The Unconquerable
Book of Mormon: A Hebrew Specialist Looks at this Sacred Text (by Donald W.
Parry)
[we got there late]
Different Hebrew literary
forms that are found in the Book of Mormon
Plural Amplification-- “Magics” (Mormon 1:19)
Construct form – ‘Plates of
brass” instead of brass plates ,
sword of laban, rod of iron, temple of Solomon, commandments of the Lord.
Ethelbert W. Bullinger,
author of Figures of Speech Used in the
Bible, published 1898. A non-LDS scholar. Found poetic forms and figures of
speech. They were found multiple times in the Book of Mormon.
Climactic Poetry. (Mormon 9:12-13) Repeated words in a list, that ends in
a climax.
325 examples of Chiasmus in
the Book of Mormon.
(Isaiah 22:22) A, B, B, A.
(Alma 34:10)
(Helaman 6:10) -iah ending of Zedekiah
corresponds with Lord also in the verse.
All of 1 Nephi is a big
chiasmus.
It is found all over the Old
Testament and it’s all over Isaiah.
It helps people to remember
things and it emphasizes things.
Repeated Alternates A, B, A, B, A, B, A, B, (1 Nephi 19:10 has four
statements and four witnesses in this form) As flow powerfully by themselves, and the Bs give a powerful
list of witnesses.
(2 Ne 29:12) 1 tribes, another tribes, all
tribes, all nations.
The pattern is used for emphasis.
Essentials of Jesus’
sufferings 1 Nephi 19:9. The
repeated “he suffereth it” emphasizes that Jesus is putting up with all that is
put on him.
(2 Ne. 33:6) I glory in ___, I glory in _____, I
glory in _____
(2 Nephi 11:2-3) three witnesses of the redeemer
Four repeated elements with
crucial ending (Alma
12:33-34) A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D,
If you think this is easy,
try it and let him know how it goes.
At one point, the teacher felt
depressed because of the state of the world, then opened the Book of Mormon,
and started reading. Kept reading. After nine pages, he felt the Spirit and
felt things were going to be okay because the Lord is in charge. It calmed his soul because of the power
of the book.
Hebrew Names discovered in
inscriptions on papyri, seals, arrowheads, and clay bullae.:
Aha, Abish, Alma, Ammonihah,
Chemish, Hagoth, Himni, Isabel, Jarom, Josh, Jershon, Lehi, Luram, Nephi,
Paanchi, Pahoran, Sam, Sariah.
The Alma Scroll, dated
133AD. In a cave of the Judean desert, 13-20 miles away.
From the Cave of the
Letters. “Alma, Son of
Judah.” Shows us Alma was a boy’s
name.
Names and titles of God from
the Bible (about scriptural text)
multiple names.
King of Israel, king of
glory, lamb, lawgiver, lord, maker, man of sorrows, everlasting father.,
etc.
Each name tells us about his
character, attributes, mission, ministry.
BofM – almighty god,
beloved, brazen serpent, Christ the son, eternal judge, god of the whole earth,
great creator, great spirit, holy child, holy god, holy messiah, Jesus, keeper
of the gate, king.
Parley P. Pratt loved
reading the Book of Mormon. Eating was a burden, had no desire to sleep because
he preferred reading to sleep.
The book of Mormon will hold
us as close to the Spirit as anything I know – Ezra Taft Benson
Sometimes we miss the best
parts of the Book of Mormon as we read, seeing the very beginning stuff and
missing the main features.
The New Book of
Mormon Central” Website: Keeping Up-to-Date on Book of Mormon Research: Features
of the “Book of Mormon Central” Website that Allow for In-Depth Study (by
Taylor D. Halverson, John W. Welch, Lynne Hilton Wilson)
www.bookofmormoncentral.org
The
website is a massive undertaking with the purpose of giving the Book of Mormon
the best website and social exposure it can be given in the media.
We can view ourselves as static people with limited intelligence, or as growing and open to new knowledge that surprises us.
JFK challenged the country to put a man on the moon and 7 years later Neil Armstrong walked on the moon even though people didn't think it was possible.
The website works well because of the dedication of the team, going where the Spirit directs, following direction of general authorities.
This helps us keep up on the latest in Book of Mormon research, even if it was published 40 years ago. It helps advance the conversation.
We can view ourselves as static people with limited intelligence, or as growing and open to new knowledge that surprises us.
JFK challenged the country to put a man on the moon and 7 years later Neil Armstrong walked on the moon even though people didn't think it was possible.
The website works well because of the dedication of the team, going where the Spirit directs, following direction of general authorities.
This helps us keep up on the latest in Book of Mormon research, even if it was published 40 years ago. It helps advance the conversation.
Asking
why over and over again.
BMC promotes in-depth study
Has resources by topic, resources around questions,
Knowing why is often more important than knowing the what.
KnoWhys
BMC promotes in-depth study
Has resources by topic, resources around questions,
Knowing why is often more important than knowing the what.
KnoWhys
Every
detail counts for something.
Why did Lehi build an altar and offered sacrifice? Why are we told they traveled for three days? Within 3-days journey, you must make sacrifices at the temple; otherwise you can build your altar and give your sacrifice how you want. They didn't want sacrifice to take a whole week going down and back. This is according to the temple scroll that was written during 1st century BC
Why would Lehi do this?
Are we being told this to understand the importance of obeying quickly? Would it have been easy? What did they sacrifice with limited supplies? Teaches about gratitude and making our sacrifices.
Why did Lehi build an altar and offered sacrifice? Why are we told they traveled for three days? Within 3-days journey, you must make sacrifices at the temple; otherwise you can build your altar and give your sacrifice how you want. They didn't want sacrifice to take a whole week going down and back. This is according to the temple scroll that was written during 1st century BC
Why would Lehi do this?
Are we being told this to understand the importance of obeying quickly? Would it have been easy? What did they sacrifice with limited supplies? Teaches about gratitude and making our sacrifices.
Is
this seal something that belonged to Mulek? Who was Melkiyahu? Scholars think
it was Zedekiah. We think Mulek might be a contraction for this.
Nephi
talks about writing with learning of his father and language of the Egyptians.
Archeologists are finding writing samples in Israel of scribes writing both Hebrew
and Egyptian. Egyptian and Hebrew are sometimes mixed in the same document.
Lehi's
dream of the river of filthy water that people fell into and couldn't get out
of.
In
the Middle East, many lose lives getting caught in a wadi with an unexpected
flash flood in a slot canyon.
Maybe the valley of Lemuel was one of these. Maybe this was used as an image for hell too.
Maybe the valley of Lemuel was one of these. Maybe this was used as an image for hell too.
How
old were the stripling warriors?
We
can calculate how many years since the first oath.
They
might be 12 years old or younger at the time of the oath, then could be in
early 20s. Only the high priest could say whether they were bound by the law (oath)
of their fathers or not.
Why
did Teancum kill Amalickiah on New Year's Eve (according to their calendar)?
This was the day of recreation of order and re-enthronement of the king. If the
king is dead, that's a problem.
How
many times does plan appear in Alma's
words to Corianton?
Similar
to significance of ten in scripture. Like the ten commandments. The plan is a
ten-fold promise God has made to him.
Book
of Mormon Central essays are short and useful for personal study.
How reliable are the pieces that are on this website?
How reliable are the pieces that are on this website?
They
work hard to only work with sources that have passed muster with reliability
and rigor. They are published in known venues and church sources. Book of Mormon Central was started
exactly started because of this.
There is also further reading and footnotes, there are copies of what they are using in the archive. 2156 sources in the archive. This has original scholarship that is the basis of what is being written.
Music, art, and poetry is also being archived.
The extra things are added to be used during our teaching.
There is also further reading and footnotes, there are copies of what they are using in the archive. 2156 sources in the archive. This has original scholarship that is the basis of what is being written.
Music, art, and poetry is also being archived.
The extra things are added to be used during our teaching.
Another
feature: Book of Mormon text section: It has Royal Skousen's the earliest text
of the Book of Mormon. Lots of
versions of the full text.
Different versions.
We only have 20% of the original manuscript.
We have the whole printer's manuscript now. This is free on BofMCentral
No punctuation in original manuscript.
Not all the version agreed with each other. This is part of the experience of dictating. (Anyone can try this themselves)
There are 660 of these things that occur in the Book of Mormon
The interactive text 2013 version of the scriptures
Allowed to build resources around the scriptures. They are working on an app that has all those things contextually connected to the scriptures.
They intend to build to the size of the phone.
We only have 20% of the original manuscript.
We have the whole printer's manuscript now. This is free on BofMCentral
No punctuation in original manuscript.
Not all the version agreed with each other. This is part of the experience of dictating. (Anyone can try this themselves)
There are 660 of these things that occur in the Book of Mormon
The interactive text 2013 version of the scriptures
Allowed to build resources around the scriptures. They are working on an app that has all those things contextually connected to the scriptures.
They intend to build to the size of the phone.
Another
app--the KnoWhy App
BMC helps us read the scriptures more insightfully.
KnoWhy app can be found on the Apple app store.
Has all the KnoWhys in it and play videos. Links to all of the resources supporting
The "about us" button
There's a Subscribe button that gives daily or weekly email from the site.
They are writing a KnoWhy book.
BMC helps us read the scriptures more insightfully.
KnoWhy app can be found on the Apple app store.
Has all the KnoWhys in it and play videos. Links to all of the resources supporting
The "about us" button
There's a Subscribe button that gives daily or weekly email from the site.
They are writing a KnoWhy book.
Art
features
Lots of stuff by Arnold Frieburg, Minerva Tiechert, also original works by others.
Music Features included too on the website
Lots of stuff by Arnold Frieburg, Minerva Tiechert, also original works by others.
Music Features included too on the website
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