Lesson 10 - Portrait of Laban

Title

Lesson 10 - Portrait of Laban

Manual Title

An Approach to the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Manual Lesson

Lesson

10 Year of Publication

1957

Authors

Nibley, Hugh W. (Primary)

Pagination

102-112

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Place Published

Salt Lake City

Abstract

Laban is described very fully, though casually, by Nephi, and is seen to be the very type and model of a well-known class of public official in the Ancient East. Everything about him is authentic. Zoram is another authentic type. Both men provide food for thought to men of today: both were highly successful yet greatly to be pitied. They are representatives and symbols of a decadent world. Zoram became a refugee from a society in which he had everything, as Lehi did, because it was no longer a fit place for honest men. What became of “the Jews at Jerusalem” is not half so tragic as what they became. This is a lesson for Americans.

Table of Contents

Manual

An Approach to the Book of Mormon

Nibley, Hugh W.

30 Lessons

Lesson 1 - Introduction

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 1-12

Lesson 2 - A Time for Re-Examination

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 13-25

Lesson 3 - An Auspicious Beginning

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 26-37

Lesson 4 - Lehi as a Representative Man

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 38-46

Lesson 5 - Lehi's Affairs, 1. The Jews and the Caravan Trade

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 47-57

Lesson 6 - Lehi's Affairs, 2. Lehi and the Arabs

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 58-69

Lesson 7 - Lehi's Affairs, 3. Dealings with Egypt

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 70-78

Lesson 8 - Politics in Jerusalem

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 79-91

Lesson 9: Escapade in Jerusalem

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 92-101

Lesson 10 - Portrait of Laban

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 102-112

Lesson 11 - The Flight into the Wilderness

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 113-121

Lesson 12 - The Pioneer Tradition and the True Church

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 122-132

Lesson 13 - Churches in the Wilderness

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 133-142

Lesson 14 - Unwelcome Voices from the Dust

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 143-153

Lesson 15 - Qumran and the Waters of Mormon

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 154-163

Lesson 16 - The Apocrypha and the Book of Mormon

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 164-177

Lesson 17 - A Strange Order of Battle

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 178-189

Lesson 18 - Life in the Desert, 1. Man versus Nature

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 190-201

Lesson 19 - Life in the Desert, 2. Man versus Man

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 202-216

Lesson 20 - Life in the Desert, 3. Lehi's Dream

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 217-228

Lesson 21 - Life in the Desert, Lehi the Poet — A Desert Idyll

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 229-241

Lesson 22 - Proper Names in the Book of Mormon

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 242-255

Lesson 23 - Old World Ritual in the New World

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 256-270

Lesson 24 - Ezekiel 37:15-23 as Evidence for the Book of Mormon

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 271-287

Lesson 25 - Some Test Cases from the Book of Ether

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 288-298

Lesson 26 - The Way of the "Intellectuals"

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 299-314

Lesson 27 - The Way of the Wicked

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 315-335

Lesson 28 - The Nature of Book of Mormon Society

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 336-350

Lesson 29 - Strategy for Survival

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 351-365

Appendix 1 - The Archaeological Problem

Nibley, Hugh W. | pp. 366-377

Subject Keywords

Symbolism

Laban

Zoram (Servant of Laban)

Jerusalem (Old World)

Bibliographic Citation

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