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Gold, Islam And Camels: The Transformative Effects Of Trade And Ideology, Alice Willard

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Camel And Its Role In Shaping Mideastern Nomad Societies, Ralph W. Brauer

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Simile Curses In The Ancient Near East, Old Testament, And Book Of Mormon, Mark J. Morrise

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The simile curse is a type of curse that appears in ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon texts. It consists of two parts: (1) an event (e.g., “Just as this wax is burned by fire”) and (2) an application of that event to the subject of the curse (e.g., “so shall Arpad be burned”). In ancient Near Eastern texts, simile curses appear in written treaties and were often part of a ritual acted out during a treaty ceremony. In the Old Testament, simile curses appear primarily in prophetic writings as literary devices. In the Book of Mormon, …

The Sword Of Laban As A Symbol Of Divine Authority And Kingship, Brett L. Holbrook

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Swords often symbolize divine authority and kingship. Numerous examples from the mythology, literature, and history of the world attest to distinct patterns. The sword of Laban from the Book of Mormon fits these patterns and can be compared to the sword of Goliath. The sword of Laban can also be traced as part of the royal regalia that provides authority throughout Nephite history and later as it appears in the restoration. The sword of Laban as associated with Joseph Smith came to be an additional witness of his authority and of the divine sanction for his work.

Prophets, Kings, And Swords: The Sword Of Laban And Its Possible Pre-Laban Origin, Daniel N. Rolph

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The sword of Laban plays a prominent role in the Book of Mormon narrative as a Nephite national treasure. Scholarly analysis of this regal heirloom has primarily concentrated upon its physical construction in relation to ancient Near Eastern metallurgical technology. However, when examined within the cultural milieu of the ancient world, along with data from church history, the scriptures, and Jewish tradition, the sword of Laban takes on new significance. Though the Book of Mormon reveals that the sword of Laban served as an ancestral and hereditary sword of the ancient Nephite prophets, evidence suggests that the weapon may have …

The Spirituality Of The Outcast In The Book Of Mormon, Todd M. Compton

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

In the Book of Mormon, despised outcasts, such as the Lamanites or the poor, often have a special aptitude for spirituality, and the richer, civilized, and more overtly religious Nephites are often declining in righteousness. This phenomenon, with some characteristic specific themes, such as being excluded from a religious edifice, is found in ancient and contemporary cultures and religions. This theme points up the complexity of the Book of Mormon, which is not simple cowboys-and-Indians melodrama.

Review Essay: Haynes, Alan. Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services, 1570-1603, F. Jeffrey Platt

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Haynes, Alan. Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services, 1570-1603. St Martin's Press, New York 1992. 1790 pp. $29.95.

Review Essay: Moore, R. I. The Formation Of A Persecuting Society, Donald Sullivan

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Moore, R. I. The Formation of a Persecuting Society. Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1990. viii + 168 pp. $42.95 / $21.95.

1992 Book Of Mormon Bibliography, I. Andrew Teasdale

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

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Ignoration Elenchi: The Dialogue That Never Was, L. Ara Norwood

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Letters to a Mormon Elder (1990), by James R. White

Review Essay: Cole, Penny J. The Preaching Of The Crusades To The Holy Land, 1095-1270, David Harry Miller

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Cole, Penny J. The Preaching of the Crusades to the Holy Land, 1095-1270. Medieval Academy Books no 98. Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Mass. 1991. xiv + 281 pp. $35.00.

John W. Welch, Ed., Reexploring The Book Of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates., David Rolph Seely

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Reexploring the Book of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates (1992), edited by John W. Welch

Front Matter

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Review Essay: Devries, Kelly. Medieval Military Technology, Albert Winkler

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DeVries, Kelly. Medieval Military Technology. Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ontario 1992. xi + 340 pp. $14.95.

Review Essay: Lerer, Seth. Literacy And Power In Anglo-Saxon Literature, Raymond P. Tripp Jr.

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Lerer, Seth. Literacy and Power in Anglo-Saxon Literature. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 1991. xii + 268 pp. $35.00.

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Crusader Warfare Revisited: A Revisionist Look At R. C. Smail's Thesis: Fortifications And Development Of Defensive Planning, Paul E. Chevedden

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1 The influence of Smail's study

Review Essay: Hardin, Richard F. Civil Idolatry: Desacralizing And Monarch In Spenser, Shakespeare, And Milton, Jean R. Brink

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Gajowski, Evelyn. The Art of Loving: Female Subjectivity and Male Discursive Traditions in Shakespeare's Tragedies. University of Delaware Press, Newark 1992. 153 pp. $32.50.

Evelyn Gajowski, The Art of Loving: Female Subjectivity and Male Discursive Traditions in Shakespeare's Tragedies, is reviewed on pp 182.

Hardin, Richard F. Civil Idolatry: Desacralizing and Monarch in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. University of Delaware Press, Newark 1992; Associated University Presses, London and Toronto 1992. 267 pp. $39.50.

Quilting Sisters, Richard G. Oman

BYU Studies

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Science, Religion And Mormon Cosmology By Erich Robert Paul, Richard F. Haglund Jr.

BYU Studies

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Review Essay: Frese, Dolores Warwick. An Ars Legendi For Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Re-Constructive Reading, Charles R. Smith

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Frese, Dolores Warwick. An Ars Legendi for Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Re-Constructive Reading. University of Florida Press, Gainesville 1991. x + 238 pp. $34.95 / $17.95.

The Dynamics Of Negative Political Advertising: History, Thematic Designs, And Effectiveness, Erik J. Bolinder

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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A Sequel To The Family History Of John And Anna Von Gunten, Collin S. Van Gunten

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Greetings To All My Family,

This sequel will supplement the family history of my great grandparents, John and Anna von Gunten, which I mailed you in November 1989. A family history is never really completed - it grows and grows and gathers a life of its own. In the past year enough additional material has been generated to justify this sequel.

In that original history I briefly introduced you to Gervais von Gunten, my third cousin, of Bienne, Switzerland. Recently he retired, this permitting him to devote time and money to his avocation - genealogy. Happily for us he has …

Toward A Cross-Cultural Language Of Power: Sun Tzu's The Art Of War And Machiavelli's The Prince As Exemplary Texts, Ronald Glasberg

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

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Anglo-Saxon Laws, Troy Mcmahan

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Anglo-Saxon law is the body of legal principles that prevailed in England from the 6th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. In England prior to the 10th century, an individual's actions were not considered his own, but those of his kinship group. Vengeance by family members of the deceased was legal, but often lead to feuding and bloodshed. With the help of the church, a composition system was introduced in a effort to establish peace and order. The new laws merely presented lists of compositions, or money to be paid to an injured party or his family. Around the …

Legal Perspectives On The Slaying Of Laban, John W. Welch

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

This article marshals ancient legal evidence to show that Nephi’s slaying of Laban should be understood as a protected manslaughter rather than a criminal homicide. The biblical law of murder demanded a higher level of premeditation and hostility than Nephi exhibited or modern law requires. The terms of Exodus 21:13, it is argued, protected more than accidental slayings or unconscious acts, particularly where God was seen as having delivered the victim into the slayer’s hand. Various rationales for Nephi’s killing of Laban include ancient views on surrendering one person for the benefit of a whole community. Other factors within the …

“Secret Combinations” Revisited, Daniel C. Peterson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The claim that the Gadianton robbers in the Book of Mormon are merely a reflection of nineteenth-century Masons, who were referred to in the late 1820s as “secret combinations,” is false since an 1826 use of the phrase establishes that those words were not used exclusively to describe Masons.

Ancient Aspects Of Nephite Kingship In The Book Of Mormon, Todd R. Kerr

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Nephite kings were expected to fulfill the same roles that kings played in other ancient civilizations— commander of the military forces, chief judicial official, and leader of the national religion. A king’s success depended not only on the extent to which he performed each role, but also on the motives behind his service. Selfless rule by Benjamin-type kings commanded the respect and praise of the people, while King Noah’s quest for personal gain roused Old World disdain for the monarch. The Nephite experiment with kingship confirms that between “kings and tyrants there’s this difference known; kings seek their subject’s good; …

Quarta Orbis Pars: Monologizing The New World, Michael Palencia-Roth

Comparative Civilizations Review

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