Professor William J. Hamblin has offered some good starting points in considering the relationship between the ancient Israelite temple ritual and the modern day LDS temple endowment. It is from this vantage point that we should approach trying to understand these ancient ritual systems and the connections they might have with the Latter-day Saints temple [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Temples Today
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Also tagged ark of the covenant, art, atonement, clothing, esoteric, exoteric, gallery, garments, holy of holies, holy place, image, incense, israelites, prayer, rite, ritual, rituals, sacrifice, theophany, uplifted hands, veil, william hamblin
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September 1, 2012 – 2:38 pm
One of the most interesting presentations, at least to me, at this year’s 2012 FAIR Conference in Sandy, UT, was Don Bradley’s “Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages,” for obvious reasons; it dealt with the temple. I have not been acquainted with Don Bradley’s work before, so this was an excellent introduction. Bradley [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged ark of the covenant, book of mormon, don bradley, history, holy of holies, interpreters, interview, joseph smith, law of moses, lost 116 pages, nauvoo, ordinances, presence, questions, restoration, revelation, tabernacle, test, veil
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August 27, 2012 – 4:44 pm
I hear this a lot from members of the Church. In fact just two days ago, I had someone ask me this very question after reading some of the quotes from Nibley in Approaching Zion: ”So then are we required to live the law of concecration now?“ To that question I would pose a counter [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Practices
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Also tagged blessing, celestial, commandments, consecration, covenant, d. todd christofferson, doctrines, eternal life, exaltation, gordon b. hinckley, henry b. eyring, hugh nibley, joseph smith papers, learn, listen, money, myth, neal a. maxwell, obedience, offerings, principles, quotes, righteousness, sacrifice, selfish, sin, society, Steven C. Harper, steward, stewardship, tithing, work, zion
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August 22, 2012 – 7:25 pm
Welcome! This is our third episode of the fireside discussions on the temple, facilitated by Goolge+ Hangouts on Air. We’re glad you could join us. Tonight’s discussion is about the first chapter in Andrew Skinner’s book Temple Worship. You can watch the recording below. Or view the machine transcription here. You can also download an [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged andrew skinner, book, discussion, fireside, holy ghost, jerusalem, nauvoo, nauvoo temple, recording, saints, watch, worship, youtube
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August 12, 2012 – 11:14 pm
If you have not had the opportunity to read David Bokovoy’s inaugural article in the new Interpreter journal, I recommend it. It discusses Nephi’s experience in 1 Nephi 11 when he was caught away to “an exceedingly high mountain” where he had a question and answer exchange with the Spirit of the Lord, and thereafter [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged book of mormon, creation, earth, experience, faith, gate, heaven, light, moses, mountain, mysteries, nephi, pattern, question, recommend, righteousness, sacred space, scriptures, seal, worthiness
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