March 22, 2010 – 11:35 am
Music is a fundamental part of worship, and was even more so anciently than it is today. Before the printed word made the sacred word so accessible to the masses, it was passed on from generation to generation orally. But this was not just the spoken word. In order for the word to be remembered [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged bible, creation, hebrew, hugh nibley, hymn, initiate, Jewish, markings, marks, moses, muses, native american, poetry, prayer circle, rites, round dance, scriptures, symbols, synagogue
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August 3, 2008 – 11:36 am
One of our readers, RBiddulph, recently pointed me to a quote by Harold Bloom, a well-known literary and cultural critic who is currently a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, who once said this about Joseph Smith:
I can only attribute to his genius or daemons his uncanny recovery of elements in ancient Jewish [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged death, esoteric, harold bloom, hymn, joseph smith, prophet, rituals, sacrifice, traditions, w. w. phelps
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What is Truth? I hope this will help shed some light. The living prophets of this dispensation have spoken the word of the Lord.
From the “Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson” (pgs. 115-121):
Truth is a glorious thing. We sing about it. “Oh say, what is truth?/’Tis the fairest gem/That the riches of worlds can produce.” [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, authority, church, exaltation, ezra taft benson, hymn, joseph smith, keys, light, organization, priesthood, principles, prophet, restoration, revelation, salvation, testimony, thomas s. monson, truth
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I’ve built an online store for TempleStudy.com using Amazon.com, and today is its grand opening! I did this primarily for three reasons:
Readily available Temple-related Products: All the products that I’ve been able to find that have to do with LDS temples or ancient temples from Amazon.com I have individually selected and gathered together, sorted, and [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged book, buy, DVD, hugh nibley, margaret barker, matthew brown, online, products, purchase, scholar, store, websites
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The Curitiba Brazil Temple public open house began a couple days ago, on May 10th, and will run through May 24th. Can’t attend? Mike Batie has put together another well-done video of official photographs of the outside and inside of this new temple. It does the good service of feeling like you [...]