Tag: Ether 8
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Adam and adamah — Part 2 ("the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood")
Adamah as the mother of adam When I write adam with lower case ‘a’ in the heading, it is in the meaning of mankind, not as a personal name. With so much focus on the earth (Hebr. adamah) in Genesis 2-4, it is an interesting exercise to read these chapters from the perspective of the…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 3a — Finding Meaning in the Symbols
The more I study the scriptures and ponder their meaning, the more I realize how much we underappreciate the significance of the archetypal story of Adam and Eve as presented in the books of Genesis, Moses, and Abraham. I believe the ancient prophets saw themselves as Adam and created intentional parallels in their accounts. As…
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Subtle evidence that the latter-day Gentiles are meant to be a covenant people
32Â (And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses, and they are true even as I will; and I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe. Amen.) (Moses 4) As I finished up my most recent three part…
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Similarities in Book of Mormon names
This is just a short note about a common element in the names of four Book of Mormon figures: Riplakish Akish Kish Kishkumen Here is a brief sketch of each of these figures: Riplakish is a wicked Jaredite king (see Ether 10:4-9) akin to Noah (in fact, his story likely intentionally mirrors the story of…
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Scriptural repetition — Book of Mormon examples 3
I return to the topic introduced in this post, with a note on the recurring theme of a wicked people casting out, stoning and killing prophets. Already in the first chapter of the Book of Mormon, we read And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him; yea, even as with the…
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God as creator and subtle Book of Mormon evidence
Why do I enjoy learning about and finding evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon? I am honestly not sure. My testimony is not based on it, but having an academic interest, I suppose I just like to see the book stand its ground when being attacked by disbelievers. Sometimes, the more subtle…
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Cain, קַיִן, and "getting gain"
As has been demonstrated many times in various ways, the writers of the Book of Mormon understood Hebrew. This post gives an overview of many examples. Today we\’ll discuss an additional example, which also lends credibility to the idea that the Book of Mormon writers had access to some form of the Book of Moses.,…
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Fear and secret works
Mormon subtly connects \”fear\” and \”secret works.\” Interestingly, this connection is only present in parts of the Book of Mormon authored by Mormon. See the table below. Nephi does not seem to do this, nor Jacob, Alma-2 or Moroni, even though each of them mentions \”secret works.\” In the table below, the line is colored…
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Book of Mormon – Old Testament connection series: Origins
This is the last post in this series. We are now at the beginning of the Old Testament (the book of Genesis) and the end of the Book of Mormon (Mormon and Ether). That is, not quite, since Moroni is excluded. It was not originally intended (see Moroni 1:4) and does not really fit into…
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