Gaye Strathearn

Gaye Strathearn was born and raised in Australia. She participated in the Jerusalem Study Abroad in Fall 1987 and came to Brigham Young University as a student in 1989, where she earned a BA and MA in Near Eastern Studies. She received a PhD in New Testament at the Claremont Graduate University. Her areas of expertise are New Testament and Christian Origins. Her areas of research are the bridal chamber ritual in Gnosticism, the life and teachings of Paul, and the gospel of Matthew. She is currently teaching at the BYU Jerusalem Center.

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Remembering and Keeping the Sabbath Day in the Late Second Temple Period
Gaye Strathearn

by Gaye Strathearn | 09-18-2025

“On Mount Sinai, Moses received the command “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work” (Exod. 20:8–10). In the ensuing three millennia, Jews and Christians have sought, to varying degrees, to keep this commandment alive in their communal and individual lives. . . In this paper, we will examine some of the ways Jews in the late Second Temple period (200 BC–AD 70), who also struggled with applying a command that was “ancient” even in their day, strove to find meaning for their time and circumstances.” Gaye Strathearn

Looking at the Endowment and Atonement Through a Different Lens

by Gaye Strathearn | undefined 13 | 11-14-2014

A review of Blake T. Ostler, Fire on the Horizon: A Meditation on the Endowment and Love of Atonement. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013, 119 pages + subject and scripture indices.

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