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FairMormon Study Aids: Mosiah

Lost Portion

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

Overview

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

Mosiah 1

• Mosiah 1:2-6
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “A Note on Benjamin and Lehi” (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 1:10
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "The Ideology of Kingship in Mosiah 1-6" (Maxwell Institute)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "King Benjamin and the Feast of Tabernacles" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Allen J. Christenson, "Annual FARMS Lecture: Maya Harvest Festivals and the Book of Mormon," (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 1:14
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 2

• Chapter/Section Overview
  • Stephen D. Ricks, and John W. Welch (editors), "King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom" (Collection)" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (editors), "King Benjamin's Speech Made Simple (Collection)" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Elder Neal A. Maxwell, "King Benjamin's Sermon: A Manual for Discipleship" (Maxwell Institute)
  • M. Catherine Thomas, "King Benjamin and the Mysteries of God" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:1
  • FAIR entry on the "temple in the new world" (FAIR)
• Mosiah 2:3
  • John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, “Firstlings, Sacrifices, and Burnt Offerings” (Maxwell Institute)
  • Anonymous, "Book of Mormon Answers" (Firstling sacrifices) (Maxwell Institute)
  • FAIR entry on "firstling sacrifices" (FAIR)
• Mosiah 2:5
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "A Note on Family Structure in Mosiah 2:5" (Interpreter)
• Mosiah 2:6
  • John L. Sorenson, "Viva Zapato! Hurray for the Shoe!" (tents) (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:7
  • John W. Welch, Terry L. Szink, and others, "Benjamin's Tower and Old Testament Pillars" (Maxwell Institute)
  • John W. Welch, Terry L. Szink, and others, "Upon the Tower of Benjamin" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Anonymous, "Towers in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:9
  • Donald W. Parry, Stephen D. Ricks, and John W. Welch, "This Day" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:12-19
  • Donald W. Parry, "Service and Temple in King Benjamin's Speech" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:28
  • John W. Welch, "Benjamin's Speech: A Classic Ancient Farewell Address" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:30
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "The Coronation of Kings" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:32, 33, 37
  • Barbara Cramer, “Which Path Do We List?” (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 2:41
  • Louis Midgley, "O Man, Remember, and Perish Not" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 3

• Mosiah 3:1
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "That Which Is to Come" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 3:7
  • FAIR entry on "Sweat and Skin Pores" (FAIR)
• Mosiah 3:11
  • John W. Welch, "Unintentional Sin in Benjamin's Discourse" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 3:19
  • Neal A. Maxwell, "King Benjamin's Sermon: A Manual for Discipleship" (Maxwell Institute)
  • 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" (Religious Educator)
• Mosiah 4:30
  • Louis Midgley, ""O Man, Remember, and Perish Not" (Mosiah 4:30)" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 5

• Mosiah 5:6-9
  • Matthew L. Bowen, "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God's Right Hand: King Benjamin's Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 5:7
  • Brian K. Ray, "Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ" (Religious Educator)
• Mosiah 5:7–8
  • Terrence L. Szink and John W. Welch, "On the Right or Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 5:15
  • John Gee, “Book of Mormon Word Usage: ‘Seal You His’,” (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 6

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

Mosiah 7

• Overview
  • John Gee, "Limhi in the Library" (Mosiah 7-22) (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 7:3
  • Val Larson, "In His Footsteps: Ammon(1)and Ammon(2)," (Interpreter)
• Mosiah 7:18-9, 20, 22-24, 25-26, 28, 32-33
  • Loren Blake Spendlove, "Limhi's Discourse: Proximity and Distance in Teaching" (Interpreter)
• Mosiah 7:19
  • George S. Tate, "The Typology of the Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon" (Religious Educator)
  • S. Kent Brown, "Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Bruce J. Boehm, "Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 7:22
  • John L. Sorenson, and Robert F. Smith, "Barley in Ancient America" (Maxwell Institute)
  • John L. Sorenson, "When Lehi's Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Robert R. Bennett, "Barley and Wheat in the Book Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 8

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

Mosiah 9

• Mosiah 9:2
  • David E. Bokovoy and Pedro Olavarria, “Zarahemla: Revisiting the ‘Seed of Compassion’,” (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 9:9
  • FAIR entry on plants (sheum) (FAIR)
  • John L. Sorenson and Robert F. Smith, "Barley in Ancient America" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 10

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

Mosiah 11

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

Mosiah 12

• Section Overview Mosiah 12, 14, 15
  • Garold N. Davis, "Pattern and Purpose of the Isaiah Commentaries in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 12:1
  • Alan Goff, “Abinadi’s Disguise and the Fate of King Noah” (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 12:2
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 12:3
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "As a Garment in a Hot Furnace" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 12:5
  • FAIR entry on "the ass" (FAIR)
• Mosiah 12:19
  • John Gee, “Book of Mormon Word Usage: To Cross Oneself,” Insights 21/6 (2001); (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 12:20
  • Ann N. Madsen, ""What Meaneth the Words That Are Written?"" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 13

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

Mosiah 14

Mosiah 15

• Mosiah 15:1-4
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "The Fatherhood of Christ and the Atonement" (Religious Educator)
  • Robert L. Millet, “The Ministry of the Father and the Son” (Religious Educator)
  • Robert E. Clark, "The Type at the Border: An Inquiry into Book of Mormon Typology" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Brian K. Ray, "Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ" (Religious Educator)
• Mosiah 15:20-26
  • John Hilton III and Jana Johnson, "Who Uses the Word Resurrection in the Book of Mormon and How Is It Used?" (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 16

• Mosiah 16:1, 12
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
• Mosiah 16:3
  • Andrew C. Skinner, "Savior, Satan, and Serpent: The Duality of a Symbol in the Scriptures" (Maxwell Institute)
• 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” (Maxwell Institute)
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "What's in a Name?" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Terrence L. Szink, "New Light: Further Evidence of a Semitic Alma" (Maxwell Institute)
  • Terry Szink, "The Personal Name 'Alma' at Ebla" (Religious Educator)
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names" (Interpreter)
• Mosiah 17:13
  • Brant A. Gardner, “Scourging with Faggots,” (Maxwell Institute)
  • Royal Skousen, “‘Scourged’ vs. ‘Scorched’ in Mosiah 17:13” (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 18

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

Mosiah 19

Mosiah 20

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

Mosiah 21

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

Mosiah 22

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

Mosiah 23

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

Mosiah 24

Mosiah 25

• Mosiah 25:2
  • Robert F. Smith, "New Information about Mulek, Son of the King" (Maxwell Institute)
  • John L. Sorenson, "The “Mulekites”" (BYU Studies)
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "Has the Seal of Mulek Been Found?" (Maxwell Institute)
• Muloch rather than Mulek
  • Royal Skousen, "The Systematic Text of the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
• 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?" (Ensign)
• Mosiah 25:8-11
  • David P. Wright, "Review of The God Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon, by Wade Brown," (Maxwell Institute)

Mosiah 26

Mosiah 27

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

Mosiah 28

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

Mosiah 29

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