Enoch and the City of Zion: Can an Entire Community Ascend to Heaven?

by David Larsen (05/22/2014 10:12 am)

There are some things that I have done in the past year or two that I have not managed to post on this blog. I hope to rectify some of that and be a bit more active in getting things up here. One of these is my participation in early 2013 in a conference entitled “Enoch and the Temple” that was held at both Utah State University and Brigham Young University (I had to give my paper twice!).

This conference was co-sponsored by The Academy for Temple Studies and the USU Religious Studies Program. The keynote address was given by George Nickelsburg, emeritus professor of religion at the University of Iowa, member of the Enoch Seminar, and highly recognized expert on 1 Enoch. Jeffrey M. Bradshaw and I were also on the program. Both the Logan and Provo sessions included panel discussions with different panelists at both locations. The three papers given were later published by BYU Studies.

I will post here the videos from the conferences and also links to the publications.

George Nickelsburg, “The Temple According to 1 Enoch”

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, “The LDS Book of Enoch as the Culminating Story of a Temple Text”

David J. Larsen, “Enoch and the City of Zion: Can an Entire Community Ascend to Heaven?”

Panel Discussion: Logan (Panelists include John W. Welch, Lauri Sorenson, John F. Hall, S. Kent Brown, and George W. E. Nickelsburg)

Panel Discussion: Provo (Panelists include George W. E. Nickelsburg, John W. Welch, David J. Larsen, S. Kent Brown, Gordon C. Thomasson, William J. Hamblin, and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw)

Second Panel Discussion: Provo (Panelists include George W. E. Nickelsburg, John W. Welch, David J. Larsen, S. Kent Brown, Gordon C. Thomasson, William J. Hamblin, and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw)