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January 2015

January 02, 2015

October 2014

October 23, 2014

Temple Studies Feast!

This week brings a real feast for Temple Studies. First, the Interpreter Foundation has...

October 13, 2014

M&E 18 Zohar; Reincarnation/Gilgul

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

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Temple 7: Bull Sacrifice

Roman mural depicting of a bull (wearing crown and garlands) being brought to the sacrificial...

September 03, 2014

Temple 6: covenant gesture?

This is the surviving terracotta arm of an early Etruscan statue. The arm is pre-made...

September 01, 2014

Temple 4: Sacrifice of Semiramis

The legend of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, has many different forms. (Probably to be associated...

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...

June 04, 2014

Temple and Apocalyse

A review of The Apocalypse in the Light of the Temple by Peter Leithart. This book basically...

June 04, 2014

Idaho Falls Temple

Photos from my recent trip to Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Third Temple Movements

The Hamblin-Peterson column from Deseret News.

April 2014

April 15, 2014

Tomb of the Red Queen

Photos of the "Tomb of the Red Queen" from Palenque.

August 2013

August 24, 2013

Mysteries of Enoch 1: Biblical Origins

A discussions of: 1- Joseph Smith's "Book of Enoch" (Moses 6-7); 2- Enoch in the...

August 23, 2013

Mysteries of Enoch 4: Modern times

Attached are the KeyNote slides for my Education Week presentations “Mysteries of Enoch 4: Modern Times” Fr,...

August 21, 2013

Mysteries of Enoch 3: Christians and Jews

Attached are the KeyNote slides for my Education Week presentations “Mysteries of Enoch 3: Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism”...

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...

July 2013

July 14, 2013

Deseret column on esoteric

June 2013

June 23, 2013

Stake Fireside

I'm going to be presenting a stake fireside at the Daybreak South Jordan Stake center on...

June 17, 2013

DN column on Ziggurats

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Debating Deuteronomy

There is an interesting discussion of Deuteronomy, Josiah, the temple, and the theories of Margaret...

March 2013

March 03, 2013

New book on Solomon’s Temple

I've ordered it, but I haven't seen it yet: Alan Balfour, Solomon's Temple: Myth, Conflict, and...

November 2012

November 25, 2012

Photos: Arch of Titus, Rome

The Arch of Titus was constructed in AD 82 to commemorate in his victory over...

November 04, 2012

New Hamblin-Peterson column

On Margaret Barker's temple theology.

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Ireland conference paper

I'll be traveling to Ireland this May to attend a conference on "The Other Temple"...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

More tension on Temple Mount

February 13, 2012

Barker on the Great High Priest at St. Vladimir

Margaret Barker was recently invited to give the Fr. Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture at St. Vladimir's...