BOOK OF MORMON LESSON 17: MOSIAH 7-11
Mosiah chapters 7-11 The story that Mormon tells in chapters 7-11 of Mosiah gets complicated. He uses some unique literary devices that the previous narrators had not used. These include embedded primary texts and flashbacks. Dr. Grant Hardy, Professor of...
BOOK OF MORMON LESSON 16: MOSIAH 4-6
“Ye Shall Be Called the Children of Christ” Mosiah 4-6 In Mosiah 4-6 we get a continuation of Mormon quoting directly the primary source of King Benjamin’s speech. We must ask why he does so. 4:4 “My friends and my brethren, my kindred and...A (Very) Brief History of the Bible Part II
Jared Anderson © 2012 Jewish Scriptures Creation Our word-saturated world renders it difficult for us to conceptualize the level of orality and lack of literacy that prevailed in antiquity. Only a small percentage of the population could read or write...A Brief History of the Bible, Part I: Old Testament Timeline
We are excited to have guest blogger Jared Anderson present a series of posts on the history of the Bible. This brief series will first present a graphical overview of the history of the Jewish Scriptures followed by a narrative expansion, and then the New Testament...
BOOK OF MORMON LESSON 15: THE BOOK OF MOSIAH 1-3
MOSIAH 1-3 “Eternally Indebted to Your Heavenly Father” Beginning with The Words of Mormon, we are introduced to the second major narrator/historian of the Book of Mormon – Mormon himself. Since he is writing almost a thousand years after some of...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
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