Lesson 27 - The Way of the Wicked

Title

Lesson 27 - The Way of the Wicked

Manual Title

An Approach to the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Manual Lesson

Lesson

27 Year of Publication

1957

Authors

Nibley, Hugh W. (Primary)

Pagination

315-335

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Place Published

Salt Lake City

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

Crime has a conspicuous place in the Book of Mormon. It is organized crime and for the most part singularly respectable. Here we trace the general course of criminal doings in the Book of Mormon, showing that the separate events and periods are not disconnected but represent a single great tradition. Petty crime is no concern of the Book of Mormon, but rather wickedness in high places. The Book of Mormon tells us how such comes into existence and how it operates, and how it manages to surround itself with an aura of intense respectability and in time to legalize its evil practices. Finally, the whole history of crime in the Book of Mormon is directed to our own age, which is described at the end of the book in unmistakable terms.

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