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Some Textual Changes For A Scholarly Study Of The Book Of Mormon, Royal Skousen
Some Textual Changes For A Scholarly Study Of The Book Of Mormon, Royal Skousen
BYU Studies Quarterly
Royal Skousen has been working on the critical text project of the Book of Mormon since 1988. He has concluded that there are three important findings resulting from the critical text project of the Book of Mormon. The first is that Joseph Smith received an English-language text word for word, which he read off to his scribe. The second is that the original English-language text itself was very precisely constructed; where textual error has occurred in its transmission, the earliest reading is usually the superior reading. The third is the identification of 256 changes in the text that make a …
When Pages Collide: Dissecting The Words Of Mormon, Jack M. Lyon, Kent R. Minson
When Pages Collide: Dissecting The Words Of Mormon, Jack M. Lyon, Kent R. Minson
BYU Studies Quarterly
Careful readers of the Book of Mormon have probably found verses 12-18 of the Words of Mormon to be a bit of a puzzle. For stylistic and other reasons, they do not really fit with verses 1-11, so commentators have tried to explain their presence as a sort of "bridge" or "transition" that Mormon wrote to connect the record of the small plates with his abridgment from the large plates. This paper proposes a different explanation: Rather than being a bridge into the book of Mosiah, these verses were originally part of the book of Mosiah and should be included …
Why Things Move: A New Look At Helaman 12:15, David A. Grandy
Why Things Move: A New Look At Helaman 12:15, David A. Grandy
BYU Studies Quarterly
A verse from the Book of Mormon says, "And thus, according to his word the earth goeth back, and it appeareth unto man that the sun standeth still; yea, and behold, this is so; for surely it is the earth that moveth and not the sun" (Helaman 12:15). The verse has been commonly understood to mean that its author, Mormon, had a heliocentric view of the cosmos. David Grandy explores why that may not be the best way to read the passage and we need not place the words in the context of modern physics. Grandy explains that Mormon is …
Textual Similarities In The Words Of Abinadi And Alma's Counsel To Corianton, John Hilton Iii
Textual Similarities In The Words Of Abinadi And Alma's Counsel To Corianton, John Hilton Iii
BYU Studies Quarterly
John Hilton examines textual similarities between two texts found in the Book of Mormon: the words of Abinadi in Mosiah 12–17 and the words of Alma the Younger in Alma 39–42. Hilton used both human-based and computer-based techniques to search for textual matches.
Understanding Christian Baptism Through The Book Of Mormon, Noel B. Reynolds
Understanding Christian Baptism Through The Book Of Mormon, Noel B. Reynolds
BYU Studies Quarterly
Early Christianity saw a wide proliferation of theories and practices concerning baptism, and now many Christians, including Mormons, commonly understand it as a means to repent and wash away one's sins. But the Book of Mormon prophets taught that baptism is a covenant and a witnessing to God that one has already repented and commits to follow Jesus Christ, and that sins are remitted by the Holy Ghost.
A History Of Nahom, Warren P. Aston
A History Of Nahom, Warren P. Aston
BYU Studies Quarterly
Around 700 BC, a wealthy man in southern Arabia donated three limestone altars to a temple dedicated to Ilmaqah, the moon god. Inscribed on each altar was a text identifying him as the grandson of Naw'um of the Nihm tribe. The three altars were unearthed in 1988 by German archaeologists amid the ruins of the Bar'an temple near Marib, in modern Yemen. They provide the earliest known reference to the Nihm, who today, nearly three millennia later, retain the name and are one of Yemen's largest tribes.