Thursday, February 26, 2026

Ralph W. Klein and Andrew E. Steinmann on Deuteronomy 17:17 Not Being a Blanket Condemnation of Polygamy

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Commenting on Joash, who is described as having done right before God, receiving two wives from Jehoiada (2 Chron 24:2-3), Ralph W. Klein co...

2 Samuel 21:6 as a Possible Reference to Crucifixion

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   impale . There is no scholarly consensus on the exact form of execution, except that it obviously involves exhibiting the corpses. Some...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Randall P. Spackman on Joseph Smith's Comment that it was "1800 years since the Savior laid down his life" on April 6, 1833

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In History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]: 284 , set during April 1833, we read:   The day was spent in a very...

Randall P. Spackman (1993) on Helaman 12:15

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   Mormon's discourse about the wickedness of his generation (Helaman 12) is filled with temporal ideas. In times of plenty, his peopl...

Mankind Having Genuine Free-Will After the Fall in Scholium I of Jacob of Edessa (d. 708)

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   SCHOLIUM I.   (GEN. iv. 7)   From the fifth Scholium, in which he shows of the history concerning Cain, that because he was con...

W. D. Davies and Dale C. Allison Jr., on Matthew 19:28

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   What is meant by κρίνοντες ? Many have understood the verb to refer not to lordship but to a one-time judgement: Israel will be judged—...

Note on the Text of 2 Nephi 24:2 (= Isaiah 14:2)

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   Isa 14:2 (KJV) 2 Nephi 24:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the hous...