Comments on: Opposition, 1 – Fixing the Text of 2 Nephi 2:11 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/ A blog focused on LDS scriptures and teaching Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:11:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Opposition, 7 – Structures in 2 Nephi 2:11 « Feast upon the Word Blog http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-44678 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:31:46 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-44678 [...] let me remind readers of the text as we’ve fixed it. (We’ve had to leave that behind while looking at translations, note.) Here it [...]

]]> By: LDS Anarchist http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-43551 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:25:32 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-43551 Re: Skousen’s comments on the “neither holiness nor misery” bit, perhaps the original word was happiness, but even if the word was holiness, as we now have it in our scriptures, it still (to my mind) fits the text. Holiness is the state of being “set apart,” and Lehi here is talking about the state of the Universe, or universal sphere of inner light, in comparison to the outer realm of darkness. The universal sphere of inner light is, indeed, set apart, or holy, from that outer darkness, so to the prophetic mind, righteousness leads to holiness (within the inner sphere of light), while wickedness leads to misery (outside in the realm of darkness.) The one is a good state or condition to be in, a purposeful one, the other a bad state or condition, one without purpose.

]]> By: LDS Anarchist http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-43550 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:14:33 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-43550 Here is how I would write the text, without any punctuation, only with natural stops in the text:

for it must needs be | that there is an opposition in all things | if not so | my first-born in the wilderness | righteousness could not be brought to pass | neither wickedness | neither holiness | nor misery | neither good | nor bad | wherefore | all things must needs be a compound in one | wherefore | if it should be one body | it must needs remain as dead | having no life | neither death | nor corruption | nor incorruption | happiness | nor misery | neither sense | nor insensibility |

This way of writing the text is based on patterns found here.

]]> By: Opposition, 0 – Series Introduction « Feast upon the Word Blog http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-42590 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:15:32 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-42590 [...] comments Opposition, 1 – Fixing the Text of 2 Nephi 2:11 « Feast upon the Word Blog on Opposition, 2 – Contextualizing 2 Nephi 2:11Opposition, 2 – Contextualizing 2 [...]

]]> By: Opposition, 2 – Contextualizing 2 Nephi 2:11 « Feast upon the Word Blog http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-42588 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:13:42 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-42588 [...] 18: “ Stay on the Lord’s Side of the Line” (George Albert Smith Manual)joespencer on Opposition, 1 – Fixing the Text of 2 Nephi 2:11Antony den Dulk on Opposition, 1 – Fixing the Text of 2 Nephi 2:11Opposition, 1 – [...]

]]> By: joespencer http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-42578 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:51:27 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-42578 Interesting idea. I’ll be mulling that over….

]]> By: Antony den Dulk http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2012/09/13/opposition-1-fixing-the-text-of-2-nephi-211/#comment-42575 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:59:27 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/?p=4045#comment-42575 Looking at the pattern, I think the following would make sense:
“If not so, my first born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass; neither holiness nor wickedness; neither happiness nor misery; neither good nor bad.”

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