In Isaiah, the root word for “flow” in Hebrew is “quake”: As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!”. The Mayan zodiac circle uses similar symbolism, with the sun god surrounded by 19 glyphs, representing the 19 months of the Mayan year. What Is Reformed Egyptian? Well, I think many of them if they could see our circumstances today would think we are crazy for continuing to live in a city where evil influences are so prevalent and strong that our children are almost guaranteed to fall away from the truth and happiness of the gospel. How long from the vision until Lehi reached his bed at his house, I wonder? In Noah’s case, the heavens opening with rain was quite destructive, and in Moses 7 we understand that this was God’s tears being shed because of the wickedness of mankind. Those were the compositor’s. Pronounced, Nfy – Egyptian word for “wind.” Similar to the Egyptian word. The Book of Esther is another case of both headings and colophon, like the Book of Mormon. It is a brief summary of the events related in the book. Chiasmus is a sequence of ideas that is given and then repeated in reverse order. The original translation of the title did not include the word "first". In Exodus 33, as “Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door.” This is the pillar that was fire by night and cloud by day which attended them in their exodus. But these appear to be the major points. And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of the things which he testified of them; for he truly testified of their wickedness and their abominations; and he testified that the things which he saw and heard, and also the things which he read in the book, manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah, and also the redemption of the world. Lehi’s father or grandfather was likely one of those refugees who fled to Jerusalem. Shouldn’t it be less detailed? In 1 Nephi 10:15 he says, “after this manner of language did my father prophesy and speak unto my brethren, and also many more things which I do not write in this book; for I have written as many of them as were expedient for me in mine other book.” So, Nephi was talking about a different set of plates here in 1 Nephi 1 when he said: “after I have abridged the record of my father then will I make an account of mine own life.” I have speculated that the Book of Mormon may be put together from multiple sets of plates. The most compelling reason verses 1-3 would belong with the heading is that they are written in present tense grammar like the heading. This would make the language of the Egyptians equal to the “language of the Egyptians,” which is a curious thing to say considering Lehi was a descendant of Manasseh, unless you consider that maybe Lehi used the language of the Egyptians for business. Nephi sees in vision the church of the devil set up among the Gentiles, the discovery and colonizing of America, the loss of many plain and precious parts of the Bible, the resultant state of gentile apostasy, the restoration of the gospel, the coming forth of latter-day scripture, and … In Hebrew, to “take” a soul and “seek” a soul are both idioms for killing. Chapter 12 contains a portion of the vision which deals with the history of the Nephites and Lamanites. These twelve portals of passage reflect the twelve apertures in heaven spoken of by Enoch: “I saw six portals in which the sun rises and six portals in which the sun sets.” “Twelve gates I beheld in heaven.” Facsimile 2 is a diagram of the sun’s passage by day and by night, and it represents the moment of sunrise, where the solar barque of the morning meets the solar barque of the evening in a process of recreation. Dr. Hugh Nibley thought Lehi’s occupation was as a trader: “There is ample evidence in the Book of Mormon that Lehi was an expert on caravan travel.” Indeed, in verse 5, Nephi tells us Lehi prayed on behalf of his people “as he went forth,” suggesting that he did not go forth with the purpose of praying but prayed incidentally to some other purpose. About 592–591 B.C. Israel looked to Egypt for help and bravely rebelled against Babylon–not once but twice–and then Egypt left them out to dry. It also shows up in Hebrew, though it didn’t get translated into our English literally as “by the hand of,” so it is a mystery why Joseph Smith would have used this idiom if he were making it up. Collected information is only used for internal reporting and is not shared with anyone. We know the Nephites had priesthood authority through Nephi’s lineage, and presumably this came from Lehi and Lehi started out with it before leaving Jerusalem. For personal and/or family study of the scriptures, geared towards families with teenagers, single adults, and empty nesters. My guess is metallurgy was his profession of choice and writing was something he “minored in” so to speak, something he was interested in mostly because of his father. The river could represent things that we think will make us happy, but will lead to being swept away. But there is no paragraph marker penciled in before that. 126 years after Assyria conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and many fled to Jerusalem where Isaiah was successfully preaching repentance to a penitent audience. 7:9). I Would That Ye Should Know – The Hebrew word to “know” yada suggests a relationship based on a covenant, in an “intimate, experiential knowing of God.” In Psalm 139, verses 1, 2, 4, 14 all speak of knowing something rather than knowing a person. The word colophon is often used to mean heading in Latter-day Saint studies, but the colophon is what is found at the end. Yet in reminiscing about Mount Sinai and the exodus, Psalm 78 declares that God shakes the rocks as well: “He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. The Lord warns Lehi to depart out of the land of Jerusalem, because he prophesieth unto the people concerning their iniquity and they seek to destroy his life. “And it came to pass that he saw One descending out of the midst of heaven, and he beheld that his luster was above that of the sun at noon-day. 1 Nephi 21 (Isaiah 49) Messiah shall be a light to the Gentiles. Verse 8 Well, Nephi says of this account of his “own life” that his purpose is to record “the ministry of my people”, that this record is “for the more part of the ministry” (see chapter 9). In this verse about Christ’s second coming, quaking and trembling is the result of God opening the heavens and visiting the earth with His presence. The mix of Hebrew and foreign script always indicates close contact with those foreign nations through trading: “In particular during times when Jews were more integrated into the wider society, this is reflected in the general writing style,” which “can also be reflected in the Hebrew script itself.” Andalusian Jews, for example, “incorporated ideas from Arabic legal writing, philosophy and poetry into their works.” (Josef Meri) Their Hebrew script itself altered to look more Arabic. C. Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, D. which consists of the learning of the Jews. This is an interesting similarity to how things are today. There are many examples of the idiom being used in this Hellenistic period as a legal contract–usually in a person’s final will & testament. Among these twelve groups encircled by the pillar of fire, “Jesus came and stood in the midst”–presumably in the center. That would certain add important context to the entire story of 1 Nephi! But as the center of the solar system, it is Christ who judges supreme and descends with judgement at the last day (see also 1 Kings 22:19, Psalm 11:4, Ezek. Language Of My Father – Hugh Nibley says “learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians” refers not to “language of my father” but to the “record” which Nephi is making. I’m personally inclined to believe Nephi did receive formal training to be a scribe, but that this was not his sole training. Lehi understands from this that not only is God’s covenant a legal contract, but that he needs to write his own book of covenants as well. It would make sense to copy the lengthy prophecies verbatim and maybe a generalized overview of anything else. The ability to create metal plates for writing on–plates that likely were some kind of alloy and not pure gold, and to make them while isolated in the desert, no less–shows incredible knowledge of metallurgy. “And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth; and the first came and stood before my father, and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should read. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.” This adds another element to the fire and rock: water. Habakkuk (609-598 BC) prophesied of the fall of Jehoakim and urged repentance. The traditional Mormon view is that Nephi quoted Isaiah 48 and 49 from the brass plates (see 1 Nephi 5:11-13 for the narrative's summary of the contents of the brass plates), with various explanations for why the wording of the quoted material follows the King James Version text so closely. And the final chapter is a summary of what he has been talking about. Well, that should be no surprise because there are few periods separating one sentence from another in the printer’s manuscript. Even though we are not yet at the tree, the rod will keep us safe. We can think of 3 Nephi 1-7 as the gathering dark before the radiant Light of Christ's appearance to the Lehites. Reality is harsh for those not planted on solid ground. Alma the Younger even plainly pointed out the similarity of his experience with Lehi’s. It is the very best I’ve seen! When Babylon conquered Egypt at Carchemish in 605 BC, their invasion of Palestine soon followed. Come, Follow Me Daily Study Guide for the week of September 7-13, 2020 covering 3 Nephi 1-7. The Lord had the answer: “Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock… that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by.” It seems rock is literally required to not quake into pieces in the Lord’s presence. Why Couldn’t Joseph Smith Re-Translate The Lost 116 Pages? The Mayan glyph for “sun” shows two paths crossing each other surrounded by three rings–possibly the cross tree of life surrounded by telestial, terrestrial, and celestial glories. Origin Of The Name Nephi – Possibilities: Praise For Parents – Ancient Egyptian and Semetic life records often began by identifying the author and declaring his lineage good. For personal and/or family study of the scriptures, geared towards 8 years old and older. None of the other brothers seem to have had the training Nephi had, and perhaps this means they went with Lehi on the travels. We hope these discussion questions help you gather your own light and insights from this admittedly rather dark section of Nephite and Lamanite history. Proverbs includes metatexts all over the place in a style similar to Nephi. This illustrates God’s total mastery of the elements in providing for His people their needs. In 3 Nephi, the prophet Nephi “cried mightily to his God in behalf of his people, yea, those who were about to be destroyed,” much like Lehi. A Blunder? The sun is no longer closer to the six morning-gates at noon but equally balanced between the twelve gates. "The editors of the Book of Mormon have given a whole verse to Nephi's laconic statement, 'And my father dwelt in a tent' (1 Nephi 2:15), and rightly so, since Nephi himself finds the fact very significant and refers constantly to his father's tent as the center of his universe. In Facsimle 2, the god Min who we see seated on a throne receiving the keywords of the priesthood was the one thought by the Egyptians to open the heavens and provide regenerative rain: “The outpourings of the heavens were thus very definitely under the control of Min.” Joseph Smith described this Figure as God revealing the keywords of the priesthood through the heavens. The Talmud scripture of seventeenth-century Jonah ben Isaac Teomim, known as “one of the greatest Talmudists of his time,” starts with a colophon that dates its authorship and then “prefatory remarks from Jonah’s sons, Israel and Joshua. '” In Abraham’s case, the dew of heaven extinguished the wicked priest’s fire that would have killed him in a human sacrifice ritual. Malachi 1:1: “The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by [the hand of] Malachi.” The word “by” here is be yad. Yes, this is it so far. Your email address will not be published. Nephi makes plates of ore and records the history of his people. The heading speaks in present tense: “The Lord warns Lehi to depart out of the land…”, on and on, and then we get to verse one: “I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents…” Saying “having been” instead of “have been” is a present passive perfect participle, and it makes the sentence reference to the past but still in present tense. Rather than you solution, I see the first person line of the current header as a chapter header. For example: “What this peasant did was to go down to Egypt, after he had loaded his donkey.” The perfect past-tense word “had” indicates that something prior “has been completed with respect to the action or circumstance desribed in the main (or governing) clause.” Another example: “Once his incarnation had taken his inheritance, he occupied the dais of Horus.” The taking of the inheritance caused the occupation of the dais, so it gets a “had.” The purpose of perfect past-tense in Egyptian is to “describe past events from the present point of view” in “non-narrative discourse.” “The perfect tense denotes the effect and duration in the present of events set in the past (present perfect), or the effect and duration, in the past, of anterior events.” (a href=”https://books.google.com/books?id=kd4YAQAAIAAJ” style=”text-decoration:none;”>Éric Doret) But in Nephi’s sentence here, the prior event’s completion does not describe the main clause, which is “he testified,” and it is a narrative discourse. 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