In God’s Image & Likeness Vol. 2 ~ Enoch, Noah, & Tower of Babel ~ Jeffrey M. Bradshaw & David J. Larsen

Bradshaw, Jeffrey, and Larsen, David J. In God’s Image & Likeness Vol. 2, Enoch, Noah, and the Tower of Babel. Eborn Books and the Interpreter Foundtion: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014. 567 Pages. Large size thick heavy hardbound, with dust jacket. Full Color. ISBN: 9781890718626

This volume contains the most comprehensive commentary ever published on the beautiful and doctrinally rich chapters of the book of Moses and the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible that relate the stories of Enoch, Noah, and the Tower of Babel. The commentary combines prophetic insights, excerpts from ancient texts, current scientific perspectives, and up-to-date biblical scholarship – all presented from a perspective of faith. Each section of the book is prefaced by an overview illuminating major themes and issues. This is followed by the text of each chapter of scripture, accompanied by a detailed phrase-by-phrase commentary designed to give the modern reader both an understanding of the plain sense of the words as well as their significance in context. Based on the first complete transcriptions of the original manuscripts of the Joseph Smith Translation, significant textual variants are identified and discussed. Of special interest to LDS readers is the light that these chapters shed on temple worship. A detailed study of this book of scripture in conjunction with ancient and modern sources suggests striking parallels with temple themes. Insights on these topics from LDS scripture and prophets, as well as relevant extracts from the works of Hugh Nibley and other religious scholars, historians, philosophers, scientists, literary specialists, playwrights, musicians, and artists are found on nearly every page of the book. The book also features an extensive annotated bibliography on ancient and modern sources relating to the stories of Enoch and Noah. An additional highlight is the collection of more than a hundred carefully chosen color or black-and-white figures, photographs, and illustrations relating to the text – themselves also the subject of detailed commentary. The central message of the book of Moses is in its invitation to join the divine pattern whereby we may come to fully reflect God’s image and likeness. This wondrous work of scripture has been expressly written to “call [us] out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9).

Contains the Following:

Introduction / Modern Revelation about Ancient Patriarchs / Transgressing and Transcending the Divine-Human Boundary / Taking the Stories of Primeval History Seriously / Toward a Literal Interpretation of Scripture / Understanding the Temple through Scripture / Frequently Asked Questions about JST Genesis / On the Use of Ancient Texts / Endnotes / Moses 6:13-35: Enoch the Seer / Enoch’s Prophetic Commission / Enoch’s Teaching Mission / Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Moses 7: Enoch the Seer / The Prophecy of Enoch / Grand Vision Scene 1: A Chorus of Weeping / Grand Vision Scene 2: The Exaltation of Enoch and His People / Conclusion: Learning from Enoch / Moses 7: Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Moses 8:1-30; Genesis 6:14-22; Noah and the Ark / Noah and His Sons / The Sons of God and the Sons of Men / Temple Themes in the Story of Noah / The Quest for Rest / The Ark and the Tabernacle / Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Genesis 7: The Flood / The Ark as a Mobile Sanctuary / Upon the Face of the Waters / Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Genesis 8: A New Creation, A New Covenant / The Ark Rests / Garden and Covenant / Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Genesis 9: Glory, Fall and Judgment / Fall and Judgment / The Tent as a Prefiguration of the Tabernacle / Noah was Not Drunk but in a Vision / What Was the Sin of Ham? / Parallels with Eden, the Ark, Sinai / The Cursing of Canaan and the Blessings of Shem and Japheth / The Tradition of the Stolen Garment / Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Genesis 10: The Generations of the Sons of Noah / The Table of Nations / Nimrod / The Twelve and the Seventy in Later Scripture / Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Genesis 11: The Tower of Babel / Mesopotamian Background / A Tower Model of the Tower Story / Let Us Make Us A Name / Naming in a Temple Context / Let Us…Confound Their Language / Scattering and Gathering / From Shem to Abraham / O Babylon, O Babylon, We Bid Thee Farewell / Genesis 11: Text and Commentary, Gleanings, Endnotes / Excuses: 1. Revelatory Experiences of Oliver Cowdery; 2. The Song of Enoch; 3. Zion is Fled

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