UPDATE
I just finished reading Grant Hardy’s Understanding the Book of Mormon, A Readers Guide A scholarly book discussing the narrators of the Book of Mormon: Nephi, Mormon and Moroni. Studying this has increased my testimony in the Book of Mormon.
I took the following Great Courses series on Sacred Texts of the World first which set a very excellent framework for understanding the Book of Mormon, especially since lecture 29 (of 36) is Related Traditions-Mormon Scriptures.
ORIGINAL
After listening for 18+ hours, I highly recommend this course. Prof. Hardy has a love for and in-depth knowledge of these sacred texts. He does an excellent job of set up, context, and comparison between the text. He stays focused on the text themselves and doesn’t let himself stray beyond what’s needed to understand them.
Professor Hardy positions the LDS sacred texts perfectly within the course material. I am thrilled at how much this increased my testimony of the LDS sacred texts, at my age anything that can increase my testimony this much is very impressive.
A Mormon
I ordered the DVD version and was able to start today via streaming.
The Torch: The Great Courses Podcast
Also authored:
In lecture 5: Laws of Manu and Ghagavad Gita
Tulsi Gabbard – Wikipedia, how was she quoted?
From Lesson 14: Vinaya and Jataka
Do you see a Rabbit or a Man in the Moon?
Also in Lesson 14: Vinaya and Jataka
Said to be the first – India around 600 BC – women’s sacred poetry collection:
Bhikkhuni – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is the quite famous Therigatha collection of poems call Verses of the Elder Nuns and a less known collection called Discourses of the Ancient Nuns.
Lesson 29:
