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Notes on Early Jewish Belief in a Messiah
The following is from some notes that I took in Professor Jim Davila’s class on the Dead Sea Scrolls this week. I sit in on this undergraduate class of his just to get more exposure to his great knowledge and expertise on this topic. The way the class is set up, at least at this [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Religious Scholars, School Journal Tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, High Priest, James Davila, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, King David, Melchizedek, Messiah, Messianism, Qumran Comments closed
BYU Studies Symposium Audio mp3s
The BYU Studies website has recently released audio .mp3s from their recent 2010 symposium. I highlighted this conference in a recent post. If you were not able to attend the symposium, or would like to go back and listen to any of the great presentations, you can do so here. The session of the symposium [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple Tagged Brigham Young University, BYU Studies, Ezekiel Mural, Jeff Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John Hall, kings, kingship, Melchizedek, mysteries, Paul Callister, priests, seer stones, Symposium, temples Comments closed
The Pope Cites Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
VIA JIM DAVILA’S PALEOJUDAICA: PSEUDEPIGRAPHA WATCH: The Pope cites a couple of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha in his Easter Vigil homily. First, from the Life of Adam and Eve: Dear Brothers and Sisters, An ancient Jewish legend from the apocryphal book “The life of Adam and Eve” recounts that, in his final illness, Adam sent his son Seth [...]
Also posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Heavenly Ascents, Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha Tagged 2 Enoch, Baptism, Heavenly Ascent, Life of Adam and Eve, Pope Benedict, Pseudepigrapha Comments closed
The Exodus Narrative as Another Creation Story (for Old Testament Lesson 13)
Please excuse me for not sharing much for the last couple of weeks. I have been working hard on my dissertation. Unfortunately, I missed commenting on a story I really love — the Joseph in Egypt narrative. I won’t take the time to backtrack now and write much on it, but I have always thought [...]
Also posted in Favorite Posts, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Tagged Creation, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Exodus, Hebrew Bible, LDS, Lesson 13, Moses, Old Testament, Red Sea, Sigmund Mowinckel, Sunday School Comments closed
Genesis Theology
In our Biblical Studies seminar here at St Andrews we heard yesterday from Joel Kaminsky, professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at Smith College in Northampton, MA. He spoke on an article that he is writing about the theology of the book of Genesis. This was very timely for me, as I had just [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, School Journal, Scripture Comments closed
The Jewish Legends of Jacob vs. Esau: The Birthright and the Blessing
I have had a crazy week, so all I have to offer on this week’s Old Testament Lesson 10 (“Birthright Blessings; Marriage in the Covenant) is two excerpts from Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews. Now I realize that this work is not the best resource for reliable or primary-source material, but it is very interesting [...]
Also posted in Priesthood, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Tagged birthright, blessing, Esau, garments, Ginzberg, Isaac, Israel, Jacob, Lesson 10, Old Testament, Scripture, Sunday School Comments closed
The Location of the Nail-Prints in Jesus Hands? A Discussion at Cambridge University