Y Religion Episode 85 - A Guide to Book of Mormon Studies (Joseph Spencer)

Readers often approach the Book of Mormon spiritually, seeking for inspiration and application, or apologetically to know or defend its truthfulness. Those are excellent and needful ways to approach the text. But they aren’t the only ways. The Book of Mormon can also be approached narratively, literarily, theologically, historically, politically, or socially, to name a few. In this episode, Dr. Joseph Spencer guides listeners into the current world of Book of Mormon studies and the myriad ways the inspired text can, and should be, explored.
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[@dinocollins720]

Another fantastic video! Thank you!

[@shoup_group]

Thank you so much for this!

[@rachaelgreer8768]

Isn't "black skin" an idiom? There is similar language in the Old Testament, such as Job 30:30 and Lamentations 5:10. And Daniel 12:10 talks about being "made white." Why aren't these verses considered when defending the BoM?