Item Detail
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28755
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13
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English
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Wanderers in the Promised Land : A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible
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Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
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1994
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3
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1
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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187-203
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"Lehi's exodus to the promised land is only the first of a series of exoduses ocurring throughout the Book of Mormon. Indeed, Lehi's exodus becomes mere precedent for later flights into the wilderness by Nephi, Mosiah, Alma, Limhi, and the Anti-Nephi-Lehies. For the Nephites, continuing exodus is not merely historical fact. Understanding the biblical exodus as a type and shadow, the Nephites come to see their wandering as a metaphor of their spiritual condition. Thus, even centuries after Lehi's arrival in the promised land, Nephite prophets recognize their status 'wanderers in a strange land' (Alma 13:23). As did Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Nephites also looked beyond their temporal land of promise 'for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God' (Hebrews 11:10)." [abstract provided]
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American Proto- Zionism and the "Book of Lehi" : Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism
A Mormon Theodicy : Jacob and the Problem of Evil
Digging in Cumorah : Reclaiming Book of Mormon narratives
Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon
Journey of Faith: From Jerusalem to the Promised Land
Knowing Why: 137 Evidences that the Book of Mormon is True
Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon
Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon
Rethinking the Iron Rod
Serpents of Fire and Brass: A Contextual Study of the Brazen Serpent Tradition in the Book of Mormon
“Strong Like unto Moses” : The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates
The Exodus of Lehi Revisited
The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith