August 3, 2008 – 11:36 am
One of our readers, RBiddulph, recently pointed me to a quote by Harold Bloom, a well-known literary and cultural critic who is currently a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, who once said this about Joseph Smith:
I can only attribute to his genius or daemons his uncanny recovery of elements in ancient Jewish [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged death, esoteric, harold bloom, hymn, joseph smith, prophet, rituals, sacrifice, traditions, w. w. phelps
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What is Truth? I hope this will help shed some light. The living prophets of this dispensation have spoken the word of the Lord.
From the “Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson” (pgs. 115-121):
Truth is a glorious thing. We sing about it. “Oh say, what is truth?/’Tis the fairest gem/That the riches of worlds can produce.” [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, authority, church, exaltation, ezra taft benson, hymn, joseph smith, keys, light, organization, priesthood, principles, prophet, restoration, revelation, salvation, testimony, thomas s. monson, truth
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I’ve built an online store for TempleStudy.com using Amazon.com, and today is its grand opening! I did this primarily for three reasons:
Readily available Temple-related Products: All the products that I’ve been able to find that have to do with LDS temples or ancient temples from Amazon.com I have individually selected and gathered together, sorted, and [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged book, buy, DVD, hugh nibley, margaret barker, matthew brown, online, products, purchase, scholar, store, websites
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The Curitiba Brazil Temple public open house began a couple days ago, on May 10th, and will run through May 24th. Can’t attend? Mike Batie has put together another well-done video of official photographs of the outside and inside of this new temple. It does the good service of feeling like you [...]
February 21, 2008 – 12:18 pm
Most people in the Church by now are probably familiar with the hymn that Janice Kapp Perry wrote a couple of months ago to accompany a poem written by President Hinckley. President Hinckley published his poem in the May 1988 Ensign article entitled, “The Empty Tomb Bore Testimony,” but he notes that he penned [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today
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Also tagged death, eternal life, gordon b. hinckley, hymn, janice kapp perry, MP3, poem, recording, resurrection, song, vocals
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