And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Isaiah 8:17


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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Sermon on the Mount by John W Welch

by Jesus Mafa


My favorite lecture about the Sermon on the Mount was given by John W Welch at a symposium titled: 

Mormonism and the Temple
Examining an
Ancient Religious Tradition
held October 29, 2012
Utah State University, Logan, Utah



Joseph Lauber

The Scriptures say that Matthew was a tax collector, a publican working for the Romans.  
In this paper, Welch looks at the Greek words used in the Sermon, some of which are unique to that occasion.  Comparing them to the LXX, Welch suggests that Matthew may be Levi, a levite collecting the temple tax.  That radically changes how we might read the Sermon, now in a temple setting.



Robert Reid , Unitarian  Memorial Church, Fairhaven Mass.


The entire proceedings of that conference are available on the conference website at 



Sermon on the mount windows at Herzogenbuchsee Reformed church near Berne. Picture by Eugène Burnand 1910, glass by Emil Gerster of Basel 1911

You can find this one paper on Scripture Central at https://archive.bookofmormoncentral.org/sites/default/files/archive-files/pdf/welch/2019-04-01/john_w._welch_the_temple_the_sermon_on_the_mount_and_the_gospel_of_matthew_2012.pdf



 Toronto McCausland   St Andrew’s United Church, New Testament
   Moose Jaw,  Saskatchewan




Sermon on the Mount, stained glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany

 in the Arlington Street Church, Boston

 

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