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The Possibility of Janus Parallelism in the Book of Mormon - Jeff Lindsay
Abstract: Janus parallelism, a tool evident in ancient Hebrew poetry, is documented at some length by Scott B. Noegel in Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job, which I recently reviewed. Since the authorship of Job predates the removal of … Continue rea...
The Book of Mormon Witnesses and Their Challenge to Secularism - Daniel C. Peterson
There has been much comment recently on the growth in numbers of the religious “nones.” Not all of them are actually non-theists, but secularism or naturalism is undoubtedly on the rise — and Latter-day Saints have not escaped damage from … Continue re...
Christmastime: When Our Souls Can Sing - Jenny Oaks Baker
Abstract: Christmas is upon us, and it is a special, magical time. I have seen the love of God touch countless lives through the glorious music of the season. Christmas is a magical time. It is a time when … Continue reading →
Jacob’s Protector - Matthew L. Bowen
Abstract: The name Jacob (yaʿăqōb) means “may he [i.e., God] protect,” or “he has protected.” As a hypocoristic masculine volitive verbal form,1 it is a kind of blessing upon, or prayer on behalf of the one so named that he … Continue reading →
Heralding a New Age of Book of Mormon Scholarship - Steven T. Densley, Jr.
A review of John W. Welch, Neal Rappleye, Stephen O. Smoot, David J. Larsen, and Taylor Halverson, eds., Knowing Why: 137 Evidences That the Book of Mormon is True. Covenant Communications, Inc., 2017, 380 pages including endnotes and biographical mate...
Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job: A Review of Scott B. Noegel’s Work - Jeff Lindsay
Abstract: Janus parallelism is a recently discovered tool evident in ancient Hebrew poetry. Like the two-faced Roman god Janus, Janus parallelism employs a Hebrew word with two meanings that faces two ways.
An Important Year in History - Craig L. Foster
A review of Turtle Bunbury, 1847: A Chronicle of Genius, Generosity & Savagery (Dublin: Gill Books, 2016). 388 pages, $43.00, hardback. I’m one of those people who love finding out when people’s lives have crossed each other in reality … Continue rea...
“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name - Matthew L. Bowen
Abstract: Mormon describes Alma the Younger’s “go[ing] about secretly” to destroy the church that his father, Alma the Elder, had established (Mosiah 27:8–10), this as a narratalogical inversion of that period when Alma the Elder “went about privately”...
Barlow on Book of Mormon Language: An Examination of Some Strained Grammar - Stanford Carmack
Abstract: Comments made by Philip Barlow on Book of Mormon language for an Oxford-published book are examined. Inaccuracies are pointed out, and some examples are given that show matching with 1611 King James usage as well as with other earlier … Conti...
Miracles in the Book of Mormon - Gary P. Gillum
Review of Alonzo L. Gaskill, Miracles of the Book of Mormon: A Guide to the Symbolic Messages, 2015, Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 447 pp. + bibliography, appendix of Brief Biographical Sketches of Ancient and Modern Non-LDS Sources Cited, index, etc.