I was reading this article on the FARMS website on the Joseph Smith Papyri this afternoon, and thoug … more →

Tags: Religion, Mormonism, Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Book of Abraham, translation, Joseph Smith Papyri, Book of Breathings, Pearl of Great Price

Direct evidence

egabriel wrote 1 year ago: Thus amulets were actually often a mixture of various formulas from Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek … more →

Tags: history of magic, ancient, Evidence, Period, Magic, Supernatural, powers, Practices, Spells

Magic acts or rituals

egabriel wrote 1 year ago: In other cases certain spells allow one to send out a daemon or daemons to harm one’s enemies or eve … more →

Tags: history of magic, Spirits, Various, Victim, Materials, place, Spells, Magical, Rituals

Magical papyri

egabriel wrote 1 year ago: It seems, that a huge interest in magic was on the rise in the Hellenistic period, especially around … more →

Tags: history of magic, Literature, Ritual, Interest, texts, concepts, Points, Books, Magic

The use of spirit mediums

egabriel wrote 1 year ago: I was always curious about the origin of the word magic. Through my research for local funeral home … more →

Tags: history of magic, Mysterious, Spirits, Research, Influence, ancient, Cultural, Origin, Practice

Ancient library unearthed in Italy

chuckatmain wrote 1 year ago: Papyri 2.0? … more →

Tags: Libraries

The Keys to Prophecy VI: A Great Star5 comments

anthonyelarson wrote 1 year ago: 790 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2006 The Keys to Prophecy VI: A Great Star If we look closely at the … more →

Tags: Articles by AEL, babylon, Joseph Smith, Plasma Theology, Prophecy, symbolism, Akkadian, Astarte, Aurora

The Keys to Prophecy III: The Prophets' Language

anthonyelarson wrote 1 year ago: 829 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2004  The Keys to Prophecy III: The Prophets’ Language  The biz … more →

Tags: Scriptural Discussions, Joseph Smith, Prophecy, symbolism, Articles by AEL, god/dess, Sun, Planets, Stars

Ancient Egyptian Lexicon Discovered in University Digitisation Project2 comments

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to A K Eyma and Michael Tilgner for giving the EEF Email list a heads up on this: At the Univ … more →

Tags: News Reports, Late Period, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian History, Egyptian religion, egyptian gods, Ptolemaic Period, lexicon

Reasons Why the New Testament Has Enduring Value (Part 1)

Jovan Payes wrote 1 year ago: Introduction The New Testament is an ancient collection of 27 documents produced in the last few dec … more →

Tags: Articles, revelation, New Testament, Christian Evidences, Preservation, scribal work, scribes, confiscation, roman empire

Diversity in the Desert

Jeremy wrote 1 year ago: The University of Michigan has a Web Exhibition, Diversity in the Desert: Daily Life in Greek & … more →

Tags: Greek, Literature

Meet Lois! (guest post from Lois Daunis)

rbarenblat wrote 2 years ago: Inkberry invites you to meet Lois Daunis, the owner of Papyri Books. The new location of Papyri Book … more →

Tags: Books, Guest Posts, People, LoisDaunis


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