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May 2015

May 03, 2015

“Not a Divine Product”

On his blog David Bokovoy suggest that Latter-day Saints should adopt the views of Marcus...

February 2015

February 15, 2015

Historicity and the New Testament

On his blog, David Bokovoy wrote: Surely, therefore, the New Testament contains “historicity.” Wellllll. ....

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Gee on HIstoricity

I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks due to my mother's...

January 08, 2015

More Confusion about Historicity

David Bokovoy is a smart guy, a good scholar, and a wonderful human being. But...

January 02, 2015

October 2014

October 17, 2014

M&E 20 Hekhalot

Brief discussion of Rabbi Ishmael, Hekhalot Rabbati, 3 Enoch

October 17, 2014

M&E19 Isaac Luria

Discussion of Isaac Luria (ha-Ari; Arizal) and Lurianic Kabbalah

October 13, 2014

M&E 17 Mystical Miscellany

Discussion of various concepts of Jewish mysticism: tzaddik (righteous/saint), sacred sexuality, silence, sacred dance, sacred space,...

October 13, 2014

M&E 18 Zohar; Reincarnation/Gilgul

Origin, nature and impact of the Zohar; Jewish mystical concept of reincarnation (gilgul)

October 08, 2014

M&E 16 Rabbinic Discussions of Mysticism

Discussion of early Rabbinic accounts of Jewish mystical exegesis and practices, and Rabbinic concerns over...

October 06, 2014

M&E 15 Dead Sea Scrolls and Philo

Jewish proto-mysticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Philo

October 03, 2014

M&E 14 Enoch

Discussion of apocalyptic and apocrypha; the background to different biblical versions: Hebrew Bible, Aramaic Targum,...

October 01, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism Class

I finished reorganizing the recordings of lectures 1-13 from my "Mysticism and Esotericism" class, and placed...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Column on the name Jehovah

The Hamblin/Peterson column in the Deseret News on the name Jehovah,

September 08, 2014

Mysticism Class 2: What is Mysticism (pt. 1)

A discussion of the range of meanings to the term Mysticism (part 1)

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism

I'm teaching a new class at BYU this fall: History 485 "Mysticism and Esotericism." I've...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Mysticism 1: new class at BYU

I'm going to be teaching a class on "Mysticism and Esotericism" at BYU, in Fall...

June 11, 2014

Heavenly Ascents

People interested in temple theology, deification, celestial ascent, and biblical esoterica should check out David...

May 2014

May 21, 2014

DH-36: Four Degrees of Speculation

Documentarians generally claim that they can: 1- identify the four different sources within the Pentateuch;...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

Western Wall Prayers

This video gives you a sense of what Jewish prayers at the Western Wall of...

April 16, 2014

Temple Mount Riots

Palestinian Muslims rioted today in opposition to Jewish attempts to pray and sacrifice on the...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

Mysteries of Enoch 2: Intertestamental and New Testament

Attached are the KeyNote slides for my Education Week presentation" "Mysteries of Enoch 2: Intertestamental and New...

August 19, 2013

Mysteries of Enoch 1: Ancient Israel

Attached are the KeyNote slides for my Education Week presentation on: "The Mysteries of Enoch...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

The Bible as [more than] Literature

The latest Hamblin/Peterson Deseret news Column.

July 14, 2013

Deseret column on esoteric