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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 BYU, cross, intercessory prayer, Jesus Christ, research, Scripture, Temple, William Hamblin Comments closed
Full Text of N.T. Wright’s Recent St Andrews Lecture
With permission, it is my great pleasure to give you the full text of Professor N.T. Wright’s first address as professor at the University of St Andrews. My own notes from this lecture were previously posted on this blog, here. St Andrews University: Distance Learning Programme ‘The Bible and the Contemporary World’ Special Lecture by [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Bible, Caesar, Contemporary World, distance learning, God, gospel, Jesus Christ, John, kingdom, lecture, N.T. Wright, Pilate, power, professor, programme, school, St Marys College, Tom Wright, truth, University of St Andrews Comments closed
N.T. Wright’s First Public Lecture as Professor in St Andrews
Last night (14 Sep 2010) I had the pleasure of listening to N.T. (Tom) Wright’s first public lecture as professor here at the University of St Andrews. For all who are familiar with Professor/Bishop Wright, there is understandably a good deal of excitement among the students and university community here regarding his decision to leave the [...]
Posted in News and Events, Religious Scholars, School Journal, Scripture Also tagged kingdom, lecture, N.T. Wright, New Testament, Pilate, postmodernity, power, public debate, public theology, truth, University of St Andrews Comments closed
The Location of the Nail-Prints in Jesus Hands? A Discussion at Cambridge University
The question and its answer were posted by Rob Bradshaw on his blog biblicalstudiesorguk.blogspot.com. My thanks to Jeff Bradshaw (no relation, as far as I know) for bringing this post to my attention. Where were the nail-prints in Jesus’ hands – in his wrists or his palms? This question was raised last Saturday during a [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, LDS Interest, Scholarly Conferences Also tagged Cambridge, conference, hands, nail-prints, wrists 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, Heavenly Ascents, Hebrew Bible, James Davila, Jim Davila, kavod, Martha Himmelfarb, mysteries, New Testament, Qumran, Rabbinic Judaism, Second Temple Judaism Comments closed
Did Jesus Deny the Possibility of Heavenly Ascents? (John 3:13)