Best of FAIR 6: Adam in Ancient Texts and the Restoration
by SteveDensleyJr on June 29th, 2011
In the address from the 2006 FAIR Conference, Matthew Roper states: “Critics of Latter-day Saint Scripture and teachings have generally paid very little attention to the Book of Moses. Those who have condescended to comment on it have generally dismissed it as a shallow plagiarism of New Testament doctrines and themes if they do not ignore it altogether. Such dismissals show an unawareness on the part of these commentators of the often striking convergences between the Latter-day Saint scripture and the ancient world. Critics, skeptics and the disaffected have in my view greatly underestimated the revelations of Joseph Smith. Unfortunately, so have many members of the Church of Jesus Christ.”
The full text of this address can be found at FAIR LDS.
Matthew Roper (MS from Brigham Young University), is a resident scholar at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University.
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June 30th, 2011 at 5:06 am
Could not see where a Share Button ?
June 30th, 2011 at 7:28 am
Ahmet,
The closest thing we have to a “share” button is the “like” button for Facebook that you should be able to see above the audio player. Is there another type of share button you were looking for?
Steve
July 4th, 2011 at 11:35 am
I’d have to add that the Book of Moses and the Book of Abraham, read on their own as texts, are much stronger than when they are criticized randomly.
I’m always glad to see something like this done.
Thanks.
July 6th, 2011 at 8:23 am
Thank you so much for sharing this. I was blown away by the shear quantity of parallels that Matt was able to draw between ancient Adam traditions and those of the restoration. Almost every distinctive LDS belief about Adam seems to have some precedent in the ancient world, even though parallels with other modern religious traditions are lacking.
July 7th, 2011 at 8:28 am
I’ve listened to every FAIR Podcast over the last year, and I think this might be my favorite. It’s a shame I won’t be able to attend the FAIR conference this year, but it’s on my calendar for 2012 to hear great stuff like this.