Second Witness
Second Witness

Author: Brant Gardner

Publisher: Greg Kofford Books Incorporated

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1589580419

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"This volume, the first of six, devotes serious attention to the foundational questions: (1) What is a useful approach to Book of Mormon geography? (2) What contributions can archaeology, anthropology, and ethnohistory make to Book of Mormon questions? (3) What constituted Nephite theology in these first generations? (4) What were Mormon's sources and how did he organize his work? One of the most exciting insights of this volume is its reconstruction of the politics behind the Deuteronomic reforms of King Josiah. These reforms deemphasized an earlier Messiah-centered theology that more fully acknowledged the council of the gods, the war in heaven, Yahweh's feminine consort, originally worshipped in the temple, and Isaiah, the poet-prophet who foretold the Messiah's coming. Did Lehi's acceptance of this earlier, Christ-centered religion explain the death threats against him in Jerusalem? If Laman and Lemuel accepted those reforms, did this intrafamily disagreement produce a thousand years of hostility between Nephites and Lamanites in the New World? Other contributions of this volume are a fresh look at what the Book of Mormon actually says about skin color, the pressures of local polytheistic culture on Nephite theology, and the Isaiah-based egalitarian ideal of Nephite culture."--Bk. jkt.

Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon
Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon

Author: Brant A. Gardner

Publisher: Greg Kofford Books

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13:

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Stop looking for the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica and start looking for Mesoamerica in the Book of Mormon! Second Witness, a new six-volume series from Greg Kofford Books, takes a detailed, verse-by-verse look at the Book of Mormon. It marshals the best of modern scholarship and new insights into a consistent picture of the Book of Mormon as a historical document. Taking a faithful but scholarly approach to the text and reading it through the insights of linguistics, anthropology, and ethnohistory, the commentary approaches the text from a variety of perspectives: how it was created, how it relates to history and culture, and what religious insights it provides. The commentary accepts the best modern scholarship, which focuses on a particular region of Mesoamerica as the most plausible location for the Book of Mormon’s setting. For the first time, that location—its peoples, cultures, and historical trends—are used as the backdrop for reading the text. The historical background is not presented as proof, but rather as an explanatory context. The commentary does not forget Mormon’s purpose in writing. It discusses the doctrinal and theological aspects of the text and highlights the way in which Mormon created it to meet his goal of “convincing . . . the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.”

Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon
Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon

Author: Brant A. Gardner

Publisher: Greg Kofford Books

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13:

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Stop looking for the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica and start looking for Mesoamerica in the Book of Mormon! Second Witness, a new six-volume series from Greg Kofford Books, takes a detailed, verse-by-verse look at the Book of Mormon. It marshals the best of modern scholarship and new insights into a consistent picture of the Book of Mormon as a historical document. Taking a faithful but scholarly approach to the text and reading it through the insights of linguistics, anthropology, and ethnohistory, the commentary approaches the text from a variety of perspectives: how it was created, how it relates to history and culture, and what religious insights it provides. The commentary accepts the best modern scholarship, which focuses on a particular region of Mesoamerica as the most plausible location for the Book of Mormon’s setting. For the first time, that location—its peoples, cultures, and historical trends—are used as the backdrop for reading the text. The historical background is not presented as proof, but rather as an explanatory context. The commentary does not forget Mormon’s purpose in writing. It discusses the doctrinal and theological aspects of the text and highlights the way in which Mormon created it to meet his goal of “convincing . . . the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.”

Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon
Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon

Author: Brant A. Gardner

Publisher: Greg Kofford Books

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13:

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Stop looking for the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica and start looking for Mesoamerica in the Book of Mormon! Second Witness, a new six-volume series from Greg Kofford Books, takes a detailed, verse-by-verse look at the Book of Mormon. It marshals the best of modern scholarship and new insights into a consistent picture of the Book of Mormon as a historical document. Taking a faithful but scholarly approach to the text and reading it through the insights of linguistics, anthropology, and ethnohistory, the commentary approaches the text from a variety of perspectives: how it was created, how it relates to history and culture, and what religious insights it provides. The commentary accepts the best modern scholarship, which focuses on a particular region of Mesoamerica as the most plausible location for the Book of Mormon’s setting. For the first time, that location—its peoples, cultures, and historical trends—are used as the backdrop for reading the text. The historical background is not presented as proof, but rather as an explanatory context. The commentary does not forget Mormon’s purpose in writing. It discusses the doctrinal and theological aspects of the text and highlights the way in which Mormon created it to meet his goal of “convincing . . . the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.”

King Benjamin's Speech
King Benjamin's Speech

Author: John Woodland Welch

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780934893305

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For readers of the Book of Mormon, King Benjamin's speech is a treasure trove of inspiration, wisdom, eloquence, and spiritual insight. King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom" is the most substantial collection of studies ever to focus exclusively on this landmark address. The contributors examine this speech in the multifaceted contexts in which it was delivered: as a classic speech of a departing leader near the time of his death, as the focus of an annual festival season mandated anciently under the law of Moses, as part of a covenant renewal ceremony delivered within the sacred precinct of the Nephite temple in Zarahemla, and as preparation for the coronation of a new king. Historical and linguistic tools and information are employed in these essays to help the reader to better grasp the speech's historical setting, its doctrinal implications, its literary qualities, its influence then and now, and its overall brilliance.

Second Witness
Second Witness

Author: Brant Gardner

Publisher: Greg Kofford Books Incorporated

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 845

ISBN-13: 1589580443

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"This work, the fourth of a six-volume commentary, offers new readings of Ammon at the waters of Sebus and the story of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies. Bizarre details in Ammon's narrative spring into light a context of power struggles between rival lineages, while the power of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies' pacifism is a profound renunciation of the Mesoamerican cult of war with its human sacrifices. The book of Alma wrestles with the repeated cycles of religious conflict against the Nehors and military conflict against Lamanites led by apostate Nephites. This volume examines the order of the Nehors and finds a plausible link to a syncretic religion based on theological differences that Laman and Lemuel may have adopted in Jerusalem opposed to the Messiah-centered faith of their father, which drove a thousand-year wedge between the two halves of the family. And why the relentless and detailed emphasis on war in Alma? Gardner analyzes these chapters, not only by the requirements of Mesoamerican warfare (What are 'tents'? How do you provision an army without draft animals?), but also how they fit Mormon's cyclical understanding of history: that the brutal wars that will precede the Messaih's second coming also happened before His first."--Bk. jkt.

1830 Book of Mormon
1830 Book of Mormon

Author: Joseph Smith

Publisher: Amwaaw Lc

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9781601357014

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This 1830, 1st Edition Book of Mormon is unique in that it contains an original Index; a Cross Reference to current LDS versification; modern day photos of significant Book of Mormon historical sites; and early revelations pertaining to The Book of Mormon.

Witnesses to Mystery
Witnesses to Mystery

Author: Grzegorz Górny

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2013-11-25

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 158617844X

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In this lavishly illustrated large coffee-table volume, writer Gorny and photographer Rosikon embarked on a two year investigative journey to seek the truth behind all the relics associated with the passion of Christ. The authors investigated a rich body of documentary evidence found in various museums, archives and churches surrounding sacred objects believed to have been preserved since Jesus' lifetime, exploring and collaborating with historians and scientists in their attempt to verify the relics' authenticity. They reach their conclusions not so much on the basis of faith as on the evidence supplied by historical sources and expert scientific opinion. The relics associated with the Passion - the suffering, death and burial of Christ - have long proved something of an enigma for the scientific community. Relics investigated, and photographed, for this glorious volume include: the Cross, nails, crown of thorns, pillar of scourging, Christ's tunic, the Veil of Manoppello, the Sudarium of Oviedo, the famous Shroud of Turin burial cloth and more.