Lesson 10 - Portrait of Laban

Title

Lesson 10 - Portrait of Laban

Manual Title

An Approach to the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Manual

Lesson

10 Year of Publication

1957

Authors

Hugh W. Nibley (Primary)

Pagination

102-112

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Place Published

Salt Lake City

Terms of use

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Bibliographic Citation

Hugh W. Nibley. "Lesson 10 - Portrait of Laban" In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, 102-112. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1957.

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.

Manual

An Approach to the Book of Mormon

Hugh W. Nibley

30 Lessons

Lesson 1 - Introduction

Hugh W. Nibley | pp. 1-12

Lesson 2 - A Time for Re-Examination

Hugh W. Nibley | pp. 13-25

Lesson 3 - An Auspicious Beginning

Hugh W. Nibley | pp. 26-37

Lesson 4 - Lehi as a Representative Man

Hugh W. Nibley | pp. 38-46