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Psalm 24: Temple Gates and Guardians
I have written a new post over at The Millennial Star looking at Psalm 24 and the possibility that it describes an ancient temple ritual in which pilgrims to the temple engaged in a question-and-answer dialogue with priests that acted as gatekeepers at the temple gates. If interested, please check out the post at: http://www.millennialstar.org/psalm-24-temple-gates-and-guardians/
Also posted in Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, Scripture, Temple Tagged gatekeepers, New Year Festival, Priesthood, Psalms, ritual, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
On Divine Humanity
I found the following a while back and just recently looked at it again and thought it would be great to post here. British scholar Crispin Fletcher-Louis, in his book All the Glory of Adam, had the following to say about the early Jewish belief that all of humanity was meant to, and and eventually could, [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Priesthood, Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Tagged Angelomorphic, angelomorphism, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Deification, divine humanity, Divinity, Priesthood, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
Professor Jim Davila on Christology: Son of God and Son of Man
The title of this post may be somewhat misleading, as what I am posting here is actually Professor Davila’s brief response to Mark D. Roberts’ recent blog posts on Christology at Beliefnet.com. However, although not extensive in length, his comments are insightful and I thought they’d be interesting to post here. Following Davila’s comments, I [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Religious Scholars, Scripture Tagged Beliefnet, Christology, Daniel, Divinity, Enoch, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, kingship, Mark Roberts, PaleoJudaica, Son of God, Son of Man, Theology Comments closed
What Did the Authors of Isaiah 40-55 Really Know About Babylon: Dr Lena Sophia Tiemeyer
Yesterday I had the privilege of hearing from Dr Lena Sophia Tiemeyer, Lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the University of Aberdeen, as she presented a paper at our weekly Biblical Studies seminar. Her study was entitled “What Did the Authors of Isaiah 40-55 Really Know About Babylon?” The timing of this presentation, for the [...]
Also posted in Religious Scholars, School Journal, Scripture Tagged Akkadian, Babylon, Biblical studies, Deutero-Isaiah, Diaspora, Exile, Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, Judah, Lena Tiemeyer, N.T. Wright, Old Testament, Palestine, Scripture, Second Isaiah, seminar, Talmon, University of Aberdeen, University of St Andrews Comments closed
William Hamblin Update: Temple Themes in Isaiah 4-12
Have a look at Prof William Hamblin’s notes on temple themes in Isaiah 4-12: On his blog: http://hamblinofjerusalem.blogspot.com/ On Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2635815 It’s all very insightful material, and I especially like the stuff on Isaiah 6.
Also posted in LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement
Today is Yom Kippur in the Jewish world. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement.” In modern Judaism, it is a day for fasting and for repenting of sins. The common greeting for this day is g’mar chativah tovah – “may you be inscribed for good (in the Book of Life)”! There’s a lot that could [...]
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April DeConick: Seminar on “Mapping Death:Religious Preparation for the Afterlife Journey”
Looking back, I probably should have spaced these posts out over a few days to prevent you all from developing “information overload” syndrome. But this last post today is a good one (at least I think so). It has come to my attention (via her blog Forbidden Gospels) that Rice University Professor of Biblical Studies, [...]
Also posted in Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple Tagged Afterlife Journey, April DeConick, Heavenly Ascents, Mellon Seminar, Religious Studies, Rice University, Temple Comments closed
Did Jesus Deny the Possibility of Heavenly Ascents? (John 3:13)