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“I Am a Son of God”: Moses’ Prophetic Call and Ascent into the Divine Council

The Interpreter Foundation
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Stephen O. Smoot Presented at the 2021 Book of Moses Conference: Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses. The first chapter of the Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price depicts how the prophet Moses ascended a high mountain in vision and became divinized as member of God’s divine council. This widely recognized ancient biblical motif (that of a prophet being called into God’s presence, divinized, and commissioned to be his spokesman) grounds the opening narrative of the Book of Moses in the ancient world and provides an illuminating context by which readers of the text can better appreciate its profound message. ...more
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“I Am a Son of God”: Moses’ Prophetic Call and Ascent into the Divine Council
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2021Jun 15
Stephen O. Smoot Presented at the 2021 Book of Moses Conference: Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses. The first chapter of the Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price depicts how the prophet Moses ascended a high mountain in vision and became divinized as member of God’s divine council. This widely recognized ancient biblical motif (that of a prophet being called into God’s presence, divinized, and commissioned to be his spokesman) grounds the opening narrative of the Book of Moses in the ancient world and provides an illuminating context by which readers of the text can better appreciate its profound message.

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The Interpreter Foundation

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