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- Moses as Midwife: What the Exodus Birth Story Teaches about Motherhood and Christ
Abstract: This work explores an alternative interpretation of the Exodus narrative as a metaphor for childbirth. Gleaning from Old Testament and Judaic sources, we find rich female birth and salvific imagery in the saga of the migration of the children … Continue reading →
The post Moses as Midwife: What the Exodus Birth Story Teaches about Motherhood and Christ first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.22 min - Verbal Punctuation in the Book of Mormon II — Nevertheless
Abstract: One example of verbal punctuation that has a very clear pattern of usage in the Book of Mormon is the term nevertheless. It is used to draw a marked contrast between what the previous text would lead one to expect and … Continue reading →
The post Verbal Punctuation in the Book of Mormon II — Nevertheless first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.26 min - “I Will Come to You”: An Investigation of Early Christian Beliefs about Post-Ascension Visitations of the Risen Jesus
Abstract: While later Creedal Christians have come to view “the Ascension” recorded in the first chapter of Acts as a conclusive corporeal appearance of the Resurrected Lord, earliest Christians do not appear to have conceived of this appearance as “final” … Continue reading →
The post “I Will Come to You”: An Investigation of Early Christian Beliefs about Post-Ascension Visitations of the Risen Jesus first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.2 hr 14 min - “They Shall Be Scattered Again”: Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35
Abstract: This article examines the extension of the etiological wordplay on the name Joseph (in terms of the Hebrew verbs ʾāsap and yāsap), recurrent in the canonical text of Genesis, into the JST Genesis 50 text, where Joseph learns about … Continue reading →
The post “They Shall Be Scattered Again”: Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.55 min - The Holy Ghost in the Book of Moroni: Possessed of Charity
Abstract: The role played by the Holy Ghost is an especially important connecting thread that runs through the Book of Moroni. The book illuminates the various ways in which the Holy Ghost transforms fallen human beings into redeemed members of … Continue reading →
The post The Holy Ghost in the Book of Moroni: Possessed of Charity first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.55 min - The Dance of Reader and Text: Salomé, the Daughter of Jared, and the Regal Dance of Death
Abstract: Modern readers too often and easily misread modern assumptions into ancient texts. One such notion is that when the reader encounters repeated stories in the Bible, the Book of Mormon, Herodotus, or numerous other texts, the obvious explanation that … Continue reading →
The post The Dance of Reader and Text: Salomé, the Daughter of Jared, and the Regal Dance of Death first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.2 hr 4 min - Theosis in the Book of Mormon: The Work and Glory of the Father, Mother and Son, and Holy Ghost
Abstract: While some scholars have suggested that the doctrine of theosis — the transformation of human beings into divine beings — emerged only in Nauvoo, the essence of the doctrine was already present in the Book of Mormon, both in … Continue reading →
The post Theosis in the Book of Mormon: The Work and Glory of the Father, Mother and Son, and Holy Ghost first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 57 min - Understanding the Lamanite Mark
Abstract: The Book of Mormon describes a dark mark on the skin that distinguished people who rebelled against God and his laws from those who obeyed God. The Old Testament refers to a mark that fits this description and has … Continue reading →
The post Understanding the Lamanite Mark first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.4 hr 2 min - “In the Cause … of their God”: Clarifying Some Issues Regarding the Book of Mormon and a Gospel View of War
Abstract: A recent effort to think about war concludes that the Book of Mormon displays two righteous approaches to conflict: a violent approach that is justified and therefore “blessed;” and a nonviolent approach that is higher than this and therefore … Continue reading →
The post “In the Cause … of their God”: Clarifying Some Issues Regarding the Book of Mormon and a Gospel View of War first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 36 min - Unavailable Genetic Evidence, Multiple Simultaneous Promised Lands, and Lamanites by Location? Possible Ramifications of the Book of Mormon Limited Geography Theory
Abstract: This paper is composed of three parts connected consecutively because their conclusions build upon each other. The first part investigates the transportation methods used in the Book of Mormon, concluding that horse and river travel contributed little and that … Continue reading →
The post Unavailable Genetic Evidence, Multiple Simultaneous Promised Lands, and Lamanites by Location? Possible Ramifications of the Book of Mormon Limited Geography Theory first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 29 min
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