Tag Archives: Qumran

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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The Priestly Suppression of Ancient Truths

By David Larsen | Published: July 15, 2008
  King Josiah’s Reforms Before moving on to more evidence of the suppression of ancient truths, this time at the hands of postexilic priestly editors, I want to mention a couple more good commentaries on the Deuteronomistic reforms, mentioned in my last post. First, I remembered another great article–a book review–by Kevin Christensen, featured in [...]
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Baptism or Temple Initiation? Part III

By David Larsen | Published: July 3, 2008
 Another Word on Resurrection A great insight that Barker gives us that I did not include in my last post has to do with both the resurrection and the priesthood. In my last post, I cited a portion of the Gospel of Phillip: The Tree of Life is in the midst of Paradise, and from [...]
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