(Photos) Christology, Nicene Churchmanship & Solomon's Temple

Efforts to understand Solomon's Temple, e.g. 2 Chronicles 1-8.  This only goes to magnify the assertion by Jesus that "One greater than the Temple is here..."  This issue goes to the heart of larger issues:  orthodox and Biblical Christology, Nicene and Creedal Churchmanship, and theological liberalism such as the inchoate and unbelieving leaders in the Episcopal Church.  It may also go to some perceived inchorence in anti-propositionalism and mysticism afoot in some growing movements. (The pictures are fuzzy, but still suggestive.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia: Exhibtion in Toronto

The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia, will explore an era of extraordinary invention and innovation, the impact of which is still shaping our lives thousands of years later.This exhibition focuses on three of the great centres of ancient civilisation -- Sumer, Assyria and Babylon. Melbourne Museum.Australia. 3rd of May 2012. Pictures by JOE ARMAO edited by Tim Young.for The Age newspaper , The Age ipad and The Age online

http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2012/10/massive-mesopotamia-exhibition-coming-to-toronto/

Massive Mesopotamia exhibition coming to Toronto

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History of the Ancient World

– October 17, 2012

By Owen Jarus

A major international exhibit on ancient Mesopotamia will be coming to Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum next year. The exhibit, called “The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia” will feature artifacts now in the British Museum and will run from June 22, 2013 – January 5, 2014.


Centred in modern day Iraq and spreading into Syria, Turkey and Iran, Mesopotamian civilization saw the rise of the world’s earliest cities and the development of a system of cuneiform writing more than 5,000 years ago.

“More than 3000 years of ancient Mesopotamian history and achievements can be illustrated chronologically through a wide range of spectacular artefacts from the collections of the Middle East Department of the British Museum. The innovations, beliefs, artistic craftsmanship, power and legacy of Mesopotamia can be explored through these objects many of which result from famous excavations of legendary ancient cities such as Ur, Nineveh and Babylon,” the British Museum said in a statement on their website.

Among the pieces that will be brought to Toronto is a statue of Ashurnasirpal II, an Assyrian king who expanded his resurgent empire northward to the Mediterranean coast more than 2,800 years ago. A number of treasures from his capital Nimrud (Kalhu) will be shown and can now be seen on the British Museum’s website.

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King Asa: לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם

A Facebook Discussion:

For the OT guys, help. Concerning Asa's heart: perfect, full, shalom. "Steadfast in his purposes" is more of a dynamic and accurate equivalent. Thoughts. 2 Chron 15.17.

D Philip Veitch the heart of Asa was perfect
ἢ καρδία ασα ἐγένετο πλήρης
cor Asa erat perfectum
לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם
58 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch
Street translation, ethically, for Christian Marines = "waffling is unauthorized...double-mindedness is wrong...and failure in mission-committment is unauthorized."

Asa was "single-minded."

Again, help from the Hebrew guys.
57 minutes ago ·

V Kerry Inman
You nailed it.
53 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch
Kerry, will look increasingly for your input. You're the go-to-man on Hebrew here. Thanks.
15 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch
A fair summary on Asa at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_of_Judah:

Azariah son of Oded, a wiseman and prophet, exhorted Asa [5] to reinforce strict national observance of Judaism, and Asa paid heed. He purged the land of former religious worships; all the sites of non-Judaic worship were destroyed and the nation entered into a covenant or oath ... See Moretogether [6] . The Queen Mother, Maacah, was also deposed for having been involved with local, non-Judaic gods, worships, and beliefs, which were practiced by neighboring peoples. He also banned prostitution and prosecuted all offenders. Finally, when the religious transition was completed in Asa's fifteenth year, a great feast was held in Jerusalem at Solomon's Temple (2 Chronicles 15:10-11). At that time, many northerners, particularly from the tribes Ephraim and Manasseh, migrated to the Kingdom of Judah because of the fruitful golden age in Judah, and the internal conflict in Israel after the fall of the dynasty of Jeroboam I.

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D Philip Veitch Albright and Thiele on chronology:

William F. Albright has dated his reign to 913 BC – 873 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 911/910 – 870/869 BC.[8] Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Asa's dates are taken as 912/... See More911 to 871/870 BC in the present article. 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles describe his reign in a favorable manner. They both give his reign as lasting 41 years.