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Thoughts on Crispin Fletcher-Louis, “The Revelation of the Sacral Son of Man”

By David Larsen | Published: January 30, 2012
Review of Crispin Fletcher-Louis, “The Revelation of the Sacral Son of Man: The Genre, History of Religions Context and the Meaning of the Transfiguration,” in Auferstehung – Resurrection (The Fourth Durham-Tübingen Research Symposium Resurrection, Transfiguration and Exaltation in Old Testament, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity – Tübingen, Sept, 1999), edited by Friedrich Avemarie and Hermann [...]
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Second Temple Seal Used for Ritual Found at Temple Mount

By David Larsen | Published: December 27, 2011
A 2000 year-old seal with the inscription “Pure for YH (abbr. of YHWH)” was found in excavations of the foundations of the Western Wall at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem just recently. The directors of the excavation believe that it is an example of the type of seal thought to have been used in the [...]
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Jim Davila on “Ritual Praxis in Ancient Jewish and Christian Mysticism” with Responses

By David Larsen | Published: December 3, 2011
Jim Davila, my PhD supervisor, gave a paper at SBL for the new Esotericism and Mysticism in Antiquity section, entitled “Ritual Praxis in Ancient Jewish and Christian Mysticism.” The session, held jointly with the Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity section, was presided over by April DeConick, and featured presentations and responses by [...]
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Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: Video of My Expound 2011 Presentation

By David Larsen | Published: October 24, 2011
My thanks to Tyler Livingston for putting the following video together from my May 2011 Expound Symposium presentation.  The title of my paper was “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: The Psalms as a Key to Understanding the Rituals of the First Temple.” Tyler has nicely worked in the power-point images from my presentation, so [...]
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I’m Still Here!!

By David Larsen | Published: September 27, 2011
You may have been wondering as I have not posted anything here for about two months!! I apologize to anyone who is actually still interested in reading this blog!  Over the Summer I was compelled by my financial situation here in Scotland to get a full-time summer job, so between that and my research, I [...]
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First Annual Expound Symposium in Provo, May 14th!!!!

By David Larsen | Published: April 27, 2011
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 [...]
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Jews Ready for Renewal of Passover Sacrifice in Jerusalem Tonight

By David Larsen | Published: April 18, 2011
Rabbi Yehudah Glick has 300 sheep and goats on-hand and 20 trained slaughterers ready to lead the Jewish world in a renewal of the Pessach (Passover) sacrifice on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.  Now all they need is for the Messiah to come. While Jews, for many centuries now, have celebrated Passover with the Seder [...]
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New Press Releases on Metal Plates Discovery

By David Larsen | Published: March 25, 2011
Another quick update on this topic. Many of you have probably seen this by now. A couple of press releases are now circulating related to the cache of metal plates. Bryce Haymond over at TempleStudy.com links to one, plus he give a great outline of the nature of the plates and what some people think [...]
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