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Margaret Barker, Robin Griffith-Jones,
Laurence Hemming,
Susan Parsons and Geoffrey Rowell
have established a
Temple Studies Group to convene
symposia on Temple themes.
The Temple Studies Group
promotes and enables study of the Temple in Jerusalem, believing
that the world view, traditions, customs and symbolism of the
Temple were formative influences on the development of
Christianity.
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Temple
Studies Group symposia begin with an introduction to one aspect
of ancient Temple tradition, and then trace this into
Christianity, to show how Temple teaching has been preserved in
all branches of the Church. The symposia are convened twice a
year and are open to all.
The next Symposium, entitled 'The Temple in the Johannine
Writings'
is planned for Saturday 16 June 2012.
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In addition to organising
one day symposia, the Group will encourage advanced academic
research and support occasional colloquia on temple themes.
The TSG held a one-week
Summer School at Borrowash near Derby in August 2011 which was a
great success, and there have been requests to hold another
Summer School in 2012 (venue tbc). Watch this space...
This is an ecumenical and
international initiative, entirely self funding and dedicated to
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