On Sunday I had the opportunity of going to the Daybreak Stake Center in South Jordan and listening to a wonderful fireside given by Dr. Daniel C. Peterson about the temple. I audio recorded the fireside, and have a digital copy. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get a hold of Dr. Peterson to ask [...]
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September 9, 2008 – 2:02 pm
(Continued from Part 1)
As you might have imagined, the first thing I did when my parents told me the story of the “seal of Melchizedek” on the San Diego temple, and of the connection with Hugh Nibley, I immediately did some searches to see if I could find if it was referenced in LDS literature. [...]
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Also tagged altar, book, BYU, design, hugh nibley, melchizedek, non-lds, offerings, photos, sacrifice, san diego temple, scholar, seal, signs, symbols
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Last night a reader referenced me to what appears to be a new blog by Bill Hamblin, a well-known LDS scholar and Associate Professor of History at BYU, and particularly about a post of his of a couple week ago. Dr. Hamblin talks about early Byzantine veils, and especially one that he has photographs of [...]
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Also tagged altar, bill hamblin, celestial room, chancel screen, holy of holies, iconostasis, marks, photographs, photos, robes, symbols, templon, veil
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For the last few decades Brigham Young University has been involved in the excavation and study of ancient ruins and tombs in the Fayum region of Egypt, particularly in the Fag El Gamous cemetery. Some of the remains there have been noted as early Christian. One of the reports of these findings was [...]
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Also tagged BYU, cemetery, clothing, egypt, egyptian, fag el gamous, fayum, garments, marks, mummies, rituals, symbols
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February 11, 2008 – 3:21 pm
There is an old church in Ravenna, Italy, called the
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