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The Temple in Antiquity

Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives

Truman G. Madsen, Editor
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Table of Contents

  • Preface
    Truman G. Madsen
  • Introductory Essay
    The Temple and the Restoration
    Truman G. Madsen
  • What Is a Temple?
    Hugh W. Nibley
  • Looking Backward
    Hugh W. Nibley
  • The Common Temple Ideology of the Ancient Near East
    John M. Lundquist
  • The Temple and Other Sacred Places in the Ebla Tablets
    Mitchell J. Dahood
  • The Priestly Tabernacle in the Light of Recent Research
    Frank Moore Cross Jr.
  • The Temple and the Holy Mountain
    Richard J. Clifford
  • New Temple Festivals in the Temple Scroll
    Jacob Milgrom
  • Jachin and Boaz in Religious and Political Perspective
    Carol L. Meyers
  • The Temple and the Synagogue
    Shaye J. D. Cohen
  • The Temple as a House of Revelation in the Nag Hammadi Texts
    George MacRae
  • Notes on the Contributors

About the Book

The answer to “What is a temple?” is partially the answer to “What was the temple?” Here a distinguished array of scholars trests this theme. This collection of essays—which grew out of a BYU symposium of experts—presents recent findings on the temple in antiquity: historical, linguistic, and archaeological data which bear on the idea of the temple in Israelite, Jewish, and Christian traditions. The book includes an expansive introduction to temple traditions and a bibliography for further clarification and comparison.

ISBN 0-8849-4518-9

Published in 1984

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