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Biblical Wisdom Literature: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (OT Lesson 31)
This Sunday School lesson covers the entirety of the biblical books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Of course justice cannot be done to these books in one lesson (or in one blog post). I will attempt to give a bit of an overview of what these two books are about in a way that I hope [...]
Posted in Scripture, Sunday School Lessons Also tagged Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Bible, John J. Collins, Lesson 31, Old Testament, Proverbs, Revelation, Solomon, Sunday School, Wisdom 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, New Testament, Orthodox, orthodoxy, Scripture Comments closed
Some Notes on the Son of Man in Ancient Jewish Literature
This post, much like my last one, represents some brief notes that I made on the topic of the title “son of man” as it appears in the Old Testament and in later Second Temple Jewish writings preceding the coming of Christ. As the title is frequently applied to Christ in the New Testament, it [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, Scripture Also tagged Daniel, Enochic literature, Godhead, Jesus Christ, Second Temple Judaism, Son of Man Comments closed
The Peculiarly Familiar Doctrines of Origen
We have recently been discussing the early Christian thinker Origen in my “Age of the Fathers” class. While we have been focusing mostly on his thoughts regarding the Trinity, there has been much in my readings that have struck as peculiarly familiar to my beliefs as a Latter-day Saint. I guess this is to be [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, School Journal, Scripture Also tagged Early Christianity, Early Church Fathers, Godhead, Greek Philosophy, Origen, Pre-existence, Premortal Existence, School Journal Comments closed
The Human Form on God’s Throne
Michelangelo’s Depiction of Moses on a Throne The following post represents research I did for Dr. Orlov’s Apocalyptic Literature class in preparation for a presentation I did on themes from the text of an ancient drama known as Exagoge, written by Ezekiel the Tragedian. This text is only known by fragments of the original [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Heavenly Ascents, School Journal, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Andrei Orlov, anthropomorphic, Deification, divine throne, Ezekiel, Ezekiel the Tragedian, Godhead, Merkavah, Moses, School Journal, Throne Comments closed
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