On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 08:41:57 -0600 "Marc A. Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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.
Thanks for the URL. You are welcome to check out my URL if you like. I have spent many years studying the controversies surrounding the mystery of the Joseph Smith papyri and provide simple, clean, and easy to understand answers. http://www.myegyptology.net/file/id3.htm Paul O [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 /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org 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 ==^================================================================
