Article Title

Divine Speech Texts in the Book of Mormon

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Keywords

Book of Mormon, divine speech texts, Lehi, scriptures

Abstract

Readers of the Book of Mormon may be surprised to learn just how much of the text contains words attributed to deity.

In many cases the Book of Mormon writers took special care to state when they were quoting the Lord's words. For example, in Jacob 2 the prophet Jacob introduces the Lord's words by saying, "Hearken to · the word of the Lord." Then, in the lengthy quotation that follows, he is careful to insert several attribution markers, such as "thus saith the Lord of Hosts," before closing the direct quotation with the phrase "saith the Lord of Hosts" (see vv. 27-33).

Recommended Citation

(2000) "Divine Speech Texts in the Book of Mormon," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 20: No. 4, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol20/iss4/3