August 12, 2008 – 11:42 am
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A few days ago I read a post by James over at his superb blog, Lehi’s Library, entitled, “Looking Beyond the Mark: Insights from Margaret Barker.” In it, James refers to an excellent [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged anointing, book of mormon, david, farms, hebrew, jerusalem, jesus christ, john, margaret barker, marks, paul, restoration, satan, scholar, sealing, solomon, symbol
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As someone recently quipped, “I’m so glad Nibley’s not letting a little thing like being dead slow down his publishing schedule!”
Another volume in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley series is being officially released on August 6, 2008 (it’s already available in Deseret Book stores). This volume will be the third volume published since Hugh [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged atonement, book, egyptian, hugh nibley, interview, joseph smith, literature, restoration, scholar, truman g. madsen, video
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The scholarly world is aflutter over the latest discovery of a 3-foot tall tablet being called “Gabriel’s Revelation,” “Hazon Gabriel,” or the “Vision of Gabriel.” It contains 87 lines of Hebrew text written in ink on stone, and has been dated to the first century BCE. The tablet was found near the Dead Sea in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged adam, ascension, atonement, david, dead sea, discussion, early christian, egyptian, gate, greek, imagery, jesus christ, marriage, redemption, resurrection, revelation, ritual, scholar, symbol, test, translation, veil
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There are a couple good firesides/lectures coming up, for those of you who are in the Salt Lake/Provo area.
First off, there will be a lecture given by John Gee this Thursday, June 19th, at 7:00pm at the Olivewood Bookstore in Provo (3330 N. University Ave., Suite C). He will be speaking about the message of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged abraham, avraham gileadi, bible, book of mormon, BYU, egyptian, john gee, lecture, neal a. maxwell, near east, olivewood, scholar
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Video created by the LDS Church to commemorate and celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ action in June 1978 to extend its lay priesthood to men of all races - entitled “He Inviteth Us All.” The revelation from God came quite clear from heaven to prophets and apostles [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged church, gentiles, gordon b. hinckley, n. eldon tanner, peter, priesthood, prophet, race, revelation, salt lake temple, spencer w. kimball, video
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I was driving in my car on Saturday listening to a radio program called “The Other Side” with Steve Godfrey. Steve believes himself to be a psychic medium, someone through whom people can connect with loved ones who have passed on to the “other side.” I do not deny the possibility of communicating [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Texts
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Also tagged cyril of jerusalem, devils, early christian, evil, hinduism, islam, matthew brown, oath, priesthood, ritual, satan, scientology, unclean spirits
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First of all I’d like to thank all those who have participated in the TempleStudy feedback that was posted yesterday. I have received a good number of responses, and most were very positive. Some even compared my methodology, albeit detrimentally, as similar to Hugh Nibley’s, for which I could not be more flattered. [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged book of mormon, critics, daniel c. peterson, egyptian, elephantine, fair, hugh nibley, jerusalem, life, nephi, olivewood, scholar, video
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Mormons wear sacred undergarments as part of our religious worship. I thought it might be good today to take a look at a well-known religious tradition, Judaism, and the very similar practice that they have, like us, of wearing certain sacred clothing. I, for one, highly respect the Jews’ practice of this in [...]
February 29, 2008 – 12:11 pm
The Jews anxiously await the day that they will be able to rebuild the Jerusalem temple, often referred to as the third temple, as a holy house of worship of God. There has been a Jewish institute established, The Temple Institute, in Jerusalem for the very purpose of researching the history of the temple and [...]