Plain and Precious Things: The Temple Religion of the Book of Mormon's Visionary Men
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Mormonism
| Author: | D.J. Butler | ISBN: | 9781466104556 |
| Publisher: | D.J. Butler | Publication: | February 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | D.J. Butler |
| ISBN: | 9781466104556 |
| Publisher: | D.J. Butler |
| Publication: | February 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
This book is a historico-literary analysis of the Book of Mormon, focusing on the book of First Nephi. Nephi's small plates are a time capsule from the sixth century B.C., containing a "loser's eye view" of religion that strongly contrasts with the ideology of the Jerusalem establishment of the time. Lehi's dream and Nephi's interpretive vision are visionary-literary accounts of the two temple ordinances at the heart of the worship of Lehi's 'visionary men': the Peace Offerings and the Day of Atonement. Learning to see and understand those ordinances opens up the rest of the Book of Mormon, and ancient scripture in general.
This book is a historico-literary analysis of the Book of Mormon, focusing on the book of First Nephi. Nephi's small plates are a time capsule from the sixth century B.C., containing a "loser's eye view" of religion that strongly contrasts with the ideology of the Jerusalem establishment of the time. Lehi's dream and Nephi's interpretive vision are visionary-literary accounts of the two temple ordinances at the heart of the worship of Lehi's 'visionary men': the Peace Offerings and the Day of Atonement. Learning to see and understand those ordinances opens up the rest of the Book of Mormon, and ancient scripture in general.
