Class Notes

Interns 2020-Class References

The majority of these pages are my notes, not formally organized for presentation.

Know this: The prophecy will be fulfilled when the Jews call upon God in the name of Jesus.

That day is beginning now.

https://www.oneforisrael.org/

"Yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel;"

--Ether 1:112

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

--Zechariah 12:10 

Understanding Hebrew origin of Words Helps us understand meaning.

Take this example: What does it mean to take God's Name in Vain?

The answer is not what we (gentiles) say it is. The true meaning can only be understood by

looking back to the original meaning of words.

See "Taking God's Name in Vain" https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/god-yhwh/the-image-of-god.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonhHVpdkIw&feature=emb_logo (God creates Adam from 'Nothing', also word 'Fattened')

Some Examples of Hebrew Poetry in the Book of Mormon (in loose notes)

CHAISM OF 2 NEPHI 6

ALMA 17 CHIASM HEBREW POETRY

Chiasm of 3 Nephi 4

Chiasmus of Alma 19_77_78

Hebrew Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon Examples for Interns 2020

Hebrew Poetry of Fevers and Land Alma 21

NEPHIS PSALM BICOLON TRICOLON PRASES

A Hebrew Parallel the Son and the Father The Flesh and The Spirit

THE ULTIMATE CHIASM OF JESUS' WORDS

 

BYU Research on Hebrew Poetry in Book of Mormon

BYU Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon

BYU The Hebrew background of the Book of Mormon

Hebrew Idioms in the Small Plates of Nephi

POETIC DICTION AND PARALLEL WORD PAIRS IN THE BOOK OF MORMON

Word Pairs and Distinctive Combinations in the Book of Mormon

NEW: LDS Book of Mormon with certain Poetic Structure and Color Parallels

NEW: CHIASTIC STRUCTURE OF ALMA (LDS)

Some Hebrew Grammar Examples in the Book of Mormon

Trample Underfoot explained in the Book of Mormon from the Hebrew-Example of Emblematic Parallelism

FEAR AND SHAKE IS SAME HEBREW NOUN AND VERB-2 NEPHI 6

ISLAND definition in Ancient Hebrew was also Isolated Country

Emunah -Book of Mormon uses proper word for Faith as Firmness to do God's Will

FRAILTY IS THE CORRECT ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR THE HEBREW ROOT OF MAN DESCRIBING HIS WEAKNESS 2 NEPHI 6

PowerPoint Presentations

Book of Mormon Foundation Interns Class 2020 Day 1

Parkview Class Intro to Hebrewism February 9 2020

Parkview Class Feb 16 2020

 

A Starting list of references (some of these are very scholarly, but can find lots biblical poetry paralleled in the Book of Mormon)

Wikipedia: Hebrew Poetry

THE FORM OF HEBREW POETRY Parallelism

Hebrew_poetry_in_the_Bible_A_guide

Clues to Understanding Hebrew Poetry

Chiastic Patterns in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

Overview_of_Hebrew_Poetry

http://www4.westminster.edu/staff/nak/courses/BibPoetry.htm

Good summary of Hebrew Poetic definitions

Anything by Jeff Benner

https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/

Lots of videos such as these:

Jeff Benner's Index of Poetry (articles and videos)

Jeff Benner Explains the Chiasm of Creation in Genesis 1, 2

https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/god-yhwh/the-image-of-god-video.htm

Many writings such as these:

https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/god-yhwh/the-image-of-god.htm

Jeff Benner's commentary on the Torah: https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/bookstore/bookdownloads/bct.pdf

Jeff Benner Books: His Name is One, Living Words, Hebrew Lexicon

https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hebrew-poetry

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11902-parallelism-in-hebrew-poetry

Article on Parallelism by Adele Berlin: http://individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/BerlinA_Parallelism-ABD.html (Berlin, Adele. “Parallelism.” In D. N. Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary vol. 5, pp. 154–162, New York: Doubleday, 1992.)

 

https://www.sermon-preparation-tips.com/types-of-parallelism-in-hebrew-poetry/

This list below of scholarly books can largely be found online as google books, but can also be purchased (new or used).

Many of these authors are the premier researchers in Hebrew Poetry. While none of their books refer to the Book of Mormon,

All of their books contain examples of poetic structure which are found in the Book of Mormon.

http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/OTeSources/19-Psalms/Text/Books/Gray-FormsPoetry/Gray-FormsOfPoetry.pdf

Alonso Schökel, Luis. A Manual of Hebrew Poetics. Roma: Editrice pontificio Istituto biblico, 1988.

Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Poetry. New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, 1985.

Berlin, Adele. The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1985.

Fokkelman, J. P. Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide. Translated by Ineke Smit. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Kugel, James L. The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Lunn, Nicholas P. Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: Differentiating Pragmatics and Poetics. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006.

O'Connor, Michael Patrick. Hebrew Verse Structure. Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns, 1980. Petersen, David L., and Kent Harold Richards. Interpreting Hebrew Poetry. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 1992.

Watson, Wilfred G. E. Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques. London, UK: T & T Clark, 2005. Link to Book Online