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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 Doctrinal Issues, Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Tagged Angelomorphic, angelomorphism, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Deification, divine humanity, Divinity, Priesthood, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
Recent Blog Posts on Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Just wanted to alert you to a couple of interesting blog posts that I recently read on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Tony Burke at Apocryphicity shared the following regarding why he chose to study the Christian Apocrypha: Why am I such an advocate for the Christian Apocrypha? Have I been “burned…by orthodox Christianity” as Ben [...]
Also posted in Religious Scholars Tagged Apocrypha, Christian, Jim Davila, Joseph Kelly, Old Testament, Pseudepigrapha, Tony Burke Comments closed
“With Letters of Light”: Festschrift for Rachel Elior
In the first post that I put up with notes from SBL, I mentioned that a Festschrift in honor of Rachel Elior was presented to her at a gathering of the Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism group. The volume was edited by Daphna Arbel and my former Marquette professor, Andrei Orlov. You can check it [...]
Also posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Religious Scholars Tagged Andrei Orlov, book, Daphna Arbel, Festschrift, Mysticism, Rachel Elior 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, Heavenly Ascents, Religious Scholars Tagged Aleinu Prayer, Early Judaism, Hekhalot, James Davila, Pardes Story, Shlomo Brody 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, Heavenly Ascents, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences Comments closed
New Work Released on The Book of Noah
NEW BOOK published by the SBL: Noah and His Book(s) Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, Vered Hillel ISBN 1589834887 Status Available Price: $45.95 Binding Paperback Publication Date June, 2010 In a collection of original essays, this book offers new insights on the question of the lost “book of Noah,” as well as studies of Noah’s [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, News and Events, Religious Scholars Tagged Jim Davila, lost books, Michael Stone, Noah, Pseudepigrapha, SBL 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, Doctrinal Issues, Heavenly Ascents Tagged 2 Enoch, Baptism, Heavenly Ascent, Life of Adam and Eve, Pope Benedict, Pseudepigrapha Comments closed
James Davila: More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project News