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William Hamblin Update: Temple Themes in Isaiah 4-12
Have a look at Prof William Hamblin’s notes on temple themes in Isaiah 4-12: On his blog: http://hamblinofjerusalem.blogspot.com/ On Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2635815 It’s all very insightful material, and I especially like the stuff on Isaiah 6.
Also posted in Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture Comments closed
Prof William Hamblin: Temple Themes in Isaiah
Professor William Hamblin of Brigham Young University has begun posting notes on temple themes in the book of Isaiah on his blog: http://hamblinofjerusalem.blogspot.com/. He has covered the first three chapters of Isaiah so far and has shared some wonderful insights, drawing from his vast knowledge of the temple and ancient Near Eastern history, culture, and [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scripture Tagged Brigham Young University, BYU, Isaiah, Jerusalem, Temple, William Hamblin Comments closed
The Glory of Zion Will Be a Defense: Part 2
This is a continuation of my last post on Old Testament Lesson 36 covering Isaiah 1-6. I had hoped to post it before today (Sunday), but unfortunately didn’t quite make it. Hopefully it is still of some help to those wanting to study a bit more about these chapters of Isaiah. Isaiah Chapter 4 Due [...]
Also posted in Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Tagged Bible, Isaiah, Isaiah 6, Lesson 36, Old Testament, Scripture, Sunday School, Temple, theophany, Throne, type-scene, Vision, Zion Comments closed
Happy New Year (Rosh HaShanah)
Happy (Jewish) New Year!! Today is Rosh Hashanah (“head/first of the year”), the beginning of year 5771 in the Jewish world. Rosh Hashanah is one of Judaism’s “high” holidays, and some very significant traditions are associated with it. Rosh Hashanah marks God’s creation of the world, and is the “birthday” of Adam and Eve. The [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, News and Events Tagged Atonement, Creation, Day of Atonement, Jewish, Judaism, kingshjip, New Year, Rosh Hashanah, shofar, trumpets 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, Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences Tagged Afterlife Journey, April DeConick, Heavenly Ascents, Mellon Seminar, Religious Studies, Rice University, Temple Comments closed
Temple Themes in the Book of Moses: Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Answers Questions About His New Book
Almost nine months ago I had the great opportunity of interviewing author Jeffrey M. Bradshaw about his outstanding (and very large) book, In God’s Image and Likeness (you can read that multi-post interview starting here). It is now my great pleasure to present to you my brief interview with Dr. (Bishop) Bradshaw regarding a new [...]
Also posted in Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture Tagged author, Book of Moses, interview, Jeff Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, new release, Temple, Temple Themes Comments closed
Rebuilding Solomon’s Temple, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
From the New York Times (via PaleoJudaica.blogspot.com): Rebuilding Solomon’s Temple, in São Paulo By ROBERT MACKEY This week, as Jews around the world observed the fasting day of Tisha B’av, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples in ancient Jerusalem, a Brazilian megachurch received planning permission to build a 10,000-seat replica of Solomon’s Temple [...]
Also posted in News and Events Tagged Brazil, Jerusalem, Judaism, rebuilt, Sao Paulo, solomon's temple, Temple of Solomon, Templo de Salomao Comments closed
William Hamblin: Temple Themes in Isaiah 13-29