tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post114847487558005195..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Reassessing Lehi's TrailJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1148602656730602802006-05-25T19:17:00.000-05:002006-05-25T19:17:00.000-05:00Mike,I get your point -- that Lehi is giving Laman...Mike,<BR/><BR/>I get your point -- that Lehi is giving Laman an aspirational standard to live up to, not trying to describe a weakness in his character, and that does make sense (especially given the unchanging nature of the parallel analogy used for Lemuel). Still, Lehi says "O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness." I think it is at least plausible to read that as saying "O that thou mightest be like unto this river [the way it is flowing now], continually running into the fountain of all righteousness [and not like this river is when it dries up and stops continually running into the fountain of all righteousness, as we know sometimes happens with this wadi, and as I know often happens with you Laman]." It seems possible to me that Lehi's subtext may be "Laman: you have to keep your river of righteousness flowing -- it is not OK to let it dry up for a season, like this wadi does".<BR/><BR/>But even if Lehi did not intend that meaning, it is an ironic twist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1148514134419862752006-05-24T18:42:00.000-05:002006-05-24T18:42:00.000-05:00Are they taking into account the shifting or even ...Are they taking into account the shifting or even drying up of rivers? What about the possibility that the Red Sea was a bit larger at the time of Lehi's journey and therefore not too far away?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1148513191433715182006-05-24T18:26:00.000-05:002006-05-24T18:26:00.000-05:00Brian: I don't think that's what Lehi was getting ...Brian: I don't think that's what Lehi was getting at. Read <A HREF="http://scriptures.lds.org/1_ne/2/9#9" REL="nofollow">1 Nephi 2:9</A> again.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120374705032268459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1148508824141084632006-05-24T17:13:00.000-05:002006-05-24T17:13:00.000-05:00If the River Laman was indeed a wadi, then that wo...If the River Laman was indeed a wadi, then that would make it an even more apt symbol of Laman's unreliable and inconsistent spirituality and personality. At times, a wadi will flow like a river, but at other times it will try up completely. Just like Laman - obedient and repentant one day, rebellious and wicked the next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1148500575828714632006-05-24T14:56:00.000-05:002006-05-24T14:56:00.000-05:00I think the reviewer was unnecessarily harsh on th...I think the reviewer was unnecessarily harsh on the border/mountain Hebrew gebul question, since several of the standard lexica like BDB list both glosses. I may post on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1148484743447601502006-05-24T10:32:00.000-05:002006-05-24T10:32:00.000-05:00Or 1830 for that matter. :o)Or 1830 for that matter. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com