Category Archives: Religious Scholars

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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John W. Welch: Insights from His Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture

By David Larsen | Published: June 7, 2011
On May 17, 2011 (the day after I left Provo for my recent visit), Professor John W. Welch, Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law and editor-in-chief of BYU Studies, gave the 2011 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture at a Brigham Young University forum after having been awarded the 2011 Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award, [...]
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Don’t Forget the Authentic Ancient Metal Plates

By David Larsen | Published: April 8, 2011
For those disappointed that the recent “discovery” of those lead metal plates from Jordan has turned out to be bogus, Bryce Haymond’s recent post may cheer you up a bit! Bryce provides details of the many examples of inscribed metal plates found in the last century that have been deemed authentic.  He provides pictures, descriptions [...]
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Margaret Barker Misquoted about Lead Codices

By David Larsen | Published: April 2, 2011
I recently came across a blog post by Thomas Verenna that shares an email he sent to Margaret Barker about her recent quotes which have been appearing in the media.  According to this, Barker claims that she has been grossly misquoted. She says: “Alas, I was not quoted correctly. I am discovering all sorts of [...]
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Metal Plates in Dire Straits

By David Larsen | Published: April 1, 2011
From the latest updates I’ve seen, things aren’t looking good for our Jordanian lead plates. As more scholars gain access to photos of the plates and are beginning to be able to evaluate the inscriptions and images, there are some who are quite certain that they are forgeries.  I think it will still be some [...]
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Reviews of Interesting New Books on RBL

By David Larsen | Published: February 21, 2011
Via the Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter, 17 Feb 2011 ———————————— The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/): John J. Collins Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7404 Reviewed by Philip R. Davies David Lyle Jeffrey [...]
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Alan F. Segal, Professor of Jewish Studies

By David Larsen | Published: February 15, 2011
I recently heard news that Professor Alan F. Segal, one of the giants in the field of Early Jewish and  Early Christian Studies, has passed away.  We have lost one of the greatest contributors to the advancement of these areas of study in recent times. I first became aware of Professor Segal’s work while an [...]
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Articles about Priestly Messiah

By David Larsen | Published: January 29, 2011
I got this nice list of articles on the Jewish concept of a priestly Messiah from Bill Hamblin’s blog: Mason, E. You Are a Priest Forever: Second Temple Jewish Messianism and the Priestly Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews (2008) Higgins, A . I. B. “The Priestly Messiah.” New Testament Studies 13 (1966-67): 211-39. Kuhn, Karl [...]
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