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Professor Jim Davila on Christology: Son of God and Son of Man
The title of this post may be somewhat misleading, as what I am posting here is actually Professor Davila’s brief response to Mark D. Roberts’ recent blog posts on Christology at Beliefnet.com. However, although not extensive in length, his comments are insightful and I thought they’d be interesting to post here. Following Davila’s comments, I [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Beliefnet, Christology, Daniel, Divinity, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, kingship, Mark Roberts, PaleoJudaica, Son of God, Son of Man, Theology Comments closed
Answers to Questions Regarding Heavenly Ascent in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature
This post comprises some very interesting questions posed to me by a new reader of this blog, Steve Bastasch, regarding the development of the “heavenly ascent” theme in early Christian thought and writings and their Jewish background. My answer to these questions follows. ————————————————————————— Steve: I’m new to your Heavenly Ascents blog – it looks [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascents Also tagged Alan Segal, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Early Christianity, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascent, Heavenly Ascents, Hebrew Bible, James Davila, Jesus, Jim Davila, kavod, Martha Himmelfarb, mysteries, New Testament, Qumran, Rabbinic Judaism, Second Temple Judaism Comments closed
Son of God and King: Adam, Enoch, Moses (Comments on Old Testament Lesson 5)
The following are some notes that I made this week in association with my study of this Sunday’s Gospel Doctrine (Old Testament) Lesson 5. The lesson covers Moses 5-7 and is titled: “If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted” This title has to do with the Book of Moses narrative regarding Cain and Abel [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Adam, Book of Moses, Dead Sea Scrolls, Gospel Doctrine, LDS, Moses, Pearl of Great Price, Scripture, Sunday School Comments closed
Sites to See!
Before posting more on my trip to the SBL Conference in New Orleans, I wanted to mention just a couple of websites that I think you should see (of course that is up to you!). Follow the Prophet Bryce Haymond, the talented web designer who has blessed us with TempleStudy.com for the past couple of [...]
Posted in News and Events Also tagged Andrei Orlov, Apocalypse of Abraham, Bryce Haymond, LDS Church President, modern prophet, prophet, Thomas S. Monson Comments closed
Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: My Expound Symposium Paper