Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages

Title

Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages

Conference Name

2012 FAIR Conference

Publication Type

Conference Paper

Year of Publication

2012

Authors

Bradley, Don (Primary)

Publisher

FairMormon

Conference Location

Sandy, UT

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Abstract

We Latter-day Saints are temple-centered people. So were the Nephites. But what do we know about their temple worship, how it worked and what it was for?

How was it even possible for the Nephites to observe the Mosaic rituals without the Levitical priesthood, the Aaronite high priest, and the Ark of the Covenant? And given that our temple worship today isn’t about animal sacrifice, what, if anything, does their temple worship have to do with ours? Critics, and even friendlier outside observers like Harold Bloom, have sometimes come away from reading the Book of Mormon—in Bloom’s case not reading it very much—but they’ve sometimes come away thinking that there isn’t much “Mormon-ism” in the book. Let’s see whether our exploration of temple themes in the Nephite narratives contradicts this or bears it out.

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Early Church History
Book of Lehi
Lost 116 Pages
Liahona
Temple
Law of Moses
High Priest
Interpreters
Sword of Laban
Mosiah the Elder
Ark of the Covenant
Ark of Cumorah
Aminadi (Ancestor of Amulek)
Hill Cumorah (New York)
Hill Cumorah

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