Duncan Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Does anyone know of any lists of books and talks that deal with the Temple? Thanks in advance!
TAO Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Aargh... there was one on my Grandma's table, but I forget what it was called... sorry =/... bleh =(.
Duncan Posted April 6, 2011 Author Posted April 6, 2011 Aargh... there was one on my Grandma's table, but I forget what it was called... sorry =/... bleh =(.!!!!
TAO Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) !!!!I'll try and check what it is next time I go over there for you =). It isn't the best book, but it is pretty decent. Edited April 6, 2011 by TAO
bluebell Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Nibley's "temple and the cosmos" (or something to that effect) is supposedly wonderful and very enlightening. I think Boyd K. Packer has one entitled "the Holy Temple" as well.
kolipoki09 Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) Does anyone know of any lists of books and talks that deal with the Temple? Thanks in advance!You can never go wrong with Nibley if you're looking for anything putting the endowment in a historical perspective. Nearly all 19 of his Collected Works deal with the temple in one aspect or another. Temple and Cosmos is great, as is The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyi. A great collection of these resources is Temple Study: http://www.templestudy.com/There are three very good documentary histories of the LDS temple offered here:http://signaturebooks.com/2010/02/quorum-of-the-anointed/http://signaturebooks.com/2010/02/nauvoo-endowment-companies/http://signaturebooks.com/2010/04/the-development-of-lds-temple-worship-1846-2000-a-documentary-history/To a lesser extent, I would recommend David John Buerger's "The Mysteries of Godliness," which received a very honest review here: http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=6392Here's a good book from the Maxwell Institute as well: http://www.amazon.com/Temples-Ancient-World-Ritual-Symbolism/dp/087579811X Edited April 6, 2011 by kolipoki09
Duncan Posted April 6, 2011 Author Posted April 6, 2011 Wow! All Great replies! Not to discourage anyone else from posting but hey
Garden Girl Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) Nibley's "temple and the cosmos" (or something to that effect) is supposedly wonderful and very enlightening. I think Boyd K. Packer has one entitled "the Holy Temple" as well.I too recommend "Temple and Cosmos" by Nibley (avail. in Deseret Bookstores)... love that book!!Also, "House of Glory" by S. Michael Wilcox... and I'm just starting Truman Madsen's "The Temple."But overall by far my favorite is Nibley's.GG Edited April 6, 2011 by Garden Girl
ChristKnight Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 The Gate of Heaven: Insights on the Doctrines and Symbols of the Temple by Matthew Brown. Great book so far, he goes through temples throughout Judeo-Christian history, tying LDS temples to the ancient ones, as well as showing interesting parallels in the rituals of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Helorum Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) Does anyone know of any lists of books and talks that deal with the Temple? http://www.expoundlds.com/temples.html Edited April 10, 2011 by Helorum
Duncan Posted April 10, 2011 Author Posted April 10, 2011 http://www.expoundlds.com/temples.html[/quoteI wasn't even aware that existed! Thank you so much!
Duncan Posted April 10, 2011 Author Posted April 10, 2011 The Gate of Heaven: Insights on the Doctrines and Symbols of the Temple by Matthew Brown. Great book so far, he goes through temples throughout Judeo-Christian history, tying LDS temples to the ancient ones, as well as showing interesting parallels in the rituals of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.Of all the books that I want to buy that one is on the top of me list! I have wanted it for sometime now!
Helorum Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) "Of all the books . . ."That author's talk at this year's Expound Symposium will add to the material in that book. The Expound Symposium for 2012 (Saturday, May 19) will add even more. Edited April 10, 2011 by Helorum
Duncan Posted April 10, 2011 Author Posted April 10, 2011 That author's talk at this year's Expound Symposium will add to the material in that book. The Expound Symposium for 2012 (Saturday, May 19) will add even more.Thank you!
kolipoki09 Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 That author's talk at this year's Expound Symposium will add to the material in that book. The Expound Symposium for 2012 (Saturday, May 19) will add even more.More on "that author." 1
Helorum Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 More on "that author"Even more on "that author"http://www.expoundlds.com http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=1691http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2175http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=560http://mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/books/?id=14976http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/article_4b03ad32-f513-53bd-80c8-449bc4a52aef.html
Duncan Posted April 13, 2011 Author Posted April 13, 2011 Even more on "that author"http://www.expoundlds.com http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=1691http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2175http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=560http://mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/books/?id=14976http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/article_4b03ad32-f513-53bd-80c8-449bc4a52aef.htmlThat is awesome! I just bought the Gate of Heaven book from FAIR bookstore so I anticipate its arrival soon enough!
Mike Reed Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 That is awesome! I just bought the Gate of Heaven book from FAIR bookstore so I anticipate its arrival soon enough!Did you read kolipoki09's link? 1
Duncan Posted April 14, 2011 Author Posted April 14, 2011 Did you read kolipoki09's link?I did, I have a "I buy book at a time from the US at a time" thing going! As it stands now I have two books coming up from the States and one from Alberta
Mike Reed Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I did, I have a "I buy book at a time from the US at a time" thing going! As it stands now I have two books coming up from the States and one from AlbertaThis is the link I was talking about:
Duncan Posted April 14, 2011 Author Posted April 14, 2011 This is the link I was talking about: Well,i'll be!
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I too recommend "Temple and Cosmos" by Nibley (avail. in Deseret Bookstores)... love that book!!Also, "House of Glory" by S. Michael Wilcox... and I'm just starting Truman Madsen's "The Temple."But overall by far my favorite is Nibley's.GGDitto
Kevin Christensen Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 John W. Welch, Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount.Margaret Barker, Temple Theology.Also, Barker's "Belonging in the Temple" essay at her website.Mircea Eliade, Cosmos and History: The Myth of Eternal ReturnJoseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, The Power of MythHamblin and Seeley, Solomon's Temple: Myth and HistorySisters in Spirit, in particular the essay by Rockwood.Nibley, Abraham's Creation Drama, his last published essay on the theme.To name a few.Kevin ChristensenPittsburgh, PA
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