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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 [...]
Posted in Early Judaism, News and Events, Temple Also tagged Atonement, Creation, Jewish, Judaism, kingshjip, New Year, Rosh Hashanah, shofar, trumpets Comments closed
More Notes from the SANE Conference on Temples
In the interest of keeping my promise, I am posting further notes from the presentations I saw at the SANE Conference on Temples and Rituals in Antiquity that was held November 7 at BYU. Although it may be rather “in-SANE” to post these notes after all the videos have already been posted, I hope they [...]
Posted in Scholarly Conferences, Scripture, Temple Also tagged BYU, conference, David Seely, James Carroll, Josephus, SANE, Temple Comments closed
On 1 Enoch and the Rite of Atonement
This post contains more notes on 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch from Dr. Orlov’s class, plus more interesting passages from the text. I will also look at the role of the angel Asa’el (or Azazel) in the Israelite atonement ritual and his possible connection to the Old Testament scapegoat. Random Notes on the Enochic Tradition Dr. Andrei Orlov suggests that 1 [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, Priesthood, Scripture, Temple Also tagged 1 Enoch, Andrei Orlov, Azazel, High Priest, Jehovah, Jesus Christ, The Book of the Watchers, Yom Kippur Comments closed
“How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”: Some Thoughts on OT Lesson 39