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New Light: The Queen of Sheba, Skyscraper Architecture, and Lehi’s Dream

TitleNew Light: The Queen of Sheba, Skyscraper Architecture, and Lehi’s Dream
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2002
Secondary AuthorsS. Kent Brown
JournalJournal of Book of Mormon Studies
Volume11
Issue1
Pagination102-103, 115
Type of ArticleNew Light
KeywordsAncient Near East; Arabia; Architecture; Great and Spacious Building; Jerusalem; Lehi (Prophet); Tree of Life
Abstract

The Book of Mormon prophet Lehi received a vision commonly referred to as the tree of life. Within that vision, he observes a building that he describes as “strange.” A possible reason Lehi labels it this way is that the architecture of the building was dissimilar to the architecture popular in Jerusalem at the time. The building in Lehi’s dream was plausibly structured similar to the buildings found in south Arabia during Lehi’s time. By studying the architectural styles of Jerusalem and south Arabia, one can better evaluate and understand the vision of the tree of life.

URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol11/iss1/18