Sunday, April 19, 2009

Nets of Belial in the Book of Mormon

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Introduction One of the themes that runs throughout post-exilic Jewish literature is a persistent charge of corruption levied against the re...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Priests as Angels: Alma 29:1 and Malachi 2:7

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After the great wars with the Lamanites that followed the conversion of the people of Ammon, Alma laments the destruction caused by evil: Al...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Trumpets, Repentance, and Harvest: Isa 58 and Alma 29

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"We know that a trumpet is usually not so much heard as dreaded; it is not so much accustomed to bring pleasure as to inspire fear. A t...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Liberating the Captive: Jacob 2 and Isaiah 58

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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 ...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Authorial Influence: Alma the Elder and Alma the Younger

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Alma and his son Alma the Younger both experienced conversions that changed the course of their lives. Later, as Alma the Younger articulate...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Lie Down Unto the Lord: Night Visions in Psalms and the Book of Mormon

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Que la cama no es sólo para el sueño. Que la noche no es Dios con los párpados cerrados. ...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Authorial Influence: Jacob and Enos

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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...
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