Author Archives: David Larsen

Thoughts on Crispin Fletcher-Louis, “The Revelation of the Sacral Son of Man”

By David Larsen | Published: January 30, 2012
Review of Crispin Fletcher-Louis, “The Revelation of the Sacral Son of Man: The Genre, History of Religions Context and the Meaning of the Transfiguration,” in Auferstehung – Resurrection (The Fourth Durham-Tübingen Research Symposium Resurrection, Transfiguration and Exaltation in Old Testament, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity – Tübingen, Sept, 1999), edited by Friedrich Avemarie and Hermann [...]
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Second Temple Seal Used for Ritual Found at Temple Mount

By David Larsen | Published: December 27, 2011
A 2000 year-old seal with the inscription “Pure for YH (abbr. of YHWH)” was found in excavations of the foundations of the Western Wall at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem just recently. The directors of the excavation believe that it is an example of the type of seal thought to have been used in the [...]
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A Most Remarkable DVD: My Review of FAIR’s New Book of Abraham Video

By David Larsen | Published: December 6, 2011
This has been quite long in coming, but I am happy that Tyler Livingston provided me with a copy of his new DVD that he made for FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research), entitled “A Most Remarkable Book: Evidence for the Divine Authenticity of The Book of Abraham,” and I am pleased to share [...]
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Jim Davila on “Ritual Praxis in Ancient Jewish and Christian Mysticism” with Responses

By David Larsen | Published: December 3, 2011
Jim Davila, my PhD supervisor, gave a paper at SBL for the new Esotericism and Mysticism in Antiquity section, entitled “Ritual Praxis in Ancient Jewish and Christian Mysticism.” The session, held jointly with the Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity section, was presided over by April DeConick, and featured presentations and responses by [...]
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BYU Religious Education Student Symposium: Call for Papers

By David Larsen | Published: November 10, 2011
Friday, February 17, 2012 Purpose of Conference:   To provide a forum for students to research, write, and present papers  about religious subjects from a faithful perspective. Eligibility:   All full-time BYU undergraduate and graduate students attending BYU-Provo winter semester 2012 are invited to submit a paper. Cash awards for winning papers:                [...]
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Insights from N.T. Wright’s Inaugural Lecture: Imagining the Kingdom of God

By David Larsen | Published: October 27, 2011
Last night I had the opportunity to listen to Professor Tom Wright (a.k.a. N.T. Wright) give his Inaugural Lecture as Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity here at the University of St Andrews. Professor Wright has actually been at the university a year now and has previously given major public addresses here, but I guess this [...]
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Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: Video of My Expound 2011 Presentation

By David Larsen | Published: October 24, 2011
My thanks to Tyler Livingston for putting the following video together from my May 2011 Expound Symposium presentation.  The title of my paper was “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: The Psalms as a Key to Understanding the Rituals of the First Temple.” Tyler has nicely worked in the power-point images from my presentation, so [...]
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In Memoriam: Matthew B. Brown, Popular LDS Author

By David Larsen | Published: October 7, 2011
Prolific and popular LDS author, Matthew B. Brown, was laid to rest today at the Orem City Cemetery at 1pm.  He passed peacefully through to the other side of the veil on October 5, 2011 after a brief and unexpected illness. I only met Matthew personally fairly recently, when I participated in the Expound Conference [...]
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