Seek Ye Words of Wisdom
Seek Ye Words of Wisdom
Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks
Edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin
Jointly published by The Interpreter Foundation and BYU Religious Education
This volume of scholarly essays—published as a Festschrift tribute to Stephen D. Ricks, Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Learning in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University—was edited by three of his former students who are now all on the faculty at BYU. The essays were contributed by former students, colleagues, and friends in appreciation of Professor Ricks and his influence on their lives. The contents listed here represent areas of academic and personal interest to him.
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Stephen D. Ricks is a professor of Hebrew and Cognate Learning at Brigham Young University and an author and coauthor of numerous books and articles defending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its teachings. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and Graduate Theological Union. From 1988 to 1991 Ricks was the president of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, and from 1991 to 1997 he served as the chairman of the FARMS board of directors. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. From 1992 to 1996, Dr. Ricks was the associate dean of General Education and Honors at BYU. Ricks is a coauthor of the Dictionary of Proper Names and Foreign Words in the Book of Mormon. He has written several studies on the temple in the ancient world. He and his wife, Shirley Smith Ricks, have six children, twenty grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Table of Contents
Book of Mormon Studies
- “Wicked Traditions” and “Cunning Arts”: Wise Men, Sorcery, and Metalwork in Nephite Society — Dan Belnap
- “A Still Small Voice”: Three Permutations of Qôl Dĕmāmâ Daqqâ in the Book of Mormon — Matthew L. Bowen
- Columbus among the Lamanites — Andrew H. Hedges
- Manipulating Text to Reinforce the Message: Content Informs Form in the Bible and Book of Mormon — Paul Y. Hoskisson
- The Lord Works from the Inside Out: “Cleanse the Inner Vessel” — Camille Fronk Olson
- A Great Leap Backward: Where Matters Stand Now regarding the Book of Mormon’s “Secret Combinations” — Daniel C. Peterson
- All Kindreds Shall be Blessed: Nephite, Jewish, and Christian Interpretations of the Abrahamic Covenant — Noel B. Reynolds
- Hebrew Words Reflected in the Book of Mormon — John A. Tvedtnes
Biblical Studies
- Paragraphs and Verses in the Scriptures — Kent P. Jackson
- Women, Eve, and the Mosaic Covenant: A Latter-day Saint Theological Reading — Shon D. Hopkin
- Eve’s Role as a “Help” (‘Ezer) Revisited — Donald W. Parry
- Restoration Insights into Barrenness and Divine Intervention — Shirley Smith Ricks
- Remembering and Keeping the Sabbath Day in the Late Second Temple Period: What Modern Latter-day Saints Might Learn about Sabbath Worship — Gaye Strathearn
- The Symbolism of Two Sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son — John W. Welch
Temple and Ritual Studies
- The Reach, the Handclasp, and the Embrace: Gestures of the Gods in the Ancient Egyptian Abydos Formula — David Calabro
- From the Egyptian Temple through the Hebrew Bible to the Book of Mormon — John Gee
- Seeking the Sacred: Replicating the Holy Sepulchre and Jerusalem Pilgrimage — Jennifer C. Lane
- Rituals, Magic, and Outsiders in Tannaitic Judaism: The Case of the Customs of the Amorites — Avram R. Shannon


