Bergera, Gary James. “The Earliest Eternal Sealings for Civilly Married Couples Living and Dead.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 35 (Fall 2002): 41-66. [Mormon/Ritual/ Liturgy/Worship/Salvation of the Dead/Marriage/Sealings]
The author investigates the evidence for the practice of sealing previously married couples, living and dead, during the life of Joseph Smith. Continue reading
Van Ruiten, Jacques T. A. G. M. “Visions of the Temple in the Book of Jubilees.” In Gemeinde ohne Tempel (Community without Temple): Zur Substituierung und Transformation des Jerusalemer Tempels und seines Kults im Alten Testament, antiken Judentum und frühen Christentum, edited by B. Ego, A. Lange and P. Pilhofer, 215-27. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 118. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999. [Israel]
The author’s conclusions are an adequate summary of this article. He wrote: “Jubilees speaks in a negative way of the actual Temple. Continue reading
Charles, John D. Endowed from on High: Understanding the Symbols of the Endowment. Salt Lake City: Horizon, 1997. [Mormon/Symbolism/Ritual/
The Editor’s Preface is about as interesting as the book. I think this is the only time I have ever read of a publisher praying about whether or not to publish a book. Continue reading
Stapley, Delbert L. “The Straight Gate–Repentance and Baptism.” Improvement Era 58 (June 1955): 416-18. [Mormon/Theology/Priesthood/
The title of this sermon would not alert the reader that it contains a major insight into the teachings of Jesus Christ and his prophets about the importance of Temple ordinances and worship. Continue reading
Deist, F. E. “The Implied Message of the Reference to Shiloh in Jeremiah 7:12.” Journal for Semitics 5, no. 1 (1993): 57-67.
Shiloh is used by Jeremiah as a precedent and it renders his initial warning and the ensuing argument valid and conclusive, so it is crucial to grasp the implication of the reference to Shiloh in verse 12. Continue reading
Montefiore, Hugh W. “The Position of the Cana Miracle and the Cleansing of the Temple in St. John’s Gospel.” Journal of Theological Studies 50 (1949): 183-86.
Montefiore provides a suggestion as to the relationship between the miracle of turning water into wine at Cana and the cleansing of the temple, both in John 2. Continue reading
Note: Most universities now require the author of a PhD dissertation to write an abstract. The following abstracts have been taken from the author’s written summary of his/her work.
Long, Phillip J. “The origin of the eschatological feast as a wedding banquet in the Synoptic Gospels: An intertextual study.” PhD diss., Andrews University, 2012. [Israel/Christian/Ritual/
Abstract: The Problem. The problem this dissertation seeks to address is the origins of the wedding banquet imagery in the teaching of Jesus. Continue reading
Note: Most universities now require the author of a PhD dissertation to write an abstract. The following abstracts have been taken from the author’s written summary of his/her work.
Juel, Donald H. “The Messiah and the Temple: A Study of Jesus’ Trial before the Sanhedrin in the Gospel of Mark.” PhD diss., Yale University, 1973. [Israel/Herod/Christian/New Temple]
Summary: The purpose of this dissertation is to interpret the account of Jesus’ trial before the Sanhedrin in the Gospel of Mark. Continue reading
Note: Most universities now require the author of a PhD dissertation to write an abstract. The following abstracts have been taken from the author’s written summary of his/her work.
Angel, Joseph L. “Victory in Defeat: The Image of the Priesthood in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” PhD diss., New York University, 2008. [Israel/Qumran/Priesthood/
Abstract: This study is concerned with pervasive literary representations of priesthood in the Dead Sea Scrolls and what they indicate about the Qumran community. Continue reading
Sorensen, David E. “The Doctrine of Temple Work.” Ensign 33 (October 2003): 56-63. [Mormon/Theology/Covenant/
Elder Sorensen begins with a story about working on an addition to the Manti temple when he was a young man and having the Spirit tell him he would one day be involved in building other temples. Continue reading