Abstract: Anti-Nephi-Lehis speech (Alma 24:716) reveals multiple allusions to significant texts in Nephis small plates record. Thus, when he declares I thank my God, my beloved people, that our gr

Abstract: Repetition is a feature of all ancient Hebraic narrative. Modern readers may misunderstand this quality of biblical and Book of Mormon narrative. Biblical and Book of Mormon writers believed

Abstract: There is no more important message than that of the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Its life-transforming and world-transforming. It is also the most joyous news imaginable. Wha

Abstract: To more permanently unify the Mulekites and the Nephites as a reunited kingdom of Israel, King Benjamin gathered his people at the temple, and in his role as a king and priest after the orde

Abstract: Bodily weakness, along with the varied circumstances into which we were born, provide the essential initial and ongoing conditions that shape the challenges and opportunities of our mortal p

Abstract: The word truth has for practical purposes lost one of its original English-language meanings, and this has significant implications for understanding scriptures. The obvious, well-understo

Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains examples of phonemes in character names that resemble Semitic root words. The possible meanings of the names and their timing in the Book of Mormon narrative prov

Abstract: Mormons overwhelmingly dominant rhetorical purpose is to testify of Christ, which he and his protagonists often directly do. But he also communicates his testimony more subtly through caref

Abstract: Trees play real and metaphorical roles in the beliefs and holy scriptures of many world religions, and believers and non-believers throughout the world are uplifted spiritually by trees. In

Abstract: Considering conventions of the ancient Near East, 2 Nephi can be understood as a legal document or legal archive. Factors supporting this view include 1) Nephis allusions to sealing the rec