Book of Moses Essay #37 Moses 1:24 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David J. Larsen, and Stephen T. Whitlock In this Essay, we compare the symbolism in the Apocalypse of Abraham (ApAb) description of the ascent of Abraham to the Book of Moses and other accounts in Latter-day Saint

Book of Moses Essay #36 Moses 1:12-23 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David J. Larsen, and Stephen T. Whitlock In Moses 1:21 we read the dramatic culmination of Moses’ confrontation with Satan: “And Moses received strength, and called upon God, saying: In the name of the Only Begotten, depart

Book of Moses Essay #35 Moses 1:9-11 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David J. Larsen, and Stephen T. Whitlock Though most readers will be much more familiar with the well-known masterpiece of Michelangelo showing Adam’s creation being effected by the fleetingly light touch of the index fingers of God

Book of Moses Essay #34 Moses 1:1-8 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David J. Larsen, and Stephen T. Whitlock In this Essay, we will describe the first part of the heavenly ascent of Moses 1 which, like the Apocalypse of Abraham 9:8, opens on “an exceedingly high mountain.”1 Although

Book of Moses Essay #33 Moses 1 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David J. Larsen, and Stephen T. Whitlock In this Essay, we will describe how the heavenly ascent of Moses 1 provides a compelling prologue to the covenant-related themes of ritual ascent that can be found in the

Book of Moses Essay #32 Moses 1 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw In a previous Essay,1  we discussed similarities and differences between heavenly ascent, an actual encounter with Deity within the heavenly temple,2  and ritual ascent, a figurative journey into the presence of God such as the one experienced

Book of Moses Essay #31 Moses 1 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw The Book of Moses as a Temple Text Before delving directly into the text of Moses 1, we need to know more about what kind of a text we are dealing with. To set this chapter—as well

Book of Moses Essay #30 Moses 7:18-19, 68-69 With contribution by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Enoch succeeded in bringing a whole people to be sufficiently “pure in heart”1 to fully live the final celestial law of consecration.2  In Zion, the “City of Holiness,”3  the people “were of one heart and one