Mosiah

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Lost Portion

• Royal Skousen, "History of the Critical Text Project of the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Overview

• Daniel C. Peterson, “Priesthood in Mosiah” (Link)
• Stephen D. Ricks, "King, Coronation, and Covenant in Mosiah 1-6" (Link)
• Stephen D. Ricks, "The Treaty/Covenant Pattern in King Benjamin’s Address (Mosiah 1–6)" (Link)
• Todd R. Kerr, "Ancient Aspects of Nephite Kingship in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Gordon C. Thomasson, "Mosiah: The Complex Symbolism and Symbolic Complex of Kingship in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• John Gee, "Limhi in the Library" (Mosiah 7-22) (Link)

Mosiah 1

• Mosiah 1:2-6
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “A Note on Benjamin and Lehi” (Link)
• Mosiah 1:10
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "The Ideology of Kingship in Mosiah 1-6" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "King Benjamin and the Feast of Tabernacles" (Link)
• Mosiah 1:14
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Mosiah 2

• Chapter/Section Overview
  • Stephen D. Ricks, and John W. Welch (editors), "King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom" (Collection)" (Link)
  • Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (editors), "King Benjamin's Speech Made Simple (Collection)" (Link)
  • Elder Neal A. Maxwell, "King Benjamin's Sermon: A Manual for Discipleship" (Link)
  • M. Catherine Thomas, "King Benjamin and the Mysteries of God" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:1
  • FAIR entry on the "temple in the new world" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:3
  • John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, “Firstlings, Sacrifices, and Burnt Offerings” (Link)
  • Anonymous, "Book of Mormon Answers" (Firstling sacrifices) (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "firstling sacrifices" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:6
  • John L. Sorenson, "Viva Zapato! Hurray for the Shoe!" (tents) (Link)
• Mosiah 2:7
  • John W. Welch, Terry L. Szink, and others, "Benjamin's Tower and Old Testament Pillars" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, Terry L. Szink, and others, "Upon the Tower of Benjamin" (Link)
  • Anonymous, "Towers in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:9
  • Donald W. Parry, Stephen D. Ricks, and John W. Welch, "This Day" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:12-19
  • Donald W. Parry, "Service and Temple in King Benjamin's Speech" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:28
  • John W. Welch, "Benjamin's Speech: A Classic Ancient Farewell Address" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:30
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "The Coronation of Kings" (Link)
• Mosiah 2:32, 33, 37
  • Barbara Cramer, “Which Path Do We List?” (Link)
• Mosiah 2:41
  • Louis Midgley, "O Man, Remember, and Perish Not" (Link)

Mosiah 3

• Mosiah 3:1
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "That Which Is to Come" (Link)
• Mosiah 3:7
  • FAIR entry on "Sweat and Skin Pores" (Link)
• Mosiah 3:11
  • John W. Welch, "Unintentional Sin in Benjamin's Discourse" (Link)
• Mosiah 3:19
  • Neal A. Maxwell, "King Benjamin's Sermon: A Manual for Discipleship" (Link)
  • Neal A. Maxwell, "King Benjamin’s Manual of Discipleship" (Ensign)

Mosiah 4

• Mosiah 4:1-4
  • Shon D. Hopkin, "Preparing Students to Receive Revelation: Insights from the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 4:30
  • Louis Midgley, ""O Man, Remember, and Perish Not" (Mosiah 4:30)" (Link)

Mosiah 5

• Mosiah 5:7
  • Brian K. Ray, "Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ" (Link)
• Mosiah 5:7–8
  • Terrence L. Szink and John W. Welch, "On the Right or Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat" (Link)
• Mosiah 5:15
  • John Gee, “Book of Mormon Word Usage: ‘Seal You His’,” (Link)

Mosiah 6

• Mosiah 6:2
  • John W. Welch, "Democratizing Forces in King Benjamin's Speech" (Link)

Mosiah 7

• Overview
  • John Gee, "Limhi in the Library" (Mosiah 7-22) (Link)
• Mosiah 7:19
  • George S. Tate, "The Typology of the Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • S. Kent Brown, "Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Bruce J. Boehm, "Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible" (Link)

• Mosiah 7:22
  • John L. Sorenson, and Robert F. Smith, "Barley in Ancient America" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, "When Lehi's Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?" (Link)
  • Robert R. Bennett, "Barley and Wheat in the Book Mormon" (Link)

Mosiah 8

• Mosiah 8:9
  • Rex C. Reeve Jr., “The Book of Mormon Plates,” (Link)

Mosiah 9

• Mosiah 9:2
  • David E. Bokovoy and Pedro Olavarria, “Zarahemla: Revisiting the ‘Seed of Compassion’,” (Link)
• Mosiah 9:9
  • FAIR entry on plants (sheum) (Link)

Mosiah 10

• Mosiah 10:4-5
  • John L. Sorenson, “The New World Promised Lands Economic Base” (Link)
• Mosiah 10:12-17
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Nephi's Political Testament" (Link)

Mosiah 11

• Mosiah 11:8
  • John W. Welch, "Decorative Iron in Early Israel" (Link)
• Mosiah 11:12
  • Anonymous, "Towers in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 11:20
  • Todd B. Parker, "Abinadi: The Man and the Message" (Link)
  • Todd B. Parker, "Abinadi: The Message and the Martyr" (Link)

Mosiah 12

• Mosiah 12:1
  • Alan Goff, “Abinadi’s Disguise and the Fate of King Noah” (Link)
• Mosiah 12:2
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 12:3
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "As a Garment in a Hot Furnace" (Link)
• Mosiah 12:5
  • FAIR entry on "the ass" (Link)
• Mosiah 12:19
  • John Gee, “Book of Mormon Word Usage: To Cross Oneself,” Insights 21/6 (2001); (Link)
• Mosiah 12:20
  • Ann N. Madsen, ""What Meaneth the Words That Are Written?"" (Link)

Mosiah 13

• Mosiah 13:5
  • John W. Welch, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "Abinadi and Pentecost" (Link)
• Mosiah 13:7
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "His Stewardship Was Fulfilled" (Link)

Mosiah 15

• Mosiah 15:1-4
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "The Fatherhood of Christ and the Atonement" (Link)
  • Robert L. Millet, “The Ministry of the Father and the Son” (Link)
  • Robert E. Clark, "The Type at the Border: An Inquiry into Book of Mormon Typology" (Link)
  • Brian K. Ray, "Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ" (Link)

Mosiah 16

• Mosiah 16:1, 12
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 16:6
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Many times in prophecy, the present and past tenses are used, even though the prophecy refers to a future event. Can you explain the use of verb tenses in prophecy?" (Ensign)

Mosiah 17

• Mosiah 17:2
  • Matthew L. Bowen, “And He Was a Young Man’: The Literary Preservation of Alma’s Autobiographical Wordplay” (Link)
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "What's in a Name?" (Link)
  • Terrence L. Szink, "New Light: Further Evidence of a Semitic Alma" (Link)
  • Terry Szink, "The Personal Name 'Alma' at Ebla" (Link)
• Mosiah 17:13
  • Brant A. Gardner, “Scourging with Faggots,” (Link)
  • Royal Skousen, “‘Scourged’ vs. ‘Scorched’ in Mosiah 17:13” (Link)

Mosiah 18

• Mosiah 18:11
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 18:13, 15-17, 21
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Miqvaot: Ritual Immersion Baths in Second Temple (Intertestamental) Jewish History" (Link)
  • Robert J. Woodford, "How much do we know about baptism before Christ’s time?" (Ensign)

Mosiah 20

• Mosiah 20:1
  • John W. Welch, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "Dancing Maidens and the Fifteenth of Av"(Link)
• Mosiah 20:1-5
  • S. Kent Brown, "Marriage and Treaty in the Book of Mormon: The Case of the Abducted Lamanite Daughters" (Link)
  • Alan Goff, "The Stealing of the Daughters of the Lamanites" (Link)
• Mosiah 20:22
  • Ross Geddes, “Patrick Henry, Gideon, and the Book of Mormon” (Link)

Mosiah 21

• Mosiah 21:27
  • Rex C. Reeve Jr., “The Book of Mormon Plates,” (Link)
• Mosiah 21:28
  • L. Ara Norwood, "Benjamin or Mosiah? Resolving an Anomaly in Mosiah 21:28" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on textual variant "Benjamin to Mosiah" (Link)

Mosiah 22

• Mosiah 22:14
  • Rex C. Reeve Jr., “The Book of Mormon Plates,” (Link)

Mosiah 23

• Heather Hardy, "Another Testament of Jesus Christ: Mormon's Poetics" (Link)

Mosiah 25

• Mosiah 25:2
  • Robert F. Smith, "New Information about Mulek, Son of the King" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, "The “Mulekites”" (Link)
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "Has the Seal of Mulek Been Found?" (Link)
• Muloch rather than Mulek
  • Royal Skousen, "The Systematic Text of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 25:6
  • Donald A. Cazier, "We learn in Mosiah 25:6 that the account of Alma’s group covered the time they left Zarahemla until they “returned again.” Since Alma and his followers were presumably born in the land of Nephi and had never been to Zarahemla, how is this matter reconciled?" (Link)

Mosiah 27

• Overview
  • Blair G. Van Dyke, "Light or Dark, Freedom or Bondage: Enhancing Book of Mormon themes through Contrasts" (Link)
• Mosiah 27:6
  • Diane E. Wirth, and Steven L. Olsen, "Four Quarters" (Link)
• Mosiah 27:8
  • M. Catherine Thomas, "Alma the Younger, Part 1" (Link)
  • M. Catherine Thomas, "Alma the Younger, Part 2" (Link)
• Mosiah 27:23
  • John W. Welch, "Three Accounts of Alma's Conversion" (Link)
  • S. Kent Brown, "Alma's Conversion: Reminiscences in His Sermons" (Link)
• Mosiah 27:34
  • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)

Mosiah 28

• Mosiah 28:11
  • Rex C. Reeve Jr., “The Book of Mormon Plates,” (Link)
• Mosiah 28:14
  • John W. Welch, and Miriam Smith, "Joseph Smith: "Author and Proprietor"" (Link)

Mosiah 29

• Overview
  • Richard Lyman Bushman, "The Book of Mormon and the American Revolution" (Link)
• Mosiah 29:1-6
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “King Mosiah and Judgeship,” (Link) (Link)
• Mosiah 29:10
  • Ryan W. Davis, "For the Peace of the People: War and Democracy in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mosiah 29:11
  • John W. Welch, "The Law of Mosiah" (Link)
• Mosiah 29:20
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)