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English
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All Kindreds Shall Be Blessed: Nephite, Jewish, and Christian Interpretations of the Abrahamic Covenant
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Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks
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Orem, UT
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Interpreter Foundation
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115-140
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"While Genesis 12:2-3 is usually treated as the locus classicus of the original Abrahamic covenant, it surfaces in other locations and in somewhat different formulations. And there is no universal agreement as to what the covenant says or includes. Most studies of this passage focus on the twin promises of descendants and land implicit in the opening statement: 'I will make you into a great nation' (Gen. 12:2). Much less attention has been given to the closing promise that 'all peoples on earth will be blessed through you' (Gen 12:3). This closing promise provides the principal focus for most Book of Mormon discussion of the Abrahamic covenant. And it is the Nephite interpretation of this specific promise that contrasts so sharply with traditional Jewish and Christian interpretations. As will be explained below, one prominent line of twentieth-century biblical criticism focused on a completely different formulation, the identification of Israel as the people of God and of Yahweh as Israel's god as the basic form of the Abrahamic covenant." [Author]