Literary Themes in the Book of Mormon

  Some weeks ago I started a series of posts that attempted to identify a number of Book of Mormon texts that appeared to have the autumn ...

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD. (Psalm 118:19) Cosmology in the ancient near ea...

The name of the LORD is a strong tower.  ( Prov. 18:10 ) In a veiled story in Genesis associated with a Babylonian kingship rite, Nimrod...

Mankind has always been preoccupied with sin and death. In the temple-centric world of ancient Israel, the effects of sin resulted in rup...

In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work . . . For on that day he s...

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. (Psalms 132:9) The imagery of a robe of righteousness is ...

That Jacob seems to have an affinity for the prophet Zenos is evident in his quotation of that prophet's allegory (Jacob chapter fiv...

Introduction One of the themes that runs throughout post-exilic Jewish literature is a persistent charge of corruption levied against the re...

I was reading Jacob's great sermon in Jacob 2-3 the other morning and was struck by a few thematic similarities with Isaiah 58. Both of ...

Unfortunately, Enos does not leave much recorded on the Small Plates, making it hard to compare his writing with that of his father or uncle...

As stated in the introduction (last entry), I wanted to look at specific words, phrases, or ideas unique to individuals that have a literary...