{"id":78564,"date":"2019-09-27T23:13:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T05:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=78564"},"modified":"2019-10-06T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T20:38:09","slug":"lehi-joseph-and-the-kingdom-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/09\/lehi-joseph-and-the-kingdom-of-israel.html","title":{"rendered":"“Lehi, Joseph, and the Kingdom of Israel”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The northern and southern kingdoms after the death of King Solomon
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I\u2019m behind in announcing this because . . . well, because I was back in the nineteenth century much of today, a time when the social media were much less developed. \u00a0But there\u2019s a new article up in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em>. \u00a0It was written by Dr. Richley Crapo,\u00a0formerly a member of the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology at Utah State University with a dual appointment in USU\u2019s Department of Psychology (1981\u20131994). \u00a0From 2007 until his retirement in 2009, he was a faculty member of USU\u2019s Religious Studies Program. \u00a0Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Lehi, Joseph, and the Kingdom of Israel<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0I present evidence of two priesthoods in the Jewish Bible: an Aaronite priesthood, held by Aaron and passed down through his descendants; and a\u00a0higher Mushite priesthood, held not only by Moses and his descendants but also by other worthy individuals, such as Joshua, an Ephraimite. The Mushite priests were centered in Shiloh, where Joshua settled the Ark of the Covenant, while the Aaronites became dominant in the Jerusalem temple. Like Joshua, the prophet Lehi, a\u00a0descendant of the northern tribe of Manasseh, held the higher priesthood. His ministry, as recounted in the Book\u00a0of\u00a0Mormon, demonstrates four characteristics that show a\u00a0clear connection to his ancestors\u2019 origins in the northern Kingdom of Israel: (1) revelation through prophetic dreams, (2) the ministry of angels, (3) imagery of the Tree of Life, and (4) a\u00a0positive attitude toward the Nehushtan tradition. These traits are precisely those which scholarship, based on the Documentary Hypothesis, attributes to texts in the Hebrew Bible that originated in the northern Kingdom of Israel rather than in Judah.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s important news, which includes an 18.5-minute-long video:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFirst Episode in Book of Mormon Videos Series Now Available:\u00a0Scenes from 1 Nephi to Enos will be released every Friday through year\u2019s end\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cEngage Society in Informed, Sincere and Civil Ways, Global Leader of Children Says:\u00a0Sister Joy D. Jones speaks at event organized by BYU\u2019s J. Reuben Clark Law Society\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And now, as part of our continuing Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d Series<\/em>, we offer the following:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLatter-day Saints Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites, September 27, 2019\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I love to hear news of about new temple construction:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTooele Valley Utah Temple Site Announced:\u00a0Temple to be built in Erda, 30 miles west of Salt Lake City\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fortunately, President Nelson has already indicated that new temples will be announced at the upcoming General Conference of the Church. \u00a0I\u2019m looking forward to them. \u00a0(I expect that they will be small.)<\/p>\n

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