Tag: Jacob 2
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“Will a man rob God?” Thoughts on the Hebrew root ‘betsa’
Today’s post will cover an item from my “things to study in more depth when I find the time” list. It’s been there for about one year. While studying Genesis early last year, I noticed this fascinating Hebrew root ‘betsa’ and posted about a likely connection to Cain. (See this post.) Throughout the year, I…
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Gold and the Two Ways — part 4a
Gold and the Two Ways in the Book of Mormon Parts 1, 2, and 3 are found here: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. We’re looking at references to gold and riches and the like in the scriptures in the context of the doctrine of the two ways. In this post, we’ll look at some of the references…
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Costly apparel versus clothing their nakedness
Clothing and nakedness with its symbolism has been discussed extensively on this blog before. The robe of righteousness or \”clothed with glory/purity\” and similar terms have deep symbolic meaning. But when actual physical clothing is described in the Book of Mormon, there might be some underlying symbolism as well. I just noticed that when the…
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Righteousness — Part 2
In part 1, I placed the term, righteousness, in a certain context; as the means to establish or restore the bonds and peace of all creation. Righteousness is one of God\’s primary attributes but he needs a righteous people to work with him and fulfill his purposes. Searching for the term, \”righteous\” or \”righteousness\” in…
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"Carried away" — part 1
I got carried away (pun intended) in a recent post and stumbled upon a really interesting covenant term with a double meaning –\”carried away.\” That post was already far too long, so this post will fill in the details. Stisa has already created a two-part series of posts (here and here) with some overlap to…
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The Creation-Covenant Connection in more detail, part 2
These days I\’m spending a lot of time thinking about the connection between Creation and Covenant. Margaret Barker proposes that both words derive from a primitive Hebrew root associated with \”organizing\” and \”bringing together.\” The covenant was first introduced in the Garden of Eden. Transgression led to the Fall, which drove Adam and Eve out…
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קָדַם — qadam: "to come or be in front, meet"
I\’m still not sure what to make of this post, other than I find the concept really interesting. In researching another topic, I learned that the Hebrew root \”qadam\” has the following meanings in English: anticipate (1), before (2), come (2), come to meet (1), come before (3), comes before (1), confront (3), confronted (4),…
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Jacob's personality — Part 2
Having looked for Jacob’s “distinct voice” in the Book of Mormon, I am trying to get under his skin. I showed some examples in part 1. Compared to other Book of Mormon writers and the relative proportion of his writings, Jacob seems very focused on His anxiety for the welfare of the Nephites Taking his…
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Jacob's personality — Part 1
I know, it’s a bold title. But I have thought about it since reading Grant Hardy’s “Understanding the Book of Mormon”. His book analyzes the writings of the three main authors, Nephi, Mormon and Moroni, to get under their skin. Jacob is not included but might perhaps be the fourth main author. His words are…
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Book of Mormon – Old Testament connection series: The prophets
Recently I read Bradely Kramer\’s book: \”Beholding the tree of life – A rabbinic approach to the Book of Mormon\”. The second half of the book focuses on one characterisation of the rabbinical approach, which is to connect the law and the prophets (that is, the first 5 books of Moses with the books of…