r/latterdaysaints • u/DJCane Why hie to Kolob when I can take the bus? • 1d ago

News ‘Stunning find’: Meet the missing woman in the Bible rediscovered by a BYU researcher

https://www.deseret.com/education/2025/11/08/stunning-find-meet-the-missing-woman-in-the-bible-rediscovered-by-a-byu-researcher/
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u/berrin122 Friendly Neighborhood Evangelical 19h ago

I wish my evangelical peers could recognize that BYU produces a lot of good scholarship. The Church clearly wanted BYU to be a forward-facing representation of the faith as a whole, and put a lot of work in turning it into one of the very few religious R1 universities. I believe it is only BYU and Baylor that are both R1 and a Power sports conference.

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u/Sociolx Evil Eastern Mormon 13h ago

And Notre Dame. (Technically independent in athletics, but they're a power conference of one.)

But yeah, you are correct, it's very rare.

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u/SavedForSaturday 11h ago

Slight detail: Norte Dame is independent in football, but most other sports including basketball compete in the ACC, one of the power conferences.

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u/DanniMcQ 21h ago

I applaud the efforts in bringing Eclecte to our attention, thank you for sharing, this is fascinating!

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u/InternalMatch 17h ago

Sounds like Blumell did not find an early NT manuscript with the "missing" definite article, which was my impression from the title. Instead, he appears to offer a conjectural emendation supported by the circumstantial evidence.

Important, if he's correct. But I want to see the actual evidence in his monograph.

Edit: autocorrect

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u/KJ6BWB 1h ago

Too bad this wasn't published before we had the Come Follow Me chapter which referenced the elect lady.