Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0842530045 ISBN 13: 9780842530040

Publisher: Neal a Maxwell Inst, 2018

Synopsis

Jacob 7 focuses on a dramatic showdown between Sherem, a defender of the Mosaic tradition, and Jacob, a prophet who views the Mosaic law as dead in light of what he calls the doctrine of Christ. The papers collected in this volume offer theological readings of this Book of Mormon chapter that draw on Jacob 7 s structure and literary details to illuminate key themes like law, family, prayer, mourning, and messianic time.

About this title

About the Author:

Adam S. Miller is a professor of philosophy at Collin College in McKinney, Texas. He earned a PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University. He is the author of six books including Letters to a Young Mormon (Neal A. Maxwell Institute & Deseret Book, 2018), The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace (Bloomsbury, 2016), and Future Mormon (Kofford, forthcoming). He directs the Mormon Theology Seminar and co-edits a series of books for the Maxwell Institute entitled Groundwork: Studies in Theory and Scripture.

Joseph M. Spencer recently earned his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico and is currently an instructor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He is the author of For Zion and An Other Testament, as well as of numerous articles on philosophy and Mormon studies. He serves as the associate director of the Mormon Theology Seminar and is an associate editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. He and Karen, his wife, live in Provo, Utah, with their five children.

Review:

In these conference proceedings stands the hope of a new kind of Mormon theology, one that brings women and men, academics and independents, philosophers and students of literature into the conversation about the meanings of faith and scripture. These essays are united by their firm commitment to the power of scripture and the possibility that holy writ may be rather more than it first appears. --Samuel M. Brown, author of In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death

About this edition

• Publisher: Neal a Maxwell Inst
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0842530045
• ISBN 13: 9780842530040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148
• Editor: Miller Adam S., Spencer Joseph M.