Truman G. Madsen
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The answer to "What is a temple?" is partially the answer to "What was the temple?" Here a distinguished array of scholars trests this theme. This col
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lection of essays-which grew out of a BYU symposium of experts-presents recent findings on the temple in antiquity: historical, linguistic, and archaeological data which bear on the idea of the temple in Israelite, Jewish, and Christian traditions. The book includes an expansive introduction to temple traditions and a bibliography for further clarification and comparison.
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