Lesson 2 - A Time for Re-Examination

Title

Lesson 2 - A Time for Re-Examination

Manual Title

An Approach to the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Manual Lesson

Lesson

2 Year of Publication

1957

Authors

Nibley, Hugh W. (Primary)

Pagination

13-25

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Place Published

Salt Lake City

Abstract

The Book of Mormon can and should be tested. It invites criticism, and the best possible test for its authenticity is provided by its own oft-proclaimed provenance in the Old World. Since the Nephites are really a branch broken off from the main cultural, racial, and religious stock, that provenance can be readily examined.

In case one thinks the Book of Mormon has been adequately examined in the past, it is well to know that today all ancient records are being read anew in the light of new discoveries. In this lesson we discuss some of the overthrows of the last decades that make it necessary to undertake the thoroughgoing re- evaluation of ancient records, including the Bible. The old evolutionary interpretation is being re-examined, while in its place is coming the realization that all ancient records can best be understood if they are read as a single book.

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

Ancient Near East

Historicity

Bibliographic Citation

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