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Margaret Barker's "The Lord Is One"–A Response, Andrew C. Skinner
Margaret Barker's "The Lord Is One"–A Response, Andrew C. Skinner
BYU Studies Quarterly
Margaret Barker’s essay “The Lord Is One” aims at extending the discussion about the doctrine of theosis or deification of humans back to its earliest scriptural roots. From a certain perspective, then, the title of the essay could very well be changed from “The Lord Is One” to “The Lord Is Many,” for by its very definition that is the nature of theosis—many gods. Barker’s paper provides a resource in helping us trace the Old Testament roots and rituals of the doctrine of theosis.
Response To Margaret Barker's "The Lord Is One", David J. Larsen
Response To Margaret Barker's "The Lord Is One", David J. Larsen
BYU Studies Quarterly
I appreciate the opportunity to be here and to give a brief response to what Margaret Barker shared with us. I would like to talk about some of the ideas she explored and perhaps how we may apply them to our LDS scriptures to better understand what we are reading there. Barker touched on the idea of the ascent to heaven and the fact that we can find this ascent, this journey to the heavenly holy of holies, in the writing of Isaiah and other prophetic texts in the Bible. There is so much to consider as we look at …