Tag: Mosiah 11
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The importance of developing a symbolic worldview
This post is adapted from an answer I gave to a question about the significance of the rainbow in the story of Noah. Question: [R]egarding the meaning behind the covenant God made with Noah with the rainbow. Part of this promise is that God would never flood the entire earth again. Does anyone have any…
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Scriptural repetition — Book of Mormon examples 2
This topic was introduced in this post and is largely based on a paper I read. It made think about posts we have already written that fit into this framework and other examples of \”types of repetition and shadows of history\” in the Book of Mormon. I presented several examples here, but I want to…
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"He is the light and the life of the world"
Frequent readers of the blog know that we think there is a strong case to be made for Lehi\’s and Nephi\’s faith being defined by what Margaret Barker would call temple theology. This is related to the first temple and an older sophic worldview, uncorrupted by the Deuteronomist reform and the second temple. The reform…
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Old Testament Temple Symbolism — Exodus 26
This post is the next installment in a series of posts about temple symbolism in Exodus 25-28. The previous post in this series discussed symbols from Exodus 25. This post will cover Exodus 26. \”Fine-twined linen\” 1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.…
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Mormon's authorship in Mosiah 11
Reading Mosiah 11 I see Mormon’s brilliant authorship at full display. He is really on a roll here, creating puns and fun allusions. Here are some notes: In Mosiah 9 and 10, Mormon copied directly from Zeniff’s record. You will notice that it is all written in first person. When Mosiah 11 starts (which is…
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Internal consistency and the "Hill north of Shilom."
In Mosiah 11, we are given a detail about the \”Hill north of Shilom\”: 13 And it came to pass that he caused many buildings to be built in the land Shilom; and he caused a great tower to be built on the hill north of the land Shilom, which had been a resort for…
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Abinadi and the first and second Moses
In his book, \”Understanding the Book of Mormon\”, Grant Hardy writes about the connection between Abinadi and Moses. The tale of Abinadi includes a number of parallels to the Exodus story, beginning with God\’s command \”Go forth and say unto this people, \’Thus saith the Lord…\’\” (Mosiah 11:20). The injunction to \”say (un)to [someone], \’Thus…
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Entering into His rest, Part 3
The name, Noah, comes from pre-Israelite tradition and sounded to Israelite ears like the Hebrew, \”nuach\”, which means \”rest\”. Both in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, there are word-plays based on this name and meaning. In the Book of Mormon, King Noah and his priests, \”rest\” their bodies while they make…
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Spacious buildings
We are all familiar with the great and spacious building from Lehi’s dream in 1st Nephi 8. Nephi is told the interpretation of it in his vision in 1st Nephi 11:35-36 and 12:18: “the world and the wisdom thereof”, “the pride of the world” and “vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men”.…
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Limhi's lamentation
King Limhi is the son of the very wicked King Noah. His people are in bondage, and he is convinced that this has been brought upon them through iniquity. In Mosiah 7, Limhi laments the wickedness of his people. He cites as an example of their wickedness the murder of a prophet: 26 And a…
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