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“Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge: Act in Faith.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #260. January 11, 2017.
Keywords: Faith; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Holy Ghost; Revelation; Nephi; Laman; Lemuel; Zeezrom; Lamoni; King Lamoni; Alma; Aaron; Nephites; Lamanites; Liahona; Lehi; Covenants
“An Apostle’s Witness.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #2. January 2, 2016.
Keywords: Jeffrey R. Holland; Apostle; Witness; Joseph Smith; Testimony; Book of Mormon; General Conference; Church History; General Authority; Restoration
“Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #403. January 30, 2018.
Keywords: Plates; Gold Plates; Joseph Smith; Church History; Eight Witnesses; Three Witnesses; Evidence
“Are There Mistakes in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #3. January 4, 2016.
Keywords: Title Page; Moroni; Critical Text; Textual Variants; Textual Criticism; mistakes; Book of Mormon Translation; Book of Mormon; Church History; Restoration
“Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #407. February 13, 2018.
Keywords: Plates; Gold Plates; History; Ancient Near East; Ancient Israel; Archaeology; Evidence
“Are There Really Only Two Churches?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #16. January 21, 2016.
Keywords: Doctrine; Opposition; Lamb of God; God; Church of the Lamb; Church of the Devil; Strait and Narrow; Eternal Life; Satan; Devil; Christianity; Hell
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“Can Chiasmus Survive Translation?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #343. July 24, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Translation; Parallelism; Hebrew; Bible; Old Testament; New Testament; Ancient Greek; Evidence
“Can Textual Studies Help Readers Understand the Isaiah Chapters in 2 Nephi?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #39. February 23, 2016.
Keywords: Textual Criticism; Critical Text; Isaiah; Joseph Smith; Joseph Smith Translation; Nephi; Textual Variants; Church History; Book of Mormon Translation; Restoration
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“Did a ‘Magic World View’ Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #538. October 31, 2019.
Keywords: Folk Magic; Seer Stone; Money Digging; Treasure Seeking; Book of Mormon Translation; Joseph Smith; Church History; Ancient Israelite Religion; High Priest; Urim and Thummim; Mesoamerica; Divination
“Did Abinadi Prophesy During Pentecost?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #90. May 2, 2016.
Keywords: Abinadi; King Noah; Mosiah; Legal; Law of Moses; Pentecost; Ancient Israelite Religion; Shavuot; Ancient Judaism; Psalms
“Did Alma Counsel His Sons During the Passover?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #146. July 19, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Zoramites; Passover; Wisdom; Ancient Judaism; Legal; Ancient Law; Corianton; Shiblon; Helaman; Chiasmus
“Did Ancient Israelites Build Temples Outside of Jerusalem?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #31. February 11, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Temples; Altar; Arad; Lachish; Elephantine; Megiddo; Beersheba; Jerusalem; Archaeology; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Ancient Near East; Ancient Israel; Sacred Space; Law of Moses; Law; Legal; New World; Promised Land; Sacrifice; Evidence
“Did Ancient Israelites Write in Egyptian?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #4. January 5, 2016.
Keywords: Egyptian; Egypt; Hieratic; Language; Hebrew; Archaeology; Ancient Israel; Ancient Near East; Top KnoWhys; Evidence
“Did Ancient People Sail the Seas?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #21. January 28, 2016.
Keywords: Sailing; Transoceanic; Ancient Seafaring; Nephi; Lehi; Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land; Promised Land; Ancient Near East; Archaeology; Arabia; Mesoamerica; New World; Ocean; Evidence
“Did Interactions with ‘Others" Influence Nephi’s Selection of Isaiah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #45. March 2, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Isaiah; New World; Gentiles; Promised Land
“Did Jacob Refer to Ancient Israelite Autumn Festivals?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #32. February 12, 2016.
Keywords: Jacob; Nephi; Sukkot; Feast of Tabernacles; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Covenants; Law of Moses; Law; Legal; Priest; Promised Land; Evidence
“Did Jerusalem Have Walls Around It?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #7. January 8, 2016.
Keywords: Jerusalem; Walls; Joseph Smith; Emma Smith; Book of Mormon Translation; Archaeology; Ancient Israel; Ancient Near East; Evidence
“Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #520. June 13, 2019.
Keywords: Atonement; Jesus Christ; Gethsemane; Blood; Sacrifice; New Testament; Textual Criticism
“Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Assassinate Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #632. May 31, 2022.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Lilburn Boggs; Doctrine and Covenants; Church History; Assassination; Porter Rockwell; Legal; Law
“Did Joseph Smith’s Mother Believe He Could Have Written the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #555. March 31, 2020.
Keywords: Church History; Lucy Mack Smith; Joseph Smith; Book of Mormon Translation; Restoration
“Did Lehi Quote Shakespeare?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #26. February 4, 2016.
Keywords: Shakespeare; Lehi; Afterlife; Underworld; Ancient Near East; Nephi; Death; Hell; Ancient Israelite Religion; Bible; Old Testament; Evidence
“Did Lehi Use the Poetry of the Ancient Bedouin?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #5. January 6, 2016.
Keywords: Poetry; Bedouin; Arabia; Desert; Lehi; Hugh Nibley; Ancient Near East; Nephi; Ancient Israel; Language; Evidence
“Did Pre-Christian Prophets Know About Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #12. January 15, 2016.
Keywords: Heavenly Father; Jesus Christ; God; Yahweh; El; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Canaanite Religion; Ancient Near East; New Testament; Old Testament; Bible; Ancient Judaism; Hebrew; Names; Book of Mormon Names; Etymology; Archaeology; Ancient Israel; Divine Council; Evidence
“Did Prophets Such as Ezekiel Know the Writings of Zenos?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #440. June 12, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Ezekiel; Intertextuality; Allegory of the Olive Tree; Jacob
“Did the Book of Mormon Witnesses Really See What They Claimed?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #521. June 20, 2019.
Keywords: Church History; Witnesses; Three Witnesses; Eight Witnesses; Gold Plates; Book of Mormon Translation
“Did the Nephites Have a ‘Holiday Season’ Like We Do Today?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #394. December 28, 2017.
Keywords: Nephites; Christmas; King Benjamin; Sukkot; Feast of Tabernacles; Rosh Hashanah; Yom Kippur; Day of Atonement; New Year
“Did ‘Others’ Influence Book of Mormon Peoples?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #435. May 22, 2018.
Keywords: Nephites; Jaredites; Lehites; Mulekites; New World; Anthropology; Others
“Does Chiasmus Prove Anything about the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #358. August 28, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Book of Mormon; Evidence
“Does Psalm 22 Really Say ‘They Pierced My Hands and My Feet’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #641. August 9, 2022.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Crucifixion; Psalms; Dead Sea Scrolls; Septuagint; Masoretic Text; Critical Text; Hebrew
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“Has An Artifact That Relates to the Book of Mormon Been Found?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #103. May 19, 2016.
Keywords: Archaeology; Mulek; Mosiah; Zedekiah; Jeremiah; Bible; Old Testament; Zarahemla; Mulekites; Babylon; Hebrew; Etymology; Evidence
“Has the Location of Nephi’s Bountiful Been Discovered?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #259. January 9, 2017.
Keywords: Bountiful; Nephi; Lehi; Arabia; Promised Land; Sailing; Nahom; Dhofar; Khor Kharfot; Archaeology; Botany; Geography; Evidence
“Has the Prophecy of the Lord’s House Established in the Mountains been Fulfilled?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #41. February 25, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Isaiah; Mountain; Temples; Sacred Space; Heavenly Ascent; Holy Ascent; Prophecy; Salt Lake Temple; Jerusalem; Zion; Restoration
“Have the Valley of Lemuel and the River Laman Been Found?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #286. March 13, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi; Nephi; Valley of Lemuel; River Laman; Archaeology; Ancient Near East; Wadi; Geography; Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Red Sea; Jerusalem; Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land; Evidence
“How a Tangent About Foreordination Helps Explain Repentance.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #398. January 11, 2018.
Keywords: Alma the Younger; Ammonihah; Repentance; Premortal Life; Priesthood; Premortality; Plan of Salvation; Foreordained
“How Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac Illuminates the Atonement.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #412. March 1, 2018.
Keywords: Jacob; Law of Moses; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Sarah; Hagar; Mary; Jesus Christ; Crucifixion; Atonement
“How Are Acts of Service Related to Wisdom?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #308. May 3, 2017.
Keywords: Service; King Benjamin; Wisdom; Bible; Old Testament; Proverbs; Wisdom Literature; Hebrew; Poetry; Parallelism; Gradation; Atonement; Humility; Divine Kingship
“How Are Atonement, Resurrection, Judgment, and Redemption Interconnected?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #275. February 15, 2017.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Atonement; Resurrection; Repentance; Alma; King Benjamin; Blood; Gethsemane; Love of God; Love
“How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #453. July 26, 2018.
Keywords: Oliver Cowdery; Letter VII; Geography; Hill Cumorah; Joseph Smith; Church History
“How Are Rod and Sword Connected to the Word of God?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #427. April 24, 2018.
Keywords: Iron Rod; Tree of Life; Nephi
“How Are Samuel the Lamanite and the Biblical Prophet Samuel Similar?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #576. September 1, 2020.
Keywords: Samuel the Lamanite; Samuel; 1 Samuel; Bible; Old Testament; Agag; Hebrew; Onomastics; Names; Word Play; Pun; Messiah; Anointing; Gestures
“How Are the Book of Mormon’s Teachings About the Godhead Unique?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #266. January 25, 2017.
Keywords: God; Heavenly Father; Jesus Christ; Holy Ghost; Godhead; Bible; Joseph Smith
“How Are the Words of the Book of Mormon Like ‘One That Hath a Familiar Spirit’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #491. December 6, 2018.
Keywords: Familiar Spirit; Isaiah; Nephi; Likening; Angel Moroni; Old Testament
“How Can Barley in the Book of Mormon Feed Faith?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #87. April 27, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; Agriculture; Barley; North America; Mesoamerica; Botany; Anachronism; Evidence
“How Can Contrasts Teach Us about True Conversion?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #562. May 19, 2020.
Keywords: Conversion; Alma the Younger
“How Can Honest Labor and Self-Reliance Bring Lasting Happiness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #365. September 19, 2017.
Keywords: Labor; Church History; Work; Brigham Young; Pioneers; Utah; Deseret; King Noah; Zeniff
“How Can One Overcome the Natural Man?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #311. May 10, 2017.
Keywords: King Benjamin; Natural Man; Humility; Children; Adoption; Holy Ghost; Adam; Eve; The Fall; Service; Atonement
“How Can One ‘Feast upon the Words of Christ’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #306. April 28, 2017.
Keywords: Nephi; Tree of Life; Lehi; Ezekiel; Bible; Old Testament; Bread of Life; Manna; Temple Shewbread; Temples; Ancient Israel; Sacrament; Sabbath; Scriptures
“How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like the Nephites Were?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #327. June 16, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Hiram Page; Revelation; Prophets; Nephites; Final Nephite Battle; Samuel the Lamanite; Destruction; Prophecy; Obedience
“How Can Sally Conrad’s Witness of the Book of Mormon Strengthen Our Faith?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #385. November 28, 2017.
Keywords: Sally Conrad; Witnesses; Gold Plates; Church History; Three Witnesses; Eight Witnesses; David Whitmer; Angel Moroni
“How Can the Book of Job Teach Us about the Temple?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #640. August 2, 2022.
Keywords: Job; Old Testament; Bible; Trials; Temples; Endowment; Creation; Fall; Atonement; Theophany; Veil; Adversity
“How Can the Book of Mormon Help Saints Live the Law of Consecration?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #297. April 7, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Consecration; Joseph Smith; King Benjamin; Alma; Amulek; Wealth
“How Can the Book of Mormon Provide Peace and Meaning to Those in Military Service?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #496. January 1, 2019.
Keywords: Military; Warfare; War; War Chapters; Alma; Amulek; Mormon; Captain Moroni
“How Can the Book of Mormon Strengthen Marriages and Families?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #302. April 19, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi; King Benjamin; Family; Marriage; Covenants
“How Can the Book of Mormon Survivors Give Us Hope?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #393. December 26, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi; Nephi; Jacob; Jerusalem; Alma; Abinadi; Alma the Younger; Amulek; Mormon; Ether; Moroni; Depression; Tragedy
“How Can the Old Testament Covenants Help Us Understand the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #363. September 12, 2017.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Sinai; Moses; Exodus; David; Jerusalem; Zion; Lehi; Divine Warrior; Nephites; Nephi
“How Can Trials of Faith Lead to Spiritual Growth?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #356. August 23, 2017.
Keywords: Ether; Faith; Trial of Faith; Adversity; Jaredites; Mormon
“How Can We Be Delivered through the Lord’s Tender Mercies?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #447. July 5, 2018.
Keywords: Tender Mercies; Nephi
“How Can We Be Strengthened by Lucy Mack Smith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #379. November 7, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Lucy Mack Smith; Joseph Smith; Gold Plates; Urim and Thummim
“How Can We Be Thankful During Times of Hardship?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #384. November 23, 2017.
Keywords: Gratitude; Thanksgiving; Lehi; Nephites; War Chapters
“How Can We Know What to Believe about Joseph Smith’s Personal Character?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #413. March 6, 2018.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Church History; Moroni
“How Can We Receive the Blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #408. February 15, 2018.
Keywords: Old Testament; Bible; Abraham; Abrahamic Covenant
“How Can We Stop the Cycle of Revenge?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #381. November 14, 2017.
Keywords: Revenge; Mourning; Death; Ishmael; Lehi; Nephi; Nahom; Forgiveness; Justice; God
“How Could Lehi Offer Sacrifices Outside of Jerusalem?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #9. January 12, 2016.
Keywords: Sacrifice; Temples; Law of Moses; Law; Legal; Altar; Bible; Old Testament; Dead Sea Scrolls; Jerusalem; Lehi; Nephi; Ancient Israel; Ancient Judaism; Ancient Near East; Arabia; Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land
“How Could Nephi Have Known about Jeremiah’s Imprisonment?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #463. August 30, 2018.
Keywords: Jeremiah; Nephi; Lehi; Zedekiah; Jerusalem; Book of Mormon Central
“How Could Shiz Move and Breathe After Being Beheaded?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #248. December 8, 2016.
Keywords: Ether; Jaredites; Shiz; Coriantumr; Warfare; Military; Death; Beheading; Medical; Neuropathy; Moroni; Decapitation
“How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #231. November 15, 2016.
Keywords: Nephites; Lamanites; Hill Cumorah; Cumorah; Warfare; Military; Final Nephite Battle; Mormon; Moroni; Death; Ancient History; Bible; Old Testament; Exodus; Ancient Israel; Military History; Population; Mesoamerica; Aztec; Quiche; Women; Children; Book of Mormon Translation; Historicity; Love of God; Evidence
“How Did Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Authors Use Chiasmus?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #340. July 16, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Bible; Old Testament; New Testament; Mark; Genesis; Ancient Near East; Gilgamesh; Ancient Greek; Hebrew; Poetry; Evidence
“How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #354. August 18, 2017.
Keywords: Brigham Young; Church History; Book of Mormon
“How Did Christ Use the Nephite Prophetic Worldview?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #580. October 13, 2020.
Keywords: Nephite Prophetic View; Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Nephi; Gentiles; Scattering of Israel; Israelites
“How Did Democracy Help the Nephites Conquer Their Enemies?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #156. August 2, 2016.
Keywords: Nephites; Lamanites; War Chapters; Warfare; Mormon; Amalickiah; Moroni; Democracy; Politics; Freedom
“How Did Emma Smith Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #386. November 30, 2017.
Keywords: Emma Smith; Book of Mormon Translation; Joseph Smith; Gold Plates; Witnesses; Angel Moroni
“How Did Enos Liken the Scriptures to His Own Life?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #265. January 23, 2017.
Keywords: Likening; Scriptures; Enos; Bible; Old Testament; Jacob; Esau; Bethel; Covenants; Prayer; God; Word Play; Hebrew; Evidence
“How Did God Call His Prophets in Ancient Times?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #17. January 22, 2016.
Keywords: Prophets; Prophecy; Calling; Divine Council; Heavenly Ascent; Holy Ascent; Heaven; Throne Theophany; Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Ezekiel; Jeremiah; Samuel; Amos; Habakkuk; King Benjamin; Brother of Jared; Evidence
“How Did Helaman’s Army Maintain Faith While Being Cut Off from Provisions?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #167. August 17, 2016.
Keywords: Moroni; Captain Moroni; War Chapters; Warfare; Military; Helaman; Epistles; Nephites; Lamanites; Zarahemla; Provisions; Food; Mesoamerica; People of Ammon
“How Did Isaiah Prophesy of the Savior?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #647. September 20, 2022.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Jesus Christ; Messiah; Prophecy
“How Did King Benjamin Teach His People to Trust God More?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #314. May 17, 2017.
Keywords: King Benjamin; King Benjamin’s Speech; God; Faith; Old Testament; Bible; Psalms
“How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead to Nephite Democracy?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #301. April 17, 2017.
Keywords: Mosiah; Democracy; Reign of the Judges; Monarchy; Government; Nephite Government; Covenants; King Benjamin; New Name; Bible; Old Testament; Psalms
“How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #291. March 24, 2017.
Keywords: Martin Harris; Joseph Smith; Church History; Book of Mormon Translation; Book of Mormon Printing; 116 pages; Three Witnesses; Gold Plates; Charles Anthon; Oliver Cowdery; David Whitmer; Evidence
“How Did Mormon React to Seeing His People Slain?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #232. November 16, 2016.
Keywords: Mormon; Moroni; Final Nephite Battle; Lament; Bible; Old Testament; Lamentations; New Testament; Matthew; Luke; Jesus Christ; Ancient Near East; Hebrew; Poetry; Final Judgment; Jerusalem; Destruction; Death; Warfare; Military
“How Did Nephi Read Isaiah as a Witness of Christ’s Coming?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #40. February 24, 2016.
Keywords: Nephite Prophetic View; Jesus Christ; Isaiah; Nephi; Prophecy; Christianity; Law of Witnesses; Law; Legal; Testimony
“How Did Nephi Use the Power to Seal on Earth and in Heaven?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #182. September 7, 2016.
Keywords: Helaman; Nephi; Sealing Power; Famine; Drought; Miracles; Bible; Old Testament; Elijah; War; Heaven; Priesthood; King Benjamin
“How Did President Gordon B. Hinckley Emphasize the Importance of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #294. March 31, 2017.
Keywords: Gordon B. Hinckley; Book of Mormon
“How Did Seeking a King Get in the Way of Sustaining a Prophet?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #153. July 28, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; War Chapters; Helaman; Missionary Work; Amalickiah; Dissension; Mesoamerica; Maya; Cosmology; Kingship; Kingmen
“How Did the Book of Mormon Help the Early Saints Understand Spiritual Gifts?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #299. April 12, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Kirtland; Missouri; New Testament; Acts; Pentecost; Gifts of the Spirit; Joseph Smith
“How Did the Establishment of Jesus Christ’s Church in 1830 Comply with the Law?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #598. March 2, 2021.
Keywords: Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Legal; Law; Joseph Smith; Organization of the Church; Church Organization
“How Did the Nephites Become Weak in Such a Short Time?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #175. August 29, 2016.
Keywords: Zarahemla; Nephites; Lamanites; Amalickiah; Ammoron; Alma; Pride; Prosperity; Warfare; Wealth; Gadianton Robbers; Moronihah; Helaman
“How Do Commandments Bring Us Peace and Happiness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #347. August 2, 2017.
Keywords: Commandments; Ten Commandments; Law of Moses; Nephites; Bible; Old Testament; Happiness
“How Do the Bible and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Sealing Power?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #348. August 4, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Sealing Power; Elijah; Bible; Old Testament; New Testament; Revelation; Jesus Christ; Joseph Smith
“How Do the Blessings in the Scriptures Apply to us Today?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #373. October 17, 2017.
Keywords: Covenants; Bible; Old Testament; Deuteronomy; Leviticus; Ancient Israel; Nephites; Blessings; Prosperity
“How Do the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Endowment?” Book of Mormon Central, KnoWhy #396, January 4, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Temples; Heavenly Ascent; Endowment; Moses; Nephi; Pearl of Great Price; Book of Moses
“How Do the Covenants in the Scriptures Apply to Me Today?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #369. October 3, 2017.
Keywords: Zeniff; Covenants; Bible; Old Testament; Zarahemla; Land of Nephi; Mosiah; Lamanites; Famine; Law of Moses; Limhi
“How Do the Events of Mormon’s Life Shape the Entire Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #582. October 27, 2020.
Keywords: Mormon; Redaction; Abridgment; Warfare; Jesus Christ; Theophany; Gold Plates; Record Keeping
“How Do the Psalms Quoted in the Book of Mormon Teach about the Temple?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #437. May 29, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Psalms; Temples
“How Does Chiasmus Teach Us to Reverse the Pride Cycle?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #468. September 18, 2018.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Pride; Prosperity
“How Does Christ ‘Seal You His’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #558. April 21, 2020.
Keywords: Seals; Ancient Near East; Covenants; King Benjamin; King Benjamin’s Speech
“How Does Grace Help Us Overcome Weakness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #350. August 9, 2017.
Keywords: Ether; Jaredites; Moroni; Weakness; Humility; Grace
“How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #47. March 4, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Isaiah; Bible; Old Testament; keys
“How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #48. March 7, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Isaiah; Bible; Old Testament; Lehi; Laman; Lemuel; Pride; Family
“How Does Prophecy Shape the Book of Mormon’s Content and Structure?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #498. January 15, 2019.
Keywords: Prophecy; Prophets; Nephi; Mormon; Abinadi; Samuel the Lamanite; Remember; Second Coming; Evidence
“How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date Christ’s Death?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #300. April 14, 2017.
Keywords: Nephites; Christ in America; Bible; New Testament; Easter; Jesus Christ; Crucifixion; Resurrection; Atonement; Chronology; Gospels; Sabbath; Passover
“How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date the First Christmas?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #255. December 21, 2016.
Keywords: Christmas; Birth of Christ; Bible; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Dating; Chronology; Death of Christ; Herod the Great; Matthew; Mark; Luke; John; Nephites; Darkness; Star; Mesoamerica; Calendar
“How Does the Book of Mormon Help Explain the Origins of the Word of Wisdom?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #321. June 2, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Kirtland; School of the Prophets; Emma Smith; Drunkeness; Alcohol; Limhi; Captain Moroni
“How Does the Book of Mormon Prepare Missionaries to Sacrifice, Serve, and Preach?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #333. June 30, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Missionary Work; Sons of Mosiah; Ammon; Lamoni; Joseph Smith; Emma Smith; John Murdock
“How Does the Book of Mormon Text Reflect a Seventh-Century-BC Israelite Writing Style?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #635. June 28, 2022.
Keywords: Book of Mormon; Chiasmus; Ancient Israel; Literary Device; Literature
“How Does The Book of Mormon Use a Hebrew Pun on King Noa’s Name?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #406. February 8, 2018.
Keywords: Abinadi; King Noah; Hebrew; Word Play; Etymology; Noah’s Ark; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Evidence
“How Does the Book of Mormon Use an Ancient Storytelling Technique?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #414. March 8, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Isaac; Rebekah; Ammon; Missionary Work; Marriage; Evidence
“How Does the Devil Lead Us Astray?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #55. March 16, 2016.
Keywords: Isaiah; Nephi; Devil; Satan; Adversary; Opposition
“How Does the Doctrine of Christ Relate to the Ancient Temple?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #552. March 3, 2020.
Keywords: Temples; Endowment; Ancient Israelite Religion; Repentance; Faith; Baptism; Endure to the End; Tongue of Angels
“How Does the Gospel Bring Us unto Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #338. July 12, 2017.
Keywords: Christ in America; Holy Ghost; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Repentance; Sanctification; Gospel
“How Does the Joseph Smith Translation Teach Us about Melchizedek?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #643. August 23, 2022.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Joseph Smith Translation; Bible; Old Testament; Melchizedek; Genesis; Priesthood; Priest
“How Does the Lord Make our Burdens Light?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #102. May 18, 2016.
Keywords: King Noah; Waters of Mormon; Alma; Amulon; Slavery; Baptism; Prayer; Burdens; Bible; Old Testament; Exodus; Refugees
“How Does the ‘Mosiah-First’ Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #503. February 22, 2019.
Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Translation; Joseph Smith; Church History; Small Plates; Large Plates; Mosiah
“How Have LDS Women Shared the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #433. May 15, 2018.
Keywords: Women; LDS; Church History
“How Important Was It to Moroni that We Pray about the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #359. August 30, 2017.
Keywords: Moroni; Prayer; Holy Ghost; Testimony
“How Important was Oliver Cowdery in Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #270. February 3, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Oliver Cowdery; Joseph Smith; Restoration; Book of Mormon Printing; Book of Mormon Translation; Scribe; Witness; Witnesses; Missionary Work; Evidence
“How is Christ Both the Father and the Son?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #92. May 4, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Heavenly Father; Abinadi; King Noah; God; Benjamin; Mesoamerica; Trinity; Deity Complex; Roles of Jesus Christ
“How Is Prosperity Defined in Nephi’s Small Plates?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #383. November 21, 2017.
Keywords: Nephites; Lamanites; Mormon; Nephi; Covenants; Prosperity
“How is the Day of Atonement Understood in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #479. October 25, 2018.
Keywords: Day of Atonement; Sacrifice; Animal Sacrifice; Cleanliness; Atonement; Jesus Christ
“How is the Name Zoram Connected with Pride?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #458. August 14, 2018.
Keywords: Zoram; Zoramites; Hebrew; Word Play; Pride; Etymology; Onomastics; Evidence
“How is the Phrase ‘Make a Record" an Evidence for the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #444. June 26, 2018.
Keywords: Gold Plates; Bible; Old Testament; Ancient Near East; Literature; Evidence
“How Is the Unity of Zion Society Achieved?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #581. October 20, 2020.
Keywords: Zion; Prosperity; Nephites; Christ in America
“How is the Use of Deuteronomy in the Book of Mormon Evidence for its Authenticity?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #428. April 27, 2018.
Keywords: Old Testament; Bible; Deuteronomy; Law of Moses; King Josiah; Evidence
“How Lehi Likened the Scriptures to Himself.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #418. March 22, 2018.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Joseph of Egypt; Lehi; Nephi; Likening
“How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #465. September 6, 2018.
Keywords: Lehi; Nephi; Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land; New World; Nahom; Bountiful; Solomon’s Temple
“How Might Isaiah 48-49 be ‘Likened" to Lehi’s Family?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #23. February 1, 2016.
Keywords: Isaiah; Nephi; Lehi; Family; Likening; Bible; Old Testament
“How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #334. July 3, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Chiasmus; Book of Mormon Translation; Biblical Studies; Joseph Smith; Evidence
“How Old Were the Stripling Warriors?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #161. August 9, 2016.
Keywords: Nephites; Lamanites; Anti-Nephi-Lehies; War Chapters; Warfare; Military; Stripling Warriors; Helaman; Youth; Courage; Faith
“How Realistic are Nephite Battle Strategies?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #164. August 12, 2016.
Keywords: War Chapters; Warfare; Military; Nephites; Lamanites; Strategy; Joseph Smith; Authenticity; Historicity; Evidence
“How the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament Help Us Understand What it Means to be Redeemed.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #436. May 24, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Ruth; Redeemer
“How the Law of Moses Teaches about the Atonement.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #424. April 12, 2018.
Keywords: Ancient Israel; Law of Moses; Legal; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Nephites
“How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #485. November 15, 2018.
Keywords: Church History; Book of Mormon Printing; Testimony
“How Was a Void in Leadership Dangerous for the Nephites?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #172. August 24, 2016.
Keywords: Mormon; Reign of the Judges; Helaman; Alma; Pahoran; Nephites; Lamanites; Chief Judge; Paanchi; Pacumeni; Mosiah; Nephite Judges; Kishkumen; Gadianton; Gadianton Robbers; Assassination; Politics; Secret Combinations; Jesus Christ
“How Was Chiasmus Discovered in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #353. August 16, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Hebrew; Poetry; Mosiah; Evidence
“How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #357. August 25, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Lehi; Nauvoo; Winter Quarters; Pioneers
“How Was Mosiah a Type of Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #104. May 20, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; Alma; Zarahemla; Etymology; Hebrew; Limhi; Legal; Savior; Jesus Christ; Evidence
“How Was Nephi Similar to Joseph of Egypt?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #416. March 15, 2018.
Keywords: Nephi; Joseph of Egypt; Laman; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis
“How Was Nephi, Son of Nephi, Similar to John the Baptist?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #196. September 27, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Helaman; John the Baptist; Bible; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Forerunner; Prophecy; Repentance; Angels; Baptism; Messenger; Elias; Joseph Smith
“How was Pahoran a Strong Leader in Turbulent Times?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #573. August 11, 2020.
Keywords: Pahoran; Captain Moroni; Warfare; War Chapters
“How Was the Joseph Knight Family Important to Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #595. February 9, 2021.
Keywords: Joseph Knight; Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Book of Mormon Translation
“How Was the Transfiguration of Jesus and the Three Nephites a Temple-Like Experience?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #509. April 4, 2019.
Keywords: Transfiguration; Three Nephites; Endowment; Temples; Theophany; Jesus Christ; Apostles
“How was There a Night Without Darkness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #188. September 15, 2016.
Keywords: Samuel the Lamanite; Zarahemla; Birth of Christ; Darkness; Light; Astronomy; Day; Night; Russia; Miracles; Jesus Christ; Mesoamerica; Aztec; Supernova; Christmas; Evidence
“How Were Jonah and the Brother of Jared Able to Find Comfort?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #526. July 26, 2019.
Keywords: Jonah; Brother of Jared; Jaredites; Old Testament; Bible
“How Were Judges Elected in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #107. May 25, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; Alma; Reign of the Judges; Legal; Chief Judge; King; Mesoamerica; Government; Politics
“How Were the Amlicites and Amalekites Related?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #109. May 27, 2016.
Keywords: Amlici; Reign of the Judges; Amlicites; Amalekites; Textual Variants; Critical Text; Textual Criticism
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“Is Anything Known of the Prophet Zenos Outside of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #67. March 31, 2016.
Keywords: Jacob; Zenos; Allegory of the Olive Tree; Pseudo Philo; Prophets; Bible; Old Testament; Apocrypha; Evidence
“Is It Possible That a Single Author Wrote the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #399. January 16, 2018.
Keywords: Stylometry; Word Print Studies; Book of Mormon Authorship; Joseph Smith; Church History; Sidney Rigdon; Solomon Spalding; Oliver Cowdery; Parley P. Pratt; W. W. Phelps; Evidence
“Is the Book of Mormon Like Any Other Nineteenth Century Book?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #502. February 16, 2019.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Book of Mormon Translation; Oliver Cowdery; View of the Hebrews; Solomon Spaulding; Ethan Smith; Late War; Plagiarism; Evidence
“Is the Book of Mormon Like Other Ancient Metal Documents?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #512. April 25, 2019.
Keywords: Archaeology; Evidence; Gold Plates; Writing; Plates; Metallurgy
“Is the Book of Mormon Musical?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #500. January 31, 2019.
Keywords: Book of Mormon Musical; Music; Ancient Israel; Temples; Nephi; Nephi’s Psalm; Singing; Poetry; Hebrew
“Is the Book of Mormon’s Depiction of Guerrilla Warfare Realistic?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #423. April 10, 2018.
Keywords: Warfare; Gadianton Robbers; Military History; Secret Combinations; Evidence
“Is the Path to Eternal Life ‘Strait’ or ‘Straight"?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #456. August 7, 2018.
Keywords: Strait and Narrow; Eternal Life; Nephi; Hebrew; Poetry
“Is There Evidence for Book of Mormon Highways in Ancient America?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #470. September 25, 2018.
Keywords: Archaeology; Mesoamerica; Maya; Guatemala; Lamoni; Christ in America; Roads; Evidence
“Is there evidence for great destruction in the land northward at the death of Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #530. September 6, 2019.
Keywords: Christ in America; Volcano; Geology; Evidence; Destruction; Lightning; Earthquake; Geography; Mesoamerica; Jesus Christ
“Is There Evidence of Sunken Cities in Ancient America?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #429. May 1, 2018.
Keywords: Archaeology; Evidence; Mesoamerica; Lake Atitlan; Christ in America
“Is There Evidence That Joseph Smith Possessed a Urim and Thummim and Breastplate?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #409. February 20, 2018.
Keywords: Urim and Thummim; Breastplate; Joseph Smith; Mormon; Moroni; Church History; Evidence
“Is there Precedent for General Conference in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #199. September 30, 2016.
Keywords: Church History; General Conference; LDS General Conference; LDSconf; General Authority; Church; Church Organization; Joseph Smith; Gathering; Nephi; Jacob; King Benjamin; Alma; Limhi; Mosiah; Nephites; Instruction; Ancient Israel; Israelite Festivals; Law of Moses; Passover; Pentecost; Rosh Hashanah; Day of Atonement; Feast of Tabernacles; Abinadi
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“The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #524. July 12, 2019.
Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Japan; Japanese; Church History
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“Should 2 Nephi 1:1 - 4:12 Be Called the ‘Testament of Lehi"?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #29. February 9, 2016.
Keywords: Testament of Lehi; Jacob; Genesis; Pseudepigrapha; Nephi; Lehi; Patriarch; Ancient Judaism; Family
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“Was Chiasmus Known to Ancient American Writers?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #346. July 31, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Poetry; Mesoamerica; Maya; Evidence
“Was Joseph Smith the ‘Author’ of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #507. March 22, 2019.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Church History; Book of Mormon Translation; Book of Mormon Authorship
“Was Korihor Really an Atheist?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #532. September 19, 2019.
Keywords: Korihor; Alma; Amulek; Atheism; Anti-Christ
“Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #466. September 11, 2018.
Keywords: Zenos; Lehi; Tree of Life; Allegory of the Olive Tree; House of Israel; Evidence
“Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #256. January 2, 2017.
Keywords: Legal; Law; Ancient Law; Law of Moses; Nephi; Laban; Lehi; Jerusalem; Murder; Death; Drunkeness; Ancient Near East; Bible; Old Testament; Numbers; Judges; Ancient Israel
“Was the Book of Mormon Used as the First Church Administrative Handbook?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #72. April 6, 2016.
Keywords: Early Church History; Church Organization; Joseph Smith; Restoration; Apostle
“Was the Requirement of a ‘Broken Heart" Known Before the Time of Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #27. February 5, 2016.
Keywords: Broken Heart; Contrite Spirit; Sacrifice; Law of Moses; Psalms; Lehi; Bible; Nephi; Old Testament; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Jesus Christ
“Were Any Ancient Israelite Women Named Sariah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #8. January 11, 2016.
Keywords: Sariah; Elephantine; Etymology; Book of Mormon Names; Names; Hebrew; Archaeology; Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient Near East; Ancient Israel; Language; Women; Onomastics; Evidence
“Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #417. March 20, 2018.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Church History; Urim and Thummim; Ancient Israel; High Priest; Seer Stone; Book of Mormon Translation
“Were Nephite Prophets Familiar with the Passover Tradition?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #420. March 29, 2018.
Keywords: Easter; Passover; Old Testament
“Were Plain and Precious Doctrines Lost?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #15. January 20, 2016.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Apostasy; Plain and Precious; Prophecy; Early Christian Church; Baptism; Doctrine; Sacrament; Prayer Circles; Bible
“Were There ‘Fiery Flying Serpents’ along Lehi’s Trail?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #646. September 13, 2022.
Keywords: Book of Mormon; Nephi; Journey to the Promised Land; Serpents; Seraphim; Bountiful; Arabia; Lehi; Fiery Flying Serpents; Negev; Assyria; Brazen Serpent; Moses; Numbers
“What Are the Nephite Articles of Faith?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #141. July 12, 2016.
Keywords: Articles of Faith; Moses; Nephites
“What are the Origins of Lehi’s Understanding of the Fall?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #28. February 5, 2016.
Keywords: Fall; Lehi; Atonement; Plan of Salvation; Nephi; Bible; Old Testament; Apocrypha; Pseudepigrapha; Ancient Near East; Ancient Israelite Religion; Afterlife; Ancient Judaism
“What are the Roots of Zenos’s Allegory in the Ancient World?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #70. April 4, 2016.
Keywords: Allegory of the Olive Tree; Zenos; Jacob; Ancient Near East; Paul; Bible; Old Testament; New Testament; Ancient Israel
“What are the ‘Fiery Darts of the Adversary’ Spoken of by Nephi?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #18. January 25, 2016.
Keywords: Fiery Darts; Adversary; Satan; Psalms; Assyria; Lachish; Ancient Warfare; Ancient Near East; Bible; Old Testament; Archaeology; Ancient Israel; Evidence
“What Are the ‘Just and Holy Principles’ of the US Constitution?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #615. September 7, 2021.
Keywords: United States of America; Constitution; Promised Land; Freedom; Democracy; Religious Liberty; Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Persecution
“What Can an Ancient Christian Text Tell us About the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #450. July 17, 2018.
Keywords: Didache; Early Christian Church; Bible; New Testament; Moroni; Sacrament; Priesthood; Evidence
“What Can Readers Learn from Lamanite Traditions?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #559. April 28, 2020.
Keywords: Lamanites; Nephites
“What Can Stylometry Tell Us about Book of Mormon Authorship?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #389. December 12, 2017.
Keywords: Stylometry; Book of Mormon Authorship; Joseph Smith; Oliver Cowdery; Solomon Spalding; Word Print Studies; Evidence
“What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #504. March 1, 2019.
Keywords: Church History; Martin Harris; Joseph Smith; 116 pages; Book of Mormon Translation; Atonement; Repentance; Witnesses
“What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? Part 1.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #349. August 7, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Hebrew; Poetry; Atonement; Bible; Old Testament
“What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? Part 2.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #352. August 14, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Hebrew; Poetry; King Benjamin; Alma; Mormon
“What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? Part 3.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #355. August 20, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Hebrew; Poetry
“What Can We Learn From Abish’s Member-missionary Work?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #374. October 19, 2017.
Keywords: Alma the Younger; Ammon; King Lamoni; Abish; Missionary Work
“What Can We Learn from the Savior’s First Words at Bountiful?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #341. July 19, 2017.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Nephites; Lamanites; Bountiful; Messiah; Light of the World; Light; Atonement
“What Caused the Darkness and Destruction in the 34th Year?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #197. September 28, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Lehi; Death of Christ; Destruction; Earthquake; Darkness; Lightning; Thunder; Zenos; Samuel the Lamanite; Mormon; Prophecy; Volcano; Geology; Geography; Mesoamerica; Jesus Christ; Evidence
“What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #601. April 13, 2021.
Keywords: Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Sidney Rigdon; Joseph Smith
“What Counts as Chiasmus?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #337. July 10, 2017.
Keywords: Chiasmus; Criteria; Ancient Near East; Methodology; Evidence
“What Did Alma Reveal about the Savior’s Mission?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #323. June 7, 2017.
Keywords: Alma; Gideon; Chiasmus; Atonement; Hebrew; Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Jesus Christ
“What Did It Mean for Lehi to be a Visionary Man?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #457. August 9, 2018.
Keywords: Lehi; Visions; Seer; Hebrew; Hebraism
“What Did it Mean to be ‘King Over All the Land’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #128. June 23, 2016.
Keywords: Zeniff; Mosiah; Sons of Mosiah; Mesoamerica; Ancient Near East; Kingship; Monarchy; Ancient Israel; Lamoni; Alma; Lamanites; Evidence
“What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #330. June 23, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Priesthood; Aaronic Priesthood; Melchizedek Priesthood; Jesus Christ; Christ in America
“What Did the Book of Mormon Teach the Early Saints about Enduring Persecution?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #339. July 14, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Persecution; Joseph Smith; Hyrum Smith; Alma; Amulon; Mormon; Nehor
“What Did the Early Saints Learn about the Second Coming from the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #318. May 26, 2017.
Keywords: Second Coming; Church History; Joseph Smith; Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Prophecy; Restoration; Missionary Work; Tribes of Israel; House of Israel; Jerusalem; New Jerusalem; Secret Combinations
“What Do Nephi and Isaiah Say about the End Times?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #46. March 3, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Isaiah; End Times; Nephite Prophetic View; General Conference; General Authority; Afterlife; Final Judgment; Judgment of God; Last Dispensation; Restoration
“What Do the Jaredites Have to Do With the Reign of the Judges?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #106. May 24, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; Sons of Mosiah; Jaredites; Limhi; Ether; Alma; Mormon; Moroni; Zarahemla; Joseph Smith
“What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #454. July 31, 2018.
Keywords: Kinderhook Plates; Church History; Joseph Smith; Frauds; Hoaxes; Translation; Egyptian
“What Do We Know about Mormon’s Upbringing?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #226. November 8, 2016.
Keywords: Mormon; Ammaron; Prophets; Historian; Abridgment; Nephi; Gold Plates; Youth; Nephites; Military; Warfare
“What Do We Know About Nephite Language?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #583. November 3, 2020.
Keywords: Uto-Aztecan; Language; Hebrew; Egyptian; Semitic; Linguistics; Evidence
“What Do We Know About the ‘Anthon Transcript’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #515. May 9, 2019.
Keywords: Egyptian; Caractors Document; Anthon Transcript; Charles Anthon; Martin Harris; Samuel Mitchell; Book of Mormon Translation; Joseph Smith; Church History
“What Do We Learn About Ministering from the Account of Sherem?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #534. October 3, 2019.
Keywords: Sherem; Anti-Christ; Ministering; Jacob
“What Does Alma Say about Avoiding Sexual Sin?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #326. June 14, 2017.
Keywords: Alma; Alma the Younger; Corianton; Sexual Transgression; Immorality; Law of Moses; Self Mastery
“What Does an Ancient Book About Enoch Have to Do With Lehi’s Dream?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #404. February 1, 2018.
Keywords: Tree of Life; Enoch; Book of Moses; Book of Enoch; Mist of Darkness; Hell; Evidence
“What Does Archaeology Reveal about Warfare During Early Nephite Times?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #328. June 19, 2017.
Keywords: Archaeology; Evidence; Mesoamerica; War; Warfare; Weapons; Nephites; Jarom
“What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #1. January 1, 2016.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Hyrum Smith; Martyr; Martyrdom; Witness; Testimony; Church History; Restoration
“What Does it Mean to be a White and Delightsome People?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #57. March 18, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Joseph Smith; Textual Variants; Critical Text; Book of Mormon Translation; White; Purity; Race; Racism
“What Does It Mean to Be Perfect?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #335. July 5, 2017.
Keywords: Christ in America; Perfection; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Sermon on the Mount; Matthew
“What Does It Mean to Be ‘Born Again?’” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #501. February 7, 2019.
Keywords: Baptism; Alma the Younger; Born Again; Jesus Christ; Repentance; Atonement
“What Does It Mean to Love God with ‘All Thy Mind’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #517. May 23, 2019.
Keywords: New Testament; Come Follow Me; Ancient Judaism; Jesus Christ
“What Does It Mean to ‘Apply Your Heart to Understanding’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #644. August 30, 2022.
Keywords: Old Testament; Bible; Proverbs; Book of Mormon; Mosiah; Abinadi; Wisdom; Sophia; Heart; Understanding; Knowledge; Mind; Law
“What does it Mean to ‘Prosper in the Land’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #116. June 7, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Ammonihah; Prosperity; Parallelism; Nephi; Lehi; Hebrew; Poetry; Blessings; Riches; Wealth
“What Does It Really Mean to Be a Good Person?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #499. January 24, 2019.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; New Testament; God; Jesus Christ; Heavenly Father
“What Does it Really Mean to be Blessed For Keeping the Commandments?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #367. September 26, 2017.
Keywords: Commandments; King Benjamin; Mosiah; Happiness; Joy; Blessings; Trials; Adversity; Bible; Old Testament; Proverbs; Hebrew
“What Does It Really Mean to Have Charity?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #361. September 5, 2017.
Keywords: Charity; Moroni; Love; Love of God; Jesus Christ
“What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #455. August 2, 2018.
Keywords: Mary Whitmer; Church History; Witnesses; Gold Plates; Angel Moroni
“What Does Mormon Teach Us about Ministering as Angels?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #425. April 17, 2018.
Keywords: Angels; Moroni
“What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #449. July 12, 2018.
Keywords: Ammon; Abish; King Lamoni; Resurrection; Ancient Near East; Mesoamerica
“What Does the Book of Mormon Say About Polygamy?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #64. March 28, 2016.
Keywords: Polygamy; Jacob; Abraham; King David; Solomon; Mesoamerica; Women; Marriage; Chastity; Law; Legal
“What Does the Book of Mormon Say about the Armor of God?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #378. November 2, 2017.
Keywords: Armor of God; Warfare; Military
“What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Families?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #382. November 16, 2017.
Keywords: Family; Bible; Old Testament; Exodus; Israelites; Tribes of Israel; Moses; Nephites; Mulekites
“What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Prophets?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #284. March 8, 2017.
Keywords: Prophets; Prophecy; Samuel the Lamanite; Nephi; Alma the Younger; Bible; Old Testament; Miriam; Deborah; Huldah; Ancient Near East; Jesus Christ
“What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Afterlife?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #315. May 19, 2017.
Keywords: Death; Plan of Salvation; Church History; Alma; Corianton; Final Judgment; Resurrection
“What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Priesthood?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #289. March 20, 2017.
Keywords: Priesthood; Nephi; Alma; Limhi; Church History; Restoration
“What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Temple?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #309. May 5, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Temples; Nephites; Ancient Israel; Solomon’s Temple; Christ in America; Jacob; King Benjamin; Alma; Revelation; Ordinances
“What Does the Book of Mormon Teach Us about the Resurrection?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #511. April 20, 2019.
Keywords: Easter; Resurrection; New Testament; Come Follow Me; Jesus Christ
“What Does the Virgin Mary Have to Do with the Tree of Life?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #13. January 18, 2016.
Keywords: Divine Mother; Mary; Jesus Christ; Tree of Life; Lehi’s Dream; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Canaanite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Ancient Near East; Asherah; Heavenly Mother
“What Fruit is White?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #10. January 13, 2016.
Keywords: Lehi’s Dream; Fruit; White; Tree of Life; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Pseudepigrapha; Apocrypha; Evidence
“What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #331. June 26, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Martin Harris; Words of Mormon; Mosiah; King Benjamin; Printer’s Manuscript; Book of Mormon Translation; 116 pages
“What Impact Do My Actions Have on Others?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #390. December 14, 2017.
Keywords: Zoramites; Alma the Younger; Corianton; Seven Tribes; Missionary Work; War Chapters; Warfare
“What is it to Speak with the Tongue of Angels?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #60. March 23, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Heavenly Ascent; Jesus Christ; Divine Council; Ancient Near East; Ancient Israelite Religion; Angels; Endowment; Temples; Lehi; Isaiah; Theophany; Holy Ghost
“What Is So Good about Nephi’s Name?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #445. June 28, 2018.
Keywords: Nephi; Pun; Hebrew; Egyptian; Ancient Near East; Word Play; Names; Onomastics; Etymology; Evidence
“What is the Day of the Gentiles?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #44. March 1, 2016.
Keywords: Gentiles; Isaiah; Nephi; Jews; Nephite Prophetic View; Early Christian Church; Christianity; Promised Land; Restoration
“What is the Difference Between ‘Robbers" and ‘Thieves" in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #432. May 10, 2018.
Keywords: Gadianton Robbers
“What is the Doctrine of Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #58. March 21, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Nephi; Doctrine of Christ; First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel; Fourth Article of Faith; Faith; Repentance; Baptism; Holy Ghost; Laying on of Hands; Endure to the End
“What is the Nature and Use of Chariots in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #126. June 21, 2016.
Keywords: Chariots; Ancient Near East; Mesoamerica; Ammon; King Lamoni; Warfare; Bible; Old Testament; Hebrew; Maya; Wheels; Evidence
“What is the Purpose of Baptism in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #59. March 22, 2016.
Keywords: Baptism; Nephi; Jesus Christ; John the Baptist; Covenants; Repentance; Holy Ghost
“What is the Purpose of Democracy in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #380. November 9, 2017.
Keywords: Democracy; Reign of the Judges; King Benjamin; King Mosiah; King Noah
“What is the Significance of the Great and Spacious Building?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #546. January 17, 2020.
Keywords: Great and Spacious Building; Tree of Life; Lehi; Lehi’s Dream; Jeremiah; Bible; Old Testament; Pride
“What is the Symbolism of the Stained Swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #132. June 29, 2016.
Keywords: Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Amlicites; Mesoamerica; Amulonites; Law of Moses; Law; Death; Murder; War; Weapons; Stain; Blood; Swords; Day of Atonement; Seven; Covenants; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Repentance
“What Kind of Earthquake Caused the Prison Walls to Fall?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #121. June 14, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Amulek; Ammonihah; Prison; Earthquake; Mesoamerica; Geology; Miracles; Moses; Exodus
“What Kind of Ore did Nephi Use to Make the Plates?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #22. January 29, 2016.
Keywords: Gold Plates; Tumbaga; Nephi; Ore; Metallurgy; Temples; Mesoamerica; Silver; Gold; Archaeology; New World; Promised Land; Evidence
“What Makes 3 Nephi the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #206. October 11, 2016.
Keywords: Holy of Holies; Temples; Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Israel; Ancient Near East; Sermon on the Mount; Mountain; Bountiful; Heavenly Ascent; Priesthood; High Priest; Priest
“What Makes Mankind an Enemy to God?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #505. March 7, 2019.
Keywords: Natural Man; Adam and Eve; The Fall; Atonement; Jesus Christ; King Benjamin
“What Parts of the Old Testament Were on the Plates of Brass?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #410. February 22, 2018.
Keywords: Melchizedek; Pentateuch; Books of Moses; Plates of Brass; Bible; Old Testament; Moses; Alma
“What Role Does the Book of Mormon Play in Missionary Work?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #288. March 17, 2017.
Keywords: Missionary Work; Gentiles; Nephi; Joseph Smith; Church History; Book of Mormon Printing
“What Role Should Scholarship Play in Studying the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #487. November 22, 2018.
Keywords: Scholarship; History; Geography; Literature; Book of Mormon
“What Sacrifices did Lehi Offer to God in the Wilderness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #545. January 9, 2020.
Keywords: Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land; Lehi; Sacrifice; Law of Moses; Atonement; Temple; Priesthood; Evidence
“What the Exodus Teaches Us about the Atonement.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #419. March 27, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Alma; Exodus; Moses
“What Unique Doctrines Did the Lord Reveal through the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #293. March 29, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Restoration; Joseph Smith; Plain and Precious; Godhead; Plan of Salvation; Heavenly Father; Jesus Christ; Holy Ghost; Priesthood; Fall; Atonement; House of Israel
“What Vision Guides Nephi’s Choice of Isaiah Chapters?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #38. February 22, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Isaiah; Bible; Old Testament; Nephite Prophetic View; Jews; Gentiles; Jesus Christ; Prophecy
“What Was Mormon’s Purpose in Writing the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #230. November 14, 2016.
Keywords: Mormon; Editor; Redaction; Abridgment; Prophecy; Prophets; Promised Land; Holy Ghost; Jesus Christ; Testimony
“What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #452. July 24, 2018.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Church History; Martin Harris; 116 pages; Book of Lehi; Evidence
“What Was One of the Main Causes of Warfare in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #523. July 5, 2019.
Keywords: Warfare; War Chapters; Nehor; Kishkumen; Leadership; King
“What was the Great and Terrible Gulf in Lehi’s Dream?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #14. January 19, 2016.
Keywords: Gulf; Lehi’s Dream; Tree of Life; Wadi; Water; Desert; Hell; Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land; Ancient Near East; Geography; Ancient Israel; Arabia; Top KnoWhys; Evidence
“What Was the Nature of Nephite Fortifications?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #158. August 4, 2016.
Keywords: Nephites; Lamanites; War Chapters; Warfare; Moroni; Captain Moroni; Fortifications; Military; Mesoamerica; Archaeology; Heartland; Evidence
“What Was the Sword of Laban Like?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #401. January 23, 2018.
Keywords: Archaeology; Evidence; Metallurgy; Ancient Israel; Laban; Nephi; Sword of Laban
“What Were the ‘Other Records’ Nephi Saw in Vision?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #376. October 26, 2017.
Keywords: Records; History; Nephi; Lehi; Bible; Manuscripts; Dead Sea Scrolls; Evidence
“When Did Cement Become Common in Ancient America?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #174. August 26, 2016.
Keywords: Cement; Mormon; Nephites; Land Northward; Industry; Building; Mesoamerica; Evidence
“When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #475. October 11, 2018.
Keywords: Lehi; Chronology; Jerusalem; Calendar
“When Did Mormon Write His Letter Recorded in Moroni 9?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #477. October 18, 2018.
Keywords: Mormon; Moroni; Records; Dating
“When Does the Book of Mormon First Talk About the Plan of Salvation?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #33. February 15, 2016.
Keywords: Jacob; Lehi; Alma; Plan of Salvation; Temples; Jesus Christ; Fall; Atonement; Death; Hell; Judgment of God; Final Judgment; Afterlife; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; God; Heavenly Father
“Where Can You Best Learn about God’s Plan of Salvation?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #272. February 8, 2017.
Keywords: Plan of Salvation; King Lamoni; Alma; Ammon; Benjamin; King Benjamin; Abinadi; Jacob; Nephi; Lehi; Brother of Jared; Creation; Fall; Atonement; Adam; Eve; Resurrection
“Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Doctrinal Ideas About Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #261. January 13, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Wentworth Letter; Articles of Faith; God; Heavenly Father; Jesus Christ; Holy Ghost; Godhead; King Benjamin; Atonement; Salvation; Doctrine and Covenants; Nehor
“Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #290. March 22, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Gathering of Israel; Gathering; Scattering of Israel; Assyria; Babylon; Zion; Ancient Israel; House of Israel; Tribes of Israel
“Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings on the Family?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #285. March 10, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Restoration; Joseph Smith; Family; Marriage; Children; Emma Smith; Love; Lehi; Sariah; Nephi; Daughters of Ishmael; Lineage History
“Where did Moroni Get the Sacramental Prayers from?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #250. December 12, 2016.
Keywords: Moroni; Nephites; Sacrament; Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Intertextuality; King Benjamin; Mosiah; Prayer
“Where Did the Book of Mormon Happen?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #431. May 8, 2018.
Keywords: Geography; Book of Mormon; Evidence
“Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #240. November 28, 2016.
Keywords: Ether; Brother of Jared; Shining Stones; Tzohar; Ancient Judaism; Ancient Near East; Noah’s Ark; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Tower of Babel; Urim and Thummim; Talmud; Midrash; Liahona; Faith; Jesus Christ; Light of the World
“Where Does the Book of Mormon Declare the First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #276. February 17, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Wentworth Letter; Articles of Faith; Baptism; Repentance; Gift of the Holy Ghost; Holy Ghost; Endure to the End; Bible; Jesus Christ
“Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #342. July 21, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Nauvoo; Joseph Smith; Hebrew; Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Abinadi; Zion; Jesus Christ
“Where Does the Word ‘Deseret’ Come From?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #236. November 22, 2016.
Keywords: Ether; Jared; Brother of Jared; Deseret; Bee; Ancient Near East; Egyptian; Hebrew; Etymology; Mesopotamia; Industry; Utah; Mormon; Moroni; Evidence
“Where is the Land of Promise?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #497. January 8, 2019.
Keywords: Geography; Promised Land; Zion; American Continent; Mesoamerica; North America; South America; Heartland
“Where is the Location of the Hill Cumorah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #489. November 29, 2018.
Keywords: Hill Cumorah; Geography; Angel Moroni; Final Nephite Battle; Gold Plates; Joseph Smith
“Where Is the Narrative Transition in 1 Nephi?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #461. August 23, 2018.
Keywords: Nephi; Small Plates; Gold Plates
“Which Nephite King Had the Gift of Interpretation?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #99. May 13, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; Limhi; King Benjamin; Seer; Jaredites; Critical Text; Textual Criticism; Gold Plates
“Who Are the Lamanites?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #486. November 20, 2018.
Keywords: Lamanites; Early Church History; Restoration; Ancestors
“Who Are the Witnesses of Christ in 2 Nephi?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #37. February 19, 2016.
Keywords: Witness; Nephi; Isaiah; Jesus Christ; Jacob; Law of Witnesses; Law; Legal; Testimony; Three Witnesses; Jeffrey R. Holland; Christianity
“Who Are the ‘Few" Who Were Permitted to See the Plates?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #54. March 15, 2016.
Keywords: Nephi; Gold Plates; Joseph Smith; Witnesses; Law of Witnesses; Law; Legal; Three Witnesses; Eight Witnesses; Martin Harris; Oliver Cowdery; David Whitmer; Jacob Whitmer; John Whitmer; Peter Whitmer; Christian Whitmer; Samuel H. Smith; Joseph Smith Sr; Hyrum Smith; Evidence
“Who Called Ishmael’s Burial Place Nahom?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #19. January 26, 2016.
Keywords: Nahom; Marib; Archaeology; Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Nephi; Lehi; Lehi’s Journey to the Promised Land; Names; Book of Mormon Names; Etymology; Hebrew; Altar; Desert; Arabic; Language; Top KnoWhys; Evidence
“Who is the Servant of Isaiah 49/1 Nephi 21?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #24. February 2, 2016.
Keywords: Isaiah; Nephi; Joseph Smith; Jesus Christ; Servant; Ancient Israel; Prophecy; Bible; Old Testament
“Who is the Servant Spoken of by Christ?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #215. October 24, 2016.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Servant; Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Moses; Tree of Life; Witnesses; Witness; Restoration; Joseph Smith
“Who Was Zelph?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #336. July 7, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Zion’s Camp; Zelph; Geography; Final Nephite Battle; Nephites; Lamanites
“Who Were the ‘Elders of the Jews’ Mentioned by Zoram?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #464. September 4, 2018.
Keywords: Ancient Israel; Ancient Judaism; Zoram; Nephi; Laban; Jerusalem
“Who Were the ‘Many Prophets’ in Jerusalem During Lehi’s Time?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #441. June 14, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Prophets; Lehi; Jeremiah; Jerusalem; Ancient Israel; Zedekiah
“Who Wrote the Peace Maker Pamphlet?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #634. June 21, 2022.
Keywords: Church History; Under the Banner of Heaven; Joseph Smith; Polygamy; Times and Seasons
“Whom Did Nephi Quote in 1 Nephi 22?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #25. February 3, 2016.
Keywords: Isaiah; Nephi; Zenos; Intertextuality; Bible; Old Testament
Why
“Why and How Did Alma Explain the Meaning of the Word ‘Restoration"?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #149. July 22, 2016.
Keywords: Corianton; Alma; Resurrection; Restoration; Nehor; Ancient Law; Law of Moses; Justice; Final Judgment; Bible; Old Testament; Exodus; Ancient Near East; Chiasmus; Parallelism; Poetry; Hebrew
“Why Are Certain Biblical Psalms Used by Book of Mormon Authors?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #439. June 7, 2018.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Psalms
“Why Are Children So Prominent in 3 Nephi?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #220. October 31, 2016.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Children; Plan of Salvation; Isaiah; Malachi; Ancient Near East; King Benjamin; King Benjamin’s Speech; Miracles; Death; Sickness; Afflictions; Deaf; Humility; Patience; Angels; Parents; Family; Ordinances; Sealing Power; Zion; Heavenly Father
“Why Are Horses Mentioned in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #75. April 11, 2016.
Keywords: Horses; Enos; Book of Mormon Translation; Archaeology; Anachronism; Mesoamerica; Top KnoWhys
“Why Are Later Jewish Sources Relevant to Texts in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #478. October 23, 2018.
Keywords: Ancient Judaism; Zemnarihah; Gadianton Robbers; Rabbinics
“Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #459. August 16, 2018.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Lehi; Visions; Divine Council
“Why Are Lehi’s Visions Like Those of Other Prophets in His Day?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #469. September 20, 2018.
Keywords: Lehi; Visions; Prophets; Ezekiel
“Why Are Mormon’s Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #85. April 25, 2016.
Keywords: Limhi; Mosiah; Joseph Smith; Ancient Near East; Ancient History; Speeches; Mormon; Gold Plates; Redaction
“Why Are Ordinances So Important?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #296. April 5, 2017.
Keywords: Ordinances; Ancient Israel; Hebrew; Law; Legal; Law of Moses; Bible; Old Testament; King David; Solomon
“Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #460. August 21, 2018.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Church History; First Vision; Lamoni; Lehi; Ammon
“Why Are Secret Combinations Associated with Cain and Getting Gain?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #585. November 17, 2020.
Keywords: Cain and Abel; Cain; Hebrew; Secret Combinations; Word Play
“Why Are So Few Women Mentioned in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #391. December 19, 2017.
Keywords: Women; Literacy; Bible; Old Testament; Gender; Ancient Near East; Ancient America
“Why Are there Multiple Accounts of Joseph Smith&’s and Alma’s Visions?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #264. January 20, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; First Vision; History; Alma the Younger; Conversion; Restoration; Bible; New Testament; Paul
“Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #312. May 12, 2017.
Keywords: Plan of Salvation; Names; God; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Alma; Amulek; Death; Church History; Joseph Smith
“Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #474. October 9, 2018.
Keywords: Tree of Life; Joseph Smith Sr; Lucy Mack Smith; Visions; Iron Rod
“Why are There So Many War Chapters in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #157. August 3, 2016.
Keywords: War Chapters; Warfare; Military; Nephites; Lamanites; Alma; Zarahemla; Amlici; Ammonihah; Nehor; People of Ammon; Jershon; Zoramites; Antionum; Moroni; Captain Moroni; Paanchi; Pahoran; Helaman; Kishkumen; Tubaloth; Gadianton Robbers; Moronihah; Cezoram; Giddianhi; Zemnarihah; Jacob; Lachoneus
“Why Bother Studying the Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #388. December 7, 2017.
Keywords: Church History; Joseph Smith; Oliver Cowdery; David Whitmer; Printer’s Manuscript; Original Manuscript; Book of Mormon Translation; Miracles
“Why Can Nephi’s Vision Be Called an Apocalypse?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #471. September 27, 2018.
Keywords: Nephi; Apocalypse; Assyria; Visions; Underworld
“Why Can Wickedness Never Bring Happiness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #329. June 21, 2017.
Keywords: Alma; Corianton; Missionary Work; Sexual Transgression; Sin; Joy; Happiness; Chiasmus; Hebrew; Bible; Old Testament; Cain and Abel; Commandments; Obedience; Atonement
“Why Could Joseph Smith Testify in Court at Age 13?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #590. January 12, 2021.
Keywords: Legal; Joseph Smith; Church History
“Why Could Seantum be Convicted Without Any Witnesses?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #180. September 5, 2016.
Keywords: Legal; Helaman; Nephi; Chief Judge; Seezoram; Seantum; Reign of the Judges; Murder; Death; Blood; Law of Moses; Witnesses; Law of Witnesses; Bible; Old Testament; Deuteronomy; Ancient Israel; Joshua; Obedience; Ancient Law; Mormon; Gadianton Robbers
“Why Did Abinadi Stretch Forth His Hand as He Prophesied?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #94. May 6, 2016.
Keywords: Abinadi; King Noah; Hands; Gestures; Ancient Near East; Moses; Bible; Old Testament
“Why Did Abinadi Talk About the Suffering Messiah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #91. May 3, 2016.
Keywords: Abinadi; King Noah; Mosiah; Isaiah; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Bible; Old Testament
“Why Did Abinadi Use a Disguise?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #310. May 8, 2017.
Keywords: Abinadi; King Noah; Disguise; Bible; Old Testament; Moses; Saul
“Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #560. May 5, 2020.
Keywords: East Wind; Mesoamerica; Abinadi; King Noah; Bible; Old Testament; Exodus; Moses; Plagues; Evidence
“Why Did Abraham and Sarah Receive New Names and Tokens?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #630. February 22, 2022.
Keywords: New Names; Abrahamic Covenant; Covenants; Names; Abraham; Sarah; Abram; Sarai; Tokens; Circumcision
“Why Did Alma Add ‘Chains of Hell’ to Abinadi’s Phrase ‘Bands of Death’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #111. May 31, 2016.
Keywords: Abinadi; Alma; Bands of Death; Death; Bible; Psalms; Old Testament; Hebrew; Chains of Hell; Hell
“Why Did Alma and Amulek Preach in Synagogues?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #124. June 17, 2016.
Keywords: Synagogues; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Alma; Amulek; Ammonihah; Zoramites; Etymology; Hebrew; Greek; Temples
“Why Did Alma Ask about Having God’s Image Engraven upon One’s Countenance?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #295. April 3, 2017.
Keywords: Alma; Jesus Christ; Mesoamerica; Deity Masks; Engraven in your Countenance; North America; South America; Evidence
“Why Did Alma Ask Church Members Fifty Probing Questions?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #112. June 1, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Covenants; Psalms; Bible; Old Testament; Temples; Zarahemla; Ancient Israel; Ancient Israelite Religion; King Benjamin
“Why Did Alma Bless and Thank God After Eating?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #115. June 6, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Amulek; Ammonihah; Angels; Eating; Prayer; Ancient Judaism; Ancient Israel; Mishnah; Dead Sea Scrolls; Bible; Old Testament; Moses
“Why Did Alma Draw on the Teachings of Abinadi?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #571. July 28, 2020.
Keywords: Corianton; Alma the Younger; Abinadi; Intertextuality
“Why Did Alma Face Such Great Political Challenges as the Chief Judge?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #563. May 26, 2020.
Keywords: Alma the Younger; Chief Judge; Legal; Nehor; Law; Warfare
“Why Did Alma Need to ‘Establish the Order of the Church’ in Zarahemla Again?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #113. June 2, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; King Mosiah; Zarahemla; Nehor; Church; Nephite Church; Apostasy
“Why Did Alma Repeat the Lord’s Name Ten Times While in Prayer?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #139. July 8, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Korihor; Nephites; Zoramites; Lamanites; Prayer; God; Jehovah; Ancient Judaism; Repetition; Atonement; Jesus Christ; Covenants
“Why Did Alma Respond in the Way He Did to the ‘Order of Nehor’ in Ammonihah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #566. June 16, 2020.
Keywords: Nehor; Ammonihah; Alma the Younger; Amulek; Priesthood
“Why Did Alma See God Surrounded by Angels?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #570. July 21, 2020.
Keywords: Angels; Divine Council; Alma the Younger; Helaman; Repentance; Conversion
“Why Did Alma Talk about Melchizedek?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #120. June 13, 2016.
Keywords: Priesthood; Melchizedek; Melchizedek Priesthood; Alma; Ammonihah; Amulek; Repentance; Temples; Nehor; Apostasy; Jesus Christ
“Why Did Alma Talk about Planting a Seed in the Heart?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #569. July 14, 2020.
Keywords: Tree of Life; Faith; Mesoamerica; Maize God; Heart; Alma the Younger; Evidence
“Why Did Alma Teach His Opponents about the Temple?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #119. June 10, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Amulek; Zeezrom; Temples; Fall; Adam; Eve; Garden of Eden; Resurrection; Final Judgment; Ammonihah; Jesus Christ; Atonement; Priesthood; Melchizedek
“Why Did Alma Use Creation Imagery in His Sermon on Faith?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #140. July 11, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Zoramites; Antionum; Faith; Zenos; Isaiah; Light; Creation; Hebrew; Tree of Life; Fall; Atonement; Resurrection; Adam; Eve; Lamoni; Nephites
“Why Did Alma Wish to Speak ‘with the Trump of God’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #136. July 5, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Angels; Missionary Work; Jubilee; Law of Moses; Ancient Israel; King Benjamin; Mosiah; Sabbatical; Day of Atonement; Trumpet; Horn; Joy
“Why Did Ammon Borrow So Much from Tradition in Alma 26?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #133. June 30, 2016.
Keywords: Ammon; Intertextuality; Bible; Old Testament; Psalms; Jacob; King Benjamin; Alma; Joel; Allegory of the Olive Tree; Zenos; King Lamoni; Literacy
“Why Did an Angel Send Alma Back to Ammonihah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #565. June 10, 2020.
Keywords: Alma; Ammonihah; Angels; Liberty; Politics
“Why Did Ancient Israelites Lift Their Hands in Praise?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #638. July 19, 2022.
Keywords: Temples; Old Testament; Bible; Uplifted Hands; Gestures; Sacred Gestures; Solomon’s Temple; Zerubbabel; Nehemiah; Ezra; Prayer
“Why Did Ancient Prophets Follow Literary Patterns?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #636. July 5, 2022.
Keywords: Book of Mormon; Alma the Younger; Prophets; Type Scene; Prophetic Call; Prophetic Commission; Recommission; Ammonihah; Elijah
“Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #536. October 17, 2019.
Keywords: King Benjamin; Names; Egyptian; Jesus Christ
“Why Did Book of Mormon Authors Use Colophons?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #443. June 21, 2018.
Keywords: Colophons; Ancient Near East; Egyptian; Nephi; Evidence
“Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Discourage Nephite-Lamanite Intermarriage?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #110. May 30, 2016.
Keywords: Alma; Apostasy; Amlici; War; Lamanites; Curse; Race; Intermarriage; Marriage; Nehor; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Israel
“Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Quote Long Passages of Scripture?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #473. October 4, 2018.
Keywords: Speeches; Old Testament; Literacy
“Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Speak of Future Events as if They Had Already Happened?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #95. May 9, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; King Noah; Abinadi; Isaiah; Bible; Old Testament; Literary Device; Ancient Near East
“Why Did Christ Perform Miracles?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #508. March 28, 2019.
Keywords: New Testament; Jesus Christ; Miracles
“Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #131. June 28, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; Alma; Conversion; Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Curse; Etymology; Egyptian; Greek; Ancient Israel
“Why Did David Whitmer Never Return to the Church?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #609. June 10, 2021.
Keywords: David Whitmer; Witnesses; Three Witnesses; Book of Mormon; Joseph Smith
“Why Did Emma Smith Remain in Nauvoo after the Death of Joseph Smith?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #625. November 30, 2021.
Keywords: Emma Smith; Women; Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Joseph Smith; Martyrdom; Nauvoo; Brigham Young
“Why Did Fasting and Prayer Accompany Nephite Mourning?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #135. July 3, 2016.
Keywords: Zarahemla; Lamanites; Nephites; Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Jershon; Warfare; Sorrow; Mourning; Fasting; Prayer; Ancient Israel; Bible; Old Testament; Esther; Psalms; Exodus; Parallelism
“Why Did God Support the Nephites in Battle?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #572. August 4, 2020.
Keywords: Warfare; War Chapters; War; Nephites; Mesoamerica; Maya; Prophecy
“Why Did Helaman Compare Christ to a Rock?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #176. August 30, 2016.
Keywords: Helaman; Nephi; Lehi; Jesus Christ; Rock; Redeemer; Son of God; Old Testament; Bible; Psalms; Isaiah; Deuteronomy; Satan; Arrows; Weapons; Whirlwinds; Ancient Near East; Assyria; Moses; Refuge; Storm; Hail
“Why Did Helaman Want His Sons to Remember to Build upon the Rock?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #332. June 28, 2017.
Keywords: Helaman; Nephi; Lehi; Jesus Christ; Rock; Bible; Old Testament; Psalms; Deuteronomy; Isaiah
“Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #599. March 16, 2021.
Keywords: Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Revelation; Hiram Page; Seer Stones; Joseph Smith; Oliver Cowdery; Church Organization; Witnesses; Eight Witnesses
“Why Did Isaiah Refer to the Heavenly Hosts as ‘Seraphim’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #645. September 6, 2022.
Keywords: Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Seraph; Seraphim; Angels; Prophetic Call; Serpents
“Why Did Jacob Call his Record the ‘Plates of Jacob"?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #65. March 29, 2016.
Keywords: Jacob; Nephi; Lehi; Gold Plates; Plates of Lehi; Plates of Nephi; Plates of Jacob; Martin Harris; 116 pages
“Why Did Jacob Condemn ‘Deliberately’ Killing?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #549. February 13, 2020.
Keywords: Jacob; Nephi; Laban; Murder; Law of Moses; Ten Commandments; Ten Woes
“Why Did Jacob Highlight Nephi’s Role as a Protector?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #553. March 11, 2020.
Keywords: Hebrew; Jacob; Nephi; Protector; Word Play
“Why Did Jacob Include the Case of Sherem?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #554. March 17, 2020.
Keywords: Sherem; Jacob; Law of Moses; Law; Legal; Bible; Old Testament; Deuteronomy; Jeremiah
“Why Did Jacob Share the Allegory of the Olive Tree?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #66. March 30, 2016.
Keywords: Jacob; Allegory of the Olive Tree; Intertextuality; Jesus Christ
“Why Did Jesus Allude to the Priestly Blessing in Numbers 6?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #212. October 19, 2016.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Prayer; High Priest; Temples; Priestly Blessing; Moses; Aaron; Priest; Priesthood; House of Israel; Ancient Israel; Bible; Numbers; Archaeology; Jerusalem; Smile; Shine; Glory; Face; Countenance; Hebrew; Exodus; Covenants
“Why Did Jesus Christ Compare Himself to a Hen?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #200. October 3, 2016.
Keywords: Destruction; Death of Christ; Darkness; Voice of the Lord; Jesus Christ; Animals; Hen; Chickens; Turkeys; House of Israel; Gathering; Covenants; Atonement; Love of God
“Why Did Jesus Deliver a Version of the Sermon on the Mount at the Temple in Bountiful?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #203. October 6, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Christ in America; Bible; New Testament; Sermon on the Mount; Matthew; Mark; Luke; Sermon at the Temple; Textual Variants; Temples; Mountain; Heavenly Father; God; Law of Moses; Covenants; Commandments
“Why Did Jesus Give the Nephites Malachi’s Prophecies?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #218. October 27, 2016.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Malachi; Bible; Old Testament; Nephites; Scriptures; Second Coming; Prophets; Prophecy
“Why Did Jesus Minister to the People One by One?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #209. October 14, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Christ in America; Witnesses; Ministry; Resurrection; Bible; New Testament; Nephites; Bountiful; Priesthood; Temples; Holy of Holies; High Priest; Sermon at the Temple; Law of Moses
“Why Did Jesus Mix Together Micah and Isaiah?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #214. October 21, 2016.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Bible; Old Testament; Micah; Isaiah; Covenants; Heavenly Father; God; House of Israel; Gentiles; Abraham; Jacob; Prophets; Temples; Hebrew; Poetry; Chiasmus; Mesoamerica; Ancient Near East
“Why Did Jesus Quote All of Isaiah 54?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #216. October 25, 2016.
Keywords: Christ in America; Jesus Christ; Covenants; Bible; Old Testament; Isaiah; Ancient Near East; Blessings; Likening; Women; House of Israel; Ancient Israel; Gentiles; Nephites; Love; Kindness; Scriptures
“Why Did Jesus Quote the Words of Malachi 3-4 in 3 Nephi 24-25?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #370. October 5, 2017.
Keywords: Christ in America; Bible; Old Testament; Malachi; Genealogy; Family History; Church History; Joseph Smith; Moroni; Elijah; Priesthood; Sealing Power; Covenants; Ordinances; Temples
“Why Did Jesus Say that Some Well-Intentioned People Will Be Told to Depart?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #205. October 10, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Christ in America; Sermon at the Temple; Bountiful; Nephites; Heavenly Father; New Testament; John; Old Testament; Psalms; Matthew; Hosea; Hebrew; Amos; Covenants; Knowing; House of Israel; Temples; Sermon on the Mount
“Why Did Jesus Say That There Were ‘Other Sheep’ Who Would Hear His Voice?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #207. October 12, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Christ in America; Bible; New Testament; John; Sheep; Ministry; Gathering; Gathering of Israel; Ancient Israel; Scattering of Israel; Birth of Christ; Jerusalem; Galilee; Tribes of Israel; House of Israel; Assyria; Old Testament; Isaiah
“Why Did Jesus Say, ‘Never Have I Showed Myself unto Man’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #584. November 10, 2020.
Keywords: Brother of Jared; Jaredites; Jesus Christ; Theophany; Son of God; Temples; Heavenly Ascent; Faith; Veil
“Why Did Jesus Tell All People to Sacrifice a Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #198. September 29, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Destruction; Death of Christ; Sacrifice; Animal Sacrifice; Broken Heart; Contrite Spirit; New Testament; Bible; Nephites; Lamanites; Nephi; Lehi; Old Testament; Psalms; Atonement; Law of Moses; Commandments
“Why Did John Whitmer Continue to Testify of the Book of Mormon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #602. April 27, 2021.
Keywords: Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; John Whitmer; Witnesses; Eight Witnesses; Book of Mormon Translation; Gold Plates
“Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #279. February 24, 2017.
Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Church History; Oliver Cowdery; Joseph Smith; Priesthood; Baptism; Aaronic Priesthood; John the Baptist; Christ in America; Mosiah; Alma the Younger
“Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #556. April 7, 2020.
Keywords: Copyright; Legal; Canada; Church History; Book of Mormon Translation; Joseph Smith
“Why Did Joseph Smith File a Legal Complaint against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #616. September 14, 2021.
Keywords: Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Legal; Law; Lawsuit; Joseph Smith; Doctor Philastus Hurlbut
“Why Did Joseph Smith File for Bankruptcy?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #623. November 4, 2021.
Keywords: Money; Church History; Joseph Smith; Doctrine and Covenants; Bankruptcy
“Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #628. January 18, 2022.
Keywords: Joseph Smith; Joseph Smith Translation; Church History; King James Version; Bible; Old Testament
“Why Did Joseph Write His Famous Letter from Liberty Jail?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #621. October 19, 2021.
Keywords: Church History; Doctrine and Covenants; Joseph Smith; Liberty Jail; Adversity
“Why Did King Benjamin Say That His People Would be Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #307. May 1, 2017.
Keywords: Mosiah; King Benjamin; Hebrew; Children; Bible; Old Testament; Psalms; Etymology
“Why Did King Benjamin Use Poetic Parallels So Extensively?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #83. April 21, 2016.
Keywords: Mosiah; King Benjamin; Parallelism; Hebrew; Old Testament; Literary Device; Chiasmus; Evidence
“Why Did King Limhi Think Gideon’s Escape Plan Would Work?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #100. May 16, 2016.
Keywords: Limhi; Gideon; Alcohol; Word of Wisdom; Mosiah; Bible; New Testament; Apocrypha; Judtih
“Why Did Lehi and Jeremiah Find Themselves in a Dark and Dreary Wilderness?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #544. January 3, 2020.
Keywords: Tree of Life; Jeremiah; Nephi; Lehi; Dark and Dreary Waste
“Why Did Lehi Divide His People into Seven Tribes?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #319. May 29, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi; Nephi; Jacob; Joseph; Laman; Lemuel; Zoram; Ishmael; Nephites; Lamanites; Lemuelites; Jacobites; Ishmaelites; Josephites; Zoramites; House of Israel; Tribes of Israel; Testament of Lehi; Bible; Old Testament
“Why Did Lehi Quote from a Psalm of Repentance In His Dream?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #325. June 12, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi’s Dream; Tree of Life; Lehi; Bible; Old Testament; Psalms; Intertextuality; Repentance; Atonement; Joy; Fruit; Ancient Israel; Ancient Israelite Religion; Love of God
“Why Did Lehi Teach About the ‘Two Ways’?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #287. March 15, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi; Nephi; Jacob; Testament of Lehi; Two Ways; Agency; Jesus Christ; Devil; Church of the Lamb; Church of the Devil; Bible; Old Testament; Deuteronomy; Moses; Tree of Life; Satan; Adversary; Fall; Atonement
“Why Did Lehi Teach that the Fall was Necessary?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #269. February 1, 2017.
Keywords: Lehi; Nephi; Creation; Fall; Atonement; Adam; Eve; Temples; Ancient Israel; Ancient Near East; Genesis; Hebrew; Death; Tribes of Israel; Jesus Christ; Children; Family; Parallelism; Joy; Happiness
“Why Did Lehi ‘Suppose" the Existence of Satan?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #43. February 29, 2016.
Keywords: Satan; Ancient Israelite Religion; Ancient Judaism; Lehi; Nephi; Ancient Near East; Lucifer; Devil; Hebrew; Etymology; Names; Book of Mormon Names; Adversary; Hell; Opposition
“Why Did Martin Harris Come Back to the Church?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #607. June 3, 2021.
Keywords: Martin Harris; Witnesses; Three Witnesses; Book of Mormon; Excommunication; Baptism; Church History
“Why Did Martin Harris Consult with Scholars like Charles Anthon?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #514. May 7, 2019.
Keywords: Charles Anthon; Anthon Transcript; Martin Harris; Luther Bradish; Samuel Mitchell; Joseph Smith; Book of Mormon Translation; Gold Plates
“Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #592. January 21, 2021.
Keywords: Martin Harris; Church History; Gold Plates; Three Witnesses; Legal; Trial; Joseph Smith; Book of Mormon Translation
“Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #513. May 2, 2019.
Keywords: Egyptian; Ancient Near East; Egypt; Hebrew; Demotic; Hieratic; Joseph Smith; Book of Mormon Translation; Nephite Interpreters; Gold Plates; Evidence
“Why did Mormon Emphasize the Zoramites’ Costly Apparel?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #283. March 6, 2017.
Keywords: Alma; Amulek; Zoramites; Rameumptom; Clothing; Jewelry; Pride; Humility; Nephites; Lamanites; Warfare; Military; Armor
“Why Did Mormon End Third Nephi with Such Serious Woes?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #224. November 4, 2016.
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Christ in America; Woes; Simile Curse; Curse; Satan; Prophets; Ancient Near East; Bible; Old Testament; Oracle; New Testament; Pharisees; Matthew; Mormon; House of Israel; Covenants; Gentiles; Repentance
“Why Did Mormon Give So Many Details About Geography?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #130. June 27, 2016.
Keywords: Geography; Zarahemla; Internal Geography; Mesoamerica; North America; South America; American Continent; Mormon’s Map; Consistency; Complexity; Evidence
“Why Did Mormon Include Flashbacks in His Narrative?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #129. June 24, 2016.
Keywords: Flashback; Gideon; Alma; Zarahemla; Mosiah; Ammon; Lamoni; Aaron; Manti; Madoni; Mormon; Redaction; Ammonihah; Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Zoramites; Moroni
“Why Did Mormon Introduce Himself in 3 Nephi 5?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #194. September 23, 2016.
Keywords: Mormon; Editor; Redaction; 116 pages; Jesus Christ; Gold Plates; Witnesses
“Why Did Mormon Mention Hagoth?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #171. August 23, 2016.
Keywords: Hagoth; Ship; Sailing; Nephites; Lamanites; Mormon; Zarahemla; Land Northward; Geography; Scattering of Israel; Pacific Islands; Polynesians; Mesoamerica
“Why Did Mormon Say the Children of Men are Less than the Dust of the Earth?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #183. September 8, 2016.
Keywords: Mormon; Earth; Sun; Astronomy; Cosmology; Bible; Old Testament; Ancient Near East; Mesoamerica; Heliocentrism; Geocentrism