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Noel B. Reynolds

About Noel B. Reynolds

Noel Reynolds (PhD, Harvard University) is an emeritus professor of political science at Brigham Young University, where he taught a broad range of courses in legal and political philosophy, American Heritage, and the Book of Mormon. His research and publications are based in these fields and several others, including authorship studies, Mormon history, Christian history and theology, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Nephite Metaphor of Life as a Probation: Rethinking Nephi’s Portrayal of Laman and Lemuel

by Noel B. Reynolds | Jul 21, 2023 | 4 comments

A Backstory for the Brass Plates

by Noel B. Reynolds | Oct 21, 2022 | 2 comments

The Last Nephite Scribes

by Noel B. Reynolds | Sep 30, 2022 | 2 comments

Lehi’s Dream, Nephi’s Blueprint: How Nephi Uses the Vision of the Tree of Life as an Outline for 1 and 2 Nephi

by Noel B. Reynolds | Aug 5, 2022 | 3 comments

Modern Near East Archaeology and the Brass Plates

by Noel B. Reynolds | Jul 8, 2022 | 6 comments

Lehi and Nephi as Trained Manassite Scribes

by Noel B. Reynolds | Mar 4, 2022 | 8 comments

Nephi’s Small Plates: A Rhetorical Analysis

by Noel B. Reynolds | Feb 11, 2022 | 4 comments

The Goodness of God and His Children as a Fundamental Theological Concept in the Book of Mormon

by Noel B. Reynolds | Jul 16, 2021 | 2 comments

“Strong Like unto Moses”: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates

by Jeff Lindsay and Noel B. Reynolds | Mar 26, 2021 | 10 comments

Chiastic Structuring of Large Texts: Second Nephi as a Case Study

by Noel B. Reynolds | Dec 7, 2020 | 0 comments

Rethinking Alma 36

by Noel B. Reynolds | Jan 24, 2020 | 3 comments

The Brass Plates Version of Genesis

by Noel B. Reynolds | Nov 15, 2019 | 3 comments

The Language of the Spirit in the Book of Mormon

by Noel B. Reynolds | Aug 30, 2019 | 8 comments

“Come unto Me” as a Technical Gospel Term

by Noel B. Reynolds | Jan 4, 2019 | 7 comments

The Gospel According to Mormon

by Noel B. Reynolds | Jun 15, 2018 | 10 comments

The Status of Women in Old Testament Marriage

by Noel B. Reynolds | Mar 23, 2018 | 2 comments

Two New Studies of Biblical Repentance

by Noel B. Reynolds | Sep 29, 2017 | 4 comments

On Doubting Nephi’s Break Between 1 and 2 Nephi: A Critique of Joseph Spencer’s An Other Testament: On typology

by Noel B. Reynolds | Apr 28, 2017 | 5 comments

The Return of Rhetorical Analysis to Bible Studies

by Noel B. Reynolds | Oct 9, 2015 | 6 comments

Rethinking the Apostle Peter’s Role in the Early Church

by Noel B. Reynolds | Nov 9, 2012 | 2 comments

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