The Carillon Tower of Brigham Young University, with the Provo Utah Temple in the background \u00a0 \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m pleased to be able to share the provisional program for an upcoming conference, co-sponsored by the Interpreter Foundation.<\/p>\n
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The Fourth Temple on Mount Zion Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nin memory of Matthew B. Brown<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n10 November 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n251 Tanner Building, Brigham Young University<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stephen Ricks: Session chair<\/span><\/p>\n9:00<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome and prayer<\/span><\/p>\n9:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S. Kent Brown: Jesus\u2019s First Visit to the Temple<\/span><\/p>\n9:45<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kerry Muhlestein: On Earth When<\/em> It Was in Heaven: Sacred Time and its Protection in Egyptian Temples<\/span><\/p>\n10:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15-minute break<\/span><\/p>\n10:30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Gee: \u201cPut Off Thy Shoes from Off Thy Feet\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n11:00<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew Bowen: \u201cThey Shall Be Joined unto Thee\u201d: Levi, Levites, and the Importance of Joinings<\/em> in Temple Architecture and Ritual<\/span><\/p>\n11:30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeffrey M. Bradshaw: Surprising Resemblances to Ancient Accounts of Heavenly Ascent<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
12:00\u20131:30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch break<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, section chair<\/span><\/p>\n1:30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ryan Davis: Bearing Testimony in Hebrew: A Comparison of Ancient Israelite Temple Worship with Modern Latter-day Saint Testimony Meetings<\/span><\/p>\n2:00<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Thompson: The Two Ways in Ancient Egyptian Religion and Israelite Temple Theology<\/span><\/p>\n2:30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Avram Shannon: Consecration and Sacrilege in Early Rabbinic Judaism<\/span><\/p>\n3:00<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15-minute break<\/span><\/p>\n3:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stephen Smoot: The Symbolism of the Cupped Hand in Ancient Egypt and Israel: Iconography, Texts, and Artifact<\/span><\/p>\n3:45<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Wayment: Recovering the Language of Purity after the First Revolt<\/span><\/p>\n4:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matt Roper: \u201cFixed and Unmovable\u201d: Joseph Smith and the Eternal Nature of the Priesthood<\/span><\/p>\n4:45<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Closing<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hope that you\u2019ll be able to be there.<\/p>\n
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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was much moved, during the excellent Sunday afternoon session of general conference, by the remarks of Elder Robert Gay, whom I have known and admired for many years, since long before his call to the Seventy. \u00a0I loved his remarks about the divine rebuke that he received when he was at the deathbed of his sister some time back, in which he was reminded that he should try to see people as God sees them, rather than condemning them, to recognize the good in them rather than to focus on their shortcomings. \u00a0And I loved his wonderful story about Professor James E. Talmage, and his care for a very ill family who desperatly needed help.<\/p>\n
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In that context, I offer an anecdote attributed to the founder of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad:<\/p>\n
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\u201cA prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and, tying it with her head-cover, drew out some water for it. \u00a0So Allah forgave her because of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nCited in the\u00a0Sahih al-Bukhari<\/em>, 4:538<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
It has to be recalled, in this context, that, in the Middle East, dogs are often wild, and often scavengers. \u00a0In fact, sometimes they travel in packs and can be somewhat frightening. \u00a0They\u2019re not always highly thought of. \u00a0In reading this tradition from the Prophet, don\u2019t be thinking of an adorable little puppy.<\/p>\n
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Do be thinking, perhaps, of somebody you know.<\/p>\n
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Posted from Park City, Utah<\/p>\n
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