Since the recent events surrounding the seeming forgery of the Jordan Lead Codices, I thought it would be good to bring back to mind the authentic discoveries made within the last century of ancient writings on metal plates. There are literally hundreds of examples of such plates all around the world. I’m indebted to William [...]
UPDATE: See the latest updates about this discovery at Jordanian Lead Plates: Authentic or Forgery? – David Larsen at HeavenlyAscents.com has pointed out an interesting recent discovery (see his posts here and here). A collection of dozens of books made from metal plates have been found in Jordan that initial tests show date from the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged book, book of mormon, books, christian, collection, dead sea, documents, hebrew, joseph smith, kings, margaret barker, photo, photos, scholar, scholars, seal, sealed, secret, symbols, tabernacle
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Another great video from David Tayman and David Larsen from their series of videos on the ancient temple. This one begins a discussion of the three degrees of glory, focusing first on the bronze laver. Feel free to share with us your thoughts in the comments below.
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged baptismal font, blog, education, experience, heavenly ascents, laver, multimedia, ritual, sacred space, temple worship, three degrees, video, videos, worship, youtube
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David Tayman from the blog Visions of the Kingdom, and David Larsen from Heavenly Ascents, have teamed up to produce a series of short YouTube videos on the ancient temple. The focus of the presentations will be to explore the nature, function, doctrine and ritual of the ancient temple. This is done with the purpose [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged blog, education, experience, heavenly ascents, multimedia, ritual, sacred space, temple worship, video, videos, worship, youtube
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November 6, 2009 – 12:35 pm
David Larsen at Heavenly Ascents continues to provide excellent notes from his attendance at the Temple Studies Group Symposium in London last weekend. Recently he posted his notes on Archimandrite Ephrem‘s presentation about the Holy Oil in the Orthodox Church. Father Ephrem gave out a handout which included detailed notes on the anointing rite in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged anointing, david, eastern orthodox, hands, heavenly ascents, oil, priest, rite, signs, symposium, temple studies
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