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The Temple Studies Group Symposium IV: Margaret Barker

Adam the High Priest in the Paradise Temple — Margaret Barker Adam and Eden are the beginning and the end of the Bible. An overly literal reading of the text can obscure profound insights. The Return to Eden was an important part of Christian teaching. See Cyril of Jerusalem, First Lecture on the Mysteries, 1. [...]
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A History of Heaven

My CES supervisor, Thomas F. Olmstead, whom I’ve mentioned before as a great source for indicating excellent books on religious studies, has given me permission to post the notes he sent me on another book that he recently read. The name of the book is A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence by Jeffrey Burton Russell, Professor of History and Religious [...]
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