By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Duane Wilson, “Temple Symbolism in The Conflict of Adam and Eve.” Studia Antiqua: The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies, Vol. 2, Num. 2 (Fall 2002): 33-51. (Journal in pdf format)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Fall of Adam.” –Robert J. Matthews. EM: 485-86.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Jolene Edmunds Rockwood, “The Redemption of Eve” in Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective, ed. Maureen Ursenbach Beecher and Lavinia Fielding Anderson (Urbana of Illinois Press: Urbana and Chicago, 1987): 3-29.
- This is a longer and more technical version of Rockwood’s “Eve’s Role in the Creation and Fall” above.
- PDF file.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Beverly Campbell, “Mother Eve, Mentor for Today’s Women: A Heritage of Honor.” Talk given 2 April 1993 at the 11th annual conference of Collegium Aesculapium (Requires address change.)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Beverly Campbell, Eve and the Mortal Journey (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005)
- I haven’t read this, but I presume it’s a follow-up to Campbell’s Eve and the Choice Made in Eden.
- Deseret Book
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Beverly Campbell, Eve and the Choice Made in Eden. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Stephen Ricks, “Adam’s Fall in the Book of Mormon, Second Temple Judaism, and Early Christianity.” DAS: 595-606.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Bruce M. Pritchett, Jr. “Lehi’s Theology of the Fall in Its Preexilic/Exilic Context.” JBMS 3:2 (1994): 49–83.
- The Old Testament does not teach the Fall and associated concepts as clearly as the Book of Mormon. Pritchett looks below the surface in this fascinating article.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Jolene Edmunds Rockwood. “Eve’s Role in Creation and the Fall.” In Women and the Power Within (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1991) 49-62.
- This is an excellent article, though I believe she draws firmer conclusions than justified on creation. In absence of a detailed revelation on the process or nature of creation, prophets and apostles have expressed widely different opinions. See Creation.
- Gospelink (subscription required), or pdf. file here.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
The question is sometimes asked, why aren’t the 4 creation accounts identical in every respect?
- Keith Meservy briefly addresses this question in “Four Accounts of the Creation.” Ensign, January 1986.
- The EM article on Creation discusses it very briefly.
- A harmony of the three scriptural accounts of creation. (Harmonies are sometimes useful, but some things aren’t meant to be harmonized.
- My commentary.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Kevin Barney, “Examining Six Key Concepts in Joseph Smith’s Understanding of Genesis 1:1″ BYUS 39:3 (2000): 107-124.
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Highly recommended. Discusses 1) creation as organization from extant matter (ie. not creation ex nihilo), 2) a plurality of divine beings, 3) a supreme God at the head, 4) premortal council in heaven, 5) a god appointed over this world, and 6) persistant plurality throughout Israelite history.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Because it relates to creation, I include this link to the official BYU packet on evolution, which includes “all statements issued by the First Presidency…on the subject of evolution and the origin of man.”
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Stephen Ricks. “Liturgy and Cosmogony: The Ritual Use of Creation Accounts in the Ancient Near East.” TAW: 118-125.
- Discusses usage of the creation narrative in Jewish temple rituals. Professor Ricks once quipped that he had offered this article to BYU Studies. The secretary he talked to said, “Why would BYU Studies be interested in THAT?” He replied (at least in class,) “If you don’t know, I’m not going to tell you.”
- Gospelink (subscription required)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
James L. Carroll, “A Revised Temple Typology” in Hagion Temenos, 2nd Edition, ed. Stephen Ricks, (Provo UT: BYU Press, 2005).
- “John M. Lundquist’s “Temple Typology” has been highly influential in the past several years. This “Revised Temple Typology” attempts to build upon what he has created by synthesizing several of Lundquist’s publications and by adding several new elements to the typology. Further, the typology is reordered, and organized into three main categories, “the Temple Space,” “The Temple Rites,” and “The Temple and Community.” Short titles have also been added to the typology elements. It is hoped that these changes will improve the use of the typology in teaching situations.”
- Word file
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
John M. Lundquist, “Fundamentals of Temple Ideology from Eastern Traditions.” In Revelation, Reason, and Faith: Essays in Honor of Truman C. Madsen, ed. Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and Stephen D. Ricks (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2002): 651-701.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
John M. Lundquist, “The Common Temple Ideology of the Ancient Near East.” In The Temple in Antiquity, ed. Truman G. Madsen (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1984): 54-78.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
John M. Lundquist, “Temple Symbolism in Isaiah.” In Isaiah and the Prophets, ed. Monte S. Nyman (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University): 33-53.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Return to the Temple.” Hugh Nibley. TAC: 42-90.
- Edited form of presentation made by Hugh Nibley to the Quorum of the Twelve and First Presidency in the Salt Lake City temple. Drawings.
- Gospelink (subscription required)
- Cf. Changes in the Temple #6 and Misc. #1.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Sacred Time and the Temple.” Brian M. Hauglid. TAW: 636-646.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“An Inscribed Chinese Gold Plate in its Context: Glimpses of the Sacred Center.” David B. Honey and Michael Lyon. DAS 19-66.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Seven Promises to those who Overcome: Aspects of Genesis 2-3 in the Seven Letters.” Richard D. Draper and Donald W. Parry. TTE:121-142.
- Compares the promises made to the faithful in Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28, 3:5, and 12 with the events and symbolism in the Garden of Eden.
- FARMS link. (Import my copy.)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Demarcation between Sacred Space and Profane Space: The Temple of Herod Model.”- Donald Parry. TAW: 413-439.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Sinai as Sanctuary and Mountain of God.” –Donald Parry. BSAF 1:482-500.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Garden of Eden: Prototype Sanctuary”- Donald W. Parry. TAW: 126-151.
- Examines the Garden of Eden as a temple, according to Lundquist’s typology above.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“What is a Temple? A Preliminary Typology.” John M. Lundquist. TAW: 83-117.
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Elder John A. Widtsoe. “Fundamentals of Temple Doctrine.” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 13 (June 1922):129-35.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
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Elder John A. Widtsoe. “Temple and Temple Building” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 12 (July 1921): 113-22.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Elder Franklin D. Richards “The Temple of the Lord: The Importance of Temples, Ancient and Modern.” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 11 (Oct. 1920): 146-49.
- I’m not sure which Franklin D. Richards wrote this. One would have been dead for 20 years, and the other 20 years old and serving a mission, so I assume it’s a reprint of something the first one wrote.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Richard O. Cowan and Frank A. Bruno, Bibliography on Temples and Temple Work (Provo: Brigham Young University, 1982)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Elder Russell M. Nelson, “Personal Preparation for Temple Blessings.” Ensign, May 2001
- Gives some suggestions for personal temple preparation, including reading portions of the Old Testament.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“What is a Temple?” – Hugh Nibley. MEC, 355-383
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Why these Temples?”- President Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign. This article appears in the undated issue devoted to temples.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Temple Ordinances.” -Allen Claire Rozsa, EM: 1444-45
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“The Purpose of the Temple.” – President David O. McKay. Pamphlet published by the LDS church, 1960(?).
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Endowment.” –Elder Alma P. Burton. EM, 454-456.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Between Heaven and Earth- Presentation originally broadcast between October 2002 (?) general conference sessions, featuring both LDS and non-LDS scholars such as Frank Moore Cross (Harvard), Krister Stendahl (Harvard), Lawrence Schiffman (NYU), John Lundquist, Truman Madsen, Elder Boyd K. Packer, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, among others.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children about the Temple.” President Ezra Taft Benson. Ensign, August 1985: 6-10.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Ancient Temples and their Function.” –Sidney B. Sperry. Ensign, January 1972.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Temples.” –Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Abbreviated EM throughout.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“The Holy Temple.” – Elder Boyd K. Packer. Ensign, February 1995.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Temples- the Gates to Heaven.” – Elder Marion G. Romney. Ensign, March 1971.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“The Meaning of the Temple.” –Hugh Nibley, TAC: 1-41.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“A House of Glory.”- Hugh Nibley. TAW: 29-47.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
“Christ Manifested to His People.”- Elder Marion D. Hanks. TAW: 3-28. Gospelink (subscription required)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Jon D. Levenson. Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible (Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1985)
- Levenson discusses covenant, covenant renewal, and the centrality of covenant, temple, and “law.” It’s a fairly easy read, not technical at all.
- Amazon
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Richard O. Cowan. Temples to Dot the Earth (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1989)
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
Edmunds, John K. (President of Salt Lake Temple, 1972-77), Through Temple Doors (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1978)
- This book is general, but has some interesting tidbits.
- Out-of-print.
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By: The Monk - March 3, 2006
John L. Lundquist, The Temple: Meeting Place between Heaven and Earth, (W.W. Norton and Co., 1993)
- This book has many pictures of various sacred centers or temples in the Near East, Asia, South and Mesoamerica, Europe. Lundquist uses these to illustrate one of his major studies, the nearly world-wide temple typology. (See his LDS and non-LDS papers in the typology section.)
- Lundquist has edited several LDS books, and appears in the video Between Heaven and Earth in the multimedia section.
- Amazon
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