Hamblin & Peterson: Understanding the centrality of temple rites

By William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson, For the Deseret News

Published: Sunday, Nov. 4 2012 5:00 a.m. MST

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Last Monday the recently formed Academy of Temple Studies, along with the Religious Studies program at Utah State University, hosted a conference in Logan on "Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition."

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sharrona

layton, UT

RE: Craig Clark, things the Bible does record about temples.

Jesus…, Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days. They replied, It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in More..

10:40 a.m. Nov. 5, 2012
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Craig Clark

Boulder, CO

The ancient Israelite religion would surprise both Christians and Jews of today if we knew some of the things that the Bible doesn't record.

8:24 a.m. Nov. 5, 2012
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DenMom

Corvallis, MT

Very interesting!

10:14 a.m. Nov. 5, 2012
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William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson

Daniel C. Peterson, professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at BYU, is editor-in-chief of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative and a blogger for Patheos. William Hamblin is a professor of history at BYU and co-author of more ..

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