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[…] traditions were well catalogued by D. Michael Quinn in his pioneering study, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (Signature Books, 1988). In this present work, Brooke augments and amplifies material introduced by Quinn […]
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Theology is usually considered an intellectual activity for philosophers and educated religionists. Actually, most humans discuss the same sub jects, but at a different level than do the pundits. Commoners too cogitate upon the […]
For my father-in-law, who knew the conflict Alvin Hawking awoke two hours after dusk. He slipped out of his cot and dressed in the dim yellow light that washed through the screen door at […]
[…] Greek text of 1 Enoch 1:8.[35] An example of the similarities can also be seen when the English texts of Jude and 1 Enoch are placed together. In Jude v.l it says, “to those […]
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