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Temple Mysticism: An Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

According to Margaret Barker’s groundbreaking theory, temple mysticism underpins much of the Bible. Rooted in the cult of the first temple in ancient Judaism, temple mysticism helps us understand the origins of Christianity. It was generally received and taught as oral tradition, and many texts were changed, suppressed, or kept from public access. Barker first examines the biblical texts of...

imply, or plural? And if Adam is male and female, can the singular ’elohim have a plural image that is male and female? There are also texts which show that it was normal temple thinking to represent the LORD as one angel or several. Josephus, for example, paraphrased the story of Abraham meeting the LORD and two men, or was it three men, or were they all angels? Genesis itself is not clear (Gen. 18:1, 2, 16, 22; 19:1). When he retold the story, Josephus did not mention the LORD, which might seem
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