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2 JOURNAL OF BOOK OF MORMON STUDIES 2015 Volume 24 Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Brigham Young University Editor Brian M. Hauglid, Brigham Young University Associate Editors Mark Alan Wright, Brigham Young University Joseph M. Spencer, Brigham Young University Book Review Editor Janiece Johnson, Brigham Young University Idaho Editorial Advisory Board Matthew L. Bowen, Brigham Young University Hawaii Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University Janiece Johnson, Brigham Young University Idaho Michael H. MacKay, Brigham Young University Tammi J. Schneider, Claremont Graduate University John Christopher Thomas, Pentecostal Theological Seminary and Bangor University Rosalynde Frandsen Welch, LaDue, Missouri Production Editor Shirley S. Ricks Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship M. Gerald Bradford, Executive Director Anela Ormsby, Subscriptions Manager

3 JOURNAL OF BOOK OF MORMON STUDIES 2015 by Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University. All rights reserved. The Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (ISSN print, online) is published once a year by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Permissions. No portion of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies may be reproduced by any means or process without the formal written consent of the publisher. Direct all permissions requests to Permissions Manager, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Subscriptions. An annual subscription, which includes one printed issue of Journal of Book of Mormon Studies plus access to all Maxwell Institute online content, is $25. An annual digital-only subscription for all online content is $10. Subscribe by visiting our website at maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/subscribe/, by sending an to maxwell_institute@byu.edu, or by phoning Address subscription requests to Subscriptions, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Editorial correspondence and submissions. Please direct all editorial queries and submissions to: Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT jbms@byu.edu. Submission guidelines are found at publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/periodicals/ jbms/jbmsguidelines/. Views expressed in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies are those of the contributors. They should not necessarily be attributed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young University, The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, or the Journal s editors or staff. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSE Z Printed in the United States of America maxwellinstitute.byu.edu

4 Contents Evaluating the Interaction between the New Testament and the Book of Mormon: A Proposed Methodology 1 Nicholas J. Frederick Samuel s Reliance on Biblical Language 31 Shon Hopkin and John Hilton III Temporality and Fulfillment in 3 Nephi 1 53 Kimberly M. Berkey War Banners: A Mesoamerican Context for the Title of Liberty 84 Kerry Hull The Supremacy of the Word: Alma s Mission to the Zoramites and the Conversion of the Lamanites 119 Michael F. Perry Skins as Garments in the Book of Mormon: A Textual Exegesis 138 Ethan Sproat Review Essays Why the Book of Mormon Deserves More Twenty-First-Century Readers: A Question of Complexity 167 J.B. Haws

5 iv Contents The Self-Critical Book of Mormon: Notes on an Emergent Literary Approach 180 Joseph M. Spencer Book Reviews Avi Steinberg, The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri 195 Reviewed by Michael Austin Dale E. Luffman, The Book of Mormon s Witness to Its First Readers 203 Reviewed by Christopher James Blythe Joseph M. Spencer, An Other Testament: On Typology 206 Reviewed by Rosalynde Frandsen Welch Notes Book of Mormon Pneumatology 217 John Christopher Thomas Death, Time, and Redemption: Structural Possibilities and Thematic Potential in Jacob 7: Jenny Webb Abner Cole and The Reflector: Another Clue to the Timing of the 1830 Book of Mormon Printing 238 Robin Scott Jensen

6 Contents v Mormon s Question 248 Candice Wendt Two Authors: Two Approaches in the Book of Mormon 254 Brant A. Gardner Book Notice Royal Skousen and Robin Scott Jensen, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 3, Part 1: Printer s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon 261

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