{"id":107812,"date":"2024-11-12T19:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=107812"},"modified":"2024-11-12T19:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:57:44","slug":"shall-we-not-go-on-in-so-great-a-cause-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2024\/11\/shall-we-not-go-on-in-so-great-a-cause-2.html","title":{"rendered":"“Shall We Not Go On in So Great a Cause?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The cover of a new book from the Interpreter Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New, from the long-comatose and perpetually dying Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

Take a Journey into Arabia<\/p>\n

Just in time for Christmas, we are pleased to announce the publication of a brand-new book, Into Arabia: Anchoring Nephi\u2019s Account in the Real World.<\/em><\/p>\n

Focusing on the first eighteen chapters of the Book of Mormon, Into Arabia<\/em> examines the epic journey made over 2,600 years ago by Lehi and Sariah\u2019s family from Jerusalem to Bountiful. Written by Warren Aston, Godfrey Ellis, and Neal Rappleye, long-time students of the Book of Mormon, Into Arabia <\/em>represents the most current research available for this foundational journey.<\/p>\n

By systematically examining the journey, Into Arabia <\/em>serves as a solid companion to the 2024 \u201cCome, Follow Me\u201d curriculum on the Book of Mormon.\u00a0 In over 300 pages it presents compelling and tangible physical evidence that unfolds and illuminates Lehi and Sariah\u2019s journey\u2014one made in a world far removed in time and place from our own.<\/p>\n

Knowing where truly significant events played out in the Old World is vitally important. Being able to visualize their setting helps us make better sense of the stories found in the text, making them more relatable and real. Aside from Old Jerusalem, many of us will never be able to see the areas in Arabia where the Lehite story unfolds. Anyone who has visited the Holy Land, for example, and has seen for themselves where the Savior was born and where He accomplished his mortal ministry, can attest to the difference it made to how they read the scriptures.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the details of the Lehite journey are described by Nephi in exquisite detail, for he clearly knew the importance of placing the account firmly in the real world.\u00a0 Scattered throughout his account are very specific directions and durations (and thus distances) for the different stages of their journey. But there is much more. Nephi includes hints about the terrain and climate, and even the names of places that still exist today. Astoundingly, much of this information is now archaeologically confirmed.<\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon is an account of a real journey made by real people through a specific terrain that was well-known anciently and that is carefully examined in this new book. The specific information in multiple fields documented in this book\u2014all of which was unavailable to anyone in the nineteenth century\u2014helps to strengthen spirit-borne testimonies of the Book of Mormon, the keystone of our religion.<\/p>\n

Into Arabia: Anchoring Nephi\u2019s Account in the Real World<\/em> is available today through Amazon.com<\/a> in three printed formats, as well as Kindle:<\/p>\n