This week we will focus on Sections 20, 21, 27, and 115:1-4.
In class we will briefly cover the historical context and then spend most of our time in the text. We will end by talking about the sacrament. Two of my favorite talks on the sacrament have been given by Truman Madsen here and Elder Jeffery R. Holland here.
The public sale of the Book of Mormon began on 26 March 1830. Eleven days later the Church of Christ was organized by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum Smith, David Whitmer, Samuel Smith and Peter Whitner, Jr. Jeff Cannon from the JSP has a great Revelations in Context essay providing some much needed context to the organization of the church here. Finishing the Book of Mormon translation was essential to the church being established. If you haven't yet read "The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon"by Jack Welch, it is here.
Section 20 is one section that has been revised many times over. Oliver Cowdery signed an early version of the precursor to 20--the Articles of the Church of Christ--in 1829. Scott Faurling analyses the relationship between the first draft and Section 20 here.
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