User:Nathan Oman/Book of Mormon Law
I am working on a taxonomy of law in the Book of Mormon, and I hope ultimately to be able to find something interesting to say about the relationship between the different kinds of laws. So far here is what I have found:
the Law of Moses[edit]
Scriptures referencing the "law of Moses":
1 Ne 4:15, 1 Ne 17:22, 2 Ne 3:17, 2 Ne 5:10, 2 Ne 11:4, 2 Ne 25:24-30, Jacob 4:5, Jacob 7:7, Jarom 1:5, Jarom 1:11, Mosiah 2:3, Mosiah 3:14-15, Mosiah 12:28-32, Mosiah 16:14, Mosiah 24:5, Alma 25:15-16, Alma 30:3, Alma 31:9, Alma 34:11-14, Hel 13:1, Hel 15:5, 3 Ne 1:24-25, 3 Ne 9:17, 3 Ne 12, 3 Ne 15:2-10, 4 Ne 1:12, Ether 12:11, Moro 8:8 (reference to the "law of circumcision"
cosmic law[edit]
This is something like the laws of justice and mercy used in Book of Mormon theories of the atonement.
2 Ne 2:5-26
2 Ne 9:17-27
Alma 42:17-23
the law of God[edit]
This is something morality or moral law. Scritpures referencing "laws of God": Mosiah 2:33, Mosiah 4:14, Mosiah 29:13, Alma 60:33, 3 Ne 15:9 (Christ refers to himself as "the law"), Morm 9:3
human laws[edit]
- The laws of Mosiah
- The laws of wicked kings
- The laws of Gaddiantons
Scriptures discussing human laws: Mosiah 29:11, Mosiah 29:13 (?), Mosiah 29:22-23, Mosiah 29:25-41, Alma 1:1, 14, 17-18, Alma 1:32-33, Alma 2:1-3, Alma 14:2-5, 20, Alma 27:9, Alma 30:7, Alma 30:11, Alma 34:11-12, Alma 51:2-5, Alma 62:9-10, 47, Hel 2:10, Hel 4:22, Hel 6:23-24, Hel 8:2-3, 3 Ne 5:5, 3 Ne 6:4, 3 Ne 6:24-27, 3 Ne 6:29-30, 3 Ne 7:11, 14, Ether 7:25
laws of the church[edit]
This phrase appears only in Alma 1:21.
