New Light: The Queen of Sheba, Skyscraper Architecture, and Lehi’s Dream

Title

New Light: The Queen of Sheba, Skyscraper Architecture, and Lehi’s Dream

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2002

Editors

Brown, S. Kent (Secondary)

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

102-103, 115

Volume

11

Issue

1

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Abstract

The Book of Mormon prophet Lehi received a vision commonly referred to as the tree of life. Within that vision, he observes a building that he describes as “strange.” A possible reason Lehi labels it this way is that the architecture of the building was dissimilar to the architecture popular in Jerusalem at the time. The building in Lehi’s dream was plausibly structured similar to the buildings found in south Arabia during Lehi’s time. By studying the architectural styles of Jerusalem and south Arabia, one can better evaluate and understand the vision of the tree of life.

Arabia
Architecture
Jerusalem
Tree of Life
Ancient Near East
Great and Spacious Building
Lehi (Prophet)

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