I had a reader ask me: I have tried to find a statement or quote about the parable of the 10 virgins that says the parable is about endowed members of the church. [Some General Authorities] say it has to do with members, not necessarily endowed. On the web there are a few folks who [...]
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 [...]
I know a lot of people who have been waiting for this book for many years. One Eternal Round is the 19th volume in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, and is his magnum opus, the volume of materials he worked on for a very long time until the end of his life. The book [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship
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Also tagged abraham, Achilles shield, alchemy, apocrypha, Aztec, books, BYU, egyptian, Fibonacci, hermeticism, history, hopi, hugh nibley, islam, Jewish, kabbalism, Mayan, mesopotamia, myth, Phi, ritual, traditions
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September 27, 2009 – 7:02 pm
It is my honor and pleasure to introduce a new guest blogger to TempleStudy.com, Matthew B. Brown. Many of you may already be familiar with the great work of this historian, scholar, and author. If you are not, I heartily recommend his work to you. One of my favorite books on the temple is by [...]
By Guest Blogger
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged ancients, building, commandments, construction, hebrew, israelites, Matthew B. Brown, nauvoo, ordinances, pattern, priesthood, restoration, revelations, saints, scholar
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September 8, 2009 – 2:24 pm
When I originally wrote my paper on “The Genesis of the Round Dance,” I included a short section on the ancient Greek dance forms: The ancient choruses, dances, and songs of the dithyramb of Greece displayed the familiar pattern of a dignified, circular dance around the altar of Dionysus in the theater’s orchestra. In fact, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Practices
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Also tagged altar, ancients, apron, art, circle, clothing, coat, dance, garments, greece, hands, marriage, muses, photographs, robe, round dance, song, traditions, tree of life
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