Tag Archives: Anointing

Temple Studies Group Symposium Papers Available!

By David Larsen | Published: December 1, 2009
You may now access online a number of the papers presented at the recent Temple Studies Group Symposium III held in London on October 31, 2009.  They have been just recently posted at the group’s website http://www.templestudiesgroup.com/Symposia.htm.  The theme for this symposium was “The Holy Anointing Oil”.  Despite the limited scope of the theme, the papers [...]
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Professor John F. Hall: Notes from the Temple Studies Symposium III

By David Larsen | Published: November 7, 2009
The following are my notes from Dr. John F. Hall’s wonderful presentation at the recent Temple Studies Group symposium held 31 October 2009 at the Temple Church in London. Dr. Hall is the Eliza R. Snow Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages and Ancient History at Brigham Young University. The paper Dr. Hall presented is a [...]
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Temple Studies Symposium III: Margaret Barker

By David Larsen | Published: November 2, 2009
Dr Margaret Barker: The Holy Oil in the Temple Tradition The following are my notes from Dr Margaret Barker’s presentation, which served as an introduction to the use of the holy anointing oil from the time of the First Temple period. Please excuse the incompleteness of the notes, and my apologies to Dr Barker if [...]
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The Enthronement of the Son: Musings on Psalm 2

By David Larsen | Published: October 9, 2009
As I promised in my last post, I will be sharing here some of my thoughts after reading Psalm 2.  While my comments will draw from some of the studies I have done recently and commentaries read, the purpose of this post is not to give an in-depth or full commentary on the psalm, but [...]
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Baptism or Temple Initiation? Part III

By David Larsen | Published: July 3, 2008
 Another Word on Resurrection A great insight that Barker gives us that I did not include in my last post has to do with both the resurrection and the priesthood. In my last post, I cited a portion of the Gospel of Phillip: The Tree of Life is in the midst of Paradise, and from [...]
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Baptism or Temple Initiation? Part II

By David Larsen | Published: July 2, 2008
The Ancient Temple Initiation of the High Priesthood As I stated in my last post, Margaret Barker shows some interesting similarities between Christian baptism and the initiatory rites of the ancient royal high priesthood which generally took place at the temple. While she makes some good points, I think some caution is required. Barker herself states that [...]
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