On Doubting Nephis Break Between 1 and 2 Nephi: A Critique of Joseph Spencers An Other Testament: On typology

by Noel B. Reynolds

Overview

In 2012 Joseph Spencer published an analysis of 1st and 2nd Nephi that interprets a phrase in 1 Nephi 19:5 as implying the true break in Nephi's writings is not between the two scriptural books we now use but rather to be found at the end of 2 Nephi 5 and that the spiritual core (the "more sacred part") of the small plates is in 2 Nephi chapters 6–30. In this essay I have mobilized several arguments from the canons of literary interpretation and basics of the Hebrew language to demonstrate that this starting point for Spencer's interpretation of Nephi's writings is seriously flawed.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157395933
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	04/28/2017
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture , #25
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	18
File size:	139 KB

About the Author

Noel Reynolds (PhD, Harvard University) is an emeritus professor of political science at Brigham Young University, where he taught a broad range of courses in legal and political philosophy, American Heritage, and the Book of Mormon. His research and publications are based in these fields and several others, including authorship studies, Mormon history, Christian history and theology, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.