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183- Nibley, Ancient Temples

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:55:05 +0000

Hugh Nibley, “Ancient Temples: What Do They Signify?” Ensign, September 1972. Reprinted in TAW: 399-410.

Nibley examines ancient temples and briefly discusses Mesoamerican temples.

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180- Bickmore, REview of Holding

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:51:37 +0000

Barry Bickmore’s “Dead End or Dead On?” -A Review of J.P. Holding, “Baptism and Beyond: The Mormon Doctrine of Baptism for the Dead,” in The Mormon Defenders: How Latter-day Saint Apologists Misinterpret the Bible, an antimormon argument about Baptism for the Dead. (No longer on-line)

179- Peterson/Ricks, Baptism for Dead

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:50:52 +0000

Daniel C. Peterson and Stephen D. Ricks. “Baptism for the Dead and Secrecy” from Offenders for a Word: How Anti-Mormons Play Word Games to Attach the Latter-day Saints.

This is an excellent book which examines Early Christianity in light of doctrinal objections against Mormonism.

178- Tvedtnes, REview

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:49:47 +0000

John A. Tvedtnes’ review of Luke P. Wilson (of the so-called Institute for Religious Research, an evangelical anti-mormon ministry) “Does the Bible Teach Salvation for the Dead? A Survey of the Evidence” and “Did Jesus Establish Baptism for the Dead?” in FRB 10:2 (1998): 184-199.

177- Tvedtnes, Baptism pronouns

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:48:50 +0000

John Tvedtnes, “If baptism for the dead is a ‘suppressed’ Christian doctrine dating from the apostolic age, why did Paul use the pronoun ‘they’ instead of the personal ‘we’ or ‘ye’ when referring to the practice?” online discussion.

176- Tvedtnes, Coptic Rationale

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:48:06 +0000

John Tvedtnes. “Baptism for the Dead: The Coptic Rationale.”

Paper presented at a non-LDS symposium in Jerusalem

175- Welch, Review of Corinthian religion

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:47:26 +0000

John Welch, Review of “Corinthian Religion and Baptism for the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:29): Insights from Archaeology.” FRB 8:2 (1996) :43-45.

A Response to Richard E. DeMaris, Journal of Biblical Literature 114/4 (1995): 661-82.

174- Baugh, Baptism for Dead outside Temple

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:46:35 +0000

Alex L. Baugh. “‘For This Ordinance Belongeth to My House’: The Practice of Baptism for the Dead Outside the Nauvoo Temple.” Mormon Historical Studies 3, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 47-58. In .pdf format.

173- Millet, Baptism

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:43:19 +0000

Robert L. Millet, “Was baptism for the dead a non-Christian practice in New Testament times (see 1 Cor. 15:29)…?” – Ensign, August 1987, 19-20

172- Tvedtnes, Proxy baptism, Ensign

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:38:49 +0000

John A. Tvedtnes, “Proxy Baptism.” Ensign, February 1977.

171- EM, Salvation for the Dead

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:38:14 +0000

“Salvation of the Dead.” –EM, 1257-1259.

170- NIbley, Baptism for Dead

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:35:50 +0000

Hugh Nibley, “Baptism for the Dead in Ancient Times.” MEC: 100-168.

An excellent article.
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114- Burton, Baptism Dead, EM

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:34:50 +0000

“Baptism for the Dead.” –Two articles, by Elder H. David Burton and Krister Stendahl (Lutheran Bishop of Sweden and former Dean of the Harvard Divinity School). EM, ??

160-Tvedtnes, Baptism in EC

The Monk — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:10:16 +0000

John Tvedtnes, “Baptism for the Dead in Early Christianity.” TTE:55-78.

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121a-tvedtnes, baptism for dead in early Christianity

The Monk — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:36:04 +0000

John Tvedtnes,“Baptism for the Dead in Early Christianity.” TTE:55-78.

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