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Preserved in Translation

It should come as no surprise that the Book of Mormon reads like an ancient Hebrew book. After all, its story begins in the world of the Old Testament and its chroniclers were literate in some form of Hebrew. What is surprising is that there are so many Hebraisms in the book—and that they have survived translation into English! Many of these remnants that persist in the text make for odd English but are perfectly sound Biblical Hebrew.

Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq

Saints at War is filled with remarkable first-person accounts from Latter-day Saints who served in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. These stories detail their trials, challenges, setbacks, faith, courage, and numerous victories overcoming extraordinary circumstances.

Illuminating the Jaredite Records

This volume explores the relationship between the Nephite and the Jaredite records culturally, politically, literarily, and theologically. The first approach is a cultural-historical lens, in which elements of Jaredite culture are discussed, including the impact of a Jaredite subculture on Nephite politics during the reign of the judges, and a Mesopotamia perspective as seership and divination, and the brother of Jared’s experience as a spiritual transition. The second grouping looks at the book of Ether through a narratological lens, all three papers exploring different aspects of Moroni’s construction of the book of Ether. The third grouping explores the book of Ether’s depiction of women,

1820: Dawning of the Restoration

This volume examines the “four cornerstones” of the early nineteenth century: revolution and reform, Romanticism, emancipation, and religious revivalism. The book focuses on remarkable figures in each of these movements, including people such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander von Humboldt, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Readers will gain a greater awareness of the Restoration’s place in history that will enhance a deeper sense of appreciation among Church members for the restoration of Christ’s church on the earth.

Finding Christ in the Covenant Path

This book offers a fresh but faithful focus on the journey of covenants and discipleship through the double lens of ancient words and medieval images. The first part of the book explores the covenants. The second part reveals Christ as our ransom by exploring medieval images, particularly the image of Christ.

Storming the Nation: The Unknown Contributions of Joseph Smith’s Political Missionaries

This volume uncovers the significant but previously unknown contributions of the electioneers who advocated for Joseph Smith’s 1844 presidential campaign. The focus is the legion of more than six hundred political missionaries, their activities and experiences as electioneers, who they became and the contributions they made in the exodus from the United States and the building of Zion in the Great Basin.

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