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*'''Remembering:''' Lehi exhorts his sons to "remember...[and] hearken unto my words" (2 Nephi 1:12). "Remembrance" is a common theme in the Book of Mormon, and it means more than simply inner reflections, knowing the past, or recalling detailed information. Rather, to "remember" is a call to action - action that stems from realizing the meaning of past events. | *'''Remembering:''' Lehi exhorts his sons to "remember...[and] hearken unto my words" (2 Nephi 1:12). "Remembrance" is a common theme in the Book of Mormon, and it means more than simply inner reflections, knowing the past, or recalling detailed information. Rather, to "remember" is a call to action - action that stems from realizing the meaning of past events. | ||
**[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=72&chapid=869 Louis Midgley, "The Ways of Remembrance"] | **[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=72&chapid=869 Louis Midgley, "The Ways of Remembrance"] | ||
+ | ===Potential Criticisms=== | ||
+ | *'''Criticism:''' Some critics think that Joseph Smith plagiarized Shakespeare in using the phrase "from whence no traveler can return" (2 Nephi 1:14) to talk about death. | ||
+ | *'''Response:''' The concept of death a journey for which no one can return has long tradition across time and throughout many cultures, including the cultural milieu of the ancient Near East, from which Lehi came from. Even if the Book of Mormon isn't true, Joseph Smith would not have needed Shakespeare to come up with that phrase. | ||
+ | **[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=4&num=1&id=102 Matt Roper, "Review of ''Mormonism: Shadow or Reality''," ''Review of Books on the Book of Mormon'', 4/1 (1992): 189-191] | ||
== 2. Lehi testifies of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. (2 Nephi 2:1-10)== | == 2. Lehi testifies of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. (2 Nephi 2:1-10)== |
Lesson Five | A FAIR Analysis of:
Book of Mormon: Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual |
Lesson Seven |
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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