
Translating a 1700-year-old Obituary
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 569 , Segment
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Israel's Six-Day War 50th Anniversary, Paula Poundstone
Episode: Israel's Six-Day War 50th Anniversary, Paula Poundstone
- Jun 8, 2017 11:00 pm
- 17:40
(originally aired: Sept. 14, 2016) Guest: Lincoln Blumell, PhD, Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, BYU When contemplating how we’ll be remembered after we’re gone, a common hope is that our gravestone can say something about having loved and been loved. Late last year, BYU ancient scripture professor Lincoln Blumell helped translate a small and exceptionally sweet epitaph carved into limestone that’s languished in the archives of the University of Utah’s library for decades.