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Temple Prepared
Articles and Books
Various Authors
This is a list of books and articles about the temple, in no particular order of importance.
Books
o The Gate of Heaven by Matthew Brown
o The Holy Temple by Boyd K Packer
o Your Endowment by Mark Shields
o Ascending the Mountain of the Lord, Sidney Sperry Symposium
o Temple Insights by Hamblin, Seely
o Ancient Temple Worship by Brown, Bradshaw
o Symbols in Stone by M. Brown
o Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount, John Welch
o Plain and Precious Things, D. John Butler
Scripture References
o Tabernacle of Moses – Exodus 25-30
o Ancient temple clothes & ordinances – Exodus 28, 29, 39
o Book of Moses - Pearl of Great Price
o Dedicatory Prayer of the Kirtland Temple - D&C 109
Talks or Articles
o “What I Hope You Would Teach Your Children About The Temple” by Ezra Taft Benson
o “The Temple in the Book of Mormon: The Temples at the Cities of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Bountiful” by John W. Welch
o "Ordinances and Covenants" by Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander
o “Four Blessings of the Temple,” Ensign, Oct 1983
o “Kings, Coronation, and Temple: Enthronement Ceremonies in History” by Stephen D. Ricks and John J. Sroka
o “The Temple in Heaven: Its Description and Significance” - Jay Parry and Donald Parry
“Sacred Temples Ancient and Modern” by Richard O. Cowan, Maxwell Institute
o “I Have Done According to My Will - Reading Jacob 5 as Temple Text” by Matthew L Bowen
o “Seeing Third Nephi as the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon” by John Welch
o “Garden of Eden: Prototype Sanctuary” by Donald W. Parry
o “Temples in the Margins: The Temple in Isaiah” by Ann Madsen
o “Priestly Clothing in Bible Times” by John A. Tvedtnes
o “Sacred Time and the Temple” by Brian M. Hauglid
o “Oaths and Oath Taking in the Old Testament” by Stephen D. Ricks
o “The Temple and the Atonement” by Truman G. Madsen
o “The Heavenly Academy: A Place of Instruction, A Place of Learning” by Matthew Wayne McCarter
o “That All Their Outgoings from This House May Be in the Name of the Lord” by S. Michael Wilcox
o “Questions to Enhance Your Temple Experience: The Endowment of Power from On High” by Andrew Ehat
o “Temple Prayer in Ancient Times” by John A. Tvedtnes
o “A House of Glory” by Hugh W. Nibley
o “Temples in the Ancient Near East/Mediterranean” by Donald Parry and Stephen Ricks
o "Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?" by Andrew F. Ehat
o “The Temple in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East” by John Lundquist
o “Baptism for the Dead in Early Christianity” by John A. Tvedtnes
o “The Legitimizing Role of the Temple in the Origin of the State” by John M. Lundquist
o “Temple, Covenant, and Law in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament” by John M. Lundquist
o “Demarcation between Sacred Space and Profane Space: The Temple of Herod Model” by Donald W. Parry
o “Temple Imagery in the Epistles of Peter” by Daniel B. McKinlay
o “The Garment of Adam in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Tradition” by Stephen D. Ricks
o “How the Gospel of John portrays Jesus as the Way of the Temple” by John Thompson
o “Leviticus as a Temple Template” by John Welch
o “Nephi and his Asherah” by Daniel C. Peterson
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