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Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & the Sermon on the Mount: An Approach of 3 Nephi 11-18 and Matthew 5-7

John W. Welch, Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research & Mormon Studies (FARMS), 1999, 6x9" softbound, 296 pages. ISBN: 0934893373

This 1999 book makes substantial additions to John Welch's 1990 book on the sermons. Christ's masterful teachings in the Sermon on the Mount are the heart of Christianity. Yet aspects of the sermon have perplexed biblical scholars for years. Latter-day Saints believe that the resurrected Christ delivered essentially the same sermon to disciples in the Western Hemisphere. Subtle differences in the text and clear indications of context, as recorded in the Book of Mormon, provide significant clues to the meaning of the biblical text. Welch views the New World context-at the Nephite temple at Bountiful, in connection with sacred covenant making-as the key to a deeper understanding of Jesus' sermon. In this new revision, Welch adds new evidence and interpretations that are the result of a decade of ongoing research.

Contents:

1. Overview

2. The Need for a Unifying Interpretation

3. The Temple Context and Unity of the Sermon at the Temple

4. Toward an Understanding of the Sermon as an Ancient Temple Text

5. Some Personal Reflections

6. The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount: The Differences

7. The Common Israelite Background

8. Joseph Smith and the Translation of the Sermon at the Temple

9. The Sermon at the Temple and the Greek New Testament Manuscripts

10. Jesus and the Composition of the Sermon on the Mount

11. The Sermon in Light of Ritual Studies

12. Results and Concluding Thoughts

Appendix: A Comparison of the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple

Index of Passages

Subject Index

John W. Welch received his J.D. from Duke University and is the Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, editor in chief of BYU Studies, and director of publications for the university's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History. He is the founder of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. He serves on the executive committee of the Biblical Law Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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