EVIDENCE: New Year Rites (Mosiah 1–2)

Ed J. Pinegar, Richard J. Allen

Hugh Nibley states that King Benjamin’s farewell address, Mosiah’s coronation, and the accompanying events are exemplary of a typical year-rite or great assembly. While the rituals in Mosiah chapters 1 and 2 are on a much higher spiritual level than those written about in Old World texts, Nibley reveals that “not a single element of the primordial rites is missing, and nothing is added, in the Book of Mormon version.” (See Echoes, 472).

Commentaries and Insights on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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