Tag Archives: Margaret Barker

Huchel’s Take on Margaret Barker in The FARMS Review

By David Larsen | Published: October 17, 2009
About two months ago, I wrote a post sharing my opinion on a review of Margaret Barker’s The Hidden Tradition of the Kingdom of God (2007), written by Benedict Thomas Viviano, O.P., for SBL’s Review of Biblical Literature (see here). I found Fr. Viviano’s review disappointing, to say the least.  Well, I am happy to [...]
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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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The Tree of Life as Nurturing Mother

By David Larsen | Published: July 12, 2009
Before moving on further into the contents of the Orphic Gold Plates, I would like to look with more detail into a motif touched upon in my last post in this series.  I described how the Orphic inscriptions instruct the soul that they are to pass by the guardians in order to be able to [...]
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Margaret Barker on Temple Music

By David Larsen | Published: June 13, 2009
If you haven’t seen it yet, Margaret Barker has posted her intriguing overview of Temple Music, presented at the recent Temple Studies Group symposium online at the T&T Clark blog. While I tried my best to take careful notes (see here) of her presentation, I highly recommend reading the original, as there are naturally many [...]
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My Notes on the Second UK Temple Studies Group Symposium

By David Larsen | Published: June 2, 2009
Temple Music: Meaning and Influence The following are the notes I took at the recent Temple Studies Group symposium held at the Temple Church in London, England on Saturday, May 30, 2009. The Temple Studies Group was formed in the UK by Margaret Barker, along with Revd Robin Griffith-Jones (Master of the Temple, Temple Church), [...]
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Christmas: The Original Story, Part 2

By David Larsen | Published: December 30, 2008
In my last post, I commented on how Margaret Barker, in her new book, Christmas: The Original Story, successfully portrays the temple and its traditions as the background for understanding the Christmas story.  Jews/Early Christians who held on to the ancient traditions of the Temple of Solomon saw in the birth of Christ the fulfillment [...]
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Christmas: The Original Story

By David Larsen | Published: December 27, 2008
I recently received a copy of Margaret Barker’s newest book, Christmas: The Original Story (SPCK, 2008), from a dear friend. As the book generally only ships from England, it is quite difficult yet to get a copy–some I am extra grateful to have had the opportunity to receive it and give it a thorough read. [...]
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An Expanded View of the Resurrection

By David Larsen | Published: August 25, 2008
Resurrection of Jesus– He Lives by Simon Dewey I have always seen the resurrection as, very clearly, the reunion of the spirit with the physical body at a certain point after death. To me, the Book of Mormon, much more so than the Bible, makes this definition very clear.  The Book of Mormon prophet Alma [...]
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