Category Archives: Literary Views of Scripture

Halakha, Aggadah and Jesus

Posted on May 4, 2011 by James Goldberg

If I had time for another hobby, it would be following the Supreme Court the way a sports junkie follows sports. For most people, sports is about finding a team and cheering for it. For a true junkie, though, the … Continue reading →

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Words as Icons

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Boyd Petersen

After commanding them to “have no other gods before me,” the Ten Commandments next admonished the children of Israel to make no “graven image.” The seriousness of that commandment has created an ambiguous relationship between Western religions and visual images … Continue reading →

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In Tents # 3 That Same Organization

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Harlow Clark

Title: Making Sense of the Doctrine & Covenants: A Guided Tour through Modern Revelations Author: Steven C. Harper Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Scripture Studies Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 601 Binding: Hardbound in perfectbound signatures, not sewn, which I … Continue reading →

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In tents #2: The Primitive Church

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Harlow Clark

In The Primitive Church (Note: This is not a formal review, but I’ve included the bibliographical information because I like this book a great deal and want people to know where to get it. I posted a review to AML-List … Continue reading →

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Working with my daughter

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Eric R Samuelsen

I’m going to embarrass my daughter.  She hates it when I write about her.  A boy might read it.  But I’m having tremendous fun right now, and want to share it. The Covey Center Blackbox is producing my play, The … Continue reading →

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Mormon Literary Treatments of the War in Heaven

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Boyd Petersen

The LDS Church is unique in having a coherent scriptural account of the War in Heaven. Although the idea is found throughout Western religious thought, there is no coherent biblical narrative of the War. It is rooted in the biblical … Continue reading →

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A Publishing Analogy

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury

The following is adapted from something I wrote several years ago for a writer friend of mine, and I thought it might be interesting to post here. As analogies go, it may or may not work for everyone, but what … Continue reading →

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The War in Heaven in Mormon Thought

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Boyd Petersen

The following comments are excerpted from a longer paper I read at the annual meeting of the Mormon History Association. The purpose of the paper is not to defend or deride any political positions, but to look at ways the … Continue reading →

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On-Screen: Filming the Book of Mormon

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Eric R Samuelsen

Last Saturday, at the AML Annual meeting, we had the privilege of seeing a public screening of Corianton, probably the first Mormon feature film.  Based on the play by Orestes Utah Bean (if there were ever a perfect name for … Continue reading →

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