Tag: Ether 4
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Repetitive resumption in Ether — Moroni used it, too.
These posts (here and here) discuss the ancient scribal technique referred to as repetitive resumption, or Wiederaufnahme if you want to get German about it. There are numerous examples of this in the Book of Mormon. In this post, I\’d like to give another example where Moroni brackets a long aside with details about the…
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Rending the veil of unbelief
I noticed an interesting connection between two very distant chapters in the Book of Mormon. Compare the words of Moroni when discussing the brother of Jared\’s marvelous vision on Mount Shelem: 15 Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness…
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More temple themes in the Book of Mormon
Continuing on the ideas from my last post, I keep finding temple themes in passages that mention calling on the name of God. Finding temple themes in the Book of Mormon is particular interest to me, since the endowment did not come into the church until around a decade after the Book of Mormon was…
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Internal Consistency throughout the Book of Ether
The Book of Ether offers perhaps the most complex example of internal consistency imaginable. In chapter 1, we encounter a list of the lineage of Jared, starting with the final member in that line (Ether) and extending back to Jared himself. 30 names are mentioned. What follows in the next 15 chapters is a detailed…