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Notes on Early Jewish Belief in a Messiah
The following is from some notes that I took in Professor Jim Davila’s class on the Dead Sea Scrolls this week. I sit in on this undergraduate class of his just to get more exposure to his great knowledge and expertise on this topic. The way the class is set up, at least at this [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Religious Scholars, School Journal Also tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, High Priest, James Davila, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, King David, Messiah, Messianism, Qumran Comments closed
BYU Studies Symposium Audio mp3s
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 [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple Also tagged Brigham Young University, BYU Studies, Ezekiel Mural, Jeff Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John Hall, kings, kingship, mysteries, Paul Callister, priests, seer stones, Symposium, temples Comments closed
More on Melchizedek and Abraham and More Old Testament Resources
Sorry about the odd title, but I just wanted to post some further musings I had on the hypothesis that Melchizedek, as a translated being, could have been (along with two others) the visitor to Abraham at Mamre. I would also like to alert you to some great resources that I have found to augment [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Abraham, James Davila, Jerusalem, translated beings, William Hamblin Comments closed
The Three Men Who Appeared to Abraham: The Godhead, Angels, or Human Beings? (Old Testament Lesson 8)
In Genesis 18, we read that the Lord appeared to Abraham in Mamre, and also, in the same verse, that three “men” visited him. This has to be one of the most debated passages of all time. The big question is whether these three were divine beings (and if one of the three was the [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Favorite Posts, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Abraham, Angels, Genesis 18, Jehovah, Mamre, Old Testament, Old Testament Lesson 8, Sunday School, translated beings, Yahweh Comments closed
Melchizedek: King, Priest, and God and the Forbidden Degrees
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 [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Andrei Orlov, Deification, First Temple, Hebrew Bible, High Priest, James Davila, Marquette, Melchizedek Priesthood, Priesthood, Psalms, Qumran, Temple Comments closed
Orson Hyde, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Hierarchy of the Gods
Lately, I have been looking into a very interesting topic in the Dead Sea Scrolls which concerns the idea that there are several levels of heaven and that each level has an appointed chief or guardian who rules over it. This is actually a fairly common theme in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical literature [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Heavenly Ascents, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, Deification, Enoch, exaltation, Heaven, Heavenly Ascent, Heavenly Temple, hierarchy of gods, James Davila, Joseph Smith, liturgical works, Millenial Star, Orson Hyde, Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice Comments closed
The Temple Studies Group Symposium IV: Laurence Hemming