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BYU Studies Symposium Audio mp3s

By David Larsen | Published: April 12, 2010
The BYU Studies website has recently released audio .mp3s from their recent 2010 symposium. I highlighted this conference in a recent post. If you were not able to attend the symposium, or would like to go back and listen to any of the great presentations, you can do so here. The session of the symposium [...]
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Next Week’s BYU Studies Symposium

By David Larsen | Published: March 6, 2010
This notice is likely too late for anyone not living in Utah, but I wanted to share this info anyways. Next Friday and Saturday (March 12 & 13), there will be a great symposium at the Hinckley Alumni and Visitor’s Center at Brigham Young University. This symposium celebrates the 50th anniversary of BYU Studies and [...]
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SBL Notes 2009: April DeConick — Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism

By David Larsen | Published: December 11, 2009
My notes on: Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism – Sunday 4pm April De Conick Star Gates: What Were the Gnostics Doing? The Peratics (perasai, Greek for “Transcendentalists”) say: We alone have known that genesis is necessary and (we alone have known) have know the roads by which humans have entered into the cosmos. We have [...]
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Temple Studies Group Symposium III: An Enlightening Day

By David Larsen | Published: November 1, 2009
I just got home this morning from yesterday’s Temple Studies Group symposium at the Temple Church in London.  In fact, my dear wife picked up from the train station this morning on her way to Church.  I can’t complain at all, however, about the trip, as it was so much better than if I had [...]
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