Tree of Life, Tree of Healing

by John A. Tvedtnes

Overview

Abstract: The late Hebrew scholar John Tvedtnes takes readers on a grand tour of Jewish and Christian stories and traditions that attest to the Tree of Life as not only a means to prolong life, but also to impart a healing power to individuals and to the earth itself. In a future day, it is said that the Saints will eat of its sweet fruit forever.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162476955
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	01/29/2021
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #42
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	338 KB

About the Author

John Tvedtnes earned degrees in Anthropology, Middle East Area Studies, Linguistics, and Hebrew, and studied Egyptian and Semitic languages at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He taught at the University of Utah, the BYU Salt Lake Center, and Jerusalem Center before joining the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, which became BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. John has lectured at several other universities and has presented dozens of symposium papers in Israel and the United States. Though most of his ten books and 300+ articles address LDS subjects, his writings have been published by four universities and several professional societies. John retired in 2007 as senior resident scholar for BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.