Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & Sermon on the Mount builds on that 1990 book, The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount. FARMS's decision to bring this eye-opening book back into print afforded Welch the opportunity to make substantial additions based on insights gleaned throughout a decade of continuing research.
But his analysis remains basically unchanged: understanding the Sermon as a temple text reveals that it has far more power and unity than a mere collection of miscellaneous sayings of Jesus. Seeing the teachings and commandments of the Sermon on the Mount in its Book of Mormon setting—at the temple, in connection with sacred ordinances of covenant making—opens new insights into the meaning and significance of the Sermon. In this light, readers will never again see the Sermon the same.
Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & Sermon on the Mount can be purchased here:
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For those who wish to read the original book The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount it can be located online at Maxwell Institute or order from Deseret Books or Amazon. An old copy can probably be found at Ebay as well.
John W. Welch is an excellent writer and his writing style is easy to read.
In an article at FARMS, The Sermon At The Temple, Welch tells us:
"Interestingly, a few New Testament scholars have begun hinting that the Sermon on the Mount had cultic or ritual significance in the earliest Christian community. Betz, for example, sees the Sermon on the Mount as revealing the principles that "will be applied at the last judgment," and thinks that the Sermon on the Mount reminded the earliest Church members of "the most important things the initiate comes to 'know' through initiation," containing things that "originally belonged in the context of liturgical initiation." Indeed, the word "perfect" (teleios, Matthew 5:48) has long been associated with becoming initiated into the great religious mysteries."The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount
1. Introduction
2. The Temple Context and Unity of the Sermon at the Temple
3. Toward an Understanding of the Sermon as a Temple Text
4. Some Personal Reflections
5. The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount: The Differences
6. The Common Israelite Background
7. Joseph Smith and the Translation of Sermon at the Temple
8. The Sermon at the Temple and the Greek New Testament Manuscripts
9. The Synoptic Question: Did Matthew Compose the Sermon on the Mount?
10. Results and Concluding Thoughts
11. Appendix: A Columnar Comparison of the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple
12. Selected Bibliography
The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple can be purchased here:
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FARMS Review of The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount is by Todd M. Compton.
Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11-18 and Matthew 5-7
Additional Related Material:
Prophetic Enlightenment on the Sermon on the Mount (Ensign - Jan. 1999) By W. Jeffrey Marsh
Sermon on the Mount (Meridian Magazine) By John A. Tvedtnes
The Dead Sea Scrolls & Jesus’ Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount by Kerry Shirts
Review of Temple Themes in Christian Worship
The Beatitudes
New Testament Word Studies (Ensign - Apr. 19930) By John W. Welch
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