A few years ago I became interested in the use of Biblical characters
by Egyptians in their religious life. The research was so interesting I
pursued it and it became a lecture I gave in Moscow to a group of
international Egyptologists. It was also published by the Russian
Academy of Sciences.
I also realized that this had a
direct application to the Book of Abraham. So I rewrote the article just
a little to demonstrate the connection. This has just come out:
http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=22&num=1&id=651
I hope this article is enjoyable and informative!
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Getting a book on the shelves
So yesterday had some interesting elements. My book, The Essential Companion to the Old Testament
(see essentialot.blogspot.com), was supposed to be on the shelves of
the BYU Bookstore on Monday for the thousands of extra visitors that
come there as part of BYU's Education week. Since Monday was the last
day before school starts for my kids, and because it was my son Kaleb's
birthday, we decided to go to Seven Peak's water slides for one last
summer fling. I made everyone stop on the way as I went in to the
Bookstore to put some fliers for my other book Return Unto Me
(returnuntome.blogspot.com) in these books. But the books weren't out
yet. I politely asked both the BYU bookstore and the publisher to look
into this, and went on to the waterslides (lots of fun).
On Tuesday, before my lecture on God's love in the Old Testament, I went to see if the books were out. They were not out yet. Happily my cd's with my lectures on the Book of Abraham were there!
I spoke with some more people. They told me that they didn't think it had arrived, others that it had arrived but was not scheduled to be put on the shelves for a few more weeks, and others told me that they needed to know when it had come in to find it. I emailed the publisher (Covenant Communications) and went and did my lecture.
I felt great about my lecture. Then I went to the bookstore and found the buyer who was in charge of getting these books. Together we went to work. We talked to the person from the publisher who had dropped the books off on Friday, after having them air freighted in the night before. We talked to the person who had received them. We checked all around in the receiving area. I looked and looked. We had a person in receiving who had left for the day come back in. We sleuthed and worked and searched and looked for an hour and a half. Finally we found them tucked away in the receiving area without their invoice in a different box than we were looking for. I helped unpack them and helped create the price stickers for them and put them on and took them up on a hand truck and put them on the selves myself. I am not sure they would have made it there this week if it had not been for Maureen (the BYU buyer) and myself sticking on it for so long. But they are definitely there now. I am so happy to finally see them out. I can hardly wait until the other one comes out!
On Tuesday, before my lecture on God's love in the Old Testament, I went to see if the books were out. They were not out yet. Happily my cd's with my lectures on the Book of Abraham were there!
I spoke with some more people. They told me that they didn't think it had arrived, others that it had arrived but was not scheduled to be put on the shelves for a few more weeks, and others told me that they needed to know when it had come in to find it. I emailed the publisher (Covenant Communications) and went and did my lecture.
I felt great about my lecture. Then I went to the bookstore and found the buyer who was in charge of getting these books. Together we went to work. We talked to the person from the publisher who had dropped the books off on Friday, after having them air freighted in the night before. We talked to the person who had received them. We checked all around in the receiving area. I looked and looked. We had a person in receiving who had left for the day come back in. We sleuthed and worked and searched and looked for an hour and a half. Finally we found them tucked away in the receiving area without their invoice in a different box than we were looking for. I helped unpack them and helped create the price stickers for them and put them on and took them up on a hand truck and put them on the selves myself. I am not sure they would have made it there this week if it had not been for Maureen (the BYU buyer) and myself sticking on it for so long. But they are definitely there now. I am so happy to finally see them out. I can hardly wait until the other one comes out!
Dr. Muhlestein does a lecture
Yesterday I did a lecture as part of Education week. The topic was an introduction to the ideas I have in my book Return Unto Me.
The concept, the God loves us and will never stop trying to work with us and help us, and that this is clear in the Old Testament, is one that I feel passionately about. I think it is a life changing topic. I saw several people tearing up during the lecture, and I like to assume that is because they were hearing something they needed to hear, not because the lecture was so terrible. I really, really enjoyed it, and look forward to doing a follow up lecture tomorrow.
The concept, the God loves us and will never stop trying to work with us and help us, and that this is clear in the Old Testament, is one that I feel passionately about. I think it is a life changing topic. I saw several people tearing up during the lecture, and I like to assume that is because they were hearing something they needed to hear, not because the lecture was so terrible. I really, really enjoyed it, and look forward to doing a follow up lecture tomorrow.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Series of Lectures Comes Out
Dr. Muhlestein has had four lectures made available on cd. Look for them!!
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