Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Article Title
Keywords
typology, Book of Mormon, scripture analysis
Document Type
Book Review
Abstract
Typology has held a place of importance in the Christian tradition as a method of theology, scriptural exegesis, and history from the composition of the New Testament onward. In An Other Testament: On Typology, Joseph Spencer examines the place of typology within the Book of Mormon in order to understand the book’s theological complexity: “By theological complexity, I do not primarily mean that the ideas presented in the Book of Mormon are complex, though sometimes they are. Rather, I mean that it can be difficult to bring into focus some of the Book of Mormon’s overarching theological claims, given the book’s structural complexity” (xi; emphasis in original). In order to bring these theological claims into focus, Spencer embarks on a close and detailed reading of the structures and underlying theological viewpoints within the writings of Book of Mormon figures.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Smith, Andrew C. "Review of An Other Testament: On Typology." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 18, no. 1 (2017): 130-137. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol18/iss1/11