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This notice is likely too late for anyone not living in Utah, but I wanted to share this info anyways. Next Friday and Saturday (March 12 & 13), there will be a great symposium at the Hinckley Alumni and Visitor’s Center at Brigham Young University.
This symposium celebrates the 50th anniversary of BYU Studies and will [...]
You may now access online a number of the papers presented at the recent Temple Studies Group Symposium III held in London on October 31, 2009. They have been just recently posted at the group’s website http://www.templestudiesgroup.com/Symposia.htm. The theme for this symposium was “The Holy Anointing Oil”. Despite the limited scope of the theme, the papers [...]
Posted in News and Events, Scholarly Conferences, Temple | Also tagged Anointing, chrism, Christianity, Holy Oil, Laurence Hemming, London, Margaret Barker, Sebastian Brock, Temple Church, temple studies, Temple Studies Group, UK Temple Studies Group
The following are my notes from Dr. John F. Hall’s wonderful presentation at the recent Temple Studies Group symposium held 31 October 2009 at the Temple Church in London. Dr. Hall is the Eliza R. Snow Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages and Ancient History at Brigham Young University. The paper Dr. Hall presented is a [...]
Posted in News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple | Also tagged Anointing, BYU, Deification, Dr. John F. Hall, Egypt, Egyptian, Heavenly Ascent, Heliopolis, Horus, Hugh Nibley, Margaret Barker, Osiris, Temple, Temple Church, Temple Studies Group, UK Temple Studies Group
The Holy Oil in the Orthodox Church
Although Prof. John Hall’s presentation was next after Dr. Barker’s, I am still working on the notes for his talk, so I will now post my notes from the esteemed Archimandrite Ephrem’s presentation covering the use of the anointing oil in the Orthodox Church, or, as he termed it, [...]
Posted in News and Events, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple | Also tagged Anointing Oil, Archimandrite Ephrem, Baptism, Chrismation, Confirmation, Healing, Holy Anointing Oil, Myron, Olive Oil, Orthodox Church, Temple Church, Temple Studies Group
I will be having the extraordinary opportunity to attend two fantastic conferences in the next month or so. I will be taking meticulous notes that I plan to share with you all soon afterwards.
The first conference, held October 31 in London, England, is the 3rd Temple Studies Symposium, organized by Margaret Barker and the Temple [...]
Posted in News and Events, Scholarly Conferences, Temple | Also tagged annual meeting, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Holy Anointing Oil, Margaret Barker, New Orleans, SBL, Society of Biblical Literature, Temple Church, temple studies, Temple Studies Group, UK Temple Studies Group
Next Week’s BYU Studies Symposium