Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible
Lehi's exodus to the promised land is only the first of a series of exoduses occurring throughout the Book of Mormon. Indeed, Lehi's exodus becomes mere precedent for later flights into the wilderness by Nephi, Mosiah, Alma, Limhi, and the Anti-Nephi-Lehites. For the Nephites, continuing e...
| Published in: | Journal of Book of Mormon studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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| Summary: | Lehi's exodus to the promised land is only the first of a series of exoduses occurring throughout the Book of Mormon. Indeed, Lehi's exodus becomes mere precedent for later flights into the wilderness by Nephi, Mosiah, Alma, Limhi, and the Anti-Nephi-Lehites. For the Nephites, continuing exodus is not merely historical fact. Understanding the biblical exodus as a type and shadow, the Nephites come to see their wandering as a metaphor of their spiritual condition. Thus, even centuries after Lehi's arrival in the promised land, Nephite prophets recognize their status as "wanderers in a strange land" (Alma 13:23). As Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Nephites looked beyond their temporal land of promise "for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God" (Hebrews 11:10). |
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| ISSN: | 2168-3158 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Book of Mormon studies
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