Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

Celebrating Exactitude, When It’s Appropriate

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
9/30/2021
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
12 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, exactitude, lds, Mormonism, precision

Abstract: It’s almost always better to be right than to be wrong, to be exact than to be sloppy. In scholarship generally and serious scriptural study specifically, it’s important to work toward precision in both interpretation and explanation. However, the Lord is fully capable of reaching us where we are, despite our imperfect languages and our limited capacities. “These commandments are of me,” he says at D&C 1:24, “and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their language, that they might come to understanding.”

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Celebr...


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