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Report from the 1st Annual Expound Symposium
On Saturday the 14th of May I had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 1st Annual Expound Symposium, which was held in Provo at the Brigham Young Academy building. For anyone who was there, I hope I had a chance to talk to you — I met so many bright and interesting people [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, News and Events Tagged BYU, Expound Symposium, Jeffrey Bradshaw, LDS, Matthew Brown, Provo Comments closed
Seeing the God: A Conference at Union Theological Seminary
Just read about a conference being held on May 12th at Union Theological Seminary. I would love to be able to be there! Funny enough, I will be in the US for the Expound Symposium two days later, but have no plans to stop in New York (at least not outside the airport)! The theme [...]
Posted in Scholarly Conferences Tagged conference, Deirdre Good, Jared Calaway, Jewish, Jewish Mysticism, Seeing the God, Union Theological Seminary, UTS Comments closed
First Annual Expound Symposium in Provo, May 14th!!!!
I just wanted to alert you, especially those who live or will be in Utah next month, to the imminent advent of the First Annual Expound Symposium, to be held Saturday, May 14th, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah. I will be coming all the way from Scotland to speak at this event [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Uncategorized Tagged Brigham Young Academy, conference, Expound, ExpoundLDS, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, LDS, Matthew Brown, Provo, Symposium, Utah Comments closed
Heavenly Ascents News
Just wanted to give you a brief update of some things I’ve been doing lately. I posted (a couple of weeks back now) some material over at The Millennial Star about the reforms of King Josiah and the Deuteronomists and how these reforms may have affected the theological themes found in the Old Testament we [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, LDS Interest, News and Events Tagged BYU, conference, ExpoundLDS, lead plates, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Provo, St. Andrews, Symposium Comments closed
Call for Papers: St Andrews Graduate Conference for Biblical and Early Christian Studies
The 1st St Andrews Graduate Conference for Biblical and Early Christian Studies: Authoritative Texts and Reception History Authoritative Texts and Reception History Aspects and Approaches 15-16 June 2011 With an emphasis on textual reception history, the first St Andrews Graduate Conference for Biblical and Early Christian Studies is aimed at graduate students and early career scholars. Contributors [...]
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SBL 2010: LDS and the Bible, Session 2
Okay, here are my notes from the second and last session of the Latter-day Saints and the Bible unit, which took place on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 at the SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta. This session was also meant to focus on the legacy left by the late BYU professor Hugh W. Nibley. John Hall, [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Tagged 40 Day Literature, Bible, Dana Pike, David J. Larsen, Dustin Naegle, Frederick M. Huchel, Hugh Nibley, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jesus Christ, John Hall, John Welch, LDS, Michael Biggerstaff, New Year Festival, pre-mortal existence, sacrifice, SBL, Scripture, Stephen Ricks, Temple, Tuesday Comments closed
Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: My Expound Symposium Paper