Beholding the Tree of Life: A Rabbinic Approach to the Book of Mormon

Download or read book Beholding the Tree of Life: A Rabbinic Approach to the Book of Mormon written by Bradley J. Kramer and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often readers approach the Book of Mormon simply as a collection of quotations, an inspired anthology to be scanned quickly and routinely recited. In Beholding the Tree of Life Bradley J. Kramer encourages his readers to slow down, to step back, and to contemplate the literary qualities of the Book of Mormon using interpretive techniques developed by Talmudic and post-Talmudic rabbis. Specifically, Kramer shows how to read the Book of Mormon closely, in levels, paying attention to the details of its expression as well as to its overall connection to the Hebrew Scriptures—all in order to better appreciate the beauty of the Book of Mormon and its limitless capacity to convey divine meaning.