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April DeConick: Seminar on “Mapping Death:Religious Preparation for the Afterlife Journey”
Looking back, I probably should have spaced these posts out over a few days to prevent you all from developing “information overload” syndrome. But this last post today is a good one (at least I think so). It has come to my attention (via her blog Forbidden Gospels) that Rice University Professor of Biblical Studies, [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple Also tagged Afterlife Journey, April DeConick, Mellon Seminar, Religious Studies, Rice University, Temple 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, Enoch, Heavenly Ascent, Hebrew Bible, James Davila, Jesus, Jim Davila, kavod, Martha Himmelfarb, mysteries, New Testament, Qumran, Rabbinic Judaism, Second Temple Judaism Comments closed
“The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God” — Bryce Haymond’s Notes From the Daniel Peterson Fireside
Bryce Haymond over at www.templestudy.com has posted his notes from Dr. Daniel Peterson’s fireside Sunday on “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God.” This, of course, is one of my favorite topics and I really wish I could have been there to hear Dr. Peterson speak. Bryce, however, has taken some incredible notes [...]
Posted in Scholarly Conferences, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Bryce Haymond, BYU, Daniel Peterson, Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mormon, Temple, TempleStudy Comments closed
This is the Right Place
New Look If you are a returning visitor to this site, you may not recognize this as the Heavenly Ascents you are familiar with. I have completely changed the look of the site, although none of the previous content has been lost. I will miss the antique, maroon and tan theme the blog has had [...]
Posted in Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, News and Events, Temple Also tagged Afterlife, Book of Mormon, Netherworld, Orphic Gold Tablets, Orphic Mystery Religion Comments closed
From Isaiah to Ezekiel to Heavenly Ascent
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 [...]
Posted in Heavenly Ascents, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Apocalypse, Ezekiel, First Temple, Isaiah, Martha Himmelfarb, Merkabah, Second Temple, Temple Comments closed
Did Jesus Deny the Possibility of Heavenly Ascents? (John 3:13)