Item Detail
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33629
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English
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Review of Two New Theories about the Lamanite Mark Recently Presented in Two Different Forums
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Interpreter: a Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
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2024
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61
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Interpreter Foundation
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155-164
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"T. J. Uriona has offered two new theories about the meaning of Nephi’s term 'skin of blackness' in 2 Nephi 5:21. He suggests that Nephi’s term may indicate impending death and/or it may be a literal reference to diseased or deathly skin. Both theories are based on a motif in an ancient Neo-Assyrian treaty that curses people to have skin as black as pitch and crude oil. I submit that these two theories are inconsistent with the larger context in the Book of Mormon." [Author]