Item Detail
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30182
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6
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11
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English
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How the Book of Mormon Reads the Bible : A Theory of Types
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Journal of Book of Mormon Studes
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January 1, 2017
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26
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Provo, UT
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Neil A. Maxwell Institute: Brigham Young University
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48-81
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The Book of Mormon wants us to be familiar with the Bible before we even start reading. The Book of Mormon wants us to read typologically. The Book of Mormon wants to influence and constrain the way that we understand the Bible. Taken together, these three narrative intentions virtually guarantee the presence of the kinds of type-scenes that I am suggesting in this essay—type-scenes that intentionally connect themselves to biblical narratives and then change the underlying logic of those narratives in ways that force us to reread the original. This does not necessarily change the way that we interpret the Bible, but it does shape and constrain our understanding by teaching us which aspects of the original texts to emphasize and which avenues of interpretation to pursue. We should expect nothing less of a book that advertises itself as “another testament” capable of augmenting the teachings of previous testaments and leading its readers to a unique set of truths.
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