February 24, 2011 – 8:45 am
I’m very pleased to welcome another guest post by Matthew B. Brown. Some of his writings, particularly his book The Gate of Heaven, are what inspired me to study the temple more in depth. He offers a wealth of insight and learning for the Latter-day Saints. ~Bryce Matthew B. Brown holds a degree in history [...]
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Also tagged anointing, bible, cap, clothing, endowment, garments, history, initiation, israelites, joseph smith, markings, marks, Matthew B. Brown, oil, ordinances, priest, prophet, research, rite, rites, ritual, rituals, robe, robes, royal, sanctuary, scholar, scholars, solomon, symbols, tabernacle, vestments, washing
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November 6, 2009 – 12:35 pm
David Larsen at Heavenly Ascents continues to provide excellent notes from his attendance at the Temple Studies Group Symposium in London last weekend. Recently he posted his notes on Archimandrite Ephrem‘s presentation about the Holy Oil in the Orthodox Church. Father Ephrem gave out a handout which included detailed notes on the anointing rite in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged anointing, david, david larsen, eastern orthodox, hands, heavenly ascents, oil, priest, rite, signs, temple studies
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November 2, 2009 – 10:11 am
My friend David Larsen has some great notes at Heavenly Ascents on the presentation given by Dr. Margaret Barker at the Temple Studies Symposium III in London this past weekend. Her words were an introduction to the symposium which focused on the topic of “The Holy Anointing Oil”: Anointing with myrrh oil was the most [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged anointing, christian, david, david larsen, heavenly ascents, margaret barker, oil, priest, priesthood, rite, temple studies
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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, round dance, scholar
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I’ve been taking notes this morning at the Sacred Space symposium at BYU, and was thinking of posting my scribbles. But instead of reinventing the wheel, you might want to check out the great notes at the Juvenile Instructor blog. Jared and Ben are doing a fantastic job over there of summarizing the presentations. I [...]
