Captivity
Bondage, physical or spiritual; deliverance from captivity is a recurring theme of redemption.
Also known as: Captive
7 documents · 5 libraries · 1992–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 1 document in 1992
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference2 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- Hymns1 document
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies1 document
- Scripture Central1 document
Latest
Interpreter
The Bands of Death, the Chains of Hell, and the Seed Motif (opens in a new tab)
Noel Hudson · 2025
Interpreter
Insights into the Story of Korihor Based on Intertextual Comparisons (opens in a new tab)
Noel Hudson · 2024
Scripture Central
Treatment of Prisoners (opens in a new tab)
Jul 2021
General Conference
Lamentations of Jeremiah: Beware of Bondage (opens in a new tab)
Quentin L. Cook · Oct 2013
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
A Case for Lehi's Bondage in Arabia (opens in a new tab)
S. Kent Brown · 1997
General Conference
“By the Power of His Word Did They Cause Prisons to Tumble” (opens in a new tab)
James M. Paramore · Oct 1992
Hymns
How Long, O Lord Most Holy and True (opens in a new tab)
John A. Widtsoe
Most frequent voices
- Noel Hudson2 documents
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