Here is where my nerd comes out....

I dont plan on posting everyday, but I did want to talk a little bit about a book I have been reading. Here it is: The Mother of the Lord by Margret Barker. 

THIS is what I love. 1st Temple (600 BC and before) is what I truly drool over, and cant get enough info about. There seems to be bottomless pit that never feels satisfied in my brain for this kind of info. 

Dont get me wrong I truly truly love Church History, and early American history. 

But THIS- is what I soak up, and only have a very few friends who even understand what I am talking about, or can tolerate me talking about this topic. 

The Book of Job- in earlier texts- the God he refers to is named Eloah- a feminine part of the plural Elohim. Scribes from the time of Lehi- LEHI - were changing the text under the direction of King Josiah, and this name was obscured. Except in the book of Job- because its a story that originates from Arabia. 

Information like this makes my giddy. 

There are many Temple priests who left Jerusalem during the reign of King Josiah, because he was mucking with the Temple. There was a pattern of them fleeing, building boats, and leaving. Scholars know this. Yet the Book of Mormon that follows this ancient pattern continues to be mocked. 

The information is out there. There is just so few scholars that make it palatable to the general public to be read, and understood. Margaret Barker may be a tough read for some, and you kind of have to have a background of the different periods of biblical translation- but even without that you can still get bits of info that will completely spin your brain. 

I wanted to introduce her because I will be talking about her work from time to time. 

That is all.