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Understanding the Book of Revelation

Understanding the Book of Revelation

Elder Bruce R. McConkie

One of our most fascinating exercises in scriptural interpretation is to study the book of Revelation, to ponder its truths, and to discover—to our surprise and amazementwhat this commonly misunderstood work is all about.

If you have already fallen in love with John’s presentation of the plan of salvation as it is set out in…

A CD is being prepared which will make available the 48 handouts related to LDS Sunday School lessons on the Old Testament, and numerous other related articles. To order, contact Marlena at: [email protected]. When available in October 2014, the CD will cost $7 with a $3 handling charge. You will be able to purchase them through Marlena’s website: http://www.jewishconvert-lds.com.  Please…

Events Affecting Early Jewish Thought and Movements

Events Affecting Early Jewish Thought and Movements

(Dates are approximate)

4000-3500 B.C.       Sumerians in Babylon.

3000 B.C.-                Semitic tribes occupy Assyria, Phoenicians on Syrian coast

2500 B.C.-                Settlement of Aramean nomads from Euphrates, Semitic Canaanites in Palestine

2000 B.C.-                Hittites become kingdom, attack Syria

2100 B.C.-                Av…

Marlena Tanya Muchnick’s New Stories

Visit my new blog: https://levenesworld.blogspot.com. New stories about a Jewish detective who finds the dead, brings their stories alive, solves mysteries revealed through genealogy.  Shamus Chai Levene is the only Jewish detective in the world who is a genealogist!  Check it out.

Levene’s Learner’s Guide to Yiddishe (and some Hebrew) Words – Read this before reading new story!

The Brooch of Ivan the Terrible

Shamus – Hebrew for detective, servant.

Chai – Hebrew word for “life”.

Ashkenazic Jews – Western Europe: Germanic, Russian, other nearby countries.

Sephardic Jews – Eastern Europe: Spain, Turkey, Iraq, Italy, etc.

Yiddish – Language of Ashkenazic Jews, but not Sephardic Jews. Based on German, Hebrew and other languages, uses Hebrew alphabet.

Challah: Hebrew. The…

The Brooch of Ivan the Terrible by Marlena Tanya Muchnick-Baker

A Shᾱmus Levene Original Mystery

                                              The Brooch of Ivan the Terrible

ShᾱmusChai Levene was eating his lunch, watching a line of belly-heavy one-hump dromedary camels march in line through the seemingly limitless dark of an Arabian desert.  They seemed thoughtful as they traveled, as though they were contemplating the millions of steps involved; but gave…

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an…

Hugh W. Nibley

Provo, Utah: Maxwell InstituteThe views expressed in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…

B'nai Shalom, Children of Peace, Org.

Since I am the owner of this blogsite, I want to tell you about my organization, B’nai Shalom. We…

by Avraham Gileadi Ph.D.

Because Isaiah has permeated his entire prophecy with check and balances, one rarely needs to second guess his meaning. Seldom does Isaiah mention an event or idea just once, never to return to it. Rather, he frequently reiterates…

Lenet Hadley Read Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Volume – 2, Issue – 2, Pages: 110-20 Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 1993The views expressed in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the Maxwell…

As the new president of this woderful and unique organization, I invite all my readers to click on http://www.mormonsandjews.org. We are an organization of Jewish converts, Mormons and interested friends. We hold a large group get together the Thursdays…

Daniel Belnap Studies in the Bible and Antiquity: Volume – 4, Pages: 43-69 Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 2012 The views expressed in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the Maxwell Institute, Brigham…

Matthew Roper Insights Volume – 32, Issue – 4 Provo, Utah: Maxwell InstituteThe views expressed in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, or The Church of…

Kenneth L. Alford

Kenneth L. Alford is an associate professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University.

When I first heard the term catechismas a young grade-school student, I had no idea what it meant. I later learned that the…

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Jews of India

Indiahas a legacy of three distinct ancient Jewish groups: the Bene Israel, the Cochin Jews,…

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Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon

  In the late 1960s, a young Latter-day Saint discovered that an ancient form of Middle Eastern…

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