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Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: My Expound Symposium Paper
The following is my presentation, entitled “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: The Psalms as a Key to Understanding the Rituals of the First Temple” from the Expound Symposium. Please note that this is a draft — it is in the format in which I presented it at the symposium — it has not [...]
Posted in Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, Scholarly Conferences, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Enoch, Expound Symposium, Ezekiel, gates, Heavenly Ascent, Heavenly Temple, Jerusalem, Matthew Brown, Old Testament, pilgirmage, Silviu Bunta, Temple Comments closed
Psalm 24: Temple Gates and Guardians
I have written a new post over at The Millennial Star looking at Psalm 24 and the possibility that it describes an ancient temple ritual in which pilgrims to the temple engaged in a question-and-answer dialogue with priests that acted as gatekeepers at the temple gates. If interested, please check out the post at: http://www.millennialstar.org/psalm-24-temple-gates-and-guardians/
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, Scripture, Temple Also tagged gatekeepers, New Year Festival, Priesthood, ritual, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
“Beside Me There is No Saviour”: Old Testament Lesson 38
Isaiah 40-49 Sorry for the dearth of posts recently — the semester at St Andrews has now started up and I have found myself overwhelmed trying to set a new schedule and routine for myself. Among the various things I’m doing this semester, I am very excited about sitting in on Jim Davila’s Book of [...]
Posted in Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Cyrus, Deutero-Isaiah, Eric Liddell, festival, Handel, Isaiah, Jerry Hadley, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, Messiah, Parry, Persia, Second Isaiah Comments closed
Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things: Further Thoughts on OT Lesson 37
This post is a continuation of the last one — just sharing some further thoughts Sunday School Lesson 37. Isaiah Chapter 25 This chapter begins like many of the psalms, praising the Lord for the great salvific deeds he has performed for the redemption of the house of Israel. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art [...]
Posted in Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Anointing Oil, death, dew, dragon, Isaiah, Jehovah, Lesson 37, Leviathan, New Year Festival, Resurrection, Sunday School, wonderful, Yahweh Comments closed
Sinai Relived: Ritual Retelling of the Sinai Story in the Psalms
(Old Testament Lesson 14 — Exodus 15-20; 32-34) I would like to share some musings on a source for studying the Sinai story that many might not think of — the Psalms. There will be some overlap here with my previous post on the Exodus story, so if you read that one, please bear with [...]
Posted in Early Judaism, Scripture, Sunday School Lessons, Temple Also tagged Egypt, Israel, kingship, liturgy, Mt. Sinai 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, Melchizedek Priesthood, Priesthood, Qumran, Temple Comments closed
The Incomparable Power of God’s Salvation: Musings on Psalm 18
I wanted to share some comments on Psalm 18. I have been studying the psalms lately and have been especially impressed by their rich theological content. I have been most specifically looking at the so-called “Royal Psalms”, which scholars have designated as such because of their association with Israelite kingship. Psalm 18 is one of [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Aubrey R. Johnson, David, Davidic king, Israel, John Eaton, King, Psalm 18, ritual, Sacral Kingship, Solomon Comments closed
Expound Symposium: My Notes on Matthew Brown’s “Cube, Gate and Measuring Tools: A Biblical Pattern”