The Temple in Time and Eternity

by Parry, Donald W.; Ricks, Stephen D.

• ISBN13: 9780934893466
• ISBN10: 0934893462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Introduction	ix
Temple and Ritual
Abraham's Temple Drama	1	(42)
Hugh W. Nibley
Oaths and Oath Taking in the Old Testament	43	(12)
Stephen D. Ricks
Baptism for the Dead in Early Christianity	55	(24)
John A. Tvedtnes
Temple Prayer in Ancient Times	79	(20)
John A. Tvedtnes
Temples in the Israelite Tradition
Sacred Temples Ancient and Modern	99	(22)
Richard O. Cowan
Seven Promises to Those Who Overcome: Aspects of Genesis 2--3 in the Seven Letters	121	(22)
Richard D. Draper
Donald W. Parry
Modern Temple Worship through the Eyes of John A. Widtsoe, a Twentieth-Century Apostle	143	(40)
Alan K. Parrish
Conflicting Orders: Alma and Amulek in Ammonihah	183	(50)
Thomas R. Valletta
Temples in the Non-Israelite Tradition
The Keeper of the Gate	233	(42)
John Gee
The Great Mosque and Its Ka`ba as an Islamic Temple Complex in Light of Lundquist's Typology of Ancient Near Eastern Temples	275	(28)
Gaye Strathearn
Brian M. Hauglid
Inside a Sumerian Temple: The Ekishnugal at Ur	303	(32)
E. Jan Wilson
Contributors	335	(1)
Citation Index	336	(15)
Subject Index	351