Item Detail
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30814
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2
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English
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Works of Darkness, Secret Combinations and Covenant Displacement in the Book of Mormon
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Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27
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BU Scholars Archive
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute
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105-121
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Less well known is the Book of Mormon's deep awareness of secret combinations and the risk they pose specifically to the covenant. By tracing the theology of the Lehitic covenant through the record and closely examining the editorial process surrounding Helaman 5, this paper will deal thematically with both concerns as a method of pointing out the Book of Mormon's main purposes from the point of view of its ancient authors/editors- namely, that the Book of Mormon is intended to warn the Gentiles about secret combinations in order to ensure the fulfillment of the Lehitic covenant.