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Revelation Conference Reminder

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The Mormon Theology Seminar, in conjunction with BYU’s Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding and the Latter-day Saint Student Association at UT-Austin, is hosting a conference titled “Latter-day Saint Readings of Revelation 21-22.” The conference will be held on the UT-Austin campus on September 25th from 8:30am to 4:30pm.

For more details, contact me at julie AT timesandseasons DOT org.

4 comments for “Revelation Conference Reminder”

  2. We are having a baby on the 21st, but my wife is really encouraging me to go. “When are you ever going to have another chance?”, she says.

    Maybe I can come for part of it…

  3. Julie, I tried to email you regarding details of the conference. (Location, etc.) Can you email me? (I may be sending my Father in Law in my place)

  4. Updated information:

    Conference
    A conference, “Latter-day Saint Readings of Revelation 21-22,” will be held on September 25th on the UT-Austin campus, in the Theater in the Texas Union (Room 2.228). The schedule is as follows:

    10am: Kevin Barney, “A Book or a Tree? A Textual Variant in Revelation 22:19”

    11am: Julie Smith, “The Beginning and the End: Echoes of Genesis 1-3 in Revelation 21-22”

    noon: Brandie Siegfried, “The Fruit of Eden’s Tree: the Bride, the Book, and the Water of Life in Revelation”

    2pm: Shon Hopkin, “Seeing Eye to Eye: Nephi’s and John’s Intertwining Visions of the Tree of Life”

    3pm: Eric Huntsman, “The Unveiling of Christ . . . and of Angels: Apocalyptic Mediation in Revelation”

    4pm: Adam Miller, “Overwritten, Written Elsewhere: Names, Books, and Souls in St. John’s Apocalypse”

    This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Mormon Theology Seminar, the Latter-day Saint Student Association at UT-Austin, and BYU’s Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding. For more information, contact Julie M. Smith at julie AT timesandseasons DOT org.

    Presentation
    “And the Word Was Made Flesh: Blood and Water Imagery in the Gospel of John,” a presentation by BYU Ancient Scripture professor Eric Huntsman, will begin at 10am on Saturday, September 26th, in the Pflugerville building. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Julie M. Smith at julie AT timesandseasons DOT org.

    Please pass these announcement along to anyone who you think might be interested in them.

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