The Sôd of YHWH and the Endowment

by William J. Hamblin

Overview

In the Hebrew Bible, the S�d of God was a council of celestial beings who consulted with God, learned His s�d/secret plan, and then fulfilled that plan. This paper argues that the LDS endowment is, in part, a ritual reenactment of the s�d, where the participants observe the s�d/council of God, learn the s�d/secret plan of God, and covenant to fulfill that plan.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016604794
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	04/08/2013
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	8
File size:	124 KB

About the Author

William J. Hamblin is Professor of History at Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, USA), specializing in the ancient and medieval Near East. He is the author of dozens of academic articles and several books, most recently, Solomon�s Temple: Myth and History, with David Seely (Thames and Hudson, 2007). In the fall of 2010 his first novel was published (co-authored with Neil Newell): The Book of Malchus, (Deseret Book, 2010). A fanatical traveler and photographer, he spent 2010 teaching at the BYU Jerusalem Center, and has lived in Israel, England, Egypt and Italy, and traveled to dozens of other countries.