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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
An Historian at War: From Gershom Scholem's Experiences in 1948
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Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) was a colossal figure in the modern academic study of Judaism. Without Scholem it is unlikely that there would...
Monday, September 9, 2013
More Terrible Than Even the Persecutions of the Jews: The Mormon Experience in Ha-Magid
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In 1940, Darryl Zanuck released a now forgotten film- Brigham Young: Frontiersman . This was the first sympathetic c...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Celebrations of Learned Men: Nibley, Schoolmen, and the Denial of Revelation
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John Gee posted an interesting Hugh Nibley quote in a recent blog post. I have discussed the supplanting of the gospel by the teachin...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Two Pockets
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Page 50 of the book "Siach Serafei Kodesh," contains the following teaching of the Hasidic Rebbe Simcha Bunim of...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Mormon Gathering in the Ottoman Empire
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As yesterday was Pioneer Day, I thought it would be interesting to post a little-known source regarding the Mormon doctrine of the gathering...
Monday, July 22, 2013
Seek Ye Out of the Best Books: An Approach to Academic Study and Faith
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According to one of the early revelations of Joseph Smith, the Latter-day Saints are commanded to "teach one another words of wisdom; y...
Monday, July 8, 2013
A Mystical Motive for Haredi Opposition to the BYU Jerusalem Center
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The BYU Jerusalem Center began construction in 1985, and almost immediately encountered opposition from the Ultra-Orthodox, or H...
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