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World Foundations 101

World Foundations 101. The Temple Pattern: Introduction Judaism. Introduction: Course Themes. What are the c ourse themes? Which one could be viewed as the “controlling” theme? In what way?. Introduction: Redemption. What is redemption? From what must we be redeemed?

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World Foundations 101

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  1. World Foundations 101 The Temple Pattern: Introduction Judaism

  2. Introduction: Course Themes • What are the course themes? • Which one could be viewed as the “controlling” theme? • In what way?

  3. Introduction: Redemption • What is redemption? • From what must we be redeemed? • From an LDS perspective, what is the highest form of redemption? • How is that redemption? • What is an archetype? • Where do we find the archetypal form for redemption?

  4. Introduction: Temple Pattern • What is “the temple pattern”? • By what other names might it be known? • Do other cultures display this pattern? • In what ways is the LDS temple pattern similar to that of other cultures? • In what ways is it different? • What is the role of “keys”? • Why are they important? • How are they possessed? • Is it possible to discuss the temple pattern appropriately? How?

  5. Introduction: The Long Journey • In what way is the temple pattern a long journey? To where? • According to James Talmage, what are the three essential portions of the temple pattern? • More specifically, how does the LDS temple ceremony demonstrate the long journey back to God?

  6. Introduction: Temple Endowment • What is an endowment? • “President Brigham Young gave this definition of the endowment: ‘Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them the key words, the signs and tokens, pertaining to the holy Priesthood, and gain your eternal exaltation in spite of earth and hell’.” • Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1941], p. 416. Qtd. in “Lesson 16: Temple Endowment,” Young Women Manual 3, Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1994, p. 57-59. • How is this descriptive of The Long Journey back to God?

  7. Judaism: Ancient Israel • Commercial break • Besides ancient Jewish culture, what other cultures will we study this semester that demonstrate aspects of the temple pattern? • How did the ancient Aaronic tabernacle and its associated rituals demonstrate the temple pattern?

  8. Judaism: Traditional Judaism • Modern Judaism descended from ancient Israelite Jewry through which “school”? • Modern Judaism is called what, making reference to the Judaism passed through the Rabbis?

  9. Judaism: Rabbinical Judaism • Rabbinical Judaism, from Pharisaism, emphasizes what aspect of the ancient Mosaic Law? • What is the purpose of this emphasis? • Into what three groups has Rabbinical Judaism formed? • Because of these divisions and distinctions, to many of its adherents, Judaism is not a religious tradition as much as a racial, ethnic, or national identity. Accordingly, although Judaism doesn’t have a clearly defined and universally accepted creed, where might we find a succinct statement of widely held Jewish beliefs? • What is a synagogue and how does it demonstrate the temple pattern?

  10. Closing issues for consideration • Are there any ways in which Judaism and our own Latter-day Saint culture are similar? • Are we in any way like Pharisaism or Rabbinical Judaism? • Is there anything we can learn from Judaism? Are there any ways in which we can engage in what might be called “holy envy”? • Where would we be without Judaism?

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