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Prospering in the Land of Promise
In his remarkable textual study of the Pentateuch, the eminent biblical scholar Robert Alter identifies a key literary convention for the narrative portions of this sacred Judeo-Christian scripture: "It is a general principle of biblical narrative that a character's first recorded speech has particular defining force as characterization." 1 Alter, Meir Sternberg, and Erich Auerbach also make comparable observations about the first recorded actions of biblical characters.2 While this literary convention is not a universal feature of the Hebrew Bible, biblical writers frequently employed it to place empirical events in an interpretive context that appropriately focuses the attention of the serious reader. Certainly modern readers stand to gain much insight into biblical narratives from a careful study of this literary convention.3
Since the Book of Mormon comes from a biblical culture, this convention might be of comparable value in understanding the ancient Nephite text. For example, the first reported actions of both Lehi and Nephi involve prayer.4 Even though the precise words of their respective prayers are not included in the narrative, the account implies that through their prayers these holy men received from God sufficient knowledge and direction to begin the ministries that would define the central focus of the sacred history that follows.
What about the entrance of God into the narrative? What are his first quoted words, and how do they contribute to the meaning of the text? Although the beginning of Nephi's record reports several spiritual experiences, the text does not include any of God's actual words until the second chapter of 1 Nephi. When God does speak, he promises divine blessings, first to Lehi and second to Nephi (1 Nephi 2:1, 19), signaling that the sacred narrative will emphasize how God blesses the spiritual dynasty founded by this father-son prophet duo.
As full of promise as these initial statements are, they do not specify how God intends to bless Lehi and his posterity. However, immediately after promising to bless Nephi, God himself reveals his strategy for doing so.
And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands. And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren. For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I will curse them even with a sore curse, and they shall have no power over thy seed except they shall rebel against me also. And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance. (1 Nephi 2:20–24)
From this passage we see that the Lord promises to bless Nephi by means of covenants that establish an eternal relationship between God and his chosen people. The central themes of these covenants—prospering in a land of promise and ruling in righteousness over its inhabitants—become two of the dominant themes of Nephi's sacred record.5
The first of these covenants could be called the covenant of the promised land. The formal expression of this covenant finds repeated expression throughout the Book of Mormon: "Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence."6 Its structure is a classic binary contrast: blessings for the faithful and curses for the rebellious.7 In this case, the contrast turns on two terms: prosper and land. The formal terms of the covenant imply that prospering is the proximate blessing for those who obey God's commandments and that the promised land is the earthly equivalent of the heavenly presence of God. The covenant also implies that the faithful will eventually enjoy eternal life in the literal presence of God.
In exploring the concept of prospering in the Book of Mormon, I will make two central points: (1) Nephi initially defines and illustrates the concept of prospering in his small plates record, and (2) Mormon uses Nephi's concept of prospering to abridge the large plates.
'Prospering' Defined by Nephi
Consistent with his explicit declaration "My soul delighteth in plainness" (2 Nephi 25:4; compare 33:6), Nephi introduces the concept of prospering in clear, explicit terms. For example, in the course of Lehi's final blessing to his righteous posterity, in which he twice repeats the formal terms of the covenant of the promised land (2 Nephi 1:9, 20), Lehi partially defines prospering: "They shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. . . . And there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever" (2 Nephi 1:9; see v. 31). According to Lehi, protection, peace, persistence, and safety are the hallmarks of those who keep God's covenants in the promised land.
At the conclusion of the historical portion of his account, Nephi enlarges upon the concept of prospering by defining the qualities of his newly founded society in the land of Nephi. He lists nine characteristics that distinguish his followers from those of his wicked brothers, from whom Nephi's people had recently separated (see 2 Nephi 5:1–18). Twice Nephi associates these qualities with prospering ("we did prosper exceedingly," v. 11; "we began to prosper exceedingly," v. 13).
1. Obeying God's law. "And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes, and the commandments of the Lord in all things, according to the law of Moses" (v. 10).
2. Practicing domesticated economies. "And . . . we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance. And we began to raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind" (v. 11).
3. Preserving sacred records. "And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which was prepared . . . by the hand of the Lord" (v. 12).
4. Bearing and raising children. "And it came to pass that we began . . . to multiply in the land" (v. 13).
5. Securing adequate defense. "And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us" (v. 14).
6. Constructively using natural materials. "And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which were in great abundance" (v. 15).
7. Worshipping at temples. "And I, Nephi, did build a temple . . . after the manner of the temple of Solomon " (v. 16).
8. Requiring industriousness. "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious, and to labor with their hands" (v. 17).
9. Providing for righteous leadership. "And it came to pass that they would that I should be their king. But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king; nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my power" (v. 18).
To further align these characteristics with the covenant of the promised land, Nephi immediately declares that the initial promises of the Lord "had been fulfilled" (2 Nephi 5:19–20; compare 1 Nephi 2:20–24). The fulfillment of the prior promises occur in both covenantal senses: blessing Nephi and his followers for their obedience and cutting the wicked off from God's presence. As a result, the Lamanites become the antithesis of the Nephites, being characterized as rebellious, loathsome, idle, nomadic, mischievous, and aggressive.8 Nephi concludes his historical account of the establishment of this ideal, covenant-based society with the general declaration of its ultimate objective: "And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness" (2 Nephi 5:27).
'Prospering' in Mormon's Abridgment
Following Nephi's lead, Mormon features the covenant of the promised land in his abridgment. He does this through the frequent repetition of the term land(s) and by giving prominence to Nephi's nine characteristics of prospering.9 As will be seen, for Mormon some characteristics of prospering play a more central role than others, and not all are required for the Nephites to be considered in compliance with the covenant. Mormon's abridgment is more complex and sophisticated than what a formulaic application of the characteristics might imply. Nevertheless, Nephi's characteristics of prospering permeate Mormon's abridgment in both positive and negative senses. They serve as a measure of the strength of the Nephites' covenant relationship with God and their moral distinction from the Lamanites. The rest of this study summarizes Mormon's use of Nephi's concept of prospering to abridge the Nephite records.
1. Obeying God's law—keeping the commandments. The quality of personal and group righteousness, as defined by obedience to the law of Moses and the gospel of Christ, is the focal point of virtually every major discourse in the abridgment, including those of King Benjamin, Abinadi, Alma the Elder, Alma the Younger, Amulek, Samuel the Lamanite, and Christ.10 The principle of obedience to divine commandments also provides a consistent explanation for the success or failure of Nephite military, political, and social initiatives, and it is regularly the focus of Mormon's extended editorials.11 Righteousness is also a key condition for the fulfillment of prophecies, the realization of gospel blessings, and the reception of spiritual experiences throughout Nephite history. Clearly, this characteristic of prosperity is interwoven throughout Mormon's abridgment and serves as a standard by which Mormon measures the faithfulness of the Nephites in keeping the covenant of the promised land.
2. Practicing domesticated economies. Agriculture and animal husbandry play an important role in Mormon's abridgment of the Nephite records, in both positive and negative terms. On the positive side, abundance of grain and of "flocks and herds" is often mentioned as a consequence of increased or renewed righteousness.12 During times of war and oppression, the material resources of the Nephites are often destroyed or wasted.13 By contrast, the Lamanites are described as living by nondomesticated practices, for example, by nomadic wandering and hunting "wild beasts" in the wilderness.14
In the Book of Mormon, material wealth is frequently, but not universally, connected with prospering. Consistent with the covenant of the promised land, when wealth is a means to aid the poor, free the oppressed, comfort the disadvantaged, or strengthen the church—it is a prime virtue.15 However, as a means of oppression, a source of social stratification, a symptom of pride and materialism, or an end in itself, wealth is a great evil.16 As a prime example of the corrupting potential of wealth, "priestcraft"—that is, religious activities for the purpose of "getting gain"—is a particularly reprehensible evil among the Nephites.17
3. Preserving sacred records. The need to preserve sacred records, as well as sacred objects such as the Liahona and the sword of Laban, receives specific mention throughout the abridgment, especially on auspicious occasions such as the transfer of authority from one Nephite leader to another.18 Sacred records figure prominently when significant segments of the Nephite society are reunited and upon the resolution of political, military, or moral crises.19 The sacredness of records and the necessity of their preservation are the subject of numerous editorials.20 On one occasion Mormon identifies belief in the sacredness of the records as a defining feature of Nephite identity, and on another occasion he records that the wicked people of Ammonihah destroyed the "records which contained the holy scriptures" as part of a genocidal program (Alma 3:11–12; 14:8).
During his three-day ministry to the Nephites, the resurrected Christ makes sure that the Nephites' scriptural record is accurate and complete by adding information that had been inadvertently omitted by prior record keepers and by "expound[ing] all the scriptures unto them which they had received" (3 Nephi 23:6–14). Christ also clarifies the scope and purpose of the Nephites' sacred writing:
Write the things which ye have seen and heard, save it be those which are forbidden. Write the works of this people, which shall be, even as hath been written, of that which hath been. For behold, out of the books which have been written, and which shall be written, shall this people be judged, for by them shall their works be known unto men. (3 Nephi 27:23–25)
4. Bearing and raising children. The importance of bearing and raising children in righteousness finds expression, on the one hand, in terms of demographic increase and geographic spread and, on the other, in the care with which families and children are protected and nurtured by the entire community.21 By contrast, the loss of children through evil practices and the treachery of their abandonment are considered to be serious breaches of the moral order.22 The necessity of becoming pure like a child is also mentioned in major Nephite doctrinal expositions.23
5. Securing adequate defense. Nephites readily defend their lands, cities, "flocks and herds," homes and families, manner of worship, liberties, and all other blessings of prospering in the promised land. Their doing so is both a moral right and a covenantal obligation. Nephites regularly risk the loss of individual life in order to ensure the continuity of the covenant community (e.g., Alma 43–62). Covenants also play a specific role in rallying the Nephites to defend themselves at crucial times in their history (e.g., Alma 43–45) and in assuring that the vanquished aggressors preserve the newfound peace at the end of the conflict (Alma 44:15; 50:36).
Two great threats to Nephite society that periodically require an armed response include internal dissension, as manifest by such groups as the Zoramites and the "king-men," and external invasion, as undertaken by the Lamanites. Nephite-Lamanite conflicts are of three general types, each of which is anticipated and interpreted by the covenant of the promised land. When the Lamanites invade during times of Nephite righteousness, the Nephites always prevail, usually with few Nephite and many Lamanite casualties. This outcome is a general reminder that the covenant identifies the Nephites as the "rulers and teachers" of the Lamanites (1 Nephi 2:22–23). By contrast, when the Nephites are weakened by wickedness, Lamanites often succeed in their aggression, usually with heavy losses on both sides. Lamanite military success in these cases has the effect of "scourging" the Nephites into remembrance of their covenant duties.24 Finally, when the Nephites turn altogether from the covenants by which they have been protected for a millennium in the promised land, they become the aggressors, "delight in bloodshed," and sorrow for the loss of their kinsmen but not for their own abundant sins. In this condition of abject wickedness, they are swept off the promised land and are altogether destroyed by the Lamanites (Mormon 1–6; 8).
It is often the case that Nephite dissenters or their descendants incite the Lamanites to wage war on their former "brethren." Most of the warfare in the century and a half before Christ's appearance in the promised land results from unresolved factional conflicts within Nephite society that are escalated by personal ambition to civil strife and sedition. The dissensions of the Amlicites, Zoramites, people of Ammonihah, and king-men follow this model. In an ironic fulfillment of the covenant of the promised land, it is usually Nephite dissenters who eventually become the leaders of the Lamanite armies, often by treachery, in order to foment their hatred of the Nephites.25
The Gadianton robbers are a particularly heinous example of dissension. They erode Nephite society from within and without and are motivated primarily by the evil objectives of Satan, not simply the personal ambitions of conquest, greed, and revenge. The contrast between following unrighteous personal ambitions and consciously embracing satanic objectives seems to distinguish "priestcrafts" in the Book of Mormon from "secret combinations." The latter organize themselves according to the "secret oaths and covenants" of Satan and "spread the works of darkness and abominations over all the face of the land" in order to bring "the people down to an entire destruction, and to an everlasting hell" (Helaman 6:25–30). Because of their categorical opposition to the covenant of the promised land, Mormon credits the "band of Gadianton" with "the overthrow, yea, almost the entire destruction of the people of Nephi" (Helaman 2:13).
6. Constructively using natural materials. The constructive use of natural materials is the characteristic of prospering least developed in Mormon's abridgment. A possible reason why Mormon minimizes this quality of prospering is that it is not as distinctive a characteristic of covenantal prosperity as many of the others. Fine workmanship serves materialistic and other evil ends as often as it serves righteous intentions (e.g., Mosiah 11:8–13; Alma 4:6). Nevertheless, this characteristic is featured in the narrative as righteous Nephites spread their habitations, after the Lamanites and Nephites establish a temporary peace, as the Nephites develop their extended spiritual utopia following Christ's ministry, and as the Jaredites realize the benefits of their righteousness.26
7. Worshipping at temples. While the specific mention of temples in Mormon's abridgment is not frequent, their general significance in Nephite society is considerable. Two of the spiritual high points of Mormon's abridgment—King Benjamin's sermon and Christ's ministry—take place initially or completely at temples (Mosiah 2:1–7; 3 Nephi 11:1). In a millennial vein, Christ prophesies, quoting Malachi, that in the last days and as the "messenger of the covenant" he will "suddenly come to his temple" (3 Nephi 24:1). Temples also seem to distinguish the central cities of the Nephites, are an object of the building activity in times of prosperity (e.g., Helaman 3:9–14), and, along with synagogues and sanctuaries, are the centers of Nephite worship (e.g., Alma 16:13).
8. Requiring industriousness. The importance of being industrious is emphasized in sermons and prophecies; typifies the lifestyles of righteous priests, generals, commoners, and converts alike; and is regularly contrasted with the indolence of the Lamanites and Nephite dissenters.27 The Book of Mormon even classifies the progress of the gospel ministry and the plan of salvation as "work" or "labor."28 However, like the characteristic of the constructive use of natural resources, industriousness, improperly applied, can lead to pride (Alma 4:6) and economic stratification (3 Nephi 6:10–14), which undermine the equality and unity of the covenant community and prepare the society for moral collapse.
9. Providing for righteous leadership. The prime quality of leadership in the Book of Mormon is righteousness. While not all leaders are considered prophets, all are expected to keep God's commandments, exercise righteous judgment, have compassion for those whom they govern, act in the best long-term interest of the society, uphold the law, act with justice and equity, and receive and follow divine inspiration, whether directly through the Holy Ghost or indirectly through living prophets.
Whether it pertains to society, church, government, military, or home, the value of righteous leadership in the narrative cannot be overstated. King Benjamin stresses it in his valedictory sermon (Mosiah 2). Concerned about the wickedness of members in the newly founded church, Alma resigns his position as chief judge to concentrate on his duties as chief priest (Alma 4:15–20). Lamanite kings who are converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ risk position, power, and their very lives to act in a manner consistent with their spiritual conversion (Alma 24).
While it is not the case that the moral tenor of society in the Book of Mormon automatically reflects that of the leaders, it is particularly true that Nephite society cannot escape the negative consequences of evil or ineffective leadership. Because of the impact of one evil despot (King Noah), the Nephites redefine their polity, adopting judgeship to replace kingship, which had served the society well for several hundred years (Mosiah 23, 29). General Moroni threatens chief judge Pahoran with overthrow because Moroni perceives him to be weak and indifferent to the society's fundamental needs. Then, when Moroni understands the true condition of Nephite political instability, he restores order to the government before successfully defeating the invading Lamanites (Alma 60–62). The successive assassination of judges at the time of Helaman signals a systemic eroding of Nephite society from within (Helaman 1–4). In stark contrast to the general righteousness of Nephite leaders, Mormon's abridgment also includes examples of evil, treacherous, uncaring, and ambitious leaders.29
Some Conclusions
A striking example of how Mormon integrates the complementary characteristics of prospering into his abridgment involves his extended editorial lament on the natural depravity of mankind (Helaman 12), which is inserted between his accounts of the largely frustrated ministries of Nephi, the son of Helaman (Helaman 5–11), and of Samuel the Lamanite (Helaman 13–15). In this brief but poignant commentary, Mormon identifies the conditions of prosperity—material abundance, wealth, adequate defense, peace, safety, welfare, happiness—that the Nephites have taken for granted or perverted, thus placing them in a position of spiritual and temporal jeopardy (Helaman 12:1–3). That Mormon mentions "prospering" three times in the enumeration of this list suggests that he intends his commentary to be understood in terms of the covenant of the promised land. Interestingly, Mormon omits from his list the characteristics of prospering that are more difficult to pervert—obedience to God's commandments, preservation of sacred records, temple worship, and righteous leadership. Mormon then identifies various antitheses of prosperity—foolishness, vanity, evil, iniquity, boastfulness, slothfulness, pride, disobedience, ingratitude, and rebelliousness—that characterize those who have broken the covenant (vv. 4–5). The point here is that prosperity in the Book of Mormon is a unified concept, not a collection of disparate qualities. Mormon testifies that those who feel that they can selectively emphasize certain qualities and ignore others are not keeping the spirit of the covenant and cannot qualify for its blessings.
Continuing his extended commentary on the consequences of disobedience, Mormon next uses the terms of the covenant of the promised land in an unfavorable comparison between "children of men" and "dust of the earth" (Helaman 12:7–19). In this comparison, Mormon asserts that 'dust' (i.e., the most insignificant component of 'land') is more worthy of God's blessings than 'man' because 'dust' is more obedient to God's commandments. Interestingly, the various ways by which Mormon illustrates the obedience of earth to the commands of God (e.g., earthquakes, convulsions, tsunamis, and landslides) foreshadow the ways that Nephite lands of promise are destroyed by God prior to Christ's appearance, in fulfillment of prophecy and in accordance with the curse for disobedience connected with the covenant of the promised land (compare 1 Nephi 12:1–5 and 3 Nephi 8–9). Finally, Mormon identifies a special power of the earth—to hide the treasure of evil men—as the antithesis of prosperity, which promises material sufficiency to the obedient.30 As a dire warning to those who persist in their rebellion against God, Mormon twice invokes the ultimate curse of the covenant—namely, that the disobedient will be cast out of God's presence (Helaman 12:21, 25). He also promises that the penitent and obedient will be saved through God's grace (vv. 22–24).
While Mormon's abridgment of the large plates is not consumed by an attention to the Nephites' prospering in the land of promise, the foregoing summary has shown that prospering is a major theme in his historical narrative. Using frequent repetition of the covenant concept and pervasive use of its particular characteristics, Mormon crafts a sacred narrative that is consistent with the covenants by which God established a relationship with Nephi and distinguished his followers in the promised land. The resulting text illustrates a detailed understanding of the Nephite covenants of salvation and the commitment on the part of its writers to interpret Nephite history accordingly.
Even though Nephi's aforementioned characteristics of prospering are individual commandments in their own right, obedience to the letter of the law does not, of itself, satisfy the terms of the covenant. The covenant of the promised land requires a level of spiritual commitment beyond merely keeping records, building temples, amassing wealth, and preparing a defense. Numerous examples from Nephite history document the negative consequences of satisfying only the outward requirements. To qualify Nephites for covenant blessings, their records had to be sacred, their wealth used for righteous purposes, their temples devoted to worshipping God, and their military directed to defend covenant-based institutions and relationships.
A further implication of Nephi's and Mormon's treatment of this covenant is that the unit of prosperity is the community as a whole more than its individual members. The narrative indicates that even during times of righteousness individual Nephites suffered from poverty, illness, untimely death, physical handicaps, and other ills of mortality. Faithfulness does not necessarily prevent all individual misfortunes. Required by the covenant to be conscious of and committed to the welfare of the entire community, individual citizens, in turn, benefit in large measure from the virtues and blessings realized by the community as a whole. By the same token, the wicked portions of Nephite society do not necessarily render the entire society susceptible to the covenant's curse, particularly if concerted efforts are made by the rest of the community and its leaders to stem the spread of evil. Unfortunately, when the Nephite society as a whole turns from the covenant, the few righteous who remain also suffer collaterally from its curse (e.g., Mormon 8).
This study reveals a degree of conscious intentionality on the part of the principal authors of the Book of Mormon. Given the detailed and systematic correspondence between their respective accounts, Nephi and Mormon seem to be aware of and committed to achieving the Lord's objectives for their writing because of their rigorous use of all the historical sources, interpretive skills, spiritual gifts, and literary conventions at their disposal. This clear direction and these committed resources do not make easier the daunting task of writing the enduring record of their civilization. They do, however, make it possible.
The perspective that Mormon's abridgment amplifies and fulfills prescriptions of Nephi's sacred record is consistent with Mormon's explicit statement of editorial intent. In his extended introduction to the abridgment, Mormon reviews how he has decided to append the small plates of Nephi in their entirety to his abridgment of the large plates, even though he has just completed an abridgment from the large plates that covered the same time period. Reminding future readers of the special contents of Nephi's small plates, Mormon explains,
And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them have been fulfilled; yea, and I also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day have been fulfilled, and as many as go beyond this day must surely come to pass—wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the [large] plates of Nephi; and I cannot write the hundredth part of the things of my people. But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be choice unto my brethren. (Words of Mormon 1:4–6)
This declaration suggests that the sacred contents of Nephi's small plates serve Mormon as an interpretive framework by which he abridges the voluminous records of the Nephites. The present study illustrates one of many possible connections between Nephi's verbatim account and Mormon's abridgment.31
The concept of prospering, as developed within the context of the covenant of the promised land, is one key to understanding the Book of Mormon narrative as crafted by its major writers. This perspective suggests that the more empirical contents of the text are as essential to its overall meaning as are its more patently spiritual contents. Seen in this light, no secular or purely descriptive contents exist in the narrative, only those "which are pleasing unto God" (1 Nephi 6:5).
Finally, this study demonstrates one way that a sacred history may be distinguished from that which has primarily mundane or merely scholarly value. The sacredness of the Book of Mormon narrative derives not only from the spiritual value of particular contents, but also, and perhaps more importantly, from the conscious crafting of these contents into a coherent narrative, in accordance with a divinely revealed perspective. That is, a sacred history like the Book of Mormon can be seen as a narrative whose structure is defined by divine covenants and whose contents amplify the eternal purposes of those covenants.
The point of view of the present study is that the concept of prospering is revealed by God to the founding prophet of a righteous civilization in the context of a divine covenant that defines the special identity of his people and ensures, in a qualified manner, their longevity and eventual salvation. Nephi, in turn, uses the covenant to make sense of his own ministry and of the society that he has founded. Following Nephi's lead, Mormon crafts the sacred history of his people consistent with this divine focus.
1. Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004), 158 n. 1, also 77 n. 2, 160 n. 16, 207 n. 6, 222 n. 7; and Robert Alter, The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel (New York: W. W. Norton, 1999), 47 n. 1, 105 n. 2.
2. Meir Sternberg, The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987), e.g., 321–41. See also Erich Auerbach, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, trans. Willard R. Trask (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968), 3–23; and Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (New York: Basic Books, 1981), 114–30.
3. For example, the first quoted speeches of Sarah and Rachel involve their respective childlessness, a central theme of both their lives (Genesis 16:2; 30:1–2); the young Joseph's first words in Genesis focus on the prophetic quality of his dreams, a key to his saving not only his own life but also the Abrahamic lineage and the lives of many Egyptians (Genesis 37:5–11; 41:1–45); and Ruth's first explicit speech act sets in motion a series of events that culminates in her becoming the maternal ancestor of King David (Ruth 1:14–16; 4:13–22); the first specific recorded actions of the patriarch Abraham reveal his abiding desire to do God's will, the central quality of his life (Genesis 12:1–9); Rebekah's first recorded actions and sayings fulfill the fervent prayer of Abraham's servant in anticipation of her critical role of preserving Abraham's patriarchal lineage (Genesis 24:12–28); and the first explicit actions of Moses in the biblical narrative liberate from oppression two of his kinsmen, prefiguring his more expansive biblical role with the house of Israel (Exodus 2:11–13).
4. Lehi prays on behalf of the people of Jerusalem, and Nephi pleads for God to soften his heart so that he can accept the inspired direction of his father (1 Nephi 1:5; 2:16).
5. Alter, Art of Biblical Narrative, 92–95, discusses the interpretive value of terms and themes that are frequently repeated in the biblical narrative. It is instructive in this regard that land(s) is repeated 164 times and people an additional 183 times in the books of 1 Nephi and 2 Nephi, making them among the most frequently repeated nouns in Nephi's record.
6. 2 Nephi 1:20; 4:4; see Jarom 1:9–10; Mosiah 1:7, 17; 2:22; Alma 36:1, 30; 38:1; 48:15, 25; Helaman 4:13–15; 12:1–2; 4 Nephi 1:7–11. In addition, paraphrases of the covenant of the promised land abound in the text.
7. Delbert R. Hillers, Covenant: The History of a Biblical Idea (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1969), 120–42.
8. Each of these qualities directly contrasts with those listed above as being indicative of Nephi's people prospering after their separation from the Lamanites. Compare 2 Nephi 5:19–26 with 2 Nephi 5:10–18 and 1 Nephi 2:20–24.
9. Mormon uses land(s) 1,024 times in his abridgment (Mosiah 1 to Mormon 7).
10. Mosiah 2–4; 12–16; 18; Alma 5, 9–13, 32–34; 38–42; Helaman 13–15; 3 Nephi 11–18.
11. E.g., Mosiah 11; 19–21; Alma 4:3; 59:12; Helaman 4:12–13; 12.
12. E.g., Mosiah 21:16; Alma 1:29; 4:4–6; 62:29; Helaman 6:12; 3 Nephi 3:22; 6:1–2.
13. E.g., Mosiah 7:22; Alma 3:1–2; 4:2–3.
14. E.g., Enos 1:20; Alma 22:28; 31:3; 3 Nephi 4:2, 18–20.
15. E.g., Mosiah 4:24–26; Alma 1:24, 27; 4:13; 35:9; 4 Nephi 1:3.
16. E.g., Alma 1:16; 4:6–12; 17:14; Helaman 4:12; 6:12–17, 39; 3 Nephi 6:12–15; Mormon 8:37.
17. E.g., 2 Nephi 26:29; Alma 1:12–16; 11:3–20; 30:35; Helaman 7:21; 4 Nephi 1:26; Mormon 8:33–40.
18. E.g., Mosiah 1:3–16; 22:14; Alma 37; Helaman 3:13–15; 3 Nephi 1:1–2; Mormon 1:1–4.
19. E.g., Mosiah 8:5–19; 22:13–14; 28:10–20; Alma 63:1, 12–13; Helaman 3:13–16; 3 Nephi 2:8–9; 5:18–19.
20. E.g., 1 Nephi 6; 9; 19; Words of Mormon; 3 Nephi 26:6–8.
21. E.g., Mosiah 2:5; 9:9; 23:20; Alma 43:9, 45; Helaman 6:12; 11:20–21; 3 Nephi 17; 18:21; 19:1; 22:13; 4 Nephi 1:10–11.
22. E.g., Mosiah 19:11–24; 26:1–4; Alma 2:25; 3:1–2; 14:8; 3 Nephi 1:29–30; Mormon 4:14–21; Ether 14–15.
23. E.g., Mosiah 3:18–21; 3 Nephi 17; Moroni 8.
24. 1 Nephi 2:24; compare Alma 4:3; 59:12; 60:15–17; Helaman 4:12–13.
25. E.g., Alma 43:4–7; 46–48; 52; Helaman 1:14–34.
26. Helaman 3:6–9; 6:11–13; 4 Nephi 1:7–9; Ether 10:22–28.
27. E.g., Mosiah 2:12–18; 9:11–12; 10:5; 11:1–6; 18:24–26; 27:5; Alma 1:3, 26; 17:14–15; 24:18; 47:36; 48:12; 62:29; Ether 10:22.
28. E.g., 1 Nephi 14:7; 2 Nephi 3:7–8; 27:20–34; 28:5–6; Alma 17:16; 26:3, 8; 28:14; 30:33–34; 42:13; 3 Nephi 21:7–9, 26–28; Moroni 9:6.
29. E.g., King Noah (Mosiah 11), Nehor (Alma 1), Amilici (Alma 2), Korihor (Alma 30), Zerahemnah (Alma 43–44), and Amalickiah (Alma 46–49).
30. Helaman 12:18–19. In addressing the covenant of the promised land in his discourse to rebellious Nephites, Samuel the Lamanite mentions this power of the earth to "hide" material treasures from wicked humans (Helaman 13:18–21).
31. Steven L. Olsen, "Prophecy and History: Structuring the Abridgment of the Nephite Records," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15/1 (2006): 18–29, argues this thesis by comparing homologous structures of prophecy and narrative in the Book of Mormon text.


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Aneurin Bevan, disgusted by the attitude of doctors, "vowed to stuff their mouths with gold". It was the only way to get the NHS set up and since then doctors have had their fair share of gold, as their working week has got shorter and their rewards longer.
In the 1950s I lived with a GP uncle. He had Thursday afternoons off and alternate weekends. It was a rare night that he was not called out. I last had a home visit in the early 1980s.
I suppose the average doctor's salary of £115,000 is to be endured, as Shaw remarked: "The doctor is a specially dangerous man when poor." But I find it difficult to equate with a secondary school teacher who may aspire to half that only if promoted to senior management, and I do hate the idea that most doctors would get a pension of over £60,000.
Doctors planning industrial action in defence of their current pension rights seems to me as greedy as bankers defending their bonuses.
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Cadeleigh, Devon
Would you like to be operated on by a 67-year-old surgeon at 3am? As a GP I already see lots of people in many different jobs struggling to make it to 60 or 65 in order to retire.
You will get people not actually capable of doing their job or adapting to the continuing changes staying on for their pensions. This can only be to the detriment of patient care.
Most healthcare professionals are not guided by self interest and often put their patients first, often to the detriment of their own family life.
Judith Anderson
Will anyone notice the day's withdrawal of labour when the doctors go on strike, or will they just shrug and say, "Well, it's just another weekend"? It is hard to know what those who voted for a strike hoped to achieve – certainly not public sympathy.
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Why I confronted Blair at the Leveson hearing
Anyone could have walked into the Leveson inquiry last Monday. Finding the back stairs and entrance to the court was ridiculously easy and, yes, I could have been wearing exploding underpants. Perhaps I did the Courts of Justice a favour, highlighting inadequate security, but that was not what my polite demonstration was about.
At the time of the First World War, British people had little choice; they did as their "superiors" told them and died for "God, King and Country". Twenty years later we went to war again, this time through choice, to stop the evil that was Hitler and the Nazis. My father fought for this country and our family's freedom. He was in the Normandy landings. After that war the United Nations was established to stop the likes of Hitler ever again.
I believe the sacrifice made by the many for Britain has been criminally disgraced. According to The Lancet, half a million people lost their lives in the Iraq war. When I marched nervously into the judge's entrance to court 73 at the Leveson inquiry, I wanted to shine a spotlight on evil, this time perpetrated in our names by our own Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who cajoled us and tricked us into a war.
In 2010 I went to Iraq to make a documentary about what ordinary Iraqis had to say. I travelled from Baghdad to Halabjah and from Basra to Fallujah. Like many here, their view was that the war was about oil, not Saddam.
David Lawley-Wakelin
London W2
Martin Young (letter, 31 May) claims that the left hated Tony Blair, and preferred a "return to Thatcherite policies", because it preferred to see Labour as a party of opposition.
Utter nonsense, but typical of New Labour apologists. Quite apart from Iraq, the left hated Blair and New Labour precisely because they signified a continuation of Thatcherite policies: slavishly pro-big business and contemptuous of trade unions; maintaining disastrous "light touch" regulation of the banks; venerating the super-rich, and allowing the gap between rich and poor to widen; obsessed with extending markets and privatisation throughout education and the NHS; constantly denigrating professionals as selfish "producer interests" when they dared to point out the damaging consequences of constant public sector reform; perpetuating the cult of managerialism, so that public-sector staff were buried under paperwork – and then berated for being inefficient; introducing student fees; populist pandering to the Tory tabloids.
Blairism was largely Thatcherism with a cheesy grin. That is why the Left hated Blair.
Pete Dorey
Can we not die better than this?
Mike Joseph (letter, 21 May) argues that, faced with Alzheimer's or a similarly degenerative disease, there should be an option to allow a medically supervised suicide.
I know of an independent single lady who had to be moved out of her flat and into a care home because of Alzheimer's. Placed amongst people with dementia far more advanced than her own, she deteriorated rapidly because no one knew her story or had time to chat about people and events that had meaning for her. She was over 90 and her friends were old and able to visit only infrequently.
The first time I took her closest friend to visit, she recognised her after initial confusion and smiled and laughed as they talked of old times. Months later, it took much longer for her to realise her friend's presence, but she did and she was glad. She thanked us repeatedly for the flowers we'd brought. It was upsetting to realise that she was conscious of her situation, that she knew she was losing her faculties, and that she hated being surrounded by people slumped in their chairs, visibly demonstrating what she would become.
Our final visit found her slumped in her own chair in her own room. She had been refusing food for a fortnight and was very weak. She did recognise her friend but with visible anguish. She either could not or would not speak, but her eyes filled with tears, despair and humiliation at her friend seeing her thus reduced. After a further week of refusing food, she died.
This is a scenario which is bound to become more common. We are able now to prolong life irrespective of its quality. Care homes do their best to look after their inmates' physical needs, but have neither the time nor the individual knowledge to alleviate the mental suffering of an isolated, mentally deteriorating individual.
What do we as a society think about this? Many seem bound to end up in institutionalised care. We don't like to contemplate death, but it will come for us all. Having improved the physical care of the very old, is it not time to review their mental and spiritual care? And how a good death can be achieved?
Sue Norton
Smart aid makes a real difference
Ian Birrell appears more obsessed with Bob Geldof than Geldof is with aid ("Bob Geldof's obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars", 28 May). Trade is a key part of any vision for a strong and prosperous Africa. The Commission for Africa, on which Geldof served, insisted as early as 2005 that Africa will "fail to meet the Millennium Development Goals, unless it increases its diminishing share of world trade".
Birrell makes valid points about the risk of aid bureaucracy and of development that is not country-led. But his one-sided assessment not only ignores the difference that smart aid has made (it matters, for example, that UK aid has vaccinated 80 million children against life-threatening diseases), it also disregards the way aid can underpin trade and economic development.
It can create the conditions necessary for growth, such as a well-educated, healthy and well-fed workforce, together with vital infrastructure. It can also foster political stability by improving democracy and strengthening civil society.
Smart aid will help Africans create the opportunities to work their way out of poverty and towards a world without aid. That's a world we are working for.
Adrian Lovett
Europe Director, ONE, London W1
Snipers on the Armenian border
Amid the hysteria generated by the Eurovision Song Contest, we should not overlook the aggressive attitude of Azerbaijan towards its neighbour Armenia.
Last week, while participating in a scientific collaboration with Armenian colleagues, I was in the north of Armenia and at various points very close to the border with Azerbaijan. In one village people came out of their houses to advise us not to drive further along the road as Azeri snipers were regularly shooting across the border. A number of people, peacefully working in their fields, and even schoolchildren had been shot dead. Such incidents are widespread.
The purpose of such killings can only be to provoke retaliation by Armenia, creating a "border incident" and enabling Azerbaijan to try to annexe yet another small mountainous enclave of Armenia.
This part of Armenia is ethnically Armenian and the inhabitants are Christian and speak Armenian. They would have no wish to be incorporated into Islamic Azerbaijan, where they would suffer persecution or worse. Let us hope that democratic choice and the rule of law will prevail.
Dr Adrian C Pont
Goring-on-Thames, Reading
Money that helps children
Your case for switching resources from child benefit to child care is premised on the argument that giving parents more money will not "necessarily help the child" (leading article, 30 May). Yet one of the messages of the Unicef research is that the additional financial support provided to families under Labour was effective in reducing deprivation among children.
Other research shows that typically parents spend such additional support in ways that benefit children. There is a strong case for investing more in child care, but not at the expense of direct financial support for children.
Ruth Lister
Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour), House of Lords
Language lesson
Thank you, Mary Dejevsky ("Native English is degenerating into a global dialect", 30 May). Those who delight in the wealth of English are now tongue-tied. The ubiquity of "Globish" has given schools reason to question time with Shakespeare. The averagely articulate person seems a pariah. That's why, at the Actors' Centre, we doggedly explore English poetry.
Clive Swift
London NW8
Gay rugby
In "The therapist who tried to cure me of being gay" (24 May), Patrick Strudwick reports being advised to take up rugby to "cure" his homosexuality. As a recently married man in 1970, I played rugby for Cambridge City and "came out" as bisexual to the club, and friends. I don't remember it being much of a problem. So my advice to Lesley Pilkington is, yes, play rugby!
Peter Brown
Wrong way
In your piece on the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge (29 May), you printed an aerial shot of bridge construction. That picture shows the Oakland-Bay Bridge. The Bay Bridge opened to traffic six months before the Golden Gate Bridge.
Paul Cleveland
Wye, Kent
Sober travel
A defendant in a court case was "banned from using the Tube while drunk for five years" ("Woman jailed for racist rant", 30 May). Everybody should be banned from using public transport while drunk, permanently.
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"If you are starting to look ahead what do you see?" a journalist asked Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at the Mobile World Congress. An anonymous reader shares a report: Hastings cited the work of Charlie Booker on "Black Mirror," saying "He tells many strange and wonderful stories on tech," and that "what's amazing about tech is, it's very hard to predict." "What we do is try to learn and adapt," said Hastings. "Rather than commit to one particular point of view, we will adapt to that." "If it's contact lenses with amazing capabilities, at some point, we will adapt to that." Hastings said the Internet's importance in one sense is that watching things on streaming is "so easy and convenient," with the result that "a show like The Crown, which would have been a niche before, is spreading around the world." "I just can't emphasize enough how much it's just beginning," he repeated. But, pressed stock, what about ten years out or twenty years out? Hastings said at that point there will be "some serious virtual reality" to contend with. And past twenty years? "Over twenty to fifty years, you get into some serious debate over humans," mused Hastings. "I don't know if you can really talk about entertaining at that point. I'm not sure if in twenty to fifty years we are going to be entertaining you, or entertaining AIs."


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Students in Henry County have about one month of summer vacation remaining! The county school system will begin their 2010-11 school year on August 11 when students will again catch their buses and find their desks for more learning opportunities.
Registration for families new to the county begins at the central office at 326 Eminence Road in New Castle. Parents can call 845-8600 or come by the office to get the information needed to get their children enrolled at any of the district's schools.
Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester and year homestay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. The students are anxiously awaiting news of their new families. This is the last chance for these young ambassadors to fulfill their life-long dreams, and their placement deadlines are rapidly approaching.
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The adult education program in Henry County has been temporarily suspended while Eminence Independent Schools takes the reins.
Henry County Public Schools operated the adult education program in the past, but did not apply for a 2010 grant that would have renewed it. The building that housed adult education is being demolished to make way for New Castle Elementary renovations.
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Kentucky State Police have charged two Henry County residents after seizing nearly 80 marijuana plants in Lockport last week.
KSP Post 5 Public Information Office Trooper Michael Webb said James "Jamie" Doss and Carolyn Beverly were charged with cultivating marijuana, more than five plants, in connection to the seizure, a class D Felony.
The KSP marijuana eradication unit led the inves-tigation, and spotted the plants during a regular flyover.
Robert Powell, of New Castle, owns the horses Bill (left) and George (right), who won the heavyweight class of the draft horse pull Saturday, July 3, at the Henry County Fair. Pictured with Robert Powell, are Rick Barnes, holding Bill, Ray Powell (center), and Elizabeth Powell, holding George.
"I believe we've got a deadline... July 2 that it should be completed."
Those were the words Campbellsburg Mayor Jan Fletcher had for his council last week in what initially was a brief update on the project to rebuild the city's fire department.
But members of the fire department wanted to know what would happen if that deadline wasn't met.
It was a main course of fried chicken, with a side of pure friendliness.
On Tuesday, June 29, as employees of Kissel Entertainment — the company that provides the rides and games for the Henry County fair — prepared for the day ahead, members of the county's Baptist churches assembled a lunch of fried chicken with plenty of sides.
Residents who want a quick getaway have a plethora of options for day trips. Among those is Nelson County's Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.
The Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest was established by Isaac W. Bernheim in 1929. He was a German immigrant who became a successful whiskey distiller, establishing the I.W. Harper brand.
A group of juveniles is believed to have stolen a handgun in a string of break-ins last week in Pleasureville.
The Henry County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in identifying the people responsible for three business break-ins.
Sheriff Danny Cravens said someone broke into Beasley's Garage, Pleasureville Florist and Pleasureville Pool Hall, all on Thursday, July 1.
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Grateful Web recently had an opportunity to speak to guitarist, composer and bandleader, Charlie Hunter.
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With his 2011 label debut hailed by No Depression as "perfect" and by American Songwriter as "brilliant," singer-songwriter/rock 'n' roll musician Brian Wright will unveil his new album, the highly anticipated Rattle Their Chains, on Sept. 10.
After selling out their Phish After Party at the Tonic Room in Chicago, IL on Saturday, July 20thmore than a month in advance, Kung Fu has added a second show at the same venue on the following night.
Stomp your feet, clap your hands, and raise a glass because Fruition are releasing Just One of Them Nights on July 30th, 2013.
Portland Oregon-based Shook Twins enter June with a completed recording project, successfully funded Kickstarter, vinyl release, and announcement of their upcoming full summer festival season calendar. In May the group headed into the studio with Grammy nominated producer Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Milo Greene) and in concert launched a successfully fan supported Kickstarter campaign to fund the project.
Electric Forest - returning to the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan on June 27- June 30 - is just two weeks away. To help fans start planning, new and exciting announcements are being made each day. The festival recently released the 2013 Stage Schedule and just today published this year's Electric Forest Festival Map [link], revealing an expanded Sherwood Forest and Sherwood Forest Stage, and the brand new Observatory stage.
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Robert Walter's 20th Congress have announced the first leg of U.S. tour dates to support their new album, Get Thy Bearings, available June 25 from The Royal Potato Family. The tour hits Colorado for five nights in August before heading to the West Coast in September for eight shows running from Los Angeles to Seattle.
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With ample time, the organization that governs a different international sporting event — World Cup soccer — can ditch Russia and Qatar for more inclusive host countries.
Well, not exactly. But as part of a new social change initiative, UNHATE News, young people are submitting stories of news they'd like to see — and they have a chance to get U.N. support for their causes.
From Pussy Riot to a revamped Coke ad, there's been no shortage of Sochi spoofing this winter.
A Russian judge ruled that the administrator of an LGBT support group on social networks did not violate the country's ban on 'gay propaganda' to minors.
A new video from the Human Rights Campaign takes American antigay activists to task for stoking the flames of LGBT hatred in Russia.
While in Russia, we explored the short history of Sochi's drag culture and the queens who started it.
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I'm hitting the following assert in B2G on debug builds:
Assertion failure: i < Length() (invalid array index), at ../../dist/include/nsTArray.h:535
This appears to be occuring with light sensors which only have a single value. The nsDeviceSensors::Notify function blindly pulls 3 values which causes the assert.
Created attachment 629033 [details] [diff] [review]
One way of resolving the problem.
I would do
const InfallibleTArray<float>& values = aSensorData.values();
size_t len = values.Length();
double x = len > 0 ? values[0] : 0.0;
double y = len > 1 ? values[1] : 0.0;
Created attachment 629041 [details] [diff] [review]
Proposed patch for bug 760347 v2
Bah. Humbug.
OK - I like the looks of your version better.


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Lobster Stuffed Tenderloin
|Lobster tails
|12 Ounce, frozen (Three 4 Ounce Pieces)
|Beef tenderloin
|6 Pound (1 Piece)
|1 Tablespoon, melted
|Lemon juice
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Garlic salt
|To Taste
|Ground pepper
|To Taste
|Bacon slices
Preheat oven to 425°.
In a large pot bring salted water to boil.
Once water is boiling, drop lobster tails in and return to boil; simmer for 5 minutes.
Carefully remove lobster from tail in one piece and set aside.
Cut tenderloin lengthwise to within 1/2 inch of edge, leaving one side connected.
Place lobster inside tenderloin to cover entirely.
Combine butter and lemon juice and drizzle over lobster.
Wrap top of tenderloin around the lobster and tie with string.
Sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper.
Place on rack in roasting pan.
Bake uncovered for 35 to 40 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 140° to 160°.
Meanwhile cook bacon until transparent, not crisp.
Set aside to cool.
Place bacon on top of tenderloin for the last 4-5 minutes.
May be served with this optional sauce.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 5682 Calories from Fat 1749
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 248 g382.3%
Saturated Fat 84.1 g420.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1866 mg622%
Sodium 2929.8 mg122.1%
Total Carbohydrates 61 g20.4%
Dietary Fiber 9.3 g37.2%
Sugars 48.2 g
Protein 635 g1269.9%
Vitamin A 7.6% Vitamin C 6.1%
Calcium 78.2% Iron 279.6%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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- That chunky '50s-style neck
Gibson's Les Paul '50s Tribute gives you the robust sustain you need for hot solos and crunching power chords. What's Gibson's secret? A major part of the Les Paul's tonewood recipe is the fusion of a maple top on a mahogany body. This combination is largely responsible for the legendary Les Paul sound - as well the LP's reputation for being rather heavy. But fear not! Gibson's traditional weight relief has been scientifically applied to this 'Paul - giving you all the sustain, without the pain. Now you can play marathon gigs without next-day visits to the chiropractor. The Gibson Les Paul '50s Tribute - it's what rock dreams are made of.Legendary P-90 single-coils onboard
The Gibson Les Paul '50s Tribute sports a pair of P-90 Soapbar pickups. Gibson's first successful single-coil pickup, the P-90 can be heard on countless classic recordings. With its biting treble and high output, the P-90 cleans up nicely when you roll back your guitar's volume pot. And when you hit your amp hard, the P-90 really wails. It's an amazingly versatile pickup (more so, arguably, than most humbuckers). Check out the Who's Live at Leeds to hear Pete Townsend coax a jaw-dropping range of tone out of his P-90 equipped axe.That chunky '50s-style neck
The first Les Pauls had huge necks, but by 1960 the neck underwent several modifications until it became what's known as the slim-taper design, which clearly is for wimps, right? If you're going to play a Les Paul, you want something you can actually grab onto. The neck carve on the Gibson Les Paul '50s Tribute isn't quite as chunky as some of the originals, but it's fatter - and considerably more satisfying - than the '60s slim-taper design. But it still has that warm, classic Les Paul feel, allowing easy access to the upper frets so you can really dig into your solos!Gibson Les Paul '50s Tribute Left-handed Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:
- Mahogany body with Gibson's "Traditional" weight relief
- Maple top enhances your sustain and gives your notes snap
- Mahogany neck with '50s Rounded Profile
- Rosewood fingerboard with classic Trapezoid inlays
- Chrome Tune-o-Matic bridge; Grover Kidney tuners
- Two P-90 Soapbar pickups with black covers
- "2013 Model" on back of headstock, "'50s Tribute" truss rod cover
- Premium gig bag included