Thursday, March 19, 2026

Helen Neuenswander (1981) on knowledge of a 7-day week in Mesoamerica

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   THE SEVEN-DAY WEEK   The 7-day period, like the 5-day period, is conjugated differently than are other periods of days: wukub ’ih ...

Raymond E. Brown on the Custom of Releasing a Prisoner at the Feast

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   The Custom of Releasing a Prisoner at the Feast (Mark 15:6; Matt 27:15; John 18:39a)   If the Lucan Pilate calls together the chief...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Mark Wilson on αρμα (KJV: “Chariot”) in Acts 8:29

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   Finally, the geographical dimensions of Acts 8 are mind-boggling. From Jerusalem to their meeting point outside Gaza, Philip and the Nu...

Strack and Billerbeck on Matthew 27:25

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   27:25: His blood come upon us and upon our children.   The words mean “May the responsibility and guilt affect us and our children!...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Scriptural Mormonism Podcast Episode 97: Craig Foster on Anti-Mormon Pamphleteering in Great Britain (1837-1860)

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  Episode 97: Craig Foster on Anti-Mormon Pamphleteering in Great Britain (1837-1860)

Strack and Billerbeck on Jewish/Rabbinical Attitudes Towards Suicide

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   27:5: Went and hanged himself.   The ancient synagogue found the prohibition of suicide in Gen 9:5. Genesis Rabbah 34 (21B): “Yet...

Examples “Curious Workmanship” in Pre-1830 Literature

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 In his article, “Misunderstanding the Book of Mormon,” John Tvedtnes noted that:   Misconceptions abound concerning the text of the Boo...