Item Detail
-
25672
-
0
-
0
-
English
-
The Marriage of Adam and Eve : Ritual and Literary Elements
-
By our Rites of Worship : Latter-day Saint views on ritual in scripture, history, and practice
-
Provo, UT; Salt Lake City, UT
-
The Religious Studies Center, BYU; Deseret Book Company
-
107-131
-
As most Latter-day Saints are no doubt aware, much of our ritual is associated with the establishing of covenants between ourselves and God. In fact, more often than not, the covenant is named after the ritual act itself. For instance, the term baptism comes from a Greek term meaning “to immerse,” while the term endowment is related to the Greek word that means “to clothe.” In her paper, RoseAnn Benson examines the importance of ritual in the marriage covenant by reviewing the marriage of Adam and Eve through a greater pattern of covenant making in the Old Testament. [Daniel Belnap]