Tag Archives: First Temple

Melchizedek: King, Priest, and God and the Forbidden Degrees

By David Larsen | Published: February 1, 2010
The title of this post is actually somewhat deceptive as it implies that the post is going to be about Melchizedek, who can be considered a king, a priest, and also a god, and about the “Forbidden Degrees” (sounds tantalizing, eh?), which the title seems to suggest have some connection to Melchizedek. Well, as far [...]
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RBL Review of Margaret Barker’s “The Hidden Tradition of the Kingdom of God”

By David Larsen | Published: August 23, 2009
I apologize for the dearth of good, solid posts recently. As we have been preparing for our move to Scotland, I haven’t had much time for blogging. I’ll be spending some time in Utah for the next few weeks and then we are off to the UK, so I probably won’t be very settled until [...]
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From Isaiah to Ezekiel to Heavenly Ascent

By David Larsen | Published: August 4, 2008
My Comments on Martha Himmelfarb’s Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses The next major work that I will be looking at here is Princeton professor of religion, Martha Himmelfarb’s book entitled Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses (New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). This work is significantly influential in the [...]
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They Shall See His Face

By David Larsen | Published: July 21, 2008
Insights from Margaret Barker’s Temple Themes in Christian Worship: Part V After a rather long tangent looking at the suppression of ancient doctrines and ordinances, I now return to my commentary on Margaret Barker’s work on the themes of the First Temple that show up in later Christian beliefs. This post will focus on Chapter [...]
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The Priestly Suppression of Ancient Truths

By David Larsen | Published: July 15, 2008
  King Josiah’s Reforms Before moving on to more evidence of the suppression of ancient truths, this time at the hands of postexilic priestly editors, I want to mention a couple more good commentaries on the Deuteronomistic reforms, mentioned in my last post. First, I remembered another great article–a book review–by Kevin Christensen, featured in [...]
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The Suppression of Ancient Truths

By David Larsen | Published: July 12, 2008
In this post, there is a key idea that I want to focus on from my post “How Many Judaisms.” This is the notion that the “mainstream” form of Judaism in the postexilic period, rather than being a direct representation of more ancient Israelite religion, was, in fact, involved in the suppression of ancient truths.This [...]
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