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Funaki, Inoke F. “Pacific Islanders ’in the nethermost parts of the vineyard’: Identity and Challenges.” David O. Mckay Lecture, Brigham Young University—Hawaii, February 11, 2001.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [71156]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2001-02-12  Collections:  bom,byuh-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:52
Clark, John L. “Painting Out the Messiah: The Theologies of Dissidents.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
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Despite the establishment of Christ’s church in the New World by the Book of Mormon prophet Nephi, many dissenters during its thousand-year history attempted to thwart the church and preach alternative theologies. This article first discusses the doctrine that Nephi taught to his people concerning Jesus Christ. Historical context then provides further understanding of the society in which Nephi and his descendants lived. Having come from Jerusalem in the Old World, the Nephites were still accustomed to the law of Moses, which certainly would have influenced their view of a Messiah. This, along with the political circumstances of the Nephite people, facilitated the dissension of many. The experiences of the Anti-Christ Sherem, the priests of Noah, and the Zarahemla dissidents demonstrate these points. Lastly, those who altered Nephi’s teachings appeared to do so for five specific reasons, which are discussed in this article, thus showing how the dissenters erased the doctrine of a Redeemer from their theologies.

ID = [3080]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 67745  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Gaunt, LaRene Porter. “Painting the Word.” Ensign, January 1992.
ID = [50337]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3316  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:52
Smith, Lyle, and Sherrie Kline Smith. “Palenque Tablet of 96 Glyphs.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 76 (Spring 1992): 10-14.
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“The Tablet of 96 Glyphs from Palenque provides a strong witness that the Maya knew about and utilized the same literary practices as Hebrew writers” The writers point out literary practices that appear in the Book of Mormon: the phrase “it came to pass,” chiasmus, and paired opposites.

ID = [79961]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1992-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Michelsen, Rasmus. “Paleontology and the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 36, no. 3 (1933): 150-152.
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This article provides information regarding a number of recent paleontological discoveries that shed light on Book of Mormon statements regarding oxen, sheep, and other animals, and the smelting of iron.

Keywords: Apologetics, Archaeology, External Evidence, Iron, Metallurgy, Oxen, Sheep
ID = [77017]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1933-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Driggs, Jean R. “The Palestine of America.” Salt Lake City: n.p., 16 March 1928.
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Argues that the Book of Mormon lands were located in Honduras and Guatemala, extending “no further northward than southern parts of Mexico” Three maps are included.

ID = [78616]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1928-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Saints’ Herald. “Palmyra Edition Book of Mormon Rare.” Saints’ Herald 50 (1 April 1903): 293.
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A news note regarding a rare copy of the Palmyra first edition of the Book of Mormon that was donated to the Chicago Historical Society.

ID = [79962]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1903-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Curtis, Susan. Palmyra Revisited: A Look at Early 19th Century American Thought. Emerson, IA: by the author, 1977.
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Treats the Book of Mormon as a piece of literature written by Joseph Smith. Gives a summary of works supposed to be the basis of Joseph’s writings—View of the Hebrews, The Star in the West, and other publications reflecting thought that was prevalent in the 1820-1830 period regarding the origins of the American Indians.

ID = [78136]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Mernitz, Susan Curtis. “Palmyra Revisited: A Look at Early 19th Century American Thought and the Book of Mormon.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 2 (1982): 30-37.
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The Book of Mormon is a reflection of the views and values of Puritan America that nevertheless shifted in essence from a framework that emphasized “community, hierarchy, and an agrarian economy” to an interest in “individualism, democracy, and competitive market capitalism” In effect, the Book of Mormon is a product of Jacksonian America in general and the burned-over district of Western New York in particular.

ID = [79963]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Porter, Larry C. “Palmyra/Manchester, New York.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Early Church History, Restoration
ID = [74859]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 3390  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:15
Christensen, Ross T., ed. Papers of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium of the Archaeology of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1964.
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A collection of papers relating archaeology to the scriptures, many of which are relevant to Book of Mormon subjects: Joseph Smith’s knowledge of archaeology, Mulek’s migration, pyramid architecture, metals in the New World, etc.

ID = [78137]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Leavitt, Carrick D. “Papyrus Boat Sails Ocean.” Church News 40 (18 July 1970): 15.
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Reports the Atlantic crossing by Thor Heyerdahl in his papyrus boat Ra 2. This achievement is seen as important support for Book of Mormon accounts that the Nephites, Jaredites, and Mulekites crossed the oceans on their way to the Americas.

ID = [79964]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-07-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Linford, Matthew R. “The Parable of the Benevolent Father and Son.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 149-178.
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Abstract: A discussion is presented on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, including the departure of the young man into a faraway land, his return, and the welcome he received from his father. To better understand the cultural significance of this story, a Middle Eastern scholar (Kenneth Bailey) is referenced. The prodigal son breaks his father’s heart when he leaves home, but at the same time his older brother fails in his duty to his family. The father in the parable represents Christ, who is seen to take upon himself the shame of his returning boy and later of his older brother. The reinstatement of the prodigal son is confirmed by the actions of the father, who embraces him, dresses him in a robe, puts shoes on his feet, has a ring placed on his finger, brings him into his house, and kills the fatted calf for him. These actions have deep gospel and cultural significance. The older son’s failure to come into the feast for his brother is a public insult to his father, and his words to his father in the courtyard are a second public insult. The Parable of the Prodigal Son is shown to be similar to other stories from the scriptures, including Jesus’s meal with Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36–43), the Parable of the Man and His Great Supper (Luke 14:16–24), the Parable of the King and His Son’s Wedding (Matthew 22:2–14), and Lehi’s dream in 1 Nephi 8. Consistent elements across these stories include a feast/meal, a male authority figure who initiates or invites others to the feast, well-to-do guests who refuse the invitation, their criticism of the host of the feast and their fellowman, an application of grace, and the presence of the less favored individuals at the feast at the end of the stories. It is shown that the prodigal son represents the publicans and sinners of Jesus’s day, while the older son represents the scribes and Pharisees. Emphasis is placed on the remarkable countercultural and benevolent role played by the father/patriarch in these stories.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3726]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64734  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Unattributed. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure. Oak Grove, MO: The Church of Christ, 1987?.
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Evangelical pamphlet containing a parable relating to the hidden treasure of eternal life. Explains that the Book of Mormon and the Bible are both maps to follow to gain this treasure.

ID = [78617]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Woodruff, Wilford. “Parable of the Ten Virgins—Importance of the Last Dispensation—Responsibilities Resting Upon the Elders—Judgments at the Door—The Lamanites—Home Manufactures—Laying Up Wheat.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 18. 1877, 109–122.
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Discourse by Elder Wilford Woodruff, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, Sept. 12, 1875. Reported By: David W. Evans.

ID = [29259]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1875-09-12  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,woodruff  Size: 45995  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:26
Richards, Franklin D. “Parable of the Ten Virgins—Rapid Development of the Arts and Sciences—The Lord Hastening His Work in Its Time—Enmity Between the Church of Christ and the World—The Gathering Together of People From Every Nation After They Have Been Baptized Into One Spirit—The Law of Tithing—Blessings Which Follow Obedience Thereto—Binding Upon All, Rich and Poor Alike—Giving to the Poor—Power of the Principles of the Gospel and Effects of Their Observance—Jehovah—Jesus Christ—His Ministry—His Followers—Their Mission—Preaching to the Spirits in Prison—Baptism for the Dead—Saviors Upon Mount Zion—Responsibility Resting Upon the Saints—a Word of Encouragement to the Missionaries.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 26. 1886, 296–303.
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Discourse by Apostle Franklin D. Richards, delivered in the New Stake Tabernacle, Provo, Sunday Afternoon, Aug. 30, 1885. Reported By: John Irvine.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [29648]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1885-08-30  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 23444  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:29
Honey, David B. “Paradigms and Pitfalls of Approach to Warfare in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3, no. 1 (1991): 118-140.
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Review of Warfare in the Book of Mormon (1990), edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin.

Keywords: Paradigm; War Chapters; Warfare
ID = [99]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 62005  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Christensen, Kevin. “Paradigms Crossed.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 144-218.
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Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Paradigm
ID = [218]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 100871  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Wilson, William A. “The Paradox of Mormon Folklore.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 1 (1976): 40-56.
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In the 130 years since the word “folklore” was coined, folklorists have been trying unsuccessfully to decide what the word means. I shall not solve the problem here. Yet if we are to do business with each other, we must come to some common understanding of terms. Briefly, I consider folklore to be the unofficial part of our culture. When a Sunday School teacher reads to his class from an approved lesson manual, he is giving them what the Correlation Committee at least would call official religion; but when he illustrates the lesson with an account of the Three Nephites which he learned from his mother, he is giving them unofficial religion. Folklore, then, is that part of our culture that is passed through time and space by the process of oral transmission(by hearing and repeating) rather than by institutionalized means of learning or by the mass media.

Keywords: Folklore; Legends; Mormonism; Pop Folklore; Three Nephites
ID = [9340]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 866  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:54
Roberts, B. H. “A Parallel between the Book of Mormon and A View of the Hebrews by Ethan Smith.” N.p., c. 1922.
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presented in “A Book of Mormon Study” (1922).

ID = [77437]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1922-01-01  Collections:  bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Smith, Joseph, Jr. The Parallel Book of Mormon: The 1830, 1837, and 1840 editions. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2008.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, editions and translations
ID = [81518]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Larson, Anthony E. Parallel Histories: The Nephites and the Americans. Orem, UT: Zedek Books, 1989.
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Suggests ways in which incidents and historical situations in the Book of Mormon are similar to those of the present era. Twelve parallels may be drawn between the Book of Mormon society and modern American society that may predict future events in America. Both nations had similar origins and crossed the ocean as a result of difference of religion and philosophy. Both degenerated in morality. This work is reviewed in P.289. [J.W.M.]

ID = [78138]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hogan, Mervin B. “‘A Parallel,’ A Matter of Chance Versus Coincidence.” Rocky Mountain Mason, January 1956.
ID = [77255]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Hougey, Harold. A Parallel—The Basis for the Book of Mormon. Concord, CA: Pacific, 1963.
ID = [77196]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Welch, John W. “Parallelism and Chiasmus in Benjamin’s Speech.” In King Benjamin’s Speech: “They Ye May Learn Wisdom”, edited by Welch, John W., and Stephen D. Ricks, 315-410. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
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Keywords: Chiasmus; King Benjamin; Parallelism; Speech
ID = [75720]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Welch, John W. “Parallelism and Chiasmus in Benjamin’s Speech.” In King Benjamin’s Speech Made Simple, edited by Welch, John W., and Stephen D. Ricks, . Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Chiasmus; Parallelism
ID = [75734]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 98247  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Crowell, Angela M., Allen J. Christensen, and John L. Sorenson. “Parallelism, Merismus, and Difrasismo.” 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: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Annals of the Cakchiquels; Language - Hebrew; Parallelism; Poetry; Popol Vuh; Structure
ID = [66464]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Parry, Donald W. “Parallelisms, According to Classification.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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Donald Parry lists more than six hundred Book of Mormon parallelisms by type of parallelism.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Literature
ID = [8553]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Alford, Kenneth L., and D. Bryce Baker. “Parallels between Psalms 25–31 and the Psalm of Nephi.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
ID = [34906]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 36551  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:54
Hogan, Mervin B. “‘A Parallel’: A Matter of Choice Versus Coincidence.” The Rocky Mountain Mason 4 (January 1956): 17-31.
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Notes that the Book of Mormon was not the first document published in America that proposed the Jewish connection with the American Indians. Supplies several of B. H. Roberts’s parallel column comparisons of the Book of Mormon with Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews.

ID = [78813]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Hougey, Harold H. ‘A Parallel’—the Basis of the Book of Mormon. Concord, CA: Pacific, 1963.
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Ethan Smith’s book View of the Hebrews provided Joseph Smith with the basic format for the Book of Mormon. Hougey lists forty-one parallels between the Book of Mormon and the View of the Hebrews.

ID = [77369]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Sirota, Mark F. Paraphrase and Commentary on the Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi. Mesa, AZ: M. F. Sirota, 1983.
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A photocopied anthology of texts and commentaries on 3 Nephi 1-10, taken from 4 major sources, including volume 7 of Commentary on the Book of Mormon,

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78139]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Brookbank, Thomas W. “Parentage of Ancient American Art and Religion.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 72, no. 39-47 (29 September—24 November 1910): 609-14, 628-31, 644-47, 661-63, 684-86, 692-95, 708-11, 730-33, 740-43, 747.
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A series that discusses the Babylonian and Israelite people who established Book of Mormon civilizations. Suggests that the Jaredites were Semites. The ancient ruins left in America have distinct Babylonian and Assyrian influence. The Nephite- Israelite people of the Book of Mormon have also left their mark upon civilization.

ID = [81343]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1910-09-29  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Avant, Gerry. “Parliament of World’s Religions: Event is ‘Greatest Gathering of Religious Leaders in History’” Church News 63 (11 September 1993): 3—4.
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Five hundred copies of the Book of Mormon in fifteen languages were distributed from the LDS church’s booth at the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions.

ID = [79965]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1993-09-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Parsons, Alonzo H. Parson’s Text Book. Lamoni, IA: Herald Publishing House, 1902.
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Herald Heritage, [R]1971. As evidence that the Book of Mormon is a true document, the author quotes early works on the antiquities of America and gives Book of Mormon references that compare with the findings of early American explorers.

ID = [78140]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1902-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 67, no. 10 (October 1964): 816–21, 844–47.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The purpose of the somewhat labored pages that follow is to lead up to better things by giving the reader some idea of what we are dealing with, of the scope and nature of the writings that are now being read with wonder and amazement by students of religion, and of the strange doctrine and baffling problems they present.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [941]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 44339  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1 (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 67, no. 11 (November 1964): 924–28, 974–75, 977–78, 980–83.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Studies the Dead Sea Scrolls related to wording found in the New Testament previously thought to be peculiar to that book alone.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [942]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 54242  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1 (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 67, no. 12 (December 1964): 1032–35, 1126–28.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
A discussion of the Christian Apocrypha as compared with the Jewish Apocrypha.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [943]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 33422  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1 (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 1 (January 1965): 34–37, 60–64.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Studies the Logia and compares it with other early religious writings.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [944]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 42919  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 10—Conclusion.” In Lehi in the Desert series, Improvement Era 53, no. 10 (October 1950): 804–6, 824, 826, 828, 830.
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Draws the conclusion that Lehi took the shortest and safest route through the desert during his journeys in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [854]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1950-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 36452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Part 1: A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon with Bradley J. Kramer.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 8, 2020.
ID = [5493]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6287  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:04
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1: Some Standard Tests.” In New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study series, Improvement Era 56, no. 11 (November 1953): 830–31, 859–62.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
A study of new discoveries that answer questions critics of the Book of Mormon had been using to disprove its authenticity.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [876]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 22801  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Reynolds, Noel B. “Part 1: The Nineteenth-Century Origin of the Book of Mormon.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 19-20. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship; Book of Mormon Translation; Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [75463]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1—The Problem.” In Lehi in the Desert series, Improvement Era 53, no. 1 (January 1950): 102–4, 155–59.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Tests the story of Lehi against various markers certain Egyptologists use to test the authenticity of other Egyptian stories.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [845]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 50838  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 2: Hidden Treasures: The Search for the Original Scriptures.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 2 (February 1965): 100–3, 146–47.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Discusses the history of keeping secrets within religions and within scriptures.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [945]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 23407  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 2: Hidden Treasures: The Search for the Original Scriptures (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 3 (March 1965): 210–13, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Continues the discussion from the previous installment.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [946]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 41619  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Part 2: How the Book of Mormon Counters Anti-Semitism with Bradley J. Kramer.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 8, 2020.
ID = [5494]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5674  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:04
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 2: Some Standard Tests.” In New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study series, Improvement Era 56, no. 12 (December 1953): 919, 1003.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Discusses forgery throughout religious history and how we might test whether or not Joseph Smith forged the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [877]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 8907  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 3: Secrecy in the Primitive Church.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 4 (April 1965): 308–11, 326, 328–32.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
A discussion of original Christian writings versus ones that replaced those when they were lost and what students of such literature might learn from looking at both.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [947]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 39665  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 3: Secrecy in the Primitive Church (concluded).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 6 (June 1965): 482–83, 574–76.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Looks at how quickly people changed Christianity after the apostles’ deaths, especially in regards to the secret teaching God had given to the apostles while they were alive.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [949]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 18356  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 3: Secrecy in the Primitive Church (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 5 (May 1965): 406–7, 444.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The conclusion to the three part article about the secrecy in the primitive church and how that influenced it during its time and after it was lost.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [948]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 11728  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 4.” In Lehi in the Desert series, Improvement Era 53, no. 4 (April 1950): 276–77, 320–26.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Discusses the distinction that Lehi dwelt in a tent as showing him of a different class as those who dwelt in sturdier houses.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [848]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1950-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 37650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 4.” In New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study series, Improvement Era 57, no. 2 (February 1954): 88–89, 125–26.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Looks at circumstancial evidence attending the production of the Book of Mormon and how it suggests that the Book of Mormon is true.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [879]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 18296  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 5. Facsimile No. 1: A Unique Document (continued).” In A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price series, Improvement Era 71, no. 10 (October 1968): 73–81.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
A discussion on whether parts of Fascimile No. 1 should have a hand or part of a wing from a bird to provide commentary on previous scholars’ opinions on the piece.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Abraham
ID = [980]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 36471  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 5—Contacts in the Desert.” In Lehi in the Desert series, Improvement Era 53, no. 5 (May 1950): 382–84, 448–49.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
States that Lehi’s family did not run into any important contacts throughout their eight years of wandering the desert because they didn’t light fires. It discusses this being a common practice even today so as to not attract the attention of prowling raiding parties.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [849]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1950-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 32882  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 6.” In The World of the Jaredites series, Improvement Era 55, no. 2 (February 1952): 92–94, 98, 100, 102, 104–5.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Studies the Jaredite practice of “drawing off” followers to an army to builds its forces and bides its time to show that this was a normal practice at the time.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [862]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1951-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 33415  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 6.” In New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study series, Improvement Era 57, no. 4 (April 1954): 232–33, 246, 248–50, 252.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Suggests that the author of the Book of Mormon merely wanted people to believe in it and studies what the author might have gained from that.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [881]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 29335  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 6—Place Names in the Desert.” In Lehi in the Desert series, Improvement Era 53, no. 6 (June 1950): 486–87, 516–19.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Discusses Middle Eastern traditions of naming a place you have discovered after you and how that relates to the names of places within the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [850]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1950-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 30739  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 7.” In New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study series, Improvement Era 57, no. 5 (May 1954): 308–9, 326, 330.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Addresses the idea that the Book of Mormon may include as many or more Egyptianisms as Hebraisms and suggests that the translation of the Book of Mormon had to have been done by revelation in order for people to believe in its verity.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [882]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 21258  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 8—Adventures in Jerusalem.” In Lehi in the Desert series, Improvement Era 53, no. 8 (August 1950): 640–42, 670.
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The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
States that the actions of Lehi’s sons when they go back for the brass plates are typical of people from that time and even from today in the Middle East.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [852]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1950-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 22211  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 9.” In The World of the Jaredites series, Improvement Era 55, no. 5 (May 1952): 316–18, 340, 342, 344, 346.
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Addresses the dangers of oversimplifying the scriptures and attempts to look at the Book of Mormon without such oversimplification.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [865]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1951-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 36579  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 9.” In A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch series, Ensign, February 1977, 66–75.
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Addresses the dangers of oversimplifying the scriptures and attempts to look at the Book of Mormon without such oversimplification.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Moses > Characters > Enoch
ID = [1016]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1975-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,moses,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Reynolds, Noel B. “Part Four: Locating the Book of Mormon Geographically and Culturally.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 375-377. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Arabia; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography - Mesoamerica
ID = [75478]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Reynolds, Noel B. “Part Three: Letting the Text Speak for Itself.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 195-197. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship
ID = [75471]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Reynolds, Noel B. “Part Two: The Logical Structure of the Authorship Debate.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 94-100. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship; Book of Mormon Historicity
ID = [75467]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Kimball, Wm. Clayton. “Partaking of the Fruit.” Ensign, July 1980.
ID = [45014]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1980-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19327  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:46
Earl, Mary Hasler. “Participatory Journalism: Bach, Beethoven, and the Book of Mormon.” New Era 13, no. 8 (1983): 10-11.
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Offering a simple analogy to motivate individuals to read the Book of Mormon, the author compares piano practice to scripture study. “Just as I have to learn new piano techniques, I must review the Book of Mormon and learn eternal techniques.”

Keywords: Analogy, Scripture Study
ID = [76600]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
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: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Homer, William H., Jr. “The Passing of Martin Harris.” Improvement Era 29, no. 5 (1926): 468-472.
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This article covers how Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, was persuaded to move from Kirtland, Ohio, to Utah in 1870. A prominent part of the article is devoted to Harris’s tenacious adherence to his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Three Witnesses
ID = [76834]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1926-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Bradley, Don. “A Passover Setting for Lehi’s Exodus.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 119-142.
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Abstract: Later in his life, former Palmyra resident Fayette Lapham recounted with sharp detail an 1830 interview he conducted with Joseph Smith Sr. about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Among the details he reports that Lehi’s exodus from Jerusalem occurred during a “great feast.” This detail, not found in the published Book of Mormon, may reveal some of what Joseph Sr. knew from the lost 116 pages. By examining the small plates account of this narrative in 1 Nephi 1−5, we see not only that such a feast was possible, but that Lehi’s exodus and Nephi’s quest for the brass plates occurred at Passover. This Passover setting helps explain why Nephi killed Laban and other distinctive features of Lehi’s exodus. Read in its Passover context, the story of Lehi is not just the story of one man’s deliverance, but of the deliverance of humankind by the Lamb of God. The Passover setting in which it begins illuminates the meaning of the Book of Mormon as a whole.
[Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of the author’s new book, The Lost 116 Pages: Reconstructing the Book of Mormon’s Lost Stories (Salt Lake City: Kofford Books, 2019).].

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Topics > General Topics > Passover
ID = [3548]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 57161  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Past of Book of Mormon Studies: Introduction to a Roundtable Discussion.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 30 (2021): 36-40.
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“It is hoped that the investigations here help not only to clarify something of the past of a rapidly growing field as directly as possible, but also to provoke further studies of past Book of Mormon scholarship with a host of questions about its ongoing import. The field for which the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies aims to provide a kind of center stands to learn much as it continues to reflect on how it has arrived at the place it now occupies. The present grows directly out of the past, and the shape of the future will very much depend on how the past has been understood.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, importance of
ID = [81942]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Gibbons, Ted L. “Pat Bagley, Norman the Nephite’s and Larry the Lamanite’s Book of Mormon Time Line.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 15.
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Review of Norman the Nephite's and Larry the Lamanite's Book of Mormon Time Line (1995), by Pat Bagley

ID = [253]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 5298  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Lane, Keith H. “The Path We Walk Together.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Hawaii, May 27, 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [71161]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-05-28  Collections:  bom,byuh-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:52
Hutchins, Barbara, and Paul R. Cheesman. Pathways to the Past. Bountiful: Horizon, 1984.
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A travel guidebook to Middle America that links several Book of Mormon sites with present day locations.

ID = [78141]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Cheesman, Paul R., and Barbara Hutchins. Pathways to the Past: A Guide to the Ruins of Mesoamerica. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1984.
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A tour guide intended for the novice LDS audience. Maps, photographs, and directions are provided. Also included are the author’s interpretations of how certain Mesoamerican sites and ruins correspond to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78142]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Insights. “Patrick Henry, Gideon, and the Book of Mormon.” Insights 24, no. 3 (2004).
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Historian Richard L. Bush-man, responding to accusations that the Book of Mormon contains “evidence of nineteenth-century American political culture,” concluded that in fact “most of the principles tradition-ally associated with the American Constitution are slighted or disregarded altogether” in the book. “So many of the powerful intellectual influences operating on Joseph Smith failed to touch the Book of Mormon.”

Keywords: Book of Mormon; tradition; Joseph Smith; philosophy
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [66749]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-03  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Fyans, J. Thomas. “The Pattern.” New Era 18 (August 1988): 4-5.
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Mankind cannot follow what uninspired men teach because their perception of truth always changes, but the gospel truths, as outlined in the Book of Mormon, remain the same.

ID = [80596]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Matthews, Robert J. “Patterns of Apostasy in the Book of Helaman.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 65–80. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Apostasy
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [36799]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 32095  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Harris, James R. Patterns of Conversion in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1968.
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Conversion is the key to salvation. Conversion can be gained, in part, by reading the Book of Mormon and reliving its many conversion experiences. Harris identifies six patterns in these conversion experiences and suggests ways to implement them in daily life. Includes a chart of typical conversion events and a graph of steps in sanctification.

ID = [78143]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hilton, John, III. “Patterns of Prayer in the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, October 2012.
ID = [59884]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2012-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8977  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:25
Olsen, Steven L. “Patterns of Prayer: Humility or Pride.” Ensign, August 1992.
ID = [50615]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9849  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:54
Lee, Rex E. “Paul and Alma and Harold B. Lee: What Prophets and Common Sense Can Teach Us About Learning From Our Mistakes.” University Conference, Brigham Young University, September 14, 1993.
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“There will be adequate opportunities for unavoidable error and disappointment; we need not reach out affirmatively to create them.”

Keywords: Learning
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [68978]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1993-09-14  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:11
Nibley, Hugh W. “Paul and Moroni.” Letter to Christianity Today 5, no. 5 (22 May 1961): 727.
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A response to a letter by C. Sumter Logan of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Ogden.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible > New Testament > Characters > Paul
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Characters > Moroni
ID = [1069]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1961-05-22  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Hougey, Harold H. “Paul and Moroni.” Christianity Today 5 (22 May 1961): 15.
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Notes that a declaration by Thomas Stuart Ferguson that the discovery of Central American cities helps to prove the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon contradicts statements and opinions of other LDS archaeologists.

ID = [79966]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1961-05-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Palmer, David A. “Paul D. Proctor, ‘American Book of Mormon Map’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 205-206.
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Review of “American Book of Mormon Map” (1988), by Paul D. Proctor.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Cartography; Internal Geography; Map; Scripture; Scripture Study
ID = [81]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 3377  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Fullmer, Robert. “Paul Henning: The First Mormon Archaeologist.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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Paul Henning was born in Germany in 1872 and passed away in 1923. He was the first Latter-day Saint to become a professional archaeologist and Mesoamerican scholar. He was also the first to bring his professional knowledge to bear on how to correlate the Book of Mormon record with the physical remains and history of the area now widely considered among church members as the core Book of Mormon location. While his ideas on these matters were never published, he deserves to be saluted as a pioneer of Book of Mormon studies. This biographical article includes information about his association with Benjamin C. Cluff Jr., president of Brigham Young University, and his contribution to the university.

ID = [3030]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1648  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Anderson, Lavina Fielding. “Paul R. Cheesman, ed., assisted by S. Kent Brown and Charles D. Tate, Jr., The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 6.
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Review of The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture (1988), edited by Paul R. Cheesman and assisted by S. Kent Brown and Charles D. Tate Jr.

ID = [45]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 5744  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Raish, Martin H. “Paul R. Cheesman, Millie F. Cheesman, Ancient American Indians: Their Origins, Civilizations and Old World Connections.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 42.
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Review of Ancient American Indians: Their Origins, Civilizations, and Old World Connections (1991), by Paul R. Cheesman and Millie F. Cheesman.

ID = [117]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 7757  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Welch, Jeannie. “Peace from the Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Hawaii, October 5, 2021.
ID = [71173]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2021-10-06  Collections:  bom,byuh-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:52
Spencer, Pearl. “The Peace Pipe and the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 35, no. 9 (1932): 545.
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The Indian legend concerning the peace pipe is one of great significance to the Book of Mormon. The pipe was a symbol of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. The account of Jesus’ visit to the Americas might help to explain this legend more fully.

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Titles of, Native Americans, Peace, Savior in America
ID = [76855]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1932-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Marsh, David Brent. “Peace through Christ : The Book of Mormon’s Divine Perspective on War.” In The Fulness of the Gospel, eds. Camille Fronk Olson, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
ID = [36240]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:18
Garrett, H. Dean. “Peace Within.” Ensign, September 1988.
ID = [48721]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 22791  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:11
Friend. “A Peaceful Heart.” Friend 4 (September 1974): 7.
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A children’s story of the translation of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78912]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Cake, Lu B. Peepstone Joe and the Peck Manuscript. New York: L. B. Cake, 1899.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The author enumerates various criticisms of the Book of Mormon related to domesticated animals, the Spaulding theory, contradictions with the Bible, King James English, the Hebrew/Egyptian background, and the testimony of Book of Mormon witness.

ID = [78144]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Oswalt, M. L. Pen Pictures of Mormonism. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. Pages 30-36 discuss the Book of Mormon. Argues against the Book of Mormon’s claim of multiple authorship, claims the book resembles the Spaulding manuscript, plagiarizes the Bible, and anachronistically mentions the horse and the ass.

ID = [78145]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Thomas, John Christopher. A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon: A Literary and Theological Introduction. Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2016.
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“In this monograph, Pentecostal New Testament scholar John Christopher Thomas offers a constructive, critical reading of the Book of Mormon that focuses on a variety of issues often under-represented in the literature currently available. Utilizing narrative analysis, Thomas begins with an investigation of the book’s overall structure detected by means of literary markers in the text. He next presents an extended reading of the narrative contents of the book focusing on its literary and theological dimensions. This close reading enables the construction of a ’Theology of the Book of Mormon’ that explores the major theological emphases that emerge from the narrative analysis of the book. The study next traces the book’s reception amongst followers and opponents alike, as well as its impact in the areas of music, art, and disastrous interpretations of the book. The Book of Mormon and Pentecostalism are then placed into dialogue through historical analyses of early Pentecostal thought on the book and the movements it spawned, before a comparison of the theological heart of Pentecostalism and the book is given. Finally, issues of origins are discussed by an examination of the earliest story of the book’s origins, the major complications of this story, and the proposal of a taxonomy of various reading strategies offered in the light of these complications.” [Abstract]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, commentaries; Comparative religion, Pentecostal
ID = [81531]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Friend. “The People of Ammon.” Friend 23 (May 1993): 89.
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A series of pictures for children illustrating the repentance of the people of Ammon.

ID = [80597]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Stokes, Adam O. “The People of Canaan: A New Reading of Moses 7.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 47 (2021): 159-180.
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Abstract: Moses 7 is one of the most famous passages in all of Restoration scripture. It is also one of the most problematic in regard to its description of the people of Canaan as black (v. 8) and as a people who were not preached to by the patriarch Enoch (v. 12). Later there is also a mention of “the seed of Cain,” who also are said to be black (v. 22). This article examines the history of interpretation of Moses 7 and proposes an alternative understanding based on a close reading of the text. In contrast to traditional views, it argues that the reason for Enoch’s not preaching to the people of Canaan stems not from any sins the people had committed or from divine disfavor but from the racial prejudice of the other sons of Adam, the “residue of the people” (vv. 20, 22) who ironically are the only ones mentioned as “cursed” in the text (v. 20). In looking at the implications of this passage for the present-day Restoration, this article notes parallels between Enoch’s hesitancy and various attitudes toward black priesthood ordination throughout the Restoration traditions, including the Community of Christ where the same type of hesitancy existed. This article argues that, rather than being indicative of divine disfavor toward persons of African descent, this tendency is a response to the racist attitudes of particular eras, whether the period of the Old Testament patriarchs or the post-bellum American South. Nevertheless, God can be seen as working through and within particular contexts and cultures to spread the gospel to all of Adam’s children irrespective of race.

[Editor’s Note: We are pleased to publish this article from an author outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but from a related Restoration faith tradition. Adam Stokes was formerly with the Community of Christ and currently is an ordained Apostle and Elder in The Church of Jesus Christ with the Elijah Message—The Assured Way [Page 160]of the Lord. Adam notes that “while the Book of Moses is not officially part of my church’s canon, my own personal beliefs still accept the Joseph Smith translation/Inspired Version as inspired and sacred scripture and I read it often.” We are grateful for the faithful insights Elder Stokes kindly provides for the Book of Moses.]

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 6:13–7 — Enoch
ID = [4625]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,moses  Size: 56861  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:58
Sons of the Utah Pioneers. “People of the Book of Mormon: Musical Drama.” Salt Lake City: n.p., 1960.
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Advertisement for a musical drama with actors Bryce Chamberlain and Francis Urry starring as Nephi and Lehi, respectively.

ID = [78146]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Simmons, Verneil W. Peoples, Places and Prophecies: A Study of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1986.
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A discussion of three groups—Jaredites, Nephites, and Mulekites—who traveled from the Old World to the New World. Geographical, historical, and archaeological evidences are cited with the intent to prove the veracity of the Book of Mormon. Author cites the Popul Vuh, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible, and other sources.

ID = [78147]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Smith, Christopher C. “A People’s History of Book of Mormon Archaeology: Excavating the Role of ‘Folk’ Practitioners in the Emergence of a Field.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 56, no. 3 (Fall, 2023): 1-42.
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This article discusses the distinction between official and folk culture, specifically concerning Book of Mormon archaeology. It describes the expeditions and claimed findings of people such as Jose Davila, Jesus Padilla, and John Brewer, citing them as folk practitioners who used a combination of scientific and spiritual methods to produce and verify their findings. Their work, however, had no place in official church channels. “The spiritual archaeologists’… experiences present a case study of religious revitalization and the sect-church process by which new religious movements spin off from older traditions. As the official Latter-day Saint culture pushed charismatic archaeologists—and their charismatic artifacts—to its margins, an array of Mormon revitalizers and splinter groups laid claim to them. Though repulsive to the gatekeepers of official culture, folk practitioners’ stories appealed to some rank-and-file Latter-day Saints who longed for a more literal and charismatic faith.” [Author]

Keywords: Historic archaeology, Utah; Charisma; Historic archaeology; Book of Mormon, gold plates; Folk beliefs; Historic archaeology, American setting; Padilla Plates; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon; Folk culture
ID = [82022]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Olson, Eric C. “The ‘Perfect Pattern’: The Book of Mormon as a Model for the Writing of Sacred History.” BYU Studies 31, no. 2 (1991): 7.
ID = [12325]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 1225  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:15
Davis, William L. “Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon.” PhD diss., Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, 2016.
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In 1830, Joseph Smith Jr. published The Book of Mormon and subsequently founded a new American religion. According to Smith, The Book of Mormon represented the English translation of an authentic record, written in “Reformed Egyptian,” concerning ancient Israelites who migrated to the Americas in approximately 600 B.C.E. Smith’s purported translation of this sacred history, however, did not occur by traditional means. Rather than directly consulting the record and providing an English rendition, Smith employed a method of divination by placing a “seer stone” into the bottom of his hat, holding the hat to his face to shut out all light, and then he proceeded to dictate the entire text of The Book of Mormon in an extended oral performance, without the aid of notes or manuscripts. By his side, Smith’s scribes wrote down the entire text verbatim in the moment Smith uttered them. As a result, at over 500 printed pages, The Book of Mormon stands as one of the longest recorded oral performances in the history of the United States. This dissertation aims to uncover some of the primary techniques of oral performance that Smith used in the construction of his work. Oratorical skill constituted a critical mode of public and private discourse in the culture of the early American nation; and, as I will argue, the text of The Book of Mormon reveals key characteristics of Smith’s techniques in oral performance that, in turn, reflect the oratorical training of the age. Drawing on Smith’s exposure to a kaleidoscope of cultural institutions that inculcated oratorical skills--focusing specifically on formal and informal education, Sunday school training and revivalism, folk magic practices, semi-extemporaneous Methodist preaching and exhorting, and the fireside storytelling culture of early America--this dissertation will demonstrate how these related cultural streams of oral performance converged in Smith’s production of The Book of Mormon, providing him with the necessary skills and techniques to produce and recite his massive Christian epic through the medium of the spoken word.

Keywords: Performing arts; Revelation and revelations; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [81550]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Gardner, Brant A. “Perhaps Close can Count in More than Horseshoes.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 21 (2016): 235-238.
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Review of Gerald E. Smith, Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2015). pp 305. $19.95.
Abstract: Schooling the Prophet provides a good survey of many early Latter-day Saint doctrines. It suggests that there is a causal link between the Book of Mormon and those doctrines. Sometimes it makes the case; many times it is close but doesn’t quite support the thesis of the book.

ID = [3736]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 6678  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Michelsen, Rasmus. Perler fra Mormons Bog. Kobenhavn: Udgivet og forlagt af Holger M. Larsen, 1929.
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A missionary tract that recalls the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and summarily sets forth its contents.

ID = [78148]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1929-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Unattributed. Perler fra Mormons Bog. Kobenhaun: Udgivet og forlagt af Holger M. Larsen, 1929.
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A ready reference booklet dealing with Book of Mormon topics.

ID = [78149]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1929-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Reynolds, George. “Personal Appearance of the Nephites.” Juvenile Instructor 15 (15 May 1880): 110-11.
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Describes the personal appearance of the Nephites as being “white and delightsome people,” perhaps “well proportioned, ruddy of countenance, auburn hair and light eyed”

ID = [79967]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-05-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Reynolds, George. “Personal Appearance of the Nephites.” Juvenile Instructor 15, no. 10 (1880): 110-111.
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Describes the personal appearance of the Nephites as being “white and delightsome people,” perhaps “well proportioned, ruddy of countenance, auburn hair and light eyed.”

Keywords: Appearance, Nephite
ID = [75918]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-05-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Szink, Terrence L. “The Personal Name ‘Alma’ at Ebla.” Religious Educator Vol. 1 no. 1 (2000).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [38108]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 5272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:30
Carmack, Stanford A. “Personal Relative Pronoun Usage in the Book of Mormon: An Important Authorship Diagnostic.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 49 (2021): 5-36.
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Abstract: This study compares personal relative pronoun usage in the earliest text of the Book of Mormon with 11 specimens of Joseph Smith’s early writings, 25 pseudo-archaic texts, the King James Bible, and more than 200,000 early modern (1473–1700) and late modern (1701–1800+) texts. The linguistic pattern of the Book of Mormon in this domain — a pattern difficult to consciously manipulate in a sustained manner — uniquely points to a less-common early modern pattern. Because there is no matching of the Book of Mormon’s pattern except with a small percentage of early modern texts, the indications are that Joseph Smith was neither the author nor the English-language translator of this pervasive element of the dictation language of the Book of Mormon. Cross-verification by means of large database comparisons and matching with one of the finest pseudo-archaic texts confirm these findings.

ID = [6495]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 63474  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Sperry, Sidney B. “Personal Religion and Brotherhood in the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (1 February 1947): 10, 12.
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Explains that the Nephites had a personal relationship with God. This close relationship accounts for their noble ideas and modes of conduct. We can learn from Nephite views on riches, pride, power, inequality, authority, and the vain things of the world.

ID = [79968]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Jessee, Dean C., ed. The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1984.
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Contains primary source material from Joseph Smith’s writings and includes references to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, as indicated in the index. Spelling in the original documents is retained.

ID = [78618]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Personal Writings of the Book of Mormon Witnesses.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 39-60. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver; Eight Witnesses; Harris, Martin; Page, Hiram; Smith, Hyrum; Three Witnesses; Whitmer, David; Whitmer, John
ID = [75465]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Church News. “‘Personalized Books’ Expand to Fill Added Mission Requests.” Church News 55 (7 July 1985): 12.
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Many families are joining the family-to-family program to distribute copies of the Book of Mormon containing personal testimonies. The book is the best missionary tool of the Church.

ID = [78828]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1985-07-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Church News. “Personalized Copy Puts You on Mission.” Church News 52 (21 August 1982): 14.
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Explains the family-to-family Book of Mormon placement program. Families attach their picture and their written testimony to a copy of the Book of Mormon and send the Book of Mormon into the mission field. The program has been very successful and has accounted for many baptisms.

ID = [79969]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1982-08-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Davis, D. Morgan. “The Perspective of History.” Insights 31, no. 3 (2011).
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The perspective of history can be sobering, even humbling. Not so recently, two men from the same faith tradition but different perspectives joined in a debate about whether and how a man whom they both acknowledged as a prophet could have seen what he said he saw and be who he claimed to be. As it unfolded, their discussion touched upon many aspects of what it means to have faith in such a person and in his revelations. The role of reason in relation to revelation, the relevance of history to faith, and the connection of language to perception were all explored. The power of poetry and other idioms of popular culture in establishing the credibility of one’s chosen narrative were on display. Their debate was not an isolated event; it was just one of many in an ongoing phenomenon of cultural and spiritual contestation and negotiation. And although the two men in this case lived eleven hundred years ago, that same process of debate that they engaged in is still under way in our own times and is very much a part of our cultural climate today.

Keywords: history; perspective; revelations; faith; popular culture
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [66980]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-03  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:59
Christensen, Ross T., and Ruth R. Christensen. “Perspectives on the Route of Mulek’s Colony.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 131 (September 1972): 1-6.
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Proposes two possible routes for the transoceanic Mulekite journey: (1) The Mediterranean/North Atlantic route, or (2) the African/South Atlantic route. The irst choice is seen as the more likely.

ID = [79970]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1972-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Largey, Dennis L. “The Persuading Power of The Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, August 2, 2005.
ID = [72362]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2005-08-02  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:00
Robe, Russell. Persuasion and Perplexity: A Faith-Promoting Analysis of Anti-Mormon Propaganda. Salt Lake City: Emblem Editions, 1990.
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Explains the motives and psychological structure of anti-Mormon communications. Offers advice to those who are troubled by faith-destroying rhetoric.

ID = [78150]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Peterson, Daniel C. “Peter Bartley, Mormonism: The Prophet, the Book and the Cult.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 5.
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Review of Mormonism: The Prophet, The Book and the Cult (1989), by Peter Bartley. Bartley attacks Mormonism and its sacred book, the Book of Mormon, which is not surprising when one notes the anti-Mormon sources he cosulted. Rigorous and well-grounded arguments are lacking, and sweepingly dogmatic assertions dominate. He faults the Book of Mormon on various claims as well as on stylistic grounds--he asserts that it appears to be written entirely by one person. This publication represents just one more anti-Mormon book.

ID = [61]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,peterson  Size: 66493  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Ludlow, Victor L. “Philip J. Schlesinger, Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: A Study Guide for Understanding the Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 14.
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Review of Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: A Study Guide for Understanding the Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Philip J. Schlesinger.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [101]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,old-test  Size: 7983  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Christensen, Ross T. “The Phoenician Theory of New World Origins Re-examined.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 111 (13 January 1969): 1-11.
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Suggests that Mulek escaped with the aid of Phoenician mariners. “Sidon was the principal metropolis of the Phoenician homeland, the Mulekites and Nephites were unable to understand each others’ language, and Phoenician inscriptions have been found in America” Responds to questions and gives topics for further investigation relating to his theory.

ID = [80598]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1969-01-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Tvedtnes, John A. “A Phonemic Analysis of Nephite and Jaredite Proper Names.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 141 (December 1977): 1-8.
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Originally presented as a paper at the 22nd annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures & Allied Fields, the article analyzes the sound system of the Nephite and Jaredite languages, using transliterations of names from these languages found in the English Book of Mormon. The author concludes that the Nephite names reflect the phonology of the Hebrew language, while the Jaredite names have a different origin.

ID = [78913]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1977-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Roberts, Bliss, and Mary Ann Roberts. Picture Scriptures: The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Acorn, 1981.
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A guide for teaching children the Book of Mormon by using pictures and illustrations.

ID = [78151]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Carmack, Noel A. “A Picturesque and Dramatic History: George Reynolds’s Story of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 47, no. 2 (2008): 115.
ID = [11264]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2008-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 35899  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:07
Skousen, Royal. “Piecing Together the Original Manuscript.” BYU Today 46 (May 1992): 18-24.
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Skousen reports on his work on a critical text of the Book of Mormon, notably his work with the Wilford Wood original manuscript fragments, which in 1937 Wood purchased from Lewis Bidamon’s son, Charles. The project has illuminated Hebrew-like expressions in the original text, some errors of transmission between the original and the printer’s manuscripts, and more information concerning the translation process.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [79971]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1992-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Bradley, Don. “Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages.” Paper presented at the 2012 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2012.
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We Latter-day Saints are temple-centered people. So were the Nephites. But what do we know about their temple worship, how it worked and what it was for? How was it even possible for the Nephites to observe the Mosaic rituals without the Levitical priesthood, the Aaronite high priest, and the Ark of the Covenant? And given that our temple worship today isn’t about animal sacrifice, what, if anything, does their temple worship have to do with ours? Critics, and even friendlier outside observers like Harold Bloom, have sometimes come away from reading the Book of Mormon—in Bloom’s case not reading it very much—but they’ve sometimes come away thinking that there isn’t much “Mormon-ism” in the book. Let’s see whether our exploration of temple themes in the Nephite narratives contradicts this or bears it out.

Keywords: Aminadi (Ancestor of Amulek); Ark of Cumorah; Ark of the Covenant; Book of Lehi; Early Church History; High Priest; Hill Cumorah; Interpreters; Law of Moses; Liahona; Lost 116 Pages; Mosiah the Elder; Sword of Laban; Temple
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [32499]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2012-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 22636  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:43
Shaw, Mary C. “Pigmy Elephants.” Improvement Era 39, no. 1 (1935): 19.
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This article discusses newly discovered fossils of elephants that were found on an island off the coast of California. This discovery may indicate that the Book of Mormon contains the truth.

Keywords: Ancient America – North America, Archaeology, Book of Mormon Anachronisms, Elephants
ID = [76991]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1936-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Butterworth, F. Edward. Pilgrims of the Pacific. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1974.
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Discusses relations between the Jaredites and Polynesians, the story of Hagoth, and the route of Lehi out of Jerusalem.

ID = [78152]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Pearson, Glenn L., and Reid E. Bankhead. A Pin-Point Marking Guide to the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1961.
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An early draft of the authors’ two books, A Doctrinal Approach to the Book of Mormon, and Teaching with the Book of Mormon. This version is shorter and lacks the study questions.

ID = [77438]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Pioneer Tradition and the True Church.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
A comparison between the Israelites many exoduses and the pioneers of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2043]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
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: 6/16/24 20:01:30
Brookbank, Thomas W. “Pitfalls Avoided by the Translator of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 71, no. 18, 19 (6, 13 May 1909): 273-79, 289-93.
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Describes many mistakes that Joseph Smith could have made if he were a fraud who wrote the Book of Mormon. For instance, Joseph Smith did not incorporate modern geographical names, punctuation, chapter and verse markings, modern terms for clothing, alcoholic beverages, military terms, days of the week, names of months, nor titles such as mister or doctor.

ID = [81335]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1909-05-06  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Carmack, Stanford A. “Pitfalls of the Ngram Viewer.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 187-210.
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Abstract: Google’s Ngram Viewer often gives a distorted view of the popularity of cultural/religious phrases during the early 19th century and before. Other larger textual sources can provide a truer picture of relevant usage patterns of various content-rich phrases that occur in the Book of Mormon. Such an approach suggests that almost all of its phraseology fits comfortably within its syntactic framework, which is mostly early modern in character.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Translation and Publication > Early Modern English
ID = [3525]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 42018  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. “Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25-31.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 14 (2015): 227-239.
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Abstract: The name Heshlon, attested once (in Ether 13:28), as a toponym in the Book of Mormon most plausibly denotes “place of crushing.” The meaning of Heshlon thus becomes very significant in the context of Ether 13:25–31, which describes the crushing or enfeebling of Coriantumr’s armies and royal power. This meaning is also significant in the wider context of Moroni’s narrative of the Jaredites’ destruction. Fittingly, the name Heshlon itself serves as a literary turning point in a chiastic structure which describes the fateful reversal of Coriantumr’s individual fortunes and the worsening of the Jaredites’ collective fortunes. Perhaps Moroni, who witnessed the gradual crushing and destruction of the Nephites, mentioned this name in his abridgement of the Book of Ether on account of the high irony of its meaning in view of the Jaredite war of attrition which served as precursor to the destruction of the Nephites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [4262]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 32282  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Brown, S. Kent. “‘The Place that was Called Nahom’: New Light from Ancient Yemen.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 1 (1999): 64-70, 79.
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“Brown describes a carved altar inscribed to the tribe Nihm discovered in the southwest Arabian peninsula (Yemen)-this location may be the place Nahom where Nephi’s father-in-law, Ishmael, was buried, according to the Book of Mormon record.” [abstract provided]

Keywords: Book of Mormon geography, Nahom; Mormon thought, Book of Mormon geography; Book of Mormon, miscellaneous; Book of Mormon; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon
ID = [81971]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Sorensen, David E. “Place the Book of Mormon in Your Heart—Not on Your Bookshelf.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 19, 2002.
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Make a commitment today that you will not leave this great university without having read the Book of Mormon at least once.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Podcast: Come; Follow Me
ID = [69314]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2002-03-19  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:14
Rappleye, Neal. “The Place—or the Tribe—Called Nahom?” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 62, no. 2 (2023): 49.
ID = [81609]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Welch, John W. “The Plain and Precious Parts.” 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: Apostasy; Covenant; Nephi' s Dream; Plain and Precious Things
ID = [66453]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Sorenson, John L. “Plain and Precious Prophecy.” Instructor 97 (September 1962): 309-19.
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Nephi’s prophecies focused on people and principles, as he viewed the “sweep of history and God’s plan” Almost half of Nephi’s discourse about his vision was related to the influence of a book of scripture.

ID = [79972]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Maxwell, Neal A. Plain and Precious Things. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983.
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The purpose of the Book of Mormon is to support the Bible in bearing witness of Christ. Though it is a highly complex instructional book in its plot, structure, and symbolism, its greatest value lies in its spiritual message. The purpose of scriptures is to remove stumbling blocks, to elevate our minds, hearts, and standards, and to deepen our trust by revealing the purposes of God.

ID = [78153]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Roesler, Rebecca A. “Plain and Precious Things Lost: The Small Plates of Nephi.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 52, no. 2 (Summer, 2019): 85-106.
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This article by Rebecca A. Roesler discusses the significance of Nephi’s small plates in the Book of Mormon. Roesler examines the text of the Book of Mormon in order to “establish that scriptural texts can…exhibit variation in spiritual understanding” and that such variation can be insightful. She does not comment on the historicity or divinity of the text, but seeks to present “a literary case that, sometime in the generations before Alma, the small plates of Nephi and the teachings thereon are lost or obscured from view.” [quotes from author]

Keywords: Nephi (Book of Mormon figure); Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon, historicity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [82014]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Church of Christ (Temple Lot). Plain and Precious Things: A Study Guide to the Establishment of the Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph in One. Independence, MO: Church of Christ, April 1956.
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A Sunday School manual for the Church of Christ. Provides a historical sketch of the book’s coming forth and some of its teachings on faith, repentance, baptism, laying on of hands, resurrections, eternal judgment, and priesthood authority.

ID = [78154]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Unattributed. “Plain Fact for Students of the Book of Mormon with a Map of the Promised Land.” Salt Lake City: N.p., 1886.
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Five page booklet attempts to depict the exact geographical location of Book of Mormon lands and cities. Emphasis is placed on “Bountiful and four-sea regions”

ID = [78155]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Berry, John. Plain Facts Against the Latter Day Saints. Cheshire, England: Altrincham, 1841.
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A lecture demonstrating that the Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible. Sees problem with Lehi’s teaching that without the Fall there would have been no posterity. Argues that water baptism by immersion is not necessary for salvation.

ID = [78156]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1841-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Pratt, Parley P. Plain Facts, Showing the Falsehood and Folly of the Rev. C. S. Bush (A Church Minister of the Parish of Peover): Being a Reply to His Tract against the Latter-Day Saints. Manchester: W. R. Thomas, 1840.
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Rebuttal to Rev. Bush’s publication “Plain Facts, Showing the Falsehood and Folly of The Mormonites or Latter-day Saints” Pratt confirms the Church’s belief in the Bible as the word of God, but stresses that God is a God of continuous revelation. He denies that Emma Smith had signed a document stating that the Book of Mormon was false. The doctrines in the Book of Mormon are pure and holy. Whatever the medium upon which the scriptures are written or by what man of God they are recorded, their principles are the same.

ID = [78157]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1840-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Unattributed. “Plan and Program for the Study of Child Culture and the Book of Mormon.” N.p., 1903.
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Relief Society lessons. Part two outlines a course of study from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78158]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1903-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Ricks, Eldin. Plan for a Daily Reading of the Four Standard Works. Salt Lake City: Mountain West, 1973.
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A booklet formatted to allow readers of the Book of Mormon to plan daily scripture study.

ID = [78159]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Plan of Salvation and the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 21 no. 1 (2020).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
Book of Mormon Topics > Doctrines and Teachings > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [38339]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 56054  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:32
Crowther, Duane S. The Plan of Salvation and the Future in Prophecy. Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1971.
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Combines Book of Mormon passages with others from the standard works of the Church to outline the plan of salvation. Many Book of Mormon passages foretell future conditions.

ID = [78619]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Harmon, Neal S. “The planning and design of a computer program to teach spanish through The Book of Mormon.” PhD diss., Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 2001.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Language, use and teaching; Book of Mormon
ID = [81556]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
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: 6/17/24 5:52:20
Ball, Terry B., S. Kent Brown, Arnold H. Green, David J. Johnson, and W. Revell Phillips. “Planning Research on Oman: The End of Lehi’s Trail.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 12-21, 70.
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In February 1998, five Brigham Young University professors spent more than a week together in southern Oman to collect data for future research projects in the area, which seems to correspond to the end of Lehi’s trail in the Old World. Future research must be performed in a professional manner and seek to reconstruct that part of the world in 600 BC. Botanical, archaeological, chronological, mineralogical, geological, and inscriptional studies in the area would depend on acquiring sponsors in Oman and on the availability of resources.

Keywords: Arabia; Archaeology; Bountiful; Lehi’s Trail; Old World; Oman
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2975]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 37292  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Millet, Robert L. “The Plates of Brass: A Witness of Christ.” Ensign, January 1988.
ID = [48400]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14973  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:09
Donaldson, Lee L. “The Plates of Ether and the Covenant of the Book of Mormon.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 69–79. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [36713]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 22335  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Brown, Matthew S. Plates of Gold: The Book of Mormon Comes Forth. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, Inc., 2003.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, gold plates; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81468]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Burgess, S. A. “The Plates of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 74 (15 June 1927): 691-92.
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Reviews the historical events dealing with the reception and translation of the gold plates by Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith was given great assistance from God to perform his prophetic work.

ID = [80599]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-06-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Child, A. Lon. “Plates of the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 85 (August 1950): 256-57.
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Features a chart and explanation of the different sets of plates identiied in the Book of Mormon, including the brass plates, the twenty-four gold plates, the small and large plates of Nephi, Mormon’s abridgment of Nephi’s large plates, and Moroni’s abridgment of Jaredite record.

ID = [79973]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1950-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Church News. “Plates of the Book of Mormon.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 4.
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Graphic illustration of the development of the Book of Mormon in modern and ancient times. Chart shows relationships among the several sets of plates used by Mormon to compose the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79974]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Peak, W. E. “Plates or Records.” Saints’ Herald 52 (6 September 1905): 855-57.
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The Book of Mormon speaks of twenty- two plates or records that are no longer available, as well as seven other records promised to come forth at a later date.

ID = [79975]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-09-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Ricks, Eldin. “The Plates that Mormon Found and the Manuscript that Joseph Smith Lost.” In The Ninth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1982.
ID = [82380]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Plates, Metal.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
ID = [74886]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,eom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:15
Roper, Matthew P. “Plausibility, Probability, and the Cumorah Question.” Religious Educator Vol. 10 no. 2 (2009).
ID = [38302]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2009-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 64647  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:32
Kenner, S. A. “The Play ‘Corianton’” Improvement Era 5, no. 12 (1902): 980-983.
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A youth oriented defense of the Book of Mormon and a justification for the drama referred to in the title.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Fiction, Corianton (Son of Alma the Younger)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76793]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1902-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Christensen, Kevin. “Playing to an Audience: A Review of Revelatory Events.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 65-114.
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Review of Ann Taves, Revelatory Events: Three Case Studies in the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2016, 366 pages with notes and index $29.93 (paperback).
Abstract: Ann Taves’s book offers a comparative look at the origins of three groups, among them Mormonism. While she does not address the issue of competing explanations by each group about their origins or how to best navigate among them in terms that are not self-referential, that crucial circumstance is modeled by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. So I, too, have a pattern that applies to my arguments just as much it does to those offered by Professor Taves. Where her book attempts to solve the puzzle of Joseph Smith, my review offers a test of her rules for puzzle solving. This includes comparisons with the standard approach to document testing cited by Hugh Nibley, looking at key aspects of her argument and treatment of sources, and by considering Richard L. Anderson’s crucially relevant study of imitation gospels compared to the Book of Mormon. My own response should be tested not just as secular or religious, but against standards that are dependent on neither secular nor religious grounds. That is, to be valid, my response should argue “Why us?” in comparison to her case, rather than just declare that what she offers is “Not us.” We can decide situationally whether to define key concepts such as religion, spirituality, theology, and ministry or sit back and track how others are defining them. Either stance has its strengths and liabilities. Each allows us to see some things while obscuring others. The key is to figure out what we want to see under any given circumstances.
The current paradigm is going toward a non-faith-based study, which has no future. By this I do not mean simply that the study is not faith-based; it is based on non-faith, so criticism does not mean close study; it so often means destructive study. New paradigms emerge from those aware of the crisis, who recognize the situation is not likely to be remedied by the methods that caused it.

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Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3644]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64797  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Midgley, Louis C. “Playing with Half a Decker: The Countercult Religious Tradition Confronts the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 116-171.
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Review of “Meeting the Book of Mormon Challenge in Chile” (1990), by Dean Maurice Helland.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
ID = [149]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 125803  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Skousen, Royal. “The Pleading Bar of God.” Insights 24, no. 4 (2004).
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Near the end of his life, the prophet Nephi referred to the day of judgment and declared that we, the readers of the Book of Mormon, will stand face to face with him before the bar of Christ (2 Nephi 33:11). Similarly, the prophets Jacob and Moroni referred to meeting us when we appear before “the pleasing bar” of God to be judged.

Keywords: Nephi; pleasing bar; original manuscript; Joseph Smith
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [66756]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-04  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Skousen, Royal. “The Pleading Bar of God.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 21-36.
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Abstract: Royal Skousen’s essay shed light on enigmatic references in Jacob 6:13 and Moroni 10:34 to “the pleasing bar of God.” After establishing that the term “pleading bar” is an appropriate legal term, he cites both internal evidence and the likelihood of scribal errors as explanations for why “pleasing bar,” instead of the more likely “pleading bar,” appears in current editions of the Book of Mormon.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.See Royal Skousen, “The Pleading Bar of God,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 413–28. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.]
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Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3434]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 33042  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Thompson, Anita. “Please Read It to Me.” New Era 20, no. 7 (1990): 8-10.
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Personal story. Author tells of the Book of Mormon’s influence in her son’s life. He lay at life’s edge, pale as the pillowcase beneath him, and spoke in the faintest whisper: “What are you reading?”

Keywords: Family, Prayer, Scripture Study
ID = [76613]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Thompson, Anita. “Please Read It to Me.” New Era 20 (July 1990): 8-10.
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Personal story. Author tells of the Book of Mormon’s influence in her son’s life.

ID = [79976]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Hyde, Paul Nolan. A Plethora of Plates: A Teaching Perspective. Orem, UT: Parrish Press, 2015.
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Keywords: Brass Plates, Commentary, Gold Plates, Large Plates of Nephi, Metals, Plates, Plates of Ether, Plates of Mormon, Plates of Moroni, Prophet, Revelation, Scripture Study, Small Plates of Nephi
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [75441]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Benyola, Joseph. Pocket Reference Book of the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Monongahela City, PA: Church of Jesus Christ, 1956.
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A topical reference work containing a list of the books from the Book of Mormon and the Bible with their corresponding contents by chapter and verse. Topics include falling away, Restoration, baptism, and laying on of hands.

ID = [78160]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Smith, Robert F. “Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 41-76.
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Abstract: Robert Smith makes the case that “poetic art in the Book of Mormon is highly developed” — you just need to have the eye to recognize it. Though many readers are aware of the stunning examples of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, thanks to the pioneering work by John W. Welch, fewer are acquainted with the other important forms of parallelism that pervade the text, often placed strategically to highlight the importance of a particular passage. Smith also shows why apocalpytic texts, sometimes thought to originate at a later period, can be found, for example, in the first chapter of the Book of Mormon.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.See Robert F. Smith, “Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 429–67. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.]

ID = [3436]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64465  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Barney, Kevin L. “Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 2 (1995): 15-81.
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Hebrew poetry is based on various patterns of parallelism. Parallel lines are in turn created by the use of parallel words, that is, pairs of words bearing generally synonymous or antithetic meanings. Since the 1930s, scholars have come to realize that many of these “word pairs” were used repeatedly in a formulaic fashion as the basic building blocks of different parallel lines. The Book of Mormon reflects numerous parallel structures, including synonymous parallelism, antithetic parallelism, and chiasmus. As word pairs are a function of parallelism, the presence of such parallel structures in the Book of Mormon suggests the possible presence of word pairs within those structures. This article catalogs the use of forty word pairs that occur in parallel collocations both in the Book of Mormon and in Hebrew poetry.

Keywords: Antithetic Parallelism; Chiasmus; Diction; Language - Hebrew; Parallel; Parallelism; Poetic; Poetry; Synonymous Parallelism; Word Pairs
ID = [2912]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 106500  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Takayama, Machiko. Poetic Language in 19th Century Mormonism: A Study of Semiotic Phenomenology in Communication and Culture. Ph.D. diss., Southern Illinois University, 1990.
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Making an analysis of the Book of Abraham and the Book of Mormon, this dissertation concludes that Joseph Smith was a poet, who produced his scriptures not through plagiarism nor the gift of God, but through a “poetic phenomenon” as defined by Julia Kristeva and Jacques Derrida.

ID = [78161]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Parry, Donald W. Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon: The Complete Text Reformatted. Provo, UT: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2007.
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“Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon : The Complete Text Reformatted comprises the entire text of the Book of Mormon formatted into (1) historical narrative or (2) parallelistic forms, consisting of a number of parallel and repetitious types. The narrative portions, representing the majority of the Book of Mormon, are formatted into regular blocked style. Parallelistic forms, however, are formatted into various patterns designed to aid the reader in visualizing the forms. A number of mechanical techniques have been employed in creating the patterns, including bold characters, underlining, indentations, italics, parentheses, spacing, adding letters of the alphabet, and others. On occasion, ancient poetic texts belonging to the Dead Sea Scrolls were also formatted in certain arrangements.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Chiasmus; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [81503]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Parry, Donald W. “Poetic Parallelisms of the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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Donald Parry defines poetic parallelism in general and specific parallel forms. He gives several examples of each form from the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Literature
ID = [8554]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Boyd, Theo E. Poetic Reflections from the Dust. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1979.
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Reprints selected Book of Mormon passages in a form that makes them appear more poetic, including 1 Nephi 1:1-2, 1 Nephi 3:27- 37, 2 Nephi 1:25-39, and Jacob 2:34-43. (Verses are numbered according to RLDS.)

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [78162]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Rust, Richard Dilworth. “The Poetic Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. Transcript of a lecture presented as part of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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In the Book of Mormon, God speaks to us in the most powerful, effective way possible by interconnecting truth, goodness, and beauty. A good deal of what the Book of Mormon says is in how it is said. Richard Rust offers examples of how the choice words and their structure help convey the testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Literature
ID = [8583]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Dyk, Gerrit van. “Poetry in and about the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 32 (2023): 138-165.
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“Poetry in and poetry influenced by the Book of Mormon both demonstrate the rich religious materials and heritage found in the Latter-day Saint religious movement. This review of literature highlights the scholarly conversation surrounding the tradition’s greatest poetic works, both inside the text—what I am calling Book of Mormon poetry—and those adapted from it—what I call poetry influenced by the Book of Mormon.” [Author]

Keywords: Literary arts, poetry; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [81959]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Poetry in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 100-113. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. Arranging this memorable thought from the Book of Mormon into two lines reveals its poetic character. Arranged in four lines, its neat structure is even more apparent. In this case, understanding the structure enhances our understanding of the meaning: the fall of Adam allows mankind to exist, and the potential destiny of mankind can bring ultimate joy. Rather than being an isolated example, this brief piece is just one of numerous poetic passages throughout the Book of Mormon, which are usually unrecognized as poetry because they are printed as prose. When arranged as verse, however, the poetic parts of the Book of Mormon are unveiled as having great beauty and power.

Keywords: Isaiah (Prophet); Poetry; Prophecy; Psalm of Nephi; Structure
ID = [75626]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 21550  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
WIlliams, Frederick G. Poets of Mozambique: A Bilingual Selection. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2015.
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There are twenty-seven poets represented in this bilingual anthology and over 130 poems; these range from the sixteenth century to the present but with the bulk coming from the twentieth century. There is also a broad range of topics and political points of view, as well as a diversity of racial and cultural ethnicity represented among the poets. But whether they were native African, Portuguese-born, or mestizo, the principle guiding criterion for their inclusion is their poems’ inherent literary value.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75325]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:10
Ensign. “Policies and Announcements.” Ensign November 1985.
ID = [47374]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1985-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5483  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:02
Ensign. “Policies and Announcements.” Ensign July 1986.
ID = [47710]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4471  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:04
Cracroft, Richard H. “‘Polishing God’s Altars’ Fictionally Wresting the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 16.
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Review of the Nephite Chronicles (1984-1989), by Robert H. Moss.

ID = [72]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 25973  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Political Context of the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995. Transcript of a lecture presented as part of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture.
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The history of any people has a political dimension. If there is any structure of authority in a society, people will want to control that authority to promote their own interests. Politics is that realm in which this struggle takes place. Nephite and Lamanite politics and wars revolved around the issue of which of Lehi’s sons was the legitimate heir to the paternal right to rule.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Law and Politics
ID = [8569]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Political Dimension in Nephi’s Small Plates.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
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Noel Reynolds explains how Nephi’s writings can be read in part as a political tract that documents the legitimacy of Nephi’s rule. He discusses the traditions of the Lamanites and Nephites, the events chronicled in the small plates of Nephi, the typologies of Moses and Joseph in Nephi’s writings, and he gives a chiastic analysis of 1 Nephi 3-5.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Law and Politics
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [8543]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Political Dimension in Nephi’s Small Plates.” BYU Studies 27, no. 4 (1987): 15.
ID = [10241]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 2112  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:00
Nibley, Hugh W. “Politics in Jerusalem.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
An investigation into the peculiar social organization of Jerusalem and the social and political struggles that racked the city just before its fall.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2039]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Deseret News. “Polynesian Ancestry and Traditions of the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News Church Section (6 June 1936): 2, 6.
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WilliamA. Cole studied Polynesian traditions, legends, and ancestry. He found that Polynesians are direct descendants of the Nephites and gives several Polynesian legends of the migrations that took place, one of which is of the Nephite shipbuilder, Hagoth.

ID = [79977]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1936-06-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Clement, Russell T. “Polynesian Origins: More Word on the Mormon Perspective.” Dialogue 13 (Winter 1980): 88-98.
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Reviews the claims of the scientists and Mormon leaders regarding the origin of the Polynesians. The debate continues among scientists, some favoring American origins, while most tend to Asian origins. Mormon leaders have consistently held that the Polynesians came from the American continent.

ID = [79978]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Shumway, Eric B. “Polynesians.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [74892]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 3879  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:16
Petersen, Mark E. Polynesians Came from America!. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1962.
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The great faith of the Polynesian people indicates that they are of the blood of Israel. Evidence that they are descendants of Lehi lies in the structure of their temples, baptismal fonts, stone roadways, and the plant life with origins in North America. The first white men in these islands were greeted with great reverence because of the traditions of the people concerning their white god whose teachings resembled those of Jesus Christ.

ID = [78163]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1962-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Jensen, Elwin W. “Polynesians Descend from Lehi: According to Statements of the Prophets.” N.p., 1977.
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Provides numerous quotes by LDS prophets suggesting that Polynesian peoples may be descended from Lehi, a Book of Mormon prophet.

ID = [78164]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
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: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Jensen, De Lamar. “The Popol Vuh and the Book of Mormon.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 16 (1 December 1953): 1-2.
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A discussion of the sacred Popul Vuh, or “book of the People,” written in Maya-Quiché by a learned Quiché in the 16th century. The Popul Vuh deals with the history of the world and of the Quiché people. It has etiologic similarities with the Book of Mormon and points of contact with the Bible and the Pearl of Great Price. By way of example, the Quiché people trace their ethnic beginnings to four wandering brothers who were joined with two other families.

ID = [80600]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Bennion, John. “Popular and Literary Mormon Novels: Can Weyland and Whipple Dance Together in the House of Fiction?” BYU Studies 37, no. 1 (1997): 159.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [11912]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 53424  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:12
Nibley, Hugh W. “Portrait of Laban.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
A study of Laban as an authentic man and what happened to the Jews at Jerusalem.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2041]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Furse, Nani Lii S. “Portrait of Mosiah 18.” Ensign, July 1992.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [50589]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 489  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:53
Sexton, George. A Portraiture of Mormonism, or Animad Versions on the Doctrines and Pretensions of the Latter- day Saints. London: W. Strange, 1849.
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Two polemic lectures. Considers Joseph Smith to be an impostor. Tells about the origin of the Book of Mormon and comments on its feasibility or lack thereof.

ID = [77439]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1849-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Goff, Alan. “Positivism and the Priority of Ideology in Mosiah-First Theories of Book of Mormon Production.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 11-36.
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Review of Brent Lee Metcalfe. “The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis.” In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, and Review of Edwin Firmage Jr. “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, and Review of Susan Staker. “Secret Things, Hidden Things: The Seer Story in the Imaginative Economy of Joseph Smith.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Historicity; Joseph; Jr.; Seerstones; Smith; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [459]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 58683  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘Possess the Land in Peace’: Zeniff’s Ironic Wordplay on Shilom.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 115-120.
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Abstract: The toponym Shilom likely derives from the Semitic/Hebrew root š-l-m, whence also the similar-sounding word šālôm, “peace,” derives. The first mention of the toponym Shilom in Zeniff’s record — an older account than the surrounding material and an autobiography — occurs in Mosiah 9:6 in parallel with Zeniff’s mention of his intention to “possess the land in peace” (Mosiah 9:5). The language and text structure of Mosiah 9:5‒6 thus suggest a deliberate wordplay on Shilom in terms of šālôm. Zeniff uses the name Shilom as a point of irony throughout his brief royal record to emphasize a tenuous and often absent peace between his people and the Lamanites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3645]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 8684  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Lindsay, Jeff. “The Possibility of Janus Parallelism in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 1-20.
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Abstract: Janus parallelism, a tool evident in ancient Hebrew poetry, is documented at some length by Scott B. Noegel in Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job, which I recently reviewed. Since the authorship of Job predates the removal of the Lehites from Jerusalem, this tool may have been available to writers in the Book of Mormon. While we do not have the original text to analyze wordplays in the original language, it may be possible to apply some of the cases considered by Noegel to find remnants of related “polysensuous” wordplays that might have been present in the original text or to consider other previously proposed wordplays that may include a Janus-like aspect.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Old Testament Scriptures > Job
ID = [3640]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 43604  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Aston, Warren P. “Possible Ancient Historical Connections in Dhofar.” IASA Bulletin no. 30 (Spring 2023), 21-22.
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Short illustrated update on the author’s Minjui project in Dhofar, presenting the multiple commonalities between the squared towers at al Hauta (standing) and at Khor Kharfot (collapsed) that make a link plausible.

ID = [82193]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-05-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Pack, Melvin Deloy. “Possible Lexical Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon (Words of Mormon-Moroni).” MA thesis, Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1973.
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“This thesis has been a study of possible lexical Hebraisms occurring in the Book of Mormon in the sections entitled ’The Words of Mormon’ through ’Moroni.’ A Hebraism was defined as any word of phrase which appeared to be a literal rendering of a Hebrew lexicographic mode of speech, in that the English had a usage or connotation which was not normal; whereas, if translated literally into Hebrew it would represent standard usage. Nearly two hundred such items were found, some one hundred twenty of which were discussed in the body of the thesis. Of these, nouns contributed over sixty examples, verbs more than thirty and the remainder were distributed among the rest of the parts of speech. This accumulation of Hebraisms could be evidence either of Joseph Smith’s exceptional ability to recall biblical wording while under the influence of the Holy Spirit or evidence of Hebraic wording in the original coming through in Joseph Smith’s translation.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Hebrew and; Bible, Joseph Smith’s translation; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [81569]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Pack, Melvin Deloy. “Possible Lexical Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: the Words of Mormon to Moroni.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1967.
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Gives many examples of idioms used in the Book of Mormon that translate naturally back into Hebrew. Covers Words of Mormon through Moroni, continuing a similar study by E. Craig Bramwell. Includes a table of Book of Mormon verses that contain wording similar to biblical passages.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [79979]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Carlton, JoAnn, and John W. Welch. “Possible Linguistic Roots of Certain Book of Mormon Proper Names.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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No abstract available.

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Abinadom (Son of Chemish); Abish; Aha (Son of Captain Zoram); Alma the Elder; Alma the Younger; Amaleki (Son of Abinadom); Amalickiah; Amaron (Son of Omni); Aminadab (Nephite Dissenter); Aminadi (Ancestor of Amulek); Onomastics
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [1522]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,welch  Size: 15872  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:18
Ensign. “Possible Routes Suggested for Mulek’s Voyage.” Ensign September 1973.
ID = [41846]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3784  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:04
Sorenson, John L. “Possible ”Silk” and ”Linen” in the Book of Mormon.” 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: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon Anachronisms; Fabric; Linen; Silk
ID = [66488]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Hatem, Jad. Postponing Heaven: The Three Nephites, the Bodhisattva, and the Mahdi. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2015.
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Christianity, like other world religions, surprisingly acknowledges the existence of a plurality of human messiahs. In this comparative work, philosopher Jad Hatem examines Mormonism’s Three Nephites, Buddhism’s Bodhisattva, and Islam’s Mahdi—distinctive messianic figures who postpone Heaven, sacrificially prolonging their lives for the benefit of humankind. Originally published in French, this translation includes two additional papers written by Jad Hatem dealing with aspects of Latter-day Saint belief and a new interview between Hatem and Latter-day Saint philosopher James E. Faulconer.

ID = [81721]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Green, Spencer L. “Postponing Heaven: The Three Nephites, the Bodhisattva, and the Mahdi.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 4 (2017): 189.
ID = [10676]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 8584  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:03
Matthews, Robert J. “The Power and the Purpose of the Written Record.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82531]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:29
Church News. “The Power in God’s Word.” Church News 34 (4 January 1964 ): 16.
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The message of Christ in the Book of Mormon will help to solve the ills of the world that cannot be solved by the remedies proposed by mankind.

ID = [80601]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1964-01-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Ludlow, Jared W. “Power in the Book of Ether.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [34008]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:48
Friend. “The Power of a Prophet.” Friend 12 (October 1982): 48-49.
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Tells the story of Nephi2 (prophet during the time of Christ). For children.

ID = [80602]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1982-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
McKay, David O. “Power of Choice: Each Age Carries Own Responsibility.” Church News 29 (2 May 1959): 4, 8.
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Address delivered at BYU: applies “proof of truth” to the Book of Mormon, which requires that (1) the event appeal to the physical senses, (2) it have witnesses, (3) their reliability be tested, (4) a memorial remain, and (5) the memorial/monument date back to the original event. Based on these prerequisites, McKay concludes with a testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79980]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1959-05-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Ensign Staff. “The Power of Deliverance: Why Nephi Killed Laban.” Ensign January 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Persons and Peoples > Laban
Book of Mormon Topics > Persons and Peoples > Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Book of Mormon Topics > Places > Ancient Near East > Jerusalem
ID = [63251]  Status = Checked by JA Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19065  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:50
Williams, Clyde J. “The Power of Deliverance: Why Nephi Killed Laban.” Ensign, January 2020.
ID = [63259]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9043  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:50
Welch, John W. “The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82533]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:29
Welch, John W. “The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith.” In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Parry, Donald W., Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 17-53. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
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Keywords: Evidence; Faith; Reason; Revelation; Scholarship; Study
ID = [75590]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 61798  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Osguthorpe, Russell T. “The Power of Inspired Invitations.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temptation
ID = [35258]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 33272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Widtsoe, John A. “The Power of Moroni’s Message.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 96, no. 46 (15 November 1934): 721-27.
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Concentrates on the work of salvation for the dead as introduced when Moroni quoted Malachi to Joseph Smith.

ID = [81438]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1934-11-15  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Callis, Charles A. “Power of the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News Church Section (24 June 1939): 2, 7.
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In keeping with the Lord’s promises in the Book of Mormon that the land of America should be free from monarchical forms of government and slavery, the U.S. government has adopted many policies to protect America and fulill the prophecy that it would be a “choice land above all others” (1 Nephi 13:30). Two inspired measures that assist in the preservation of America are the Constitution and the Monroe Doctrine.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [79981]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1939-06-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Hinckley, Gordon B. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, June 1988.
ID = [48605]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14017  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:10
Hammond, F. Melvin. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, October 1996.
ID = [52620]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1996-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15766  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:07
Matthews, Robert J. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
ID = [38824]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:35
Ringwood, Michael T. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, March 15, 2016.
ID = [72786]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-03-15  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:02
Monson, Thomas S. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2017.
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I implore each of us to prayerfully study and ponder the Book of Mormon each day.

ID = [22843]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2017-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 2226  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:52
Monson, Thomas S. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, May 2017.
ID = [61916]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2211  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:41
Tai, Benjamin M. Z. “The Power of the Book of Mormon in Conversion.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2020.
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The Book of Mormon provides spiritual nutrition, prescribes a plan of action, and connects us with the Holy Spirit.

ID = [23291]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2020-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 1386  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:54
Tai, Benjamin M. Z. “The Power of the Book of Mormon in Conversion.” Ensign, May 2020.
ID = [63466]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9373  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:51
Scott, Richard G. “The Power of the Book of Mormon in My Life.” Ensign, October 1984.
ID = [46831]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 22840  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:58
Benson, Ezra Taft. “The Power of the Word.” Ensign, May 1986.
ID = [47594]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14024  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:03
Heater, Shirley R. “The Power of the Word.” Zarahemla Record 62 (July/August 1992): 1, 4.
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Notes that the phrase “state of awful woundedness” (1 Nephi 13:32) in the original and printer’s manuscripts was replaced in the 1837 edition of the Book of Mormon with the phrase “state of awful blindness” Then Heater references Alma 32 and writes concerning the power of the word.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80603]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Parry, Donald W. “Power through Repetition: The Dynamics of Book of Mormon Parallelism.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 295-309. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Anabasis; Climax; Parallelism; Poetry; Repetition
ID = [75475]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Cheesman, Paul R. “The Power to Repent.” Instructor 104 (December 1969): 436-37.
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Writes concerning the doctrine of repentance. Helaman 13-15 (see especially Helaman 13:38) indicates that as individuals choose evil, their power to choose is taken away until destruction is made sure. As individuals choose righteousness, their power to choose increases. The concepts of freedom and free agency are directly related.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [80604]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1969-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Church News. “A Powerful Convincer.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 6.
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States that the Book of Mormon is a powerful tool for missionaries and also “a powerful convincer” for individuals and families. Gives examples and stories of how the Book of Mormon has changed people’s lives.

ID = [78914]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Ludlow, Jared W. “The Powers of the Atonement: Insights from the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 9 no. 2 (2008).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
ID = [38131]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2008-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 22049  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:30
Van Tramp, John C. Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures or Life in the West. St. Louis: Miller, 1859.
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A historical work that also gives a brief discussion of Joseph Smith and Mormonism. He appeals to the Spaulding theory to account for the book’s origin.

ID = [78165]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1859-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hinckley, Gordon B. “‘Praise to the Man’” Ensign, August 1983.
ID = [46334]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18739  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:55
Benson, Ezra Taft. “Pray Always.” Ensign, February 1990.
ID = [49390]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10982  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:15
Parry, Donald W. “‘Pray Always’: Learning to Pray as Jesus Prayed.” In The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9–30, This Is My Gospel, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [36741]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 21592  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Swift, Hales. “Prayer and Worship in Alma 32-34.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 16, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6475]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5018  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Holland, Jeffrey R. “A Prayer for the Children.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2003.
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As parents we can hold life together … with love and faith, passed on to the next generation, one child at a time.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [19546]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 11872  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:32
Sorenson, John L., and Martin H. Raish. Pre-Columbian Contact with America across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography. 2 vols. Provo, UT: Research Press, 1990.
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More than 5,600 literature items in many languages are listed covering pro- and anti- positions, theory, and methodology. Detailed bibliographical data and annotations, some very detailed, are provided for most items, reporting how they relate to the topic. This work is reviewed in H.036.

ID = [78166]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Smith, Henry A. “Pre-Columbian Horses.” Church News 35 (27 November 1965): 6.
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Cites archaeological evidence of native pleistocene horses in America, refuting previous ideas that horses were introduced by the Spaniards and supporting the Book of Mormon mention of the animal.

ID = [79984]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-11-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Epstein, Jeremiah F. “Pre-Columbian Old World Coins in America.” Current Anthropology 21 (February 1980): 1-12, 17-20.
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Evaluates forty reports of Greco-Roman and Hebrew coins found on the American Continent, and then concludes that no single report of a classical-period coin in America can be used as evidence of pre- Columbian transatlantic contact.

ID = [79985]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Dibble, Charles E. “Pre-Columbus Irrigation in the Southwest.” Improvement Era 46, no. 5 (1943): 264.
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A series of brief comments in which the author presents archaeological findings, architectural notes, and myths and legends that deal indirectly with the Book of Mormon. Dibble discusses the wheel, ancient irrigation methods, metals, Mexican and Mayan codices, Quetzalcoatl, ancient buildings, and numerous other related items. The twenty-second part covers pre-Columbian irrigation methods.

Keywords: Agriculture, Ancient America – North America, Irrigation, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76800]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1943-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Interpreter Foundation. “A Pre-Print of a Discussion of the Book of Mormon Witnesses by Royal Skousen.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 8, 2021.
ID = [4954]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2021-02-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 10757  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:00
Interpreter Foundation. “Pre-print of Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Expressions in the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 2, 2020.
ID = [4947]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-12-02  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5499  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:00
Interpreter Foundation. “Pre-print of Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Grammar in the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 19, 2020.
ID = [4945]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-19  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 2904  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:00
Interpreter Foundation. “Pre-print of Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Language in the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 22, 2020.
ID = [4943]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-10-22  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 2328  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:00
Interpreter Foundation. “Pre-print of Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Phrases in the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 9, 2020.
ID = [4944]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-09  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 2620  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:00
Van Orden, Bruce A. “Preach the Gospel to Every Creature.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 323–35. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [36731]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 31629  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Woodruff, Wilford. “Preaching the Gospel to, and Helping the Lamanites—Obedience to Counsel.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 9. 1862, 221–229.
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Remarks by Elder Wilford Woodruff, made in the Bowery at Provo, July 15, 1855. Reported By: J. V. Long.

ID = [28779]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1855-07-15  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,woodruff  Size: 28172  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:23
Dyer, Alvin R. “The Precepts of Men.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1969.
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This article shows that Nephi once taught of the unfortunate condition of mankind when they cease to trust in God and to rely on “the precepts of men and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost” (2 Nephi 28:26). One of the evil doctrines of our education system is sex education in our schools. The “new morality” fails to make the distinction between right and wrong. Personal agency is in jeopardy.

Keywords: Agency; Education; Morality; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [27972]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1969-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 13157  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:18
Hawkins, William. “Precious Pearls: Gathered from the Depths of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 48 (6 February—25 December 1901): 108, 311-12, 518-21, 560-63, 601-602, 775-77, 800-802, 820-22, 829-41, 859-61, 940-41, 1040-42.
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Twelve essays based on Book of Mormon teachings that establish the concepts and principles of the Bible. Jesus Christ is the mediator; the pure in heart will come unto Christ; it is required that we forgive one another because of Christ’s Atonement; Alma speaks of the Fall of Adam, the birth of Christ, and the law of Moses; Samuel the Lamanite testifies of Christ; Christ teaches in the land Bountiful; Mormon reveals the God of miracles; Ether teaches of faith; Moroni teaches the way to judge good and evil and exhorts all to come unto Christ.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [79982]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-02-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Monson, Thomas S. “Precious Promises of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, October 2011.
ID = [59424]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2011-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3369  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:22
Jensen, Jay E. “The Precise Purposes of the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 4 no. 1 (2003).
ID = [38050]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 23958  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:30
Jensen, Jay E. “The Precise Purposes of the Book of Mormon.” In By Study and by Faith, eds. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2012.
ID = [35017]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 23784  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:09
Sorenson, John L. “Preclassic Metal?” American Antiquity 20 (July 1954): 64.
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Points out apparent exceptions in the professional literature to the assumption that metal use in Mesoamerica was only late. [J.L.S.]”

ID = [79983]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1954-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Predictions in the Bible Concerning the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 26, no. 11 (1923): 958-962.
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This article discusses Bible predictions that have been associated with the Book of Mormon—the prophetic blessings that Jacob gave Joseph and his two sons, the oracles in Micah and Isaiah, parts of Isaiah 29, Ezekiel 37, and John 10.

Keywords: Ezekiel (Book), Gospel of John, Isaiah (Book), Micah (Book), Prophecy, Seed of Joseph (Son of Jacob/Israel)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76809]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Cannon, George Q. “Predictions in the Book of Mormon—Evidence of Its Divinity—Proof that Joseph Smith Was Inspired—Predictions Concerning the Indians Fulfilled—Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon Foretold—Plainness of Its Teachings—Prediction Relating to Sidney Rigdon—Only Two Churches—Other Prophecies Being Fulfilled.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 25. 1884, 119–129.
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Discourse by President George Q. Cannon, delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City (to the General Conference assembly), Sunday Morning, April 6, 1884. Reported By: John Irvine.

ID = [29590]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1884-04-06  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 32571  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:29
Nibley, Hugh W. “Preface.” In Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 7, 2nd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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A hundred years ago, the Book of Mormon was regarded by the scholarly world as an odd text that simply did not fit their understanding of the ancient world. Since that time, however, numerous ancient records have come to light, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. These discoveries have forced scholars to change their views of history, and they place the Book of Mormon in a new light as well. That is why respected Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley wrote Since Cumorah, a brilliant literary, theological, and historical evaluation of the Book of Mormon as an ancient book.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2064]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Peterson, Paul H., David F. Boone, and David Rolph Seely. “Preface.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82527]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:29
Reynolds, Noel B. “Preface to 1996 reprint edition.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81795]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Nibley, Hugh W. “Preface to the 1964 Edition.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
An introduction to the 1964 edition naming the impacts of the manual up to that point.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2031]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Preface to the First Edition.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
An introduction to the first edition of An Approach to the Book of Mormon by Hugh Nibley.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2030]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Crespo, Jose A. Andrade. Preguntas y Respuestas. Lincoln, NE: Biblioteca de Bolsillo “La Biblia Dice,” 1972.
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The Book of Mormon contains anachronisms, lacks the spirit of the Bible, and contains language from the “Westminster Confession” and the Methodist “Discipline”

ID = [78167]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Stebbins, Henry A. “Prehistoric America and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of History 6 (1913): 2-19.
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Archaeologists have uncovered great civilizations in America. The scattering from the tower of Babel led people “everywhere” on the earth and the Book of Mormon bears witness of that fact. The book supports the Bible both in history and doctrine. It teaches of Christ and the historians have recorded that American natives had knowledge of Christianity before the Spanish came.

ID = [79986]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1913-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Russell, John A. Prehistoric Discoveries in Wayne County Michigan. Detroit, MI: 1911.
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Tells about an excavation in Wayne County, Michigan that may have a bearing on Book of Mormon archaeology.

ID = [78168]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1911-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Pratt, David Leon. The Prehistoric Hebrews of New England. Salem, MA: Praetorian Press, 1985.
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Unorthodox presentation of the Book of Mormon text (1 Nephi—Jarom) as a history of the Hebrews. Says nothing about Joseph Smith or the origin of the Book of Mormon. Places the ancient Nephites in the present day New England area of the United States. Numerous footnotes provide commentary.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
ID = [78620]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
G., L. A. “Prehistoric People.” Saints’ Herald 51 (16 November 1904): 106-7.
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Quoting a clipping from the Denver Post written by Doctor Baum who had conducted expeditions in the southwestern United States, the author wonders why the archaeologists do not read the Book of Mormon to find answers to their questions about ancient inhabitants of America.

ID = [79987]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-11-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Santiago. “Prehistoric Races of Arizona.” Contributor 10 (April 1889): 204-6.
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There is much evidence of an ancient civilization in Arizona. The legends that surround these people closely resemble the story of the Nephites chronicled in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79988]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Santiago. “Prehistoric Races of Arizona.” The Contributor 10, no. 6 (1889): 204-206.
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There is much evidence of an ancient civilization in Arizona. According to the author, the legends that surround these people closely resembled the story of the Nephites chronicled in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient America - North America, Native Americans
ID = [76008]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Welch, John W. “Preliminary Comments on the Sources behind the Book of Ether.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1986.
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John Welch considers what records were brought together to form the book of Ether and examines which parts of the book might have been composed by Moroni. He looks for paraphrases included in the book and seeks to discover what influenced Moroni’s rendition of the Jaredite story. He concludes that stating comprehensively who wrote the book of Ether is no simple matter.

Keywords: Ether (Prophet); Jaredite; Moroni (Son of Mormon); Redaction
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [1517]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,welch  Size: 38491  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:18
Clark, Eugene E. “A Preliminary Study of the Geology and Mineral Resources of Dhofar, The Sultanate of Oman.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995.
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The efforts begun by Warren and Michaela Aston to identify important sites along the Lehi trail eventually evolved into a FARMS project and exploration to Southern Oman’s Dhofar region in 1992. The remote area of Wadi Sayq on the western extremity of that region has been identified as a location that appears to meet all of the criteria one can infer from the text of the Book of Mormon for the coastal site named Bountiful by Lehi and his family, where they lived while building a ship for their ocean crossing. The text also states that while they lived at Bountiful, the Lord showed Nephi where to go to locate ore with which to make tools for their boatbuilding project. While it is known that greater Oman was a famous source of abundant and high-quality copper during Lehi’s time, commercial mining near Wadi Sayq is not documented. The ancient copper mines of Oman are hundreds of miles farther north and unlikely candidates for Nephi’s ore. Graciously responding to a FARMS request, Eugene Clark, former geologist for ESSO in Oman, has prepared a preliminary report of geological possibilities of mineral deposits in the Dhofar region, where Wadi Sayq is located. The report identifies a number of geological possibilities for copper or iron ore accessible to Wadi Sayq, based on published geological studies and surveys. An on-site survey is projected for later this year to explore the possibilities documented in this report. Most promising among the published studies are reports of specular hematite found in small, random deposits on the Mirbat plain east of Salalah. Specular hematite is the most readily available form of high-quality iron and would have been most attractive as a low-tech smelting source for Nephi’s tools. The report also notes that Dhofar irons would usually occur in mixtures with manganese and carbon, yielding higher-quality steel that would be superior for tools. This preliminary report documents the plausibility of the Nephite account of ore being smelted for shipbuilding tools. It also defines a range of possible ore sources in the Dhofar area that can be verified through on-site exploration.

ID = [8345]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:47
Hilton, Matthew. Preliminary Summary of Nephite Armed Con ict in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
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Outlines a “rough summary of the basic information about Nephite wars and warfare in the Book of Mormon” Includes scriptural quotations that touch upon the subject of war and gives the corresponding date.

ID = [78169]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hilton, Matthew M. F. “Preliminary Summary of Nephite Armed Conflict in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
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The following outline is a rough summary of the basic information about Nephite wars and warfare in the Book of Mormon. It is designed as a research tool, especially to aid in further studies of the conditions and circumstances of war and peace in the Book of Mormon which are now underway. This outline has been divided into sections generally corresponding with the main eras and campaigns in Nephite military history, and approximate dates have been supplied. Hopefully this data will facilitate and promote a closer examination of the text itself as further research progresses.

ID = [8399]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Pratt, Orson. “Preparations for the Second Advent.” The Seer 2 (August 1854): 305-20.
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In 1827 an angel of the Lord appeared in fulfillment of the revelations provided in Daniel and Revelation. The Book of Mormon contains the fullness of Christ’s gospel, and the kingdom that was established upon the principles taught in the Book of Mormon has begun to roll forth from the tops of the mountains to establish the Lord’s Zion. It is through this book that the guests are being called to the Lord’s marriage feast.

ID = [79989]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1854-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Miller, Adam S. “A Preparatory Redemption.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81742]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Bowman, Matthew, and Rosemary Demos. A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
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The twelfth and thirteenth chapters of the Book of Mormon’s Alma contain a theologically rich and often misunderstood text—a brief discourse to the people of Ammonihah exploring the nature of redemption and the establishment of God’s holy order of priesthood. In this collection of essays, eight scholars examine Alma’s words from a broad range of disciplines and analytical approaches, from literary criticism to philosophy to comparative religious history. Their interpretive experiments open this text up to theological insights that inform devotion and prompt deep inquiry.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81707]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 10  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24

Articles

Bowman, Matthew. “Introduction.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81734]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Bowman, Matthew, and Rosemary Demos. “Summary Report.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81735]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Bowman, Matthew. “The Profession of Nehor and the Holy Order of God: Theology and Society in Ammonihah.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81736]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Gore, David Charles. “Conversing and Calling in Alma 12 and 13.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81737]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Demos, Rosemary. “Angels and a Theology of Grace.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81738]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Rees, Robert A. “The Heart in Alma 12 and 13.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81739]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Taylor, Sheila. “Obtaining Divine Mercy.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81740]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Spencer, Joseph M. “Seams, Cracks, and Fragments: Notes on the Human Condition.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
ID = [81741]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Jeffries, Bridget Jack. “Called and Ordained: A Priesthood of All Believers in Alma 13.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81743]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Harrell, Charles R. “A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12?13.” BYU Studies Quarterly 58, no. 4 (2019): 77.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [10345]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 47720  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:01
Garn, Daryl H. “Preparing for Missionary Service.” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2003.
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How important it is for fathers and sons to work together on the basics in preparing for a mission.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [19509]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 7821  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:32
Hansen, Gerald, Jr. “Preparing for the Judgment.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 95–104. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36715]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 22346  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Hopkin, Shon D. “Preparing Students to Receive Revelation: Insights from the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 13 no. 2 (2012).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [38197]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2012-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 34193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:31
Smith, Robert F. “The Preposterous Book of Mormon: A Singular Advantage.” Paper presented at the 2014 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2014.
ID = [32537]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:44
Hart, John L. “Pres. Benson Emphasizes the ‘Miracle of Conversion’” Church News 57 (27 June 1987): 3, 6.
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President Benson outlined basic gospel principles essential to the success of the mission presidents. One of the principles was that they should take time daily to read and study the Book of Mormon. Elder Perry told missionaries to use the Book of Mormon more to bring converts into the Church.

ID = [79990]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-06-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Miller, Wade E. “The Presence of Pre-Columbian Horses in America.” Paper presented at the 2018 FairMormon Conference. August, 2018.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient America - North America; Book of Mormon Anachronisms; Geology; Horses; Paleontology
ID = [32631]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2018-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 41331  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:44
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Presence of the Lord.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35264]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40008  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Pratt, Parley P. “Present Condition and Prospects of the American Indians, Lamanites.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 2, no. 3 (July 1841): 40-42.
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The Book of Mormon prophesies that the Lamanites will be no longer persecuted but nourished by the gentiles beginning in 1830 when the Book of Mormon was published. In fulfillment of that, the United States government has apportioned an area of gathering for all the Indians; the tribes were paid money and given provisions at the expense of the United States.

ID = [80932]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1841-07-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Childs, Larry G. “Present Participle Adjuncts in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 24-38.
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Participle adjuncts in the Book of Mormon are compared with those in the other writings of Joseph Smith and with English in general. Participle adjuncts include present participle phrases, e.g., “having gained the victory over death” (Mosiah 15:8); present participle clauses, e.g., “he having four sons” (Ether 6:20), and a double-subject adjunct construction, known as the coreferential subject construction, where both subjects refer to the same thing, as in “Alma, being the chief judge . . . of the people of Nephi, therefore he went up with the people” (Alma 2:16). The Book of Mormon is unique in the occurrences of extremely long compound adjunct phrases and coreferential subject constructions, indicating that Joseph Smith used a very literal translation style for the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Language; Participle Adjunct; Smith; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2944]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 31046  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Christensen, Alberta Huish. “The Present Status.” Saints’ Herald 71 (16 July 1924): 677-78.
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The Book of Mormon discusses both the seer and priestcraft. Mosiah 5:79-80 presents the deinition of a seer. Priestcraft is confounded by both the written word and by the living prophet, seer, and revelator who holds powers from God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [80605]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-07-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Christensen, Ross T. “Present Status of Book of Mormon Archaeology.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 114, no. 9 (September-December 1952): 206-11, 218; 234-37, 244; 246-47, 263; 293-97, 304.
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Deines Book of Mormon archaeology as “that branch of general archaeology which studies the discoveries . . . [for] every fact which throws light upon the Book of Mormon” It can be expected both to elucidate the scripture and to conirm it. Using the study of the Bible through archaeology as a model, he lays out a logic and methods for doing so, notably by establishing “major” and “minor” correspondences. Major correspondences consist of geographical and chronological frameworks in the real (New) world that compare adequately with what the Book of Mormon says. Minor correspondences consider speciic cultural elements such as the use of iron, the wheel, the horse, etc. Ultimately it should be possible to test “the historical claims” of the Book of Mormon by archaeology. The status thus far is reviewed and the interim conclusion is reached that “in large part the Book of Mormon is vindicated by archaeological science; but many points still remain . . . to challenge us”

ID = [81313]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1952-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Jakeman, M. Wells. “Present Trends in Maya Research.” Deseret News Church Section (27 August, 1938): 1, 7, 8.
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Presents the trends, theories, and accomplishments of ancient American researchers and how their research on the American Indians compares with the Book of Mormon story.

ID = [79991]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1938-08-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Grant, Heber J., and John A. Widtsoe. “Presentation of the Book of Mormon to Rulers of the World.” Improvement Era 43, no. 7 (1940): 391.
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This article is a list of kings, presidents, and statesmen of the world to whom a Book of Mormon has been presented, with the date and name of the presenter.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Government, Missionary Work, Ruler
ID = [76749]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Kirkham, Francis W., and Harvey L. Taylor. “Presentation of the Copyrights to A New Witness for Christ in America to BYU.” BYU Speeches of the Year (12 April 1961). Provo, UT: BYU Press.
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BYU accepts the copyrights of Kirkham’s two new books, A New Witness for Christ in America. Kirkham describes his motives behind writing the books and his experience of publishing the work. He also discusses the coming forth of the Book of Mormon to the world.

ID = [80918]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1961-04-12  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Interpreter Foundation. “Presentation on The Nature of the Original Language of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 29, 2018.
ID = [6447]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2018-10-29  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 765  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Lea, Leonard J. Presenting the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,n.d.
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A four-page pamphlet inviting the reader to consider the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78170]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Parry, Donald W. Preserved in Translation: Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
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It should come as no surprise that the Book of Mormon reads like an ancient Hebrew book. After all, its story begins in the world of the Old Testament and its chroniclers were literate in some form of Hebrew. What is surprising is that there are so many Hebraisms in the book—and that they have survived translation into English! Many of these remnants that persist in the text make for odd English but are perfectly sound Biblical Hebrew. Go to a Book of Mormon Central review of this book HERE. ISBN 978-1-9443-9495-0

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Literary and Textual Studies of the Book of Moses
ID = [2521]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:25
Midgley, Louis C. “Preserving and Enlarging the Memory of the Saints.” The FARMS Review 19, no. 2 (2007): 21-24.
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Midgley applies Yosef Yerushalmi’s discussion of the ways of remembrance as illustrated in Jewish history to the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Remembrance
ID = [577]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8418  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Muhlestein, Kerry, and Alexander L. Baugh. “Preserving the Joseph Smith Papyri Fragments: What Can We Learn from the Paper on Which the Papyri Were Mounted?” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 22 no. 2 (2013).
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This article discusses possible explanations regarding the procedures Joseph Smith and his associates used in mounting the Joseph Smith Papyri fragments and their reasons for doing so. The backing materials, some of which contain drawings of a temple plan and plat sketches of northeastern Ohio townships, provide a valuable historical artifact that helps historians answer questions associated with the papyri. The dimensions, gluing techniques, and cutting patterns of the backing paper and papyri also help explain the mounting process, as does an examination of the handwriting on the backing paper. Careful analysis suggests that a portion of the backing material came from several sheets of paper glued together to make a large sheet on which plans for a temple were drawn. Historical evidence suggests that in late 1837 or early 1838, pieces of papyri were glued to this and other papers and cut into smaller pieces, some of which were put under glass to preserve the papyrus fragments from further deterioration.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Ensign. “President Benson Addresses Cache Regional Conference.” Ensign May 1987.
ID = [48115]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1987-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2453  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:07
Ensign. “President Benson Addresses Members in Utah, California.” Ensign September 1987.
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Ensign. “President Benson Counsels New Mission Presidents in Annual Seminar.” Ensign September 1986.
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Church News. “President Benson Tells of God’s Gifts.” Church News 47 (17 December 1977): 4.
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President Benson lists several gifts with which the Lord has blessed mankind—one of them is the Book of Mormon.

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Ensign. “President Benson Visits Church Historical Sites in New York.” Ensign October 1986.
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Avant, Gerry. “President Benson Visits Puerto Rico.” Church News 57 (18 April 1987): 3, 5.
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President Benson speaks to a large group of Puerto Ricans, counseling them to use the Book of Mormon as the basis for their teaching and missionary work.

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Brown, Hugh B. “President Brown Talks on Mormonism at Pittsburgh College.” Church News 32 (3 March 1962): 7, 12-15.
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Address delivered at Presbyterian Theological Seminary, giving history of LDS church and basic doctrinal beliefs. Discusses the translation, story line, compatibility with the Bible, and powerful effect of the Book of Mormon. Concludes with testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel.

ID = [79994]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1962-03-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Ensign. “President Hinckley Stresses Family, Book of Mormon.” Ensign April 1996.
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Smith, Joseph Fielding. “President Smith Calls For More Study, Research.” Church News 32 (13 October 1962): 7, 9.
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Exhorts members of the LDS faith to read the Book of Mormon. Discusses prophecy concerning Christ’s birth in the land of Jerusalem and the covenant of Mosiah 5:7. Concludes with testimony, and points out the effectiveness of testimony and knowledge against those critical of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne. Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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This book presents the FARMS Research Updates of the 1990s, plus some similar short notes from the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, in a new collection edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne. Aimed at a general audience, these updates are brief, easy-to-read reports of new research on the Book of Mormon. Each contributor offers intriguing ideas and developments that have emerged from exploring the Book of Mormon from many perspectives. Pressing Forward will interest all people who want to know what’s new in Book of Mormon research.

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Articles

Gee, John. “Four Suggestions on the Origin of the Name Nephi.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 1-5. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient Near East; Egyptian; Language; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
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Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 6-10. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient Near East; Elephantine; Ostracon; Sariah
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Adams, William James, Jr. “Nephi’s Jerusalem and Laban’s Sword.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 11-13. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Jerusalem; Nephi; Weaponry
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Tvedtnes, John A. “The Workmanship Thereof Was Exceedingly Fine.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 14-16. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Metallurgy; Sword of Laban; Weaponry
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Welch, John W., and Heidi Harkness Parker. “Better That One Man Perish.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 17-19. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger; Korihor; Laban; Laws; Legal; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [75644]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 3973  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Hamblin, William J. “Metal Plates and the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 20-22. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Brass Plates; Metallurgy; Subscriptio
ID = [75645]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 5057  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Adams, William James, Jr. “Lehi’s Jerusalem and Writing on Silver Plates.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 23-26. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Jerusalem (Old World); Lehi (Prophet); Metal Plates; Recordkeeping; Writing
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Adams, William James, Jr. “More on the Silver Plates from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 27-28. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Jerusalem (Old World); Lehi (Prophet); Metal Plates
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Tvedtnes, John A. “A Visionary Man.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 29-31. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Dream; Lehi (Prophet); Seer; Vision
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Tvedtnes, John A. “Rod and Sword as the Word of God.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 32-39. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Authority; Symbolism; Vision; Weaponry; Word of God
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Welch, John W. “‘The Lamb of God’ in Pre-Christian Texts.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 40-42. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Lamb of God; Messiah; Names of Jesus Christ
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Barney, Kevin L. “Further Light on Enallage.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 43-48. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Language - Hebrew
ID = [75651]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Welch, John W. “Connections Between the Visions of Lehi and Nephi.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 49-53. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Dream; Lehi (Prophet); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Tree of Life; Vision
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Johnson, Mark J. “The Exodus of Lehi Revisited.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 54-58. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Exodus Motif; Lehi (Prophet)
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Sloan, David E. “The Book of Lehi and the Plates of Lehi.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 59-62. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Lehi (Prophet); Lost 116 Pages; Plates
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Tvedtnes, John A. “Firstborn in the Wilderness.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 63-65. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Jacob; Wilderness
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Haubrock, Ken. “Sam: A Just and Holy Man.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 66-71. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Sam (Son of Lehi)
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Welch, John W. “The Psalm of Nephi as a Post-Lehi Document.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 72-74. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Nephi; Psalm
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Welch, John W. “When Did Nephi Write the Small Plates.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 75-77. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Nephi; Plates
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Welch, John W. “Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 78-80. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi); Small Plates
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Welch, John W. “Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: The Political Dimension.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 81-83. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi); Politics; Small Plates
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Welch, John W. “Sherem’s Accusations Against Jacob.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 84-87. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Antichrist; Apostasy; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Laws; Legal; Prophecy; Prophet; Sherem
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [75661]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 5189  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Ricks, Stephen D., and John A. Tvedtnes. “The Hebrew Origin of Three Book of Mormon Place-Names.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 88-92. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Cumorah; Jershon (Land of); Language; Language - Hebrew; Onomastics; Zarahemla (Mulekite); Zarahemla (Polity)
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Holbrook, Brett L. “Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 93-96. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient Near East; Authority; Early Church History; King Benjamin; Nephite; Sacred; Smith; Joseph; Jr.; Sword of Laban; Symbolism; Weaponry
ID = [75663]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 5228  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Welch, John W., and Terrence L. Szink. “Upon the Tower of Benjamin.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 97-99. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: King Benjamin; King Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Welch, John W., and Terrence L. Szink. “Benjamin’s Tower and Old Testament Pillars.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 100-102. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Architecture; King Benjamin
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Welch, John W. “Unintentional Sin in Benjamin’s Discourse.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 103-106. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Atonement; King Benjamin; Sin
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Szink, Terrence L., and John W. Welch. “On the Right or Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 107-109. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: King Benjamin; Law of Moses; Laws; Legal
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Welch, John W. “Democratizing Forces in King Benjamin’s Speech.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 110-126. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: King Benjamin; King Mosiah; Kingship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Tvedtnes, John A. “As a Garment in a Hot Furnace.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 127-131. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); King Noah; Laws; Legal; Prophecy; Simile Curse
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Tvedtnes, John A. “His Stewardship Was Fulfilled.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 132-134. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Martyrdom; Prophet; Stewardship
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Sorenson, John L. “Evidence for Tents in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 135-138. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Mesoamerica
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Thomasson, Gordon C. “Revisiting the Land of Jerusalem.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 139-141. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Jerusalem
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Crowell, Angela M., and John A. Tvedtnes. “Blessing God after Eating One’s Fill.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 142-146. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger; Amulek; Blessing; Custom; Prayer
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [75673]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 7798  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Welch, John W. “The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 147-149. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Economics; Economy; Laws; Legal
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Clark, Robert E. “Notes on Korihor and Language.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 150-153. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Antichrist; Korihor
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Welch, John W. “Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 154-156. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger; Curses; Korihor; Laws; Legal
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Allred, Philip A. “Alma’s Use of State in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 157-163. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger; Authorship; Corianton (Son of Alma); Doctrine; Postmortal Life; Resurrection; State
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [75677]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 12038  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Tvedtnes, John A. “Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 164-168. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; City; Land
ID = [75678]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 8331  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Roper, Matthew P. “Eyewitness Descriptions of Mesoamerican Swords.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 169-176. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Mesoamerica; Weaponry
ID = [75679]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 12547  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Sorenson, John L. “New Technology and Ancient Voyages.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 177-179. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Shipbuilding; Voyages
ID = [75680]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Welch, John W. “Rollercoaster Economics.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 180-186. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Economy; Nephite
ID = [75681]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 11515  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Sorenson, John L. “Challenging Conventional Views of Metal.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 187-189. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Metallurgy
ID = [75682]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4822  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Peterson, Daniel C. “Secret Combinations Revisited.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 190-195. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Secret Combinations
ID = [75683]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,peterson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Hunt, Wallace E., Jr. “The Marketplace.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 196-200. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Economy; Mesoamerica
ID = [75684]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Skousen, Royal. “Hebraic Conditionals in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 201-203. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Hebraism
ID = [75685]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Parry, Donald W. “‘Thus Saith the Lord’: Prophetic Language in Samuel’s Speech.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 204-207. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Prophecy; Prophet; Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [75686]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 4914  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Tvedtnes, John A. “More on the Hanging of Zemnarihah.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 208-210. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Execution; Laws
ID = [75687]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Tvedtnes, John A., and Kevin L. Barney. “Word Groups in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 211-218. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Grammar; Hebraism
ID = [75688]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Gee, John. “Another Note on the Three Days of Darkness.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 219-227. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Geology; Weather
ID = [75689]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 12982  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Welch, John W. “Two Notes on the Lord’s Prayer.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 228-230. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: 3 Nephi; Prayer
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [75690]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Sorenson, John L. “Was There Leprosy Among the Nephites?” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 231-233. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Ancient Near East; Disease; Mesoamerica
ID = [75691]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4447  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Sorenson, John L. “The Decline of the God Quetzalcoatl.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 234-236. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Quetzalcoatl
ID = [75692]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4830  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Ricks, Stephen D. “Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 237-243. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Egyptian; Language; Language - Hebrew; Writing
ID = [75693]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 12952  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Gee, John. “Two Notes on Egyptian Script.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 244-247. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Egyptian; Language; Language - Hebrew; Writing
ID = [75694]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 6541  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Sorenson, John L. “Old World People in the New.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 248-252. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica
ID = [75695]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Read, Nicholas, Jae R. Ballif, John W. Welch, William E. Evenson, Kathleen Gee, and Matthew P. Roper. “New Light on the Shining Stones of the Jaredites.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 253-255. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Geology
ID = [75696]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Christenson, Allen J. “By Land or by Sea? Revisiting the Bering Straits.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 256-258. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Bering Strait; Book of Mormon Geography; Migration
ID = [75697]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 4341  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Hamblin, William J. “Vikings, Iron, and the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 259-261. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Metallurgy; Viking
ID = [75698]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 4327  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Tvedtnes, John A. “Drought and Serpents.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 262-265. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Ecology; Weather
ID = [75699]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 5185  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Hadfield, M. Gary, and John W. Welch. “The ‘Decapitation’ of Shiz.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 266-268. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ether; Jaredite; Physiology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75700]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Skousen, Royal. “Fragments of Original Manuscript Discovered.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 269-271. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Translation
ID = [75701]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Ricks, Stephen D. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 272-279. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Translation
ID = [75702]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Roper, Matthew P. “Revelation and the Urim and Thummim.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 280-282. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Revelation; Thummim; Urim
ID = [75703]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Welch, John W. “Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 283-284. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Early Church History; Translation
ID = [75704]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Peterson, Daniel C., and Donald L. Enders. “Can the 1834 Affidavits Attacking the Smith Family Be Trusted?” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 285-288. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Early Church History; Smith; Joseph; Jr.
ID = [75705]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,peterson  Size: 5156  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Welch, John W. “Roberts Affirms Book of Mormon Antiquity.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 289-292. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: History
ID = [75706]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Welch, John W. “What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 293-295. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Translation
ID = [75707]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 4321  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Sorenson, John L., and John W. Welch. “The Sobering Lesson of the Grolier Codex.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 296-298. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Codex; Gold Plates; Historicity; Mesoamerica; Writing
ID = [75708]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4414  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Duffin, Stephen J. “Pressing Forward: A Real Feast.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 91-97.
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Review of Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s (1999), edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne

Keywords: Commentary; Scholarship
ID = [404]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 13346  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Prettyman, C. W. “Prettyman’s Reply to The Foundation of Mormonism Removed.” Comstock, NE: n.p., 19?.
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A response to Rev. D. Collin’s tract “The Foundation of Mormonism Removed” Prettyman responds on a point by point basis.

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Taylor, Russell C. “Preview of Book of Mormon Highlights.” N.p., September 1940.
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This outline, prepared for missionaries, contains twelve reading assignments, each of which provides study helps intended to assist the missionaries in stimulating the interest of investigators.

ID = [78171]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1940-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Heater, Shirley R. “A Preview of Textual Corrections in the New Corrected Edition of the Book of Mormon: Variances Between the Printer’s Manuscript and the 1830 Edition.” Zarahemla Record 51 (October 1990): 2-4.
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Results of the author’s textual comparison research detailing differences between the printer’s manuscript and the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78915]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Eyring, Henry B. “A Priceless Heritage of Hope.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2014.
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When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Neilson, Reid L. “A Priceless Pearl: Alma O. Taylor’s Mission to Japan.” Ensign, June 2002.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [55262]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2002-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11197  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:13:54
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Priceless Possession: How to Gain a Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 16, no. 10 (1986): 46-50.
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Pointing out that “signs follow them that believe,” Ludlow distinguishes some of the signs that do follow believers and shows that the Lord is not adverse to signs. Signs follow faith. An outlined method of study is given. Knowing the book is true is different than being able to live by its precepts.

Keywords: Faith, Scripture Study, Signs, Testimony
ID = [76601]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Ludlow, Daniel H. “A Priceless Possession: How to Gain a Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 16 (October 1986): 46-50.
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Pointing out that “signs follow them that believe,” Ludlow distinguishes some of the signs that do follow believers and shows that the Lord is not adverse to signs. Signs follow faith. An outlined method of study is given. Knowing the book is true is different than being able to live by its precepts.

ID = [78916]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Riddle, Chauncey C. “Pride and Riches.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 221–34. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
ID = [36855]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 25280  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Avant, Gerry. “A Priest of Noah, Alma Was Abinadi’s ‘Golden Convert’” Church News 58 (16 April 1988): 14.
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The conversion of Alma, which came due to the preaching of Abinadi, led to great spiritual ramifications that lasted for hundreds of years among the Nephites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78917]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-04-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Kestner, Helenjean. “Priesthood and Relief Society: Working Together.” Ensign, March 1981.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [45308]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1981-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8309  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:48
Toscano, Paul James. “Priesthood Concepts in the Book of Mormon: Insights on Church Leadership and Organization.” Sunstone 13 (December 1989): 8-17.
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In the approximately sixty passages alluding to the priesthood in the Book of Mormon, the offices of the priesthood were given to individuals who “labored diligently” to teach the people of Christ. The role between secular and non-secular was not separated in the Book of Mosiah. Priesthood leaders were ordained by one central figure, the high priest. The roles of church and state separated when Alma the Younger applied himself wholly to the duties of the priesthood. Following Christ’s appearance, twelve disciples were chosen and the role of high priest disappeared. The author ends with a call to return to the equality of members taught in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79997]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Peterson, Daniel C. “Priesthood in Mosiah.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 187–210. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
ID = [36838]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,peterson,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 49834  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Priesthood of the Nephites.” Improvement Era 59, no. 3 (1956): 142-143.
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This article discusses whEther or not the Nephites had the Aaronic priesthood, concluding that the Nephites operated under the Melchizedek priesthood from the time of Lehi to the coming of Christ.

Keywords: Aaronic Priesthood, Melchizedek Priesthood, Nephites, Priesthood Keys, Priesthood Power
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [77158]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1956-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Hales, Brian C. “A Priesthood Restoration Narrative for Latter-day Saints Believers.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 49-54.
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Review of Michael Hubbard MacKay, Prophetic Authority: Democratic Hierarchy and the Mormon Priesthood (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2020). 184 pages. $22.95 (paperback). Abstract: With ready access to all the documents acquired by the Joseph Smith Papers project, Michael Hubbard MacKay, co-editor of the Joseph Smith Papers’ Documents, Volume 1: July 1828–June 1831, presents a new historical reconstruction of the priesthood restoration in Prophetic Authority: Democratic Hierarchy and the Mormon Priesthood. MacKay summarizes how Joseph Smith’s initial authority was based primarily on charisma drawn from the Book of Mormon translation and his revelations. The transition next to apostolic authority — derived from priesthood keys restored by Peter, James and John — is also detailed. MacKay contextualizes the priesthood as part of Smith’s efforts to offer “salvation to humankind and [bind] individuals to Christ” (37‒38). Historical controversies are handled with frankness and depth. This study constitutes an important upgrade in the historiography of this controversial topic.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3448]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 12362  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Talmage, James E. “Priesthood—In Ancient America.” Deseret News Church Section (12 August 1933): 4, 7.
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The Nephites continued Lehi’s priesthood, especially the Aaronic priesthood connected with the law of Moses. The Book of Mormon is a witness of God that gives the account of God’s dealing with man through his holy priesthood. In time, both the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods were lost on both hemispheres.

ID = [79998]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-08-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Lamb, David. “Priests and Teachers.” Zarahemla Record 59 (January/February 1992): 1, 4.
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Points out several doublets in the Bible and Book of Mormon: parents and teachers, priest and scribe (teacher), Lord and master (teacher), ruler and teacher, and teacher and king. It is characteristically Hebraic to think of a vocation or calling in connection with being a teacher, thus the emphasis on teacher is an evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79999]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:41
Dibble, Charles E. “Priests’ Dwellings in Teotihuacán.” Improvement Era 45, no. 9 (1942): 549, 593.
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A series of brief comments in which the author presents archaeological findings, architectural notes, and myths and legends that deal indirectly with the Book of Mormon. Dibble discusses the wheel, ancient irrigation methods, metals, Mexican and Mayan codices, Quetzalcoatl, ancient buildings, and numerous other related items. The sixteenth part covers priests’ dwellings in Teotihuacán.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Dwelling, Teotihuacan
ID = [77063]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Treat, Raymond C. “The Primary Purpose of the Book of Mormon.” Zarahemla Record 61 (May/June 1992): 1-2, 4.
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Proposes that the primary purpose of the Book of Mormon is to inform the Lamanites concerning the covenants made to their fathers. The secondary purpose is to convince the Jews and Gentiles of Jesus’ Christological mission. Suggests that we be more diligent in bringing the Book of Mormon to the attention of the Lamanites.

ID = [80606]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Gray, J. H. Principles and Practices of the Mormons Tested in Two Lectures. Douglas, London: Blackwell, Howell, Nibbet, Wertheim, and Macintosh, 1853.
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A polemical/evangelical work against Mormonism. The Bible is all- sufficient as a guide to salvation and there is no need for the Book of Mormon. The story of the Jaredite barges is ridiculed. The testimony of Book of Mormon witnesses is rejected. The author questions the use of King James translation language in the Book of Mormon. This is seen as evidence of plagiarism. The author accepts the Spaulding theory for the book’s origin.

ID = [78172]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Principles of the Gospel: The Divine Law of Witnesses.” Deseret News Church Section (8 April 1939): 1, 4, 6, 8.
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The divine law of witnesses is fixed and definite. More than one witness is required, and had good records been kept through the ages one would probably find this to be so from the beginning. Three witnesses were called to testify of the Book of Mormon; they never denied this testimony, though two were excommunicated.

ID = [80000]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1939-04-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:42
Scott, George L. “The Printed Word.” Church News 35 (15 May 1965): 8-9.
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Update on the publishing history of the Book of Mormon, missionary tracts, and LDS magazines. Includes a chronology of Book of Mormon printings.

ID = [80607]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-05-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Romig, Ronald E. “The Printer’s Manuscript.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 2 (2002).
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Ronald Romig, archivist for the RLDS Church (now renamed the Community of Christ), played a significant role in Royal Skousen’s critical text project. Romig was responsible for overseeing the handling of the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon, which was made available on two different occasions for Skousen to examine for his research. Skousen also examined over twenty copies of the first edition of the Book of Mormon belonging to the Community of Christ. Romig explains his responsibilities and the process of assisting Skousen in the project and also mentions how Skousen’s work has improved the relationship between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and the Community of Christ.

ID = [3100]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 19461  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Smith, Lucy Mack. “The Printing of the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Voice 69 (January/February 1990): 5-8.
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Reprinted from Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors. Historical narrative concerning Joseph Smith’s meetings with E. B. Grandin, Oliver Cowdery’s manuscript transcriptions, securing the copyright, and other details associated with the printing of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80608]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Metcalfe, Brent Lee. “The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis.” In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, edited by Metcalfe, Brent Lee, 395-444. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1993.
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“‘”Oh, my God!’ said Joseph, clinching his hands. ‘All is lost! all is lost! What shall I do? I have sinned—it is I who tempted the wrath of God’” (L. Smith 1853, 121). Such was Joseph Smith’s anguish when he learned that the text of his recently dictated Book of Lehi, totaling some 116 pages,1 had been stolen. Book of Mormon students have only recently begun to appreciate the effect this event had on the subsequent development of the Book of Mormon.” [From Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, textual criticism; Book of Mormon, Lost 116 pages; Book of Mormon, authorship
ID = [82120]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Morris, Larry E. “‘The Private Character of the Man Who Bore That Testimony’ Oliver Cowdery and His Critics.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): Article 17.
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Review of LaMar Petersen. The Creation of the Book of Mormon: A Historical Inquiry. Review of Robert D. Anderson. Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon. Review of Dan Vogel. “The Validity of the Witnesses’ Testimonies.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon

ID = [426]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 94295  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Taylor, John H. “Privilege of Meeting Together—We Are Here to Do Our Father’s Will—All Dependent Upon God for Assistance, Guidance and Direction—The Lord Revealed to Adam the Purpose of Sacrifice—Adam, Before His Death, Called His Family Together and Blessed Them and Prophesied—Many Spirits Have Been Destined to Hold Certain Positions Among Men—Why We Are Gathered—We Must Follow the Teachings of the Spirit, and Honor the Priesthood in All Its Callings—Prepare Ourselves to Enter Holy Places—The Priesthood Must not Tolerate Iniquity—The Church Must Be Purified—Concluding Exhortations.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 26. 1886, 128–135.
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Discourse by President John Taylor, delivered at a Priesthood Meeting, held in the Salt Lake Assembly Hall, Saturday Evening, October 6, 1883. Reported By: John Irvine.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [29630]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1883-10-06  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 24412  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:29
Leavitt, Janit Perry. “Prized Possession.” Friend 23 (June 1993): 15-17.
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A story for children teaching that the Book of Mormon is a “prized possession” that should be shared with friends.

ID = [80001]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Roberts, B. H. “The Probability of Joseph Smith’s Story.” Improvement Era 7, no. 5 (1904): 321-331.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Book of Mormon Translation, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [77087]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Roberts, B. H. “The Probability of Joseph Smith’s Story.” Improvement Era 7 (March 1904): 321–3.
ID = [77284]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-03-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Roberts, B. H. “The Probability of Joseph Smith’s Story - II.” Improvement Era 7, no. 6 (1904): 417-432.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Book of Mormon Translation, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76851]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Roberts, B. H. “The Probability of Joseph Smith’s Story. II.” Improvement Era 7 (April 1904): 417–32.
ID = [77285]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-04-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Clapp, J. C. “Probation After Death.” Saints’ Herald 52 (29 March 1905): 321-24.
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The Book of Mormon sheds great light on the subject of life and the judgments of God that will occur after death.

ID = [80002]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-03-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Harper, Steven C. “The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
ID = [34705]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 48092  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:52
Harper, Steven C. “The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni.” In Raising the Standard of Truth, ed. Scott C. Esplin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [33953]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:48
Matthews, Robert J. “The Probationary Nature of Mortality.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [36780]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 29583  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Probing the Lives of Christ and Joseph Smith.” FARMS Review 21, no. 2 (2009): 1-29.
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This Annual Neal A. Maxwell Lecture was given at Brigham Young University on 20 March 2009. Anderson respects both the Savior, Jesus Christ, and Joseph Smith, seer and revelator. He lays a foundation for the four Gospels and their historical authenticity. He notes the abundance of materials available about Joseph Smith and details his First Vision, the accounts of the Book of Mormon witnesses, sacred influences in Joseph’s life, and the significance of the events at Carthage.

Keywords: Eight Witnesses; First Vision; Jesus Christ; Joseph; Jr.; Prophet; Smith; Three Witnesses
ID = [634]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 68832  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Sperry, Sidney B., and H. Grant Vest. “The Problem of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Church News 3 (16 September 1933): 3, 7.
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Addresses the problems raised by the Isaiah portions contained in the Book of Mormon, including the multiple authorship of Isaiah and resulting conflict in dates, and the similarities and differences between the King James Version wording and Joseph Smith’s translation. Cites the various Hebrew texts to support claims that the Book of Mormon translation is the most accurate.

ID = [80609]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-09-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Vest, H. Grant. “The Problem of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1938.
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A textual analysis of the Isaiah scriptures found in the Book of Mormon compared with the King James Version. The similarities, often word for word, between the two texts are explained but greater emphasis is given to the many differences found in the comparison. Where differences are noted, the Book of Mormon agrees with other versions of Isaiah texts—i.e. the Syriac, Septuagint, and Latin versions. Other differences are found to be Joseph Smith’s own word choice while translating.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Leviticus
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67939]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1938-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:04
Sorensen, A. Don. “The Problem of the Sermon on the Mount and 3 Nephi.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): Article 9.
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Review of William D. Russell. “A Further Inquiry into the Historicity of the Book of Mormon.” Sunstone, September–October 1982, 20–27.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [484]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 71494  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Sorenson, John L. “The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 2 (2000).
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Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

ID = [3047]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 57880  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Dunford, C. Kent. Problems in Archaeology and Religion. Provo, UT: LDS Institute, Brigham Young University, 1966.
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Poses many problems pertaining to scriptural archaeology and provides a number of tentative or positive solutions.

ID = [78173]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1966-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Knowlton, Clark S. “Problems in Book of Mormon Archaeology.” In 13th Annual Symposium on Archaeology of the Scriptures (1 April 1961): 52-54.
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Book of Mormon archaeology presents many problems: the location of Book of Mormon lands is unknown; many researchers are not qualified and have made serious mistakes; some use writings that support LDS theology and ignore unsupportive writings. There is a need to test theories carefully and slowly create a basis of tested and proven evidence to support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80004]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1961-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Ham, Wayne A. “Problems in Interpreting the Book of Mormon as History.” Courage 1 (1970): 15-22.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [82069]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Ham, Wayne. “Problems in Interpreting the Book of Mormon as History.” Courage: A Journal of History, Thought and Action 1 (September 1970): 15-22.
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In this environmentalist approach to the Book of Mormon the author believes that it is difficult to treat the Book of Mormon as an ancient historical document. Alleged problems extant in the Book of Mormon listed by the author include: the explicit mention of the name of Jesus Christ before Jesus’ ministry in Palestine, similarities with the Bible, the Deutero-Isaiah problem, anachronistic mention of synagogues, Greek names, pre-Christian baptism, domesticated animals, Old World crops in America, and textual changes. The writer therefore espouses a “nonliteral view of the Book of Mormon”

ID = [80005]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Petersen, LaMar. Problems in Mormon Text: A brief study of certain changes in important Latter-day Saint publications including the Book of Mormon, Book of Commandments, Doctrine and Covenants, and History of the Church; with references to controversial aspects of the Restoration of the Priesthood and Mormon concepts of Deity. Concord, CA: Pacific Publishing Co., 1976.
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Doubts Joseph Smith’s ability to remember the exact words used by the heavenly personages who visited him several years before he made a written record. The accounts of these visitations do not harmonize. Clearly controversial language has been deleted in the History of the Church

ID = [78174]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
McKeever, William. “Problems in ‘the Land of’ Jerusalem.” Mormonism Researches (Winter 1992): 3-4.
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Uses Biblical quotations and the Amarna tablets to refute the LDS claim that Bethlehem was included in “the land of Jerusalem” as referred to in Alma 7:10.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80003]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. The Problems of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1964.
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Divides the “problems” of the Book of Mormon into two categories. The first are technical, doctrinal, and interpretive problems for members of the Church. The second relates to those raised by critics of the book and the Church. He addresses the nature of man, the problem of history, the use of the Urim and Thummim, the “Gentiles” of the Book of Mormon, the brass plates, Jesus as the Father and the Son, the Pentateuch, Isaiah, Sermon on the Mount, and more. The last five chapters answer criticism raised by apostate Arthur Budvarson.

ID = [78621]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Nibley, Hugh W. “Problems, Not Solutions.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 5 (May 1966): 419–20, 422, 424.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Suggests that any investigation of the Book of Mormon will bring up more problems, not solutions, meaning our prejudices may show answers as solutions, but we don’t always understand things correctly.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Science
ID = [960]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 16997  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Problems, Not Solutions (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 6 (June 1966): 582–83.
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“Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust” looks at the changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Continues the discussion from “Problem, Not Solutions.”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Science
ID = [961]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 7466  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Welch, John W., and Donald W. Parry, eds. Proceedings of the Chiasmus Jubilee Conference at BYU, August 15–16, 2017, sponsored by Book of Mormon Central and BYU Studies. BYU Studies Quarterly 59 - Special Supplement, 2020.
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This book comprises fourteen of the papers presented at “Chiasmus: An Open Conference on the State of the Art,” held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, on August 15–16, 2017. That date marked the fiftieth anniversary of events in Germany and Austria which soon grew into the publication of Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis (Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1981), edited by John W. Welch. Generated forty years ago, that widely-cited volume with a preface by David Noel Freedman featured contributions by authors including Yehuda T. Radday, Jonah Frankel, Bezael Porten, Wilford G. E. Watson, John W. Welch, and Robert F. Smith, about chiasmus in Ugaritic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and other literatures.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Literary and Textual Studies of the Book of Moses
ID = [2558]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses,welch  Size: 816019  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:25
Belnap, Daniel L. “The Process of Apostasy in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon.” In Shedding Light on the New Testament, eds. Ray L. Huntington, Frank F. Judd Jr., and David M. Whitchurch. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Apostasy
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
ID = [35428]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 48618  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Shields, Steven L. “The Process of Translation.” Restoration 1 (October 1982): 1, 23.
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Presents a document written by Lucy Mack Smith to her sister-in-law, Mary Pierce, dated January 23, 1829, which mentions the process of translation. (Editor’s note: this document has since been shown to be a forgery.)

ID = [80611]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1982-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Perry, L. Tom. “Proclaim My Gospel from Land to Land.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1989.
ID = [16170]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1989-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 11795  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:26
Perry, L. Tom. “Proclaim My Gospel from Land to Land.” Ensign, May 1989.
ID = [49027]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11708  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:13
Takagi, Shinji. “Proclaiming the Way in Japanese: The 1909 Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 18, no. 2 (2009): 18-37.
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The early twentieth century found the Japanese language in a state of flux—colloquial Japanese was very slowly beginning to replace classical written Japanese, whose grammar had remained relatively intact for centuries. At this time of change Elder Alma O. Taylor began his 1909 translation of the Book of Mormon. He choose initially to render the text into the colloquial style; however, prodded by his Japanese reviewers, Taylor quickly realized that no publicly praiseworthy translation could be made in colloquial Japanese. The choice to translate the Book of Mormon in the classical language, as well as to have successful Japanese author, Choko Ikuta, review and edit the translation, allowed the 1909 text to accurately portray doctrine as well as to be considered a major literary achievement.

Keywords: Foreign Language Translation; Japanese; Missionary Work
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3237]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 79384  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Bishop, Francis G. “A Proclamation from the Lord to His People Scattered throughout All the Earth.” Kirtland, OH: n.p., 1851.
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A proclamation written to the inhabitants of the world regarding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the restoration of the gospel. Provides a description of the golden plates, the Urim and Thummim, the breast plate, and the sword of Laban.

ID = [77440]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1851-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Pratt, Parley P. “Proclamation! To the People of the Coasts and Islands of the Pacific (Ocean), of Every Nation, Kindred, and Tongue.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 14, no. 30, 31 (18 September 1852, 25 September 1852): 465-70, 481-85.
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An apostolic manifesto enunciating basic principles of the Restoration. Addresses the “red man” identifying the Book of Mormon as a record of their people. Admonishes them to respond to the gospel and promises that they will thereby feel joy. Refers to the Book of Mormon as “that book of books, that Ensign to the nations”

ID = [80922]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1852-09-18  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Pratt, Parley P. Proclamation!: To the People of the Coasts and Islands of the Pacif,c; of Every Nation, Kindred and Tongue. Sydney, Australia: C. W. Wandell, 1851.
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See also Millennial Star

ID = [78175]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1851-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Shute, R. Wayne, and E. Vance Randall. “Professor Anthon: A Plagiarist.” Saints’ Herald 90 (13 February 1943): 5, 22.
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Examining the life of Professor Anthon proved him to be an impostor. He knew French well enough to translate a Frenchman’s work, and he published it without giving credit where it was due. Perhaps he was “bluffing” concerning his knowledge of Egyptian.

ID = [80006]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1943-02-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Millennial Star. “A Professor’s Comment on the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 43 (27 October 1927): 682.
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Charles H. Hull, a non- Mormon professor of American history at Cornell University, states that he believes that “the Book of Mormon to be one of the most famous and widely discussed books ever published in America”

ID = [81400]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-10-27  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Christensen, Ross T. Progress in Archaeology (an Anthology). Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
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Selections from 1951-1963 issues of the University Archaeology Society Newsletter that are scripture-related. Many deal with Book of Mormon subjects: transoceanic influences, Book of Mormon geography and chronology, the horse in ancient America, use of cement, Mayan writing.

ID = [78176]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Jakeman, M. Wells. “Progress of 1961 Excavations at Aguacatal.” In 13th Annual Symposium on Archaeology of the Scriptures (1 April 1961): 60-68.
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There are many possible sites for the Book of Mormon city Bountiful and its temple. One possible site is Aguacatal, which in many respects is similar to the descriptions of Bountiful in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80007]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1961-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Jakeman, M. Wells. “Progress of Archaeology in Book of Mormon Lands.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 22 (23 August 1954): 2-4.
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Archaeological information about Book of Mormon lands has come to light largely since 1830. Since 1910 excavations have revealed the existence of two pre-classic periods in Mexico and Central America: “Early pre- classic” or “lower archaic” and “late pre-classic” or “upper archaic” Correspondences in these sites have been found in the Book of Mormon in areas, time or period, number and order, and characteristics.

ID = [80008]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-08-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Progression and Retrogression.” Improvement Era 22, no. 6 (1919): 465-473.
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In rebuttal to the theory of evolution, this article points out that the first man on earth was intelligent, kept records, and knew the gospel. Then the children of men rebelled and fell into a degenerate state. Ancient America and the Book of Mormon are good examples of progression and retrogression.

Keywords: Adam (Prophet), Book of Mormon, Evolution, Pride Cycle, Progression
ID = [77138]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
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: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Church News. “Projects Tell Gospel.” Church News 42 (29 January 1972): 10.
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Announcing two projects, supervised by the BYU Center for Specialized Language Study, one of which includes translating the Book of Mormon into three dialects of the Quechua language (spoken by Indians in South America).

ID = [80010]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-01-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Spencer, Joseph M. “Prolegomena to Any Future Study of Isaiah in the Book or Mormon.” The Claremont Journal of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (May, 2011): 53-69.
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In this article, Spencer argues that understanding the important role of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon is essential to making sense of the Book of Mormon itself. He critiques what he calls “misguided approaches to Isaiah”, and from there he assesses Isaiah within the Book of Mormon and what his significance really is.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, miscellaneous; Book of Mormon, Bible and; Scriptures, textual criticism
ID = [82054]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-05-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Peterson, Daniel C. “Prolegomena to the DNA Articles.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 25-34.
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Peterson addresses Thomas Murphy’s criticism of the Book of Mormon and shows that Murphy does not incorporate other scholars, whether they be in favor of or against the Book of Mormon, into his research. Rather, he uses his own opinions and previous writings as the basis for his claims.

Keywords: Criticism; DNA; Genetics; Science
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [451]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review,peterson  Size: 22078  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Stout, Jarolyn Ballard. “The Promise of Our Future Together.” Ensign, August 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [60672]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3495  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:33
Church News. “The Promised Land.” Church News 48 (7 January 1978): 16.
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The December 1977 issue of National Geographic told of a group of Irish monks who set out in a leather boat to find the “Promised Land of the saints” in about A.D. 600. We do not know how they knew about the Promised land.

ID = [80612]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-01-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Brown, S. Kent, and Peter N. Johnson, eds. “The Promised Land.” In Journey of Faith: From Jerusalem to the Promised Land
ID = [75525]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Brinley, Douglas E. “The Promised Land and Its Covenant Peoples.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 39–64. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36798]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 47606  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Cole, Clarissa Katherine. “Promised Land, Concept of a.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 3:1160. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Promised Land; Zion
ID = [74930]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom,old-test  Size: 2685  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:16
Bunker, William E. “Promises of Old—Yet New.” Improvement Era 47, no. 12 (1944): 741.
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This article is a collection of Book of Mormon scriptures that reiterate the promises of the Lord concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Moroni’s Promise, Prophecy
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77109]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1944-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Mills, John M. Pronouncing Vocabulary. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union, 1920.
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Pamphlet containing pronouncing guide for Book of Mormon names, designed to be taped into the back of the 1920 edition of the scriptures.

ID = [78177]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1920-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Pronouncing Vocabulary of the Book of Mormon. Lamoni, IA: Herald House, 1902.
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Guide for standardized pronunciation of Book of Mormon names. Includes people and places and a scripture reference for each.

ID = [78178]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1902-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
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: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Smith, Henry A. “Proof from the Gold of Pyrgi.” Instructor 101 (November 1966): 444-45.
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Discusses recent discoveries that provide evidence that ancient people did write on metal plates, including the finding of gold plates found in Pyrgi, Italy, that bear ancient inscriptions.

ID = [80012]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Dennis, Ronald D. “Proofs—Book of Mormon.” In Defending the Faith, ed. Ronald D. Dennis. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
ID = [37438]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 38182  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:26
Ricks, Stephen D. “Proper Names from the Small Plates: Some Notes on the Personal Names Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 233-240.
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Abstract: With a selection of a few notable examples (Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah) that have been analyzed by the ongoing Book of Mormon names project, Stephen Ricks argues that “proper names in the Book of Mormon are demonstrably ancient.”
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.See Stephen D. Ricks, “Proper Names from the Small Plates: Some Notes on the Personal Names Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 351–58. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.].

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Topics > Literary and Textual Studies > Proper Names
ID = [3459]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 14897  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Nibley, Hugh W. “Proper Names in the Book of Mormon.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
In this document, we test certain proper names in the Book of Mormon in the light of actual names from Lehi’s world, unknown in the time of Joseph Smith. Not only do the names agree, but the variations follow the correct rules and the names are found in correct statistical proportions, the Egyptian and Hebrew types being of almost equal frequency, along with a sprinkling of Hittite, Arabic, and Greek names. To reduce speculation to a minimum, the lesson is concerned only with highly distinctive and characteristic names, and to clearly stated and universally admitted rules. Even so, the reader must judge for himself. In case of doubt he is encouraged to correspond with recognized experts in the languages concerned. The combination of the names Laman and Lemuel, the absence of Baal names, the predominance of names ending in -iah such facts as those need no trained philologist to point them out; they can be demonstrated most objectively, and they are powerful evidence in behalf of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics > Names
ID = [2053]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Ray, Brian K. “‘Proper Order’—A Powerful Precept of the Book of Mormon.” 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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By definition, order means being in the proper relationship or arrangement. In a gospel context, order is found in enjoying a harmonious relationship with God. This chapter will examine what the Book of Mormon teaches about order, how students of the Book of Mormon can order their lives, and the related doctrines of ordination and ordinances.

Keywords: Authority; Order; Ordinances; Ordination; Precept; Priesthood; Relationship
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
ID = [35819]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 23526  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:15
Hunter, Milton R. “Prophecies and Blessings to the Lamanites.” Improvement Era 62, no. 12 (1959): 928-931.
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This article claims that God is beginning to fulfill his promises as recorded in the Book of Mormon that the gospel will be opened unto the Lamanites.

Keywords: Missionary Work, Native Americans, Native Americans – Maya, Prophecy
ID = [76779]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1959-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Meldrum, Rod L., and Bruce H. Porter. Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon and the United States of America: “The Heartland Model”. New York: Digital Legend Press and Pub., 2009.
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“This book introduces the reader to the Book of Mormon’s authoritative hierarchy of internal and external ’witnesses,’ beginning with the 36 prophecies and promises that its ancient writers originally intended latter-day readers to use in identifying the promised land of their day and ours. Readers will discover how these prophecies and promises establish and reveal a specific latter-day nation as the Promised Land of the Book of Mormon.” [Publisher’s abstract]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Mormon thought, Book of Mormon geography; Prophecies; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon
ID = [81494]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Turner, Floy L., ed. Prophecies and Sermons from the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1965.
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Book of Mormon texts that focus primarily on visions, prophetic utterances, and sermons.

ID = [78179]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1965-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Cannon, George Q. “Prophecies and Truth of the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 10, no. 2 (1875): 16-17.
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Points out that plain and precious truths lost from the Bible are included in the Book of Mormon, specifically truths concerning the mortal ministry of Jesus Christ. Quotes the teachings of Nephi and King Benjamin regarding the Messiah’s earthly advent.

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Birth of, King Benjamin, Nephi (Son of Lehi), Prophecy
ID = [75823]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1875-01-23  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Cannon, George Q. “Prophecies and Truth of the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor10 (23 January 1875): 16-17.
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Points out that plain and precious truths lost from the Bible are included in the Book of Mormon, speciically truths concerning the mortal ministry of Jesus Christ. Quotes the teachings of Nephi and King Benjamin regarding the Messiah’s earthly advent.

ID = [80013]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1875-01-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Corbett, Don C. Prophecies Contained in Book of Mormon. N.p, n.d.
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A mimeographed sheet containing a collection of prophecies delivered throughout the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78180]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Crowther, Duane S. The Prophecies of Joseph Smith. Bountiful, UT: Horizon Publishers, 1983.
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An in-depth study of Joseph Smith’s prophecies and their fulillment, many of which apply to the Book of Mormon. Includes a history of Joseph Smith from Moroni’s visit to the completion of the book’s translation and publication.

ID = [78622]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Morris, Nephi Lowell. Prophecies of Joseph Smith and Their Fulfillment. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1920.
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The Book of Mormon is a volume of prophecy and also a fulfillment of other prophecies. Morris cites many passages that prophesy of the greatness of America and the liberty to be enjoyed on the American continent. These passages have been fulfilled particularly noting the Monroe Doctrine and the ill success of Emperor Maximilian over Mexico and Dom Pedro of Brazil.

ID = [78181]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1920-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Pratt, Noel B. Prophecies of the American Indians. Independence, MO: Zion, 1966.
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A booklet comprising 1 Nephi of the Book of Mormon, with several headings.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [78182]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1966-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Johnson, David J. “Prophecies of the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon and Their Fulfillment.” The Young Woman’s Journal 2, no. 4 (1891): 310-313.
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Quotes Isaiah 29 and prophecies within the Book of Mormon concerning its eventual appearance in the latter days. Recounts events surrounding its preparation for publication, with emphasis on the experiences of the Three Witnesses.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Isaiah (Prophet), Prophecy, Restoration, Three Witnesses
ID = [76036]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1891-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Johnson, David J. “Prophecies of the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon and Their Fulfillment.” The Young Woman’s Journal 2, no. 4 (1891): 310-313.
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Quotes Isaiah 29 and prophecies within the Book of Mormon concerning its eventual appearance in the latter days. Recounts events surrounding its preparation for publication, with emphasis on the experiences of the Three Witnesses.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Isaiah (Prophet), Prophecy, Restoration, Three Witnesses
ID = [76556]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1891-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Johnson, David J. “Prophecies of the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon and Their Fulfillment.” Young Woman’s Journal 2 (April 1891): 310-13.
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Quotes Isaiah 29 and prophecies within the Book of Mormon concerning its eventual appearance in the latter days. Recounts events surrounding its preparation for publication, with emphasis on the experiences of the Three Witnesses.

ID = [80014]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1891-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Parsons, Robert E. “The Prophecies of the Prophets.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 271–81. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36905]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 19601  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Sorenson, John L. “Prophecy Among the Maya.” 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: Ancient America; Maya; Mesoamerica; Prophecy
ID = [66520]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Anderson, Edward H., and Heber J. Grant. “Prophecy and History I.” Improvement Era 28, no. 3 (1925): 249-251.
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This series of study guides contains several lessons that address the Book of Mormon and prophecy. It also deals with the Book of Mormon as fulfillment of ancient prophecy, prophecies in the Book of Mormon that have been fulfilled, are now being fulfilled, and others that have not yet been fulfilled. Furthermore, it looks at prophecies dealing with the American Indian, the United States, and the Latter-day Saints. The first part covers “the Book of Mormon as a fulfillment of ancient prophecy,” “of prophecies within itself,” and “of modern prophecy.”

Keywords: Prophecy, Study Helps
ID = [76983]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Anderson, Edward H., and Heber J. Grant. “Prophecy and History II.” Improvement Era 28, no. 4 (1925): 362-263.
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This series of study guides contains several lessons that address the Book of Mormon and prophecy. It also deals with the Book of Mormon as fulfillment of ancient prophecy, prophecies in the Book of Mormon that have been fulfilled, are now being fulfilled, and others that have not yet been fulfilled. Furthermore, it looks at prophecies dealing with the American Indian, the United States, and the Latter-day Saints. The second part covers “some prophecies in the Book of Mormon already fulfilled,” “now being fulfilled,” and “not yet being fulfilled,”

Keywords: Prophecy, Study Helps
ID = [77075]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Anderson, Edward H., and Heber J. Grant. “Prophecy and History III.” Improvement Era 28, no. 5 (1925): 479-480.
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This series of study guides contains several lessons that address the Book of Mormon and prophecy. It also deals with the Book of Mormon as fulfillment of ancient prophecy, prophecies in the Book of Mormon that have been fulfilled, are now being fulfilled, and others that have not yet been fulfilled. Furthermore, it looks at prophecies dealing with the American Indian, the United States, and the Latter-day Saints. The third part covers “prophecies and promises to individuals,” “prophecies with promise to nations and peoples,” and “prophecies in the Book of Mormon not found in any other scripture.”

Keywords: Prophecy, Study Helps
ID = [77074]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Anderson, Edward H., and Heber J. Grant. “Prophecy and History IV.” Improvement Era 28, no. 6 (1925): 582-583.
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This series of study guides contains several lessons that address the Book of Mormon and prophecy. It also deals with the Book of Mormon as fulfillment of ancient prophecy, prophecies in the Book of Mormon that have been fulfilled, are now being fulfilled, and others that have not yet been fulfilled. Furthermore, it looks at prophecies dealing with the American Indian, the United States, and the Latter-day Saints. The fourth part covers “prophecies and promises to the American Indian,” “to the United States as a nation,” and “to the Latter-day Saints.”

Keywords: Native Americans, Prophecy, Study Helps, United States
ID = [77057]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Olsen, Steven L. “Prophecy and History: Structuring the Abridgment of the Nephite Records.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 1 (2006): 18-29, 70-71.
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Utilizing techniques adapted from literary criticism, this paper investigates the narrative structure of the Book of Mormon, particularly the relationship between Nephi’s first-person account and Mormon’s third-person abridgment. A comparison of the order and relative prominence of material from 1 Nephi 12 with the content of Mormon’s historical record reveals that Mormon may have intentionally patterned the structure of his narrative after Nephi’s prophetic vision—a conclusion hinted at by Mormon himself in his editorial comments. With this understanding, readers of the Book of Mormon can see how Mormon’s sometimes unusual editorial decisions are actually guided by an overarching desire to show that Nephi’s prophecies have been dramatically and literally fulfilled in the history of his people.

Keywords: Abridgment; History; Literary Criticism; Mormon (Prophet); Narrative; Nephite; Prophecy; Structure
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3177]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 59928  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Relief Society Magazine. “Prophecy and the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 5 (March 1918): 166-69.
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The prophetic teachings in 2 Nephi offer great hope and comfort as America is threatened by the crisis of World War I. Other prophecies in the Book of Mormon add to the testimony that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [80015]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1918-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Friend. “A Prophecy Come True.” Friend 9 (December 1979): 39.
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A children’s story: the prophecy of Samuel the Lamanite came true, for during the night it was like day and the people knew that Christ was born.

ID = [78918]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
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: 6/17/24 9:03:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 13: Prophecy in the Book of Mormon: The Three Periods.” In Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 7, 2nd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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A hundred years ago, the Book of Mormon was regarded by the scholarly world as an odd text that simply did not fit their understanding of the ancient world. Since that time, however, numerous ancient records have come to light, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. These discoveries have forced scholars to change their views of history, and they place the Book of Mormon in a new light as well. That is why respected Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley wrote Since Cumorah, a brilliant literary, theological, and historical evaluation of the Book of Mormon as an ancient book.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2077]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
McKay, Robert A. “A Prophecy of Columbus?” The Evangel 39 (November 1992): 6.
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Since the Book of Mormon contradicts itself, the Bible, and the LDS church, the statement in 1 Nephi 13:12 traditionally interpreted as a prophecy of Columbus’s arrival in America was obviously not written before 1492, making the Book of Mormon “at best a pious fraud”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [78919]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Olive, Phyllis Carol. The Prophesied Coming of Christ: Book of Mormon, Native America, and Latter-day Prophecies of the Second Coming. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, Inc., 2017.
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“The Second Coming of Christ has been prophesied from the very beginning of this earth, and after millennia of prophecies, we are beginning to see their fulfillment in these last days. This insightful book looks back at prophecies from the Book of Mormon, from various Native American tribes, and from prophets of the restored gospel. Today, we are living the fulfillment of these prophesies living in the eleventh hour. It is more important than ever that we are prepared, for as we look back at history, mankind has either risen in glory because of their righteousness or fallen because of sin. In the end, you must ask yourself, On this scale, where do we stand today?” [PUBLISHER]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Book of Mormon; Prophecies
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Church News. “Prophet Counsels Sisters to Live up to Divine Potential.” Church News 56 (5 October 1986): 3, 6.
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President Benson lists several things that the sisters of the Church should do, including the need to daily read and ponder the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80016]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-10-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Hart, John L. “Prophet Donates ‘Book for Our Day’” Church News 56 (26 January 1986): 10.
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President Benson and his family personalize dozens of copies of the Book of Mormon a month. Article describes the influence personalized Books of Mormon have and tells about the Family-to-Family Book of Mormon program.

ID = [80017]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-01-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Smith, Joseph, Jr. The Prophet Joseph Smith Tells His Own Story; A Brief History of the Early Visions of the Prophet. Independence, MO: Zion’s,n.d.
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An account of Joseph Smith’s history, written in 1838. A further history is added by an unknown author and includes a description of the organization of the Church, the Kirtland Temple dedication, the Saints’ persecution in Missouri, the trek to Illinois, the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum, and the move westward.

ID = [78623]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Wilson, E. Jan, and John A. Tvedtnes. “The Prophet Like Moses.” Insights 27, no. 5 (2007).
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One of the most frequently quoted Old Testament passages in scripture is Moses’s prophecy as re corded in Deuteronomy 18:15–19: The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Keywords: Old Testament; Moses; Book of Mormon; prophet; revelations
ID = [66866]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-05  Collections:  bom,farms-insights,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Seely, David Rolph. “‘A Prophet Like Moses’ (Deuteronomy 18:15–18) in the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 265-280.
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Abstract: David Seely provides a wide-ranging survey of interpretations of the prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:15–18 concerning “a prophet like unto Moses.” He examines relevant passages in the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Dead Sea Scrolls and shows how the prophecy has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ and others, continuing with Joseph Smith’s role in the Restoration and onward to the present day.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.See David R. Seely, ““A Prophet Like Moses” (Deuteronomy 18:15–18) in the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 359–74. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.].

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Topics > General Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
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Turner, Rodney. “The Prophet Nephi.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 79–97. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36893]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 39822  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
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: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Parry, E. F. A Prophet of Latter Days: His Divine Mission Vindicated. Liverpool: Millennial Star Office, 1897?.
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Joseph Smith was a true prophet, and the Book of Mormon is one of the fruits of his labors—all of which testify of his inspiration. Many external evidences are cited to demonstrate the authenticity of the Book of Mormon, including newly discovered evidence of ancient cities, and the fact that many Mesoamerican scholars support the idea that the ancient Mesoamericans’ culture reflected Near Eastern relations.

ID = [77441]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1897-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Gregg, Thomas. Prophet of Palmyra. New York: Alden, 1890.
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A polemical history of Mormonism. Chapters 1- 10 and 41-45 deal with the Book of Mormon and advances the Spaulding theory for the Book of Mormon’s origin, looks at the Anthon denials, and examines external and internal evidences against the Book of Mormon’s authenticity.

ID = [78183]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1890-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Caswell, Henry. The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century: or the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-day Saints. London: J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1843.
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Desires to reveal the fraudulent nature of the Mormon religion. Chapter 2 discusses Solomon Spaulding and the Spaulding Manuscript. Chapter 3 is an account of the publication of the Book of Mormon. The appendix features a summary of the contents of the Book of Mormon with interjections by the author.

ID = [78624]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1843-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Avant, Gerry. “Prophet Retraces Paths of Church History.” Church News 56 (10 August 1986): 7-9.
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President Benson visits key Church history sites that are connected to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and bears testimony of its truthfulness.

ID = [80018]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-08-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Connell, Maurice W. “The Prophet Said Silk.” Improvement Era 65, no. 5 (1962): 324-326, 338-340, 342, 344-345.
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This article discusses how the inclusion of the word “silk” in the Book of Mormon has been met with controversy. The author offers evidence that there might have been silk production prior to the Spanish conquest, substantiated by excerpts from Thomas Gage’s autobiography published in 1758.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Book of Mormon Anachronisms, Fabric, Pre-Columbian American History, Silk, Textiles
ID = [77086]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet Told, ‘We Prayed You Here’” Church News 58 (5 November 1988): 3, 13.
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President Benson said that the Book of Mormon was written for people today, and that members should study and teach it. “We have not been using the Book of Mormon as we should,” and “our homes are not as strong unless we are using it to bring our children to Christ”

ID = [80019]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-11-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet Urges Following in Savior’s Steps.” Church News 57 (14 February 1987): 3.
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President Benson told seminary and institute students that “wisdom is the proper application of true knowledge” and that all knowledge and truth are not of equal importance. Seeking knowledge and truth in the scriptures is of greatest worth. Understanding the value of worship in one’s life is best achieved by reading the Book of Mormon and following Moroni’s counsel.

ID = [80020]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-02-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet Visits Area of Father’s Mission.” Church News 57 (17 October 1987): 3-4.
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President Benson spoke at the Des Moines, Iowa Regional Conference, the same area where his father served a mission nearly 75 years earlier. He spoke about using the Book of Mormon correctly in our lives.

ID = [80021]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-10-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Avant, Gerry. “Prophet Walks Historic Paths During Ohio Visit.” Church News 56 (30 March 1986): 3-4.
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President Benson visits historic Church sites in Kirtland, Ohio, and reminds the Latter-day Saints to use the Book of Mormon in family and home life because it was written for the people of this present era.

ID = [80022]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-03-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Avant, Gerry. “Prophet Warns Against Sins of Last Days.” Church News 58 (13 February 1988): 14.
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President Benson uses the Book of Mormon to warn people that the plaguing sin of this generation is sexual immorality, and that pride is the universal sin. Both sins, however, can be combated.

ID = [80023]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-02-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Prophetic Book of Mormon.” 17 pp. typed transcript of a talk given in a Brigham Young University Alumni House lecture on 23 September 1981.
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Reprinted in Seventh East Press.
This material is not the same as that included in Since Cumorah under the same title. This appeared in the Seventh East Press, 27 March 1982. 6–8, 16–17, and was published in The Prophetic Book of Mormon, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8. 435–69.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [1205]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1981-09-23  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Prophetic Book of Mormon.” Seventh East Press, 27 March 1982, 6–8, 16–17.
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Reprinted in The Prophetic Book of Mormon, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8. 435–69.
A talk given at the BYU Alumni House on 23 September 1981, originally a manuscript of 17 pp., d.s.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [812]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-03-27  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 20: The Prophetic Book of Mormon.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2100]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. The Prophetic Book of Mormon. The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8, edited by John W. Welch. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989. xi + 595 pp.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (CWHN)
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Chapters

Welch, John W. “Foreword.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [2080]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  nibley,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 1: The Stick of Judah.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible > Old Testament > Characters > Ezekiel
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2081]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 2: Columbus and Revelation.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally printed in The Instructor.
Relevant to 1 Nephi 13:11–12, this brief article gives historical evidence showing that Columbus was moved upon by the Holy Ghost.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Characters > Christopher Columbus
ID = [2082]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 3: New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [2083]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 4: Kangaroo Court.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally published as a series called “Mixed Voices“: A Study in Book of Mormon Criticism in the Improvement Era.
A witty exposé of anti-Mormon methods of Book of Mormon criticism.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [2084]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 5: Just Another Book?” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally published as a series called “Mixed Voices“: A Study in Book of Mormon Criticism in the Improvement Era.
Shows ways in which the Book of Mormon was out-of-sorts with the nineteenth century and, thus, not just another book of that time.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [2085]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 6: The Grab Bag.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally published in the Improvement Era in July 1959.
A look into how and where anti-Mormon sources get their ideas and information, and how to protect against them.

See also: “The Grab Bag” (1959)
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Criticisms, Apologetics
ID = [2086]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 7: What Frontier, What Camp Meeting?” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Reprinted from the article by the same name.
This article responds to the assertion that the Book of Mormon is a product of the religious and political milieu of the American frontier.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Joseph Smith > Criticisms, Apologetics
ID = [2087]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 8: The Comparative Method.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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A combination of two articles originally published in the Improvement Era’s series titled “Mixed Voices“ on Book of Mormon Criticism, which ran October–November 1959.
The good and bad sides of comparing the Book of Mormon to other works.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Comparative Analysis
ID = [2088]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 9: The Boy Nephi in Jerusalem.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally published as an article in The Instructor.
Historical fiction about the possible thoughts on a day in the life of the twelve-year-old Nephi in Jerusalem.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Places > Old World > Jerusalem
ID = [2089]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 10: Literary Style Used in Book of Mormon Insured Accurate Translation.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics > Literary Style
ID = [2090]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 11: The Book of Mormon: True or False?” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally published as an article in Milennial Star.
Nibley argues that if Joseph Smith was not telling the truth when he provided the world with the Book of Mormon, then he recklessly exposed his forgery and fraud to public discovery. In the course of his argument, Nibley complains about what is currently being called “parallelomania.” Everywhere in Book of Mormon criticism, as well as in the scholarly world generally, various parallels are noted, and simplistic explanations are made to flow from those supposed parallels. With the Book of Mormon, the end result is that, with those who study nineteenth-century materials and who read English literature, the tendency is to leap to the conclusion that they have discovered the sources upon which Joseph Smith presumably drew in fabricating the Book of Mormon; they are then quick to condemn the book as a forgery, or, when sentimental attachments to the Mormon community remain, they see the fabrication of fiction as a kind of inspiration, or at least as potentially inspiring, thus providing a novel and competing theory of what constitutes divine revelation.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [2091]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 12: Howlers in the Book of Mormon.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally printed in the Milennial Star (1963).
Lists over twenty Book of Mormon points that may have seemed ridiculous in 1830 but that “appear very different” in light of modern scholarship, including transoceanic voyaging, gold plates, steel, elephants, coins, names, literary and ritual patterns, execution, and modes of prophecy and revelation.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [2092]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 13: The Mormon View of the Book of Mormon.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2093]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 14: Ancient Temples: What Do They Signify?” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Reprint of the 1972 Ensign article.
These are comments about the roles of ancient temples in general, with an emphasis on Mesoamerican temples as centers of religion, culture, the arts, and world view.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Temples > Ancient Temples
ID = [2094]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 15: Bar-Kochba and Book of Mormon Backgrounds.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > History > Jewish History > Bar Kochba
ID = [2095]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 16: Churches in the Wilderness.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally printed in An Approach to the Book of Mormon (1957).
Long before the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, Robert Eisler called attention to the existence of societies of ancient sectaries, including the early Christians, who fled to the desert and formed pious communities there after the manner of the order of Rekhabites (Jeremiah 35). More recently, E. Kdsemann and U. W. Mauser have taken up the theme, and the pope himself has referred to his followers as “the Wayfaring Church,” of all things. No aspect of the gospel is more fundamental than that which calls the Saints out of the world; it has recently been recognized as fundamental to the universal apocalyptic pattern and is now recognized as a basic teaching of the prophets of Israel, including the Lord Himself. It is the central theme of the Book of Mormon, and Lehi’s people faithfully follow the correct routine of flights to the desert as their stories now merge with new manuscript finds from the Dead Sea and elsewhere. And while many Christian communities have consciously sought to imitate the dramatic flight into the wilderness, from monastic orders to Pilgrim fathers, only the followers of Joseph Smith can claim the distinction of a wholesale, involuntary, and total expulsion into a most authentic wilderness. Now, the Book of Mormon is not only a typical product of a religious people driven to the wilds (surprisingly we have learned since 1950 that such people had a veritable passion for writing books and keeping records) but it actually contains passages that match some of the Dead Sea Scrolls almost word for word. Isn’t that going a bit too far? How, one may ask, would Alma be able to quote from a book written on the other side of the world among people with whom his own had lost all contact for five hundred years? Joseph Smith must have possessed supernatural cunning to have foreseen such an impasse, yet his Book of Mormon explains it easily: Alma informs us that the passages in question are not his, but he is quoting them directly from an ancient source, the work of an early prophet of Israel named Zenos. Alma and the author of the Thanksgiving Scroll are drawing from the same ancient source. No wonder they sound alike.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Dead Sea Scrolls
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Moses > Characters > Enoch
ID = [2096]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 17: Freemen and King-men in the Book of Mormon.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally presented as a talk given in the 1980s at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.
Captain Moroni was a man of peace. This chapteranalyzes war, government, management, the political tactics and strategies of Amalickiah, and the constant struggle between those who follow the ways of righteousness and those who promote wicked political agendas. Includes notes about similar political problems in ancient Mesoamerican societies.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [2097]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 18: The Lachish Letters.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Ancient Texts > Lachish Letters
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [2098]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  nibley,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 19: Christ Among the Ruins.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally printed as an article in the Ensign.
A comparison of the Old World early Christian “forty-day ministry” story with the New World 3 Nephi accounts.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Characters > Jesus Christ
ID = [2099]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 21: Scriptural Perspectives on How to Survive the Calamities of the Last Days.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days. The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon’s teachings for the last days.
Hugh Nibley provides insights from Latter-day Saint scripture about the last days. In the Little Apocalypse of Matthew 24 and Joseph Smith—Matthew, Jesus prophesies of the events that will precede the end of the world and emphasizes that his Second Coming will be a complete surprise. People are not supposed to prepare for that day; rather, they should live every day as if the Lord were coming on that day. The only preparation is to avoid taking advantage of others, oppressing the poor, and living in luxury. The difference between the righteous and the wicked is that the righteous are the ones who are repenting. Strictly speaking, there are no “good guys”; everyone needs to repent. Numerous stories in the Book of Mormon illustrate distinctions between righteous and wicked behavior. These scripture stories were intended for our day so that we may learn how to properly prepare for the last days.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > History > Christian History, Apostasy > Eschatology, Last Days
ID = [2101]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 22: Last Call: An Apocalyptic Warning from the Book of Mormon.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally published in Sunstone (1988).
The Book of Mormon’s message of Christ specifically is to “show”—and “convince”—by a bulwark of historical evidence through which the doctrine must be considered. The ascension motif—“righteous man rising above the wicked world by supplicating God”—is repeated over and over. It is symbolic and warns mankind to spiritually break away from his real enemy, himself, in the world of sin.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > History > Christian History, Apostasy > Eschatology, Last Days
ID = [2102]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 23: The Book of Mormon: Forty Years After.” In The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 8. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Originally presented as a talk given at the Sunstone 1988 Book of Mormon Lecture Series, 10 May 1988, at the Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Utah.
Even after forty years of research, new insights are still to be found in the Book of Mormon. Examples come from the episode at the waters of Sebus, wordprinting, Enos and the princes of India, Isabel as a Phoenician name, the Zoramites as dissenters, and clear statements about God and man, riches, economics, and repentance.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [2103]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Johnson, Clark V. “Prophetic Decree and Ancient Histories Tell the Story of America.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 125–39. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
ID = [36850]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 28521  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Brown, S. Kent. “The Prophetic Laments of Samuel the Lamanite.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1 no. 1 (1992).
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The wide-ranging sermon of Samuel the Lamanite, spoken from the top of the city wall of Zarahemla, exhibits poetic features in a censuring passage—features that bear similarities to laments found in the Bible, most notably in the Psalms. Like the laments in the Bible, those in Samuel’s speech show contacts with worship. In distinction to the biblical laments, but like the Thanksgiving Hymns of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the poetic pieces in Samuel’s sermon reveal a set of prophecies that find fulfillment in later periods, including the days of Mormon, the compiler and editor of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [2820]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 43859  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Brown, S. Kent. “The Prophetic Laments of Samuel the Lamanite.” In From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon, 128–145. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1998.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [36652]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 41251  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
McGuire, Richard S. “Prophetic Lawsuits in the Hebrew Bible and in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1983.
ID = [8528]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Midgley, Louis C. “Prophetic Messages or Dogmatic Theology? Commenting on the Book of Mormon: A Review Essay.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 91-113.
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Review of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Volume I: First and Second Nephi (1987), and Volume II: Jacob through Mosiah (1988), by Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet. The faith of the Nephites and the language of the Book of Mormon tends to be harmonized with certain contemporary statements about Mormon beliefs. The Book of Mormon should be more than a resource for theology. Rather than seeking confirmation for what we already know, we should search for the meaning and message of the text.

Keywords: Doctrine; Nephite; Prophet; Prophetic; Theology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [51]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 59115  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
McDonald, Angus. Prophetic Numbers: Or the Rise, Progress, and Future Destiny of the Mormons by a Free Thinking Optical Professor, Who Will Deliver Lectures on the Subject, Illustrated by Stereopticon Dissolving Views, and Zodiacal Map. Salt Lake City: W. M. Egan, 1885.
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Shows how using the prophetic numbers may prove that the establishment of the LDS church and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon fits the prophetic timetable found in the scriptures such as those in Daniel and the book of Revelation. Advocates that the Book of Mormon substantiates plural marriage.

ID = [78184]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1885-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hardy, Grant R. “Prophetic Perspectives: How Lehi and Nephi Applied the Lessons of Lehi’s Dream.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35268]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 37284  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Kramer, Neal W. “Prophetic Principles for Building Zion.” 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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When we think of the doctrine of Zion as taught in the Book of Mormon, our minds often turn to 4 Nephi. The book describes in a few verses a society organized around the principles taught by the Savior to a righteous remnant of Nephites and Lamanites at the temple in Bountiful. Some important characteristics of this community of Christians were faith, family, hope, peace, security, and happiness. Indeed, Mormon powerfully asserts that “there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God”. Imagine that! They were happier than the citizens of the city of Enoch, happier than Mechizedek’s city of Salem. This Book of Mormon Zion had been foretold from the time Lehi and his family left Jerusalem. In preparation for that great day, crucial principles about Zion were regularly taught by prophets like King Benjamin and Alma the Elder. But the Book of Mormon was written for our day to assist us in preparing for the building of our Zion. And so the Book of Mormon calls us to come unto Christ and take upon His name by building Zion, which is founded on the principles of equality, unity, covenants, and priesthood organization.

Keywords: 4 Nephi; Covenant; Equality; Organization; Priesthood; Principle; Prophet; Unity; Zion
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [35820]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 33329  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:15
Ells, Josiah. “Prophetic Truth Con rmed in the Appearing of the Book of Mormon.” Pittsburgh: n.p., 1881.
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A dialogue between one who believes and one who does not believe in the Book of Mormon. The author quotes biblical prophecies dealing with the Book of Mormon, and discusses the Kinderhook plates and the Anthon transcript.

ID = [78185]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1881-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Crowther, Duane S. Prophetic Warnings to Modern America. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1977.
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Refers to passages from the Book of Mormon that warn of perilous circumstances that will come to America, including the intrusion of secret combinations.

ID = [78186]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
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: 6/17/24 5:22:46

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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
Flake, Lawrence R. “Oliver Cowdery.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36413]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4322  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:19
Flake, Lawrence R. “Hyrum Smith.” In Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
ID = [36414]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3889  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:19
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
Flake, Lawrence R. “William 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 = [36514]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3940  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
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: 6/17/24 5:43:20
Christensen, Kevin. “Prophets and Kings in Lehi’s Jerusalem and Margaret Barker’s Temple Theology.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 177-193.
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For an introduction, see Benjamin L. McGuire, “Josiah’s Reform: An Introduction.”
For a counterpoint, see William J. Hamblin, “Vindicating Josiah.”
Abstract: King Josiah’s reign has come under increasing focus for its importance to the formation of the Hebrew Bible, and for its proximity to the ministry of important prophets such as Jeremiah and Lehi. Whereas the canonical accounts and conventional scholarship have seen Josiah portrayed as the ideal king, Margaret Barker argues Josiah’s reform was hostile to the temple. This essay offers a counterpoint to Professor Hamblin’s “Vindicating Josiah” essay, offering arguments that the Book of Mormon and Barker’s views and sources support one another.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [4366]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 29735  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Shute, R. Wayne, and Wayne E. Brickey. “Prophets and Perplexity: The Book of Helaman as a Case Study.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36806]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 26791  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Shannon, Avram R. “Prophets and Prophecy in the Book of Mormon: The Case of Samuel the Lamanite.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33904]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Davis, D. Morgan. “Prophets and Prophecy in the Qur’an and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 29 (2020): 50-84.
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This article discusses the potential for comparision between the Book of Mormon and texts of other world religions. Acknowledging the extent of such a project, the author focuses only on comparing prophets and prophecy in the Qur’an and Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Comparative religion, Islam; Doctrinal history, prophets; Book of Mormon; Prophecies
ID = [81938]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 10: Prophets in the Wilderness.” In Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 7, 2nd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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A hundred years ago, the Book of Mormon was regarded by the scholarly world as an odd text that simply did not fit their understanding of the ancient world. Since that time, however, numerous ancient records have come to light, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. These discoveries have forced scholars to change their views of history, and they place the Book of Mormon in a new light as well. That is why respected Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley wrote Since Cumorah, a brilliant literary, theological, and historical evaluation of the Book of Mormon as an ancient book.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2074]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
McKay, David O., and Richard L. Evans. “Prophets of God Bear Testimonies of the Sacred Record.” Improvement Era 63, no. 11 (1960): 794-795.
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This article compiles the testimonies of the Book of Mormon borne by the Presidents of the Church—from the Prophet Joseph Smith through President David O. McKay.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Grant, Heber J., Prophet, Restoration, Smith, George A., Smith, Joseph F., Smith, Joseph, Jr., Snow, Lorenzo, Taylor, John, Testimony, Woodruff, Wilford, Young, Brigham
ID = [76871]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1960-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Millet, Robert L. “The Prophets of the Brass Plates.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996. Transcript of a lecture given at the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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The brass plates are an intergral part of the Nephite story and of the message of the Book of Mormon. Robert Millet reviews the contents of the plates and the teachings of the prophets that were written on them.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Teachings
ID = [8541]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Johnson, Marjorie G. The Prophets Tell About Jesus. Salt Lake City: King, 1979.
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A fictional story designed for children wherein Lamanite parents tell their children about Book of Mormon prophets who taught about the mission of Christ.

ID = [78625]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Jones, Clifford P. “The Prophets Who Wrote the Book of Omni.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 221-244.
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Abstract: The brief accounts written by Omni, Amaron, Chemish, Abinadom, and Amaleki, taken alone, don’t always inspire confidence in their righteousness. Nevertheless, when the specific words used by these men and all relevant context are taken into consideration, it’s reasonable to conclude that each of these authors of the book of Omni was a prophet of God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Topics > Persons and Peoples > Omni
ID = [3553]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 62674  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Rolph, Daniel N. “Prophets, Kings, and Swords: The Sword of Laban and Its Possible Pre-Laban Origin.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 1 (1993): 73-79.
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The sword of Laban plays a prominent role in the Book of Mormon narrative as a Nephite national treasure. Scholarly analysis of this regal heirloom has primarily concentrated upon its physical construction in relation to ancient Near Eastern metallurgical technology. However, when examined within the cultural milieu of the ancient world, along with data from church history, the scriptures, and Jewish tradition, the sword of Laban takes on new significance. Though the Book of Mormon reveals that the sword of Laban served as an ancestral and hereditary sword of the ancient Nephite prophets, evidence suggests that the weapon may have been the birthright sword of biblical tradition, a sacred heirloom that may have been wielded by the patriarchs up until the time of Joseph of Egypt. Laban, being a descendant of Joseph, inherited the birthright sword and the plates of brass, both treasures eventually coming into the possession of Nephi, who was both a prophet and a descendant of Joseph, as was Joseph Smith Jr.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Birthright; Laban; Metallurgy; Nephi; Sword; Sword of Laban; Technology
ID = [2829]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 19016  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet’s Counsel Aimed At the ‘Rising Generation’” Church News 57 (21 February 1987): 3-4.
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At a regional conference, President Benson spoke to youth, stressing how vital the Book of Mormon is as a missionary tool in bringing people to Christ.

ID = [80024]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-02-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Hart, John L. “Prophet’s Visit Is ‘Of Lasting Impact’” Church News 58 (25 June 1988): 3, 14.
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Following the counsel that President Benson gave, members will spend more time reading the scriptures, particularly the Book of Mormon, and then will share the truths they learned.

ID = [80025]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-06-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Hart, John L. “Prophet’s Words Are ‘Sure Guide’ for All.” Church News 60 (17 March 1990): 3.
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Elder Ashton gave encouragement to read the Book of Mormon in President Benson’s behalf.

ID = [80026]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1990-03-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Wilson, Douglas. “Prospects for the Study of the Book of Mormon as a Work of American Literature.” Dialogue 3 (Spring 1968): 29-41.
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A non-Mormon, the author suggests that since the Book of Mormon has affected millions of Americans and their history, it ought to be seriously counted in the canon of American literature. Reasons why the Book of Mormon has not been studied as such, and logical approaches to its study are explored.

ID = [80027]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1968-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Olsen, Steven L. “Prospering in the Land of Promise.” FARMS Review 22, no. 1 (2010): 229-245.
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Nephi and Mormon both treat the covenant of the promised land, expounding on characteristics of prospering in the land: obeying God’s law, practicing domesticated economies, preserving sacred records, bearing and raising children, securing adequate defense, constructively using natural materials, worshipping at temples, requiring industriousness, and providing righteous leadership.

Keywords: Covenant; Mormon; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Obedience; Promise; Promised Land
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
ID = [648]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 38031  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Prospering in the Land: A Comparison of Covenant Promises in Leviticus and First Nephi 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 287-296.
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Abstract: A careful examination of the Abrahamic covenant, as contained in Leviticus 26, and the covenant established with the Lehites during their exodus to the New World, found in 1 Nephi 2, shows deliberate similarities. These similarities are important to understand, as the role of covenant is central in both ancient Israelite practice and current Latter-day Saint theology.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Leviticus
ID = [3583]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 22760  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Klein, Shirley R. “Protect Our Homes, Renew Our Powers.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, April 5, 2005.
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Today I would like to talk about the war we are waging to defend our homes. Our social fabric has been attacked around the edges, and now it is moving to the center—our homes! I’ll use Moroni’s strategies of preparing places of security to suggest ways to protect our homes and renew our powers today.

Keywords: Family; Home
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [69475]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2005-04-05  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:15
Smith, Hannah Clayson. “Protecting the Widows and the Fatherless in the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua : The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies 3, no. 2 (November, 2003): 173-180.
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In Old Testament times, widows and the fatherless were particularly vulnerable to poverty and distress. Perhaps because women generally had no right to inherit their deceased husband’s property, the Code of the Covenant specifically protected widows (and therefore their minor children) to ensure their subsistence. This paper examines how these provisions may illuminate our understanding of passages in the Book of Mormon that relate to the treatment of widows and the fatherless by asking the following questions: Why did widows and the fatherless need special protection under Hebrew law, and what legal protections existed? What legal protections existed in Book of Mormon times for widows and the fatherless, and what were the penalties for violating the law? Which accounts in the Book of Mormon demonstrate violations of the commandment to protect widows and the fatherless, and which accounts demonstrate obedience? The answers to these questions illustrate the special status of widows and the fatherless in biblical law and in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Women, widowhood
ID = [82047]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Ricks, Stephen D. “Psalm 105: Chiasmus, Credo, Covenant, and Temple.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 371-384.
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Abstract: In this essay Stephen Ricks takes a close look at the literary structure of a psalm, reintroducing us to chiasmus both in modern and ancient texts, including the Book of Mormon, then uses this literary structure to show how the psalm contains the basic historic credo of the Israelites, as seen in Deuteronomy and mirrored in 1 Nephi 17. Ricks then goes on to show how an essential part of the psalm is a covenant (“a binding agreement between man and God, with sanctions in the event of the violation of the agreement”), which ties it back to the temple. Ricks shows this by pointing out the points of covenant: Preamble, review of God’s relations with Israel, terms of the covenant, formal witnesses, blessings and curses, and reciting the covenant and depositing the text. This form is maintained in Exodus 19, 20, 23, and 24, and in the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 1-6. Psalm 105 follows this form, too. In the sacrament prayers, which in Mormon understanding is a covenant, points 1 to 5 are also present.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.
See Stephen D. Ricks, “Psalm 105: Chiasmus, Credo, Covenant, and Temple,” in Temple Insights: Proceedings of the Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference, “The Temple on Mount Zion,” 22 September 2012, ed. William J. Hamblin and David Rolph Seely (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2014), 157–170. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/temple-insights/.].

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3413]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 25066  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Sondrup, Steven P. “The Psalm of Nephi: A Lyric Reading.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 3 (1981): 357.
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Because by far the greatest portion of the Book of Mormon is narrative—though admittedly in several different ways—other literary modes embedded in the narrative flow are less obvious and consequently less easily identified and read in terms of their own unique generic conventions. One such passage occurs in the fourth chapter of 2 Nephi, verses 16 though 35, a passage that is often referred to as the “Psalm of Nephi,” at least since Sidney Sperry provided this formulation in his commentary on the Book of Mormon. The question to be discussed with reference to these verses is not whether they are a psalm in the biblical sense of the term but rather the nature and extent of their poetic qualities and some of the most central interpretive implications inextricably connected with their lyricism.

Keywords: 2 Nephi; Poetry; Psalm
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [9147]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-01-03  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 803  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:53
Prince, Walter Franklin. “Psychological Tests for the Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” American Journal of Psychology 28 (1917): 373-89.
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Favors the theory that Joseph Smith was the sole author of the Book of Mormon. Claims that the book is based upon dreams experienced by the author’s father and his mother’s reminiscences. The highly imaginative young Joseph reveals himself in the book. He was affected by the anti-Masonic excitement of Western New York and the “secret combination” charges that came out of that era. Even the name “Mormon” was derived from the name Morgan, a prominent figure in the controversy.

ID = [80028]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Prince, Walter Franklin. “Psychological Tests for the Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” American Journal of Psychology 28 (July 1917): 373–89.
ID = [77239]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1917-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Kelley, Edmund Levi, and Clark Braden. Public Discussion of the Issues Between Re-Organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of Christ. St. Louis, MO: Christian, 1884.
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A record of three long debates that took place in Kirtland, Ohio, between the two authors. Items discussed include the question concerning the divine origin of the Book of Mormon and the role or non-role of the Spaulding manuscript in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78187]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1884-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Skousen, Royal. “Publication of Part 6 of Volume 3 of the Critical Text of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 1, 2020.
ID = [5882]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:07
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Publication of the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 14 (September 1927): 423-29.
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Quotes Samuel H. Smith’s story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon; praises the title page and the promise therein. Gives historical facts concerning the publication and sales of the book.

ID = [80029]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Insights. “Publications.” Insights 24, no. 1 (2004).
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FARMS Occasional Papers, Volume 4, edited by Jared Ludlow (BYU–Hawaii) and Larry E. Morris, contains articles by three BYU professors and focuses on the polemical use of water and storm language in the Deuteronomic History (Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings), justice and mercy in the book of Deuteronomy, and the garment of Joseph.

Keywords: FARMS Review; ancient texts; BYU; volume
ID = [66738]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Insights. “Publications.” Insights 25, no. 5 (2005).
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Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri,edited by John Gee and Michael Rhodes, is a second edition of Hugh Nibley’s 1975 book of the same title on the Egyptian endowment. It is still the only book-length treatment of the important Egyptian text now known as the “Document of Breathings Made by Isis,” a copy of which was found among the Joseph Smith Papyri. The new edition features previously excised material, corrections of numerous typographical errors, improved illustrations, and accurate placement of illustrations in the text. This book, published jointly with Deseret Book, is now at press after years of intense effort. Because of a recent concerted push to finish this project, the FARMS Review and Journal of Book of Mormon Studies are running late.

Keywords: From FARMS; From METI; By ISPART Scholars with Other Publishers
ID = [66795]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-05  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Homer, William H., Jr. “‘…publish it upon the mountains’: The Story of Martin Harris, Chapter II.” Improvement Era 58, no. 4 (1955): 238-239, 244.
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This series reviews Martin Harris’ role in bringing forth the Book of Mormon, and discusses Harris’ testimony of the Book of Mormon. The second part examines Harris following the loss of the 116 manuscript pages.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Lost 116 Pages, Scribes, Three Witnesses
ID = [76780]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Homer, William H., Jr. “‘…Publish It upon the Mountains’: The Story of Martin Harris, Chapter III: Activities in Kirtland.” Improvement Era 58, no. 5 (1955): 310-311, 344-346.
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This series reviews Martin Harris’ role in bringing forth the Book of Mormon, and discusses Harris’ testimony of the Book of Mormon. The third part covers Harris’ move to Kirtland with the Saints.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Kirtland, OH, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Three Witnesses
ID = [76789]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Homer, William H., Jr. “‘… Publish It upon the Mountains’: The Story of Martin Harris, Chapter IV: Activities in Kirtland.” Improvement Era 53, no. 6 (1955): 387, 462-463.
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This series reviews Martin Harris’ role in bringing forth the Book of Mormon, and discusses Harris’ testimony of the Book of Mormon. The fourth part discusses Harris’ estrangement from the Church.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Kirtland Safety Society, Kirtland, OH, Latter-day Saint History (1847-1893), Three Witnesses
ID = [76902]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Homer, William H., Jr. “‘… Publish It upon the Mountains’: The Story of Martin Harris, Conclusion: Martin Harris Goes to Utah.” Improvement Era 53, no. 7 (1955): 505-507, 524-526.
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This series reviews Martin Harris’ role in bringing forth the Book of Mormon, and discusses Harris’ testimony of the Book of Mormon. The fifth and final part covers Harris’ reconciliation with the Church and move to Utah.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Latter-day Saint History (1847-1893), Testimony, Three Witnesses
ID = [77020]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Homer, William H., Jr. “‘…Publish It upon the Mountains’: The Story of Martin Harris, One of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, Part I.” Improvement Era 58, no. 3 (1955): 144-146, 194-195.
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This series reviews Martin Harris’ role in bringing forth the Book of Mormon, and discusses Harris’ testimony of the Book of Mormon. The first part covers Harris’ conversion and role as translator and financial benefactor.

Keywords: Book of Lehi, Book of Mormon Translation, Harris, Martin, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Lost 116 Pages, Lost Manuscript, Scribes, Three Witnesses, Witnesses
ID = [77134]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Lyon, Thomas Edgar, Jr. “Publishing a Book of Mormon Poetry: The Harp of Zion.” BYU Studies 27, no. 1 (1987): 85-96.
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In 1848 James Brady, a poor Irishman living in Scotland, was baptized into the LDS church. Five years later he still was well acquainted with poverty but with the help of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund was able to heed Church counsel to flee “Babylon” and emigrate to America. En route to “Zion,” while in St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote to friends in Scotland, recalling the tight financial circumstances surrounding his departure: “When I left Glasgow I had 5 shillings and I gave 3[shillings] and sixpence in Liverpool for the harp of zion.” His grand sum of five shillings at departure would have equaled about one dollar and twenty-five cents in United States money, yet he paid, seemingly squandered, more than two-thirds of his total savings to buy a single volume of poetry! What influences acted upon destitute Brady and thousands of other poor LDS Saints, causing them to lay out scarce and needed savings to purchase a single book of poems? Early Mormon leaders placed such a high value on poetic expression of the principles of the restored gospel that Church funds were used to pay for the publication and distribution costs of the first book of LDS poetry. By purchasing the Harp of Zion, James Brady was participating in both a material and spiritual activity that would, he was assured, aid his eternal salvation.

Keywords: Brady; James; Perpetual Emigrating Fund; Poetry
ID = [10293]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 1327  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:01
Jackson, Kent P. “Publishing the Book of Mormon.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 107-16. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This chapter details the printing process of the first five thousand copies of the Book of Mormon by E.B. Grandin for three thousand dollars.

Keywords: Skinner, Andrew C.; Grandin, E. B.; Book of Mormon, printing
ID = [82113]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Tippetts, Larry W. “Pulling Together.” Ensign, June 1989.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [49098]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13420  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:13
Richardson, Matthew O. “‘The Pure Love of Christ’: The Divine Precept of Charity in Moroni 7.” 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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Some may ask, Can you really go wrong with love—in any form? But Mormon taught that “if ye have not charity, ye are nothing” and that “whoso is found possessed of it [charity] at the last day, it shall be well with him”. Obviously, saying that charity is important is an understatement. But what if people understate charity and are left with a form that isn’t even the same charity Mormon spoke of? What if the present understanding of charity has already shifted from the divine precept taught in the Book of Mormon?

Keywords: Charity; Jesus Christ; Love; Mormon (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
ID = [35821]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 26752  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:15
Dudley, Alex. The Purpose of Book of Mormon and Bible. Lansing, MI: private, 1957.
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A 19-page, typewritten manuscript addressed to the leaders of the RLDS church, calling them to repentance because they practice priestcraft and deny Christ by not believing that he is Christ the Son and God the Father in one person. The purpose of the Book of Mormon and the Bible is to convince individuals that Christ and God the father are one person.

ID = [78626]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Roberts, B. H. “Purpose of Man’s Creation.” Liahona 28 (25 November 1930): 274.
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Alma says that after the resurrection there is no dissolution that takes place, but spirit and body become inseparably united into one spiritual personage, spirit predominating, and that is why the revelations say, “Man is spirit”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80030]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1930-11-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Bethel, May. “Purpose of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 122 (February 1975): 89.
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Testimony and conversion experience based on the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80031]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:13
Weldon, Walter. The Purpose of the Book of Mormon. Winner, SD: Walter Weldon, 1976.
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The roles and identities of Gentiles, Lamanites, and the promised land as outlined in the Book of Mormon are discussed.

ID = [78627]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Purpose of the War Chapters in the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 29-32. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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This chapter considers the inconsistent amount of detail given to wars in the Book of Mormon, with some important conflicts receiving a mere sentence while several pages are dedicated to less important battles. The author concludes that the wars in the Book of Mormon are intended to prepare us for the spiritual conflict we face in our day.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon; Mormon (Book of Mormon figure)
ID = [82130]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Stevens, Thelona D. “The Purposes of the Book of Mormon in the Divine Plan.” Saints’ Herald 88 (19 April 1941): 499-500.
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The primary purpose of the Book of Mormon is to provide the world with a second witness for Christ. Another purpose is to present the plan of salvation for all people.

ID = [80613]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-04-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Allred, Keith. “Pursuing Mosiah’s and Madison’s Commonsense Principle.” BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 1 (2022): 129.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [10553]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 31227  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:02
Properzi, Mauro. “Pushing through Life’s Pilgrimage Together.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 29 (2018): 81-84.
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Abstract: Walking for 500 miles in a foreign country through heat, arduous terrain, and many inconveniences is difficult enough. Add to the equation a man in a wheelchair, and the task appears impossible. The solution? Determination, humility, humor, faith, love, and someone, or many, who give you a push. I’ll Push You is a true story and parable for life that will give readers hope and encouragement.
Review of Patrick Gray & Justin Skeesuck, I’ll Push You: A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends, and One Wheelchair (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2017). 296 pp. $24.99 (hardback); $15.99 (paperback).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3625]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 8255  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Rappleye, Neal. “‘Put Away Childish Things’: Learning to Read the Book of Mormon Using Mature Historical Thought.” Paper presented at the 2017 FairMormon Conference. August, 2017.
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Keywords: Allegory of the Olive Tree; Amarna Letters; Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Archaeology; Barley; Book of Mormon Anachronisms; Cement; Chariots; Education; Horses; Jerusalem (Old World); Land of Jerusalem; Language - Reformed Egyptian; Loan Shift; Metallurgy; Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah); Nahom; Revelation
ID = [32613]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2017-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 121796  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:44
Sorensen, David E. “‘Put Away Childish Things’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 20, 2003.
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For any among you who have made serious mistakes and are feeling spiritually scarred, remember the words of Isaiah: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

Keywords: Life
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69365]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-05-20  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:14
Woodger, Mary Jane. “‘Put the Pieces Back Together’” In Mission President or Spy. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
ID = [34189]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 44702  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Christensen, Craig C. “Put Your Trust in God: The Admonition of Alma to His Sons.” Commencement, Brigham Young University, August 11, 2016.
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I invite you to consider how you will demonstrate your trust in God throughout your lives. What will you do to show God that you trust Him above everything else—above your own wisdom and especially above the wisdom of the world?

Keywords: Parenthood; Self-Discipline; Trust
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [70029]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-08-11  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:44
Bowen, Matthew L. “Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
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Abstract: The historian who wrote 2 Kings 23:5 and Mormon, who wrote Mosiah 11:5, used identical expressions to describe King Josiah’s and King Noah’s purges of the priests previously ordained and installed by their fathers. These purges came to define their respective kingships. The biblical writer used this language to positively evaluate Josiah’s kingship (“And he put down [w<ĕhišbît] the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained”), whereas Mormon levies a negative evaluation against Noah (“For he put down [cf. Hebrew (wĕ)hišbît] all the priests that had been consecrated by his father”). Mormon employs additional “Deuteronomistic” language in evaluating Mosiah, Noah, and other dynastic Book of Mormon leaders, suggesting that the evident contrast between King Noah and King Josiah is deliberately made.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; idolatry; Josiah; King Noah; priests
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
ID = [12569]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 21448  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:15
Hatch, Lorin, and Lina Hatch. “Putting First Things First—Together.” Ensign, April 1980.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44905]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1980-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5519  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:25
Name withheld by request. “Putting Our Marriage Back Together.” Ensign, April 1998.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [53327]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1998-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9864  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:12
Tvedtnes, John A. “Puzzlement: Identification.” New Era 5, no. 5 (1975): 50.
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A quiz to identify characters from the Book of Mormon and the Bible

Keywords: Scripture Study, Study Helps
ID = [76630]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19

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