Item Detail
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28533
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12
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8
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English
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Parallelomania and the Study of Latter-day Scripture : Confirmation, Coincidence, or the Collective Unconscious
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Summer 2000
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33
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2
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Stanford, CA
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Dialogue Foundation
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129-56
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There has been an exegetical trend during the last several decades to draw endless parallels to texts from the ancient Near East and beyond in an attempt to validate the writings in the Book of Mormon and Pearl of Great Price. The pioneer and leader in this effort has been the great LDS scholar Hugh Nibley. In recent years, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) has continued this legacy. The number of parallels that Nibley has been able to uncover from amazingly disparate and arcane sources is truly staggering. Unfortunately there seems to be a neglect of any methodological reflection or articulation in this endeavor. This article looks at some of the ways parallels have been used by Nibley in the exposition of latter-day scripture, the types of parallels employed, and some of the problems that arise from this comparative exercise. [From the text]
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