The Human Form on God's Throne

How Many Judaisms?

The Suppression of Ancient Truths

Sites to See!
Before posting more on my trip to the SBL Conference in New Orleans, I wanted to mention just a couple of websites that I think you should see (of course that is up to you!). Follow the Prophet Bryce Haymond, the talented web designer who has blessed us with TempleStudy.com for the past couple of years (which, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned, has been a great inspiration for my own blog), has now, along with his brother Brad,  launched a new website designed to help readers get to know LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson better by reporting on the prophet’s words and activities.  The new site is cal

Society of Biblical Literature: New Orleans
Well, another SBL annual meeting has come and gone.  I had a great time this year here in New Orleans.  For some reason, the conference was not as well attended as in past years, but it was still an enlightening experience. Despite the fact that my connecting flight from Atlanta was delayed two hours (which made me miss the events I had planned for Saturday night, including the BYU and Friends Reception) I am grateful that I arrived here in New Orleans safely and that I’ve been able to have some great experiences and meet good people. As I arrived late Saturday night, I quickly checked into my hotel and then ran directly to the Sheraton Hotel, where the BYU receptio

The Temple Studies Group Symposium III: Laurence P. Hemming
Laurence Hemming is one of the co-founders of the Temple Studies Group. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Lancaster and a Fellow, tutor in Philosophy and Liturgy, and member of the Advisory Board, of St. Bede’s Hall, an independent Catholic College in Oxford.  He has done extensive research on liturgy in the Roman Catholic tradition.  I also note that he has spent good time in Utah, has a number of LDS friends, and has spoken at Brigham Young University (about which I hope to post some details in the near future). Again, this post is composed of my own notes, for which I accept full responsibility, and should not

New Edition of Mormon Mysticism by David Littlefield
David Littlefield has made available the newest version of his amazing book, Mormon Mysticism.  You can see it for free on his website, www.mormonmysticism.com in .html or .pdf for

The Weeping God
As I was doing some research this morning, I came across a text that, although quite unrelated to what I was looking for, I found very interesting. I thought I would share it here on my blog. The text struck me as very similar to a passage of scripture from the (LDS) Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price. This passage, from Moses 7, portrays Enoch speaking with God in heaven after the city of Zion had been taken away from the earth and drawn up to God.  Part of the reason that the city was taken away (besides, of course, because of its righteousness) was because of the wickedne