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Another Video Preview of the New Twin Falls Temple

July 11, 2008 – 6:30 am

Here is another media preview of the new Twin Falls Temple that comes from Local News channel 8 in Idaho Falls and Pocatello Idaho. It gives more details concerning the murals in the garden room, painted by Rexburg artist Leon Parson. Parson skillfully included the Idaho Shoshone Falls in the depiction of the creation in [...]

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Palm up/Palm down in Middle Ages & Renaissance Christian Art

June 14, 2008 – 11:11 am

In response to a comment by Rick on my post “Consecrate = ‘A Filled Hand’ in Hebrew” I did some searching to see if I could find any commentary or studies of palm up/palm down symbolism in scholarship or art. What I found was interesting.  The palm up/palm down posture has a significant place in [...]

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Early Christian Orant Gesture in Prayer

February 12, 2008 – 8:09 am

The word orant, or latin orans, is a noun form of the verb orare, to pray, and describes an early mode of prayer practiced by the first Christians. From Wikipedia we read: Orant is a type of gesture during prayer in which the hands are raised, set apart, and the palms face outward. It was [...]

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