Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Students of the Ancient Near East Symposium: Temples and Ritual in Antiquity

The Students of the Ancient Near East Symposium: Temples and Ritual in Antiquity

Friday, November 7, 2008
Wilkinson Student Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

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Papers presented include:
  • Ancient Israel Early Christianity Egypt
  • The Maccabean Martyrs as a Temple Sacrifice
  • The Mysteries in Pauline Christianity
  • The Dedication of War Booty to the Temple in Egyptian Literature
  • The Role of Scent in the Rituals of Ancient Israel
  • Christian Asceticism: The Body as a Temple: Biblical Origins
  • The Microcosmic Egyptian Temple
  • Two High Priesthoods? Evidence for Changes in the Priesthood from First to Second Temple
  • The Chrism in Early Christianity
  • An Odor of Sanctity: The Iconography, Magic, and Liturgy of Egyptian Incense
  • The Paradise Garden and Messianic Age Imagery in the 5th to 7th Century Church Floor Mosaics of Jordan
  • Rituals of the Egyptian Temple: An Orientation
  • An Expanded View of the Israelite Scapegoat
  • The Deification of Romulus
  • Philistine Ritual Artifacts
  • Josephus and the Temple
  • The Treatment of Temples in Plato's Republic and Laws
  • The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy
  • Covenants and Simile Curses
  • Emperor as God: Roman Imperial Cult Worship & Implications for Early Christians
  • Ancient Southeast Asian Temples
  • Kingship Initiation Motifs in Ancient Israel
  • The Eleusinian Mysteries: Greatest Conquest of Demetrios Poliorketes
  • The Samaritan Temple and Priesthood

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