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Expound Symposium: My Notes on Matthew Brown’s “Cube, Gate and Measuring Tools: A Biblical Pattern”
The following are my notes on Matthew B. Brown’s presentation at the recently held Expound Symposium that I participated in on May 14th (see my initial report on the event here). Matthew’s paper was intriguing — a very insightful treatment of temple-related topics that readers of this blog would surely find extremely interesting. My notes [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, Scholarly Conferences, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Apocalypse, Bible, Expound Symposium, Ezekiel, gate, Matthew Brown, New Jerusalem, Old Testament, Psalms, Revelation, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
Did Jesus Deny the Possibility of Heavenly Ascents? (John 3:13)
If so, then maybe I should change the name of my blog!! A few people have been asking me whether I plan to do regular posts on New Testament Sunday School topics, as I had been doing with the OT. I would have to say that my tentative answer is either “maybe” or “probably not.” [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Heavenly Ascents, Jesus, John, Scripture Comments closed
New Material from William Hamblin on John 17
I highly recommend checking out BYU Professor William Hamblin’s recent research on John 17 that he has posted on his blog, see here. He has some great insights on verse 3, focusing on eternal life and knowledge. His work on verse 4 is excellent as well, looking at the concept of glory.
Posted in Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Bill Hamblin, BYU, eternal life, glory, intercessory prayer, John, knowledge, William Hamblin 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 Jesus, kingdom, lecture, N.T. Wright, Pilate, postmodernity, power, public debate, public theology, truth, University of St Andrews Comments closed
Book Review: Canon and Canonicity. The Formation and Use of Scripture
Via PaleoJudaica.com BOOK REVIEW (BMCR): Einar Thomassen (ed.), Canon and Canonicity. The Formation and Use of Scripture. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2010. Pp. 232. ISBN 9788763530279. $48.00. Reviewed by David J. DeVore, University of California, Berkeley Table of Contents As editor Thomassen’s preface states (p. 7), the volume under review is the fruit of “Highways and [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Christianity, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Scripture Also tagged Bible, Canon, canonicity, Early Christianity, Early Christians, heresy, James Davila, Orthodox, orthodoxy, Scripture, scriptures 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, Jesus, Jim Davila, kavod, Martha Himmelfarb, mysteries, Qumran, Rabbinic Judaism, Second Temple Judaism Comments closed
N.T. Wright Appointed to New Testament Chair at University of St Andrews
VIA JIM DAVILA @ PALEOJUDAICA N. T. WRIGHT (Bishop Tom Wright) has been appointed to a New Testament Chair at the Divinity School of the University of St. Andrews: Tuesday 27 April 2010 The School of Divinity is delighted to announce that Dr N. T. (Tom) Wright, currently Bishop of Durham, has been appointed to [...]
Posted in News and Events, Religious Scholars Also tagged Bishop, Divinity, Durham, Early Christianity, Jim Davila, N.T. Wright, St Mary's, University of St Andrews Comments closed
Insights from N.T. Wright’s Inaugural Lecture: Imagining the Kingdom of God