Category Archives: REPO
Jaredite update
Before I post more on the Jaredites, I want to finish my review of LDS scholarship on them. This largely means Nibley and Sorenson, since few other scholars have tackled them at length. Re-reading The World of the Jaredites and … Continue reading
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The REPO Atlas: the Jaredites (part 1)
[Here is an introduction to the REPO postings. Also I've made a few updates below.] It’s hard to mine any detailed information about the Jaredites out of the book of Ether itself. What we have is Joseph Smith’s translation of … Continue reading
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The Book of Mormon REPO postings: an introduction
“The first rule of historical criticism in dealing with the Book of Mormon or any other ancient text is, never oversimplify. For all its simple and straightforward narrative style, this history is packed as few others are with a staggering … Continue reading
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