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- The Plagiary of the Daughters of the Lamanites
Abstract: Repetition is a feature of all ancient Hebraic narrative. Modern readers may misunderstand this quality of biblical and Book of Mormon narrative. Biblical and Book of Mormon writers believed that history repeated, with what happened to the ancestors happening … Continue reading →
The post The Plagiary of the Daughters of the Lamanites first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 39 min - King Benjamin’s Sermon as a Type of Temple Endowment
Abstract: To more permanently unify the Mulekites and the Nephites as a reunited kingdom of Israel, King Benjamin gathered his people at the temple, and in his role as a king and priest after the order of Melchizedek, imparted teachings … Continue reading →
The post King Benjamin’s Sermon as a Type of Temple Endowment first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 33 min - Recovering the Lost Concept of Truth in the Restoration Scriptures: Another Key to Understanding God’s Word
Abstract: The word “truth” has for practical purposes lost one of its original English-language meanings, and this has significant implications for understanding scriptures. The obvious, well-understood meaning is that which is real or factual. However, the earliest meaning in English … Continue reading →
The post Recovering the Lost Concept of Truth in the Restoration Scriptures: Another Key to Understanding God’s Word first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 1 min - Proper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne
Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains examples of phonemes in character names that resemble Semitic root words. The possible meanings of the names and their timing in the Book of Mormon narrative provide a deeper level of context to the … Continue reading →
The post Proper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 33 min - Prophet or Loss: Mosiah1/Zeniff, Benjamin/Noah, Mosiah2/Limhi and the Emergence of the Almas
Abstract: Mormon’s overwhelmingly dominant rhetorical purpose is to testify of Christ, which he and his protagonists often directly do. But he also communicates his testimony more subtly through carefully crafted historical narratives. His use of frame narratives is especially artful. … Continue reading →
The post Prophet or Loss: Mosiah1/Zeniff, Benjamin/Noah, Mosiah2/Limhi and the Emergence of the Almas first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 38 min - Trees and the Love of God
Abstract: Trees play real and metaphorical roles in the beliefs and holy scriptures of many world religions, and believers and non-believers throughout the world are uplifted spiritually by trees. In the Book of Mormon, a tree with delicious, sweet fruit … Continue reading →
The post Trees and the Love of God first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 10 min - Second Nephi as a Legal Document
Abstract: Considering conventions of the ancient Near East, 2 Nephi can be understood as a legal document or legal archive. Factors supporting this view include 1) Nephi’s allusions to sealing the record and to a bar of judgment, 2) discussion … Continue reading →
The post Second Nephi as a Legal Document first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 45 min - “Rise Up, O Light of the Lord”: An Appropriate and Defensible Etymology for Cumorah
Abstract: This article explores issues with past suggestions concerning the etymology of the name Cumorah and suggests a slightly updated etymology, “Rise up, O Light of the Lord.” It then suggests that Book of Mormon references to the Hill Cumorah … Continue reading →
The post “Rise Up, O Light of the Lord”: An Appropriate and Defensible Etymology for Cumorah first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.27 min - Temple Themes in the Book of Abraham
Abstract: The Book of Abraham is replete with temple themes, although not all of them are readily obvious from a surface reading of the text. Temple themes in the book include Abraham seeking to become a high priest, the interplay … Continue reading →
The post Temple Themes in the Book of Abraham first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.35 min - Heavenly Ascent in Jacob’s Writings in Second Nephi: Addressing the Question of What the Plan of Salvation is in the Book of Mormon
Abstract: Heavenly ascent describes the process of an individual (or community) returning to the presence of God. Though various elements exist within heavenly ascent literature, general patterns can be discerned. This project uses one such pattern as a hermeneutical tool … Continue reading →
The post Heavenly Ascent in Jacob’s Writings in Second Nephi: Addressing the Question of What the Plan of Salvation is in the Book of Mormon first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.54 min
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