7 Latter-day Saint Patriarchal Blessings Yesterday and Today

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Commitment and Doctrinal Functions of Early Mormon Patriarchal Blessings 12
7. 2 Unity and Conflict in Early Mormon History 26
8. 3 The Office and Calling of the Church Patriarch 51
9. 4 The Problems and Promise of Patriarchal Blessings as Historical Artifacts 66
10. 5 Patriarchal Blessing Themes, 1834–1845 75
11. 6 Gender Differences in Early Patriarchal Blessings 88
12. 7 Latter-day Saint Patriarchal Blessings Yesterday and Today 106
13. Appendix A: Examples of Oracular Versus Inspirational Modes of Prophetic Rhetoric 121
14. Appendix B: Blessings Randomly Sampled from Marquardt’s Early Patriarchal Blessings 125
15. Appendix C: Thematic Word Index for Patriarchal Blessings 129
16. Notes 135
17. References 153
18. Index 163