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==Tree of life and the divine feminine== | ==Tree of life and the divine feminine in the Book of Mormon== | ||
Daniel C. Peterson: <ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=3 Chapter 2], {{sofr}}|author=Daniel C. Peterson|article=Not Joseph's, and Not Modern}}</ref> | |||
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Why would Nephi, whether consciously or unconsciously, see a connection between a tree and the virginal mother of a divine child? The ancient Near Eastern religious world is very foreign to us, as it was to Joseph Smith. Nephi's vision appears to reflect a meaning of the "sacred tree" that is unique to the ancient Near East, and that, indeed, can only be fully appreciated when the ancient Canaanite and Israelite associations of that tree are borne in mind.... | Why would Nephi, whether consciously or unconsciously, see a connection between a tree and the virginal mother of a divine child? The ancient Near Eastern religious world is very foreign to us, as it was to Joseph Smith. Nephi's vision appears to reflect a meaning of the "sacred tree" that is unique to the ancient Near East, and that, indeed, can only be fully appreciated when the ancient Canaanite and Israelite associations of that tree are borne in mind....{{Read more|url=http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=3}}</blockquote></onlyinclude> | ||
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[[Category:Echoes and Evidences]] | [[Category:Echoes and Evidences]] | ||
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Hebraisms | [[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Hebraisms/Divine feminine]] | ||
[[Category:Book of Mormon/ | [[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Hebraisms/Tree of Life]] | ||
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[[Category:Book of Mormon/Out of place in 19th century/Scriptural themes|Scriptural themes]] | [[Category:Book of Mormon/Out of place in 19th century/Scriptural themes|Scriptural themes]] | ||
Daniel C. Peterson: [1]
Why would Nephi, whether consciously or unconsciously, see a connection between a tree and the virginal mother of a divine child? The ancient Near Eastern religious world is very foreign to us, as it was to Joseph Smith. Nephi's vision appears to reflect a meaning of the "sacred tree" that is unique to the ancient Near East, and that, indeed, can only be fully appreciated when the ancient Canaanite and Israelite associations of that tree are borne in mind....—(Click here to continue)

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