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, music, native american, poetry, prayer circle, rites, scriptures, symbols, synagogue
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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, greek, hands, marriage, muses, photographs, robe, song, traditions, tree of life
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Some of you may remember my paper The Genesis of the Round Dance that I posted early in the life of TempleStudy.com. It was a paper I wrote for a BYU Dance Department Symposium a few years ago that addressed the ancient ubiquitous practice of ring dancing, particularly as connected with religious worship and prayer. [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged ancients, BYU, christian, dance, israelites, margaret barker, papers, Practices, research, ring dance, scholar, symposium
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August 21, 2008 – 9:41 am
There is a great article over at LDS Views by Dr. Alonzo Gaskill in which he discusses the differences and similarities between Catholic prayer and Mormon prayer. It is quite interesting the comparisons he makes, particularly those with prayer in the temple. I believe this article is from his latest book Know Your Religions, Vol. [...]
While there is undoubtedly an abundance of temple allusions in the whole of Enoch apocryphal literature, I came across a good example today. I will certainly add more as I learn about them. This example is from 2 Enoch. This apocrypha text is a pseudepigraphon, meaning its authorship is unknown, but is considered part of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts
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Also tagged anointing, ascension, celestial, cherubim, enoch, exaltation, garments, glory, greek, heaven, imagery, light, literature, new name, pseudepigrapha, revelation, throne, translation
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