Comments on: Notes on Mt. 2:1-12 (The Magi Continued) http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/12/07/notes-on-mt-21-12-the-magi-continued/ A Mormon Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/12/07/notes-on-mt-21-12-the-magi-continued/#comment-26482 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:52:49 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4440#comment-26482 JT, Footnotes is shorthand for Footnotes to the New Testament for Latter-day Saints. This is a two-volume work that I wrote together with two other LDS scholars, John Tvedtnes and John Jenkins. It is available in various formats; see here.

The BM is a reference to the late Raymond Brown’s book The Birth of the Messiah. The actual Footnotes book has a list of commonly used abbreviations, but I didn’t think to explain that one in the post; thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: JT http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/12/07/notes-on-mt-21-12-the-magi-continued/#comment-26481 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:56:39 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4440#comment-26481 Great stuff, Kevin.

I apologize if this is common knowledge or if I just missed it here or in a different thread, but can you explain what your Footnotes are and how one might be able to access them for personal edification?

Also, what is the “BM” source you cite in here?

Thanks!

]]> By: Asphodel http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/12/07/notes-on-mt-21-12-the-magi-continued/#comment-26480 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:06:49 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4440#comment-26480 Great stuff.

I’ve always wondered about the myrrh. Why would you bring embalming materials to a baby shower (so to speak)? I’ve heard symbolic interpretations of all 3 gifts, but outside of that, would those have been normal-seeming gifts at the time?

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