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F., J. B. “American Antiquities.” Juvenile Instructor 19 (15 July 1884, 1 August 1884, 15 August 1884): 222, 235, 250-51.
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Correct answers concerning the origins of past civilizations in the Americas were not found until the Book of Mormon was published. Discusses mounds in North and South America. Notes distinct historical periods in Mexico, Central America, and Peru.

ID = [78978]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1884-07-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:19
F., J.B. “American Antiquities.” Juvenile Instructor 19, no. 14 (1884): 222.
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Correct answers concerning the origins of past civilizations in the Americas were not found until the Book of Mormon was published. Discusses mounds in North and South America. Notes distinct historical periods in Mexico, Central America, and Peru.

Keywords: Ancient America, Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland, Mesoamerica, North America, South America
ID = [75940]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1884-07-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:55:56
F., J.B. “American Antiquities (Concluded).” Juvenile Instructor 19, no. 16 (1884): 250-251.
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Correct answers concerning the origins of past civilizations in the Americas were not found until the Book of Mormon was published. Discusses mounds in North and South America. Notes distinct historical periods in Mexico, Central America, and Peru.

Keywords: Ancient America, Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland, Mesoamerica, North America, South America
ID = [75942]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1884-08-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:55:56
F., J.B. “American Antiquities (Continued).” Juvenile Instructor 19, no. 15 (1884): 235.
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Correct answers concerning the origins of past civilizations in the Americas were not found until the Book of Mormon was published. Discusses mounds in North and South America. Notes distinct historical periods in Mexico, Central America, and Peru.

Keywords: Ancient America, Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland, Mesoamerica, North America, South America
ID = [75941]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1884-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:55:56
Hess, Wilford M., Daniel J. Fairbanks, John W. Welch, and Jonathan K. Driggs. “Botanical Aspects of Olive Culture Relevant to Jacob 5.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, ed. Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 484—562. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo,Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994.
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Keywords: Ancient Israel; Ancient Near East; Arabia; Botany; Horticulture; Olive Tree
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Topics > Flora and Fauna
ID = [67905]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,welch  Size: 138609  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:29
Fairbanks, Delamar R. “For Students of the Book of Mormon Only.” N.p.,n.d.
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Maintains that it is possible to identify geographical locations of the Book of Mormon. Asserts that the “Land of Nephi was . . . in the southern half of Costa Rica, between the 9th and 10th north degree parallel, south of the great wilderness. Bountiful . . . was very close to [the] 11° north parallel”

ID = [77796]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:10
Flinders, Rebecca M., and Anne B. Fairchild. “Scriptures for Families.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 431-434.
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Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families. Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The New Testament for Latter-day Saint Families.

Keywords: Education; Family; Scripture Study
ID = [437]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8756  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:40
Fairchild, James Harris. “Manuscript of Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon.” Magazine of Western History 4 (1886): 30-39.
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A theory proposed by E. D. Howe (Mormonism Unveiled) purports that Sidney Rigdon stole Spaulding’s manuscript and rewrote it for Joseph Smith to publish. It was research into the history of the manuscript that led to the conclusion that the Book of Mormon and Spaulding manuscript are not related. An excerpt from the manuscript is reprinted and Spaulding’s religious beliefs are explored. Rigdon’s denial is included.

ID = [79733]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:24
Fairchild, James Harris. “Manuscript of Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 65 (21 August 1918): 818-23.
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This is a reprint from Western Reserve Historical Society 3:185-200, and is also found in Tract #77, March 23, 1886, RLDS Church. The author concludes that Spaulding’s Manuscript Lost and the Book of Mormon are not related, contrary to the theory suggested by Howe’s Mormonism Unvailed. An excerpt from Manuscript Lost is reprinted as well as Spaulding’s feelings about the Christian religion and the Bible. Rigdon’s denial that he wrote the book is included.

ID = [79734]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1918-08-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:24
Fairchild, James Harris. “Mormonism and the Spaulding Manuscript.” Bibliotheca Sacra 43 (January 1886): 167-74.
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Draws comparisons between the Book of Mormon and the Spaulding manuscript and concludes that there is no resemblance between the two.

ID = [79826]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:24
Fairchild, James Harris. “Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon.” Bibliotheca Sacra 42 (January 1885):173-74.
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Fairchild gives his opinion, after comparing the Book of Mormon with the Spaulding manuscript, that there is “no resemblance between the two”

ID = [80182]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1885-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:44
Fallon, Jennifer Grace. “That We May Rejoice Together.” Ensign, June 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [60617]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9040  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:12
Reed, David A., and John R. Farkas. Mormons Answered Verse by Verse. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1992.
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This polemical book recounts the history of the Book of Mormon and examines selected verses from the book in an attempt to discredit it.

ID = [78087]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:12
Farley, J. Robert. An Overview of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1980.
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A general overview of the main characters and events in the Book of Mormon, illustrated in color and probably intended for youth.

ID = [77536]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:08
Farley, S. Brent. “Nephi, Isaiah, and the Latter-day Restoration.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 227–39. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
ID = [36877]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 24626  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:47
Farmer, Deborah. “Clair Poulson, Samuel, Moroni’s Young Warrior (tapes) and Samuel, Gadianton’s Foe (tapes).” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 18.
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Samuel, Moroni's Young Warrier (1993), by Clair Poulson.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [237]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 8125  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:39
Farnes, Alan Taylor. “Scripture Note: A Fresh Approach to Moroni’s Promise.” Religious Educator Vol. 20 no. 2 (2019).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > G — K > Gifts of the Spirit
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
ID = [38365]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2019-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 22985  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:57
Farnsworth, Brad. “A Simple but Powerful Path to Forgiveness (Alma 36).” Religious Educator Vol. 21 no. 1 (2020).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Bishop
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
Book of Mormon Topics > Doctrines and Teachings > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [38342]  Status = Checked by JA Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 39462  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:56
Farnsworth, Dewey, and Edith Wood. The Americas Before Columbus. El Paso, TX: Farnsworth Publishing, 1947.
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A presentation of photographs, notes, and comments dealing with ancient South and Central America. Discusses Hebrew and Egyptian parallels in the New World, four brothers as founders of the early South American culture, Christianity before Columbus, cement roads, and the use of metal. This work is reviewed in S.515.

ID = [78328]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1947-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:14
Farnsworth, Dewey, and Edith Wood, eds. Book of Mormon Evidences in Ancient America. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1953.
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Presents archaeological findings from ancient America that provide support for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77609]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:09
Farnsworth, Dewey. Buried Empires of South America. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1953.
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Contains pictures and explanations of ancient American cities, statues, and water systems. The author shows how the ancient American ruins are closely related to the remnants found in Old World civilizations such as those of the Egyptians, Saxons, Hebrews, and others.

ID = [77670]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:09
Farnsworth, Dewey. Grandeur of Ancient America. El Paso, TX: Dewey Farnsworth, 1939.
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Large booklet with black and white photographs depicting ruins in Latin America. One of the great discoveries that has been made is an exact date of the arrival of the Mayas. This date was deciphered from Mayan hieroglyphics and scientists claim it to be August 6, 613 B.C.

ID = [77831]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1939-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:10
Farnsworth, Dewey, and William Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America I.” Improvement Era 43, no. 12 (1940): 708.
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This series is a presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76856]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America II.” Improvement Era 44, no. 1 (1941): 22.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76966]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:04
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America III.” Improvement Era 44, no. 2 (1941): 77.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76945]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:04
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America IV.” Improvement Era 44, no. 3 (1941): 134.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76897]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America IX.” Improvement Era 44, no. 8 (1941): 473.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76836]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America V.” Improvement Era 44, no. 4 (1941): 200.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76823]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America VI.” Improvement Era 44, no. 5 (1941): 279.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77035]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:04
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America VII.” Improvement Era 44, no. 6 (1941): 340.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77094]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America VIII.” Improvement Era 44, no. 7 (1941): 408.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77091]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America X.” Improvement Era 44, no. 9 (1941): 537.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77171]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America XI.” Improvement Era 44, no. 10 (1941): 600.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76827]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, Dewey, and William Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America I.” Improvement Era 43, no. 12 (1940): 708.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This series is a presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76856]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America II.” Improvement Era 44, no. 1 (1941): 22.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76966]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:04
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America III.” Improvement Era 44, no. 2 (1941): 77.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76945]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:04
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America IV.” Improvement Era 44, no. 3 (1941): 134.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76897]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America IX.” Improvement Era 44, no. 8 (1941): 473.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76836]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America V.” Improvement Era 44, no. 4 (1941): 200.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76823]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America VI.” Improvement Era 44, no. 5 (1941): 279.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77035]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:04
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America VII.” Improvement Era 44, no. 6 (1941): 340.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77094]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America VIII.” Improvement Era 44, no. 7 (1941): 408.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77091]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America X.” Improvement Era 44, no. 9 (1941): 537.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77171]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Farnsworth, William, and Dewey Farnsworth. “Looking Back at Ancient America XI.” Improvement Era 44, no. 10 (1941): 600.
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A presentation of photographs of Ancient American ruins, accompanied by brief descriptions and comments.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76827]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Farnsworth, William J. “Defensive Walls of Peru.” N.p.,n.d.
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An aerial photograph of a defensive wall in Peru that “extends roughly due east from the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Santa River” It is compared with Alma 50:9- 11.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77740]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:10
Farr, Beth Richards. Jesus Christ Visits the Americas: A Book of Mormon Story for Children. Salt Lake City: Little One’s Books, 1977.
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Large drawings designed for children illustrate the text of 3 Nephi, wherein Jesus visited the Nephites and blessed the children.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77922]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Farrell, Ralph W. “Book of Mormon Geography.” Saints’ Herald 66 (12 March 1919): 249.
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Looks at geographical and historical aspects of Central America and Mexico, seeking external evidence in support of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79172]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-03-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Farrell, Ralph W. “Thurlow Weed Speaks on the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 67 (24 March 1920): 270.
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An excerpt from the Autobiography of Thurlow Weed explains that Joseph Smith had approached Mr. Weed, a publisher, to print the Book of Mormon. Mr. Weed refused to print the work.

ID = [80727]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-03-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:47
Farthing, R. J. “Isaiah—One Prophet or Three.” Saints’ Herald 107 (14 March 1960): 259, 262.
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The Book of Mormon presents evidence that a single prophet wrote the book of Isaiah, not three, as biblical scholars have maintained.

ID = [79615]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1960-03-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:23
Faulconer, James E. The Book of Mormon Made Harder. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2014.
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Latter-day Saint philosopher James E. Faulconer’s Made Harder series raises many more questions than it answers. And that is precisely the point. Faulconer wrote The Book of Mormon Made Harder on the premise that our scripture study is only as good as the questions we bring to the endeavor. While many books about the Book of Mormon provide useful shortcuts, chapter synopses, timelines, and memorizable bullet-points, this book consists almost entirely of challenging questions (with occasional commentary for clarity’s sake) because, in Faulconer’s experience, questions themselves are the key to reflective and deep scripture study. This book is intended to make reading harder—and therefore fresher—by priming your pondering pump with insightful study questions. So much of modern life is geared to finding faster and easier ways to do the same old things. The Made Harder series is proof that making things easier does not always make them better.

ID = [81713]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:54
Faulconer, James E. “Desiring to Believe: Wisdom and Political Power.” In An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32, edited by Miller, Adam S. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2014.
ID = [81746]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:54
Faulconer, James E. “How to Study the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999. Transcript of a lecture presented as part of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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In this essay James Faulconer, a BYU professor of philosophy and dean of honors, outlines some general suggestions for scripture study. He presents his extensive notes on Mosiah 4 to show the treasures that can be found by careful and thorough scripture study. His study methods include considering context, examining word meaning, and looking for patterns.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Teachings
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [8405]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Faulconer, James E. “The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 347-366. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.
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Keywords: Allegory of the Olive Tree; Gathering of Israel; Missionary Work; Olive Tree
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [75492]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:55:54
Faulconer, James E. “Scripture as Incarnation.” In Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures, edited by Paul Y. Hoskisson, 17–61. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 2001. Reprint, in Faulconer, J. E. Faith, Philosophy, Scripture. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, 2010, 151–202.
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Today the modernist view of history in which texts only represent events is so predominant that most Latter-day Saints automatically apply it to the question of scriptural historicity. Unfortunately, historical scholarship rarely lines up with our understanding of scripture as well as we would like. Problems arise when we use modernist tools to examine scripture written by premoderns, who considered their writing not as mere representation but as incarnation—an embodiment of the symbolic ordering of the world. The premodernist reading of the scriptures more accurately reflects Latter-day Saint beliefs: whereas modernism would use reason to understand history (and thus the Divine in history, i.e., scripture), premodernism uses divinely revealed scripture as well as ritual, ritual objects, and ritual language to give order to history. Instead of examining scripture as just another element of history, premoderns consider scripture to be the defining element in history.
The historicity of scripture is important to most Christians and especially to Latter-day Saints. [1] Christians disagree among themselves about how to understand scriptural history, but few deny that, in some important sense, Christian scripture is historical. However, given the challenges to scriptural history, challenges that are especially strong for Latter-day Saints who take the Book of Mormon to be historical, what are we to make of the claim that scriptures are history? Given those challenges, is it possible to understand scripture as literal history? The answer to that question—positive, I will argue—lies in answering the question of what we mean by history.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [2588]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:54
Faulconer, James E. “Sealings and Mercies: Moroni’s Final Exhortations in Moroni 10.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 4-19.
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This is not an essay in the usual sense. Instead, it is a close reading of Moroni 10, looking verse by verse at what Mornoi might be teaching us. The overarching question is, to what does Moroni exhort us as he seals his book and writes his final words? Examining each of Morni’s eight exhortations, Faulconer shows one way to study scriptures and perhaps to think about them afresh. In addition to the importantadmonition to pray about the truth of the Book of Mormon, he sees in this chapter a message of God’s mercy and of our need for charity.

Keywords: Charity; Exhortation; Mercy; Moroni (Son of Mormon); Scripture Study; Sealing
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3285]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 59217  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:59
Faulconer, James E. “Setting a New Standard.” FARMS Review 21, no. 1 (2009): 79-82.
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Review of Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 6 vols. (2007), by Brant A. Gardner.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Mesoamerica
ID = [623]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8484  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:41
Faulconer, James E. “With Real Intent.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
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Faulconer discusses the evolution of his testimony of the Book of Mormon; years passed before he recognized the importance of that book to his life as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After reading an article explaining the tree of life that is written about in 1 Nephi, he gained a deeper understanding of the purpose of the Book of Mormon—that the book prepares members of the church to enter into covenants with God in the temple and explains what those covenants are. In addition to that objective, the book testifies of and brings people to Jesus Christ.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3090]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 30355  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Puening, Ronald L., Barbara A. Hainsworth, Karen Galley, Philip Jackson, Matt Paulson, Marilyn Stewart, Scott J. Klemm, Thomas L. Faulkner, Louis Wilkins, Peter Vokac, Richard G. Belliss, W. D. Sanders, and John W. Miller. “Queries and Comments: More on the Nephites and the Book of Mormon.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14 (November—December 1988): 12, 14-18, 20.
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Letters responding to C. L. Sainsbury’s letter (July/August issue) seeking inclusion of Nephite history on an international timeline. Contributors contend that no archaeological evidence exists for the Book of Mormon, point out the book’s similarity to the Bible, and enclose the Smithsonian Institution’s statement concerning the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80034]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:43
Faulring, Barbara, and Scott Faulring. “Revisions in the LDS Triple.” Seventh East Press 2 (24 August 1982): B1-B8.
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Reviews the changes made in the 1981 edition of the triple combination. Book of Mormon changes are provided on pages B-1 and B-2.

ID = [80125]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-08-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:43
Faulring, Barbara, and Scott Faulring. “Revisions in the LDS Triple.” Seventh East Press 2 (24 August 1982): B1-B8.
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Reviews the changes made in the 1981 edition of the triple combination. Book of Mormon changes are provided on pages B-1 and B-2.

ID = [80125]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-08-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:43
Faulring, Scott H. “The Book of Mormon: A Blueprint for Organizing the Church.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 60-69, 71.
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Concepts from the Book of Mormon contributed to how the church was built up and conducted. Oliver Cowdery was instructed to draw upon the Book of Mormon in formulating his vision of how the restored church should be organized and regulated. His 1829 Articles of the Church of Christ were a precursor to Joseph Smith’s 1830 Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ (now known as Doctrine and Covenants 20). Three key aspects of church organization that originated in the Book of Mormon include baptism and priesthood authority, the ordination of priests and teachers, and the administration of the Lord’s supper.

Keywords: Baptism; Church Organization; Cowdery; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Lord’s Supper; Oliver; Ordination; Priest; Priesthood Authority; Sacrament; Smith; Teacher
ID = [2981]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,farms-jbms  Size: 38235  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Faulring, Scott H. “An Examination of the 1829 ‘Articles of the Church of Christ’ in Relation to Section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants.” BYU Studies 43, no. 4 (2004): 57-91.
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The 1829 “Articles of the Church of Christ” is a little-known antecedent to section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants. This article explores Joseph Smith’s and Oliver Cowdery’s involvement in bringing forth these two documents that were important in laying the foundation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Section 20 was originally labeled the “Articles and Covenants.” It was the first revelation canonized by the restored Church and the most lengthy revelation given before the first priesthood conference was held in June 1830. Scriptural commentators in recent years have described the inspired set of instructions in section 20 as “a constitution for the restored church.” In many respect, the Articles and Covenants was the Church’s earliest General Handbook of Instructions. Although Latter-day Saints typically associate the Articles and Covenants with the organization of the Church on April 6, 1830, this regulatory document had roots in earlier events: in the earliest latter-day revelations, in statements on Church ordinances and organization from the Book of Mormon, and in the preliminary set of Articles written by Oliver Cowdery in the last half of 1829.

Keywords: Articles and Covenants; Church Administration; Church Organization; Cowdery; Early Church History; Handbook; Oliver; Revelation
ID = [11490]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies,d-c  Size: 46663  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:18:14
Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2004.
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The latter-day restoration of the gospel included the restoration of much significant truth to the Bible. It brought about the restoration of biblical history that had been lost and the restoration of biblical texts that had been changed or omitted or were in need of clarification. More important, it included the restoration of biblical doctrine that had been either removed, distorted, or simply misinterpreted by a world that did not enjoy the fulness of the gospel.
Shortly after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint was organized, the Prophet Joseph Smith was instructed by the Lord to undertake a careful reading of the Bible to revise and make corrections in accordance with the inspiration that he would receive. The result was a work of profound significance for the Church that included the revelation of many important truths and the restoration of many of the “precious things” that the Book of Mormon prophet Nephi had foretold would be taken from the Bible (1 Ne. 13:23–29). In June 1830 the first revealed addition to the Bible was set to writing. Over the next three years, the Prophet made changes, additions, and corrections as were given him by divine inspiration while he filled his calling to provide a more correct translation for the Church. Collectively, these are called the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), a name first applied in the 1970s, or the New Translation, as Joseph Smith and others in his day referred to it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Moses Topics > Basic Resources > Joseph Smith Translation (JST), Primary Manuscripts and Parallel Editions
Old Testament Topics > Bible: Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
ID = [2464]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses,rsc-books,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:54
Faulring, Scott H. “Oliver Cowdery, Book of Mormon Scribe.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 85-94. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This chapter documents Oliver’s position as the main scribe of the Book of Mormon translation in 1829.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
Topics:    Witnesses of the Book of Mormon > Oliver Cowdery
ID = [82112]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history,history-1820,witnesses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Faunce, Edward. “Is the Book of Mormon Written in an Ancient Hebraic Poetic Style?” Zarahemla Record 27-28 (Winter, Spring 1985): 1-4.
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Reproduces 1 Nephi 1:1, 1 Nephi 6:8-9; 2 Nephi 3:24-66 (RLDS versification) to demonstrate the elements of Hebrew poetry found in each passage. Briefly discusses poetic parallelism.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [79611]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:23
Faust, James E. “Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, January 1996.
ID = [52265]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 17510  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:20:09
Faust, James E. “The Keystone of Our Religion.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1983.
ID = [15219]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1983-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 13158  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:17:27
Faust, James E. “The Keystone of Our Religion.” Ensign, November 1983.
ID = [46430]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13068  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:13:06
Faust, James E. “The Keystone of Our Religion.” Ensign, January 2004.
ID = [55905]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10334  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:20:36
Faust, James E. “Pioneers of the Future: ‘Be Not Afraid, Only Believe’” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1997.
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We belong to the greatest cause on earth. We are the pioneers of the future. Let us go forth like the armies of Helaman and build the kingdom of God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [18253]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1997-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 14722  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:17:34
Faust, James E. “‘We Seek After These Things’” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1998.
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We hope you are men who are “true at all times in whatsoever thing [you are] entrusted.” [Alma 53:20] … I plead for greater consistency between our beliefs and actions.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [18367]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1998-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 14515  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:17:34
Faves, Louis. Joseph Smith et les Mormons. Lausanne: Delafontaine et Comp., 1854.
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Discusses the establishment of the LDS church, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the Spaulding manuscript, and points out the biblical passages extant in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77936]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Fear, Michael J. “The Merits of Christ: Fallen Humanity’s Hope for Redemption.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Understanding men and women’s inability to merit salvation through their own efforts can lead one to rely “alone upon the merits of Christ”. Nephi put it this way: “O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man”. Nephi had seen his weak and fallen condition and realized that without the strength of the Lord, he would not be able to overcome the world and his own personal struggles. When we see clearly that we are lost and that we need Him, we can be led to rely on His goodness and His grace in our lives. This reliance on the merits of Christ involves more than simply passive belief. It includes recognizing our fallen nature and finding access to grace through making and keeping sacred covenants.

Keywords: Atonement; Jesus Christ; Merits; Redemption; Righteousness
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35818]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 17079  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:40
Featherstone, Vaughn J. “As If They Would Ask Him to Tarry a Little Longer.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 30, 1975.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon; Jesus Christ; Prophets; Spirituality; Collection: Jesus Christ; Our Savior and Redeemer; Podcast: Jesus Christ; Our Savior and Redeemer
ID = [68416]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1975-03-30  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:33
Felt, Marie F. “A Chosen Servant: Mormon.” Instructor 99 (April 1964): 149-51.
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For a juvenile audience, an account of Mormon’s role in compiling the records of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78861]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1964-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:18
Felt, Marie F. “A Father’s Love Rewarded.” Instructor 96 (March 1961): 91-2.
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Children’s flannel board story of Alma and the people he baptized at the waters of Mormon, and Alma the Younger’s conversion.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78877]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1961-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:18
Felt, Marie F. “How We Got the Book of Mormon.” Instructor 103 (May 1968): 193-95, 197.
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Children’s flannel board story concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and its translation by Joseph Smith.

ID = [79552]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:23
Felt, Marie F. “Our Heavenly Father Listens.” Instructor 97 (June 1962): 199-200.
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Children’s flannel board story about the Jaredites.

ID = [79957]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:25
Felt, Paul E. The Book of Mormon, the Lamanite, and His Prophetic Destiny. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1964.
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Contains four lectures given by the author at a conference at BYU on the Indian program of the Church. Lecture one explains the curse on the Lamanites and explains how curses come through disobedience. Lecture two deals with the promised restoration of the Lamanites and their role in building the New Jerusalem. Lecture three discusses statements by church authorities on the Lamanite’s role in the building of the New Jerusalem and missionary work among the Lamanites. Lecture four speaks concerning the era when the Lamanites will blossom as a rose (D&C 49:24).

ID = [78411]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:15
Felt, Paul E. “Remnants of Israel Who? When Gathered?” In The Ninth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon, edited by A. Gary Anderson, 83-95. Provo, UT: Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1982.
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The Book of Mormon identifies the remnants of Israel and clarifies their destiny.

ID = [81068]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:50
Fenn, Grace J. “As I See It: My Geography of the Book of Mormon, as Gleaned from Its Reading.” n.p., 1962.
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Selects numerous Book of Mormon geographical sites and locates the places on a map. Various notes and opinions on the Book of Mormon are included.

ID = [77566]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1962-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:09
Fenn, Lucius. “Letter to Birdseye Bronson.” Seneca Co., New York: n.p., 1830.
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Tells of the mysterious stories concerning three men who had reported that an angel had appeared telling of a “gold log” in the area that had been hidden for fourteen hundred years in a stone chest.

ID = [77978]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1830-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Fenton, Elizabeth, and Jared Hickman, eds. Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
ID = [77501]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 17  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:08

Articles

Williams, R. J. “The Ghost and the Machine: Plates and Paratext in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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In this chapter, the author discusses attempts to examine the nature of the Book of Mormon without considering its historicity. The author concludes that it is impossible to separate the work from its own historicity, and that part of the book’s value lies in that fact.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, printing; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [82109]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Sayre, Jillian J. “Books Buried in the Earth: The Book of Mormon, Revelation, and the Humic Foundations of the Nation.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter examines the importance of written text in the Book of Mormon and the way in which its writers transcend time, communicating directly with readers in the present day. It argues that the Latter-day Saint community is influenced largely by voices from the past, and that similarly, America’s national culture formed due to the societal connections created by print culture.

Keywords: Social and cultural history; Social and cultural history, American setting; Book of Mormon
ID = [82102]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Gutjahr, Paul. “Orson Pratt’s Enduring Influence on The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter explores Orson Pratt’s significant influence on textual aspects of the Book of Mormon, describing various editions of the book he was directly involved in editing. It emphasizes his attention to ease of access and understanding for readers.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, printing; Book of Mormon, editions and translations; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, Orson Pratt and
ID = [82099]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Hardy, Grant R. “The Book of Mormon and the Bible.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter draws parallels between the Book of Mormon and the Bible, examining the two from multiple perspectives including Americanism, diction, and intertextuality.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual parallels; Book of Mormon, Bible and; Book of Mormon
ID = [82100]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Shalev, Eran. “An American Book of Chronicles: Pseudo-​Biblicism and the Cultural Origins of The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter examines the Book of Mormon in light of the popular pseudo-biblical genre of the time period in which it was published. It hypothesizes that the Book of Mormon could not have gained the traction it did if not for the existence of contemporary texts written in biblical style.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual parallels; Book of Mormon, Bible and; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon, American setting
ID = [82104]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Brown, Samuel Morris. “‘To Read the Round of Eternity’: Speech, Text, and Scripture in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter explores the relationship between oral and written communication, claiming that the Book of Mormon argues against scripture’s ability to stand alone. It discusses the corruptibility of written text and the importance of a modern seer in rendering ancient scripture relevant and understandable.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, comparative linguistics
ID = [82094]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Scales, Laura Thiemann. “‘The Writing of the Fruit of Thy Loins’: Reading, Writing, and Prophecy in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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“The Book of Mormon is the story of how ancient Israelites established a civilization in the Americas, but it is also the story of the book itself : how the records were acquired, composed, labored over, protected, lost, abridged, preserved for a thousand years, and finally buried so that the plates could, as prophesied, be discovered by Joseph Smith centuries later. The prominence of the reader and writer is not just an incidental feature of this scripture, but is essential to the Mormon understanding of the relationship between human and divine. This essay identifies three key narrative features of The Book of Mormon : the centrality of readers and witnesses to the creation of scripture, the primacy of the act of writing in revelation and prophecy, and the mediation that allows a single person to inhabit multiple narrative categories. Biblical prophets, especially “writing prophets” like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, share some features with the prophets of The Book of Mormon , such as first-​person narration and dialogue with God. Yet there is little biblical precedent for The Book of Mormon’s intense focus on its own textuality and its own narrative practices or for the ways in which prophets transcend their passive, anointed roles and become authors of scripture in their own right. Its insistent textuality does, however, link The Book of Mormon to other scriptural and prophetic forms that arose in the antebellum United States. While the Mormon prophets vary in their literary style, narrative techniques, and personal presence, the centrality of reading, writing, and the system of scripture-​craft is persistent.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [82103]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Shreve, Grant. “Nephite Secularization ; or, Picking and Choosing in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter describes secularization among the Nephites. It claims that the Book of Mormon attempts to solve problems of secularity faced by Joseph Smith in early 19th-century America.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon
ID = [82105]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Bentley, Nancy. “Kinship, The Book of Mormon, and Modern Revelation.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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“In this essay I examine The Book of Mormon as a latter-​day Book of the Dead, a purportedly ancient text that reveals truths for a modern world. Unlike the Egyptian Book of the Dead, in The Book of Mormon the keys to securing a place in the afterlife are not spells or incantations but—​as befits a modern people—​a true knowledge of American history and a Christian reformation of family and kin life that is necessary for salvation. The distinctive way it connects ancient and modern worlds can be illuminated through comparison with other contemporary efforts to join the living and the dead. I compare The Book of Mormon with Morgan’s secular ethnology and (more briefly) with the New Religion founded by Handsome Lake, two other transformations of kinship thinking that were rooted in western New York and that rested on textualizing voices of the dead. In all three cases, spiritual truths encrypted in the deep past are cross-​fertilized with the modern doctrine of self-​making through contract. The disparities among them, however, can teach us as much about secularity as it does about American religion.” [Author]

Keywords: Kinship; Native Americans, Mormons and; Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Book of Mormon
ID = [82093]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Coviello, Peter. “How the Mormons Became White: Scripture, Sex, Sovereignty.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter discusses race in the Book of Mormon, claiming that while racism is prevalent in the book, another defining theme is that of the self-destruction of an imperialist society. This chapter also comments on relations between Latter-day Saint colonists and Native Americans.

Keywords: Native Americans, Mormons and; Imperialism; Book of Mormon; Native Americans, Mormon views of
ID = [82095]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Fenton, Elizabeth. “Nephites and Israelites: The Book of Mormon and the Hebraic Indian Theory.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter discusses the origins of Native Americans. It claims that in providing for a Hebraic origin of Native Americans, the Book of Mormon opens the door for other peoples, histories, and texts to be revealed.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Book of Mormon; Native Americans, origins of
ID = [82097]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Spencer, Joseph M., and Kimberly M. Berkey. “‘Great Cause to Mourn’: The Complexity of The Book of Mormon’s Presentation of Gender and Race.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter discusses gender and race in the Book of Mormon through the teachings of Samuel and Jacob, examining the way each prophet speaks to and about women and racial “others.”

Keywords: Race relations; Gender roles; Book of Mormon, women; Book of Mormon
ID = [82106]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Thayne, Stanley J. “‘We’re Going to Take Our Land Back Over’: Indigenous Positionality, the Ethnography of Reading, and The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter argues that Indigenous Americans-- by virtue of being Indigenous-- are positioned significantly in relation to the Book of Mormon. The chapter provides a reading of the Book of Mormon by a Catawba woman, examining her perspective on passages regarding Gentiles, Zionism, and geography.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Native Americans, origins of; Native Americans, Catawba
ID = [82107]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Givens, Terryl L. “The Book of Mormon and the Reshaping of Covenant.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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“Jan Shipps noted decades ago that the appearance of The Book of Mormon in 1830 was so shrouded in supernatural claims involving gold plates, “magic spectacles,” and ancient Christians that many non-​Mormons “wonder how any intelligent person could ever accept it as true.” One answer may be found in the ways in which the record appropriates and reshapes an extensive language and theology of covenant that would have been powerfully resonant to nineteenth-​century readers. The Book of Mormon emerges in the context of the period’s pervasive pseudo-​biblicism and, more particularly, within a long tradition of covenantal rhetoric. The book is replete with Midrash-​like texts built around Isaiah, aspects of Israelite religion, Jewish protagonists, and temple building. At the same time, the book is introduced by its final editor as an assurance to an American remnant of Israel of “the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off.” The term covenant further occurs almost 200 times—​ but undergoes particular permutations that endow the concept with recontextualized and therefore new shades of meaning. A consideration of the scripture’s engagement with and reconfigurations of covenant theology can go a long way, then, toward explaining its initial successful reception. The Book of Mormon’s new covenant theology also proves absolutely essential to Smith’s own restoration project—​which would consist of implementing his particular vision of the gospel as the “new and everlasting covenant.” Finally, The Book of Mormon serves the essential function of Puritan covenant theology by itself embodying an alternative means of salvational certitude, both in its alleged concrete facticity and in modeling the possibility of personal, dialogic revelation from God to each seeking individual.” [Author]

Keywords: Doctrinal history, covenant theology; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon
ID = [82098]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Easton-Flake, Amy. “‘Arise From the Dust, My Sons, and Be Men’: Masculinity in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter compares masculinity in the Book of Mormon with the masculine ideals of the 19th century. “The Book of Mormon’s prescription for ideal manhood critiques the American culture that it enters, engages with some of the most pressing religious and gender questions of the nineteenth century (such as continuing revelation, sola scriptura, increasing materialism, and changing gender dynamics and responsibilities), and provides the precedent for the religion Joseph Smith founded—​ a religion that, in its nineteenth-​century context, called for its followers to gather to communal societies, to labor spiritually to convert others to their faith, to place fathers as the moral heads of the home, and to seek direct communication with the Lord. To learn how to succeed at such aspirations, nineteenth-​century Church members needed only to look to the examples of their spiritual forefathers in The Book of Mormon.” [Author]

Keywords: Gender roles; Masculinity; Book of Mormon
ID = [82096]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Hutchins, Zachary McLeod. “‘I Lead the Way, like Columbus’: Joseph Smith, Genocide, and Revelatory Ambiguity.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This introduction gives an overview of the Book of Mormon and its origins. It describes the unique aspects the Book of Mormon presents to Americanist literary critics, including that of its claim to divine origin, its anachronism, and its centrality to the foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, American setting; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [82101]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Whitley, Edward Keyes. “Book of Mormon Poetry.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter explores elements of Book of Mormon poetry including symbols, form, and allusion.

Keywords: Literary arts; Book of Mormon; Literary arts, poetry
ID = [82108]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Fenton, Elizabeth. “The Book of Mormon and Book History (Fenton).” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 32 (2023): 74-96.
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“In this essay, I want to zoom in on one aspect of the Book of Mormon’s prophesying, which is that it describes its future form as a book. Even when this prophecy uses sonic terms--describing words spoken by the Lord as ’hiss[ing] forth’--the Book of Mormon imagines itself as a codex and its recipients (believers and nonbelievers alike) as readers of texts inscribed within it…The book’s physical presence, both within its narrative time line and in the nineteenth century of its emergence, is never far from the surface of its import…I predict that an important line of inquiry in Book of Mormon studies will be serious engagement with its status as a material object. One future for Book of Mormon studies, in other words, lies in the fields of Book and Print history.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, printing; Material culture; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon
ID = [81955]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:56
Fenton, Elizabeth. “A Future in Ruins: The Anarchiad, The Book of Mormon, and the Excavation of Early America.” C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists Annual Meeting, State College, PA: March 2016.
ID = [78881]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:18
Fenton, Elizabeth. “Nephites and Israelites: The Book of Mormon and the Hebraic Indian Theory.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter discusses the origins of Native Americans. It claims that in providing for a Hebraic origin of Native Americans, the Book of Mormon opens the door for other peoples, histories, and texts to be revealed.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Book of Mormon; Native Americans, origins of
ID = [82097]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Fenton, Elizabeth. Old Canaan in a New World: The Lost Tribes of Israel and the Sanctification of America. New York: NYU Press, 2020.
ID = [78107]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:12
Fenton, Elizabeth. “Open Canons: Sacred History and American History in The Book of Mormon.” J19 : The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists 1, no. 2 (2013): 339-361.
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This essay examines Joseph Smith’s 1830 publication, The Book of Mormon, within the context of early nineteenth-century efforts to produce and preserve documents relating to the history of the United States. The essay argues that Smith’s book poses a challenge to contemporary notions of history by destabilizing the idea of an ur-text through its manipulations of biblical stories and depictions of its own, fraught manuscript history. Ultimately, the essay concludes the Book of Mormon’s presentation of textual inadequacy, redundancy, and confusion serve its larger goal of revising Anglo-Protestant accounts of American history. Smith’s work presents readers with an image of Puritan settlers as destroyers rather than builders of “a city on a hill,” complicating nineteenth-century understandings of providential history and subsuming Protestantism into an alternate story of American Christianity.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, manuscripts; Comparative religion, Protestantism; Book of Mormon, American setting; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [82060]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Fenton, Elizabeth. “‘There Cannot be Any More Bible’: American History as Sacred History in The Book of Mormon.” C19: The Society of 19th-Century Americanists Convention, Berkeley, CA: April 2012.
ID = [78836]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2012-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:18
Fenton, Elizabeth. “Understanding the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 25, no. 1 (2016): 37-51.
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This essay evaluates Grant Hardy’s Understanding the Book of Mormon, particularly assessing Hardy’s claim that narrative theory can allow readers from a variety of perspectives to (at least temporarily) sidestep the Book of Mormon’s controversial history and engage with the text as a literary artifact. The paper argues that Hardy’s approach facilitates a deeper understanding of the book’s complex deployments of narrative voice and temporality but ultimately cannot efface the interpretive differences that stem from such divergent positions as belief and unbelief.

Keywords: Mormon (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Narrative Theory; Narrator; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Scripture Study
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3340]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 35856  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:59
Ferguson, Diane M. “Families That Pray Together.” Ensign, April 2011.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [59173]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2011-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8171  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:00
Ferguson, George C. “Book of Mormon and Napoleon III.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 42, no. 40 (1880): 636-639.
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John Taylor, Curtis E. Bolton, and John Pack presented a French edition of the Book of Mormon to Emperor Napoleon, who suffered great losses by ignoring the sacred record.

Keywords: Kingship, Missionary Work, Nineteenth-Century American History, Nineteenth-Century World History, Prophecy, Prophet
ID = [76648]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-10-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:01
Ferguson, Larry S. “The Most Powerful Book.” Dialogue 23 (Fall 1990): 9-10.
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A reaffirmation by Larry S. Ferguson on behalf of his father Thomas Stuart Ferguson that he (Thomas Stuart Ferguson) believed the Book of Mormon to be the word of God until the day that he died.

ID = [80565]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:46
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart, and Milton R. Hunter. Ancient America and the Book of Mormon. Oakland, CA: Kolob, 1950.
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The Spanish conquest of Mexico resulted in the deliberate destruction of almost all written native records. Fortunately there were some who remembered the contents of the destroyed records. One of those was Ixtililxochitl who wrote as best he could a history of ancient America. This book uses parallel quotations from the Works of Ixtililxochitl and the Book of Mormon. Striking similarities confirm to a remarkable degree the story of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77540]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:08
Hunter, Milton R., and Thomas Stuart Ferguson. Ancient America and the Book of Mormon. Oakland, CA: Kolob Book, 1950.
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A comparison between the Book of Mormon and Spanish, Mexican, and Guatemalan sources, such as Works of Ixtlilxochitl, Popul Vuh, and Totonicapan. Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon independently, with no help from historical sources, as most lay unpublished in archives or had not reached the United States.

ID = [77541]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:08
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. Cumorah—Where?. Independence, MO: Zion’s, 1947.
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Ferguson looks at the conflicting theories that the original Hill Cumorah was in New York or in Mesoamerica and concludes that it was in Mesoamerica.

ID = [77731]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1947-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:10
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. “Gold Plates and the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 65, no. 4 (1962): 233-234, 270-271.
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The author reports on the discovery of two Persian gold plates. One was engraved in the 4th century B.C. in the days of Darius II and the other dates to the 5th century B.C.

Keywords: Ancient Near East, Gold Plates, King Darius, Kingdom of Persia, Metal Plates, Recordkeeping
ID = [76937]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. Great Message of Peace and Happiness. Orinda, CA: author,n.d.
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A book containing text and pictures that illustrate archaeological claims about the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77835]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:10
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. “Joseph Smith and American Archaeology.” Bulletin of the UASN 4 (March 1953): 19-25.
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Shows “striking agreements between the Book of Mormon history and the independent findings of modern archaeological-historical research”

ID = [79640]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-03-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:23
Warren, Bruce W., and Thomas Stuart Ferguson. The Messiah In Ancient America. Provo, UT: Book of Mormon Research Foundation, 1987.
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New archaeological discoveries in Mesoamerica confirm the validity of the Book of Mormon. The authors discuss historical accounts, traditions, and myths and display photographs of ancient pictographs concerning Quetzalcoatl as the Christ figure in America who taught Christian values and ordinances. The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. This work is reviewed in S.742.

ID = [78562]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:16
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. One Fold and One Shepherd. San Francisco: Book of California, 1958.
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Comparisons are made between the stories and claims of the Book of Mormon and ancient American myths, legends, and archaeological finds. Includes a discussion of Quetzalcoatl.

ID = [78113]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:12
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. “Some Important Book of Mormon Questions.” Improvement Era 44, no. 9 (1941): 528, 569-571.
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This article advances several questions and answers about the Book of Mormon, including: Are all the Indians Lamanites? No. Did any white people survive the battle of Cumorah? Yes. Did the Book of Mormon people occupy the greater part of the western hemisphere? No. Is it true that the Nephites and Lamanites spent most of their time at warfare? No. Do archaeologists accept the Book of Mormon and use it as a guide in discovering ruined cities? No.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Book of Mormon Geography, Native Americans, Warfare
ID = [77170]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. “The Wheel in Ancient America.” Improvement Era 49, no. 12 (1946): 785, 818-819.
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This article argues against those that believe that the Ancient Americans had no knowledge of the wheel by presenting five reproductions of wheeled toys and several scholarly views on the existence of such in Mesoamerica.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Ancient Near East, Archaeology, External Evidence, Mesopotamia, Wheels
ID = [76857]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1946-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:03
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. “The World’s Strangest Book—The Book of Mormon.” n.p., 195?.
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A thirteen-page paper defending the Book of Mormon from an archaeological viewpoint.

ID = [78704]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:17
Fernelius, Lisa H. “Planning Family Home Evening Together.” Ensign, August 2000.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [54493]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1920  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:20:27
Ferraresi, Francesco. “I Put Moroni’s Promise to the Test.” Ensign, October 2011.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [59445]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2011-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2861  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:02
Ferris, Benjamin G. Utah and the Mormons. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. Argues that Solomon Spaulding is responsible for most of the text of the Book of Mormon, through the agency of Sidney Rigdon; the 1834 Anthon denial is cited; the testimonies of the Book of Mormon witnesses are discredited on the grounds that they had disreputable characters; and the author claims that Mormons have departed from the doctrines of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78746]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:17
Fielding, Cecelia. “Lamanite Generation Tours Latin America.” Ensign, September 1983.
ID = [46388]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4164  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:13:06
Fields, Paul J. “Book of Mormon Voices.” Paper presented at the 2021 FairMormon Conference. August, 2021.
ID = [32696]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2021-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:19
Fields, Paul J. “Book of Mormon ‘Wordprint’ Analysis: How to do it wrong…and how to do it right.” Paper presented at the 2011 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2011.
ID = [32485]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2011-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:18
Fields, Paul J. “Examining a Misapplication of Nearest Shruncken Centroid Classification to Investigate Book of Mormon Authorship.” Mormon Studies Review 23, no. 1 (2011): Article 8.
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Review of Matthew L. Jockers, Daniela M. Witten, and Craig S. Criddle. “Reassessing authorship of the Book of Mormon using delta and nearest shrunken centroid classification.”

ID = [674]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 82635  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:42
Fields, Paul J. “The Historical Case against Sidney Rigdon’s Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” Mormon Studies Review 23, no. 1 (2011): Article 9.
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Review of Matthew L. Jockers, Daniela M. Witten, and Craig S. Criddle. “Reassessing authorship of the Book of Mormon using delta and nearest shrunken centroid classification.”

ID = [675]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 49828  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:42
Fields, Paul J., Matthew P. Roper, and G. Bruce Schaalje. “Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 1 (2012).
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The abundance of skeptical theories about who wrote the Book of Mormon has led many scholars to seek scientific data to discover the answer. One technique is stylometry. Having first been developed in the 1850s, stylometry seeks to find the ” wordprint” of a text. Although these stylistic studies are not as accurate as a human’s fingerprint, they can give researchers a good idea either of differences in style between authors or of who might have written a text from a list of possible authors. Beginning in the 1960s individuals have completed four major stylometric studies on the Book of Mormon, studies that varied in both findings and quality of research. In addition to these four studies, this article presents a fifth study—using extended nearest shrunken centroid (ENSC) classification—that incorporates and improves on the earlier research.

ID = [3274]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 68116  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:59
Fields, Paul J., Atul Nepal, and Matthew P. Roper. “Wordprint Analysis and Joseph Smith’s Role as Editor of the Times and Seasons.” Insights 30, no. 6 (2010).
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One of the issues that swirls around discus- sions of Book of Mormon geography is the rightful place the editorials in the 1842 Times and Seasons must take. The story of the editorials begins with Joseph’s receipt of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood’s Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chaipas, and Yucatan, published in 1841. In early 1842, the Times and Seasons published several enthu- siastic articles that drew attention to the discoveries of Stephens and Catherwood in Central America and compared them favorably with the Book of Mormon. Two of these articles were signed by the editor, while three other articles were unsigned. Historical sources indicate that the Prophet Joseph Smith served as editor of the paper for all of the issues published between March 1 through the October 15, 1842. During this time, however, apostles John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff assisted the Prophet in his work in the printing office. Since these articles were not specifically signed by Joseph Smith, some have questioned whether the Prophet wrote them himself, or if someone else wrote them, with or without his approval.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; geography; Joseph Smith; prophet
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [66964]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2010-01-06  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:22
Fields, Paul J. “Zarahemla Revisited: Neville’s Newest Novel.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 17 (2016): 13-61.
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Abstract: This article is the third in a series of three articles responding to the recent assertion by Jonathan Neville that Benjamin Winchester was the anonymous author of three unsigned editorials published in Nauvoo in 1842 in the Times and Seasons. The topic of the unsigned editorials was the possible relationship of archeological discoveries in Central America to places described in the Book of Mormon narrative. The first article shows that, contrary to Neville’s claims, Winchester was not a proponent of a Mesoamerican setting for the Book of Mormon, but rather a hemispheric one. Since this was a view commonly held by early Mormons, his ideas did not warrant any anonymity for their dissemination. The second article shows that, also contrary to Neville’s claims, Joseph Smith was not opposed to considering Central American geographic parallels to the Book of Mormon. The Prophet even seemed to find such possibilities interesting and supportive of the Book of Mormon. This third article shows that despite Neville’s circumstantial speculations, the historical and stylometric evidence is overwhelmingly against Winchester as the author of the Central America editorials.

ID = [4210]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64992  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:03
Firmage, Edwin Brown. “Violence and the Gospel: The Teachings of the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 1 (1985): 31.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [8946]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,old-test  Size: 584  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:10
Firmage, Edwin, Jr. “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter.” Sunstone 16 (July 1993): 58-64.
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The author rearranges the order in which Joseph Smith “composed” the Book of Mormon in order to explain textual problems. 1 Nephi through Words of Mormon are placed last according to handwriting analysis and subjects covered.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [79528]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:22
Firmage, Edwin, Jr. “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, edited by Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe, 1-16. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002.
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“The remaining pages of this essay will present a few of what, for me in 1984, were discoveries of some importance. These do not by any means constitute a comprehensive explanation of the Book of Mormon. Nor are they offered as proofs of my thesis that the book is modern, but as examples of how the assumption that it is modern resolves otherwise significant difficulties.” [From author’s introduction]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon, historicity; Book of Mormon, authorship
ID = [82084]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “The Father and the Son: A Doctrinal Exposition.” Improvement Era 19, no. 10 (1916): 934-942.
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In the early 1900s, some discussion arose among Church members about the roles of God the Father and Jesus Christ. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued the following in 1916 to clarify the meaning of certain scriptures where Jesus Christ, or Jehovah, is designated as the Father.

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet), Creation, Doctrine, Godhead, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, Trinity
ID = [76728]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1916-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:02
First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “New Spanish Book of Mormon Has Study Helps.” Church News 63 (13 March 1993): 4.
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Announcement of a new Spanish-language Book of Mormon that includes study helps, chapter headings, footnotes, and an index.

ID = [79904]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1993-03-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:25
First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Official Policies and Announcements.” Church News 55 (17 November 1985): 2.
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Members of the Church help to distribute the Book of Mormon by giving the book as gifts to non-members, through the family-to-family program, by placing them in libraries and at fairs, exhibits, visitor centers, and by putting them in hotels, professional offices, etc., by permission.

ID = [79927]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1985-11-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:25
First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Rewriting Book into Modern English Not Authorized.” Church News 63 (20 February 1993): 3.
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Announcement of the number of Books of Mormon sold during 1992 coupled with a statement that modern English translations of the book were not authorized by the Church authorities.

ID = [80126]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1993-02-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:43
Fisher, David G. “Mormon.” Moody Monthly 78 (November 1977): 4, 6.
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An article in the September issue of Moody Monthly reported that analyses of the manuscript of the Book of Mormon and the Spaulding manuscript confirm that they were written by the same person. In this letter to the editor, Fisher exhorts the publishers to report the evidence on both sides of the issue. He mentions that Henry Silver, one of three handwriting analysts, withdrew from involvement after stating that he had been misrepresented in published statements. In response the editor refers to an extensive article on the subject in the November issue.

ID = [79791]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:24
Fisher, V.H. “The Godhead: A Discussion of the Godhead as Revealed in the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants.” N.p.: by the author, 1953.
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This pamphlet was written to dispel the false doctrine that Jesus Christ is the Supreme deity. Doctrines found in the scriptures agree with the beliefs of the Restoration that God the Father and Jesus Christ are distinct and separate persons in the Godhead, one in purpose but not in person.

ID = [78499]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:15
Fisk, Samuel. Answering the Book of Mormon’s Challenge. La Mesa, CA: Utah Christian Tract Society, 1978.
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A tract that argues against Moroni’s admonition to read the Book of Mormon (Moroni 10:4-5) and warns people against reading the book. The Book of Mormon is not doctrinally correct and its teachings do not accord with the Bible.

ID = [77551]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:08
Hansen, Gorge H., and Alvah Fitzgerald. “A History of American Indian Origin Theories.” N.p: n.p.,n.d.
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Reprint from Utah Academy of Science 8 (July 1, 1931): 1-32. Discusses theories of the origin of the American Indian: the Atlantis Theory and the Israelitish or Lost Ten Tribe and Hebrew Theory. The most challenging is the Book of Mormon theory.

ID = [77420]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Berrett, William Edwin, Milton R. Hunter, Roy A. Welker, and H. Alvah Fitzgerald. A Guide to the Study of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Department of Education, 1938.
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An introduction to the Book of Mormon, featuring external evidences, teachings about God and Christ, immortality, and ethical and social teachings of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77419]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1938-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Fitzgerald, Heber Alvah. “Progressive Opinion of the Origin and Antiquity of the American Indian.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1930.
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Comprehensive study on the theories that have been held concerning the provenance of the American Indians from the time of Columbus to 1929.

ID = [80009]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1930-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:43
Flake, Chad J., ed. A Mormon Bibliography 1830—1930; Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Broadsides Relating to the First Century of Mormonism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1978.
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An indexed bibliography of works dealing with the LDS church. References concerning the Book of Mormon are included.

ID = [77429]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Flake, Kathleen. “The First Vision as a Prehistory of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. 2 (2020): 59-72.
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Most scholarly attention to the First Vision is dedicated to determining whether it happened or whether whatever happened is reliably described in the few primary accounts we have of it. My interests lie in a different direction. I am interested in the First Vision accounts insofar as they tell us something about religion, not about history, and not least because my wager is that this story, as a story, exceeds the limits of history, especially when it becomes understood as scripture. Which is to say, I want to better understand the work done by this story among the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For this analysis of Smith’s representation of his quest and its positive resolution, I will rely chiefly on the 1832 and 1838 manuscripts as the most intentional of the four accounts. They not only share a historiographical purpose but also are related in their production, the 1838 manuscript having used the 1832 account as a base for its narrative structure and descriptive detail of events. In contrast, the intervening 1835 account is a report of a conversation with a sole interlocutor observed by a notetaking third party. It less useful as a primary source for Smith’s understanding of the larger significance of his initial spiritual experience. The 1842 Wentworth letter is as intentional as the other church histories but relies on secondary accounts for much of its content. Finally, because of its canonical status, the 1838 manuscript is not merely authoritative but generative of the faithful reader’s religious convictions. Therefore, it is uniquely relevant to this analysis of the First Vision’s meaning and function among the Saints.

Keywords: First Vision; Multiple First Vision Accounts
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [10391]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 29485  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:18:06
Flake, Lawrence R. “James Edward Talmage.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36555]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 4288  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
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One of the greatest blessings the Lord has showered upon Latter-day Saints is the guidance and noble example of modern-day apostles and prophets—men whose lives and words inspire, bless, and uplift. This volume brings together engaging biographies of these men—all 109 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles called since the Restoration began. Featuring memorable stories and facts from the lives of those whom the Lord has called to lead His latter-day kingdom, this volume unfolds the panorama of latter-day Church history. ISBN 1-5734-5797-3

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33351]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 113  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21

Chapters

Flake, Lawrence R. “Introduction.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36395]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4055  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “The First Presidency: An Introduction.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > First Presidency
ID = [36396]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5596  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Presidents of the Church and Their Counselors (chart).” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > First Presidency
ID = [36397]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joseph Smith Jr.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36398]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 20659  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Brigham Young.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36399]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  brigham,rsc-books  Size: 16811  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Taylor.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36400]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 10907  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Wilford Woodruff.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36401]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 9023  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Lorenzo Snow.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36402]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 10300  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joseph Fielding Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36403]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 13198  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Heber Jeddy Grant.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36404]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 10712  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “George Albert Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36405]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 12448  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “David Oman McKay.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36406]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 12923  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Harold Bingham Lee.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36408]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 12869  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Spencer Woolley Kimball.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36409]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 17257  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Ezra Taft Benson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36410]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 13634  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Howard William Hunter.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36411]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 11677  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Gordon Bitner Hinckley.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36412]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 13709  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Oliver Cowdery.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    Witnesses of the Book of Mormon > Oliver Cowdery
ID = [36413]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  history-1820,rsc-books,witnesses  Size: 4322  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Hyrum Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    Witnesses of the Book of Mormon > The Eight Witnesses
ID = [36414]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  history-1820,rsc-books,witnesses  Size: 3889  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Jesse Gause.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36415]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3802  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Sidney Rigdon.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Apostasy
ID = [36416]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6773  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Heber Chase Kimball.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36417]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5573  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Willard Young.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36419]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3515  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “George Quayle Cannon.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36420]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 8664  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Rex Winder.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36422]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3634  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Anthon Henrik Lund.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36423]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5823  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Charles William Penrose.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36424]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4342  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Anthony Woodward Ivins.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36425]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3914  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joshua Reuben Clark Jr.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36426]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 8103  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Stephen Longstroth Richards.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36427]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3512  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Henry Dinwoodey Moyle.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36429]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5079  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Hugh Brown.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36430]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 8989  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Nathan Eldon Tanner.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36432]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 8139  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Marion George Romney.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36433]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5861  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Thomas Spencer Monson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36435]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6947  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Frederick Granger Williams.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36437]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3676  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “William Law.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36439]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3428  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Willard Richards.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36440]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4542  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Jedediah Morgan Grant.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36441]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4652  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Daniel Hanmer Wells.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36442]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4879  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Rudger Judd Clawson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36444]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5490  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Henry Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36446]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3068  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Charles Wilson Nibley.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36449]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4534  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “James Esdras Faust.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36459]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 9112  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Cook Bennett.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36460]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4187  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Amasa Mason Lyman.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36461]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Brigham Young Jr.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36464]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  brigham,rsc-books  Size: 3241  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Albert Carrington.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36465]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3184  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Henry Thorpe Beal Isaacson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36470]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3925  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Alvin Rulon Dyer.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36471]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4764  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joseph Smith Sr.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36474]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5357  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36476]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3366  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: An Introduction.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36482]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Called By Each President of the Church.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum
ID = [36483]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3620  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Thomas Baldwin Marsh.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36484]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3679  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Orson Hyde.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36486]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5250  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Franklin Dewey Richards.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36490]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3625  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:44
Flake, Lawrence R. “Francis Marion Lyman.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36492]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4503  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “George Franklin Richards.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36497]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3665  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Thomas Bladwin Marsh.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36506]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 28  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “David Wyman Patten.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36507]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3619  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “William Earl McLellin.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36511]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4066  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Parley Parker Pratt.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36512]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6290  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Luke Samuel Johnson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36513]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 2889  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “William Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    Witnesses of the Book of Mormon > The Other Witnesses
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36514]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  history-1820,rsc-books,witnesses  Size: 3940  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Orson Pratt.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36515]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5809  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Farnham Boynton.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36516]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 2390  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Lyman Eugene Johnson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36517]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 2577  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Edward Page.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36518]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3143  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Lyman Wight.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36523]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3759  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Charles Coulson Rich.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36526]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5868  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Erastus Fairbanks Snow.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36528]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4532  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Moses Thatcher.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36534]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4636  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “George Teasdale.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36537]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3776  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Whittaker Taylor.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36539]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3184  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Marriner Wood Merrill.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36540]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5007  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Abraham Hoagland Cannon.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36542]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3096  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Matthias Foss Cowley.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36543]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3256  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Abraham Owen Woodruff.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36544]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4866  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Reed Smoot.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36546]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6086  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Hyrum Mack Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36547]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3278  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Orson Ferguson Whitney.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36551]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4473  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “James Edward Talmage.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36555]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 4288  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Richard Roswell Lyman.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36557]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3771  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Melvin Joseph Ballard.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36558]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 7423  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “John Andreas Widtsoe.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36559]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6211  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joseph Francis Merrill.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36560]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3637  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Charles Albert Callis.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36561]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3723  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joshua Rueben Clark Jr.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36562]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 44  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Alonzo Arza Hinckley.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36563]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Albert Ernest Bowen.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36564]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3302  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Sylvester Quayle Cannon.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
ID = [36565]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 2932  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Mark Edward Peterson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36569]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4206  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Matthew Cowley.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36570]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3602  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Delbert Leon Stapley.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36572]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4507  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “LeGrand Richards.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36574]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4520  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Adam Samuel Bennion.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36575]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3297  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Richard Louis Evans.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36576]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3501  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “George Quayle Morris.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36577]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3580  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Boyd Kenneth Packer.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36583]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6243  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Marvin Jeremy Ashton.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36584]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6668  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Bruce Redd McConkie.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36585]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5920  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Lowell Tom Perry.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36586]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6622  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “David Bruce Haight.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36587]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5920  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Neal Ash Maxwell.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36589]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6900  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Russell Marion Nelson.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36590]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 7495  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Dallin Harris Oaks.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36591]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5728  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Melvin Russell Ballard.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36592]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5777  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Joseph Bitner Wirthlin.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36593]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5833  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Richard Gordon Scott.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36594]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6203  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Robert Dean Hales.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36595]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6210  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Jeffrey R. Holland.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36596]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 7175  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flake, Lawrence R. “Henry Bennion Eyring.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36597]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5429  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:45
Flammer, Philip M. “A Land of Promise Choice above All Other Lands.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, the Doctrinal Foundation, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
ID = [36901]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 28759  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:47
Flanders, W. C. “A Chronological Data of the Book of Mormon.” N.p.,n.d.
Display Abstract  

The whole title of the pamphlet is as follows: “A Chronological Data of the Book of Mormon Based on the Cycles, Eclipses, Earthquakes, and Comets, Including the Principal Events, Together with the Kings of the Old World, and the Whereabouts of the Lost Tribes and Their Tribes and Their Kings Who Reigned Contemporaneously”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [77399]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Flanigan, J. H. Mormonism Triumphant! Truth Vindicated, Lies Refuted, the Devil Mad, and Priestcraft in Danger!! Being a Reply to Palmer’s Internal Evidences against the Book of Mormon. Liverpool: R. James, 1849.
Display Abstract  

A systematic response to William Palmer’s polemical tract. Contains documentary evidence from Sidney Rigdon that he had nothing to do with the Spaulding manuscript. Examines the language of the Book of Mormon, allegations of internal contradictions, and Book of Mormon inconsistencies with the Bible.

ID = [78065]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1849-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:12
Fleming, Donovan J. “Their ‘Best Shots’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, June 17, 1997.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [69115]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1997-06-17  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:38
Fleming, Stephen J. “Joseph Smith as the Philosopher-King: Neoplatonism in Early Mormon Political Thought.” Journal of Mormon History 38, no. 3 (Summer, 2012): 102-127.
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The article describes the political views of early Mormons, particularly religious leader Joseph Smith, Jr., as Neoplatonic, fitting the notion of a philosopher-king derived from the philosopher Plato. Topics include the practice of theurgy, which involved ritual union with the divine, among ancient Greek philosophers, political notions in the Book of Mormon, and Neoplatonism among the Christian Church Fathers. Also noted connections between the Radical Reformation and Mormonism, the performance of theurgical magic rites by Joseph Smith, and Smith’s views on U.S. political life.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., political activities; Assimilation; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Smith, Joseph, Jr., political thought; Ritualization
ID = [82029]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-06-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:56
Sorenson, John L., Lyle Fletcher, and Larry C. Porter. “Letters.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 1 (2012).
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Letters praising the Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture and responding to articles published therein.

ID = [3271]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 4144  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:59
Fletcher, Lyle L. “Pronouns of address in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1988.
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This thesis explores the second person pronominal usage of the English language in the Book of Mormon to discover the method of translation and the influence of God within the pages of the book. Fletcher finds “that the Book of Mormon is the word of God translated into the English of Joseph Smith” under the inspiration of God.

ID = [80011]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:43
Fletcher, Rupert J. “A Land Which Is Choice above All Lands.” Independence, MO: n.p., 1971.
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Finds that there is “ample proof in the Book of Mormon to identify the location” of the choice land. Both the Nephites and the Jaredites lived in the area of the United States of America.

ID = [77424]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Fletcher, Rupert J. The Way of Deliverance. Independence, MO: Author, 1969.
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Writes concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the testimony of the Three and Eight Witnesses, the evils of the present world as presented in the scriptures, and the future establishment of the New Jerusalem.

ID = [78694]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:17
Fleugel, James H. “Arthur J. Kocherhans, Lehi’s Isle of Promise: A Scriptural Account with Word Definitions and a Commentary.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 8.
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Review of Lehi's Isle of Promise: A Scriptural Account with Word Definitions and a Commentary.

ID = [95]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 13272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:38
Hilton, Matthew M. F., and Neil J. Flinders. “The Impact of Shifting Cultural Assumptions on the Military Policies Directing Armed Conflict Reported in the Book of Alma.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 237-265. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Lamanite Culture; Nephite Government; Politics; Warfare
ID = [82138]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Flinders, Rebecca M., and Anne B. Fairchild. “Scriptures for Families.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 431-434.
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Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families. Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The New Testament for Latter-day Saint Families.

Keywords: Education; Family; Scripture Study
ID = [437]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8756  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:40
Flint, B. C. The Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Church of Christ (Temple Lot), 1972.
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An evangelical tract explaining the purpose and teachings of the Book of Mormon, written by an apostle of the Church of Christ.

ID = [78347]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:14
Flint, Bert C. An Outline History of the Church of Christ. Independence, MO: The Board of Publication for the Church of Christ, 1953.
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Retells the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Quotes from Joseph Smith as well as S. M. Smucker, Josiah Quincey, Oliver Cowdery, James H. Fairchild. Contains the testimonies of the eleven witnesses and evidences from archaeology and Indian legends that vindicate the book.

ID = [77534]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:08
Flory, Joseph. “A Good Reply by Joseph Flory.” Saints’ Herald 52 (4 January 1905): 5-7.
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An apologetic reply to allegations that the Book of Mormon is not a work inspired by God wherein the author defends the Book of Mormon as having been written by an inspired prophet of God, Mormon, and translated by Joseph Smith who was called by God to perform the work.

ID = [78884]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-01-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:18
Floyd, Ben. “Captain Moroni Helped Me Teach Middle School.” Ensign, October 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [61681]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2363  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:20
Embry, Jessie, J. Spencer Fluhman, and D. Morgan Davis. “End Matter.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
ID = [81918]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:55
Fluhman, J. Spencer, and Brent L. Top, eds. Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life's Work of Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
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A single volume cannot accurately measure the influence of a beloved colleague, but this one nevertheless stands as modest evidence of Robert L. Millet’s prodigious impact over a career that spanned nearly four decades. His retirement provided an opportunity to gather some of us who count him as a mentor, colleague, and friend. We offer this collection of essays as a monument to his remarkable career as an administrator, teacher, and writer. That these pieces range across topics, disciplines, and even religious traditions seems especially appropriate given Millet’s own broad reach. His students number in the thousands, his readers number perhaps ten times that number, and his friends in academia, the Church Educational System (CES) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and around the globe in many faiths would be difficult to number indeed. Both in terms of his staggering literary production and in his broad collection of colleagues, it is not an overstatement to place Bob Millet among the most influential Latter-day Saint voices of the past quarter century. We who count ourselves grateful recipients of his generous influence hope this volume’s collective thinking, faith, and lively conversation form a worthy “thank you” to our cherished colleague and friend. ISBN 978-0-8425-2968-6

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33231]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 19  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:20

Articles

Top, Brent L. “‘The First Principles of Man Are Self-Existent with God’” In Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work of Robert L. Millet, ed. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top, 3–22. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [34656]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 43904  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Olson, Camille Fronk. “To Know God Is Life Eternal.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
ID = [34657]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 30916  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Newell, Lloyd D. “Instruments or Agents? Balancing Submissiveness and Anxious Engagement in Heavenly Father’s Plan.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
ID = [34658]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 31327  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Dahl, Larry E. “Filling the Immensity of Space.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Light of Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Personal Revelation
ID = [34659]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 31139  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Cowan, Richard O. “Blessings Promised to the Faithful.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
ID = [34660]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 33436  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Bennett, Richard E. “From Calvary to Cumorah.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
ID = [34661]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 30834  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Welch, John W. “Symbolism in the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Two Sons in Matthew 21.” In Let Us Reason Together, edited by J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top, 97–116. Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2016.
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Deeply valuable symbolism is thoroughly embedded in two of Jesus’ parables, both of which begin, “A certain man had two sons.” The more famous of these two is commonly called parable of the prodigal son, found in Luke 15. The less often mentioned can be called the parable of the willing and unwilling two sons, found in Matthew 21. Even people who have written much and taught profoundly about the parables of Jesus have rarely had much to say about this brief text, which is nevertheless freighted with significantly authoritative cargo. In explicating this lesser-known of the two-sons parables, I hope to honor and recognize Robert L. Millet for his consummate willingness to do the will of the Father and to go down this day to work in his vineyard, wherever the needs may be found.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 4–6:12 — Grand Council in Heaven, Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
ID = [2663]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  moses,rsc-books,welch  Size: 45926  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:55
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Divine Principle of Friendship.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
ID = [34663]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 49027  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Muhlestein, Kerry, and Megan Hansen. “‘The Work of Translating’” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Abraham
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
ID = [34664]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 49447  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Hoskisson, Paul Y., and Stephen O. Smoot. “Was Noah’s Flood the Baptism of the Earth?” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34665]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 57330  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Pike, Dana M. “The ‘Spirit’ that Returns to God in Ecclesiastes 12:7.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
ID = [34666]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size: 34700  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Blomberg, Craig L. “Unveiling Revelation and a Landmark Commentary Series.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [34667]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 57541  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Mouw, Richard J. “Mormons and Evangelicals in Dialogue.” In Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work of Robert L. Millet, ed. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top, 231–48. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
ID = [34668]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 39066  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Birch, Brian D. “Mormonism and the Heresies.” In Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work of Robert L. Millet, ed. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top, 249–63. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
ID = [34669]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 44868  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Willson, Cory B. “Atoning Grace on Progression’s Highway.” In Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work of Robert L. Millet<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);>, ed. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top, 269–90. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
ID = [34670]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 50238  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Haws, JB. “Embers and Bonfires.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1946–Present
ID = [34671]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 46069  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Judd, Daniel K. “Sin, Guilt, and Grace.” In Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work of Robert L. Millet, ed. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top, 311-28. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34672]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 37787  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Hopkin, Shon D. “Salvation by Grace, Rewards of Degree by Works.” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [34673]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 62230  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Okholm, Dennis L. “What is Christianity?” In Let Us Reason Together, eds. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
ID = [34674]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 30455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:27
Folkman, Kevin, and Edgar E. Eaton. The Mormon Monster or the Story of Mormonism. Chicago: Revell, 1900.
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An alleged exposé of Mormonism and its beliefs wherein the Book of Mormon is considered to be “heavy” and “verbose” in style. The author asserts that most of the proper names of the Book of Mormon could have been formed from biblical, Latin, or modern names. Various anachronisms are noted, such as the assertion in the Book of Mormon regarding the presence of pre-Columbian domesticated animals, passages from Shakespeare, modern phraseology, and ungrammatical expressions. Numerous Book of Mormon phrases are listed that the author views as being peculiar to nineteenth-century revival language.

ID = [78575]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1900-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:16
Folsom, Marvin. “Lynn Matthews Anderson, The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 5.
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Review of The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion (1995), by Lynn Matthews Anderson.

ID = [197]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 13727  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:38
Folsom, Marvin H., and Alan F. Keele. Learn German through the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1978.
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Contains nine lessons for learning German using the German translation of the Book of Mormon as the text. Each lesson contains different rules of grammar plus exercises.

ID = [77968]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Forbis, Dianne Dibb. “Ether Woke Us Up.” Ensign, July 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44157]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5294  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:12:56
Ford, Clyde D. “The Book of Mormon, the Early Nineteenth-Century Debates over Universalism, and the Development of the Novel Mormon Doctrines of Ultimate Rewards and Punishments.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 47, no. 1 (Spring, 2014): 1-23.
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Ford reviews the spectrum of early nineteenth-century American Universalism at the time of the publishing of the Book of Mormon, the responses of some contemporary Christian theologians who opposed Universalism, the early Mormon positions in these disputes as contained in the Book of Mormon, and some contributions of Joseph Smith’s subsequent revelations. He argues that the Book of Mormon refutes “modern” Universalism; the Book of Mormon’s treatment of the restorationist doctrines of salvation is ambiguous; and reflections and discussions between Joseph Smith and other early Church members over the issues disputed between Universalists and their opponents resulted in several revelations that progressively defined an official Mormon interpretation of the Book of Mormon and resulted in a novel and complex schema of human salvation that incorporates theological elements of both traditional Protestant Christianity and restorationism.

Keywords: Doctrinal history, restoration; Smith, Joseph, Jr., revelations; Comparative religion, universalism; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82004]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:56
Ford, Clyde D. “Lehi on the Great Issues: Book of Mormon Theology in Early Nineteenth-Century Perspective.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 38, no. 4 (Winter, 2005): 75-96.
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Without discussing authorship or date of composition, Ford shows how the Book of Mormon fits into the theological spectrum of the early nineteenth century. He compares Book of Mormon theology with the Arminian, Calvinist, Universalist, Unitarian, and Methodist beliefs of the day and shows how the Book of Mormon addressed the following four contemporary religious disputes: free will and predestination, the desirability of moral evil, infant sin, and accountability of those ignorant of Christian teachings. Ford concludes that Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon deserve a place in the scholarship of nineteenth-century theology.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence
ID = [81993]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:56
Foremaster, Philip. “Chastened, but Not Forgotten.” Improvement Era 26, no. 11 (1923): 995-997.
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This article argues that the Mexican people are a chosen race of people. According to Isaiah 29:4 they have been brought down in the dust. However, they are descendants of Joseph, through Lehi (1 Nephi 5:14) and they will be redeemed (2 Nephi 30:5-6).

Keywords: Isaiah (Book), Mexico, Native Americans, Seed of Joseph (Son of Jacob/Israel)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76805]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:02
Forsberg, Clyde R., Jr. Equal Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.
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Keywords: Gender roles; Temple ritual; Freemasonry; Smith, Joseph, Jr., thought, American setting; Book of Mormon
ID = [81477]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:52
Forsberg, Clyde R., Jr. “In Search of the Historical Nephi: The ‘Book of Mormon,’ ‘Evangelicalisms’ and Antebellum American Popular Culture, c. 1830.” PhD diss., Kingston, ON: Queen’s University at Kingston, 1994.
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“In this study, it is argued that the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s first testament to the world and Mormonism’s keystone scripture, consistently contradicted the Northern Evangelical platform--plank by plank. It is argued that the Book of Mormon was a religious fiction. Religious or moralistic fiction was a genre many Evangelicals objected to on the grounds that it was basically dishonest and thus not a suitable medium for moral uplift. It is clear that early Mormons were influenced by such thinking, for they assumed that the Book of Mormon was an historical document. They had to do so, in effect, to read it in good conscience. Hence, Mormonism began as a result of a literary constructive misunderstanding of sorts. The definition of Evangelicalism used in this study is only applicable to the Evangelicalisms and Revivalisms of the northern United States around 1830. A number of scholars seem to agree that most northern Evangelicals were Whigs, that they abhorred slavery and were proponents of racial equality (in principle), that Revivalism advanced the cause of women’s rights and thus loathed universalism and other male-dominated societies (especially Freemasonry), and that most Evangelicals and Revivalists were postmillennialists. Whereas the Book of Mormon was critical of Jacksonian America, it was, in fact, a defense of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Republican (or Democratic) ideal. Most Evangelicals were Whigs and thus enemies of Jacksonianism. The Book of Mormon propounded a highly racist theory for the origin of non-whites, red and black, which militated against racial equality and justified slavery. A dark skin was not said to be the consequence of mere environmental factors, as Evangelical missionaries to the Indians and other philanthropists argued, but the result of a curse from God. It is argued that the Book of Mormon was a defense of the beleaguered patriarchal institution of Freemasonry, but a primitive or “apostolic” type. Indeed, the Book of Mormon defended the rights of males and all things male, castigating the evangelical woman and womanhood (not motherhood per se) in the process. Not unlike Universalist teaching, it defined Hell as a state of mind rather than a place of literal fire and brimstone, and spoke favourably of a universal resurrection, the salvation of all children who died without baptism and, most important, of purgatory. The Book of Mormon also propounded a proto-dispensationalist eschatology at odds with the Postmillennialism of the Edwardsians and the Revivalists and the Premillenialism of conservative divines. The Book of Mormon, it is argued, was a “comprehensive primitivist vision” that was “fully Northern” in the broad cultural sense. This neither wholly supports nor wholly rejects the argument that Mormons were outsiders and thus America’s insiders. As pugnacious and opportunistic it was idealistic, it was a remarkable product of popular consciousness because it had something important to say “in favor of” popular America and “against” the Evangelical “righteous empire.” (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

Keywords: Origins, American setting; Evangelical America; Book of Mormon, American setting
ID = [81552]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Forsberg, Clyde R., Jr. “King-men or Free-men? The Book of Mormon and the Dilemma of Canadian Mormonism.” The Third Eye 1 (1996): 114-45.
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An interpretation of how the Book of Mormon and early Mormonism fit into American society at the time of the translation

Keywords: Origins, American setting; Book of Mormon, American setting
ID = [82076]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:57
Forster, F. P. Mormonismens Laere. Kjobenhaven, Denmark: author, 1854.
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Tells in Danish about the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Mormon doctrine, and Mormons in Denmark.

ID = [78086]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:12
Forster, John A. “Book of Mormon: Worldwide Impact Felt for 150 Years.” Church News 47 (24 September 1977): 4.
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Bears testimony as to the importance and the impact of the Book of Mormon in modern history and the LDS church.

ID = [79251]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-09-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Foster, Ralph L. The Book of Mormon on Trial. Klamath Falls, OR: s.n., 1963.
ID = [77191]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:05
Foster, Ralph Leonard. The Book of Mormon on Trial. Klamath Falls, OR: Ralph Leonard Foster, 1963.
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A polemical booklet wherein the author hopes to “help stop the spread of Mormonism” and to encourage people to disbelieve the contents of the Book of Mormon. Contains ten photographed letters representing correspondences with Mormon authorities and others on questions pertaining to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78385]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:14
Fotheringham, Steven C. “Glad Tidings from Cumorah: Interpreting the Book of Mormon through the Eyes of Someone in Hell.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46 (2021): 101-130.
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Abstract: This article offers evidence that at least some Book of Mormon authors may have understood the potential for post-mortal preaching of the gospel. Indeed, they may have recognized that the future Book of Mormon would be a tool to spread the gospel not only among the living but also among those in the spirit world. Prophecies about the message of the Book of Mormon and the restored gospel being for all mankind may have broader scope than previously recognized, with application on both sides of the veil.

ID = [3385]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64759  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:59
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1995 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 18.
ID = [1310]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 22714  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1997 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 17.
ID = [1312]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 11656  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1998 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): Article 10.
ID = [1313]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 12979  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1999 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 22.
ID = [1314]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 14316  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “2000 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): Article 19.
ID = [1315]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 7855  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “2002 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 22.
ID = [1316]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 10908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “2003 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): Article 23.
ID = [1317]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 17361  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:46
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Book of Mormon Answers.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 1 (1992).
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Responses to the following questions appear here: “Did the Nephites have authority to sacrifice?” and “Did the Nephites sacrifice first-born animals contrary to the law of Moses?”

ID = [3000]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 4977  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Book of Mormon Archaeology,: A Rich Source for LDS Folklore.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 1 (1992).
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Excerpts from a letter written in 1962 reveal how Jakeman’s interpretation of Stela 5 quickly stimulated a body of folklore among some Latter-day Saints.

ID = [2992]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 5311  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7 no. 1 (1998).
ID = [2977]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 4353  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference: Volume 1, 1 Nephi - Words of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. 2nd Ed. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1986.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [8338]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference: Volume 2, Mosiah - Alma.” Preliminary Report. 2nd Ed. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [8339]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference: Volume 3, Helaman - Moroni.” Preliminary Report. 2nd Ed. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [8340]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “A Conversation with Robert J. Matthews.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12 no. 2 (2003).
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Robert J. Matthews was influenced by the Book of Mormon to pursue his studies of the Joseph Smith Translation. He was intrigued by what the Book of Mormon said about the Bible. To further one’s understanding of the Book of Mormon, Matthews recommends further study on the Near East and an analysis of the internal structure of the book. Royal Skousen’s work on the comparative text, Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon writings, and articles in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism on the Book of Mormon are sources for increasing one’s knowledge of that book.

ID = [3129]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 22497  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:58
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “English Editions of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15 no. 1 (2006).
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Photographic presentation of Book of Mormon editions in English.

ID = [3180]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 2658  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:58
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “In Memoriam, Franklin S. Harris Jr.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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Recent genetic studies indicate that Polynesians were connected to ancient America. Careful reading of native sources led European scholar Michel Graulich to conclude that pre-Columbian Americans held beliefs that may arise out of the Christian tradition. Whether he or those he opposes are correct, the caution to allow more than one interpretative stance remains appropriate. Interpretations of scriptural history are possibly “contingent upon the theoretical inclinations” of the investigators. The historical process of the Anufo people of the Ivory Coast territory suggests how “robbers” or “secret societies” could have grown to be players on the sociopolitical scene in Mesoamerica.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3034]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1024  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “An Interview with Daniel H. Ludlow.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14 no. 1 (2005).
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Daniel H. Ludlow, formerly the director of Correlation Review for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, answers questions about his understanding and testimony of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [3164]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 23491  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:58
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “An Interview With John L. Sorenson.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
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Editors of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies interview renowned Book of Mormon scholar John L. Sorenson to discuss his experience in doing Book of Mormon research for more than fifty years. Sorensen tells of becoming interested in the Book of Mormon and in Mesoamerican anthropology and archaeology. He also articulates how to be a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while conducting objective and scholarly research on the Book of Mormon. Sorenson explains how this approach has helped people throughout the world better understand the Book of Mormon and how it will continue to help.

ID = [3089]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 27713  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. Journal of Book of Mormon Studies Volume 8 Issue 2. Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1999).
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Bell reviews the following books about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon: Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate Jr.’s edited volume Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man; Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor’s edition of The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother; John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks’s edited volume King Benjamin’s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom”; and Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch’s edited volume Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [2739]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 13  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:55

Articles

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Contributors.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
ID = [3003]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  farms-jbms  Size: 4591  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Sorenson, John L. “The Editor’s Notebook.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Introduction to the current issue.

ID = [3004]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 5373  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Wilson, Marian Robertson. “Leroy Robertson and the Oratorio from the Book of Mormon: Reminiscences of a Daughter.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Marian Robertson Wilson recounts her memories of her father, Leroy Robertson, and of the creation of his masterpiece, the Oratorio from the Book of Mormon. The idea to compose an oratorio based on the Book of Mormon first came to Robertson when Elder Melvin J. Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles casually suggested it to him one day in 1919. After his conversation with Elder Ballard, Robertson dedicated much of his time to studying the Book of Mormon and choosing sections of scripture to use in his compilation. The piece eventually received attention from LDS church leadership and from the renowned Maurice Abravanel. It significantly impacted missionary work, as well as the work of other LDS composers.

ID = [3005]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 42722  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Hedges, Andrew H. “All My Endeavors to Preserve Them: Protecting the Plates in Palmyra, 22 September-December 1827.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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After Joseph Smith received the gold plates from the angel Moroni, he had to take great measures to protect them from people who wanted to steal them for their monetary value. Although Joseph did not leave much documentation of such experiences, the people who were closely associated with him at the time did. Using what records still exist, Hedges pieces together some of the stories of Joseph’s challenges in obtaining and protecting the gold plates.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3006]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 51188  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Old Testament prophet Jeremiah and Book of Mormon prophet Lehi were contemporaries, and both preached repentance to the people of Jerusalem. Despite their common love for the truth, these men led very different lives because the first was commanded to remain in Jerusalem and the latter was commanded to leave. This article examines the lives and teachings of Jeremiah and Lehi and compares them to each other, suggesting that Jeremiah’s life symbolizes God’s justice and that Lehi’s life symbolizes God’s mercy.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [3007]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 66307  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Welch, John W. “Weighing and Measuring in the Worlds of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 36-45, 86.
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This article addresses the seemingly misplaced discussion of weights and measures in the middle of Alma 11 in the Book of Mormon. Although the interruption initially seems strange, John Welch offers new insights to explain its purpose in the Book of Mormon. For instance, knowledge of the Nephite monetary system supplements a reader’s comprehension of the bribery and corruption that occurred in that society. Evidence of this monetary system also shows a link between Near Eastern civilizations and Book of Mormon civilizations, thus providing further evidence for the divinity of Joseph Smith’s work.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Bribery; Corruption; Economic; Economy; Money; Nephite; Weights and Measures
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3008]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,welch  Size: 47943  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Smith, Robert F. “Table of Relative Values.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 46.
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This table compares Nephite weights and measures with Egyptian values and gives possible equivalents in grams and ounces.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Economics; Economy; Egypt; Nephite; Weights and Measures
ID = [3009]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1729  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Sorenson, John L. “A Mesoamerican System of Weights and Measures? Did the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica use a system of weights and scales in measuring goods and their values?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Ancient Mesoamericans used some systems of weights and measures; items in the market, though, were usually sold by volume. The Mesoamerican weights and measures may coincide with the weights and measures described in Alma 11 of the Book of Mormon, but more research is necessary in order to make conclusive claims.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3010]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 27131  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Packard, Dennis J., and Sandra Packard. “Pondering the Word.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 48-69, 86.
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Despite the emphasis that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints places on scriptures, particularly the Book of Mormon, some members find it difficult to truly love the scriptures. This article claims that by pondering the scriptures often, members can better understand and appreciate the prophetic words. In order to find a deeper love for the scriptures, readers should consider the following details while reading: the setting of a passage; the meaning of various words and phrases; the author’s attitude when he wrote the passage; the possible comparisons between passages; the possible implied messages of the authors; the possible reasons for the inclusion of a specific passage; the organization of the scriptures; the repetition of ideas, words, and sounds; and the emphasis of certain words. By pondering each of these aspects, readers can gain a greater love for and appreciation of the scriptures.

Keywords: Emphasis; Organization; Ponder; Repetition; Scripture; Scripture Study; Structure
ID = [3011]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 51551  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Bitton, Davis. “B. H. Roberts and Book of Mormon Scholarship.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Brigham Henry Roberts, a Book of Mormon scholar in the early twentieth century, was a pioneer in his field. He conducted research regarding the culture and the geography of the Book of Mormon peoples in an attempt to determine the setting of the Book of Mormon. His extensive work in this area has significantly influenced the progress of Book of Mormon research. Roberts also enthusiastically defended the book when others criticized it. He was able to do so effectively because of his study of and familiarity with the Book of Mormon. Roberts did, however, have a few limitations, the most detrimental being his unfounded assumption that “the narrow neck of land” in the Book of Mormon is the Isthmus of Panama. Yet, Roberts’s pioneering efforts remain today a crucial catalyst to modern analytical studies of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [3012]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 56040  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Godfrey, Kenneth W. “What is the Significance of Zelph in the Study of Book of Mormon Geography?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 70-79, 88.
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In June 1834, members of Zion’s Camp discovered skeleton bones that Joseph Smith reportedly revealed as belonging to a “white Lamanite” named Zelph. Many Latter-day Saints have referenced this unearthing as evidence that the Book of Mormon took place in North America, rather than in Mesoamerica. This article explores the significance and reliability of the accounts concerning Zelph’s existence, and it claims that although such a discovery is exciting and insightful, many of the accounts are inconsistent and most of the details surrounding Zelph and his life remain unknown. The skeleton cannot, therefore, provide conclusive evidence for anything, and Latter-day Saints should remember that more important than identifying the location of Book of Mormon events is strengthening their belief in the book’s divinity.

Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Lamanite; Mesoamerica; Smith; Zelph; Zion’s Camp
ID = [3013]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 36821  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Raish, Martin H. “A Reader’s Library.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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This author requests help in compiling a list of useful reference books that readers can use when studying the Book of Mormon. Such a list would include dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases.

ID = [3014]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 10115  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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This article examines several interesting discoveries pertaining to the Book of Mormon.

Anthony W. Ivins suggests that the Jaredites may not have been completely extinct, that Coriantumr, the alleged last Jaredite, may have had children with Mulekite women after he discovered the people of Zarahemla.

A wooden vessel that was found in Lake Michigan turns out to be a prototype of a proposed “sea-going tow barge” developed in World War II for the Navy.

Arrowheads discovered in Israel show that steel was in use by about 1000 BC; the name Aha was engraved with steel on one arrowhead, thus giving a Hebrew-language source for this name found in the Book of Mormon.

Researchers have found similarities between the Anthon Transcript and Old South Arabian (Arabic).

ID = [3015]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 18797  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Lands of The Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies.
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A PRODUCTION USING 35 MM SLIDES WITH A CASSETTE SOUNDTRACK (ALSO AVAILABLE ON VHS OR BETA VIDEO CASSETTE) TO PORTRAY THE LANDS AND PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOOK OF MORMON AS FAR AS THEY CAN BE REASONABLY IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.

ID = [8347]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Looking for Artifacts at New York’s Hill Cumorah.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14 no. 2 (2005).
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Landon Smith gives an account of artifact hunting in the fields surrounding Hill Cumorah, near Palmyra, New York. He presents evidence that the archaeology of New York does not support the idea that Book of Mormon peoples lived in that region of that New York’s Hill Cumorah was the scene of the final battles between the Nephites and Lamanites.

ID = [3171]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 9353  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:58
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Near Eastern Weapon Parallels.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 1 (1992).
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Parallels between sickle swords and two-bladed knives in ancient Mesoamerica and the Near East may strengthen the possibility of some historical link between the areas. Similarities in weapons terminology may also lead to fruitful research.

ID = [2995]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 10111  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Nephite Weights and Measures in the Time of Mosiah II.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [8348]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “New Light.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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Recent genetic studies indicate that Polynesians were connected to ancient America. Careful reading of native sources led European scholar Michel Graulich to conclude that pre-Columbian Americans held beliefs that may arise out of the Christian tradition. Whether he or those he opposes are correct, the caution to allow more than one interpretative stance remains appropriate. Interpretations of scriptural history are possibly “contingent upon the theoretical inclinations” of the investigators. The historical process of the Anufo people of the Ivory Coast territory suggests how “robbers” or “secret societies” could have grown to be players on the sociopolitical scene in Mesoamerica.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3033]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1558  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “New Light.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 1 (2001).
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Richardson Benedict Gill’s book The Great Maya Droughts: Water, Life, and Death provides substantial evidence of the natural physical events that occurred in Mesoamerica. These events are comparable to events recorded in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [3063]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 16332  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “New Light: Sunken Ruin Off Cuba.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 2 (2001).
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Reports of an underwater city off the island of Cuba have caused many Latter-day Saints to believe that the city is a remnant of a Book of Mormon city. However, archaeologists have not found any reason to support that idea.

ID = [3076]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 2753  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “New Light: The Queen of Sheba, Skyscraper Architecture, and Lehi’s Dream.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
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The Book of Mormon prophet Lehi received a vision commonly referred to as the tree of life. Within that vision, he observes a building that he describes as “strange.” A possible reason Lehi labels it this way is that the architecture of the building was dissimilar to the architecture popular in Jerusalem at the time. The building in Lehi’s dream was plausibly structured similar to the buildings found in south Arabia during Lehi’s time. By studying the architectural styles of Jerusalem and south Arabia, one can better evaluate and understand the vision of the tree of life.

ID = [3094]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 8809  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Of What Material Were the Plates?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 1 (2001).
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Contrary to what some may assume, the plates were most likely made not of pure gold but rather of an alloy termed tumbaga by the Spanish.

ID = [3053]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 28132  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
Display Abstract  

This article examines several interesting discoveries pertaining to the Book of Mormon.

Anthony W. Ivins suggests that the Jaredites may not have been completely extinct, that Coriantumr, the alleged last Jaredite, may have had children with Mulekite women after he discovered the people of Zarahemla.

A wooden vessel that was found in Lake Michigan turns out to be a prototype of a proposed “sea-going tow barge” developed in World War II for the Navy.

Arrowheads discovered in Israel show that steel was in use by about 1000 BC; the name Aha was engraved with steel on one arrowhead, thus giving a Hebrew-language source for this name found in the Book of Mormon.

Researchers have found similarities between the Anthon Transcript and Old South Arabian (Arabic).

ID = [3015]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 18797  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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This article details three topics. First, Oliver Huntington was an early LDS pioneer who wrote or dictated numerous reminiscences, including on his association with Joseph Smith. On 16 February 1895, he wrote the names of the three Nephites who “do not sleep.” Historians find that some of what he recorded does not square with other reports. Without corroborating statements from other sources, we cannot know if he is correct. Second, Monument 6 near Palenque, Mexico, prophesies the descent of the god Bolon Yokte K’u. This monument allows confidence that the practice of prophesying future happenings was going on within a few centuries after the end of the Book of Mormon period. Third, two landmark publications raised the profile of the long-debated question about transoceanic contact. The article also briefly mentions a report about research that uncovers evidence of an Atlantic crossing.

ID = [3032]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1786  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 1 (2001).
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Evidence suggests that ancient Mesoamericans may have had horses. Excavations have produced horse bones that archaeologists believe date to before the Spanish Conquest. The article also mentions an artifact found in Bolivia that may have characters in a Semitic script. Locals have asked for assistance in examining the piece, but it is not yet clear whether it is relevant to the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3064]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 19042  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust: Ancient Steel Sword Unearthed.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14 no. 2 (2005).
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A short sword was unearthed in the ancient Philistine city Ekron, which was destroyed in 604 BC and lay twenty-two miles south of Jerusalem. Israel seems to have been initially dependent on the Philistines for metallurgy. In 2003, a seventh-century BC Etruscan gold book was discovered in Bulgaria. Recently, another gold book was found in Iran dating from around the sixth century BC.

ID = [3173]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 5032  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:58
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed to Be.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 2 (2000).
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Archaeological discoveries that challenge previously accepted theories of the history of civilization are found all over the world.

ID = [3048]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 22185  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Out of the Dust: When the Day Turned to Night.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 2 (2001).
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The timing of volcanic eruptions in the Veracruz area, where many scholars suggest the Book of Mormon may have taken place, is contemporary with events recorded in the Book of Mormon, thus providing further evidence of the authenticity of that book.

ID = [3075]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 10052  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Seeking Agreement on the Meaning of Book of Mormon Names.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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Over two hundred proper names of peoples or places appear in the Book of Mormon text. Although some of those names appear in the Bible, a large majority of them are unique to the Book of Mormon. Paul Y. Hoskisson leads the Onomasticon Project, which seeks to identify and interpret Book of Mormon names using standard principles and methods. This article introduces five subsequent articles that demonstrate to nonspecialists how this type of research can and should be applied to the Book of Mormon. Prepared scholars—Hoskisson, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Dana M. Pike, John A. Tvedtnes—display the type of interchange that is required to clarify and settle the issues surrounding Book of Mormon proper names. This article also introduces two additional articles that complement the onomastic discussion.

ID = [3020]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1797  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:57
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Why Might a Person in 1830 Connect an Angel with a Salamander?” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1985.
ID = [8349]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:06
Fowler, Melvin L. “The Origin of Corn with Relation to the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 98 (30 July 1951): 732-34.
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Questions the appearance of crops in the Book of Mormon, then discusses the “golden crop of America,” maize. Gives botanical evidence that an Asian ancestor of maize probably existed, and hybrid crossing with Old and New World crops would produce corn as found in America. Therefore, the Book of Mormon record is “possible in light of the best scientific knowledge on the subject”

ID = [80585]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-07-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:46
Fowles, John L. “The Decline of the Nephites: Rejection of the Covenant and Word of God.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 81–92. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Apostasy
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [36800]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 21976  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:46
Fowles, John L. “The Jewish Lectionary and Book of Mormon Prophecy.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 no. 2 (1994).
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The reading schedule of the Law and the Prophets in the Jewish synagogue at the time of the Feast of Dedication relates Old Testament prophesies in Ezekiel 37 to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [2876]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 12404  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:15:56
Fox, David, Roger R. Keller, Bruce W. Warren, John W. Welch, Paul Y. Hoskisson, Deloy Pack, and Robert F. Smith. “Words and Phrases.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Language; Wordplay
ID = [66526]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:20
Fox, Robert Barlow. Behold, I Am Moroni. Salt Lake City: Granite, 1976.
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A fictionalized work about Moroni, the Nephite scholar and prophet who on several occasions met with Joseph Smith.

ID = [77572]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:09
Fox, Robert Barlow. The Sons of Helaman. Bountiful: Robert Barlow Fox, 1980.
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A fictional book about the sons of Helaman based upon the Book of Mormon (Alma 24, 53, 56, 57, 62, and 63).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78650]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:16
Francisco, Donna. “Book of Mormon Slide Production Labor of Love For Project’s Creator.” Church News 60 (22 September 1990): 7.
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Hazel Staley produced a slide show, using her Sunday School class, that depicted part of the Book of Mormon. This project eventually involved the whole congregation and took over 1 1/2 hours to show.

ID = [79222]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1990-09-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Frandsen, Russell M. “Antichrists.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Antichrist, Korihor, Nehor, Sherem
ID = [74201]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 4022  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:28
Franson, Jeanine. “Enjoying the Scriptures Together.” Ensign, April 1998.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [53338]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1998-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1675  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:20:18
Fraser, Gordon H. Are the Navajos Lamanites?. La Mesa, CA: Utah Christian Tract Society, 1978.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon. The author asserts that the Navajo Indians are “pure mongoloid” and therefore not of Hebrew origin.

ID = [77562]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:09
Fraser, Gordon H. Is Mormonism Christian?. Chicago: Moody, 1957.
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Pages 124-50 of this polemical work against Mormonism criticize the Book of Mormon from a number of directions. The Book of Mormon witnesses were somewhat credulous. In fabricating the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith drew upon speculation that the American Indians were descendants of the lost ten tribes, borrowing ideas found in the View of the Hebrews and other works. The author identifies a number of alleged anachronisms, such as the description of Lehi’s desert journey, mention of weapons, animals, the wheel, and lack of archaeological evidence. Issues regarding the Sermon on the Mount in 3 Nephi and the Smithsonian statement regarding the Book of Mormon are also raised.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77909]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Fraser, Gordon H. Joseph and the Golden Plates: A Close Look at the Book of Mormon. Eugene, OR: Industrial Litho, 1978.
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A revised version of Fraser’s 1964 work, What Does the Book of Mormon Teach?

ID = [77928]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Fraser, Gordon H. A Manual For Christian Workers: A Workshop Outline For the Study of Mormonism. Hubbard, OR: Fraser, 1978.
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The author asserts the gold plates of the Book of Mormon never existed because gold was not used in America until the eleventh century. The Indians are of mongoloid origin and not Hebrew. Joseph Smith plagiarized the Bible, Book of Mormon witnesses did not really see the plates, and there is no archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77427]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Fraser, Gordon H. What Does the Book of Mormon Teach? An Examination of the Histor-ical and Scientific Statements of the Book of Mormon. Chigago, IL: Moody Press, 1964.
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“This careful examination of the contents of the Book of Mormon is an inquiry into the findings of historians as compared with the statements and claims of the Mormon sacred writings. Mr. Fraser compares and contrasts the teachings of the Book of Mormon with anthropological, archaeological and historical facts. He scrutinizes the utterances of that book and draws attention to errors contradictions and inaccuracies.”

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, American setting; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81478]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:52
Fraser, Gordon H. What Does the Book of Mormon Teach? An Examination of the Historical and Scientific Statements of the Book of Mormon. Chicago: Moody, 1964.
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Presents a detailed polemic against the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is full of blunders and anachronisms. Discusses fine-twined linen, reformed Egyptian, the migrations to America, the concept of a dark and loathsome people, warfare, the so called biblical prophecies of the Book of Mormon, and other items. There are many contradictory accounts as to who wrote the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78760]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:17
Frater, Alan S. Joseph Smith Prophet of God; A Reply to Dr. Rumble. Rozelle, Australia: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,n.d.
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An apologetic work replying to Dr. Rumble’s criticisms of Mormonism in The Mormons or Latter-Day Saints.

ID = [77939]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:11
Frater, Nettie. “First Impressions of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 99 (30 June 1952): 612-13.
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While reading the Book of Mormon for the first time, the author was disappointed because it did not meet her expectations. She found it to lack “the grandeur of the Old Testament language,” personal stories, and too little mention of women.

ID = [79451]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1952-06-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:22
Frederick, Julie. “Seals, Symbols, and Sacred Texts: Sealing and the Book of Mormon.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81837]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:55
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Appendix: The Bible and the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33829]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:22
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Bible and the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 28 (2019).
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The enigmatic relationship between the Book of Mormon and the Bible goes all the way back to one of its earliest reviewers, Restorationist Alexander Campbell, who noted inconsistencies between the two. Campbell addressed the Book of Mormon text’s conflation of the Old and New Covenants, differing on details such as Jesus’s birthplace and, in particular, how much the Book of Mormon’s pre-Christian peoples anticipated New Testament events. The Book of Mormon prophet Lehi, Campbell wrote, “developed the records of Matthew, Luke, and John, six hundred years before John the Baptist was born.” From the time of Campbell and into the present day, much of Book of Mormon scholarship has pivoted around this issue. How could a text that claims origins prior to the canonization of the New Testament interact so explicitly with the New Testament text? And what of the Old Testament content, in particular Isaiah, strewn throughout its pages? For many years, those who saw the Book of Mormon as purely the product of the mind of Joseph Smith interpreted these interactions as a sign of indirect influence at best and plagiarism at worst. In response, those who were willing to subscribe to divine origins developed several possible solutions, such as the ideas that Book of Mormon authors had access to “untainted” biblical manuscripts that have since disappeared; or that they had a level of prescience in writing. However, in recent years, this apologetic-or-critical sentiment of arguing why the Bible is present in the Book of Mormon has begun to wane in favor of further exploring how the Bible is present in the Book of Mormon. The intent of this literature review is to lay out the different scholarship trajectories related to the presence of the Bible in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81928]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:55
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Book of Mormon and Its Redaction of the King James New Testament: A Further Evaluation of the Interaction between the New Testament and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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The text of the King James Bible plays a significant role in the composition of the Book of Mormon. While there have been studies that have attempted to identify what biblical passages are present in the Book of Mormon, not nearly enough effort has been spent exploring how those passages are used throughout the text. For example, one can readily identify the textual parallels between Alma 5:48 and John 1: 14, due to the sharing of phrases such as “full of grace and truth’’ and “only-begotten son:’ This type of research is useful in and of itself. But simply identifying what passages the texts share in common without exploring how the Book of Mormon integrates the biblical text into its own textual composition leaves a great deal unexplored.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Frederick, Nicholas J., and Joseph M. Spencer. “The Book of Mormon and the Academy.” Religious Educator Vol. 21 no. 2 (2020).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [38336]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 56173  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:56
Becerra, Daniel, Amy Easton-Flake, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Book of Mormon Studies: An Introduction and Guide.” Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Where does one go to learn more about Book of Mormon studies? For those who do not regularly engage with scholarship, it’s hard to know how to begin. Currently there’s no general guide to Book of Mormon scholarship available to the public. Even with all that’s happened in the last few decades, and especially all that’s happening right now in Book of Mormon studies, this situation needs to be remedied. There has been no general guide to Book of Mormon scholarship available to the public—until now. This introduction breaks down Book of Mormon studies, from its history to the obstacles that will need to be overcome as it moves forward. Additionally, this introduction provides readers with resources that they can turn to for further information on Book of Mormon studies. ISBN 978-1-9503-0426-4

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Frederick, Nicholas J. “Evaluating the Interaction between the New Testament and the Book of Mormon: A Proposed Methodology.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24 (2015): 1-30.
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This article puts forward a methodology for identifying and classifying phrases from the New Testament that are present within the Book of Mormon text at a phrasal level. The need for such a methodology has arisen because of a recent rise in close textual studies of the Book of Mormon and its relationship to the Bible. The methodology proposed by this study suggests that terms such as quotation, allusion, and echo—terms popular in biblical studies—be avoided because of the implication that the author of the Book of Mormon was consciously relying upon the language of the Bible. While this may be true, the use of language implying a reliance risks derailing useful textual studies in favor of debates over provenance. Additionally, because not all potential interactions with the New Testament are easily identifiable, this paper proposes a series of criteria that can be applied to potential phrases to determine the likelihood that a given phrase should be studied as a valid New Testament interaction. Finally, this paper proposes three levels of classification, based upon how well a given phrase meets the criteria laid out in the study

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Language; Methodology; New Testament; Parallel; Provenance; Textual Studies
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Frederick, Nicholas J. “‘Full of grace, mercy, and truth’: The New Testament in the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2015 Exploring the Complexities in the English Language of the Book of Mormon Conference. March 14, 2015.
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Hull, Kerry, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith, eds. Give Ear to My Words: Text and Context of Alma 36–42. Proceedings of The 48th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
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The 48th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Alma’s deeply personal writings to his sons contain some of the most informative doctrinal discussions in scripture. Originating out of the love and concern of a parent, these chapters present salient teachings on key gospel principles, proper behaviors, and correct theology. Here the pure doctrines of God’s merciful plan of redemption through his Son, Jesus Christ, are laid plain. This volume compiles essays given at a BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Drawing on both academic training and dedicated study of the scriptures, the authors in this volume provide valuable new contexts to understand Alma’s doctrinal expositions. Tad R. Callister, former Sunday School General President, was the keynote speaker. The diversity of scholarship from this book’s contributors provides this book with valuable new contexts to help readers understand Alma’s doctrinal expositions. The range of topics covered, and the contrasting perspectives will appeal to a broad audience and speak to many different people at different levels. ISBN 978-1-9443-9484-4

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Articles

Callister, Tad R. “What Is the Purpose of Suffering?” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
ID = [34069]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 39449  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Ellison, Mark D. “Beyond Justice: Reading Alma 42.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34070]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 58838  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Sharp, Ryan H. “Alma, Ambiguity, and the Development of Doctrinal Understanding.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Sharp, Daniel B. “Justice, Mercy and the Atonement in the Teachings of Alma to Corianton.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
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Ludlow, Jared W. “Alma’s Loving Counsel to His Sons about the Law of Justice.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > G — K > Happiness
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
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Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Born of God- Partaking of the Fruit.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [34074]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 39326  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Shannon, Avram R. “Law of God/God of Law: The Law of Moses in Alma’s Teachings to Corianton.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Alma and the Sacred Things.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [34076]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 52960  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
LeFevre, David A. “Records and Relics: Convenantal Transition in Alma 37.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [34077]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40062  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘And Now My Son, I Have Somewhat More to Say’: Corianton’s Concerns, Alma’s Theology, and Nephite Tradition.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [34078]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 65712  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Spencer, Joseph M. “Women and Nephite Men: Lessons from the Book of Alma.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
ID = [34079]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 38452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Allis-Pike, Jane. “Words from the Wise: Alma 36-39 through the Lens of Proverbs 1-9.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [34080]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 37455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Bowen, Matthew L. “Look to the Lord! The Meaning of Liahona and the Doctrine of Christ in Alma 37-38.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
ID = [34081]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41052  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Tolley, Kevin L. “Alma 36: A Call to Repentance, a Prophetic Call.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [34082]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 47910  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Ogletree, Mark D. “Alma as an Intentional Father.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > L — P > Parenting
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [34083]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 37297  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Korth, Byran B. “Parents Teaching Children to Believe in Christ: ‘An Echo of a Celestial Pattern’” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [34084]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 56165  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Hardy, Grant R. “Nurturing Faith: Literary Patterning in the Book of Alma.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
ID = [34085]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 38703  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Hardy, Heather. “Well-Crafted Counsel.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
ID = [34086]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41958  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Berkey, Kimberly M. “‘Retain All Their Oaths’: Lehitic Covenant and Secret Combinations in Alma 37.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [34087]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 45035  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Taeger, Stephan. “Alma’s Chiasmus as Transformative Vicarious Experience.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
ID = [34088]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 32298  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Reynolds, Noel B. “Rethinking Alma 36.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [34089]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 37198  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Gardner, Brant A. “Mormon the Writer: Turning History into Story.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
ID = [34090]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 47320  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce, eds. I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon. Proceedings of the Come, Follow Me Symposium in Honor of Sidney B. Sperry. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
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At the beginning of the Book of Mormon, Nephi writes, “The fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved” (1 Nephi 6:4; emphasis added). He later writes, “I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell” (2 Nephi 33:6). The pinnacle of the Book of Mormon occurred in 3 Nephi when Jesus Christ personally ministered to the Nephites and Lamanites. Clearly the central purpose of those writing on the plates was to invite and persuade each of us to come unto Jesus Christ, helping us understand his redeeming role. Jesus Christ is the central figure in the Book of Mormon. Ancient prophets in the western hemisphere consistently pointed to His life and atoning sacrifice. For example, Nephi wrote, “I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell” (2 Nephi 33:6). After His Resurrection, Jesus Christ personally ministered to the Nephites and taught them. This volume shares important reminders about how to focus on Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
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Articles

Aburto, Renya I. “The Book of Mormon’s Relevance for Us: Promises for Our Time.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
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Millet, Robert L. “Jesus Christ and the Gathering of Israel.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
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Matson, Joshua M. “Coming to Know Christ through the ‘I Am’ Statements in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81582]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Ricks, Michael David. “Remember Him: The Christ-Centered Focus of Remember in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81583]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Pierce, Krystal V. L. “The Brazen Serpent as a Symbol of Jesus Christ: A Dichotomy of Benevolence and Admonition.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81584]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Sorenson, Stephanie Dibb. “‘That They May Bear Testimony of Him’: Jesus Christ’s Communication to and about Prophets in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81585]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Taeger, Stephan. “According to Their Faith: Alma and Amulek Typify Jesus in Overcoming Evil.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81586]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Shannon, Avram R., and Thora Florence Shannon. “‘I Am the Law’: Jesus Christ and the Law of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
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Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Redeemer: Taking upon Him the Sins of the World.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81588]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Smoot, Stephen O., and Kerry M. Hull. “Book of Mormon ‘Trinitarianism’ and the Nature of Jesus Christ: Old and New World Contexts.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘That Ye Might Feel and See’: Touch in the First Day of Christ’s Ministry.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81590]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Andersen, Camey L. “Mentoring in the Savior’s Way: Learning from Jesus Christ’s Example in 3 Nephi.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [81591]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Calabro, David M. “Jesus Christ as a Revealer of Ordinances in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81592]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Halverson, Jared M. “The Way, the Truth, and the Way to Truth: Harmony in Pursuit of Orthodoxy.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81593]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Perez, William. “Ascended into Heaven: The Book of Mormon’s Witness of Jesus Christ’s Ascension.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81594]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:53
Frederick, Nicholas J. “‘The Intent for Which It Was Given’: How the Book of Mormon Teaches the Value of Scripture and Revelation.” Religious Educator Vol. 18 no. 1 (2017).
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [38428]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 45563  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:57
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Intertextuality in the Book of Mormon.” In LDS Perspectives Podcast. Interview by Laura Harris Hales, Episode 92.
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In this episode of the LDS Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews scholar Nicholas (Nick) J. Frederick about New Testament intertextuality in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Literary and Textual Studies of the Book of Moses
ID = [4596]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2018-08-22  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,moses  Size: 3345  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:16:05
Frederick, Nicholas J. “‘It is not an easy task, but it cannot be avoided’: On the Contribution of Royal Skousen.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 31 (2022): 152-175.
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This chapter describes the work of Royal Skousen, who dedicated over three decades to critical text research of the Book of Mormon. It discusses the process of developing the critical text and the influence it has had on the field of Book of Mormon studies. Sections on translation theory and the archaic language of the Book of Mormon are included.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, critical text project; Book of Mormon, textual criticism; Book of Mormon; Skousen, Royal; Mormon Studies (academic discipline); Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [81946]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:56
MacKay, Michael Hubbard, and Nicholas J. Frederick. Joseph Smith’s Seer Stones. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
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This book discusses the origins of Joseph Smith’s seer stones and explores how Joseph used them throughout his life in a way that goes beyond translating the Book of Mormon. It also traces the provenance of the seer stones once they leave his possession. The authors also examine how the Book of Mormon itself provides a storyline about the history of seer stones, which also helped Joseph Smith learn about his own prophetic gifts. Finally, this book explores how Joseph Smith took his own experiences with seer stones and created a theology of seer stones that became closely linked with his unique doctrines of exaltation. ISBN 978-1-9443-9405-9

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Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Language of Paul in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33821]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Mosiah 3 as an Apocalyptic Text.” Religious Educator Vol. 15 no. 2 (2014).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [38153]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 60095  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:55
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Nephite Jeremiad or Lamanite Encomium? Helaman 13–15 and Lamanite Exceptionalism.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [33914]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:22
Frederick, Nicholas J., Kerry Hull, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Scholarly Notes on Helaman 13–16: Appendix.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [33915]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:22
Swift, Charles, and Nicholas J. Frederick, eds. They Shall Grow Together: The Bible in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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This fourth volume by the Book of Mormon Academy at Brigham Young University is a careful study of the intersections of two ancient texts: The Book of Mormon and the Bible. The authors approach the two books of scripture from within two fundamental frameworks. First, several of the essays explore the books in terms of the worlds from which they come with their related ideals, interests, and origins. Second, a number of the authors analyze topics based on the texts themselves, closely studying the two texts and helping readers better understand connections. ISBN 978-1-9503-0430-1

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33154]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 16  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:19

Articles

Ludlow, Jared W. “The Influence of the Figure of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33814]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Seely, David Rolph. “The Rhetoric of Self-Reference in Deuteronomy and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
ID = [33815]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Hull, Kerry. “‘O God of Israel, Give a True Decision’: Lot Divination in Biblical Tradition and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33816]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Pierce, George A., and Krystal V. L. Pierce. “The Tower of Babel, the Jaredites, and the Nature of God.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33817]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Martin, Jan J. “The Prophet Nephi and the Covenantal Nature of ‘Cut Off,’ ‘Cursed,’ ‘Skin of Blackness,’ and ‘Loathsome’” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33818]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘They Did Fell the Tree’: The Hanging of Zemnarihah as a Ritual Resolution for Nephite Trauma.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33819]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “The Good Shepherd and His Other Sheep in John 10 and 3 Nephi 15-16.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [33820]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Language of Paul in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33821]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Hilton, John, III. “The Book of Mormon on the Bible.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33822]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Shannon, Avram R. “The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33823]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Swift, Charles. “‘I Beheld a Tree’: Lehi’s Dream and Revelation.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33824]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Sticks of Judah and Joseph: Reflections on Defending the Kingdom.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
ID = [33825]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Except Some Man Should Guide Me’: Studying Isaiah with Nephi and Jacob.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33826]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Sears, Joshua M. “Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: Latter-day Saint Approaches.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33827]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:21
Pike, Dana M. “Passages from the Book of Micah in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [33828]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:22
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Appendix: The Bible and the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33829]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:22
Frederick, Nicholas J. “What Has Moroni to Do with John?” Religious Educator Vol. 14 no. 3 (2013).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [38171]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2013-01-03  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 45301  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:55
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Whence the Daughter of Jared?: Text and Context.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
ID = [34010]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 9:22:23
Freeman, John P. Mormonism and Inspiration. Concord, CA: Pacific, 1962.
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A polemical work against Mormonism and Mormon scripture. The author attacks the interpretations of biblical prophecy supporting the Book of Mormon, previously advanced by Orson Pratt, B. H. Roberts, and other Mormon writers. The testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses are also discussed and dismissed. The writer further alleges the complete lack of historical, scriptural, or archaeological evidence supporting the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon, he asserts, contradicts pagan practices of certain native American peoples and asserts that they bear no relation to descriptions in the Book of Mormon. He asserts a mongoloid rather than a Hebrew origin for these peoples.

ID = [78043]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1962-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:12
Frere, John. A Short History of the Mormonites; or Latter Day Saints. London: Joseph Masters, 1850.
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This pamphlet presents a strong condemnation of Joseph Smith and hence of Mormonism. It presents a critical “history” of the key events of the “restoration” It includes a statement by Mrs. Matilda Davison, identified as a former wife of Solomon Spaulding, stating that Spaulding’s fictitious story is plagiarized in the Book of Mormon. The document concludes with “Profanity of Mormon Doctrines” that enumerates and ridicules key Mormon doctrines.

ID = [77452]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:07
Frischknecht, David L. “Always Pray unto the Father in My Name (3 Nephi 18:19).” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, February 12, 2013.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [72629]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2013-02-12  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:16
Fronk, Camille. “Prophecy in the Book of Mormon.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Latter days, Prophecy, Seer, Vision
ID = [74933]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 5199  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 10:21:33
Frost, S. E., Jr. The Sacred Writings of the World’s Great Religions. New York: New York Home Library, 1943.
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One chapter of this work is dedicated to the sacred writings of Mormonism. Provides a brief history of the discovery and translation of the Book of Mormon, followed by a brief synopsis of each individual book. Reprints scriptural passages from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78640]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1943-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:16
Fry, Charles. “Benefits to Young Studying the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 61 (9 December 1914): 1165-66.
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Encourages young people to study the Book of Mormon because it “helps in understanding Bible, solves problems of America’s past, helps understanding of conditions of times, and gives better appreciation for country”

ID = [79099]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1914-12-09  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:19
Fry, Charles. “From Bishop Charles Fry at Cumorah.” Saints’ Herald 74 (3 August 1927): 892, 918.
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An admonishment to read the Book of Mormon “in recognition of the centennial,” or one hundred years since the plates were received by Joseph Smith. An intense study of the scriptures will refine, strengthen, and purify all those who will participate.

ID = [79466]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-08-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:22
Fry, Charles. “A Glimpse at the Urim and Thummim.” Saints’ Herald 85 (9 July 1938): 873-77, 883.
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Examines the origin, description, names, and purposes of the Urim and Thummim and the revelations received through them. Details the names of individuals who have used them.

ID = [78883]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1938-07-09  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:18
Fry, Charles. “The Message Which the Book of Mormon Bears to the American Nation.” Saints’ Herald 74 (21 September 1927): 1098-1100.
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The Book of Mormon states that America is a choice land that is reserved for a righteous people. It declares that Jesus Christ is the God who calls to every person all over the world and to the inhabitants of America to repent. Failure to heed this message will culminate in the failure of the nation.

ID = [80541]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:46
Fry, Charles. “Twelve Reasons Why I Believe the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 60 (5, 12 March 1913): 232-37, 252-57.
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Fry’s reasons for believing the Book of Mormon include, it presents Christ as the Redeemer of the world; its doctrines are in full harmony with the doctrines of the Bible; its history is in harmony with the history of the Bible; every part is in perfect harmony with the whole; it is supported by competent witnesses; many of its prophecies have been fulfilled; it proves the fatherhood of God over the whole world; the Holy Spirit confirms its divinity.

ID = [80749]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-03-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:47
Fry, Evan A. “The Book of Mormon and the Crucifixion.” Saints’ Herald 92 (31 March 1945): 294-96.
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Great destruction, followed by thick darkness and a heavy vapor occurred at the time of the crucifixion of Christ. Such an atmosphere may have been the result of an eruption of a volcano similar to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

ID = [80327]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-03-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:54:45
Fry, Evan A. “Book of Mormon Characters: Alma.” Saints’ Herald 92 (12 May 1945): 440-44.
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Alma was a great statesman, judge, theologian, and missionary. His message of salvation and prophecies of Jesus had a great impact on the people of many cities.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79138]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-05-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Fry, Evan A. “Book of Mormon Characters: Ammon . . . A Great Missionary.” Saints’ Herald 92 (7 July 1945): 634-36.
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Ammon, his brothers, and Alma2, once persecutors of the church, were called to repentance by an angel of the Lord. Ammon later spent fourteen years in missionary service to the Lamanites, thousands of whom were converted to the gospel.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79139]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-07-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Fry, Evan A. “Book of Mormon Characters: Jacob.” Saints’ Herald 92 (14 April 1945): 346-48.
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Jacob, younger brother of Nephi, became the second scribe of the gold plates, delivered a powerful temple sermon, called the people to repentance, taught the allegory of the Olive Tree, and defeated the anti-Christ Sherem.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [79140]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-04-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Fry, Evan A. “Book of Mormon Characters: Lehi.” Saints’ Herald 92 (10 March 1945): 13-15.
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Lehi was a great father, faithful prophet of God, spiritual leader, and a man of great vision.

ID = [79141]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-03-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 9/26/24 18:56:20
Fry, Evan A. “Book of Mormon Characters: Mormon . . . the Boy General.” Saints’ Herald (23 June 1945): 587-88, 591.
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Mormon was a record keeper, author, prophet, general, and editor. He recorded the tragic events that he had witnessed and tried to save a sinful and dying nation with his personal te