Oh, I forgot to add. If you're interested in what's happened in the 27 years since the Joseph Smith Papyri: an Egyptian Endowment was published, try http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/LBOA.pdf a piece of scholarship which is, imo, all the more remarkable because it was written in two weeks by an amateur* (the speed pressure was because FAIR wanted to have something to hand out to people who came to see the anti-Book of Abraham video). Kerry Shirts is working on an even more technical response but that won't be ready for a few weeks yet.
*I am not using the word "amateur" in the pejorative sense, but in the sense of someone whose vocation is not in that field, but who has studied enough to be considered a scholar in the field. As we have no professional theologians (and don't want any, thank you very much -- they just end up competing with legitimate priesthood authority like a few BYU religion profs I could name) amateur scholars is what we're going to get. They're humble enough to submit to Church authority but committed enough to master their field and give the anti-Mormon professionals a run for their money. Paul Osborne wrote: > >>Is there a Nibley cult following too? > > Basically, I just stick with the scriptures. I have a boot leg copy of > Nibley's "Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri" and that is it. It is long > and boring and so riddled with references that it would take a hundred > years for me to check them. > > Why is everyone so into Hugh Nibley? I just don't get it. > > Paul O > The odd duck > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
