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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 [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Scholarly Conferences Also tagged Expound Symposium, Jeffrey Bradshaw, LDS, Matthew Brown, Provo 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 [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, LDS Interest, News and Events, Scholarly Conferences Also tagged conference, ExpoundLDS, lead plates, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Provo, St. Andrews, Symposium Comments closed
New Material from William Hamblin on John 17
I highly recommend checking out BYU Professor William Hamblin’s recent research on John 17 that he has posted on his blog, see here. He has some great insights on verse 3, focusing on eternal life and knowledge. His work on verse 4 is excellent as well, looking at the concept of glory.
Posted in Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Bill Hamblin, eternal life, glory, intercessory prayer, John, knowledge, New Testament, William Hamblin Comments closed
SBL 2010: LDS and the Bible, Session 1
To conclude my notes from SBL, I want to present the material I took down from the two “Latter-day Saints and the Bible” sessions that were held Monday and Tuesday mornings. Because I want to share my notes on these in greater detail, this will be divided into two posts. The theme was the same [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Scripture, Temple Also tagged apostasy, Bible, Christianity, Exegesis, German, Jack Welch, John Hall, John Welch, Laurence Hemming, LDS, liturgy, Marco Frenschkowski, SBL, Scripture, session, Temple Comments closed
William Hamblin: New NT Research
In case you are not aware of it, BYU Professor William Hamblin has recently been doing some exciting new research on some interesting topics involving the New Testament. The first is an exploration of the sign of the cross in ancient Israelite and early Christian temple symbolism (this is not strictly a “New Testament” study, [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged cross, intercessory prayer, Jesus, Jesus Christ, research, Scripture, Temple, William Hamblin Comments closed
The Temple Studies Group Symposium IV: John W. Welch
Adam in the New Testament: Echoes of Eden and the Temple — John W. Welch Verbal Echoes of Genesis 1-3 in the New Testament –Ordinary words; distinctive words; quoted words; Temple-related words. There are many words in the Greek New Testament that seem to have been deliberately given preference (over other alternatives) to emphasize a [...]
Posted in Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences Also tagged Adam, Christ, Eden, High Priest, Jack Welch, Jesus Christ, John W. Welch, John Welch, marriage, Symposium, Temple, Temple Church, Temple Studies Group 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 [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Brigham Young University, Isaiah, Jerusalem, Temple, William Hamblin Comments closed
John W. Welch: Insights from His Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture