September 17, 2008 – 10:41 am
Hugh Nibley gave a lecture in 1975 on “Sacred Vestments” which was later transcribed and included in the collected works volume Temple and Cosmos (pgs. 91-132). The entire paper is fascinating, and highly recommended reading. One of the things he wrote about were certain Chinese artifacts which had been found depicting two mythological gods, Nüwa [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged ancients, celestial, chinese, civilization, compass, construction, cosmology, creation, earth, heaven, hugh nibley, marriage, noah, philosophy, rituals, scholar, square, symbols, universe, veil, yin yang
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August 12, 2008 – 11:42 am
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 article by Kevin Christensen who talks about the Deuteronomist de-Christianizing of the Old Testament and Josiah’s reforms. I thought he made some [...]
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, jews, john, margaret barker, paul, restoration, satan, scholar, sealing, solomon, symbols
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(Continued from Part 3) Some more tidbits of information from Wells’ The Oxford Degree Ceremonies that might interest you: The oath or charge to “observe the ‘statutes, privileges, customs and liberties’ of his university” and the accompanying affirmation “Do fidem” (“I swear”) are most likely over 700 years old, and initially were important to keep [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Practices
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Also tagged cap, ceremony, clothing, commencement, degrees, graduation, marriage, matriculation, mystery, oath, oxford, robe, symbols, university
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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 [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged altar, bill hamblin, celestial room, chancel screen, gammadia, holy of holies, iconostasis, photographs, photos, robes, symbols, templon, veil
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March 24, 2008 – 10:15 am
Genesis 37 recounts the story of when Jacob gave a special coat to his son Joseph, which was said to have “many colours.” Later, Joseph was sold into Egypt by his brothers, his coat stripped from him, and returned to his father Jacob. Hugh Nibley gives us some interesting insight into this episode, and the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship
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Also tagged bible, clothing, coat, egypt, garments, hugh nibley, Joseph, many colors, many colours, symbols, thaclabi, tokens
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