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A Catholic Explains the Mormon Garment

August 27, 2012 by Bryce Haymond 11 Comments

There is an excellent commentary by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, who is Catholic, on the LDS (Mormon) garment.  In her article she describes the garment as not dissimilar to the sacred clothing of many religious groups around the world, including Jews, Catholics (Roman and Eastern), Sikhs, Buddhists, Amish, Muslims, Hindus, Jains, and tribal religions.  I too once wrote about the sacred undergarment of the Jews, the tallit katan (and its tzitzit).   [Read more…]

Posted in: Artifacts Tagged: catholic, clothing, garments, Jewish, jews, judaism, photo, religion, respect, robe, sacred, tallit katan, underwear

TempleStudy.com Fireside Discussion – Introduction

August 5, 2012 by Bryce Haymond 18 Comments

Welcome to our first fireside discussion at TempleStudy.com!  This discussion is taking place with a new innovative tool from Google called Hangouts, and specifically Hangouts on Air.  This allows up to ten panelists to take part in a discussion with full video/audio of each participant.  The “on air” portion means that it is streamed live to the world, and will be recorded also for later for viewing.  It will be streamed live on TempleStudy.com, and wherever else it is embedded.  See the original post about the idea.

The text we will be using as a springboard for our discussion in these firesides is Temple Worship: 20 Truths That Will Bless Your Life, by Andrew C. Skinner.  Deseret Book and BYU Religious Education note Dr. Skinner’s background:

Andrew C. Skinner is a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, was dean of Religious Education and the first executive director of BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. He holds master’s degrees in Biblical Hebrew and Jewish Studies and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and European History, specializing in Judaism.  He is the author or co-author of over 100 publications.

We will have several great panelists participating in our discussion tonight, including myself, Frederick M. Huchel, Gary N. Anderson, Steve Reed, and Tevya Washburn. I thank them sincerely for participating in tonight’s discussion.  Thank you for coming!

Posted in: Scholarship, Temples Today, Texts Tagged: audio, book, BYU, discussion, education, fireside, google hangout, history, Jewish, judaism, learn, neal a. maxwell institute, publication, scholar, scholars, study, temple worship, temples, text, video

Jordanian Lead Plates: Authentic or Forgery?

March 31, 2011 by Bryce Haymond 3 Comments

I’ve posted about the discovery of the Jordanian lead plates two times now, and have been following the news stories closely over the last few days. As I have said, extensive investigation must still be done to verify the authenticity of the find, and determine facts such as precise dating, who made them, and their meaning. Unfortunately, the details keep getting stranger and stranger.

I’m usually one who likes to believe. Joseph Smith once taught, “I never hear of a man being damned for believing too much; but they are damned for unbelief.” But the facts seem to be stacking up against this one.
[Read more…]

Posted in: Artifacts, Scholarship Tagged: antiquity, documentary, early christian, forgery, jews, judaism, margaret barker, research, scholars, star

Temple imagery in “Gabriel’s Revelation” Discovery

July 17, 2008 by Bryce Haymond 11 Comments
Gabriel's Revelation or "Dead Sea Scroll in Stone"

Gabriel's Revelation or "Dead Sea Scroll in Stone"

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 Jordan around 2000, and has been associated with the Qumran community who produced the Dead Sea Scrolls.  For this reason, it has been called a “Dead Sea scroll in stone.”  An exciting discovery, indeed.

The discussion has been primarily about a certain line of the text which tells of a messiah dying and resurrecting in three days (line 80).  Many scholars are pointing to this as evidence of a resurrection theology in existence in Judaism before the coming of Jesus Christ, therefore raising questions of the conception among some that a messianic 3-day resurrection was a uniquely novel Christian principle.  This is not news to Latter-day Saints, who already firmly believe that Christianity has been known and practiced since Adam (see Moses 5:6-8).

But I want to look at this text from a different angle than that which is making the headlines.  Since this text has been categorized as an apocalyptic text, the Greek apokálypsis meaning “lifting of the veil” or end of days, delivered from the angel Gabriel, it is likely that we should find temple imagery here too.  And we are not left wanting.  [Read more…]

Posted in: Artifacts, Scholarship, Texts Tagged: adam and eve, ascension, atonement, david, David Jeselsohn, dead sea, dead sea scroll in stone, discussion, early christian, egyptian, gabriel's revelation, gate, greek, hazon gabriel, imagery, jesus christ, jews, judaism, marriage, redemption, resurrection, revelation, rituals, scholar, symbols, test, translation, veil, vision of gabriel

Tallit Katan – The Sacred Undergarment of Judaism

March 19, 2008 by Bryce Haymond 16 Comments

A traditional Jewish tallit katanMormons 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 their worship.

The tallit katan (literally the “little tallit”) is a white undergarment worn by the Jews, usually Orthodox or Hasidic, in order to fulfill the commandment given in Numbers 15:38-40 to make such a holy garment, [Read more…]

Posted in: Practices Tagged: clothing, garments, jews, judaism, marks, sacred, symbols, tallit katan, tzitzit, vestments

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