Category Archives: Religious Scholars

A Most Remarkable DVD: My Review of FAIR’s New Book of Abraham Video

By David Larsen | Published: December 6, 2011
This has been quite long in coming, but I am happy that Tyler Livingston provided me with a copy of his new DVD that he made for FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research), entitled “A Most Remarkable Book: Evidence for the Divine Authenticity of The Book of Abraham,” and I am pleased to share [...]
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Insights from N.T. Wright’s Inaugural Lecture: Imagining the Kingdom of God

By David Larsen | Published: October 27, 2011
Last night I had the opportunity to listen to Professor Tom Wright (a.k.a. N.T. Wright) give his Inaugural Lecture as Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity here at the University of St Andrews. Professor Wright has actually been at the university a year now and has previously given major public addresses here, but I guess this [...]
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In Memoriam: Matthew B. Brown, Popular LDS Author

By David Larsen | Published: October 7, 2011
Prolific and popular LDS author, Matthew B. Brown, was laid to rest today at the Orem City Cemetery at 1pm.  He passed peacefully through to the other side of the veil on October 5, 2011 after a brief and unexpected illness. I only met Matthew personally fairly recently, when I participated in the Expound Conference [...]
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Notes from Temple Studies Symposium V: The Temple Hidden in the Bible

By David Larsen | Published: July 8, 2011
The following are my notes from the recent Temple Studies Symposium, held July 2, 2011 at the Temple Church, London.  As always, the event was a great success with many important insights imparted.  It was a pleasure to see my friends and colleagues there, including Margaret Barker, Revd Robin Griffith-Jones, Jeffrey Bradshaw, William Hamblin, John [...]
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Off to the Temple Studies Symposium

By David Larsen | Published: June 30, 2011
I feel bad that I haven’t posted anything for so long. I’ve recently started working a job for the Summer and that with still trying to work full-time on my dissertation is keeping very busy to say the least. But I have nothing to complain about as I am heading down to London tomorrow for [...]
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James Davila: More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project News

By David Larsen | Published: June 14, 2011
Professor James Davila, of the University of St Andrews, shared some recent news today, on his PaleoJudaica blog, regarding the monumental More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project that he is directing, together with Professor Emeritus Richard Bauckham, and with Dr. Alexander Panayotov as co-editor.  In his words: I am very happy to announce that the first [...]
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Heavenly Sabbath, Heavenly Sanctuary: Jared Calaway’s PhD Dissertation Online

By David Larsen | Published: June 11, 2011
If you haven’t heard of Jared Calaway, he finished his PhD in Biblical Studies at Columbia University last year, writing his dissertation under the direction of the late (and great) Alan Segal. I have been following Jared’s work for the past few years and I have been intrigued by his insights into the world of [...]
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Temple Studies Group Symposium V: The Temple Hidden in the Bible

By David Larsen | Published: June 11, 2011
The time has come for another brilliant Temple Studies symposium, this one appropriately themed: “The Temple Hidden in the Bible” in light of this year’s commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Symposium V will be held on Saturday 2 July 2011, 10am-4pm at the Temple Church, London. For more details, please [...]
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