Tag: Mosiah 6
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Adam and adamah — Part 3 ("in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed")
Links to Part 1 Part 2 We have looked at the story in Genesis 2-4 from the perspective of the ground (Hebr. adamah) because it plays a central role and is even sometimes personified, but also because it forms an intimate relationship with man (Adam) in the text emphasized through the similarity of words. In…
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Examples of thematic repetition in Mosiah — part 1
Stisa\’s recent series of posts about thematic repetition in scripture (here, here, and here) got me thinking. As I recently re-read the Book of Mosiah, I couldn\’t help but see numerous examples, which I\’ll lay out in two posts. We already know a lot about the complexity of the Book of Mosiah, so this added…
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Keeping track of the timeline
Many posts have been written about the internal consistency of the Book of Mormon. Those who believe that a poor young farmer invented it and dictated it at record speed without notes or manuscript, would need to answer why he made it so complicated for himself. A collection of revelations of the type \”thus saith…
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The Math of King Mosiah-2
In Mosiah 6:4, we learn that Mosiah takes over for his father at age 30, about 476 years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem. Twenty-three chapters later, we find out the Mosiah dies at age 63, about 509 years after Lehi left Jerusalem. Simple math, yes, but these are details that need to be kept…
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"Continual Peace"
Here is yet another example of a subtle detail that could easily get mixed up and present a glaring inconsistency in the Book of Mormon: In Mosiah 1:1 we learn that King Benjamin had “continual peace” for the remainder of his days. He decides to pass the kingship along to his son, which he does,…
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