Margaret Barker Interview – Part 7b (Temple in the Modern World)

Elder John A. Widtsoe (1872-1952) Occasionally you encounter a talk or book or article that is a classic.  Elder John A. Widtsoe’s talk on “Temple Worship” given at a meeting of the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake on October 12, 1920, is one of those talks.  There are portions of [...]Temple Worship by Elder John A. Widtsoe […]

A CONFERENCE ON ASTROLOGY is being held at Bristol University in April. Included in the lineup of speakers is renowned Kabbalah specialist Elliot Wolfson from NYU.(Heads-up, reader Sigrid Peterson.) […]

I have been working on understanding the larger parameters of ancient gnosticism. In that process I have developed some language to talk about the different kinds of Gnostics we find in the ancient (and likely modern) world.This material is being published in my paper for the Codex Judas Congress. I will probably be talking about this at SBL during the ses […]

This photo shows the cave in the center of the photo.Here is a closeup of the cave.Interior of the cave. The pottery is modern. […]

1 Peter 2:7-9 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a [...] […]

Something I run across rather frequently on the internet and occasionally in person is the idea that the Hebrew אלהים was used to make reference to human rulers or judges. Some are quick to point out that the BDB gives “rulers, judges” as the first definitions for the word. Some modern translations of the Bible [...] […]