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==Additional Information Related to 1 Nephi 12-14== | ==Additional Information Related to 1 Nephi 12-14== | ||
+ | *Nephi's vision is brought on by a desire to understand the interpretation of his father's dream. As such, Nephi patterns his prophecy after Lehi's dream, showing the sweep of human history to be an unfolding of Lehi's archtypal dream.[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1045] | ||
==Chiasms and Other Poetic Parallelisms in 1 Nephi 12-14== | ==Chiasms and Other Poetic Parallelisms in 1 Nephi 12-14== |
Lesson 4: The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit: off-site
The Book of Mormon contains a number of literary structures called poetic parallelisms, chiasmus being the best known. While these are frequently used as evidence for the Book of Mormon’s authenticity, their real value is in helping shed light on the meaning and message in the text. The following passages contain examples of these structures from chapters being covered in this lesson. If you are planning on using any of these passages in your lesson, it may be worthwhile to check these structures to see if they help emphasize or focus attention on the message you hope to convey, or if they provide an alternative perspective you had not considered before which may enhance your lesson. For the sake of space, the references can only be listed here. To look at these structures, see Donald W. Perry, Poetic Parallelisms: The Complete Text Reformatted, which is graciously provided online for no charge (you have to go to the PDF file) by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute.
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