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Book of Moses Essays 62-77 In collaboration with Jeff Bradshaw, Pearl of Great Price Central has published 61 essays on the Book of Moses, which have all been cross-posted at The Interpreter Foundation. Jeff has published more than 15 additional essays as part of this same series. Unfortunately, due to
Book of Moses Essay #61 Moses 3:9 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here One thing that has always perplexed readers of Genesis is the location of the two special trees in the Garden of Eden. The Hebrew phrase corresponding to “in the midst” means literally “in the
Book of Moses Essay #60 Moses 4:1-4 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here After a rapid sweep across the vast panorama of the Creation and the Garden of Eden in Moses 2-3, the scope narrows and the narrative slows to a more measured pace in Moses 4—and
Book of Moses Essay #59 Moses 4:1-4 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here In this Essay, we will explore how William Blake’s masterpiece describes Satan in his original glory. One can see in his perverse appropriation of the symbols of kingship not only his selfish aspiration to
Book of Moses Essay #58 Moses 3:9 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here The Tree of Life is certainly the most significant object in the Garden of Eden. However, its presence has always been somewhat of a puzzle to students of the Bible because it is only
Book of Moses Essay #57 Moses 3:15-17 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here In this Essay, we review the instructions given to Adam and Eve: the commandments to be fruitful and multiply and not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge; the instruction for Adam to cleave
Book of Moses Essay #56 Moses 3:19–20, 23; 4:26 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here In the depiction of the Garden of Eden above, Jan Brueghel the Elder masterfully fills the foreground of the scene with the abundance, happiness, and beauty of newly created life. From there,
Book of Moses Essay #55 Moses 3:8-15 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Download MP3 here In Essay #32, we discussed the view of Latter-day Saint scholar Donald W. Parry that the outbound journey of the Creation and the Fall is mirrored in the inbound journey of the Tabernacle, the
The book that concerns us was purposely called "The Pearl of Great Price," that term being . . . the designation of a treasure that is both hidden and inexhaustible. Being hidden, it must be searched out and dug up—brought out of the depths by the strenuous and determined efforts of whoever would possess it. Being inexhaustibly vast, it can never cease to be a source of new wonders to the inquiring mind. . . . The Pearl of Great Price is unique among scriptures in that its message is available only to that extent to which God's children choose to make it so, but at the same time it is capable of conveying knowledge of undreamed of scope and significance. – Hugh Nibley, "A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price," Improvement Era, May 1970, 94.
