Torn coat's symbol
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When Moroni lifted the title of liberty, he referred to the rent coat of Joseph who was sold into Egypt. (Alma 46:24.)
In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Hugh Nibley referred to a 10th-century B.C. collection in Persia of legends. One related that Joseph's brothers took his torn garment to their father as proof he was dead, but Jacob, after examining the garment, declared the way the cloth was torn indicated otherwise.Brother Nibley observed: ". . . aside from the great symbolic force of the tale, there can be no doubt that the story told by Moroni was one familiar to all the people, actually was one that circulated among the Jews in ancient times. . . . It was totally unknown to the world in which Joseph Smith lived."
