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We Lived in Heaven: Sarah Hinze on Pre-Birth Experiences
For those who read my previous post on Roy Mills’ book about his memories of the premortal life, this post will be an exciting follow-up, with further information on individuals who have had distinct experiences with the premortal existence. After my father, whose name is also David Larsen, read the Mills post, he referred me [...]
Also posted in Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest Tagged IANDS, pre-birth, Pre-existence, Premortal Existence, premortal life, Sarah Hinze Comments closed
The Priestly Suppression of Ancient Truths
King Josiah’s Reforms Before moving on to more evidence of the suppression of ancient truths, this time at the hands of postexilic priestly editors, I want to mention a couple more good commentaries on the Deuteronomistic reforms, mentioned in my last post. First, I remembered another great article–a book review–by Kevin Christensen, featured in [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, Priesthood, Scripture, Temple Tagged Aaronic, Babylonian, Enochic Judaism, Exile, First Temple, Gabriele Boccaccini, High Priest, James VanderKam, Persian, Priesthood, Qumran, Reforms, Scripture, Second Temple, Zadokite Comments closed
The Suppression of Ancient Truths
In this post, there is a key idea that I want to focus on from my post “How Many Judaisms.” This is the notion that the “mainstream” form of Judaism in the postexilic period, rather than being a direct representation of more ancient Israelite religion, was, in fact, involved in the suppression of ancient truths.This [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, Scripture, Temple Tagged Deuteronomic, Deuteronomist, Deuteronomy, First Temple, Kevin Christensen, King Josiah, religious reform, Scripture, Second Temple, Temple Comments closed
The Human Form on God’s Throne