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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 Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest, Scripture, Temple Tagged gatekeepers, New Year Festival, Priesthood, Psalms, ritual, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
Major Trends in Hekhalot Literature Research
MAJOR TRENDS IN HEKHALOT LITERATURE RESEARCH are summed up in an article by Shlomo Brody in Text and Texture: “The Aleinu Prayer and the Pardes Story: Major Trends in Hekhalot Literature Research” (Via James Davila at PaleoJudaica.com)
Also posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Judaism, Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha, Religious Scholars Tagged Aleinu Prayer, Early Judaism, Hekhalot, James Davila, Pardes Story, Shlomo Brody Comments closed
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 Doctrinal Issues, 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
New “Exagoge” of Ezekiel the Tragedian Fragment
Via my professor James Davila at PaleoJudaica.com: PSEUDEPIGRAPHA WATCH: Bob Kraft e-mails: I just returned from the Papyrology Congress in Geneva, and you will be interested in the paper by Dirk Obbink (Oxford), “A New Fragment of Ezekiel’s Exagoge from Oxyrhynchus.” According to the abstract, this “newly identified papyrus … preserves the earliest textual witness [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, News and Events, Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences Comments closed
“He Took Up…the Mantle of Elijah” (OT Lesson 29)
This lesson is about the transition of the prophetic office from Elijah to his successor, Elisha, and the ministry of Elisha to the people of Israel. One of the first things that one may notice, after reviewing and comparing the narratives concerning Elijah and Elisha is that there are many similarities between them, especially in [...]
Also posted in Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Tagged 2 Kings, Bible, Chariot, Elijah, Eliseus, Elisha, Lesson 29, Naaman, Old Testament, School of the Prophets, sons of the prophets, Sunday School Comments closed
More Videos
I have been fiddling around with what movie-making software I have and put together the following video called “A Heavenly Journey.” The “journey” starts off in the presence of God and we then travel through the immensity of space to reach the Earth, the place where God determined that our mortal experience would take place. [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, Temple, YouTube Videos Tagged Asherah, Heavenly Ascent, heavenly journey, solomon's temple, Temple, Temple of Solomon, youtube Comments closed
Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: My Expound Symposium Paper