030-Endowment in EM.
“Endowment.” –Elder Alma P. Burton. EM, 454-456. Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article049- Nibley, Return to the TEmple
“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...
View Article086-Ricks, Oaths
Stephen Ricks, “Oaths and Oath Taking in the Old Testament.” TTE: 43-54. Discusses oaths in the Hebrew bible, associated ritual gestures, and potential penalties for not carrying out the oath. FARMS...
View Article087-Comtpon, handclasp and embrace.
Todd Compton, “The Handclasp and Embrace as Tokens of Recognition.” BSAF 1:611-643. Gospelink (subscription required) See here for an excerpt.
View Article088- Hand as a Cup in Ancient Temple Worship and Incense Dish
Lynn and Hope Hilton, “The Hand as a Cup in Ancient Temple Worship.” Presentation made at BYU symposium. Also includes Anchor Bible Dictionary entry on “Incense Dish” as supporting information. pdf...
View Article089-Nibley, Atonement
“The Atonement of Jesus Christ.” –Hugh Nibley. Ensign, July-October 1990. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. This article is an edited version of a talk that was written at the request of several...
View Article90-Madsen, Temple and Atonement
Truman Madsen, “The Temple and the Atonement.” TAW, 63-80. FARMS transcript Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article091-Parry, three temple entrance hymns
Donald W. Parry, “Three Temple Entrance Hymns.” In Revelation, Reason, and Faith: Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen. Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and Stephen D. Ricks eds. (Provo, UT: FARMS,...
View Article092-Ricks, coronation ceremonies
Stephen Ricks and John J. Sroka, “King, Coronation, and Temple: Enthronement Ceremonies in History.” TAW, 236-271. Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article093-tvedtnes, olive oil
John Tvedtnes, “Olive Oil: Symbol of the Holy Ghost.” in The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5. Stephen D. Ricks, and John Welch, eds. (SLC: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1994):...
View Article095-Parry, ritual anointing
Donald W. Parry, “Ritual Anointing with Olive Oil in Ancient Israelite Religion” in The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5. Stephen D. Ricks, and John Welch, eds. (SLC:...
View Article096-EM, washing and anointing
Donald W. Parry, “Washings and Anointings.” EM: 1551 Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article097-EM, Temple ordinances
Allen Claire Rozsa, “Temple Ordinances.” EM: 1444-45 Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article099-Grey, ritual rebirth
Matthew J. Grey, “Becoming as a Little Child: Elements of Ritual Rebirth in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.” Studia Antiqua: The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies Vol. 1 Num....
View Article100-Carrol
James Carroll and Elizabeth Siler, “Let My Prayer be Set Before Thee: The Burning of Incense in the Temple Cult of Ancient Israel.” Studia Antiqua: The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient...
View Article101-Morrisse, curses
Mark J. Morrise, “Simile Curses in the Ancient Near East, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon” JBMS 2:1 (Spring 1993): 124-138 Also in .pdf format. Discusses curses as an inherent part of ancient...
View Article102-Seely, Hand as oath gesture
David Rolph Seely, “The Raised Hand of God as an Oath Gesture.” In A.B. Beck, A.H. Bartelt, P.R. Raabe , & C.A. Franke, Fortunate the Eyes that See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman (Grand...
View Article106-me, what is a covenant
“What is a covenant?” from my Temple Preparation FAQ Discusses covenants in the scriptures and the rituals for making them, and draws comparisons to the temple ordinances.
View Article111-EM, Prayer Circle
George S. Tate, “Prayer Circle.” – EM: 1120-21. Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article114-Parry, prayer circle
Donald Parry, “Temple Worship and a Possible Reference to a Prayer Circle in Psalm 24.” BYU Studies 32:4 (1992): 57-62. Summary. Free pdf copy from BYU Studies. Parry proposes to revocalize a word in...
View Article120- Catholic Liturgy
Marcus von Wellnitz, “The Catholic Liturgy and the Mormon Temple.” BYUS 21:1 (1981): 3-35. A fascinating paper tracing the seeming remnant of early Christian temple ordinances into the ordinances of...
View Article121- Hamblin, Aspects of Early Christian Initiation
William J. Hamblin, “Aspects of an Early Christian Initiation Ritual”- BSAF 1:202-221. Posted here by permission in PDF format. Gospelink (subscription required)
View Article125-Wiley, 40 day.
David Wiley, “The Forty-day teachings of Christ in the Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Endowment.” Newly on-line again, here. David Wiley is Associate Professor of Instructional...
View Article160-Tvedtnes, Baptism in EC
John Tvedtnes, “Baptism for the Dead in Early Christianity.” TTE:55-78. FARMS link for subscribers. See also under Baptism for the Dead
View Article167- Grey, Becoming as a little child
Matthew J. Grey. “Becoming as a Little Child: Elements of Ritual Rebirth in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.” Studia Antiqua: The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies Vol. 1 Num....
View Article168- Tvedtnes, Early Jewish and Christian
John Tvedtnes. “Early Jewish and Christian Practices Related to the Temple.” FAIR presentation
View Article188-Hamblin, Mysticism
William Hamblin, “Temple Motifs in Jewish Mysticism.” TAW: 440-476. Examines the theme in early Jewish literature of ascending into heaven, bypassing the gatekeepers/sentinels, and entering God’s...
View Article196-Ehat, Sesuicentennial Reflections
Andrew Ehat. “‘Who Shall Ascend into the House of the Lord?’ Sesquicentennial Reflections of a Sacred Day: 4 May 1842”- TAW:48-62. Gospelink (subscription required) -Discusses the restoration of the...
View Article202-Ehat thesis
Andrew F. Ehat. Joseph Smith’s Introduction of Temple Ordinances and the 1844 Mormon Succession Question - Master’s Thesis, BYU, 1982. 307 p. Available in BYU Special Collections. Though slightly...
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