Benjamin Urrutia
BENJAMIN URRUTIA, after a sojourn in Israel is now serving a mission in New York City.
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The Joseph Smith Papyri
Of the subject of my study, only fragments and copies of fragments are left. These are “Joseph Smith’s Egyptian Papyri” numbers 1, 10 and 11, and the three Facsimiles of the Pearl of Great Price. But these are enough. I have glued them to a roll of paper 10×150 centimeters long (according to Doctor Baer’s indications), and I have a pretty good idea of what PJS (as I shall call this document) must have looked like before it broke into pieces over a century ago.
Read moreA Photographic Trip Through Ancient America | Paul R. Cheesman, Early America and the Book of Mormon: A Photographic Essay of Ancient America
There are beautiful pictures in this book. Some, like the take of Monte Alban at dawn, are works of art. The volume could make a valuable gift or an adequate addition to a photographical library.…
Read moreThe Structure of Genesis, Chapter 1
The first chapter of the first book of the Bible is probably one of the most influential, derided, pervasive, debated, and misunderstood religious texts in our culture. Some light may be shed on its significance…
Read moreThe Force That Can Be Explained Is Not the True Force | George Lucas, Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, and George Lucas, dir., Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi, that ancient warrior, knight of the Jedi, resembles in many ways Don Juan, the hunter and warrior (and sorcerer) of Carlos Castarieda’s books. Even their names are similar, and both live in the…
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