Category Archives: Doctrinal Issues

April DeConick: Seminar on “Mapping Death:Religious Preparation for the Afterlife Journey”

By David Larsen | Published: September 2, 2010
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, [...]
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“I Will Betroth Thee unto Me in Righteousness” (OT Lesson 34)

By David Larsen | Published: September 1, 2010
I have to begin this post by apologizing for missing a lesson! My schedule last week didn’t allow me to comment on OT Lesson 33, covering the book of Jonah and sections from Micah.  It’s not that there is nothing interesting to say about these books — there certainly is — it’s just that I [...]
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Kevin Christensen on Margaret Barker’s Research

By David Larsen | Published: August 30, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in a post on ancient Israelite religious reforms that Kevin Christensen had written a lot on that subject, but that the site that I was used to going to for links to his articles seemed to have some broken links. I was just recently made aware that all the [...]
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Temple Themes in the Book of Moses: Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Answers Questions About His New Book

By David Larsen | Published: August 20, 2010
Almost nine months ago I had the great opportunity of interviewing author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw about his outstanding (and very large) book, In God’s Image and Likeness (you can read that multi-post interview starting here). It is now my great pleasure to present to you my brief interview with Dr. (Bishop) Bradshaw regarding a new [...]
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Ancient Israelite Religious Reformation (OT Lesson 30)

By David Larsen | Published: August 6, 2010
2 Chronicles 29-30; 32; 34 (2 Kgs 18-19; 22-23) The Sunday School curriculum calls this lesson “Come to the House of the Lord.” This is an appropriate title for this block of scripture, as the narrative here relates how kings Hezekiah and Josiah of Judah cleansed the Temple of Jerusalem of all the alleged idolatrous [...]
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