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Smith, George Albert. “The Sacrament—The Church of Christ—Different Dogmas of Christianity—Book of Mormon—The Testimony of Joseph Smith.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 12. 1869, 332–338.
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Discourse by President George A. Smith, delivered in the Old Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Nov. 15, 1868. Reported By: David W. Evans.

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Velt, Harold Iven. The Sacred Book of Ancient America. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1952.
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Biblical prophecies fulfilled by the Book of Mormon and the lives and testimonies of the witnesses of the golden plates are reported and shown to support the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. The physical attributes, theological contents, and prophecies of the golden plates (Book of Mormon) are also discussed.

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Garn, Stacy D. “Sacred Book Saved: Faithful Indian Convert Bears Humble Testimony.” Church News 30 (4 June 1960): 16.
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When an Indian’s house burned down and only the Book of Mormon was spared, she bears testimony of the Book of Mormon. “This book has gone through fire for me…Now I am willing to go through fire for it”

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Riley, Isaac Woodbridge. “The Sacred Books of the Mormons.” Bookman 20 (September 1904): 80-82.
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A polemical article against Mormonism wherein the writer views Mormon beliefs as being somewhat antiquated. It is asserted that few Mormons have ever read the Book of Mormon. [M. R.]

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Bouquet, A. C. Sacred Books of the World. London, England: Penguin, 1962.
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Briefly discusses the Book of Mormon and its history in a chapter entitled “Post-biblical Sacred Books in America” The author doubts the authenticity of the Book of Mormon and charges that “there is not the slightest shred of [anthropological] evidence” to support the Book of Mormon.

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Dearden, David V. “The Sacred Gift of Agency.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 31, 2009.
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Well-meaning people may honestly disagree with my interpretation of how the universe is put together. Agency allows and requires this possibility. But for me, as I noted above, science is faith affirming because I choose to believe, and everything else follows.

Keywords: Agency
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Seely, David Rolph. “Sacred History, Covenants, and the Messiah: The Religious Background of the World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 381—420. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > History
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 22-23 (February-December 1887, January-March 1888): 54-55, 76, 90-92, 107-9, 118-19, 142-43, 157-58, 162-63, 190-91, 194-95, 222, 237-38, 242-43, 258-59, 284-85, 300-301, 316-17, 324-25, 340-41, 356-57, 4-5, 34-35, 61, 76-77.
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Uses historical, linguistic, and archaeological evidence to prove the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. Basing his facts on research done by noted linguists and archaeologists of the time, the author writes concerning the god Quetzalcoatl, religious customs and ruins of advanced civilizations, comparisons between the Hebrew and Mayan languages, and the Egyptian hieroglyphic writings. Shreeve also tells of similarities in biblical beliefs between early people of both the western and eastern hemispheres and explains why Joseph Smith was incapable of writing the Book of Mormon without divine aid.

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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 4 (1887): 54-55.
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Keywords: External Evidence
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 4 (1887): 54-55.
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Keywords: External Evidence
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 5 (1887): 76.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Translation
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 5 (1887): 76.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Translation
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter II.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 6 (1887): 90-92.
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Keywords: Anthon, Charles, External Evidence, Harris, Martin, Reformed Egyptian, Translation
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter II.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 6 (1887): 90-92.
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Keywords: Anthon, Charles, External Evidence, Harris, Martin, Reformed Egyptian, Translation
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter III.” Juvenile Instructor 12, no. 7 (1887): 107-109.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Language - Hebrew, Language - Mayan, Language - Reformed Egyptian
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter III.” Juvenile Instructor 12, no. 7 (1887): 107-109.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Language - Hebrew, Language - Mayan, Language - Reformed Egyptian
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 8 (1887): 118-119.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 8 (1887): 118-119.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IX.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 14 (1887): 222.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, Astronomy, External Evidence
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IX.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 14 (1887): 222.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, Astronomy, External Evidence
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 9 (1887): 142-143.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Aztec, Noah (Prophet)
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 9 (1887): 142-143.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Aztec, Noah (Prophet)
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 10 (1887): 157-158.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Tower of Babel
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 10 (1887): 157-158.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Tower of Babel
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 11 (1887): 162-163.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Transoceanic Voyage
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 11 (1887): 162-163.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Transoceanic Voyage
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 12 (1887): 190-191.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Jaredite, Mesoamerica
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 12 (1887): 190-191.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Jaredite, Mesoamerica
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 13 (1887): 194-195.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Mound Builders, North America
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 13 (1887): 194-195.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter X.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 15 (1887): 237-238.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Masonry, Mesoamerica
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter X.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 15 (1887): 237-238.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Masonry, Mesoamerica
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 16 (1887): 242-243.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Elephants, External Evidence, Horses, Mesoamerica, North America
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 16 (1887): 242-243.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 17 (1887): 258-259.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Mythology, Recordkeeping
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 17 (1887): 258-259.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 19 (1887): 300-301.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Compass, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Priesthood Authority
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 19 (1887): 300-301.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 18 (1887): 284-285.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Baptism, Creation, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Temple Worship
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 18 (1887): 284-285.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Baptism, Creation, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Temple Worship
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 20 (1887): 316-317.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Symbolism
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 20 (1887): 316-317.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 21 (1887): 324-325.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 21 (1887): 324-325.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 23 (1887): 356-357.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Maya, Mesoamerica
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 23 (1887): 356-357.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 22 (1887): 340-341.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, North America, Quetzalcoatl
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 22 (1887): 340-341.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XV.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 1 (1888): 4-5.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Earthquake, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Natural Disaster, North America
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XV.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 1 (1888): 4-5.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVI.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 3 (1888): 34-35.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Irrigation, Mesoamerica, Zuni
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVI.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 3 (1888): 34-35.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 4 (1888): 61.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 4 (1888): 61.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 5 (1888): 76-77.
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Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 5 (1888): 76-77.
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Pratt, Orson. “Sacred Metalic [sic] Plates.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 28, no. 48 (1, 8 December 1866): 761-64, 777-81.
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Refers to the discovery of “sacred stones” upon which are inscribed Hebrew characters, one of which reads “may the Lord have mercy upon me a Nephite” Scholars wonder where these people who spoke Hebrew came from, and the Book of Mormon provides the answers. The Nephites landed in Chile near the city of Valparaiso. Later Hagoth and others sailed to North America (Alma 63:4-12 and Helaman 3:3-16). The Nephites knew Hebrew and Egyptian and wrote in reformed Egyptian.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [80942]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1866-12-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
LePlongeon, Augustus. Sacred Mysteries among the Mayas and the Quiche 11,500 Years Ago. New York: Robert Macoy, 1886.
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The sanctuaries and religious rituals of the Mayas and Quiche are investigated. The question of where and when Freemasonry originated is examined. Religious symbols of the New World are compared with symbolic representations of old Egypt, Greece, Rome, and elsewhere in the Old World.

ID = [78220]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hunt, C. J. “Sacred Records—Balance of Book of Mormon Plates.” Saints’ Herald 76 (6 March 1929): 271-74.
Display Abstract  

The Reorganized Church will receive the remainder of the golden plates, and the “Utah Church” will not. When the Reorganized Church begins to receive these records, members in the “Utah Church” will start joining the Reorganized Church.

ID = [80133]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-03-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Curtis, Bardella Shipp. Sacred Scriptures and Religious Philosophy: A Comparative Study. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printer, 1942.
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Explains sacred scripture found in various cultures with regard to the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon can be divided into four divisions: the plates of Nephi, Mormon, Ether, and the brass plates of Laban. Archaeological research supports the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [78221]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1942-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hunt, C. J. Sacred Scriptures, and Urim and Thummim Evaluated. Independence, MO: by the author, 1979.
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Calls the Book of Mormon “the Stick of Joseph” and the Bible “the Stick of Judah” Examines Ezekiel 37 and Isaiah 29, finding that the Book of Mormon fits the descriptions found therein. The Urim and Thummim were a necessary part of the translation process due to the complex nature of the written text and the ignorance of the translator.

ID = [78222]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Smith, Sherrie D. “Sacred Stones.” Zarahemla Record 24-26 (Spring, Summer, Fall 1984): 1-3.
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Contains a brief description of a trip that the author took to Central America to visit possible Book of Mormon locations. The author concluded that the Pi disks (circular jade disks found in a tomb at Monte Alban) and doughnut shaped objects represented the 16 Jaredite stones used for lighting the barges.

ID = [80134]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
M., M. R. “Sacred Stones in the Vicinity of Near, Licking County, Ohio.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 28, no. 48 (1, 8 December 1866): 753-59, 769-74.
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“The Two Bibles” refers to the discovery of “sacred stones of Ohio,” upon which were inscribed Hebrew phrases (Millennial Star 28/41:641-43). This article analyzes the inscriptions further, showing that the decalogue was poorly written. It suggests the tribes of Dan, Reuben, Zebulun, or Joseph could have wandered to America and deposited the stones in Ohio.

ID = [80941]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1866-12-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Smart, Ninian, and Richard D. Hecht. Sacred Texts of the World: A Universal Anthology. New York: Crossroad, 1982.
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Contains excerpts from sacred texts and scriptures of many of the world’s religions. The editors quote 3 Nephi 21 from the Book of Mormon as a representative scriptural text from Mormonism and state that it represents “the charter for Joseph’s foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the vision which drew the faithful in their drive to create a new society in the American West”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78223]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Swift, Hales. “The Sacred Topology of the Vision of the Tree of Life (1 Nephi 8-10).” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 24, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6449]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 2858  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Christenson, Allen J. “The Sacred Tree of the Ancient Maya.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 1-23.
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Sacred trees, representing the power of life to grow from the underworld realm of the dead, are a common motif in the art and literature of the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica. Such trees are similar in concept to the tree of life described in the Book of Mormon, as well as to the mythic traditions of many other contemporary world cultures. Hieroglyphic inscriptions and sixteenth-century highland Maya texts describe a great world tree that was erected at the dawn of the present age to stand as the axis point of the cosmos. In its fruit-laden form, it personified the god of creation who fathered the progenitors of the Maya royal dynasty.

Keywords: Ancient America; Maya; Mesoamerica; Sacred; Sacred Tree
ID = [2943]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 35896  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Hamblin, William J. “Sacred Writing on Metal Plates in the Ancient Mediterranean.” The FARMS Review 19, no. 1 (2007): 37-54.
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Significant evidence reveals that bronze and other metals were historically used for writing sacred texts. This article uses that information to demonstrate the plausibility that the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi would have followed the same practice.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Metal Plates; Metallurgy; Recordkeeping
ID = [555]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 45166  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Frost, S. E., Jr. The Sacred Writings of the World’s Great Religions. New York: New York Home Library, 1943.
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One chapter of this work is dedicated to the sacred writings of Mormonism. Provides a brief history of the discovery and translation of the Book of Mormon, followed by a brief synopsis of each individual book. Reprints scriptural passages from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78640]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1943-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Smith, D. Mick. “Sacrifice and Condescension: Types and Shadows for Latter-day Living.” 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 > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > A — C > Consecration
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
ID = [35275]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Sacrifice of Isaac.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, 143–61. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
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The essays in this volume, including four on today’s world, were selected by a panel of Hugh Nibley’s colleagues. They are singular in their penetration, their originality, and their vitality. Reaching from the apocalyptic visions of original “treasures in heaven” down to the climax of history, they are more than mind-stretching. The delight of Nibley’s brilliant and sometimes biting prose style imparts a sense of the agelessness of what he calls the “three-act play” of human existence. Written specially for this book, the author’s own “intellectual autobiography,” together with his introductory paragraphs for the various chapters, complete the work of making the book a fitting and permanent record of one of the past outstanding historians
When I was in high school, everybody was being very smart and emancipated, and we always cheered the news that some scholar had discovered the original story of Samson or the Flood or the Garden of Eden in some ancient nonbiblical writing or tradition. It never occurred to anybody that these parallels might confirm rather than confound the scripture. For us the explanation was always perfectly obvious: the Bible was just a clumsy compilation of old borrowed superstitions. As comparative studies broke into the open field, parallels began piling up until they positively became an embarrassment. Everywhere one looked, there were literary and mythological parallels. Trying to laugh them off as “parallelomania” left altogether too much unexplained. In the 1930s, English scholars started spreading out an overall pattern that would fit almost all ancient religions. Finally, men like Graves and Santillana confront us with huge agglomerations of somehow connected matter that sticks together in one loose, gooey mass, compacted of countless resemblances that are hard to explain but equally hard to deny. Where is this taking us? Will the sheer weight and charge of the stuff finally cause it to collapse on itself in a black hole, leaving us none the wiser? We could forego the obligation of explaining it and content ourselves with contemplating and admiring the awesome phenomenon for its own sake were it not for one thing: Joseph Smith spoils everything. A century of bound periodicals in the stacks will tell the enquiring student when scholars first became aware of the various elements that make up the superpattern, but Joseph Smith knew about them all, and before the search ever began, he showed how they are interrelated. In the documents he has left us, you will find the central position of the Coronation, the tension between matriarchy and patriarchy, the arcane discipline for transmitting holy books through the ages, the pattern of cycles and dispensations, the nature of the mysteries, the great tradition of the Rekhabites or sectaries of the desert, the fertility rites and sacrifices of the New Year with the humiliation of the kind and the role of substitute, and so forth. Where did he get the stuff? It would have been convenient for some mysterious rabbi to drop in on the penniless young farmer when he needs some high-class research, but George Foote Moore informs us that “so far as evidence goes, apocalyptic things of that sort were without countenance from the exponents of what we may call normal Judaism.” Take, for example, the tradition that the sacrifice of Isaac merely followed the scenario of an earlier sacrifice of Abraham himself. Nobody has heard of that today until you tell them about it, when, of course, they shrug their shoulders and tell you that they knew about it all along. Which prompts me to recommend a simple rule for the ingenuous investigator: always ask the expert to tell you the story first. I have never found anyone who could tell me the Joseph Smith Abraham story, and the apocrypha records which report it have all been published since his day. Today the story of Abraham casts a new light on the story of Isaac. Here is some of it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible > Old Testament > Characters > Abraham, Sarah, Abram, Sarai
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Abraham > Characters > Abraham, Sarah, Abram, Sarai
ID = [1762]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 47876  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:20
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Safety for the Soul.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2009.
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I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgment bar of God that I declared to the world … that the Book of Mormon is true.

ID = [21081]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2009-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10065  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:49
Johnson, R. Val. “Sage’s Song.” Ensign, August 1989.
ID = [49160]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19486  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:14
Harkness, Georgia. “Saints and Strategists.” Christian Century 52 (31 July 1935): 986-88.
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An attempt to explain Joseph Smith and the Three Witnesses on the basis of current pop psychology. Links Smith’s reputed early practices to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. “The Book of Mormon reads like a mixture of Old Testament, Arabian Nights and Gulliver’s Travels, with a literary quality decidedly inferior to any of these” Suggests that the Three Witnesses suffered a hallucination.

ID = [80135]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-07-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Alford, Kenneth L. Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
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This volume is a compilation of inspirational stories shared by Latter-day Saints who served on the front lines in several recent military conflicts. These stories detail their trials, challenges, setbacks, faith, courage, and numerous victories in overcoming extraordinary circumstances. This book is filled with remarkable first-person accounts from Latter-day Saint soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and civilians who served in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Their amazing stories—published together for the first time—chronicle the sacrifice, dedication, and humor of day-to-day life in modern combat zones. This book also shares the story of how fully functioning districts of the Church were organized and operated in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Iraq to meet the spiritual needs of the Church members there. Richly illustrated with photographs from the participants, this book will introduce you to a new generation of Latter-day Saint heroes. ISBN 978-1-9443-9487-5

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33183]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:45
Hyer, Michael Harold. Saints at War in the Philippines: Latter-day Saints in WWII Prison Camps. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were among US soldiers in World War II who endured the atrocities of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines and the brutality of Japanese POW camps. This is the story, largely told through their personal accounts, of a group of twenty-nine Latter-day Saint POWs in the Philippines, the events that brought them together to form an informal branch of the Church in an infamous POW camp, a remarkable event in the history of the Church, and the events that would later pull them apart—twelve to their liberation and seventeen to their death. ISBN 978-1-9503-0413-4

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33165]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:45
Craig, Alison. “The Saints in Indonesia.” Ensign, January 1977.
ID = [43508]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 16530  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:15
Church News. “Saints Must Study.” Church News 45 (12 April 1975): 6.
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Ezra Taft Benson gave a speech saying that every member of the Church should make studying the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit.

ID = [80136]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-04-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Mayfield, Steven L., and George Throckmorton. “Salamander Letters.” Paper presented at the 2006 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2006.
ID = [32435]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2006-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:43
Jaques, John. “Salvation.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 15, no. 40 (1 October 1853, 8 October 1853): 649-53, 657-61.
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An imaginary dialogue between two individuals. Tells the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, gives a brief description of the book’s contents, and names the languages into which the book has been translated.

ID = [80924]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1853-10-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Keller, Roger R., and Robert L. Millet, eds. Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
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For three days, April 11-13, 2002, Brigham Young University hosted a unique conference titled “Salvation in Christ: Christian Perspectives.” Scholars, theologians, and interested laypersons came together to celebrate the redemptive act of our Lord Jesus Christ and to explain their understandings of salvation in Christ from the viewpoints of their respective Christian denominational backgrounds. A broad spectrum of Christian approaches were represented, as was the range of issues needing to be addressed with the monumental topic of “Salvation in Christ” as the theme for the gathering. The purpose of the conference was for participants to speak, listen, and learn from one another--to become better acquainted with various faith traditions, particularly different perspectives on the major doctrines associated with Christian salvation. ISBN 0-8425-2606-4

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33324]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 16  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:46

Articles

Skinner, Andrew C. “Foreword.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35953]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 8362  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Skinner, Andrew C. “Rebirth in Christ.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [35954]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 45237  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Blomberg, Craig L. “The New Testament Concept of Salvation.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
ID = [35955]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 51884  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Davies, Douglas J. “Anglican Soteriology.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35956]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 30069  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Davis, Stephen T. “Bodily Redemption.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [35957]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 37783  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Olson, Camille Fronk. “The Mission of the Holy Ghost.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > G — K > Gifts of the Spirit
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
ID = [35958]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 35231  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Loewe, William P. “Jesus the Savior.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35959]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 42898  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Matthews, Robert J. “The Role of Ordinances in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
ID = [35960]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 32953  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Millet, Robert L. “The Process of Salvation.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35961]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 91621  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Olson, Roger E. “Confessions of an Arminian Evangelical.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
ID = [35962]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 47440  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Osborne, Kenan B. “Jesus, Sacrament of God: A Contemporary Franciscan View.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35963]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 67574  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Pappas, Harry S. “Salvation in Christ: Perspectives of the Orthodox Church.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35964]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 54472  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Paulsen, David L. “The Redemption of the Dead: A Latter-day Saint Perspective on the Fate of the Unevangelized.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism for the Dead
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35965]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 82849  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Sanders, John. “Those Who Have Never Heard: A Survey of the Major Positions.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Hell
ID = [35966]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 59745  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Smit, Laura. “Salvation in Christ: A Calvinist Perspective.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35967]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 39047  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Keller, Roger R. “Jesus Christ: Priest, King, and Prophet.” In Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, eds. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35968]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 44208  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:16
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “Salvation: Not Just for the Life to Come.” Zarahemla Record 61 (May/June 1992): 3.
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Writes that salvation through Christ does not concern only the after-life reward but salvation from worldly evils during mortality.

ID = [80137]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Haubrock, Ken. “Sam: A Just and Holy Man.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5 no. 2 (1996).
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Nephi’s older brother Sam was a holy and just man who experienced and witnessed many events in early Nephite history.

Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi); Sam (Son of Lehi)
ID = [2939]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 11307  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
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)
ID = [75656]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 10341  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Nyman, Monte S. “The Same God Yesterday, Today, and Forever.” In The Ninth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon, edited by A. Gary Anderson, 117-26. Provo, UT: Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1982.
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Shows how God is the same yesterday, today, and forever through his personal appearances, the manner of his manifestations, and the fact that he is no respecter of persons.

ID = [81064]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Pratt, Orson. Sammanlikning Emellam Bewiserna For Bibeln Och Mormons Bok. Kopenhamn: Utgifven Och Forlaggd af C. Widerborg, 1866.
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A translation of “Evidences of Bible and Book of Mormon” English in Journal of Discourses

ID = [78224]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1866-01-01  Collections:  bom,pratt-orson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Pratt, Orson. Sammenligning Mellem Beviserne For Bibelen Og Mormons Bog. Kjobenhaun: Udgivet og Forlagt af J. Van Cott, Trykt hos F. E. Bording, 1860.
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The English translation of this work is found under Orson Pratt, “Evidences of Bible and Book of Mormon” English in Journal of Discourses

ID = [78225]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1860-01-01  Collections:  bom,pratt-orson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Hilton, John, III. “Samuel and His Nephite Sources.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 3 (2017): 115.
ID = [10683]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 40214  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:03
Wilcox, S. Michael. “Samuel the Lamanite.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Helaman, Lamanite, Prophets
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [74996]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 2307  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:16
Swift, Charles, ed. Samuel the Lamanite: That Ye Might Believe. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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This third volume by the Book of Mormon Academy at Brigham Young University is a study of the sermon of Samuel the Lamanite by means of four analytical lenses. The first, a prophetic lens, discusses the roles of prophets, the prophetic promise of “prolonged days,” and Samuel’s prophecies. The second lens is pedagogical, providing readers with a greater understanding of how to teach the sermon. Readers who take advantage of the third lens, which is cultural-theological, will discover a useful framework for comprehending the ethics of wealth in the sermon, witness how Samuel stands up to Nephite discrimination, and benefit from a detailed reading of the sermon that will enable them to grasp how spiritual death divides both Christ and human beings. Lastly, the fourth set of lenses, literary in nature, assists the reader in recognizing a newly identified type-scene, traces possible sources Samuel may have relied on, explores sources Mormon may have turned to as he abridged the work, and studies parallels between the ancient sermon and a form of early American speech known as the “jeremiad.” ISBN 978-1-9503-0410-3

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Articles

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
Hull, Kerry. “‘In the Day of My Wisdom’: The Prolongation of Days among Israel.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33905]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Samuel the Lamanite and Prophecies Fulfilled.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33906]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Was It Not So?’ Remembering the Contributions of Samuel the Lamanite.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33907]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Becerra, Daniel. “Samuel the Lamanite and the Ethics of Wealth in the Book of Mormon.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33908]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Martin, Jan J. “Samuel the Lamanite: Confronting the Wall of Nephite Prejudice.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33909]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Spencer, Joseph M. “Spiritual Death Divided and Dividing.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33910]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Swift, Charles. “Samuel the Lamanite: Key Prophet in the Returning Prophet Type-Scene.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33911]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Hilton, John, III, Sunny Hendry Hafen, and Jaron Hansen. “Samuel’s Nephite Sources.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33912]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘There Was One Samuel’: Possible Multiple Sources for the Samuel Narrative.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33913]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Nephite Jeremiad or Lamanite Encomium? Helaman 13–15 and Lamanite Exceptionalism.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [33914]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Frederick, Nicholas J., Kerry Hull, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Scholarly Notes on Helaman 13–16: Appendix.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [33915]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Johnson, Stanley A. “Samuel the Lamanite (Part 1)’ and ‘The Prophecies of Samuel (Part 2).” 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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We do not know a lot about Samuel’s background. We do know that he was courageous and fearless. He told the Nephites what the signs of the Savior’s coming and mission would be and they rejected him and his prophecies. The signs of the coming of Jesus and the signs of his death bear record of Christ. Johnson discusses the Lord’s respective attitudes toward the Nephites and Lamanites, and suggests ways to have the Spirit in our lives.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Christ
ID = [8389]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Barney, Quinten Zehn. “Samuel the Lamanite, Christ, and Zenos: A Study of Intertextuality.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 18 (2016): 159-170.
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Abstract: During Christ’s mortal ministry at Jerusalem, his teachings often drew upon the writings of Isaiah, Moses, and other prophets with whom his audience was familiar. On the other hand, Christ never seems to quote Nephi, Mosiah, or other Book of Mormon prophets to the Jews and their surrounding neighbors, despite being the ultimate source for their inspired writings. It is because of this apparent confinement to Old Testament sources that intertextual parallels between the words of Christ in Matthew 23–24 and the words of Samuel the Lamanite in Helaman 13–15 jump out as intriguing. This paper explores the intertextual relationship between these chapters in Helaman and Matthew and suggests that the parallels between these texts can be attributed to a common source available to both Samuel and Christ, the writings of the prophet Zenos.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [4405]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 22805  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:57
Gabbott, Mabel Jones. “Samuel, the Lamanite.” Children’s Friend 62 (November 1963): 10-11.
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A children’s story of Samuel the Lamanite.

ID = [80138]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1963-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Unattributed. “Samuel, the Lamanite Prophet.” Young Woman’s Journal 31 (December 1920): 695-705.
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Recreates the drama of Samuel the Lamanite’s mission to the Nephites. Continues with discussions about Jesus’ appearance to the Lehites.

ID = [80139]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hopkin, Shon D., and John Hilton III. “Samuel’s Reliance on Biblical Language.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 24 no. 1 (2015).
ID = [3320]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 49513  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Norman, V. Garth. “San Lorenzo as the Jaredite City of Lib.” SEHA Newsletter 153 (June 1983): 1-9.
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Agrees with archaeologist Michael D. Coe that there are no direct archaeological evidences of the Book of Mormon. Proposes that the Olmec civilization corresponds to the Jaredite nation and that the present San Lorenzo is located at the site of the Jaredite city Lib.

ID = [80140]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1983-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Lund, Gerald N. “Sanctification and Justification Are Just and True.” In The Ninth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon, edited by A. Gary Anderson, 28-38. Provo, UT: Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1982.
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A vigorous doctrinal discussion on sanctification and justification, clarifying the terms by examining their Semitic and Greek roots. Explains practical application, arguing that the terms are not abstruse but easily understandable.

ID = [81066]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Van Orden, Bruce A. “Sanctification by the Holy Ghost.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 20th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, 212-22. Salt Lake City: Randall Book, 1992.
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The Book of Mormon speaks of sanctification by the Holy Ghost and by the blood of Christ. Alma teaches no one can be saved except his garments are cleansed from sin by the blood of Christ. The author lists 14 steps of sanctification given by Nephi and 27 teachings in Alma 5 that lead to sanctification. Alma concludes when we can not look on sin save it is with abhorrence, the process of sanctification is working. We must practice faith, repentance, develop humility, and yield our hearts unto God. [N. K. Y.]

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81052]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Gilberts, Helen. Sariah. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1970.
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A fictional book based upon the exodus of Lehi’s family from Jerusalem and their journey to the promised land, written from the perspective of Lehi’s wife, Sariah.

ID = [78226]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:29
Taylor, Vickey. “The Sariah Dilemma: Finding Increased Faith When Our Children Misplace Their Own.” Paper presented at the 2009 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2009.
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Keywords: Children; Faith; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Sariah
ID = [32458]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2009-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 21333  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:43
Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2 no. 2 (1993).
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The Book of Mormon name Sariah does not appear as a female name in the Bible but has now been identified in a reconstructed form in an Aramaic papyrus. A Jewish woman living at Elephantine in Upper Egypt during the fifth century BC was identified as Sariah daughter of Hoshea.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Elephantine; Ostracon; Sariah
ID = [2850]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 11200  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
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
ID = [75641]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 8740  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Doxey, Roy W. “Satan’s Opposition to the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 44 (November 1957): 760-64.
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In opposition to the Lord’s great work of saving the souls of mankind, Satan has sought to destroy the same. Joseph Smith was cautioned that temptations would arise concerning the gold plates. The loss of the manuscript was not a frustration to God’s work, it was an important lesson.

ID = [80141]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1957-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Interpreter Foundation. “Save the Date! Book of Mormon Language Conference 14 March 2015.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 20, 2014.
ID = [5787]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2014-12-20  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 309  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:06
Hardy, Heather. “‘Saving Christianity’: The Nephite Fulfillment of Jesus’s Eschatological Prophecies.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 (2014): 22-55.
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Third Nephi testifies to the fulfillment of Jesus’s eschatological prophecies, even though Mormon, the prophet-historian who records the remarkable events, was unaware of the content of Jesus’s mortal teachings. He nevertheless recognizes Christ’s postresurrection visit as both the fulfillment of Nephite prophecy and the reenactment of particular episodes of their sacred history by incorporating numerous scriptural allusions into his account. Mormon’s independent witness in which he recounts a day of divine judgment, the coming of the Lord, and the inauguration of the kingdom of God within the timeframe Jesus had prescribed validates Jesus’s prophecies in Galilee and Judea. Despite the ironic incongruity between what was expected and how it was fulfilled, Mormon’s narrative confirms the New Testament’s proclamation and thus serves to save the credibility of Christianity that has long been challenged by the problem of the delayed parousia—that is, that Jesus’s prophecies of an imminent theocratic kingdom seem to have failed.

Keywords: Christianity; Eschatology; Jesus Christ; Mormon; Nephite; New Testament; Prophecy; Resurrection; Witness
ID = [3309]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 82346  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Thygerson, Alton L. “Saving Lives.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 28, 2010.
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Only Jesus can save us. The clearest expression of this is given by King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon: “There shall be no other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ.”

Keywords: Responsibility; Service
ID = [69747]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2010-09-28  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:17
Pratt, Orson. “The Savior Among the Nephites—Printing of the Book of Mormon—The Presidency of the Church—The Ancient Priesthood—The Kirtland Temple.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 19. 1878, 111–119.
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Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, delivered at the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Friday, October 5, 1877. Reported By: Geo. F. Gibbs.

ID = [29313]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1877-10-05  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,pratt-orson  Size: 28216  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:27
Wells, M. Gawain. “The Savior and the Children in 3 Nephi.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 1 (2005): 62-73, 129.
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When Christ was with the Nephites, the Savior felt it was important to take the time to call children around him, bless each of them one by one, and pray to the Father for them. Christ’s actions provide an example of loving, blessing, and instructing children. We must not overlook the children among us. The children that the Savior blessed were to become the second generation of the Zion people that he was forming; as such, their preparation was vital.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Blessing; Children; Jesus Christ; Savior; Zion
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3158]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 45746  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Instructor. “The Savior in America.” Instructor 77 (April 1942): 185-86.
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An Easter message that includes an extensive quotation from 3 Nephi concerning the appearance of Jesus Christ in America.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80629]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Lund, Gerald N. “The Savior said that we should be perfect, even as he and our Father in Heaven are perfect. (See 3 Ne. 12:48) Are we expected to achieve perfection in this life? If so, how can I avoid becoming discouraged with myself as I try to achieve it?” Ensign, August 1986.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [47724]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12971  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:04
Church News. “Savior Set Forth Requirements for His True Church When He Spoke to the Ancients.” Church News 58 (15 October 1988): 10.
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Jesus Christ declared to the ancient Nephites that his Church must meet two requirements: It must bear his name (3 Nephi 27:8), and it must be built upon his gospel (3 Nephi 27:9-10).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80142]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Skinner, Andrew C. “Savior, Satan, and Serpent: The Duality of a Symbol in the Scriptures.” In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, 359-84. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Adversary; Dualism; Jesus Christ; Symbolism
ID = [75505]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
LeBaron, E. Dale. “The Savior’s Ministry to the Nephites: A Millennial Prototype.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995.
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When the angel Moroni first appeared to the young Prophet Joseph Smith, he told young Joseph that God had a work for him to do, and further, that the work would begin the preparatory work for the second coming of the Messiah. He was further told that the gospel would be preached unto all nations, that a people might be prepared for the millennial reign. The book that Moroni delivered to Joseph, and the other revelations of the Restoration, make it very clear, that one of the greatest responsibilities incumbent upon this dispensation is to prepare a people for the Savior’s second coming.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [8414]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Cloward, Robert A. “The Savior’s Missionary Training Sermon in 3 Nephi.” 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:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > L — P > Missionary Work
ID = [36740]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 33839  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
González, Walter F. “The Savior’s Touch.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2019.
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As we come unto Him, God will come to our rescue, whether to heal us or to give us the strength to face any situation.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [23268]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2019-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 4315  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:54
Benson, Ezra Taft. “The Savior’s Visit to America.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1987.
ID = [15823]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1987-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 14297  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:25
Benson, Ezra Taft. “The Savior’s Visit to America.” Ensign, May 1987.
ID = [48075]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1987-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14102  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:06
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Say Now Shibboleth, or Maybe Cumorah.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 15 (2015): 33-63.
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Abstract: The Deseret Alphabet represents a bold but failed attempt by 19th century LDS Church leaders to revolutionize English language orthography. As 21st century members of the LDS Church, we can benefit from this less than successful experiment by studying the 1869 Deseret Alphabet Book of Mormon and learning how early church members most likely pronounced Book of Mormon names.

ID = [4242]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 53741  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:55
Bowen, Matthew L. “The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 20 (2016): 39-45.
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Abstract: The fear that Moroni’s soldier’s speech (Alma 44:14) aroused in the Lamanite soldiers and the intensity of Zerahemnah’s subsequently redoubled anger are best explained by the polysemy (i.e., multiple meanings within a lexeme’s range of meaning) of a single word translated “chief” in Alma 44:14 and “heads” in Alma 44:18. As editor of a sacred history, Mormon was interested in showing the fulfilment of prophecy when such fulfilment occurred. Mormon’s description of the Lamanites “fall[ing] exceedingly fast” because of the exposure of the Lamanites’ “bare heads” to the Nephites’ swords and their being “smitten” in Alma 44:18 — just as “the scalp of their chief” was smitten and thus fell (Alma 44:12–14) — pointedly demonstrates the fulfilment of the soldier’s prophecy. In particular, the phrase “bare heads” constitutes a polysemic wordplay on “chief,” since words translated “head” can alternatively be translated “chief,” as in Alma 44:14. A similar wordplay on “top” and “leader” in 3 Nephi 4:28–29, probably again represented by a single word, also partly explains the force of the simile curse described there.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3746]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 15432  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Relief Society Magazine. “The Scholar and the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 10 (September 1923): 433-34.
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Scholarly critics of the Book of Mormon, found in large numbers on college campuses, try to discredit the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80630]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Peterson, Daniel C. “A Scholar Looks at the Evidences for 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 Series.
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Daniel Peterson discusses recent research that supports a spiritual witness for the Book of Mormon, including the following: Joseph Smith’s lack of schooling, his supposed misnaming of Jesus’ birthplace, the translation process, studies of chiasmus, possible locations for Book of Mormon events, and ancient manuscripts that are consistent with Book of Mormon accounts about document practices and beliefs of past civilizations.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Answers to Criticisms
ID = [8556]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,peterson  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Interpreter Foundation. “A Scholarly Testimony of the Book of Mormon, June 15-16.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 7, 2013.
ID = [5693]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2013-06-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 282  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:05
Insights. “Scholars Focus Conference on Third Nephi.” Insights 28, no. 6 (2008).
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The Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies hosted a two-day conference on 3 Nephi at the end of September 2008. Entitled “Third Nephi: New Perspectives on an Incomparable Scripture,” the conference consisted of a plenary session with an introductory address by John W. Welch, subsequent presentations by 21 distinguished scholars covering six themes, and a concluding session featuring a panel discussion.

Keywords: Third Nephi; BYU; Book of Mormon; scripture
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [66904]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2008-01-06  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Insights. “Scholars Speak at FAIR Conference.” Insights 22, no. 8 (2002).
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Scholars from BYU spoke at the recent FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research) LDS Apologetics Conference held in August at Utah Valley State College, in Orem, Utah. FAIR, which is not affiliated with BYU or the Institute, is an organization dedicated to defending LDS beliefs and practices with sound scholarship. The theme of the conference was “Turning Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones: Responding to Challenging Issues in Mormonism.”

Keywords: FAIR Conference; critics; errors; text; Book of Mormon
ID = [66691]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-08  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Widtsoe, John A. “Scholarship and the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 90, no. 45 (8 November 1928): 712-13.
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Although scientific research may substantiate items discussed in the Book of Mormon, there is no need for a scientific explanation for the book.

ID = [81405]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1928-11-08  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Thomas, Mark D. “Scholarship and the Book of Mormon.” In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Vogel, Dan, 63-79. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990.
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Analysis of the use of the Book of Mormon in modern scholarship and how it is viewed from a historical stand point.

Keywords: Mormon Studies (academic discipline); Book of Mormon, textual criticism; Faith and scholarship
ID = [82129]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Thomas, Mark D. “Scholarship and the Future of the Book of Mormon.” Sunstone 5 (May/June 1980): 24-29.
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The Book of Mormon has features common to any literary work. It has historical background, literary forms, symbols, and grammar. Mormon scholars should use textual criticism, historical criticism, and literary criticism to interpret the Book of Mormon as scholars of other literary works have used. This method is invaluable to expose the message.

ID = [80143]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Thomas, Mark D. “Scholarship and the Future of the Book of Mormon.” Sunstone 5, no. 3 (May 1980): 24-29.
ID = [77250]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Hardy, Grant R. “Scholarship for the Ages.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 1 (2006): 43-53, 71.
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Until now, nearly all commentaries on the Book of Mormon have focused mainly on issues of doctrine rather than beginning with the text itself. Royal Skousen’s critical text project does the opposite by treating the text itself on the word and phrase level. Skousen weighs nearly all possible evidence to deduce the events that may have led to the variations seen in the texts and to draw conclusions about which readings are most likely original. Some conclusions may surprise readers, but Skousen is more interested in candidly documenting what the texts reveal than in interpreting all the implications. Several lengthy excerpts from Skousen’s work show the scholarly depth and rigor of his analysis. In the end, Skousen may have produced the seminal work of Book of Mormon textual criticism that scholars and students will still be using hundreds of years from now.

Keywords: Commentary; Critical Text; Scholarship; Textual History
ID = [3182]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 48825  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Smith, Gerald E. Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, 2015.
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Joseph Smith wasn’t merely the Book of Mormon’s prophetic translator - he was also a student of the sacred record. Schooling the Prophet offers evidence that the Latter-day Saint prophet was quietly influenced by one of the most important sources of religious thought and sacred protocol that he knew - the Book of Mormon - on issues such as the nature of God, priesthood, and the temple.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon, use and influence
ID = [81517]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Staker, Mark Lyman. “Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016): 183.
ID = [10760]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 7476  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:04
Saints’ Herald. “Schroeder Throws More Mud.” Saints’ Herald 48 (28 August 1901): 694-95.
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A response to A. Theodore Schroeder’s claim that the Book of Mormon was written by Joseph Smith as a “practical joke”

ID = [80144]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-08-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Reynolds, George. “Science and Literature Among the Nephites.” Juvenile Instructor 15 (1 May 1880): 105-6.
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The Nephite civilization began with highly intelligent and learned leaders who were well acquainted with geography and astronomy. They had access to unpolluted scriptures, including the otherwise unknown writings of Zenos, Zenock, Neum, and Ezias. They may have been familiar with the books of Abraham and Joseph.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [80145]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Reynolds, George. “Science and Literature Among the Nephites.” Juvenile Instructor 15, no. 9 (1880): 105-106.
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The Nephite civilization began with highly intelligent and learned leaders who were well acquainted with geography and astronomy. They had access to unpolluted scriptures, including the otherwise unknown writings of Zenos, Zenock, Neum, and Ezias. They may have been familiar with the books of Abraham and Joseph.

Keywords: Astronomy, Book of Mormon Geography, Education, Literature, Science, Scripture Study
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [75917]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Miller, Wade E. “Science and the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2009 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2009.
ID = [32466]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2009-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size: 59438  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:43
BYU Studies, ed. Science and the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2012.
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This compilation of groundbreaking Book of Mormon articles is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles on how the El Niño weather pattern may have made Lehi’s voyage to the Americas possible, geological insights into the destruction chronicled in 3 Nephi, and information about olives in antiquity. Contents “Lehi and El Niño: A Method of Migration” David L. Clark “In the Thirty and Fourth Year: A Geologist’s View of the Great Destruction in 3 Nephi” Bart J. Kowallis “‘Many Great and Notable Cities Were Sunk’: Liquefaction in the Book of Mormon” Benjamin R. Jordan “Recent Notes about Olives in Antiquity” Wilford M. Hess

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [75333]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:10
Sperry, Sidney B. Science, Tradition and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, MIA, 1973.
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A reference manual for the youth. Sperry talks of the migration of the Jaredites and Nephites, suggesting also some possible landing sites. He gives archaeological evidence that relics found in ancient China resemble those found in the ancient Americas. Many Indian legends tell of a sacred book that was taken away that would return to the earth, and Sperry compares this legend with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78227]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Hickman, Josiah E. Science, Tradition, and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: General Boards of MIA, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1937.
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A lesson manual. Cultural/religious parallels between the Book of Mormon people and the American Indians are discussed. Cites evidence linking American aborigines to Hebrew origins.

ID = [78228]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1937-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Wilson, Luke P. “The Scientific Search for Nephite Remains.” Heart and Mind (Fall 1992): 2-3, 5.
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The supernatural claims of the Book of Mormon cannot be tested, nor can the remains of the culture claimed by the book to have existed be found. Many of the agricultural and metallurgical claims of the book cannot be supported by archaeology.

ID = [80631]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Rappleye, Neal. “A Scientist Looks at Book of Mormon Anachronisms.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 10 (2014): 123-131.
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Review of Wade E. Miller, Science and the Book of Mormon: Cureloms, Cumoms, Horses & More (Laguna Niguel, California: KCT & Associates, 2010). 106 pages + viii, including two appendices and references cited, no index.
Abstract: Anachronisms, or out of place items, have long been a subject of controversy with the Book of Mormon. Several Latter-day Saints over the years have attempted to examine them. Dr. Wade E. Miller, as a paleontologist and geologist, offers a some new insights on this old question, especially regarding animals mentioned in the Book of Mormon, including a report on some preliminary research which might completely change the pre-Columbian picture for horses in America. Overall, this is an indispensable resource on Book of Mormon anachronisms.

ID = [4296]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 16590  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Scimitars, Cimeters! We Have Scimitars! Do We Need Another Cimeter?” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 352-359. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Ancient Near East; Metallurgy; Warfare; Weaponry - Cimeter; Weaponry - Scimitar
ID = [82142]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Nelson, Fred W. “Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor, Light from the Dust: A Photographic Exploration into the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 12.
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Review of Light from the Dust: A Photographic Exploration into the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon (1993), by Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor.

ID = [188]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 9576  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Skousen, Royal. “‘Scourged’ vs. ‘Scorched’ in Mosiah 17:13.” Insights 22, no. 3 (2002).
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Very often in my work on the critical text of the Book of Mormon, I have discovered cases where the text reads inappropriately. Book of Mormon researchers have typically attempted to find some circumstance or interpretation to explain a difficult reading, but in many cases I have found that difficult readings are actually the result of simple scribal errors.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Mosiah; text; manuscript
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [66664]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-03  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Rich, Ben E., ed. Scrapbook of Mormon Literature. 2 vols. Chicago: Henry C. Etten, 1912.
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Two-volume compilation includes tracts and articles of varying authorship. Both volumes contain early missionary tracts, instructions to missionaries as to their conduct in the mission field, doctrinal statements from Joseph Smith and other Church leaders, and statements about Mormonism from people both in and out of the Church. Includes a list of prophecies made by Joseph Smith. Includes an analysis of the Book of Mormon and discusses doctrines taught within the book.

ID = [78229]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1912-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Rich, Ben E. Scrapbook of Mormon Literature: Religious Tracts. Chicago, IL: Henry C. Etten & Co., 1911.
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Ben E. Rich compiles literature by authors such as Parley P. Pratt, Joseph Smith, Orson F. Whitney, and others. Subjects treated include the afterlife, vicarious ordinances for deceased persons, latter-day prophets, and the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Temples; Book of Mormon
ID = [81508]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1911-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Goff, Alan. “Scratching the Surface of Book of Mormon Narratives.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 51-82.
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Review of Digging in Cumorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives (1999), by Mark D. Thomas

Keywords: Form Criticism; Historicity; Literature; Scholarship
ID = [359]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 75561  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Scribe as a Witness.” Improvement Era 72, no. 1 (1969): 53-59.
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This article gives an in-depth review of sources regarding Oliver Cowdery’s testimony of the Book of Mormon. Gives details of the translation of the Book of Mormon and the disaffection and rebaptism of Cowdery.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Cowdery, Oliver, Three Witnesses, Witnesses of the Restoration
ID = [76754]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Draper, Richard D. “Scribes, Pharisees, Hypocrites: A Study in Hypókrisis.” In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, 385-427. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Hypocrisy; Jesus Christ; Pharisees; Scribe
ID = [75506]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Jorgensen, Bruce W. “Scriptural Chastity Lessons: Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife; Corianton and Harlot Isabel.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 32, no. 1, Spring 1999, 7–34.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Topics > Joseph and Asenath
ID = [67634]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-03-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:03
Nyman, Monte S. “A Scriptural Comparison Concerning Anger: 3 Nephi 12:22 and Matthew 5:22.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, ed. Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. Ball, 57–76. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
ID = [36602]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 43379  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:20
Gustavson, Mark S. “Scriptural Horror and the Divine Will.” Dialogue 21 (Spring 1988): 70-83.
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Contemporary Mormon interpretive literature emphasizes atrocities found in scripture, with little attention as to whether they are morally defensible (e.g., the near sacrifice of Isaac, the execution by fire of Alma and Amulek’s converts, and the conquest of Caanan). Notes a strain in Mormonism that argues for a God who, in order to strengthen humanity, arranges events that infiict great pain and suffering, especially on the faithful. He then outlines a set of core ethical paradigms. [R.H.B.]

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80146]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ross, John, and Thomas Ross. Scriptural Lessons Taken from the Book of Mormon. Monongahela: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1949.
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A Sunday School instructional aid comprising sixty lessons beginning with the Jaredites and concluding with the book of Moroni. Each lesson includes a retelling of a portion of the Book of Mormon and questions.

ID = [78230]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1949-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Nibley, Hugh W. “Scriptural Perspectives on How to Survive the Calamities of the Last Days.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 1 (1985): 7–27.
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Reprinted in The Prophetic Book of Mormon, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8. 470–97. Reprinted in Social and Political Studies about the Book of Mormon: Articles from BYU Studies. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.
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:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > History > Christian History, Apostasy > Eschatology, Last Days
ID = [1104]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:16
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
Charles, Melodie Moench. “Scriptural Precedents for Priesthood.” Dialogue 18 (Fall 1985): 14-20.
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Lists and discusses the qualiications for holding the priesthood as given in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80147]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Faulconer, James E. “Scripture as Incarnation.” In Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures, edited by Paul Y. Hoskisson, 17–61. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 2001. Reprint, in Faulconer, J. E. Faith, Philosophy, Scripture. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, 2010, 151–202.
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Today the modernist view of history in which texts only represent events is so predominant that most Latter-day Saints automatically apply it to the question of scriptural historicity. Unfortunately, historical scholarship rarely lines up with our understanding of scripture as well as we would like. Problems arise when we use modernist tools to examine scripture written by premoderns, who considered their writing not as mere representation but as incarnation—an embodiment of the symbolic ordering of the world. The premodernist reading of the scriptures more accurately reflects Latter-day Saint beliefs: whereas modernism would use reason to understand history (and thus the Divine in history, i.e., scripture), premodernism uses divinely revealed scripture as well as ritual, ritual objects, and ritual language to give order to history. Instead of examining scripture as just another element of history, premoderns consider scripture to be the defining element in history.
The historicity of scripture is important to most Christians and especially to Latter-day Saints. [1] Christians disagree among themselves about how to understand scriptural history, but few deny that, in some important sense, Christian scripture is historical. However, given the challenges to scriptural history, challenges that are especially strong for Latter-day Saints who take the Book of Mormon to be historical, what are we to make of the claim that scriptures are history? Given those challenges, is it possible to understand scripture as literal history? The answer to that question—positive, I will argue—lies in answering the question of what we mean by history.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [2588]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:25
Checketts, Darby, and Sharon Checketts. Scripture Focus for Everyday Living. Provo, UT: Cornerstone Pro- Dev Press, 1992.
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A scripture study program. Contains ifty-two post-on-the-wall scriptural thoughts (one for each week of the year) designed to inspire, teach, and motivate students of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78231]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Campbell, Lester E. Scripture Index of FARMS Reprints and Preliminary Reports. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
Display Abstract  

“This index lists scriptures used in FARMS papers up to early 1987. It is organized according to the subject categories in the FARMS catalog” as follows: (1) The Book of Mormon and the Ancient Near East, (2) The Book of Mormon and Ancient Mesoamerica, (3) The Book of Mormon—commentary, (4) other scriptural studies and materials.

ID = [78232]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Gillum, Gary P. Scripture Index to Hugh Nibley’s Works: Book of Mormon: Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1984.
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Gives a list of Book of Mormon scriptures and their location as quoted and used in the writings of Hugh Nibley.

ID = [78233]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Farnes, Alan Taylor. “Scripture Note: A Fresh Approach to Moroni’s Promise.” Religious Educator Vol. 20 no. 2 (2019).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > G — K > Gifts of the Spirit
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
ID = [38365]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2019-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 22985  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:32
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. “Scripture Note—‘For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them’: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?” Religious Educator Vol. 18 no. 1 (2017).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [38429]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 14431  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:32
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 1, ‘The Keystone of Our Religion’” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 8, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6109]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-11-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 911  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 10, ‘He Inviteth All to Come unto Him’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 14, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6118]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 840  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11, ‘Press Forward with a Steadfastness in Christ’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 14, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6119]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 826  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12, ‘Seek Ye for the Kingdom of God’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 14, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [6120]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 838  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13, ‘The Allegory of the Olive Trees’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 14, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [6121]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 856  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14, ‘For a Wise Purpose’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 20, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [6122]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-20  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 875  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 15, ‘Eternally Indebted to Your Heavenly Father’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 27, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6123]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-27  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 884  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 16, ‘Ye Shall Be Called the Children of Christ’” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 6, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6124]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-03-06  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 874  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 17, ‘A Seer-Becometh a Great Benefit to His Fellow Beings’” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 29, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6125]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-03-29  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 900  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 18, ‘God Himself-Shall Redeem His People’” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 29, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6126]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-03-29  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 842  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 19, ‘None Could Deliver Them but the Lord’” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 29, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6127]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-03-29  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 868  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 2, ‘All Things According to His Will’” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 8, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6110]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-11-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 864  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 20, ‘My Soul Is Pained No More’” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 23, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6128]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-04-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 858  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 21, ‘Alma… Did Judge Righteous Judgments’” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 1, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6129]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-05-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 878  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22, ‘Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances?’” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 4, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6130]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-06-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 839  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 23, ‘More Than One Witness’” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6131]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-06-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 811  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 24, ‘Give Us Strength According to Our Faith-in Christ’” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6132]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-06-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 821  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25, ‘They Taught with Power and Authority of God’” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6133]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-06-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 900  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26, ‘Converted unto the Lord’” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6134]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-07-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 785  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 27, ‘All Things Denote There Is a God’” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 16, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6135]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-07-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 829  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 28, ‘The Word Is in Christ unto Salvation’” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 16, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6136]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-07-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 879  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 29, ‘Give Ear to My Words’” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 24, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6137]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-07-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 817  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3, The Vision of the Tree of Life.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 8, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6111]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-11-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 876  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 30, ‘The Great Plan of Happiness’” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 24, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6138]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-07-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 824  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 31, ‘Firm in the Faith of Christ’” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 13, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6139]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-08-13  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 809  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 32, ‘They Did Obey…Every Word of Command with Exactness’” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 13, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6140]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-08-13  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 866  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 33, ‘A Sure Foundation’” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 5, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [6141]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-09-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 781  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 34, ‘How Could You Have Forgotten Your God?’” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 5, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [6142]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-09-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 826  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 35, ‘Repent and Return unto the Lord’” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 15, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [6143]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-09-15  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 832  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 36, ‘On the Morrow Come I into the World’” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 15, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6144]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-09-15  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 805  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 36, ‘On the Morrow Come I into the World’ (2012).” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 19, 2012.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6104]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2012-09-19  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 956  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 37, ‘Whosoever Will Come, Him Will I Receive’” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 24, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6145]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-09-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 816  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 37, ‘Whosoever Will Come, Him Will I Receive’ (2012).” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 27, 2012.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6105]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2012-09-27  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 1825  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 38, ‘Old Things Are Done Away, and All Things Have Become New’” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 2, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6146]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-02  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 833  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 38, ‘Old Things Are Done Away, and All Things Have Become New’ (2012).” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 13, 2012.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6106]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2012-10-13  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 1017  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 39, ‘Behold, My Joy Is Full’” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6147]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 808  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 39, ‘Behold, My Joy Is Full’ (2012).” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 24, 2012.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6107]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2012-10-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 654  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4, ‘The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit’” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 19, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6112]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-11-19  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 871  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 40, ‘Then Will I Gather Them In’” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6148]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 852  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 40, ‘Then Will I Gather Them In’ (2012).” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 3, 2012.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6108]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2012-11-03  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 822  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 41, ‘He Did Expound All Things unto Them’” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6149]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 798  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 42, ‘This Is My Gospel’” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 23, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
ID = [6150]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 799  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 43, ‘How Could Ye Have Departed from the Ways of the Lord?’” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 23, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
ID = [6151]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 821  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 44, ‘I Speak unto You As If Ye Were Present’” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 4, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
ID = [6152]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-12-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 828  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 45, ‘Never Has Man Believed in Me As Thou Hast’” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 4, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [6153]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-12-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 842  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 46, ‘By Faith All Things Are Fulfilled’” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 4, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [6154]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-12-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 694  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 47, ‘To Keep Them in the Right Way’” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 18, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6155]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-12-18  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 705  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 48, ‘Come unto Christ’” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 18, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6156]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-12-18  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 716  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5, ‘Hearken to the Truth, and Give Heed unto It’” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 19, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6113]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-11-19  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 849  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6, ‘Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life’” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 17, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6114]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-01-17  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7, ‘I Know in Whom I Have Trusted’” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 17, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6115]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-01-17  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 858  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 8, ‘O How Great the Goodness of Our God’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 8, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6116]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 1019  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 9, ‘My Soul Delighteth in the Words of Isaiah’” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 8, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [6117]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,old-test  Size: 1005  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:36
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4, ‘Remember the New Covenant, Even the Book of Mormon".” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 24, 2017.
ID = [6169]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2017-01-24  Collections:  bom,d-c,interpreter-website  Size: 1167  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Interpreter Foundation. “Scripture Roundtable: Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12, ‘Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction’” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 8, 2014.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6265]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2014-03-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,old-test  Size: 875  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:37
Bates, Kathryn Ricks. “Scripture Sketches.” Ensign, June 1991.
ID = [50060]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1991-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1042  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:50
Sire, James W. Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1980.
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An evangelical/polemical work written for the intent of dealing with the “cults” The author discusses alleged misinterpretations of Bible prophecy by the Mormons, which supposedly support the Book of Mormon. He considers praying about the Book of Mormon unnecessary and suggests that Joseph may have drawn upon both Spaulding and View of the Hebrews

ID = [78234]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Aston, Warren P. “Scripture update: El Niño and Lehi’s Voyage Revisited.” Insights 27, no. 6 (2007).
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In recent years several scholars have drawn the attention of Latter-day Saints to the phenomenon popularly known as “El Niño.”1 In 1990 David L. Clark highlighted the fact that a mechanism was now known to science that would permit, periodically, easterly sea travel across the Pacific, the direction Lehi’s party is understood to have traveled.2 ENSO, the more formal acronym for this phenomenon, comes from El Niño (the Christ child) and Southern Oscillation, referring to the fact that the changes commence in the southern Pacific Ocean. The intermittent ENSO effect creates an easterly equatorial current running counter to the prevailing westerly direction of Pacific currents and winds. The winds can even blow in reverse, thus not only allowing but encouraging sea travel to the western coast of the Americas.

Keywords: El Niño; dendrochronology; Pacific Ocean; Book of Mormon
ID = [66875]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-06  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Roper, Matthew P. “Scripture Update: Lehi as a Visionary Man.” Insights 27, no. 4 (2007).
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One of the complaints leveled against Lehi by his rebellious sons Laman and Lemuel and his wife, Sariah, was that he was a “visionary man” (1 Nephi 2:11; 5:2). Although this term does not appear in the King James translation of the Bible, it accurately reflects the Hebrew word hazon, meaning divine vision.1 Although this Hebrew term appears in connection with true prophets of God, it is also sometimes written with a negative connotation, describing false prophets, especially in the writings of Lehi’s contemporary Jeremiah (Jeremiah 14:14; 23:16).

Keywords: Bible; Lehi; prophets; revelation; scripture
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [66857]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-04  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Packer, Boyd K. “Scriptures.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1982.
ID = [15063]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1982-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 13522  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:23
Packer, Boyd K. “Scriptures.” Ensign, November 1982.
ID = [46029]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1982-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13767  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:53
Church News. “Scriptures Come Alive in Primary.” Church News 59 (30 September 1989): 11.
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Primary children participated in making a video of stories in the Book of Mormon to help them remember the stories better.

ID = [80148]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-09-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Flinders, Rebecca M., and Anne B. Fairchild. “Scriptures for Families.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 431-434.
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Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families. Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The New Testament for Latter-day Saint Families.

Keywords: Education; Family; Scripture Study
ID = [437]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8756  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Cheesman, Paul R., and Wilfred C. Griggs, eds. Scriptures for the Modern World. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1984.
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Three Book of Mormon articles treated in this volume deal with Moroni, the allegory of the Olive Tree, and external evidences of scriptures.

ID = [78235]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Cheville, Roy A. Scriptures From Ancient America. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1964.
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Establishes the criteria for religious writings that would be placed in a world Library of Sacred Writings—they must have survival quality, an applicable conception of man, usability in ceremonies, devotions, and memorial occasions, quotability, elasticity and expandability (symbolic and igurative language), and a functional conception of divinity. The Book of Mormon meets the criteria to belong in such a library. It is a Hebrew collection of scriptures that supplements and supports the Bible and contributes much to the modern world. The history and story of the Book of Mormon is included.

ID = [78236]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church News. “Scriptures Given to Queen, Prime Minister.” Church News 57 (1 August 1987): 7.
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The Book of Mormon and other scriptures are presented to Queen Elizabeth and the Prime Minister of England.

ID = [80149]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Deseret News. “The Scriptures Have the Answers.” Deseret News Church Section (13 April 1986): 5, 23.
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President Ezra Taft Benson said that every Latter-day Saint should make the study of the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit. The Book of Mormon brings individuals to Christ in two ways: “First it tells in a plain manner of Christ and His Gospel,” and second “the Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ” Members are to read it carefully and prayerfully, pondering it as they read, and asking at the conclusion for a testimony of its truth.

ID = [80632]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-04-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Benson, Ezra Taft. “The Scriptures Have the Answers: Make Book of Mormon Study Life Long Pursuit.” Church News 56 (13 April 1986): 5, 23.
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Excerpts from address given by President Benson emphasizing need to study the Book of Mormon throughout one’s life. The Book of Mormon brings men to Christ and confounds/exposes the enemies of Christ. The only issue to be resolved in gaining a testimony is whether or not the Book of Mormon is true, since all else hinges on that knowledge.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80633]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-04-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Braden, Charles Samuel. The Scriptures of Mankind. New York: Macmillan, 1952.
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On pages 477-83 of this work the author provides a brief history of the Book of Mormon and discusses Joseph Smith’s translation methods. He mentions the lack of credibility of the Eight Witnesses and the possible influence of the Spaulding Manuscript.

ID = [78641]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Talmage, James E. “Scriptures of the American Continent.” Liahona 14 (1917): 611-12.
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Summarizes the Book of Mormon and the story of its coming forth, and explains that much of the opposition to the book was due to Joseph’s claim that he had been visited by an angel and received divine help in its translation. This claim was an affront to the dogma that miracles had ceased.

ID = [80150]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Talmage, James E. “Scriptures of the American Continent.” Deseret News Church Section (25 February 1933): 6.
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Presents the Book of Mormon as a scripture that originated on the American continent and gives a summary of its contents.

ID = [80151]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-02-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ensign. “Scriptures on 2,600-Year-Old Silver Scrolls Found in Jerusalem.” Ensign June 1987, 56—57.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [48156]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1987-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 6608  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:07
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Scriptures Stories. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980.
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Designed for youth, comprises many illustrated stories from the Bible and the Book of Mormon, including escape of Limhi’s people, and the stories of Ammon and Nephi.

ID = [78237]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Watson, William T. “Scriptures, Missionaries and Adult Literacy: A Qualitative Study of a ‘Book of Mormon’ Based Reading Program for LDS Missionaries.” PhD diss., Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1995.
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“This report describes the results of a qualitative study on a reading remediation program used to teach missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) who struggled with reading. The purpose of this study was to research the interactions among the missionaries, their tutors and the instructional strategies and materials used including the Book of Mormon; thus providing a body of information allowing others to replicate the programs’ successful reading components. Three researchers actually tutored six missionaries, observed 17 missionaries over a four-month period, and gathered posttest reading scores on 17 missionaries. Results from this study show that (a) missionaries have had previous negative reading experiences; (b) missionaries enter the MTC with poor reading habits that deter good reading; (c) tutors adapt procedures, materials and methods to address what they feel are the needs of the student without knowing if those adaptations produced better outcomes; (d) the current reading program has changed significantly from the 1993 program; (e) missionaries in the current reading program experience far less reading skill development than missionaries in the 1993 program; and (f) the Book of Mormon works well as a remediation text.” [Author’s abstract]

Keywords: Missiology; Literacy; Missiology, missionaries; Scriptures
ID = [81577]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Clawson, Rudger. “Scriptures-Ancient and Modern.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 88, no. 24 (17 June 1926): 369-73.
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The Book of Mormon is the stick of Joseph identified in Ezekiel 37:15-20. Lehi is a descendant of Joseph through Manasseh and Ishmael is the descendant of Ephraim, thus completing the house of Joseph.

ID = [81390]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1926-06-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Tanner, Susan W. “Scriptures—More Precious Than Gold and Sweeter Than Honey.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 11, 2005.
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Are the scriptures delicious to us—as precious as gold and sweeter than honey? Do we feast on them, delight in them, and ponder them as Nephi taught?

Keywords: Scriptures; Podcast: Come; Follow Me
ID = [69503]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2005-09-11  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:15
Chandler, Clay. “Scrying for the Lord: Magic, Mysticism, and the Origins of the Book of Mormon.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 36, no. 4 (Winter, 2003): 43-78.
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In this controversial article, Chandler posits that Joseph Smith employed his knowledge and use of magic in obtaining the gold plates and translating the Book of Mormon. He presents three theories in an effort to understand the many complexities known about Joseph’s translating the plates. These theories, linking magic with the creation of the Book of Mormon, run the gamut from pious deceiver to true believer and mystic. In Chandler’s view, ’magic opened a door for Joseph Smith into the world of religious mysticism and, as a tool for producing the Book of Mormon, may have set him on the path to becoming a prophet.’

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Smith, Joseph, Jr., occult; Book of Mormon, origins
ID = [81979]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Crawley, D. S. “The Sealed Book.” Saints’ Herald 50 (2 September 1903): 817-18.
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Author believes that the sealed book identiied in the book of Revelation and Isaiah 29:9 has reference to the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith was the “unlearned man to whom the book was delivered by the power of God.

ID = [80634]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1903-09-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Tvedtnes, John A. “Sealed Books.” In The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: “Out of Darkness Unto Light”, edited by , 59-73. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Ancient Egypt; Ancient Near East; Hidden; John the Beloved; Judaism; Moroni (Son of Mormon); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Prophecy; Sealed Book; Sealing
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [75606]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Bachman, Danel W. “Sealed in a Book: Preliminary Observations on the Newly Found ‘Anthon Transcript’” Brigham Young University Studies 20, no. 4 (1980): 321.
ID = [9175]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 46167  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:53
Faulconer, James E. “Sealings and Mercies: Moroni’s Final Exhortations in Moroni 10.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 4-19.
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This is not an essay in the usual sense. Instead, it is a close reading of Moroni 10, looking verse by verse at what Mornoi might be teaching us. The overarching question is, to what does Moroni exhort us as he seals his book and writes his final words? Examining each of Morni’s eight exhortations, Faulconer shows one way to study scriptures and perhaps to think about them afresh. In addition to the importantadmonition to pray about the truth of the Book of Mormon, he sees in this chapter a message of God’s mercy and of our need for charity.

Keywords: Charity; Exhortation; Mercy; Moroni (Son of Mormon); Scripture Study; Sealing
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3285]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 59217  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Frederick, Julie. “Seals, Symbols, and Sacred Texts: Sealing and the Book of Mormon.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81837]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
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
Aston, Warren P., and Michaela J. Aston. “The Search for Nahom and the End of Lehi’s Trail in Southern Arabia.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
ID = [8615]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Leavitt, Dean H., Jonathon C. Marshall, and Keith A. Crandall. “The Search for the Seed of Lehi: How Defining Alternative Models Helps in the Interpretation of Genetic Data.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 36, no. 4 (Winter, 2003): 133-150.
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“A culture’s level of scientific understanding significantly influences how its religious texts are interpreted. The interplay between scientific discovery and scriptural understanding has been controversial throughout history. For example, the Catholic church’s response to scholars who disproved the geocentric understanding of the universe is well known. The studies of geology, astronomy, and organic evolution have all caused numerous problems with literal interpretations of the Biblical account of creation. Similarly, the Book of Mormon, a sacred text for a number of American religions, has been subject to reinterpretation in light of new scientific understanding. Its particular account of the history of the American continent has been intensely examined since its introduction by Joseph Smith, Jr., in the mid-nineteenth century.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon; Genetics
ID = [81982]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Graham, Patricia L. “Search the Scriptures.” Friend 18 (March 1988): 42-43.
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Children’s activity to enhance knowledge of Book of Mormon by arranging the books in the correct order.

ID = [80152]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Lamb, David. “Search the Words of Isaiah.” Zarahemla Record 60 (March/April 1992): 1, 4.
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Suggests following the directive of Jesus to take the writings of Isaiah seriously. To accomplish this assignment one must learn the manner of the Jews.

ID = [80153]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Kinney, Inez. “The Search: In Guatemala and Honduras.” Saints’ Herald 85 (17 September 1938): 1196-98, 1206.
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The lands of Guatemala and Honduras were anciently inhabited by two peoples. Archaeological evidence substantiates the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80635]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1938-09-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Clark, John E. “Searching for Book of Mormon Lands in Middle America.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): 1-54.
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Review of Joseph L. Allen. Sacred Sites: Searching for Book of Mormon Lands and Review of James Warr. A New Model for Book of Mormon Geography.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Central America; Mesoamerica
ID = [478]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 109842  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Aston, Warren P. “Searching for the Valley of Lemuel.” Meridian Magazine, January 15, 2020.
ID = [66530]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Sorenson, John L. “Seasonality of Warfare in the Book of Mormon and Mesoamerica.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 445-477. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Warfare; Weather
ID = [82147]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Sorenson, John L. “Seasons of War, Seasons of Peace in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 249-255. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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When we look carefully at what the Book of Mormon says about war, we find that the many military activities reported did not take place just anytime during the calendar year. Rather, they occurred according to a definite pattern. Certain months were war months while others were not. The complete consistency of this pattern reminds us of how many details the writers of this scripture kept straight.

Keywords: Calendar System; Chronology; Warfare
ID = [75639]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 12664  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Smith, Joseph, Jr., and W. W. Blair, eds. “Second Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 35 (10 March 1888): 147-48.
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Reprint of an article from Inter-Ocean (30 January 1888) concerning two copper plates that Joseph Smith allegedly claimed to be genuine and relating to the Mormon faith. Smith put on his “magical spectacles” and translated the plates into the Second Book of Mormon. Included is a rebuttal to this article from the Times and Seasons (1 May 1843) that states the plates, known as the Kinderhook Plates, were shown to Smith, but then taken away before he could make a translation.

ID = [80154]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-03-10  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ball, Terry B. “Second Book of Nephi.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 1:146-47. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1992.
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Provides a summary description of 2 Nephi in sections: Lehi’s admonitions and testament to his posterity before his death (1:1-4:11); Lehi pronounces blessings on all his children and Nephi writes a small historical segment (4:12-5:34); a sermon by Jacob (chapters 6-10), and a lengthy written discourse from Nephi (chapters 11-33) in which he quotes large portions of Isaiah.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80904]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,eom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Dunn, Loren C. “A Second Witness for Christ.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1973.
ID = [13304]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10508  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:18
Dunn, Loren C. “A Second Witness for Christ.” Ensign, July 1973.
ID = [41745]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10412  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:03
Menzies, James S. A Second Witness for Jesus Christ. Independence, MO: Herald House,n.d.
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A tract that emphasizes that America is a choice land and that those who possess it will be free from bondage if they serve Christ; otherwise they will be swept off the land. Quotes Isaiah 29 and John 10:16 to show that the Book of Mormon fulfills biblical prophecy.

ID = [77450]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
England, Eugene. “A Second Witness for the Logos: The Book of Mormon and Contemporary Literary Criticism.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2. Edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, pp. 91-125, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.
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This second of two volumes of essays honoring Hugh Nibley includes scholarly papers based on what the authors have learned from Nibley. Nearly every major subject that Dr. Nibley has encompassed in his vast learning and scholarly production is represented here by at least one article. Topics include the sacrament covenant in Third Nephi, the Lamanite view of Book of Mormon history, external evidences of the Book of Mormon, proper names in the Book of Mormon, the brass plates version of Genesis, the composition of Lehi’s family, ancient burials of metal documents in stone boxes, repentance as rethinking, Mormon history’s encounter with secular modernity, and Judaism in the 20th century.
Until recently, attempts to vindicate the central claim of the Book of Mormon about itself—that it is a divinely inspired book based on the history of an ancient culture—have focused mainly on external evidences. Such attempts examine parallels in the geographies, cultures, and literatures of the Middle East and ancient America (especially parallels to knowledge that have become available only since Joseph Smith’s time). These parallels are used to prove that the Book of Mormon is consistent with ancient knowledge and forms which Joseph Smith could have known only through an ancient manuscript and revelation. This essay takes a different approach, based essentially on internal evidence provided by the book itself. My reflections, stimulated by the work of Mormon scholars such as John Welch, Noel Reynolds, and Bruce Jorgensen, examine techniques developed by non-Mormon literary critics Northrop Frye and Rene Girard in their work on the Bible.

Keywords: Atonement; Literary Criticism; Logos
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [2355]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:24
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration.” Improvement Era 71, no. 9 (1968): 15-16, 18, 20-22, 24.
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This article says that in addition to Oliver Cowdery’s testimony of the Book of Mormon, his testimony of the restoration of the two priesthoods is of great value. As newly-appointed editor of the Church newspaper he wrote an account in installments of the translation of the Book of Mormon. As a part of this series he told of John the Baptist’s visit to restore the Aaronic priesthood.

Keywords: Aaronic Priesthood, Cowdery, Oliver, Melchizedek Priesthood, Priesthood Power, Priesthood Restoration, Witnesses of the Restoration
ID = [76747]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
ID = [77181]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Alma. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77222]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Enos - Mosiah. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [77221]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: First Nephi. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
ID = [77219]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi - Moroni. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77224]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Helaman Through Third Nephi. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [77223]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Second Nephi through Jacob. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [77220]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Richards, F. D. “Secret Combinations.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 30, no. 22 (30 May 1868): 344-48.
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The author points out the existence of secret organizations in the United States: the Ku Klux Klan, the Loyal League, the Grand Army of the Republic and Fenianism. The Book of Mormon shows how secret societies brought destruction. Richards quotes all of Ether 8:13-26 and Helaman 6:22-30, and urges the Saints to “keep from all secret combinations and political associations”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80955]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-05-30  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Hillam, Ray Cole. “Secret Combinations.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Covenants, Gadianton Robbers, Secret Combinations, Secret Oaths
ID = [75018]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 3558  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:08
Mouritsen, Paul. “Secret Combinations and Flaxen Cords: Anti-Masonic Rhetoric and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 116-118.
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Some critics of the Book of Mormon claim that Joseph Smith drew certain terminology from his nineteenth-century environment. In particular, they suggest that terms such as secret society and secret combination may reflect anti-Masonic rhetoric from the period or even that the term flaxen cord has Masonic overtones. This article traces many varied uses of secret combination in nineteenth-century writings that have nothing to do with the Masons. The appearance of these terms in the Book of Mormon does not weaken the historical claims of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Anti-Mason; Early Church History; Historicity; Joseph; Jr.; Nineteenth-Century American History; Oaths; Rhetoric; Secret Combinations; Smith
ID = [3113]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 60883  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
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
Warren, Bruce W. “Secret Combinations, Warfare, and Captive Sacrifice in Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 225-236. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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This chapter examines similarities between the warfare and war-related rituals of ancient Mesoamericans and of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon. It draws comparisons between secret combinations and treatment of captive kings in both societies.

Keywords: Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon; Cultural anthropology
ID = [82137]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Lea, Leonard J. “‘Secret Combinations’” Saints’ Herald 84 (6 March 1937): 292.
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True secret combinations are alliances between the criminal underworld and corrupt government officials. They are designed to exploit, to plunder public treasures, and to promote vice.

ID = [78829]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-03-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Welch, John W., David R. Benard, and Daniel C. Peterson. “‘Secret Combinations’” 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: Early Church History; Freemasonry; Secret Combinations
ID = [66508]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Oman, Nathan B. “‘Secret Combinations’ A Legal Analysis.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): Article 6.
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This article addresses the belief that the account of secret combinations in the Book of Mormon is a satire on Masonry. Many scholars claim that the term secret combinations was exclusively used in the 1820s to refer to Masonry. However, Nathan Oman points out that this term was also used in legal situations to refer to criminal conspiracies.

ID = [467]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 60908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Peterson, Daniel C. “‘Secret Combinations’ Revisited.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1 no. 1 (1992).
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The claim that the Gadianton robbers in the Book of Mormon are merely a reflection of nineteenth-century Masons, who were referred to in the late 1820s as “secret combinations,” is false since an 1826 use of the phrase establishes that those words were not used exclusively to describe Masons.

ID = [2822]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,peterson  Size: 10670  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Ludlow, Victor L. “Secret Covenant Teachings of Men and the Devil in Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 265–282. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
ID = [36812]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 30128  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Staker, Susan. “Secret Things, Hidden Things: The Seer Story in the Imaginative Economy of Joseph Smith.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, edited by Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe, 235-274. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002.
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“Those who associated with Joseph Smith during the spring and summer of 1829 remembered that he used a ’seer stone’ to dictate both the Book of Mormon and his early revelations. This fact orients Joseph Smith’s biography in crucial and important ways, pointing not only backward to his youthful career as glass-looker and treasure seer but forward as well to his emerging work as translator, prophet, seer, and Moses-like leader of a community of believers. This continuity was important for early believers, coming as they did from a world similar to Smith’s where the line between magic and religion was fluid and inspiring, not dangerous or degrading.

Keywords: Seer stones; Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82091]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Broadhurst, Dale R. The Secular and the Sacred: An Examination of Selected Parallels in the Writings of Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon. Delaware, OH: Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 1982.
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Compares the Book of Mormon ocean crossing narratives with the Spaulding manuscript and finds twenty-four significant similarities. The author believes that Solomon Spaulding remains the leading candidate for Book of Mormon authorship.

ID = [78642]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Honey, David B. “The Secular as Sacred: The Historiography of the Title Page.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 94-103.
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The title page of the Book of Mormon acts as a historiographical introduction to the editorial guidelines followed by Mormon in his work of compilation and redaction. These guidelines defined what was important for Mormon to incorporate in his historical record and included the themes of genealogy, covenants, and the teaching and testifying of Christ.

Keywords: Covenant; Genealogy; Historiography; Jesus Christ; Mormon; Testimony
ID = [2860]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 22681  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Millennial Star. “Secular Proofs of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 61, no. 15 (13 April 1899): 229-31.
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A reprint of an article from the Deseret News that gives the substance of a lecture by George Reynolds. Evidences that prove the ancient inhabitants of this continent were Nephites: Hebrew inscriptions on stone, metal and parchment and a story that a “francisco” discovered a secret “Nephite hiding place,” the whereabouts of which he could not reveal under a oath of secrecy.

ID = [81019]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1899-04-13  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Midgley, Louis C. “The Secular Relevance of the Gospel.” Review of Since Cumorah, by Hugh Nibley. Dialogue 4, no. 4 (1969): 76–85.
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Looks at how Hugh Nibley strives to provide answers to the questions: (1) What message has the Book of Mormon for our world? and (2) Does it speak to those who sense their own involvement in the greatness and the misery of secular existence?

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [1031]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Welch, Rosalynde Frandsen. “The Secular Syllabus and the Sacred Book: Literary Scholars Approach the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 31 (2022): 100-121.
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This chapter examines the Book of Mormon’s emergence in the world of literary scholarship. It specifically considers the influence of Elizabeth Fenton’s and Jared Hickman’s scholarship and hypothesizes that their book, Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon, will continue to have far-reaching effects on the field.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon
ID = [81952]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Ehat, Stephen Kent. “‘securing’ the Prophet’s Copyright in the Book of Mormon: Historical and Legal Context for the So-called Canadian Copyright Revelation.” BYU Studies 50, no. 2 (2011): 4.
ID = [11069]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 64437  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:06
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up’: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 109-143.
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Abstract: The most likely etymology for the name Zoram is a third person singular perfect qal or pôʿal form of the Semitic/Hebrew verb *zrm, with the meaning, “He [God] has [is] poured forth in floods.” However, the name could also have been heard and interpreted as a theophoric –rām name, of which there are many in the biblical Hebrew onomasticon (Ram, Abram, Abiram, Joram/Jehoram, Malchiram, etc., cf. Hiram [Hyrum]/Huram). So analyzed, Zoram would connote something like “the one who is high,” “the one who is exalted” or even “the person of the Exalted One [or high place].” This has important implications for the pejoration of the name Zoram and its gentilic derivative Zoramites in Alma’s and Mormon’s account of the Zoramite apostasy and the attempts made to rectify it in Alma 31–35 (cf. Alma 38–39). The Rameumptom is also described as a high “stand” or “a place for standing, high above the head” (Heb. rām; Alma 31:13) — not unlike the “great and spacious building” (which “stood as it were in the air, high above the earth”; see 1 Nephi 8:26) — which suggests a double wordplay on the name “Zoram” in terms of rām and Rameumptom in Alma 31. Moreover, Alma plays on the idea of Zoramites as those being “high” or “lifted up” when counseling his son Shiblon to avoid being like the Zoramites and replicating the mistakes of his brother Corianton (Alma 38:3-5, 11-14). Mormon, perhaps influenced by the Zoramite apostasy and the magnitude of its effects, may have incorporated further pejorative wordplay on the Zoram-derived names Cezoram and Seezoram in order to emphasize that the Nephites had become lifted up in pride like the Zoramites during the judgeships of those judges. The Zoramites and their apostasy represent a type of Latter-day Gentile pride and apostasy, which Nephi, Mormon, and Moroni took great pains to warn against.
“For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (Luke 14:11).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3761]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 63846  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Young, S. Dilworth. “The Seed of Faith.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (10 December 1968). Provo, UT: BYU Press.
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Uses Alma 32 to discuss planting the “seed of faith” concerning the witnesses of the Book of Mormon plates. Includes the testimonies of the Three Witnesses.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81089]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1968-12-10  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Church News. “Seed Planted Early, Grows To Testimony.” Church News 44 (6 July 1974): 5, 10.
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Personal conversion story. The Book of Mormon was pivotal in Russell Reed’s decision to join the Church.

ID = [80155]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-07-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Sorensen, Elaine Shaw. “Seeds of Faith: A Follower’s View of Alma 32.” 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 > A — C > Agency
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
ID = [36784]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 20048  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Hopkin, Shon D. “Seeing Eye to Eye: Nephi’s and John’s Intertwining Visions of the Tree of Life.” In Apocalypse: Reading Revelation 21-22, edited by Smith, Julie M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2016.
ID = [81757]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,new-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Easton-Flake, Amy. “Seeing Moroni and the Book of Ether through a Study of Narrative Time.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [34006]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:48
Ewell, Janet Hessell. “Seeing Psalms as the Libretti of a Holy Drama.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 259-276.
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Abstract: Psalms was the favorite Old Testament book at Qumran and in the New Testament; the Book of Mormon contains more than three dozen allusions to Psalms. While Psalms contains both powerful, poetic words of comfort and doctrinal gems, many psalms also seem to careen between praise, warning, comfort, military braggadocio, and humility, sometimes addressing the Lord, sometimes speaking in the voice of the Lord or his prophets. The texts that most strongly exhibit such abrupt shifts may yield greater meaning if they are read as scripts or libretti of a sacred, temple- based drama.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
ID = [3598]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 36251  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Welch, John W. “Seeing Third Nephi as the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 19, no. 1 (2010): 36-55.
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Third Nephi and its account of the ministry of the resurrected Jesus to the Nephites has long been seen as the pinnacle of the Book of Mormon. This text can also be viewed as the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon. Everything in 3 Nephi, especially the ministry of the Savior, echoes themes related to the temple and the presence of the Lord in the Holy of Holies. Themes such as silence, timelessness, unity, awe, and consecration confirm this interpretation.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Consecration; Holy of Holies; Law of; Silence; Temple; Unity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3247]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,welch  Size: 81507  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Hill, George R., III. “‘Seek Ye Diligently and Teach One Another Words of Wisdom’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 3, 1991.
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“Now, since we know the Lord loves all of his children, we need to inquire whether our being here at this time with these blessings is by chance or whether there might be a purpose to it.”

Keywords: Learning; Prayer
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68926]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1991-11-03  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:11
Swenson, C. A. Seek Ye the Old Path and Walk Therein. Independence, MO: True Church of Christ,n.d.
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The Book of Mormon is a pure book given in answer to prophecy. However, it is not being used properly and thus condemnation has come upon those who have failed in its proper use. The “revelations” in the Doctrine and Covenants do not agree with the Book of Mormon. Many beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are contrary to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78238]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Brockbank, Bernard P. “‘Seek, and Ye Shall Find’” Improvement Era 71, no. 12 (1968): 61-63.
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This article shows that the Book of Mormon is a missionary tool that teaches the true character of Jesus Christ. The proper approach to obtaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon is outlined.

Keywords: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Book of Mormon, Missionary Work
ID = [76748]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Seeking Agreement on the Meaning of Book of Mormon Names.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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Over two hundred proper names of peoples or places appear in the Book of Mormon text. Although some of those names appear in the Bible, a large majority of them are unique to the Book of Mormon. Paul Y. Hoskisson leads the Onomasticon Project, which seeks to identify and interpret Book of Mormon names using standard principles and methods. This article introduces five subsequent articles that demonstrate to nonspecialists how this type of research can and should be applied to the Book of Mormon. Prepared scholars—Hoskisson, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Dana M. Pike, John A. Tvedtnes—display the type of interchange that is required to clarify and settle the issues surrounding Book of Mormon proper names. This article also introduces two additional articles that complement the onomastic discussion.

ID = [3020]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1797  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Barney, Kevin L. “Seeking Joseph Smith’s Voice.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 1 (2006): 54-59, 71-72.
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Royal Skousen’s work on his Book of Mormon critical text project demonstrates that he is an able textual critic who employs sound judgment and proven methods to uncover the original text of the Book of Mormon. In many cases, these decisions seem counterintuitive to untrained readers, but Skousen correctly applies the principle that a more awkward reading is most likely original. He also shows his ability to make conjectural emendations for which no direct textual evidence is available. In every case, Skousen clearly lays out his reasoning so that readers who disagree with his inferences can examine the evidence for themselves to reach their own conclusions. This paper goes on to speculate that Skousen’s work may in time bring the LDS and RLDS editions of the Book of Mormon closer together textually. In the end, the critical text project is a superb work of scholarship on par with the standard works of biblical textual criticism.

Keywords: Conjectural Emendation; Critical Text; Joseph; Jr.; Original Text; Prophet; Smith; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3183]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 27965  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Barney, Kevin L. “A Seemingly Strange Story Illuminated.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): 1-20.
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Review of The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: “Out of Darkness unto Light” (2000), by John A. Tvedtnes

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Gold Plates; Hidden Records; Historicity
ID = [374]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 50455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Stott, Graham St. John. “The Seer Stone Controversy: Writing the Book of Mormon.” Mosaic 19 (1986): 35-53.
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Keywords: Seer stones; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82074]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Stott, G. St. John. “The Seer Stone Controversy: Writing the Book of Mormon.” Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 19 (Summer 1986): 35-53.
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Not accepting Joseph Smith’s account regarding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon from the gold plates, the author attempts to find other explanations for the book’s existence.

ID = [80636]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Turley, Richard E., Jr. “Seer Stones.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Seer, Seer Stones, Urim and Thummim
ID = [75022]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 1351  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:08
Eliason, Eric A. “Seer Stones, Salamanders, and Early Mormon ‘Folk Magic’ in the Light of Folklore Studies and Bible Scholarship.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 1 (2016): 73-93.
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The 2015 publication of an Ensign article on, and especially photos of, one of Joseph Smith’s seer stones still owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints caused quite a sensation in the blogosphere. Mormon studies as a discipline has struggled to make sense of seer stones too. These responses are understandable, considering how often communities tend to presume little change in ritual practice over time and how identity groups tend to see others’ actually quite similar practices—separated by time or culture—as superstitious and our own as pious and commonsensical. This essay, by folklorist Eric Eliason, seeks to bring to bear the insights of both folklore scholarship and folklore-informed ancient Near Eastern scholarship on the issue of early Mormon seer stones in particular and American frontier folk magic in general.

Keywords: Bible; Early Church History; Folklore; Magic; Seer Stones
ID = [10784]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 36066  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:04
Spencer, Stan. “Seers and Stones: The Translation of the Book of Mormon as Divine Visions of an Old-Time Seer.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 24 (2017): 27-98.
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Abstract: Joseph Smith used the term the Urim and Thummim to refer to the pair of seer stones, or “interpreters,” he obtained for translating the Book of Mormon as well as to other seer stones he used in a similar manner. According to witness accounts, he would put the stone(s) in a hat and pull the hat close around his face to exclude the light, and then he would see the translated text of the Book of Mormon. By what property or principle these stones enabled Joseph Smith to see the translated text has long been a matter of conjecture among Mormons, but the stones have commonly been understood as divinely powered devices analogous to the latest human communications technology. An alternative view, presented here, is that the stones had no technological function but simply served as aids to faith. In this view, the stones did not themselves translate or display text. They simply inspired the faith Joseph Smith needed to see imaginative visions, and in those visions, he saw the text of the Book of Mormon, just as Lehi and other ancient seers saw sacred texts in vision. Although Joseph Smith also saw visions without the use of stones, the logistics of dictating a book required the ability to see the translated text at will, and that was what the faith-eliciting stones would have made possible. And now he translated them by the means of those two stones.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3703]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Gee, John. “A Seething Pot in the North: International Affairs Leading Up to Lehi’s Day.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 543—60. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39702]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:39
Wardle, James D. Selected Changes in the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Co., 1963.
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A list of select changes between the first edition of the Book of Mormon, published in 1830, and subsequent editions. Typographical errors as well as “intentional” and “deliberate” changes are noted.

ID = [78239]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Ludlow, Daniel H. Selected Reading and Reference Materials for Scripture (Book of Mormon) 121. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1963.
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A forty-six page booklet containing quotes from a variety of sources dealing with various aspects of the Book of Mormon. Designed as a supplementary resource for freshman Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University.

ID = [78240]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Board of Education. Selected References Concerning Lamanites from the Journal of Discourses and Extracts from the Comprehensive History of the Church. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1960.
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A compilation of references dealing with the Lamanites taken from the Journal of Discourses and from the Comprehensive History of the Church. The references include prophecies about the Lamanites, a description of their Book of Mormon background, and the blessings that await them.

ID = [78241]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Baird, J. Edwin. Selected Scriptural References Concerning Lamanites from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Department of Education Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1959.
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A sequential list of scriptures that deal with the Lamanites.

ID = [78242]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Otten, Leaun G., and E. A. McKenna. Selected Statements from General Authorities Concerning Book of Mormon Passages. 3 vols. Provo, UT: BYU Press, 1971.
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A collection of statements made by General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints concerning Book of Mormon passages. Volume one begins with statements by Church leaders concerning 1 Nephi to Words of Mormon; volume two contains statements dealing with Mosiah and Alma; volume three with the books Helaman to Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78243]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Leddy, Herbert J. “Selections from Book of Mormon Translated into Guam Language.” Church News60 (17 February 1990): 11.
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Parts of the Book of Mormon were translated into Chamorro, the language of Guam, and presented to leaders of government in Guam.

ID = [80156]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1990-02-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hanson, Scot, and Daniel B. McKinlay. “A Selective Bibliography of Book of Mormon Literary Features.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16 no. 2 (2007).
ID = [3219]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 17231  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Self-Critical Book of Mormon: Notes on an Emergent Literary Approach.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 180-193.
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This essay examines the shared literary approach to the Book of Mormon in recent essays by Elizabeth Fenton and Jared Hickman. These two scholars use the literary tool of deconstruction to investigate ways in which the Book of Mormon not only presents a narrative but also offers an implicit critique of its own narrative. Each sees this selfcritical or deconstructive aspect of the Book of Mormon as central to the volume’s historical and political force, a means by which the book could subtly but powerfully work against major assumptions in nineteenth-century American culture. Although they share this methodology, Fenton and Hickman use it for slightly different aims or go to slightly different lengths with it. These differences help to clarify both the usefulness of and the potential dangers or temptations inherent to the deconstructive interpretation of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Literary; Literature; Narrative
ID = [3326]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 34844  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Nibley, Hugh W. “Self-Portrait: An Intellectual Autobiography by Hugh Nibley.” BYU Today, August 1978, 11–13.
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Reprinted from Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (1978), xix–xxvii. When sent a copy of this item, Fawn M. Brodie indicated that she “found the mini-autobiography fascinating in every way. This man surely had a touch of genius, and a great linguistic talent. What a pity that he was emotionally trapped by his allegiance to Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. The final paragraph of the ‘Self-Portrait’ suggests to me that there must be grave deterioration in Nibley at the moment. But it may be that he is not really much changed from what he has been all through the years. What a pity that we never sat down and talked to each other.” Letter from Fawn M. Brodie to Everett Cooley, dated 23 August 1978, Brodie Papers, Box 4, Folder 6B, Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Autobiographical
ID = [1097]  Status = Type = other article  Date = 1978-08-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:16
Bradford, William R. “Selflessness Versus Selfishness.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, June 3, 2003.
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With selflessness we demonstrate our true relationship and intimacy with the Savior. It is the link that binds together the family of God.

Keywords: Service
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69367]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-06-03  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:14
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Church Educational System(CES). Seminary Student Manual Answers: Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1986, 1989.
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Contains the answers for the questions located in a companion volume entitled Seminary Student Manual: Book of Mormon.

ID = [78244]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Church Educational System(CES). Seminary Student Manual: Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1986, 1989.
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Manual for youth enrolled in the seminary program of the Church. Contains charts, maps, instructions for marking the Book of Mormon, commentary on Book of Mormon passages, testing exercises, reading assignments, and personal application sections.

ID = [78245]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church News. “Seminary Students Certify to Book of Mormon Study.” Church News 34 (21 March 1964): 10.
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LDS church President David O. McKay was given three volumes containing the signatures of 12,419 youth who had read the Book of Mormon during the current year.

ID = [80157]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1964-03-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
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
Christofferson, D. Todd. “A Sense of the Sacred.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 7, 2004.
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All things sacred and holy are to be revealed and brought together in this last and most wonderful dispensation. With the Restoration of the gospel, the Church, and the priesthood of Jesus Christ, we hold an almost incomprehensible store of sacred things in our hands.

Keywords: Body; Mortal; Language; Modesty; Reverence; Sacred; Podcast: Come; Follow Me
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69457]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-11-07  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:15
Stoker, Kevin. “Sent ‘Sacred Book’” Church News 57 (16 September 1987): 16.
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Revisiting the scenes of previous military service brought Normand Laub to the Philippines, where he found many people to whom he sent copies of the Book of Mormon. Because of his influence a new area was opened up for missionary work.

ID = [80158]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-09-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Series of Discussions on the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Extension Publications, 1964.
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An outline organized into three discussions: “The Book of Mormon as a Part of God’s System of Witnesses,” “The Teachings in the Book of Mormon of the Resurrected Jesus Christ,” and “Modern Messages of the Book of Mormon”

ID = [77451]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Welch, John W. “Series of Laws in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987.
ID = [1536]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,welch  Size: 31449  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Tanner, Jerald, and Sandra Tanner. Serious Charges against the Tanners. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1991.
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In a rebuttal to charges that they are “demonized agents of the Mormon Church,” the authors give a critical review of Loftes Tryk’s book The Best Kept Secrets of the Book of Mormon

ID = [78246]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Welch, John W. “The Sermon at the Temple.” 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: Bountiful (Polity); Jesus Christ; Sermon at the Temple
ID = [66517]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Welch, John W. The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount: A Latter-day Saint Approach. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.
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A thorough LDS interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 and analysis of the words of Jesus at the temple in Bountiful in 3 Nephi 11-18. The Book of Mormon provides keys to unlock the mystery of the Sermon on the Mount. 3 Nephi is a covenantal temple text, giving instructions and commandments relevant to covenant making. A table compares the texts of Matthew 5-7, 3 Nephi 12-14, and the Joseph Smith Translation of Matthew 5-7.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78643]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Stendahl, Krister. “The Sermon on the Mount and Third Nephi.” In Reflections on Mormonism: Judaeo-Christian Parallels, ed. Truman G. Madsen, 139–54. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37140]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 37163  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:24
BYU Religious Studies Center. The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture. The 39th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 2010.
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The 39th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Christians around the world look to the Sermon on the Mount for encouragement and guidance in developing the attitudes and behavior the Lord admonished us to have. The 2010 Sperry Symposium focuses on the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, Luke, and 3 Nephi. It will discuss in depth specific passages and textual variations in the different accounts of the Sermon, as well as the social and cultural context of the Sermon. Chapters will review the contributions that the Joseph Smith Translation makes to our understanding, as well as the use of the Sermon in later biblical and Book of Mormon teachings. Contributors include Richard D. Draper, Matthew J. Grey, Daniel K Judd, Jennifer C. Lane, Eric-John K. Marlowe, Robert L. Millet, Thomas A. Wayment, and John W. Welch.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [38787]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 1  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:35

Articles

Huntsman, Eric D. “‘Resist Not Evil’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35314]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 52657  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Draper, Richard D. “The Sociocultural Context of the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35315]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 43734  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Audience Astonishment at the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [35316]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 38253  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Ludlow, Jared W. “Israel’s Ancient Psalms.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
ID = [35317]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 39643  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Salt and Light.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [35318]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40480  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Grey, Matthew J. “The Six Antitheses.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35319]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41885  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Marlowe, Eric-Jon K. “‘What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let No Man Put Asunder’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
ID = [35320]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 30133  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Millet, Robert L. “‘Be Ye Therefore Perfect’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35321]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42982  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Bowen, Matthew L. “The Father in the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35322]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42895  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Kingdom of God.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [35323]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 35444  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Beholdest Thou. . .the Priests and the Levites’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
ID = [35324]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 79122  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
LeFevre, David A. “The Golden Rule.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35325]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 29864  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Wayment, Thomas A. “‘By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [35326]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 33134  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Welch, John W. “‘Thy Will Be Done’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
ID = [35327]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,welch  Size: 46123  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Judd, Daniel K. “‘As Your Father Also Is Merciful’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
ID = [35328]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 45157  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Hardison, Amy Blake. “‘A Wise Man Built His House upon a Rock’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
ID = [35329]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 35426  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Triplet-Hitoto, Valerie. “The Sermon on the Mount in the Joseph Smith Translation.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [35330]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 35450  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Skinner, Andrew C. “How New Testament Variants Contribute to the Meaning of the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [35331]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 31611  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Richardson, Matthew O. “Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
ID = [35332]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 67786  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Cloward, Robert A. “The Sermon on the Mount in the JST and the Book of Mormon.” In The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet, 163–200. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
ID = [37042]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 72976  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:23
Larson, Stanley R. “The Sermon on the Mount: What Its Textual Transformation Discloses Concerning the Historicity of the Book of Mormon.” Trinity Journal 7 (1986): 23-45.
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Compares the version of the Sermon on the Mount that appears in 3 Nephi with what textual critics of the dominant school (from Tischendorf to the Alands) have proposed is the original text for Matthew’s version of the sermon. Selects eleven variant passages that all these textual critics have agreed on and shows that in all eleven cases the Book of Mormon agrees with Erasmus’s “Textus Receptus” (on which the 1611 King James Version of the New Testament was based) but against what these textual critics have proposed. Assumes that the reconstructed text of these textual critics must be the original text (despite our substantial lack of knowledge concerning the history of the New Testament text for the first several centuries) and therefore concludes that the Book of Mormon text for the Sermon on the Mount is non-historical.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80637]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Skinner, Andrew C. “Serpent Symbols and Salvation in the Ancient Near East and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 2 (2001): 42-55, 70-71.
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The serpent is often used to represent one of two things: Christ or Satan. This article synthesizes evidence from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Greece, and Jerusalem to explain the reason for this duality. Many scholars suggest that the symbol of the serpent was used anciently to represent Jesus Christ but that Satan distorted the symbol, thereby creating this paradox. The dual nature of the serpent is incorporated into the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Duality; Jesus Christ; Paradox; Satan; Serpent; Snake; Symbolism
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
ID = [3072]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 53486  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Rappleye, Neal. “Serpents of Fire and Brass: A Contextual Study of the Brazen Serpent Tradition in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 217-298.
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Abstract: The story of the Israelites getting bitten in the wilderness by “fiery serpents” and then being miraculously healed by the “serpent of brass” (Numbers 21:4–9) is one of the most frequently told stories in scripture — with many of the retellings occurring in the Book of Mormon. Nephi is the first to refer to the story, doing so on two different occasions (1 Nephi 17:41; 2 Nephi 25:20). In each instance, Nephi utilizes the story for different purposes which dictated how he told the story and what he emphasized. These two retellings of the brazen serpent narrative combined to establish a standard interpretation of that story among the Nephites, utilized (and to some extent developed) by later Nephite prophets. In this study, each of the two occasions Nephi made use of this story are contextualized within the iconography and symbolism of pre-exilic Israel and its influences from surrounding cultures. Then, the (minimal) development evident in how this story was interpreted by Nephites across time is considered, comparing it to the way ancient Jewish and early Christian interpretation of the brazen serpent was adapted over time to address specific needs. Based on this analysis, it seems that not only do Nephi’s initial interpretations fit within the context of pre-exilic Israel, but the Book of Mormon’s use of the brazen serpent symbol is not stagnant; rather, it shows indications of having been a real, living tradition that developed along a trajectory comparable to that of authentic ancient traditions.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; brazen serpent; Deuteronomists; flying fiery serpents; Lehi; metallurgy; Nephi; seraphim; serpent symbolism
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Numbers
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
ID = [8444]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-00-00  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 64039  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Nyland, Nora Kay. “‘Serve the Lord with Gladness’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, April 30, 2004.
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Our testimonies let us trust that we are part of a very important pattern in building the kingdom of God, even if we can’t see it in its entirety. Every skill, talent, and ability we have, whether inborn or developed in callings or other areas of our lives, helps us be more serviceable in the kingdom.

Keywords: Service; Women’s Conference; Podcast: Come; Follow Me
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69424]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-04-30  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:14
Parry, Donald W. “Service and Temple in King Benjamin’s Speech.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 2 (2007): 42-47, 95-97.
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King Benjamin’s speech focuses almost entirely on service, repeating four variations of the word—servants, serve, served, and service—fifteen times in only eighteen verses. Benjamin gave the discourse in such a manner that his audience could have understood service in multiple ways. Given the significant temple setting for the discourse and the references to temple service in the Old Testament, Parry seeks to highlight the emphasis on temple service. To further strengthen his focus on temple service, Benjamin links service to the concept of blood on garments and his need to wash his garments of his people’s blood, bringing to mind the priests with blood on their garments from temple rituals, who were required to wash their garments. The temple setting, where sacrifices were made under the law of Moses, and the focus on service point to Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice—the supreme and final act of service.

Keywords: Atonement; Garments; King Benjamin; Old Testament; Sacrifice; Servant; Service; Temple
ID = [3214]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 42927  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Pearson, George. “Service of the Book of Mormon to History.” Saints’ Herald 54 (27 November 1907): 1092.
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The historical nature of the Book of Mormon corroborates, affirms, and establishes the facts that archaeologists and historians have found, and presents a complete written record of the original inhabitants of America.

ID = [80159]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1907-11-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Gardner, Marvin K. “Serving a Mission Together.” Ensign, March 1979.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44422]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 23086  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:21
Brown, S. Kent. “The Sesquicentennial of Four European Translations of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
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Introduction to the following four articles on early translations of the Book of Mormon into French, German, Italian, and French.

ID = [3081]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 2520  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Faulconer, James E. “Setting a New Standard.” FARMS Review 21, no. 1 (2009): 79-82.
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Review of Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 6 vols. (2007), by Brant A. Gardner.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Mesoamerica
ID = [623]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8484  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Widtsoe, John A., and Franklin S. Harris. Seven Claims of the Book of Mormon: A Collection of Evidences. Independence, MO: Press of Zion’s Printing and Publishing,n.d.
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A missionary manual that presents seven Book of Mormon claims and gives supporting evidence. The claims include: the Book of Mormon is of divine origin, it consists of writings by successive historians, it was written in reformed Egyptian on metal plates, the native Americans are partly of Hebrew descent, and there were great civilizations in ancient America that Christ visited.

ID = [78247]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Christensen, Ross T. “Seven Lineages of Lehi.” New Era 5, no. 5 (1975): 40-41.
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Discusses the different “ites” of the Book of Mormon. The Nephites were divided into Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, and Zoramites, and the Lamanites were divided into Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites. Defines several terms, including five different definitions of the term “Lamanite.”

Keywords: Ishmaelite, Jacobite, Josephite, Lamanite, Lemuelite, Lineage, Nephite, Tribe, Zoramite
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76629]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Christensen, Ross T. “The Seven Lineages of Lehi.” New Era 5 (May 1975): 40-41.
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Discusses the different “ites” of the Book of Mormon. The Nephites were divided into Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, and Zoramites, and the Lamanites were divided into Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites. Deines several terms, including ive different deinitions of the term “Lamanite”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80638]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Tvedtnes, John A., John L. Sorenson, and John W. Welch. “Seven Tribes: An Aspect of Lehi’s Legacy.” 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: Ishmaelites; Jacobites; Josephites; Lamanites; Lehi (Prophet); Lemuelites; Nephites; Tribe; Zoramites (Descendants of Zoram)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [66467]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
BYU Church Educational System, ed. The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants. 1979 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
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Contents:

Some Relationships Between Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible and the Doctrine and Covenants / Robert J. Matthews
This Generation Shall Have My Word through You / Bruce R. McConkie
A Survey of Textual Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants / Robert J. Woodford
Applying the Doctrine and Covenants to Daily Life / Leaun G. Otten
Ten Questions on the Law of Consecration and the United Order / William O. Nelson
A Preliminary Analysis of the Dating of Dection 10 / Max H. Parkin
How Latter-day Prophets Help Us Understand the Doctrine and Covenants / Roy W. Doxey
The Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon / C. Max Caldwell
The Lord’s Preface / Jeffrey R. Holland
The Far West Record and the Doctrine and Covenants / Lyndon W. Cook
How the Doctrine and Covenants Inspires Me to Be a Better Teacher / Paul R. Warner
Some Contributions of the Doctrine and Covenants to Our Understanding of the Bible / Ellis T. Rasmussen
Historical Background of the Fifteen Harmony Revelations / Larry C. Porter
Marriage, the Family and the Doctrine and Covenants / Kenneth W. Godfrey
A Covenant People / David J. Whittaker
Revelations Continue / Richard O. Cowan
Unique Doctrines from the Doctrine and Covenants / William E. Berrett
Early Nineteenth Century Health Views and the Word of Wisdom / Kenneth J. Brown

ID = [67009]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 18  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:59

Articles

Matthews, Robert J. “Some Relationships Between Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible and the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82342]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
McConkie, Bruce R. “This Generation Shall Have My Word through You.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82343]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Woodford, Robert J. “A Survey of Textual Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82344]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Otten, Leaun G. “Applying the Doctrine and Covenants to Daily Life.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82345]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Nelson, William O. “Ten Questions on the Law of Consecration and the United Order.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82346]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Parkin, Max H. “A Preliminary Analysis of the Dating of Dection 10.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82347]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Doxey, Roy W. “How Latter-day Prophets Help Us Understand the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82348]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Caldwell, C. Max. “The Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82349]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Holland, Jeffrey R. “The Lord’s Preface.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82350]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Cook, Lyndon W. “The Far West Record and the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82351]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Warner, Paul R. “How the Doctrine and Covenants Inspires Me to Be a Better Teacher.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82352]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Rasmussen, Ellis T. “Some Contributions of the Doctrine and Covenants to Our Understanding of the Bible.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82353]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Porter, Larry C. “Historical Background of the Fifteen Harmony Revelations.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82354]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Godfrey, Kenneth W. “Marriage, the Family and the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82355]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Whittaker, David J. “A Covenant People.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System, 196–216. Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1980.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
ID = [39722]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:39
Cowan, Richard O. “Revelations Continue.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82356]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Berrett, William E. “Unique Doctrines from the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82357]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Brown, Kenneth J. “Early Nineteenth Century Health Views and the Word of Wisdom.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82358]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:28
Spencer, Orson. “Seventh Letter of Orson Spencer to the Rev. W. Crowel A. M.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 9, no. 17 (1 September 1847): 258-62.
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Discusses the Book of Mormon within the context of the establishment of the Latter-day kingdom of God, citing Isaiah 29 as a prooftext. Responds to perceived weaknesses in language by writing that “an uninspired man might as well attempt to originally compose the Old and New Testament” as the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80973]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1847-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Roberts, B. H. The Seventy’s Course in Theology: A Survey of the Books of Holy Scripture, Vol. 1. Dallas, TX: S. K. Taylor, 1907.
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Contains seven lessons on the Book of Mormon. Discusses the visitation of Moroni, and the translation and publication of the book. Includes an analysis of the contents, the purpose, and value of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78644]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1907-01-01  Collections:  bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
MacGregor, D. “Shackles Fettering the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 48 (13 February 1901): 129.
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The size and price of the Book of Mormon often prevent its sale. It is the best missionary tool available and should go to “every nation, kindred, and people” It has a heavenly influence that penetrates the hearts of men to convict, convert, and confound. It is a lack of faith that prevents its wide distribution.

ID = [80160]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-02-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Goodwillie, Christian. “Shaker Richard McNemar: The Earliest Book of Mormon Reviewer.” Journal of Mormon History 37, no. 2 (Spring, 2011): 138-145.
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This article explores Shaker Richard McNemar’s life, and his 1831 review of the Book of Mormon. McNemar was involved in the Kentucky Revival movement, converted to Shakerism, and was present when Oliver Cowdery visited the Presbyterians in Union Village, Ohio. The author has also included a transcript of McNemar’s review, which includes a summary of the main points and McNemar’s criticism of the Mormon process of translation.

Keywords: Non-Mormon churches, Shakers; Book of Mormon, miscellaneous; Cowdery, Oliver
ID = [82030]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Meader, Robert F. W. “The Shakers and the Mormons.” The Shaker Quarterly 2 (Fall 1962): 83-96.
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Gives a brief summary of Joseph Smith’s first vision and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, stating that Mormons are Trinitarians. For Mormons the Bible is supplemented by the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. The Book of Mormon was the sect’s conversion tool with which the Mormon missionaries approached the Shakers. A narration of events is given comparing LDS historical records with Shaker records.

ID = [80639]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-10-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Smith, Robert F. “Shakespeare and the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1980.
ID = [1523]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 28903  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:18
Constance, Marguerite. “Shall I Read the Book of Mormon . . . Again?” Saints’ Herald 117 (June 1970): 11, 36.
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It is necessity to reread the Book of Mormon and gain a mature understanding of it.

ID = [80161]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Shute, E. V., A. H. Christianson, and Willie C. Adams Sr. “Shall We Improve the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 101 (8 November, 20, 27 December 1954): 1076-77, 1232, 1248.
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Debate concerning editorial changes to the Book of Mormon. Shute desires a complete revision with special attention to punctuation; Christianson refutes Shute’s proposed revision saying that changing even a comma changes the book’s meaning; Adams points out that language is constantly changing and future editions would be needed to stay current.

ID = [80162]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1954-11-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Lipsit, S. J., C. W. Clark, David Winslow, James D. Wardle, Jim Christenson, and Evan A. Shute. “Shall We Improve the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 102 (7, 21 February, 21 March, 4, 18 April 1955): 139, 186, 273-74, 329, 370- 71.
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Editorials concerning whether or not changes should be made to the Book of Mormon. Lipsit warns against tampering with Divine will; Clark argues that the book’s imperfections show that Joseph Smith was not the author; Winslow supports correction of punctuation and grammatical errors; Wardle gives a history of various Book of Mormon editions, saying that a corrected edition is needed; Christenson argues for a modern English version of the Book of Mormon; Shute, whose original proposal for another edition of the Book of Mormon aroused the controversy, urges the RLDS church to work on foreign language translations of the Book of Mormon and to set up a committee to produce a “good English” translation of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80164]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-02-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Wardle, James D. “Shall We Improve the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 102 (21 March 1955): 273-74.
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The first edition of the Book of Mormon contained hundreds of typographical and grammatical errors. Minor changes have been made “which have improved the subject matter,” but there are no material differences. Examples of changes that need to be made appear in the article, to the conclusion that there is a need to correct but not change the text.

ID = [80163]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-03-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ricks, Kellen. “‘Share Testimonies This Year,’ Sisters Urged.” Church News 59 (25 March 1989): 8-9.
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Relief Society President Barbara Winder presents members with copies of the Book of Mormon and challenges them to become “personally involved” with the Book of Mormon as a missionary tool.

ID = [78830]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-03-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Wells, Janette V. “Sharing the Book of Mormon.” Friend 22 (April 1992): 2-4.
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A story of a young girl who shared the message of the Book of Mormon with her friends through her charitable actions.

ID = [80165]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hamblin, William J. “Sharper Than a Two-Edged Sword.” Sunstone 15 (December 1991): 54-55.
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A response to Mark Thomas’s book review of Warfare in the Book of Mormon. It is impossible to prove whether the Book of Mormon is an ancient document or not. The book Warfare was written with the premise that the Book of Mormon is an ancient record, and comparisons of Book of Mormon warfare and Near Eastern military practices are sound. No comparison with warfare in Napoleon’s day or Spaulding’s manuscript is necessary.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80166]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Bowen, Matthew L. “Shazer: An Etymological Proposal in Narrative Context.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 1-12.
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Abstract: In 1 Nephi 16:13–14, Nephi mentions the name Shazer as a toponym the Lehite clan bestowed on a site in western Arabia “four days” journey south-southeast of the valley of Laman. The Lehites used this site as a base camp for a major hunting expedition. A footnote to the first mention of the name Shazer in the 1981 and 2013 Latter-day Saint editions of the Book of Mormon has virtually enshrined “twisting, intertwining” as the presumed meaning of this toponym. However, the structure of Nephi’s text in 1 Nephi 16:12–13 suggests that the name Shazer serves as the bracketing for a chiastic description of the Lehites’ hunting expedition from the site. This chiasm recommends hunting as a possible starting point for seeking a more precise etymology for Shazer, one related to food supply. Consequently, I briefly argue for Shazer as a Semitic word (possibly also a loanword from an Old Arabic dialect) and a close cognate with both Hismaic šaṣar (“young gazelle,” plural šaṣr) and Arabic šaṣara (a type of “gazelle”).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3558]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 23222  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Huntington, Ray L., Frank F. Judd Jr., and David M. Whitchurch, eds. Shedding Light on the New Testament: Acts—Revelation. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
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“We are a biblical church. This wonderful testament of the Old World, this great and good Holy Bible is one of our standard works. We teach from it. We bear testimony of it. We read from it. It strengthens our testimony. And we add to that this great second witness, the Book of Mormon, the testament of the New World, for as the Bible says, ’In the mouths of two or three witnesses shall all things be established.’” –President Gordon B. Hinckley This volume sheds light on many questions that students of the New Testament attempt to answer, such as: How do we reconcile Paul’s teachings on women with the doctrines of the Restoration? What is the relationship between grace and works? What do Latter-day Saints believe about grace? How are the Atonement, justification, and sanctification connected? How can we identify spiritual gifts and use them to serve others? How can we guard ourselves against the “wisdom of men” in today’s world? ISBN 978-0-8425-2725-5

ID = [33288]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 14  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:46

Articles

Ludlow, Jared W. “The Book of Acts: A Pattern for Modern Church Growth.” 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 > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35417]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 51585  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Richardson, Matthew O. “‘We Have Now Received the Atonement’” 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 > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35418]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 28718  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Olson, Camille Fronk. “Saved and Enabled by the Grace of Jesus Christ.” 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 > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35419]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 37165  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Huntsman, Eric D. “‘The Wisdom of Men’: Greek Philosophy, Corinthian Behavior, and the Teachings of Paul.” 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 > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
ID = [35420]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 58134  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Whitchurch, David M. “The Unifying Power of Spiritual Gifts.” 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 > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Gifts of the Spirit
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
ID = [35421]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 51444  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Johnson, Sherrie Mills. “Paul’s Teachings in 1 Corinthians on Women.” 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 > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
ID = [35422]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 43553  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Wayment, Thomas A. “Internal Divisions: Ephesians in Historical Context.” 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 > Conversion
ID = [35423]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 30623  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “The Condescension of God according to Paul.” 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 > Apostle
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35424]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 42202  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Swift, Charles. “‘The Tongue Is a Fire’: The Symbolic Language of James 3.” 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.
ID = [35425]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 28268  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Hauglid, Brian M. “Joseph Smith’s Inspired Commentary on the Doctrine of Calling and Election.” 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 > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
ID = [35426]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 31544  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Strathearn, Gaye. “The Overlooked Epistle of Jude.” 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 > D — F > Devil
ID = [35427]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 38272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
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
Draper, Richard D. “Understanding Images and Symbols in the Book of Revelation.” 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 > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35429]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 35467  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Draper, Richard D. “The Exalted Lord.” 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 > D — F > First Vision
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35430]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 50622  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:12
Talmage, James E. “Sheep of Another Fold.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 80, no. 41 (10 October 1918): 641-43.
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Talmage describes the eloquence and beauty of the parable of the shepherd in John 10. No one understood John 10:16 until the Book of Mormon taught that the other sheep were the scattered remnants of the house of Israel, some of whom were the Nephites and Lamanites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81365]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1918-10-10  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Bassett, Arthur R. “The Shepherd and His Other Sheep.” Ensign, February 1978.
ID = [43961]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19436  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:18
Millet, Robert L. “Sherem the Anti-Christ.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 175–91. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [36853]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 34749  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
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
White, Benjamin Hyrum. “Sherem’s Skepticism: The Tactics of a Faith Shaker.” Ensign, March 2020.
ID = [63359]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4786  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:51
White, Benjamin Hyrum. “Sherem’s Skepticism: The Tactics of a Faith Shaker.” Ensign, April 2020.
ID = [63422]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4786  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:51
Urrutia, Benjamin. “Shiblon, Coriantumr, and the Jade Jaguars.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 150 (August 1982): 1-3.
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The names “Shiblon” and “Corianton” relate to the lion cub. In ancient America the jaguar, which is in the same family as the lion, was prominent, as found in several artifacts. These relationships may go back to the Jaredites.

ID = [80167]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1982-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Shining Stones: Continued.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 9 (September 1956): 630–32, 672–75.
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The Improvement Era was a magazine published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A discussion of shining stones throughout different religious stories, including several in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [911]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 38358  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Brown, S. Kent, and Peter N. Johnson, eds. “Ships.” In Journey of Faith: From Jerusalem to the Promised Land
ID = [75524]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Reynolds, George. “Shiz—The Headless.” Improvement Era 3, no. 8 (1900): 588-589.
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This article discusses ridicule given to the Book of Mormon concerning the death of Shiz and Coriantumr’s race for the rulership of the Jaredite nation.

Keywords: Decapitation, Shiz
ID = [77018]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Reynolds, George. “Shiz—The Headless.” Improvement Era 3 (June 1900): 588–89.
ID = [77279]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-06-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Stubbs, Brian D. “A Short Addition to Length: Some Relative Frequencies of Circumstantial Structures.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 39-46.
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In previous articles I have discussed the nature and prominence of certain linguistic structures in the Book of Mormon that are typical of hal-clauses translated from Hebrew or Egyptian. This article compares the frequencies of those structures in three works produced through the instrumentality of Joseph Smith: the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, only the first of which is a translation from an ancient Near Eastern language. The results of this preliminary investigation into styles and these linguistic structures as found in these three works are worth noting.

Keywords: Length; Structure
ID = [2945]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,farms-jbms  Size: 16597  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Frere, John. A Short History of the Mormonites; or Latter Day Saints. London: Joseph Masters, 1850.
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This pamphlet presents a strong condemnation of Joseph Smith and hence of Mormonism. It presents a critical “history” of the key events of the “restoration” It includes a statement by Mrs. Matilda Davison, identified as a former wife of Solomon Spaulding, stating that Spaulding’s fictitious story is plagiarized in the Book of Mormon. The document concludes with “Profanity of Mormon Doctrines” that enumerates and ridicules key Mormon doctrines.

ID = [77452]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Hills, Louis Edward. A Short Work on the Geography of Mexico and Central America from 2234 B. C. to 421 A. D.. Independence, MO: N.p., 1917.
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“I have been asked the question, as have others of the ministry no doubt, “What evidences are there to establish the credibility of the Book of Mormon?’’’ and now, after years of teaching and defending the Book, I am convinced that the geography, taken from a close study of location as found in the record itself, is the very best evidence that can be furnished to authenticate the record. Confident that the record gives a true history of Ancient Americans who once lived upon this Western Continent, I have tried to make the Book itself give to us the much-to-be-desired map. To God be the honor.”

Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica, Book of Mormon Geography - Limited Geography Theory, Book of Mormon Geography - Mesoamerica, Desolation (Land of), Fortifications, Hagoth, Hill Cumorah (Battleground), Hill Ramah, Jaredites, Moron (Land of), Narrow Neck of Land, Nephi (City of), Nephi (Land of), Nephihah (City of), Quetzalcoatl, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Urim and Thummim, Waters of Mormon, Zarahemla (City of)
ID = [76581]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Hills, Louis Edward. A Short Work on the Geography of Mexico and Central America from 2234 B. C. to 421 A. D.. Independence, MO: n.p., 1917.
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“I have been asked the question, as have others of the ministry no doubt, “What evidences are there to establish the credibility of the Book of Mormon?’’’ and now, after years of teaching and defending the Book, I am convinced that the geography, taken from a close study of location as found in the record itself, is the very best evidence that can be furnished to authenticate the record. Confident that the record gives a true history of Ancient Americans who once lived upon this Western Continent, I have tried to make the Book itself give to us the much-to-be-desired map. To God be the honor.”

Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica, Book of Mormon Geography - Limited Geography Theory, Book of Mormon Geography - Mesoamerica, Desolation (Land of), Fortifications, Hagoth, Hill Cumorah (Battleground), Hill Ramah, Jaredites, Moron (Land of), Narrow Neck of Land, Nephi (City of), Nephi (Land of), Nephihah (City of), Quetzalcoatl, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Urim and Thummim, Waters of Mormon, Zarahemla (City of)
ID = [75421]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Hills, Louis Edward. “A Short Work on the Popol Vuh and the Traditional History of the Ancient Americans by Ixt- xochitl.” Independence, MO: n.p., 1918.
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Describes the contents of the Popol Vuh and relates the four mythological founders of Mesoamerica to the four sons of Lehi. Draws on several anthropologists and archaeologists for various proposed evidences of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77453]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1918-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Scripture Central. “Should 2 Nephi 1:1 - 4:12 Be Called the ‘Testament of Lehi"?” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #29. February 9, 2016.
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Keywords: Testament of Lehi; Jacob; Genesis; Pseudepigrapha; Nephi; Lehi; Patriarch; Ancient Judaism; Family
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [8307]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-02-09  Collections:  bmc-knowhys,bom,old-test  Size: 10164  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:47
Cowdery, Oliver. sic]. Defense in a Rehearsal of My Grounds for Separating Myself from the Latter-day Saints. Norton, Ohio: Pressley’s Job Ofice, 1839.
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A purported denial of Mormonism, allegedly made by Oliver Cowdery in 1839. Likely a spurious account that denies Mormonism, and questions the truth of the Book of Mormon and the translation process. See Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Oliver Cowdery’s Testimony” Ensign 17 (April 1987): 23-25.

ID = [78248]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Rasmussen, Ellis T. “Sidney B. Sperry: Student of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, July 1986.
ID = [47676]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13234  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:04
Whitsitt, William H. Sidney Rigdon, the Real Founder of Mormonism. Assembled by Byron Marchant. Salt Lake City: Metamorphosis, 1988.
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This manuscript was written and remained unpublished until assembled by Byron Marchant. It is a collection of three articles—1885, “The Honolulu Manuscript and the Book of Mormon,” 1891, “Mormonism,” and a “Cover Letter” dated August 28, 1908. It purports that Sidney Rigdon wrote the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78249]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Chase, Daryl. Sidney Rigdon—Early Mormon. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 1931.
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A historical examination of the life of Sidney Rigdon that discusses the theories concerning the origin of the Book of Mormon. Concludes that Sidney Rigdon had no contact with Joseph Smith nor the Spaulding Manuscript prior to 1830.

ID = [78250]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1931-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Roberts, B. H. “Sign of the Christ Birth in Western Hemisphere.” Deseret News Church Section (20 December 1930): 2.
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Reprinted as “First Christmas on Western Hemisphere” Deseret News Church Section (23 December 1939): 1, 8. Retells the story of Samuel the Lamanite’s prophecy to the Nephite people of the signs that would occur at Christ’s birth in the Western Hemisphere.

ID = [80168]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1930-12-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Lindgren, A. Bruce. “Sign or Scripture: Approaches to the Book of Mormon.” Dialogue 19 (Spring 1986): 69-75.
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Discusses the value of various approaches to Book of Mormon study. The author asserts that scriptural status does not rest upon historicity. The Book of Mormon may be unhistorical and yet retain its value as scripture, since it “has the capacity to illuminate and communicate the gospel” He considers questions of historicity to be secondary to other concerns.

ID = [80169]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Lindgren, A. Bruce. “Sign or Scripture: Approaches to the Book of Mormon.” In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Vogel, Dan, 55-62. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990.
ID = [82126]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Hamson, Robert L. The Signature of God: A Positive Identification of Christ and His Prophets by Computer Wordprints. Solana Beach, CA: Sandpiper Press, 1982.
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Computer analysis of the personal words of Jesus Christ as found in the New Testament and in the revelations of Joseph Smith shows them to be similar, suggesting that Jesus Christ is the author of both of the works mentioned. Hamson also points out that the wordstyles of Christ are different than the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Joseph Smith (who have their own unique writing styles), allowing a positive identification of authorship in a given text. The Book of Mormon is examined and the results showed multiple authorship and that the Book of Mormon wordprints were nowhere near that of Joseph Smith or his contemporaries.

ID = [78645]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Pearson, Glenn L. Signi cance of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1953.
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A series of lectures covering the following topics: “Book of Mormon Chronology,” “The Mosiah Dynasty,” “Abinadi,” “Great Missionaries,” and “Book of Mormon Theology”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [78251]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Millennial Star. “Significance of Cumorah.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 97, no. 38 (19 September 1935): 596-97.
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Mentions the erection of the Cumorah Monument, identifies Moroni as a resurrected Nephite prophet. Stresses the doctrine of the immortality and resurrection of man.

ID = [81442]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-09-19  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Sorenson, John L. “The Significance of the Chronological Discrepancy Between Alma 53:22 and Alma 56:9.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.
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John Sorenson analyzes the extent and significance of the discrepancy between two reports of the same event in the Book of Mormon and explores how the two versions may have arisen. He looks at the scope of the problem and the fallibility of the historical record before analyzing the problem and offering a resolution. He also provides a reconciled chronology of the years in question and discusses some lessons we can learn from the discrepancy.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Chronology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [8595]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Treat, Raymond C. “The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Zarahemla Record 66 (March/April 1993): 4.
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The author sees the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls to be a catalyst for bringing the Bible and Book of Mormon together (2 Nephi 3:12).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80640]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-03-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Church News. “Significant English Editions of the Book of Mormon.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 2.
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A diagram displays the significant languages into which the book has been translated, together with their dates of publication.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80170]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Larson, Stan, and John S. Dinger. Significant Textual Changes in The Book of Mormon: The first printed edition compared to the manuscripts and to the subsequent major LDS English printed editions. Salt Lake City, UT: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2013.
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The Book of Mormon is the scripture embraced by followers of Joseph Smith in his 1830s Latter-day Saint movement. Despite the faith of believers that the Book of Mormon is “the most correct of any book,” ever since Smith dictated the text to scribes in 1827, there have been significant modifications with each printing. Here, presented for the first time, is an easy-to-use, single volume correlating all the major changes to English language editions of the Book of Mormon. It includes the original manuscript, printer’s manuscript, and fifteen editions from 1830, 1837, 1840, 1841, 1849, 1852, 1879, 1888, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1920, and 1981. The presentation is simple and reader friendly. The base text is from an original 1830 edition, and bold lettering signals the altered text. Footnotes track changes over time, with details from the variant texts. Often these changes simply clarify minor issues of spelling, adding or deleting conjunctions or completing fragmented sentences. But at several important points, the changes transform the meaning of Joseph Smith’s canon. A major character in the book describes the symbolism of a dream he has and refers to “the Lamb of God” (Jesus) as “the Eternal Father,” a generic Trinitarian belief that Mormons now reject. The text was subsequently changed to read “the Lamb of the Son of the Eternal Father,” which reflecting the shift in belief among Mormons at the time, as they came to regard Deity as three separate beings with exalted human bodies. Other changes affect basic understandings of theology, race, and identity, which morph through printings and are tracked here in a clean, straightforward approach.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, manuscripts; Book of Mormon, printing; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, editions and translations; Book of Mormon, textual development
ID = [81489]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Skousen, Royal. “Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon: The First Printed Edition Compared to the Manuscripts and to the Subsequent Major LDS English Printed Editions.” BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 1 (2014): 196.
ID = [10918]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 40540  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:05
Avant, Gerry. “Signs Foretell Christ’s Birth, Death.” Church News 58 (3 September 1988): 14.
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In the New World, definite signs were given of Christ’s birth and death.

ID = [80171]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-09-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Spence, Robert S. “Signs of Christ’s Coming.” Contributor 4 (June 1883): 356-57.
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Using the text of Ezekiel concerning the “stick of Joseph,” the author examines Old Testament scriptures and Indian legends to establish that the coming forth of the “stick of Joseph,” the Book of Mormon, was a sign of Christ’s second coming.

ID = [80172]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Spence, Robert S. “Signs of Christ’s Coming, VI. The Book of Joseph.” The Contributor 4, no. 9 (1883): 359.
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Using the text of Ezekiel concerning the “stick of Joseph,” the author examines Old Testament scriptures and Native American legends to establish that the coming forth of the “stick of Joseph,” the Book of Mormon, was a sign of Christ’s second coming.

Keywords: Promised Land, Stick of Joseph
ID = [75995]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Signs of the Times: The Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 64 (July 1929): 385.
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External evidence of the Book of Mormon substantiates its validity. Scientists have tried to prove it a forgery, but after one hundred years they have not succeeded and it has stood the test of time and close examination.

ID = [80641]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Morrise, Mark J. Simile Curses in the Ancient Near East, Old Testament and Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1981.
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Simile curses, a combination of the literary feature called “simile” and an oath of malediction, are common elements in ancient Near Eastern texts, including the Old Testament and Book of Mormon. Simile curses occur most often in three contexts—treaties, religious covenants, and prophecies. A Book of Mormon example of a simile curses is found in Alma 44:1-4 where the simile “even as this scalp has fallen to the earth” is followed by the curse, “so shall ye fall to the earth” A ritualistic act or visual action often accompanies the curse, such as rending garments, felling a tree, or breaking a weapon, making the symbolism of the curse more effective. The attestation of simile curses in the Book of Mormon may suggest a historical connection between the new world scripture and the ancient records of the old world.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81090]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Morrise, Mark J. “Simile Curses in the Ancient Near East, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989. Faculty Lecture, 17 February 1983.
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Mark Morrise defines the “simile curse” and discusses its existence in ancient Near Eastern texts, the Old Testament, and the Book of Mormon. In the Book of Mormon simile curses were associated with treaties, religious covenants, and prophecies. Morrise analyzes the common characteristics of simile curses in the Book of Mormon, as well as the similarities between such curses in ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon texts.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Ancient Israel
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Oaths
ID = [8419]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,old-test  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Morrise, Mark J. “Simile Curses in the Ancient Near East, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2 no. 1 (1993).
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The simile curse is a type of curse that appears in ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon texts. It consists of two parts: (1) an event (e.g., “Just as this wax is burned by fire”) and (2) an application of that event to the subject of the curse (e.g., “so shall Arpad be burned”). In ancient Near Eastern texts, simile curses appear in written treaties and were often part of a ritual acted out during a treaty ceremony. In the Old Testament, simile curses appear primarily in prophetic writings as literary devices. In the Book of Mormon, simile curses appear in the context of treaties, religious covenants, and prophecies, and in several instances were acted out. These curses were probably part of the oral tradition of ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon peoples.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Oaths
ID = [2833]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 32861  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Farnsworth, Brad. “A Simple but Powerful Path to Forgiveness (Alma 36).” Religious Educator Vol. 21 no. 1 (2020).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Bishop
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
Book of Mormon Topics > Doctrines and Teachings > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [38342]  Status = Checked by JA Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 39462  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:32
Book of Mormon Central. “The Simple Miracle That Helped the Whitmers Further the Book of Mormon.” The Book of Mormon Central website. KnoWhy #488. November 27, 2018.
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Keywords: Early Church History; Service; David Whitmer; Miracles
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [7848]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2018-11-27  Collections:  bmc-knowhys,bom  Size: 7580  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:44
Bahr, Howard M. “‘A Simple, Common-Sense Explanation’: Thomas F. O’Dea and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Mormon History 32, no. 3 (Fall, 2006): 104-140.
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In 1949 Thomas O’Dea wrote “A Study of Mormon Values” for Harvard University. In this document, the majority of his sources were written by members of the Church since he wished to portray the Mormons as they saw themselves. He was “new to the culture” and was “deferential to the perceptions of the people he studied.” He stated several times that it was not the role of a sociologist to decide if what someone believes is true or false, but that their values and beliefs should be respected because ”’they remain the orienting mechanisms which give meaning to human life and which are held with a considerable degree of emotional attachment’.” However, according to Bahr, by the time O’Dea wrote “The Mormons” eight years later he abandoned this view. In the second chapter of “The Mormons,” O’Dea concluded that the simplest explanation for the Book of Mormon is that it was written by Joseph Smith. Bahr attempts to trace any thoughts O’Dea had on the Book of Mormon before “The Mormons” was published by examining information from notes that O’Dea made while living in a Mormon community, his interviews of Mormon intellectuals, and his margin notes in a Book of Mormon. Bahr also dissects O’Dea’s argument that Joseph Smith authored The Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Sociological studies; O’Dea, Thomas F.
ID = [82025]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Treat, Raymond C. “A Simplified Look at Mesoamerica.” Zarahemla Record 13-14 (Summer and Fall 1981): 7, 10-11, 15.
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Examines the archaeological finds from the Pre-Classic period (2000 B.C.—A.D. 100), and Classic (A.D. 100—900) in Mesoamerica. The author relates these finds to the Jaredite, Mulekite, Lamanite, and Nephite civilizations. Parallels are drawn between the Olmecs and the Jaredites as well as the Nephites/Lamanites and the Maya.

ID = [78925]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Murphy, Thomas W. “Simply Implausible: DNA and a Mesoamerican Setting for the Book of Mormon.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 36, no. 4 (Winter, 2003): 109-132.
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“While DNA shows that ultimately all human populations are closely related, to date no intimate genetic link has been found between ancient Israelites and indigenous Americans, much less within the time frame suggested by the Book of Mormon. Instead of lending support to an Israelite origin as posited by Mormon scripture, genetic data have confirmed already existing archaeological, cultural, linguistic, and biological data, pointing to migrations from Asia as ’the primary source of American Indian origins.’”

Keywords: Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Native Americans, origins of; DNA; Genetics
ID = [81981]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Murphy, Thomas W. “Sin, Skin, and Seed: Mistakes of Men in the Book of Mormon.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 25 (2005): 36-51.
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Murphy suggests using anthropology to remove the mistakes of men from the Book of Mormon, namely: 1) People’s skin color reflects states of righteousness or wickedness. 2) Male patriarchs provide the creative contribution, the seed, to the process of human reproduction, and 3) American Indians must turn to restoration scriptures to know their own history. In expanding upon these ideas, he states that the Book of Mormon attribution of “moral and social conditions” is made up of strands from colonial history, and that the history of the Lamanites as recorded in the Book of Mormon is no more than a rewriting of the Indian past. Murphy briefly touches on “overwhelming genetic evidence” that Native Americans came from northeast Asia with no evidence in current Native American populations of Middle East ancestry. This research, in his view, makes the Book of Mormon claim that the Lamanites are “the principal ancestors of the Native Americans” untenable. He also discusses the concept of seed at length as used in the Book of Mormon and the Bible.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Native Americans, origins of; Native Americans, Mormon views of; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81989]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Church News. “Since 1982, Subtitle Has Defined Book as ‘Another Testament of Jesus Christ’” Church News 58 (2 January 1989): 4.
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Explains why the subtitle “Another Testament of Jesus Christ” has been added to the Book of Mormon. [M.D.P.]”

ID = [80173]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.
ID = [688]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran).” Improvement Era 69, no. 9 (September 1966): 794–95, 799–800, 802, 804–5.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [966]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 34740  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran).” Improvement Era 69, no. 10 (October 1966): 884–85.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Dead Sea Scrolls
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [967]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 8823  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran).” Improvement Era 69, no. 11 (November 1966): 974–75, 1028–31.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [968]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 20709  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran).” Improvement Era 69, no. 12 (December 1966): 1084–85, 1162–65.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [969]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 22585  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran).” Improvement Era 69, no. 9, September 1966, 794–95, 799–805.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67590]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,nibley,old-test  Size: 34740  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:02
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran), Part 2.” Improvement Era 69, no. 10, October 1966, 884–85.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67589]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,nibley,old-test  Size: 8823  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:02
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran), Part 3.” Improvement Era 69, no. 11, November 1966, 974–75, 1028–31.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67586]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,nibley,old-test  Size: 20709  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:02
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah (Since Qumran), Part 4.” Improvement Era 69, no. 12, December 1966, 1084–85, 1162–65.
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As evidenced by the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah was subject to the same abridging as the Book of Mormon prophets

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67585]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,nibley,old-test  Size: 22585  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:02
Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust.” A series of articles in the Improvement Era in 27 parts running from Oct 1964 through Dec 1966.
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These materials were reprinted in Since Cumorah (1967/1970), with two large additions and a deletion; and reprinted again, with corrections and a collation of materials with those published in the book, as Since Cumorah, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 7. 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.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [940]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 27  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15

Articles

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 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
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
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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
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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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Testament of Lehi: Part 1.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 7 (July 1965): 616–17, 645–48.
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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 comparison of the imagery of the “Plan“ of Salvation as found in the Book of Mormon and the Bible.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Testament of Lehi: Part 1 (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 8 (August 1965): 696–99, 702, 704.
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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 comparison of the imagery of the “Plan“ of Salvation as found in the Book of Mormon and the Bible.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Story of Zenos.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 9 (September 1965): 782–83, 792.
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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 comparison of the histor of Zenos in the Book of Mormon and an unnamed prophet of the Thanksgiving Hymns.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Olive Tree.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 10 (October 1965): 876–77, 916–17.
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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 comparison of the allegory of the olive tree with Hymn 10 of the Thanksgiving Hymns from Qumran.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Jacob
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 11 (November 1965): 974–77, 1013, 1040.
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Part 1 of a series on the similarities and issues between religious texts.
An article highlighting the issues that arise when comparing documents.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 68, no. 12 (December 1965): 1090–91, 1165–68.
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Part 2 of a series on the similarities and issues between religious texts.
Beginning as a continuation of part 1 of the series, this article dives more into rituals and ceremonies done in ancient times, specifically by kings and rulers, that line up with Book of Mormon rituals and ceremonies.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 1 (January 1966): 32–34, 44–46.
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Part 3 of a series on the similarities and issues between religious texts.
Dr. Nibley continues with the windows that the Book of Mormon opens on strange and forgotten customs and traditions that are just now being brought to light.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 2 (February 1966): 118–22.
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Part 4 of a series on the similarities and issues between religious texts.
As new documents are discovered, the comparative study of the Book of Mormon goes forward. We continue a brief glance at some of the more important scrolls that have not yet appeared in book form nor been translated into English

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued).” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 3 (March 1966): 196–97, 232–34.
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Part 5 of a series on the similarities and issues between religious texts.
The scholarly study of the Book of Mormon goes forward with the discovery of ancient documents. We continue a brief glance at some of these which have not yet appeared in book form nor been translated into English.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “The Mysteries of Zenos and Joseph.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 4 (April 1966): 296–97, 334–36.
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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 recent discoveries that cast new light on the identity of the unknown prophet Zenos and are producing information “that no man dreamed of” concerning the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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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
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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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Epilogue: Since Qumran.” In Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust series, Improvement Era 69, no. 7 (July 1966): 636–38.
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The final article in the Improvement Era series Since CUmorah: New Voices from the Dust.
A summary of the Since Cumorah series, and some final thoughts.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Since Qumran (continued).” Improvement Era 69, no. 8 (August 1966): 710–12.
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A continuation of “Since Cumorah: New Voices From the Dust.”
A discussion on whether Lehi and his family brought traces of Persian culture to the Americas because of Zoroaster’s influence on Jewish thought.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
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Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.
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Alexander T. Stecker reviewed “Since Cumorah” in BYU Studies 8, no. 4 (1968): 465–68. Robert Mesle provided a critical RLDS reaction to it (Courage 2, no. 1 [September 1971]: 331–32). For a sympathetic commentary on the last seventy pages of Since Cumorah, the portion of the book that did not appear in the original series in Improvement Era; see Louis Midgley, “The Secular Relevance of the Gospel,“ Dialogue 4 no. 4 (1969): 76–85. A complaint was registered against Nibley’s position by Duane Stanfield. See the exchange of letters between Stanfield and Midgley, “Letters to the Editor,” Dialogue 5, no. 2 (1970): 5–7.
At the time he published this review, Mesle was a student at the Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, where he now teaches religion and philosophy. Mesle granted that Nibley appeared to be a “very competent scholar in the field of ancient documents and their languages” but observed that Nibley is not “at all objective or critical in the sphere of his own religion.” The reason for this observation is that Nibley takes the Book of Mormon seriously as an historically authentic ancient document. Mesle, who claims that in order to be properly objective and sufficiently critical, one must hold that the Book of Mormon and the gospel are fraudulent and spurious rather than authentic and genuine, claimed that Nibley’s work is “trite and naive”; it is “both confident scholarship and the tritest of religious defenses,” though he neglected to indicate what in Since Cumorah was either hackneyed or unsophisticated.

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Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 7, edited by John W. Welch. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988. xv + 512 pp.
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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.
This is a revised and corrected edition of the book published under the same title by Deseret Book in 1967, with many changes, taken from a series in Improvement Era that appeared in 1964–66.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (CWHN)
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Chapters

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Foreword to the 1967 Edition.” 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 > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
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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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 1: ‘. . . There Can Be No More Bible.’” 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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 2: A New Age of Discovery.” 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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 3: The Illusive Primitive Church.” 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 > Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Ancient Texts
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > History > Christian History, Apostasy > Early Christianity, Church Fathers, Patrologia
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 4: ‘. . . But Unto Them It Is Not Given’” 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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 5: The Bible in the Book of Mormon.” 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 > Criticisms and Apologetics > Bible Borrowing
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 6: Strange Things Strangely Told.” 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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 7: Checking on Long-Forgotten Lore.” 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
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 8: ‘Forever Tentative . . .’” 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.
Dr. Nibley stresses that our knowledge of the ancient world will remain forever tentative.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics > Archaeology, External Evidences, Geography
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Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 9: Some Fairly Foolproof Tests.” 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 = [2073]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
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
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 11: A Rigorous Test: Military History.” 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 > Warfare
ID = [2075]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Chapter 12: Good People and Bad People.” 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 = [2076]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
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
Nibley, Hugh W. “Momentary Conclusion.” 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 = [2078]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Appendix: Comparison of Editions.” 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 > History of Translation and Publication
ID = [2079]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Bangerter, Renee. “Since Joseph Smith’s Time: Lexical Semantic Shifts in the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1998.
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In this study I investigate words in the Book of Mormon text that have taken on different meanings, thus sometimes causing modern readers of the Book of Mormon to misread and misinterpret some passages of the text. I discuss words that potentially cause misreading of the Book of Mormon due to historical changes in the meanings and uses of these words. I located words in the Book of Mormon text that are commonly misread, then located every occurrence of those words in the Book of Mormon as well as other standard works. I analyzed definition of these words listed in dictionaries that provide earlier or dialectal definitions, and I researched texts that provide examples from Early Modern English and Modern English to determine whether the sense and example of the word paralleled the Book of Mormon examples. This study is a part of my work on the Book of Mormon Critical Text project. I obtained words that cause potential misreadings of Book of Mormon passages from Royal Skousen, editor of the Book of Mormon Critical text, and from my own reading of the text. We looked for words that seem inappropriate in the given context and lead to potential misreadings. After this thesis was written, I was made aware of a study that deals with semantic changes in the Book of Mormon text and discusses five words that are in my study: awful, clap, curious, goodly, and mar (Lundwall 1987).

Keywords: Book of Mormon, critical text project; Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, textual parallels
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [81542]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Tvedtnes, John A. “Since the Book of Mormon is largely the record of a Hebrew people, is the writing characteristic of the Hebrew language?” Ensign, October 1986.
ID = [47807]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11927  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:05
Badger, Wanda West. “Singing Brought Us Together.” Ensign, March 1985.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [47006]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1985-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1489  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:59
Peterson, Kathleen Lubeck. “Singles and Marrieds: Together in the Faith.” Ensign, April 2006.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [56883]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2006-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8414  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:05
Ensign. “Singles and Marrieds: Together in the Faith.” Ensign April 2006.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [56885]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2006-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 398  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:05
Lubeck, Kathleen E. “Singles and Marrieds— Together in the Faith.” Ensign, April 1987.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [48047]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1987-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10118  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:06
Church News. “Sister Shares Her Secret—A Copy of Book of Mormon.” Church News 58 (31 December 1988): 11.
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A twin gave her sister a Book of Mormon, and later they were both baptized.

ID = [80174]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Moss, James R. “Six Nephite Judges: A Study in Integrity.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43803]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 21894  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:17
Unattributed. The Sixth Annual Church Educational System Religious Educators’ Symposium on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1982.
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Papers presented at the sixth annual symposium on the Book of Mormon. Articles by Church educators, including Susan Easton Black, Charles Beckert, Robert Christensen, and numerous others.

ID = [78646]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Hrdlicka, Ales. “Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America.” Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 33 (1907): 9-113.
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Technical reports about the Mound Builders, who were early inhabitants of America, and their skeletal remains and burial practices.

ID = [80175]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1907-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Reynolds, George. “The Skeleton in Armor.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 40, no. 47 (25 November 1878): 737-40.
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Reynolds quotes an article in the American Magazine of 1837 that describes the excavation of a skeleton in armor and having arrows with brass arrowheads. Reynolds discusses the possibility that this was a Jaredite, Nephite, or Lamanite and concludes that it was probably a Jaredite.

ID = [80967]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-11-25  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Phillips, G. F. “Skepticism and the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 52, no. 7 (17 February 1890): 104-5.
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Cites as evidence of the Book of Mormon a story by Montessini who visited America in the fifteenth century and discovered some Indians who “pronounced the words of Deuteronomy: Schemah Israel Adonai Elohenu Adoni Ehad (Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord)” Furthermore, he cites “Basnage’s Histoire des Jeufs written in 1694,” where Basnage writes that “Tis sufficiently certain that a vessel driven thither [Americas] by a tempest landed some Jews”

ID = [81001]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1890-02-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: Abinadi.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 30, no. 1 (4 January 1868): 6-8.
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A brief description of the mission of Abinadi. He was the Stephen of that dispensation, sent by God in response to the wickedness of King Noah.

ID = [80958]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-01-04  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: Alma the Great.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 30, no. 5 (1 February 1868): 69-71.
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A brief description of the life and mission of Alma: He was of pure blood of Nephi and became one of the greatest prophets and leaders of the Nephites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80956]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-02-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: Jacob, the Brother of Nephi.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 29, no. 44 (2 November 1867): 695-96.
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Just as Moses had appointed Joshua as the secular leader and Aaron as the spiritual leader of the people, so too had Nephi anointed a king as the secular leader and Jacob the spiritual leader. Jacob provides valuable lessons on polygamy and the outcome of the anti-Christ such as Sherem.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80949]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1867-11-02  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: Nephi.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 29, no. 43 (26 October 1867): 673-74.
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A short description of Nephi’s character. Maeser writes that Nephi had a strong character and was an excellent servant of God because of his temperance caused by his submission to the will of God and the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

ID = [80951]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1867-10-26  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: The End of the Kings.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 30, no. 6 (8 February 1868): 69-71.
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A brief description of the life and mission of Alma: He was of pure blood of Nephi and became one of the greatest prophets and leaders of the Nephites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80957]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-02-08  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: The Expedition of Ammon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 29, no. 52 (28 December 1867): 818-20.
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A brief summary of the events recorded in the Book of Mosiah. Maeser mentions King Mosiah2, Abinadi, Limhi, Gideon, and King Noah, and the expedition of Ammon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [80948]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1867-12-28  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Maeser, Karl G. “Sketches from the Book of Mormon: The Seven Prophets of the House of Jacob.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 29, no. 48 (30 November 1867): 759-60.
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A brief discussion of the seven prophets after Jacob and before King Benjamin. Maeser also summarizes the events that these prophets recorded.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80950]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1867-11-30  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Brooks, Van Wyck. Sketches in Criticism. New York: Dutton, 1932.
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The author considers the Book of Mormon to be a “solemn parody of the Bible” (p. 253) and a product of a nineteenth-century New England environment.

ID = [78252]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1932-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Sproat, Ethan. “Skins as Garments in the Book of Mormon: A Textual Exegesis.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 138-165.
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Traditional interpretations of the various-colored or cursed skins in the Book of Mormon have asserted variations of two basic perspectives: first, the Book of Mormon describes God as darkening the flesh pigmentation of some wicked peoples as a mark of a curse; or alternately, the descriptions of “white” skins and “dark” skins in the Book of Mormon are only metaphorical descriptions and not necessarily descriptions of flesh pigmentation. However, a careful textual analysis of all the relevant terms and passages in the Book of Mormon (and its closest literary analog, the King James Version of the Bible) strongly suggests that the various-colored skins in the Book of Mormon can be understood more coherently as a kind of authoritative garment. The relevant texts further lend themselves to associating such garment-skins with both the Nephite temple and competing Lamanite claims to kingship. Ultimately, this exegesis suggests that such garment-skins (as the mark of the Lamanites’ curse) can be understood as being self-administered, removable, and inherited in the same way that authoritative vestments in the King James Version are self-administered, removable, and inherited.

Keywords: Curse; Exegesis; Garments; King James Bible; Lamanite; Metaphor; Nephite; Skins; Temple
ID = [3324]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 68650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Stokes, Adam Oliver. “‘Skin’ or ‘Scales’ of Blackness? Semitic Context as Interpretive Aid for 2 Nephi 4:35 (LOS 5:21).” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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Few verses in the Book of Mormon are as problematic and controversial as 2 Nephi 4:35 (LDS 5:21). Critics of the Book of Mormon have routinely pointed to this verse and its reference to Lamanites receiving a “skin of blackness” as evidence of racism and racist theology in Mormonism’s sacred scriptures. The verse has also failed to escape ridicule in pop-cultural depictions of Mormonism, as seen most recently in the hit Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon. The verse and its interpretation are of perennial interest to readers of the Book of Mormon, believing or not, since the racial stance of the volume seems to center around the interpretation of the passage.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [81915]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Interpreter Foundation. “Skousen and Carmack’s 2016 FairMormon Conference Presentation ‘Finishing up the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project’ Now Available.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 4, 2017.
ID = [5834]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2017-03-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 408  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:06
Mortimer, A. E. “Slanderers Unmasked.” Saints’ Herald 48 (24 July 1901): 597-600.
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Prominent leaders of non-LDS churches were enraged against the Book of Mormon and polygamy. They set forth accusations that Spaulding had written the manuscript that had become the Book of Mormon and that Joseph Smith was a fraud. The accusations were put to rest when the Spaulding manuscript was found and placed in Oberlin College by President Fairchilds in 1884-85. A debate was held in which Elder R. C. Evans defended the Book of Mormon and confounded those opposed to the book.

ID = [80176]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-07-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Knight, Gregory R. “Slavery in the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua : The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies 3, no. 2 (November, 2003): 91-106.
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Because the Book of Mormon records the history of a people with roots in the Old Testament, their slavery laws and practices should exhibit some similarity to biblical slavery. This paper presents a preliminary examination of slavery in the Book of Mormon, gathering evidence that the Nephites may have had extensive knowledge of biblical slavery laws. After discussing the possible sources of this knowledge, this paper examines specific passages that suggest that Book of Mormon societies were familiar with biblical slavery laws.

Keywords: Slavery; Book of Mormon, origins
ID = [82048]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Moss, James R. “Slavery in the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua : The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies 3, no. 2 (November, 2003): 51-90.
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This paper will examine relevant legal provisions and customs concerning slavery in the ancient Near East and then return to a discussion of King Benjamin’s approach to debt-slavery and his use of slavery-related concepts to reinforce his teaching that he and his people were the servants of God and each other.

Keywords: Slavery; Book of Mormon, Bible and
ID = [82049]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Pemberton, Jennifer C. “Sleeping with the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 2005.
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The importance of the Book of Mormon in the lives of Latter-day Saints and how it is a building block towards Mormon faith.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Scriptures; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, importance of
ID = [81570]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Webb, Jenny. “Slumbering Voices: Death and Textuality in 2 Nephi.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [81836]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Golden, Christoffel, Jr. “Small and Simple Things.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2007.
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May we discover anew the divine power of daily prayer, the convincing influence of the Book of Mormon, and true devotion when partaking of the sacrament.

ID = [20599]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2007-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 5659  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:48
Hart, John L. “Small Branch Established as Converts Return to India.” Church News 51 (3 January 1981): 13.
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Edwin and Elsie Dharmaraju presented President Spencer W. Kimball a 700-page manuscript containing the translation of the Book of Mormon into Telugu. It was translated by the 82-year-old father of Elsie Dharmaraju.

ID = [80177]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1981-01-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ricks, Eldin. “The Small Plates of Nephi and the Words of Mormon.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 209–19. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [36854]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 19703  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Peterson, Daniel C. “The Small Voice.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): vii-xii.
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Abstract: Revelation comes in various forms, some of them spectacular and some of them extremely subtle. The scriptures and the history of the Restoration offer numerous examples across the entire spectrum. Whatever its form, however, divine revelation remains divine revelation, and it is the avowed mission of the Interpreter Foundation to thoughtfully ponder such revelation, to try to explicate its meaning, and to illustrate its richness. In turn, such examination can itself provide an opportunity for personal revelation—both for the examiners and, we hope, for those who read or hear the results of their work.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3719]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,peterson  Size: 11919  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Smith, F. A. “Smith-Bays Debate.” Saints’ Herald 48 (20 February, 6 March 1901): 151-93.
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A debate between H. Bays and Heman C. Smith. The debaters discuss the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Three Witnesses.

ID = [80178]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-02-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Smiths Who Handled the Plates.” Improvement Era 72, no. 8 (1969): 28-32.
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This article presents many of the Smiths that were witnesses of the gold plates, including Emma Smith, Lucy Mack Smith, William Smith, Joseph Smith, Sr., Hyrum Smith, and Samuel Harrison Smith.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Gold Plates, Other Witnesses, Smith, Emma Hale, Smith, Hyrum, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Smith, Joseph, Sr., Smith, Lucy Mack, Smith, Samuel Harrison, Smith, William, Witnesses
ID = [76736]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1969-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Millet, Robert L. “‘So Glorious a Record’” Ensign, December 1992.
ID = [50802]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14696  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:55
Smith, Julie M. “So Shall My Word Be: Reading Alma 32 through Isaiah 55.” In An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32, edited by Miller, Adam S. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81750]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Ridenour, Fritz. So What’s the Difference. Glendale, CA: G/L Publications, 1967.
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A polemical work attempting to describe and criticize the beliefs of numerous religious groups both Christian and non-Christian. Pages 153-67 deal with Mormonism. The Anthon denial is cited as proof against the Book of Mormon and the author notes several absurdities and anachronisms. [M. R.]

ID = [78253]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Berrett, LaMar C. “The So-Called Lehi Cave.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1982.
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A cave southwest of Jerusalem caught the attention of several Latter-day Saint observers in the early 1960s. Graffiti in the cave seemed to portray themes or scenes related to the Book of Mormon, and some thought that the cave might have been the place described in the Book of Mormon as “the cavity of rock.” LaMar Berrett points out problems that weaken the likelihood that this is the case. Two scholarly articles on the cave are included.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Archaeology
ID = [8410]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
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
Holmes, Reed M. The Social and Moral Message of the Book of Mormon. Gospel Quarterly Series, #3. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1951.
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When nations or individuals are peaceful, the indication is that they have a committed, loving relationship with Deity. The opposite is also true. Evidence of this is abundant in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78647]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1951-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
BYU Studies, ed. Social and Political Studies about the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2012.
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This compilation of groundbreaking Book of Mormon articles is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles that explore comparisons between the American Revolution and Book of Mormon governments, Nephi’s justification of his ascent to leadership, protracted war in the Book of Mormon and in modern times, and much more. Contents “The Book of Mormon and the American Revolution” Richard Lyman Bushman “The Political Dimension in Nephi’s Small Plates” Noel B. Reynolds “Cosmic Urban Symbolism in the Book of Mormon” Steven L. Olsen “The Gadianton Robbers and Protracted War” Ray C. Hillam “Scriptural Perspectives on How to Survive the Calamities of the Last Days” Hugh Nibley

ID = [75335]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:10
Gardner, Brant A. “A Social History of the Early Nephites.” Paper presented at the 2001 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2001.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon Geography - Mesoamerica; Nephites
ID = [32367]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2001-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 51015  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:43
McGrath, Michele. “Social Justice in the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Studies 15 (Fall, 2014): 145-153.
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“Social justice” has become a post-modern buzzword that carries political connotations in the United States today, but the concept itself is quite ancient and deeply scriptural. Grant Hardy notes that “The Book of Mormon, like the Bible, has strong opinions about what sorts of societies are more just or more righteous than others.” In fact, for those with eyes to see, “restoration scripture is bursting with opportunities for social justice exegesis.” [From the article]

Keywords: Race relations; Book of Mormon, RLDS and; Doctrinal history, justice and mercy
ID = [82040]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
DePillis, Mario S. “The Social Sources of Mormonism.” Church History 37 (March 1968): 52-79.
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An attempt to understand Mormonism and its nineteenth-century context. The idea of “religious authority” may have had great appeal for early converts to Mormonism.

ID = [80642]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1968-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Weldon, Roy E. “Society for Archaeological Research: Trip to Mexico and Central America.” Saints’ Herald 89 (18 April 1942): 501-3.
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Reporting of an expedition to Mexico and Central America. Quetzalcoatl appears to be Jesus Christ as identified in the Book of Mormon. The “wise men” talked about in the Bible are also found in ancient American traditions.

ID = [80179]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-04-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Woodworth, Warner P. “The Socioeconomics of Zion.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 337–52. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Consecration
RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [36732]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 35231  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Hamblin, William J. “The Sôd of YHWH and the Endowment.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 147-154.
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Abstract: In the Hebrew Bible, the Sôd of God was a council of celestial beings who consulted with God, learned His sôd/secret plan, and then fulfilled that plan. This paper argues that the LDS endowment is, in part, a ritual reenactment of the sôd, where the participants observe the sôd/council of God, learn the sôd/secret plan of God, and covenant to fulfill that plan.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
Old Testament Scriptures > Job
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [4362]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 11454  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Hamblin, William J. “The Sôd of Yhwh and the Endowment.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 39-46.
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Abstract: Most scholars agree that sôd, when used in relationship to God, refers to the heavenly council, which humans may sometimes visit to learn divine mysteries or obtain a prophetic message to deliver to humankind. Biblical texts on this subject can be compared to passages in Latter-day Saint scripture (e.g., 1 Nephi 1:8-18; Abraham 3:22-23). In this article, William Hamblin succinctly summarizes this concept and argues that the Latter-day Saint temple endowment serves as a ritual and dramatic participation in the divine council of God, through which God reveals to the covenanter details of the plan of salvation — the hidden meaning and purpose of creation and the cosmos.
[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 William J. Hamblin, “The Sôd of Yhwh and the Endowment,” in Ancient Temple Worship: Proceedings of The Expound Symposium 14 May 2011, ed. Matthew B. Brown, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stephen D. Ricks, and John S. Thompson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2014), 189–94. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/ancient-temple-worship/.].

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Topics > Doctrines and Teachings > Divine Council
Book of Mormon Topics > General Topics > Temples
ID = [3495]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 2664  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Church News. “Sold 51,276 Books of Mormon.” Church News 33 (28 December 1963): 5.
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Reports on Book of Mormon sales and distributions.

ID = [80180]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1963-12-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Guernsey, Alfred H. “Solomon Spaulding and Joseph Smith.” The Library Magazine 6 (July-December 1885): 444-47.
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In this polemical article against the Book of Mormon the author claims that the Spaulding manuscript provided the primary source for the Book of Mormon. Also notes the rediscovery of the unpublished Spaulding manuscript.

ID = [80181]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1885-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Fairchild, James Harris. “Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon.” Bibliotheca Sacra 42 (January 1885):173-74.
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Fairchild gives his opinion, after comparing the Book of Mormon with the Spaulding manuscript, that there is “no resemblance between the two”

ID = [80182]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1885-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Jessee, Dean C. “Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon.” CES Church History Symposium. Provo, Utah: Church Educational System, 1977.
ID = [77262]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Snow, Leroi C. “Solomon Spaulding Manuscript.” Deseret Evening News 161 (26 May 1900): 1.
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Author compares the Spaulding manuscript with the Book of Mormon and concludes that no “sane person” would believe there was a connection between the two works.

ID = [80183]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1900-05-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Unattributed. “Solomon Spaulding’s Manuscript.” The Oberlin Review 13 (24 October 1885): 27-28.
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Recounts the theory that the Book of Mormon was created from Spaulding’s Manuscript Found. With the finding of that document by L. L. Rice the theory is weakened.

ID = [80184]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1885-10-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Wayne, John Lakmord. “Solomon Spaulding’s Manuscript.” Hobbies—The Magazine for Collectors 51 (July 1946): 78, 79, 82.
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This article passes on much misinformation about the Spaulding story, seemingly unaware of what has been written since the mid-1880s. “No copy of this curious romance of a pre-historic American race is now known to exist. The discovery of the manuscript would mean a fortune to the person discovering it”

ID = [80185]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1946-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Greenman, C. N. “Solomon Spaulding’s ‘Manuscript Found’ 1805 to 1830 A.D. Now Unsealed in 1914.” Westerly, RI: n.p., 1914.
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Unravels the mystery surrounding the Spaulding manuscript. After Spaulding claimed to have found the manuscript, translated it, and tried to publish it, it disappeared. After several years it was found and presented to Oberlin College. Greenman claims that Satan wrote the book under the name Fabius.

ID = [78254]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1914-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Whitmer, David K. “The Solution of The Mormon Problem: What Is It?” N.p. : n.p., 1926.
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Reprint of pamphlet written by David Whitmer entitled “An Address to All Believers in the Book of Mormon,” with a preface by John J. Snyder.

ID = [78648]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1926-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Hilton, John L. “Some Book of Mormon ‘Wordprint’ Measurements Using ‘Wraparound’ Block Counting.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship; Stylometry; Wordprint
ID = [8407]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Sperry, Sidney B. “Some Contributions of Modern Revelation to the Understanding of the Bible.” Deseret News Church Section (24 August 1935): 2, 7.
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Gives several examples on how “modern revelation,” including the Book of Mormon, gives more understanding to the Bible. The Book of Mormon shows that the five books of Moses were indeed written by one author, Moses, instead of several authors as many scholars claim.

ID = [80186]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1935-08-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Roberts, B. H. “Some Contributions of Mormonism to Modern Religious Thought.” Deseret Evening News (8 December 1906): 31.
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States that the Book of Mormon is invaluable in expounding one’s understanding of God’s justice, mercy, doctrine and plan of salvation; applying such knowledge builds character.

ID = [80187]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1906-12-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Bunker, William E. “Some Facts Concerning America’s Witness for Christ.” Improvement Era 48, no. 9 (1945): 500.
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This article consists of a list of the fifteen books of the Book of Mormon and a chronological order of the Book of Mormon scribes, from Nephi to Moroni.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Nephite Recordkeepers, Prophet, Scribes, Timeline
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76845]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Dibble, Charles E. “Some Facts Concerning Costa Rica and Its Ancient Inhabitants.” Improvement Era 44, no. 2 (1941): 68.
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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 third part covers Costa Rica.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76944]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Zobell, Albert L., Jr. “Some Facts Concerning the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 44, no. 9 (1941): 520.
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This article discusses the first printing and subsequent editions of the Book of Mormon and identifies different formats the Book of Mormon has taken since its first publication.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Formatting, Printing of the Book of Mormon
ID = [77169]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Perkins, Keith W. “Some historical records indicate that Mary Musselman Whitmer was privileged to see the gold plates, in addition to Joseph Smith and the Three and Eight Witnesses. Do we know of any other persons who may have seen or handled the plates?” Ensign, July 1992.
ID = [50594]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:54
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart. “Some Important Book of Mormon Questions.” Improvement Era 44, no. 9 (1941): 528, 569-571.
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This article advances several questions and answers about the Book of Mormon, including: Are all the Indians Lamanites? No. Did any white people survive the battle of Cumorah? Yes. Did the Book of Mormon people occupy the greater part of the western hemisphere? No. Is it true that the Nephites and Lamanites spent most of their time at warfare? No. Do archaeologists accept the Book of Mormon and use it as a guide in discovering ruined cities? No.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Book of Mormon Geography, Native Americans, Warfare
ID = [77170]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Tiffin, Dalton A. Some Important Reminders: The Divine Origin of the Book of Mormon. Weston, Ontario: Dalton A. Tiffin,n.d.
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Pamphlet attempting to prove the validity of the Book of Mormon. Includes the testimony of the Three and Eight Witnesses, an account of the finding of the Spaulding manuscript, a reprint of a letter from the president of Oberlin College where the Spaulding manuscript is kept.

ID = [78255]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Benson, Alvin K. “Some Key Ingredients for Finding and Understanding the Truth in Science and Religion.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 341–53. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
ID = [36884]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 23417  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Combs, George Hamilton. Some Latter-Day Religions. Chicago: Revell, 1899.
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A polemical work highlighting the alleged problems and foibles of various “modern” religious groups. Pages 205-22 discuss Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The author alleges that the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon denied the testimony of the book. The author advances the Spaulding theory to account for the book’s origin.

ID = [78256]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
H., M. W. “Some New Books: The Mormons.” The Sun ([month unidentifiable] 7, 1844?).
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Gives a short account of Joseph Smith: his family history, the first vision, and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Claims that the Book of Mormon’s origin lies in the Spaulding manuscript.

ID = [80188]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1844-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ricks, Stephen D. “Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 155-160.
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Abstract: This study considers the Book of Mormon personal names Josh, Nahom, and Alma as test cases for the Book of Mormon as an historically authentic ancient document.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [4363]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 11579  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Gee, John. “Some Notes on the Anthon Transcript.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 5-8.
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Review of Translating the Anthon Transcript (1999), by Stan and Polly Johnson

Keywords: Anthon Transcript; Language; Typography
ID = [334]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8736  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Miner, Alan C. “Some Notes on the General Literary Structure of the Entire First Book of Nephi.” In Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon, Volume 1: Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land, 211-233. Vol. 1. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central/Cedar Fort, Inc., 2017.
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Some Notes on the General Literary Structure of the Entire First Book of Nephi

ID = [76712]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Roberts, B. H. “Some Objections to the Book of Mormon Answered.” Improvement Era 5, no. 5 (March 1902): 339-50.
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Uses the Bible and historical records to answer alleged contradictions contained in the Book of Mormon regarding Christ being born at Jerusalem, the date of Christ’s birth, and the three days of darkness that covered the earth at his crucifixion.

ID = [81260]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1902-03-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Scott, S. W. L. “Some Objections to the Book of Mormon Considered.” Saints’ Herald 53 (18 April 1906): 365-74.
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Many things mentioned in the Book of Mormon have been questioned in times past, but modern scientists are finding evidence that substantiates the Book of Mormon: archaeologists have found that the Wady Rumen flows into the Red Sea and is about three day’s journey down the Arabian shore of the Red Sea, answering objections to the route of Lehi from Jerusalem; archaeologists have verified that brass was used as a medium upon which records were kept; links have been found between New World and Old World cultures in modes of worship, architecture, and skeletal structure of ancient inhabitants.

ID = [80189]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-04-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Evening and Morning Star. “Some of Mormon’s Teaching.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 8: January 1833.
ID = [76392]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:17
Doxey, Roy W. “Some passages in the Book of Mormon seem to indicate that there is only one God and that he is a spirit only. How can we explain this?” Ensign, August 1985.
ID = [47207]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1985-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12023  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:01
Matthews, Robert J. “Some passages such as Matthew 6:13 and Hebrews 11:40 in Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible read quite differently from the comparable passages in the Book of Mormon and/or other statements by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Why is this so, and how could we know which of the variants is correct?” Ensign, September 1981, 16–17.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [45519]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1981-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 5967  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:49
Sperry, Sidney B. “Some Problems of Interest Relating to the Brass Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 185-191.
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Most contemporary Old Testament scholars question whether Moses wrote the Pentateuch, but the Book of Mormon affirms Moses’ authorship. Questions arise as to how Jeremiah’s prophecies appeared on the brass plates and what the nature of the Book of the Law was. According to the brass plates, Laban and Lehi were descendants of Manasseh. How then did they come to be living in Jerusalem? The brass plates, on which may be found lost scripture, may have been the official scripture of the ten tribes.

Keywords: Brass Plates; Deuteronomy (Book); Jeremiah (Prophet); Laban (Custodian of Brass Plates); Pentateuch; Recordkeepers; Recordkeeping; Jerusalem; Lehi (Prophet); Lost Tribes; Manasseh (Tribe)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2881]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 15615  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Gee, John. “Some Puzzles from the Joseph Smith Papyri.” The FARMS Review 20, no. 1 (2008): Article 1.
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This article explores what we know about the Joseph Smith Papyri, whether they are connected to the Book of Abraham, and the approaches that Latter-day Saints and non-LDS scholars take when trying to understand such a connection.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [602]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,farms-review  Size: 59720  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Draper, Maurice L. “Some Questions and Answers about the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 98 (12 February 1951): 155-57.
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Writes concerning the translation of the Book of Mormon, its multiple references to Christ, and peculiar phrases found in the Book of Mormon. Discusses the use of King James language and phrases in the book, Joseph Smith’s ability as a translator, and the clarity of Book of Mormon prophecies.

ID = [80190]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-02-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Some Reasons for the Restored Gospel.” Talk given on the occasion of the visit to Brigham Young University of Professor Klaus Baer, 1975.
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Baer was an eminent Egyptologist and former teacher of Hugh Nibley, then teaching at the University of Chicago. From 1962 to 1975 letters were exchanged between the two friends. This copyrighted correspondence is part of the University of Chicago’s Klaus Baer Archives.
Nibley provides a listing of various reasons why one should give careful consideration to the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He deals with Joseph Smith’s version of the book of Enoch, with the Book of Abraham, various compelling elements of the Book of Mormon, and the role of prophetic warnings to the Saints.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Criticisms, Apologetics
ID = [1193]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:16
Durham, Reed C., Jr. Some Recent Historical and Archaeological Evidences for the Book of Mormon. R. C. Durham, 1980.
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An outline listing a number of Book of Mormon archaeological evidences, with an accompanying bibliography. Evidences include: Beit Lehi inscriptions, chaismus, transoceanic influences, Mayan and Egyptian calendar parallels, Zuggurats, horses.

ID = [78257]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Stucki, H. Bruce, and Jan Underwood Pinborough. Some Religious Literature and Prophetic History of America. New York: Vantage Press, 1981.
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Reprints the title page, lists (in order) the books of the Book of Mormon, and gives the account of Moroni’s visit that is also found in the Pearl of Great Price. Contains many excerpts from the book itself, with writings from Nephi, Isaiah, Jacob, King Benjamin, King Mosiah, Alma, Helaman, Captain Moroni, Pahoran, Mormon, and Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78258]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Porter, Larry C. “Some scholars have implied that the Book of Mormon and LDS theology are products of Joseph Smith’s environment. To what extent did Joseph Smith’s environment influence the theological developments of the Church?” Ensign, June 1992.
ID = [50543]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9036  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:53
Nibley, Hugh W. “Some Significant Statements by Leading Scientists on the Scope of Scientific Authority.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1984.
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This is a collection of statements by scientists on the following topics: how scientists have become impatient with religion, how science has all the answers, how difficult it is to truly understand the past, the question of whether science is a cause or a pretext, the assertion that science is not based on purely inductive reasoning, and the illusion of already knowing as the greatest enemy to serious research.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [8368]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,nibley  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Matthews, Robert J. “Some Significant Texts of Joseph Smith’s Inspired Version of the Bible.” BYU Studies Quarterly 9, no. 2 (1969): 155-174.
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Robert J. Matthew’s first article in the Autumn 1968 issue of BYU Studies dealt primarily with the making of the Inspired Version of the Bible. It considered two major aspects: (1) the preparation of the manuscript notes by the Prophet Joseph Smith and his scribes, and (2) the publication of the printed editions by The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS). This article will discuss a number of passages that are unique to the Inspired Version and also some of the implications in the text that are frequently overlooked. There are at least three levels at which one may read the Inspired Version. The first and simplest level is to compare it with the King James Version to find the variant readings. The second and perhaps the most informative level is to analyze each variant to determine the actual change in meaning that resulted from the Inspired Version rendition. The third and most difficult level is to examine the Inspired Version not only for content but also for style. This level is not limited to what is said but also involves an analysis of how it is said. The third level is particularly important because it deals with the question of whether the Inspired Version is a restoration of the original text of the Bible. Although not all of the variants in the Inspired Version are suitable for this kind of critical examination, a number of passages are thus suited, and these are highly interesting and even provocative when analyzed. Such passages have characteristics about them which strongly suggest inspiration and even restoration of the original text in some instances.

Keywords: Eternal Life; Joseph; Joseph Smith Translation; Jr.; King James Bible; McLellin; Paul (Apostle); Repentance; Sermon on the Mount; Smith; Textual Criticism; William E.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [9736]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies,old-test  Size: 1623  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:57
McKay, David O., and Richard L. Evans. “Some Teens Squirm Their Way Through.” Improvement Era 68, no. 11 (1965): 1042-1044, 1047-1052.
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This article states that the Book of Mormon teaches “choice lessons of life.” It cites references to illuminate reasons for reading the scriptures, understanding the agency of mankind, listening to the Psalm of Nephi, seeking good counsel, and having faith. It includes commentary on these references.

Keywords: Agency, Counsel, Faith, Psalm of Nephi, Scripture Study, Study Helps
ID = [76859]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1965-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Nibley, Hugh W. “Some Test Cases from the Book of Ether.” 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 lesson we pick out some peculiar items in the Book of Ether to show how they vindicate its claim to go back to the very dawn of history. First, the account of the great dispersion has been remarkably confirmed by independent investigators in many fields. Ether like the Bible tells of the Great Dispersion, but it goes much further than the Bible in describing accompanying phenomena, especially the driving of cattle and the raging of terrible winds. This part of the picture can now be confirmed from many sources. In Ether the reign and exploits of King Lib exactly parallel the doings of the first kings of Egypt (entirely unknown, of course, in the time of Joseph Smith) even in the oddest particulars. The story of Jared’s barges can be matched by the earliest Babylonian descriptions of the ark, point by point as to all peculiar features. There is even ample evidence to attest the lighting of Jared’s ships by shining stones, a tradition which in the present century has been traced back to the oldest versions of the Babylonian Flood Story.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2056]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Skousen, Royal. “Some Textual Changes for a Scholarly Study of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 4 (2012): 99-117.
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Royal Skousen has been working on the critical text project of the Book of Mormon since 1988. He has concluded that there are three important findings resulting from the critical text project of the Book of Mormon. The first is that Joseph Smith received an English-language text word for word, which he read off to his scribe. The second is that the original English-language text itself was very precisely constructed; where textual error has occurred in its transmission, the earliest reading is usually the superior reading. The third is the identification of 256 changes in the text that make a difference in meaning or in the spelling of a name, changes that would show up in any translation of the book. This article presents thirty of the most significant of these 256 changes. All of the thirty changes discussed in this paper make a difference in meaning. Nearly all of them would show up when translating the text into a foreign language. The author has grouped the changes according to various types of change. In each case, he provides a brief summary of the evidence for the change and why it is significant for serious study of the text.

Keywords: Textual Criticism
ID = [10992]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 38200  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:05
Holland, Jeffrey R., and Patricia Terry Holland. “Some Things We Have Learned—Together.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, January 15, 1985.
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Quite apart from the matter of school or missions or marriage or whatever, life ought to be enjoyed at every stage of our experience and should not be hurried and wrenched and truncated and torn to fit an unnatural schedule which you have predetermined but which may not be the Lord’s personal plan for you at all.

Keywords: Love; Marriage; Collection: Marriage and Love; Podcast: Marriage & Love; Inspiring Short: The Marital Blessings of Challenges
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68759]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1985-01-15  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:10
Matthews, Robert J. “Some Thoughts on the Atonement.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989. Faculty Lecture, 17 February 1989.
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In a lecture given to the BYU religion faculty, Robert Matthews emphasizes the points of doctrine in the Book of Mormon and other standard works that elucidate the fall and atonement. He analyzes concepts in several different scriptural chapters and shows how they have points in common as well as areas of particular emphasis and clarification. He contrasts the classical Christian views of how Adam’s transgression affects humankind with the teachings of ancient and modem revelation. He explains how the divine sonship of Jesus Christ enabled him to effect the atonement. Matthews notes that Christ’s mission is intended to save us from both kinds of death (physical and spiritual); there is no viable replacement for the Savior’s atonement.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Teachings
ID = [8420]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-02-17  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Wunderlich, Jean. “Some Thoughts on the Social Message of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 41, no. 4 (1938): 222-223, 234, 236.
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This article uses the discourses of Alma and Amulek to the Zoramites as a partial guide to determine what the Book of Mormon teaches about social action. The work teaches that violence is not a recommended “principle of social action” and “the solution of social difficulties must be sought on the spiritual plane.” It also discusses what the Book of Mormon teaches about government.

Keywords: Alma (Book), Alma the Younger, Nephite Government, Nonviolent Theology, Pacifism, Social Justice, Sociology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77031]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1938-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Bennett, William A. “Some Traditions of the American Indians.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 68, no. 32 (9 August 1906): 510-11.
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Compares Apache Indian traditions to the Three Nephites of the Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 28). Apache Indians celebrate a rite that appears to recall the power and ministerial actions of the Three Nephites. Further, Apache Indians do not eat pork, a practice that may have been handed down to them from Lehi who carried the law of Moses to the American continent.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [81328]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-08-09  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Sperry, Sidney B. “Some Universals in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 226-234.
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A universal element is a succinct concept with comprehensive spiritual appeal to humanity; the Book of Mormon is itself a universal element. Among universals found in the Book of Mormon are concepts (1) that truth is given of God to all peoples; (2) of faith, in which good and evil are clearly defined in terms of opposition; (3) of the purpose of man’s existence in mortality; and (4) of the importance of service given to men and God.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Doctrine; Equality; Joy; Service; Universalism; Faith; Mortality; Opposition; Service; Truth; Universal Element
ID = [2885]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 18553  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Sorenson, John L. “Some Voices from the Dust: A Review of Papers of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures.” Dialogue 1 (Spring 1966): 144-49.
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Puts the Society for Historical Archaeology in context in the history of LDS thought about archaeology then evaluates papers by Jakeman, Tucker, Norman, Putnam, and others as sometimes displaying lack of currency and narrow range of methodology.

ID = [80191]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1966-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Adams, William James, Jr. “Some Ways in Which the ‘Plain and Precious Parts’ Became Lost.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 159 (July 1985): 1-6.
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Finds that ancient scribes, both non-biblical and biblical, took many liberties in their translations. Suggests that up to 30 percent of the original text of the Old Testament may have been deleted as the angel told Nephi would occur (1 Nephi 13:23).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [80192]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1985-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Bennett, Jim. “‘Somebody Wrote It:’ The Book of Mormon’s Missionary Message to a 21st-Century World.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 265-278.
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Abstract: Nathan Oman’s “Welding Another Link in Wonder’s Chain: The Task of Latter-day Saint Intellectuals in the Church’s Third Century” wisely called for “new language in which to celebrate the Restoration.” That new language can be found in understanding the power of the Book of Mormon, which is the tangible miracle at the heart of the Restoration that defies the critics. My father, Senator Robert F. Bennett, devoted his final years to arguing that the Book of Mormon’s existence is a stumbling block to those who try to dismiss it as an obvious fraud. Those who scoff at the Book of Mormon have yet to come up with a plausible secular account of its existence, and this allows the Book of Mormon to endure as the centerpiece of our missionary efforts. But rather than simply use the Book of Mormon to attempt to answer questions people are no longer asking, we need to create a missionary message that uses this sacred scripture to connect people, directly and personally, to Jesus Christ.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3555]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 32294  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Ricks, Kellen. “Someone is Waiting.” Church News 59 (14 January 1989): 16.
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A husband and wife put their testimony and picture in copies of the Book of Mormon and distribute them.

ID = [80193]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-01-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Shaw, Louise R. “‘Something More’” Church News 59 (11 February 1989): 16.
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A visit to the public library led Joseph Palozzolo to read the Book of Mormon, which eventually led to his conversion.

ID = [78831]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-02-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Petersen, Boyd J. “Something to Move Mountains: Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon.” In Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life, 244–259. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2002.
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Hugh Nibley’s correspondence reveals a lifelong fascination with the Book of Mormon. This is significant for two reasons: First, Nibley has taken the book seriously longer than we have as a church, and second, the private Hugh Nibley is as devoted to the Book of Mormon as is the public man.
Nibley’s interest in the book is threefold: he recognizes the striking similarities it shares with other ancient Near Eastern texts; acknowledges its witness to Joseph Smith’s divine calling; and, most importantly, perceives the relevance and accuracy of the book’s prophetic warnings. In his letters, Nibley also addresses criticism raised against his methodology. “The potential power” of the Book of Mormon, writes Nibley, “is something to move mountains; it will only take effect when everything is pretty far gone, but then it will be dynamite. That leaves room for optimism.” Hugh Nibley’s words make that optimism contagious.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [1646]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 49762  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Petersen, Boyd J. “Something to Move Mountains: Hugh Nibley’s Devotion to the Book of Mormon.” In Colloquium Essays in Literature and Belief, 489–513. Provo, UT: Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature, 2001.
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Hugh Nibley’s correspondence reveals a lifelong fascination with the Book of Mormon. This is significant for two reasons: First, Nibley has taken the book seriously longer than we have as a church, and second, the private Hugh Nibley is as devoted to the Book of Mormon as is the public man.
Nibley’s interest in the book is threefold: he recognizes the striking similarities it shares with other ancient Near Eastern texts; acknowledges its witness to Joseph Smith’s divine calling; and, most importantly, perceives the relevance and accuracy of the book’s prophetic warnings. In his letters, Nibley also addresses criticism raised against his methodology. “The potential power” of the Book of Mormon, writes Nibley, “is something to move mountains; it will only take effect when everything is pretty far gone, but then it will be dynamite. That leaves room for optimism.” Hugh Nibley’s words make that optimism contagious.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [748]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Petersen, Boyd J. “Something to Move Mountains: The Book of Mormon in Hugh Nibley’s Correspondences.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 1–25.
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Hugh Nibley’s correspondence reveals a lifelong fascination with the Book of Mormon. This is significant for two reasons: First, Nibley has taken the book seriously longer than we have as a church, and second, the private Hugh Nibley is as devoted to the Book of Mormon as is the public man.
Nibley’s interest in the book is threefold: he recognizes the striking similarities it shares with other ancient Near Eastern texts; acknowledges its witness to Joseph Smith’s divine calling; and, most importantly, perceives the relevance and accuracy of the book’s prophetic warnings. In his letters, Nibley also addresses criticism raised against his methodology. “The potential power” of the Book of Mormon, writes Nibley, “is something to move mountains; it will only take effect when everything is pretty far gone, but then it will be dynamite. That leaves room for optimism.” Hugh Nibley’s words make that optimism contagious.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [742]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Washburn, Jesse N. “The Son of Mormon.” Ogden, UT: n.p.,n.d.
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Central to the Book of Mormon are the prophets Mormon and Moroni. Moroni abridged the Book of Ether and authored Mormon 8-9 and the book of Moroni. Washburn presents a fictitious narrative of Moroni’s story told in first person as though Moroni had recorded it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [78649]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Neal, Nellie W. A Song from the Dust: A Poetic Version of the Book of Mormon. Ogden, UT: by the author, 1970.
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Author rewrites in poetic version the entire Book of Mormon, employing both rhythm and rhyme.

ID = [77454]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Thomas, H. Richard. “Song of Nephi.” Instructor 102 (October 1967): 409-11.
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2 Nephi 4:16-35 shares much of the character and attitude of Nephi. The Song of Nephi begins with a feeling of despair and ends with an inspiring prayer of commitment to a better way of life. It is a pattern to follow on the road to repentance.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [80194]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1967-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Leuba, Philippe. “The Sonora Ruins.” Deseret Weekly 52 (8 February 1896): 231-32.
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Editorial comments claim increasing archaeological evidences in support of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80643]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1896-02-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Fox, Robert Barlow. The Sons of Helaman. Bountiful: Robert Barlow Fox, 1980.
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A fictional book about the sons of Helaman based upon the Book of Mormon (Alma 24, 53, 56, 57, 62, and 63).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78650]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Douglas, Norman. “The Sons of Lehi and the Seed of Cain: Racial Myths in Mormon Scripture and Their Relevance to the Pacific Islands.” Journal of Religious History 8 (June 1974): 90-104.
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Discusses Mormon racial beliefs regarding polynesians and blacks and their relationship to the Book of Mormon and the book of Abraham.

ID = [80644]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1974-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Petersen, Mark E. Sons of Mosiah. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1984.
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Discusses the missionary activities of the sons of Mosiah in twenty chapters.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [78259]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Tvedtnes, John A. “The Sons of Mosiah: Emissaries of Peace.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 118-123. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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This chapter examines missionary work in the Book of Mormon as a means to stop warfare with unbelieving groups. The author cites examples from the missions of the sons of Mosiah, as well as the mission to the Zoramites and the preaching of Nephi and Lehi. In each case, war ceased and prosperity was regained after the gospel was preached to the instigators of war.

Keywords: Missiology; Doctrinal history, peace; Book of Mormon
ID = [82134]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Welch, John W., and Gordon C. Thomasson. “The Sons of the Passover.” 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: Admonition; Corianton (Son of Alma); Festival; Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger); Passover; Shiblon (Son of Alma)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [66499]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Christensen, Kevin. “Sophic Box and Mantic Vista: A Review of Deconstructing Mormonism.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 7 (2013): 113-179.
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A review of Deconstructing Mormonism: An Analysis and Assessment of the Mormon Faith (Cranford, N.J, American Atheist Press: 2011) by Thomas Riskas and of Myths, Models and Paradigms: A Comparative Study of Science and Religion (New York, Harper & Row: 1974) by Ian J. Barbour.
Abstract: Riskas’s Desconstructing Mormonism claims that believers are trapped in a box for which the instructions for how to get out are written on the outside of the box. He challenges believers to submit to an outsider test for faith. But how well does Riskas describe the insider test? And is his outsider test, which turns out to be positivism, just a different box with the instructions for how to get out written on its outside? Ian Barbour’s Myths Models and Paradigms provides instructions on how to get out of the positivistic box that Riskas offers, and at the same time provides an alternate outsider test that Mormon readers can use to assess what Alma refers to as “cause to believe.” The important thing, however, is that we are dealing here not with the old donnybrook between science and religion but with the ancient confrontation of Sophic and Mantic. The Sophic is simply the art of solving problems without the aid of any superhuman agency, which the Mantic, on the other hand, is willing to solicit or accept. ((Hugh Nibley, “Paths that Stray: Some Notes on the Sophic and Mantic” in Stephen Ricks, ed., The Ancient State, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 10 (Salt Lake City and Provo: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1991), 380-–381.)).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [4333]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64597  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Hill, Keith K. “Sorrow and Joy: What We Can Learn from Lehi.” Ensign, January 1988.
ID = [48401]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12694  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:09
Madsen, Truman G. “Souls Aflame: The Prayer Heritage of the Latter-day Saints.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 8, 1983.
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The heritage of prayer in this church teaches us that, whether or not we settle the question of foreknowledge, there is a point in reaching up to that Person, not a thing, who is himself free and has used his freedom to forbid to himself the use of force.

Keywords: Prayer
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68719]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1983-11-08  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:10
Holland, Patricia Terry. “The Soul’s Center.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, January 13, 1987.
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Our health and our wholeness are unquestionably linked with our holiness. We need very much for body, mind, and spirit to come together, to unite in one healthy, stable soul.

Keywords: Spiritual Growth; Women
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68823]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1987-01-13  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:10
Bowen, Gregory A. “Sounding Sacred: The Adoption of Biblical Archaisms in the Book of Mormon and other 19th Century Texts.” PhD diss., Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 2016.
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“The Book of Mormon is a text published in 1830 and considered a sacred work of scripture by adherents of the Latter-day Saint movement. Although written 200 years later, it exhibits many linguistic features of the King James translation of the Bible. Such stylistic imitation has been little studied, though a notable exception is Sigelman & Jacoby (1996). Three hypotheses are considered: that this is a feature of 19th century religious texts, and the Book of Mormon adopts the style of its genre as a religious text; that this is a feature of translations of ancient texts, and the Book of Mormon adopts the style of its genre as a purported translation of ancient records; that Joseph Smith, who produced the Book of Mormon, absorbed the idiom of the King James Bible and used it in his writings generally. A selection of 19th century religious and translated texts are evaluated, along with personal letters of Joseph Smith, with consideration given to a wide range of archaic features, including lexemes, morpho-syntactic features, and idiomatic expressions. The rates are compared to those in the King James Bible and to the Corpus of Historical American English, which serves as a control for 19th century usage.” [Author]

Keywords: Writing style, 19th century; Bible, use and influence; Smith, Joseph, Jr., writings; Smith, Joseph, Jr., Bible and
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [81545]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Nyman, Monte S. “Source Book of Suggestions for Teaching the Book of Mormon.” D.Ed. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1965.
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Consists of teaching suggestions for Book of Mormon classes, along with teacher responses to questionnaires. Also contains an elaborate teaching guide with statements of purpose, outlines, and questions. Includes handouts for students.

ID = [80195]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1965-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Kirkham, Francis W. Source Material Concerning the Origin of the Book of Mormon. Author, 1937.
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Rehearses the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, as told by Joseph Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith, and others. Also included are statements by those who reject the divine nature of the Book of Mormon. This slender volume is the forerunner of the author’s A New Witness for Christ in America.

ID = [78260]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1937-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Kirkham, Francis W. Source Material Concerning the Origin of the ’Book of Mormon,’ ’America’s Strangest Book’. n.p.: 1937.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [81487]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1937-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Tuttle, A. Theodore. South America, Land of Promise. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1964.
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“A land choice above all other lands” as declared in the Book of Mormon includes South America as well as North America. South America is a land of great potential. The call to students of BYU is to missionary work among the loving but underprivileged people of South America.

ID = [78261]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Jones, Gerald E. “A South Dakota Swede and the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43336]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7905  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:14
Harris, James R. Southwestern American Indian Rock Art and the Book of Mormon. Orem, UT: Harris House, 1991.
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Links inscriptions on rocks in the American Southwest with Book of Mormon themes. This work is reviewed in T.176.

ID = [78262]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church News. “A Souvenir from Hotel: A Copy of the Book of Mormon.” Church News 55 (24 March 1985): 4.
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Hotel guests are encouraged to take home copies of the Book of Mormon donated by Church members.

ID = [78926]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1985-03-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Pack, Frederick J. “The Spalding Argument.” Improvement Era 16, no. 4 (1913): 333-341.
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This article answers F. S. Spalding’s allegations that the Book of Mormon is not true and Spalding’s claims that the Book of Abraham was falsely translated and therefore both documents are fraudulent.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon, Book of Abraham, Book of Abraham Translation, Egyptology, Pearl of Great Price, Spalding, Franklin
ID = [77053]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-02-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Spalding, Bethany Brady, and Samuel J. Palmer. Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and His Descendants. Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1872.
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Includes a brief notice regarding Spalding/Rigdon and the origin of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78263]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1872-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
S., H. C. “The Spalding Romance.” Journal of History 2 (January 1909): 89-95.
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A series of communications between A. T. Schroeder and D. H. Bays that appeared in the Christian Evangelist, 9 Aug. 1899—2 Nov. 1899, discussing the possibility that the Spaulding manuscript was the basis of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80645]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1909-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Jessee, Dean C. “‘Spalding Theory’ Is Re-examined.” Church News 47 (20 August 1977): 3-5.
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The theory that Soloman Spalding wrote a novel that was the basis for the Book of Mormon was a fabrication of Philastus Hurlbut who wanted revenge due to his excommunication from the Church.

ID = [78832]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-08-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Church News. “Spanish, Korean Visitors Receive Book of Mormon in Own Language.” Church News 56 (19 October 1986): 10.
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Tells of Hispanic and Korean visitors to the open house of the Denver Temple who received personalized Books of Mormon in their own languages.

ID = [80196]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-10-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Church News. “Spanish-Speaking Members Appreciate Scripture Helps.” Church News 63 (11 December 1993): 5.
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The new Spanish edition of the Book of Mormon with its improved footnotes helps Spanish-speaking members study more effectively.

ID = [80197]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1993-12-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Card, Orson Scott. “Spaulding Again?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43811]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6295  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:17
Driggs, Howard R. “The Spaulding Manuscript.” Juvenile Instructor 50 (October 1915): 631-34.
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Provides a history and selections of the Spaulding manuscript with the goal of showing that it was not the source of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80646]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1915-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Chase, Lance D. “Spaulding Manuscript.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Spaulding, Solomon
ID = [75073]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 5435  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:09
Walters, Wesley P. “The Spaulding Manuscript (or Affair).” The Journal of Pastoral Practice 2 (1978): 133-44.
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Reports that three newspapers had recently published the news that a portion of the Book of Mormon has been “positively identified as having been written by the hand of Solomon Spaulding”

ID = [80647]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Hayes, John. “The Spaulding Manuscript and the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 50, no. 35 (27 August 1888): 548-50.
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Hayes compares the contents of the Spaulding manuscript with the Book of Mormon. The Spaulding manuscript is a story of a Roman named Fabius who was blown off course traveling from Britain to America in the 4th century A.D. Hayes writes that nothing is similar in the Book of Mormon to what is contained in the Spaulding Manuscript.

ID = [80995]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-08-27  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Root, Azariah S. The Spaulding Manuscript in the Oberlin College Library. Oberlin Library, 12 May 1927.
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Typewritten statement by an Oberlin College librarian concerning the Spaulding manuscript in Oberlin’s possession.

ID = [78651]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1927-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Broadhurst, Dale R. Spaulding Research Project Working Papers 1-10. Delaware, OH: Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 1980.
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A significant collection of research papers on the Spaulding manuscript. 188 similarities between the Book of Mormon and the Spaulding Manuscript are noted in detail. Also contains a transcript of the Spaulding manuscript and a collection of statements about the manuscript made by some of Spaulding’s neighbors.

ID = [78264]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Smith, Heman C. “The Spaulding Romance.” Journal of History 2 (1909): 89-95.
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Contains a series of letters between A. T. Schroeder of Salt Lake City and C. H. Bays of Battle Creek, Michigan, wherein Schroeder defends the Spaulding manuscript theory for the source for the Book of Mormon and D. H. Bays argues against the theory.

ID = [80648]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1909-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Smith, Elbert A. “The Spaulding Romance Theory.” Saints’ Herald 66 (1 October 1919): 953-56.
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Bruce Kinney concluded that there must have been a second Spaulding manuscript since the first one was found and was shown to have had no relationship to the Book of Mormon. This “new theory” suggests that Spaulding found the second manuscript in a cave and translated it—a theory which should be dismissed as was the original theory.

ID = [80649]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Page, John E. The Spaulding Story Concerning the Origin of the Book of Mormon, Duly Examined, and Exposed to the Righteous Contempt of a Candid Public. Pittsburgh: Author and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1843.
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Argues against the idea that Sidney Rigdon borrowed the Spaulding manuscript, altered the manuscript to fit his purposes, and used Joseph Smith to publish it as the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78652]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1843-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Harrison, Elias L.T. “The ‘Spaulding Story’ Refuted from Itself.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 19, no. 4 (24 January 1857): 49-56.
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Harrison argues that it is impossible that the Book of Mormon be even remotely related to the Manuscript Found by Solomon Spaulding. The Manuscript Found is a fictitious account of the lost ten tribes and the Book of Mormon is an account of one family of the tribe of Joseph.

ID = [80927]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1857-01-24  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Harrison, Elias L. T. “The ‘Spaulding Story’ Refuted from Itself.” Millennial Star 19 (24 January 1857): 49–56.
ID = [77261]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1857-01-24  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Saints’ Herald. “The Spaulding Theory Again.” Saints’ Herald 50 (26 August 1903): 786-87.
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Though the Spaulding theory has been proved false articles still appear in magazines and newspapers claiming the theory is true.

ID = [80650]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1903-08-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Bush, Lester E., Jr. “The Spaulding Theory Then and Now.” Dialogue 10 (autumn 1977): 40–69.
ID = [77233]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Bush, Lester E., Jr. “The Spaulding Theory Then and Now.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 40-69.
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A scholarly review of the Spaulding theory and its importance today. The author concludes that due to imprecise evidence, the Spaulding theory is not conclusive. Included are extensive notes and references on the subject.

ID = [80651]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Unattributed. “Spaulding’s ‘Manuscript Found’” Presbyterian Banner (16 September 1885): 17-18.
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Fifteen witnesses claimed that Book of Mormon names are from Spaulding’s manuscript. Spaulding’s widow testified that her husband had a variety of other manuscripts—the Book of Mormon must have been taken from one of these.

ID = [80198]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1885-09-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hardy, Grant R. “Speaking So That All May Be Edified.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 83-97.
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Review of Digging in Cumorah: Relcaiming Book of Mormon Narratives (1999), by Mark D. Thomas

Keywords: Form Criticism; Historicity; Interpretation; Methodology; Scholarship; Theology
ID = [360]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 33491  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Insights. “Special Book Offer.” Insights 22, no. 6 (2002).
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For a limited time, FARMS subscribers can obtain at special discount the first two volumes of the Book of Mormon critical text: The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Extant Text and The Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Entire Text in Two Parts, published by FARMS in 2001 (see the order form). For a full report on these essential resources for serious study of the Book of Mormon text, see the lead article in INSIGHTS 21/5 (2002).

Keywords: subscribers; volume; text; offer
ID = [66684]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-06  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Insights. “Special Report on Critical Text Project.” Insights 22, no. 5 (2002).
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In lieu of this year’s first issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, a special report of the 20 October 2001 FARMS symposium on the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project will be mailed to FARMS subscribers with the next issue of the Insights newsletter.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Critical Text Project; translation; report
ID = [66677]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-05  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Powelson, Shawna R. “A Special Togetherness.” Ensign, February 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [43963]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1955  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:18
Powelson, Shawna R. “A Special Togetherness.” Ensign, January 1979.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44368]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1957  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:21
Nicholson, Roger. “The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book: A Twenty-first Century Believer’s View of the Book of Mormon Translation.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 5 (2013): 121-190.
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Abstract: This essay seeks to examine the Book of Mormon translation method from the perspective of a regular, nonscholarly, believing member in the twenty-first century, by taking into account both what is learned in Church and what can be learned from historical records that are now easily available. What do we know? What should we know? How can a believing Latter-day Saint reconcile apparently conflicting accounts of the translation process? An examination of the historical sources is used to provide us with a fuller and more complete understanding of the complexity that exists in the early events of the Restoration. These accounts come from both believing and nonbelieving sources, and some skepticism ought to be employed in choosing to accept some of the interpretations offered by some of these sources as fact. However, an examination of these sources provides a larger picture, and the answers to these questions provide an enlightening look into Church history and the evolution of the translation story. This essay focuses primarily on the methods and instruments used in the translation process and how a faithful Latter-day Saint might view these as further evidence of truthfulness of the restored Gospel. .

ID = [4352]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64797  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Elefson, Vern. “Speculations on Book of Mormon Populations.” Zarahemla Record 15 (1981-82): 4-8.
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The author claims that “the Book of Mormon record is in agreement with population theory” Selected passages from the Book of Mormon are used to show its relationship to a population growth model. Charts and graphs are included.

ID = [80199]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Christensen, Harold T. “Speculations on Polynesian Origins.” Improvement Era 38, no. 11 (1935): 672-674, 711.
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The author believes that the Polynesians are of the blood of Israel and that they journeyed from the American continent at the time Hagoth built his ships.

Keywords: Hagoth, Polynesia, Transoceanic Contact, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [77108]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Tvedtnes, John A. “Speech from the Dust.” In The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: “Out of Darkness Unto Light”, edited by , 1-7. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Angel Moroni; Hidden Records; Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846); Mormon (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Prophecy; Smith; Joseph; Jr.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [75603]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Weed, Grant B. “Speeches Given As a Part of a Series on Sunday Evening on Temple Square.” N.p., 22 June 1958.
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The Book of Mormon is a history of God’s dealings with his people as is the Bible. It teaches gospel principles with clarity.

ID = [78265]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
BYU Studies. “Spencer W. Kimball and the Lamanite Cause.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 4 (1985): 73.
ID = [8909]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 479  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:51
Linford, Richard W., and Merilynne Linford. “Spending Time Together.” Ensign, July 1976.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [43272]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1732  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:14
Hyde, W. A. “The Spirit and Influence of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 988-992.
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The author testifies that the Book of Mormon is full of the Spirit of Truth. This Spirit carries the book’s message to the hearts of its readers.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Holy Ghost, Spirit of Truth, Testimony, Truth
ID = [77144]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Emmons, S. B. The Spirit Land. Philadelphia: Potter, 1857.
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A polemical work on various religions. Pages 96- 102 contain a discussion of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The author considers the Book of Mormon “a bungling attempt to imitate the style of the sacred scriptures” He accepts the Spaulding theory regarding the Book of Mormon’s origin.

ID = [78653]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1857-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Judd, Daniel K. “The Spirit of Christ: A Light amidst the Darkness.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 133–46. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
ID = [36718]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 31404  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Williams, Richard N. “The Spirit of Prophecy and the Spirit of Psychiatry: Restoration of Dissociation?” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 435-443.
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Review of The Sword of Laban: Joseph Smith Jr. and the Dissociated Mind (1998), by William D. Morain

Keywords: Criticism
ID = [350]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 20528  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Roberts, B. H. “Spirit of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star 67, no. 20 (May 18, 1905): 305-309.
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Describes the uplifting, enlightening, and inspirational aspects of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Purpose of the Book of Mormon, Scripture Study
ID = [76666]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-05-18  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,millennial-star,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Roberts, B. H. “The Spirit of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 67, no. 20 (18 May 1905): 305-9.
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Describes the uplifting, enlightening, and inspirational aspects of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81325]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-05-18  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Dunn, Scott C. “Spirit Writing: Another Look at the Book of Mormon.” Sunstone 10 (June 1985): 16-26.
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An effort to explain the speed with which the Book of Mormon was translated. The writer reviews numerous cases of the phenomena of “spirit writing” and suggests that a similar phenomena could have occurred in the translation of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80200]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Young, Brigham. “Spiritual Gifts—Hell—The Spirit World—The Elders and the Nations—The Lamanites—The Temple.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 2. 1855, 136–145.
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A Discourse by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 3, 1854. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

ID = [28310]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1854-12-03  Collections:  bom,brigham,jnl-disc  Size: 31559  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:20
Eyring, Henry B. “Spiritual Preparedness: Start Early and Be Steady.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2005.
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The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God’s commands in the midst of the storms of life.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [20074]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2005-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 12416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:46
Wilcox, S. Michael. “Spiritual Rebirth.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 247–260. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
ID = [36841]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 26495  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Spiritual Wife System Proven False and the True Order of Church Discipline. Bloomington, Illinois: Wife Fooler Power Press, 1856.
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Mormons who have been led astray from the truth by Brigham Young and his party should take heed to the Book of Mormon, which condemns polygamy.

ID = [78654]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Berrett, William E. “Spirituality and Armed Conflict.” Improvement Era 55, no. 4 (1952): 242-244, 271-273.
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The position of the Church concerning war and armed conflicts is dictated by the teachings in the Book of Mormon. War is condemned by God and peace is always valiantly sought. However, at times wars must be fought by the righteous in order to safeguard liberty. Although God aids the righteous in war, the righteous may suffer or be slain.

Keywords: Adversity, Agency, Alma the Younger, Amlici, Amulek, Captain Moroni, Just-War Ethics, Pahoran (Chief Judge), Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77131]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1952-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Berrett, William E. “Spirituality and Political Reform.” Improvement Era 55, no. 2 (1952): 86-88.
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On the subject of national political reform, the Book of Mormon speaks out with unwavering conciseness. It states that no form of government will succeed unless the people maintain a high spiritual level; national ills cannot be cured by any amount of legislation if the spirituality of the people remains neglected.

Keywords: Government, Kingship, Monarchy, Politics, World War I
ID = [76777]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1952-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Compton, Todd M. “The Spirituality of the Outcast in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 1 (1993): 139-160.
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In the Book of Mormon, despised outcasts, such as the Lamanites or the poor, often have a special aptitude for spirituality, and the richer, civilized, and more overtly religious Nephites are often declining in righteousness. This phenomenon, with some characteristic specific themes, such as being excluded from a religious edifice, is found in ancient and contemporary cultures and religions. This theme points up the complexity of the Book of Mormon, which is not simple cowboys-and-Indians melodrama.

Keywords: Outcast; Poor; Spirituality
ID = [2834]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 52168  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Stained Swords: A Psalm of Redemption.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2022): 195-206.
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Abstract: The author proposes a novel ideal for understanding the stained swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies that involves repetition, parallelism, and metaphoric Hebrew wordplay.

Keywords: Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Book of Mormon; swords
ID = [81244]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 23755  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Clark, Kim B. “Stand Fast, Stand Up, Stand Together.” Graduation, Brigham Young University—Idaho, April 11, 2008.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [71890]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2008-04-11  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:56
Dew, Sheri L. “Stand Tall and Stand Together.” Delivered at the General Relief Society Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2000.
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No woman is a more vibrant instrument in the hands of the Lord than a woman of God who is thrilled to be who she is.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [19003]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2000-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 11054  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:31
Dew, Sheri L. “Stand Tall and Stand Together.” Ensign, November 2000.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [54578]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:20
Holland, Jeffrey R. “A Standard unto My People.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. This is a transcript of an address given at the CES Annual Book of Mormon Symposium held 9 August 1994.
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Elder Jeffrey Holland bears testimony of the Book of Mormon as the keystone of Mormonism. The Book of Mormon is either what it says it is, and Joseph Smith’s account of its origin is true, or it and the Prophet are simply discredited. Three great witnesses of Christ in the Book of Mormon are Nephi, Jacob, and Isaiah.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Jesus Christ
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [8401]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1994-08-09  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Hales, Robert E., and Sandra L. Hales. A Standard unto My People: How to Hiss Forth with the Book of Mormon. 2 vols. Orange, CA: Seven Up Publishing, 1990-91.
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A guide for parents on how to teach their children about the doctrinal concepts in the Book of Mormon. Book of Mormon concepts are supported with scriptural references from the standard works of the LDS church. This work is reviewed in P.068.

ID = [77455]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Evans, Richard L. “The Standard Works.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 35 (1 September 1927): 554-56.
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The LDS church accepts four separate works as the standard works—the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. These works are authoritative and set forth revelations of God.

ID = [81396]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Bailey, H. Deloyd, ed. The Standard Works Digest. U.S.A.: H. D. Bailey, 1986.
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Index to General Authority comments on scriptural verses. A collection of scriptural references from more than 225 books, magazines, and commentaries that reviews how the General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have used given scriptures. Includes references to scriptures in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78655]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Romney, Marion G. “The Standard Works of the Church.” Relief Society Magazine 56 (June 1969): 406-11.
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The Book of Mormon is one of the four standard scriptural works of the Church. It was translated by Joseph Smith, is the “keystone of our religion,” and the world will be judged by its contents.

ID = [80652]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1969-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Larsen, Sharon G. “Standing in Holy Places.” Delivered at the General Young Women Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2002.
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Standing in holy places is all about being in good company, whether you are alone or with others.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [19345]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2002-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8831  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:32
Spencer, Joseph M. “Standing on the (Shrugging) Shoulders of a Giant: Notes on Hugh Nibley’s Contribution to Book of Mormon Studies.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 30 (2021): 90-110.
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“I’m not a historian, and I’m therefore unprepared to answer a question that has come to bother me. I want to know when the word ’studies’ in the phrase ’Book of Mormon studies’ passed—if it ever has passed—from being a plural to being a singular noun. Let me illustrate what I mean with a brief example. When the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies began publication in 1992, was it a journal in which to publish studies (plural) of the Book of Mormon, or was it a journal in which work in Book of Mormon studies (singular) might appear? This is the sort of question I want to answer. However nascent or inchoate it might be at present, is there a singular (but, of course, interdisciplinary) field of research called Book of Mormon studies? And if so, for how long exactly has this been the case? I suspect there was some point in time at which it became possible to hear the phrase ’Book of Mormon studies’ as pointing to something in the singular, to a conversation or (the beginnings of) a coherent discipline, rather than as gesturing toward disparate bits of academic prose that might be grouped together because they all say something about the Book of Mormon. When did it become possible—if it’s even possible now—to be a Book of Mormon scholar in a recognizable field? Now, it might seem like an overly fine distinction I’m drawing, but I think the distinction makes a real difference. Take, for instance, the case of Hugh Nibley. Today, we can ask what Nibley’s contribution to Book of Mormon studies was without hoping just for a list of his published research on the Book of Mormon. That is, it’s possible today to ask how Nibley shaped a field, how his writings on the Book of Mormon helped to determine what others might do with their careers, or how he made himself indispensable for those who work on this particular volume of scripture. At the same time, I’m not sure that when Nibley first turned his scholarly attention to the Book of Mormon, it was possible to ask these kinds of questions, or at least that there was anyone to ask them about. Prior to Nibley’s work, I gather, there were only studies (in the plural) about the Book of Mormon. Today, however, after and thanks to Hugh Nibley, there seems to exist something like a field or a discipline—again, however small or fledgling—of Book of Mormon studies (in the singular).” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Nibley, Hugh W.; Bible, use and influence; Book of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [81941]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Shannon, Avram R. “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Future of Comparative and Historical Approaches.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 32 (2023): 32-50.
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“In this essay I have presented three concrete examples that I believe illustrate what is needed in the future from comparative and historical approaches to the Book of Mormon. There is value in pointing out parallels, but the future of these approaches in Book of Mormon studies must not stop there. It must use gathered data to aid in more sophisticated readings of the Book of Mormon, increasing understanding of both what the book is presenting and how it is presenting it. For me, this is one of the most important elements for the future of Book of Mormon studies--the recognition that finding parallels with the biblical text or other ancient cultures is not, in and of itself, sufficient as a point of scholarly interest. It is an excellent starting point, but the future of Book of Mormon studies will move on from that point. Future scholarship naturally builds on what has gone before, but standing on the shoulders of giants will allow future Book of Mormon scholars to see even further than before.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon
ID = [81957]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Standing Together for the Cause of Christ.” Religious Educator Vol. 13 no. 1 (2012).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
ID = [38203]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 19040  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:31
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Standing Together for the Cause of Christ.” Ensign, August 2012.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [59816]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2012-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14746  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:24
Interpreter Foundation. “Stanford Carmack on ‘Exploding the Myth of Unruly Book of Mormon Grammar: A Look at the Excellent Match with Early Modern English’” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 25, 2015.
ID = [5136]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-07-25  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 558  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:02
Boudinot, Elias. A Star in the West or A Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to Their Return to Their Beloved City Jerusalem. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1970.
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This is a reprint of Boudinot’s work, originally published in 1816. The work itself is an evangelical essay attempting to demonstrate that the American Indians are descendants of the lost ten tribes of Israel. The author examines elements of native American language, customs, habits, known religious rites and ceremonies of worship, and moral code and compares them with similar Hebrew elements described in the Old Testament and the law of Moses. Some Book of Mormon critics have suggested that this work was a source drawn upon by Joseph Smith while writing the Book of Mormon. Ethan Smith’s work View of the Hebrews quotes frequently from the earlier work of Boudinot.

ID = [77456]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Richards, A. Z., Jr. “The Star in the Western Sky.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 98, no. 51 (17 December 1936): 810-12.
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Many prophesied of the star that would appear at the Savior’s birth, including Samuel the Lamanite, whose prophecy was quite detailed.

ID = [81448]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1936-12-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Jakeman, M. Wells. “The ‘Star of David’ in Ancient America?” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 130 (June 1972): 1-10.
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A star of David, a relic of the Mayan civilization during the late classic period (650-950 C. E.), has been located at Uxmal in Yucatan. While the star “is not [a] direct evidence of an Old World origin of the ancient American civilizations, it does add to the evidence of occasional transoceanic voyages to the New World before Columbus”

ID = [80253]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1972-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:15
Nyman, Monte S. “The State of the Soul between Death and the Resurrection.” 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 > Hell
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spirit World
ID = [36787]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 45491  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Smith, Elbert A. Statement of Belief on Faith and Doctrine. Independence, MO: Herald House,n.d.
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Pamphlet of statements resembling the Articles of Faith (written by Joseph Smith in the Wentworth Letter). Includes a statement condemning plural marriage; states that the Book of Mormon declares that a man should have but one wife.

ID = [78266]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Boyle, William. “Statement of David Whitmer.” The Utah Evangelist 1 (May 1884).
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Provides a letter from E. C. Brand calling attention to David Whitmer’s testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. Includes Whitmer’s condemnation of Joseph Smith’s activities following 1830.

ID = [80201]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1884-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hale, Isaac. “Statements of Mr. Hale.” New York Baptist Register XI (June 13, 1834): 68.
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Mr. Hale handled the box that contained the gold plates but was not allowed to look. Tells how Martin Harris came to assist in the translation, how the 116 pages were lost, and concerning Oliver Cowdery as scribe. Finds that the whole affair was a “silly fabrication of falsehood and wickedness”

ID = [80202]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1834-06-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Status of Women in Old Testament Marriage.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 233-236.
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Review of Gordon Paul Hugenberger, Marriage as a Covenant: A Study of Biblical Law and Ethics Governing Marriage Developed from the Perspective of Malachi (Supplements to Vetus Testam, Book 52). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 1994. Pp. xx + 414. Paperback reprint edition with a modified subtitle published in 2014 by WIPF & STOCK, Eugene, Oregon. 343 pages, plus bibliography and four indices.
Abstract: In his book Marriage as a Covenant, author Gordon Paul Hugenberger begins with the late 20th century Bible-studies insight that in Israel, covenants were devices used to make binding on unrelated persons the same obligations blood relatives owed to each other. So by covenant, marriage partners became one bone and flesh. This thorough study of the Hebrew Bible and related literatures argues that the view of marriage as a covenant in Malachi 2:10‒16 echoes the first marriage in Genesis 2 and is consistent with the other passages in the Bible that have often been mistakenly interpreted to promote a patriarchalist view denigrating the position of wives vis-à-vis their husbands.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [3651]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 6945  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Welch, John W. “Statutes, Judgments, Ordinances, and Commandments.” 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: Commandments; Judgment; Law of Moses; Ordinances; Statute
ID = [66459]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Pearson, Kevin W. “Stay by the Tree.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2015.
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Kevin W. Pearson explains how Lehi’s vision of the tree of life teaches us what we must do to endure to the end.

ID = [22401]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2015-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8123  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:51
Waddell, W. Christopher. “Stay Connected: Making It Safely Home.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, October 12, 2021.
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We choose the King of the kingdom when we choose to follow the counsel of those He has chosen: the living prophets. Choose to stay connected. The consequences are eternal.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Faith; Plan of Salvation; Prophets; Revelation; Sacrament
ID = [70249]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2021-10-12  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:46
Hutchison, Mary Lynn. “Staying Together While You’re Apart.” Ensign, August 1984.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [46780]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11536  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:58
Bednar, David A. “Steadfast and Immovable (Mosiah 5:15).” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, September 9, 2003.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [71755]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-09-09  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:56
Ballard, M. Russell. “Steadfast in Christ.” Ensign, December 1993.
ID = [51270]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15976  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:58
Hart, Charles H. “Steadfast Testimony of the Three Witnesses.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 35 (1 September 1927): 545-51.
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Refutes the claim made in the 1911 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia that the Three Witnesses denied their testimonies of the Book of Mormon plates. As evidence, he cites an 1883 interview of David Whitmer, the dying declaration of Martin Harris, and an affidavit testifying that, in a Michigan murder trial, Oliver Cowdery defended the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81395]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Welch, John W. “A Steady Stream of Significant Recognitions.” In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Parry, Donald W., Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 331-387. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
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Keywords: Chiasmus; Concrete; King Benjamin; King Mosiah; Laws; Legal; Mesoamerica; Sermon at the Temple; Warfare; Weights and Measures; Zemnarihah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75598]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 93649  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Goff, Alan. “The Stealing of the Daughters of the Lamanites.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., 67-74. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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A minor story in the Book of Mormon provides an example of how complex the task of reading the book can be. It also illustrates how much richer our understanding can be when we remember that the Book of Mormon is an ancient record with connections to other ancient records, particularly the Old Testament. In the book of Mosiah, a band of wicked priests hid in the wilderness and kidnapped some young women to be their wives (see 20:1-5). This story can be read as an adventure tale. If looked at carefully, however, it shows the kind of connections between the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament that demonstrate that the Book of Mormon is an ancient book.

Keywords: Amulonite; Daughters of the Lamanites; Historicity; Kidnapping; King Noah; Priests of King Noah; Womenhood
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75623]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 14241  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Jakeman, M. Wells. “Stela 5, Izapa, as ‘The Lehi Tree of Life Stone’; A Reply to Recent Attacks.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 104 (29 November 1967): 2-11.
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Response to a critic who attempts to discredit Jakeman’s study proposing that the Stela 5 is a depiction of Lehi’s vision of the tree of life. Points out that the critic is unaware of the technical intricacies of Mesoamerican archaeology.

ID = [80203]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1967-11-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Jakeman, M. Wells. Stela 5, Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico. Provo, UT: UASN, 1958.
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A detailed commentary on Stela 5, beginning with some comparisons of Near Eastern depictions of the tree of life and continuing with a long section identifying points of contact with the tree of life parable in 1 Nephi. Some illustrations are included.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [78267]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Parrish, Alan K. “Stela 5, Izapa: A Layman’s Consideration of the Tree of Life Stone.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 125–50. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36896]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 52030  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Christensen, Ross T. “Stela 5, Izapa: A Review of Its Study As the ‘Lehi Tree of Life Stone’” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 156 (March 1984): 1-6.
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Gives a precis of scholarly work dealing with Stela 5 and Lehi’s tree of life dream.

ID = [80204]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1984-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Miner, Alan C. Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon, A Covenant Record of Christ’s People, Volume 1: Introduction. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central/Cedar Fort, Inc., 2017.
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Keywords: Literary Structure, Parallelism, Rhetoric, Stylometry
ID = [75511]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Miner, Alan C. Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon, Volume 1: Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land. Vol. 1. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central/Cedar Fort, Inc., 2017.
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Keywords: Literary Structure, Parallelism, Rhetoric
ID = [75512]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Ball, Terry B. “Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, eds., The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 6.
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Review of The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5 (1994), edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [226]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 18839  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Weiland, Kurt. “Stephen D. Ricks, and William J. Hamblin, eds,. Warfare in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 13.
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Review of Warfare in the Book of Mormon (1990), edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin.

ID = [100]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 13607  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Wirth, Diane E. “Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wold Side of North American Prehistory.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 65.
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Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (1991), by Stephen Williams.

ID = [140]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 7901  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Sorenson, John L. “Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wold Side of North American Prehistory.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 66.
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Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (1991), by Stephen Williams.

ID = [141]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,sorenson  Size: 9217  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Taylor, J. “Stephens’ Works on Central America.” Times and Seasons Vol. 4, no. 22: October 1, 1843: 346-47.
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It is helpful to compare Stephens’s writings on Central America with the Book of Mormon, for his works help to verify the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80893]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1842-09-15  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Hanks, Marion D. “Steps to Learning.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (4 May 1960). Provo, UT: BYU Press.
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Quoting an Episcopalian prayer book, the author gives “five steps to wisdom”—read, hear, mark, learn, and digest. Application of the five steps should be made to the Book of Mormon, so that one’s love of the book will grow.

ID = [81082]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1960-05-04  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Ells, Josiah. “Stick of Ephraim.” Saints’ Herald 30 (22 December 1883): 817-18.
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A rebuttal to an earlier article written by E. H. Gurley, Josiah Ells defends the claims that Ezekiel 39 and Hosea 8:12 refer to the Book of Mormon. He mentions the gathering of the lost ten tribes and the grammatical structure of those prophesies.

ID = [80205]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-12-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Improvement Era. “The Stick of Ephraim.” Improvement Era 8, no. 10, August 1905, 781–82.
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How the Book of Mormon is the stick of Ephraim, even though Lehi was from Manassah

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Problems in the Old Testament
ID = [67464]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-08-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,old-test  Size: 1727  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:02
Neal, R. B. The Stick of Ephraim vs. The Bible of the Western Continent or the Manuscript Found vs. the Book of Mormon. Grayson, KY: R. B. Neal, 1899.
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A polemical work attempting to discredit the Book of Mormon. The writer wonders why Joseph Smith did not simply reproduce the lost 116 pages if they had in fact been given by inspiration. Deals also with the Spaulding manuscript.

ID = [78656]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Neal, R. B. The Stick of Ephraim vs. the Bible of the Western Continent or the Manuscript Found vs. the Book of Mormon: Part II. Grayson, KY: R. B. Neal, 1899.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon. The writer enumerates several anachronisms in the Book of Mormon and discusses the characters on the Anthon transcript, the Anthon denial, the phrase “and it came to pass,” and related matters. He advocates a Spaulding origin for the Book of Mormon and attempts to discredit Mormon efforts to link biblical prophecies to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78657]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Neal, H. R. “The Stick of Ephraim vs. the Bible of the Western Continent, or, the Manuscript Found vs. the Book of Mormon.” Cincinnati: n.p., 1899.
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Polemical tract stating that Joseph Smith is so closely tied to the Book of Mormon that if one were proved false, it would prove the other false. Finds that the origin of the Book of Mormon lies in the Spaulding manuscript. Provides historical accounts by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and others concerning the first vision and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Demeans the idea of the three Nephite disciples who are claimed to still live.

ID = [78658]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Unattributed. The Stick of Joseph. Los Angeles: Southern California District Seminaries,n.d.
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A seminary teacher’s manual on the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78659]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Talmage, James E. “The Stick of Joseph.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 88, no. 24 (17 June 1926): 376-78.
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The Book of Mormon is the stick of Joseph identified in Ezekiel 37:15-20. Lehi is a descendant of Joseph through Manasseh and Ishmael is the descendant of Ephraim, thus completing the house of Joseph.

ID = [81391]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1926-06-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Hinckley, Gordon B. “The Stick of Joseph.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1959.
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The Book of Mormon converts people to the gospel of Jesus Christ and since its first printing a number of great individuals have been converted by its message. Once the Book of Mormon is accepted as true, other truths become evident. These are that God lives, the Church is true, Joseph was a prophet, and the Bible contains the word of God.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Conversion; Missionary Work; Stick of Joseph
ID = [27338]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1959-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 9749  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:14
Fuller, Barney R. Stick of Joseph. Pasadena, CA: Tri-Tech, 1969.
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Reviews Book of Mormon passages that deal with the earthly mission of Christ, his visit to the Americas, the restoration of the Church in this era, and the prophecies concerning the descendants of the Nephites and Lamanites in the last days.

ID = [78268]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Stick of Joseph.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Prophecy, Stick of Joseph
ID = [75088]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:09
Pratt, Orson. “The Stick of Joseph and of Judah—Times of the Gentiles—Apostasy From the Ancient Order—Restoration of the Everlasting Gospel.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 16. 1874, 339–353.
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Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, delivered in the Fourteenth Ward Assembly Rooms, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, Jan. 25, 1874. Reported By: David W. Evans.

ID = [29193]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1874-01-25  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,pratt-orson  Size: 49598  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:26
Brown, Bruce L. “The Stick of Joseph and the Stick of Judah.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, July 22, 1986.
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Keywords: Bible; Book of Mormon; Scriptures
ID = [68810]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1986-07-22  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:10
Unattributed. Stick of Joseph—What Is It?. Independence, MO: Restored Church of Jesus Christ, 1984.
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A tract designed to interest people in the Book of Mormon. Contains brief comments, pictures, and illustrations dealing with biblical and Book of Mormon scriptures.

ID = [78269]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
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. “The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph.” A series of articles in Improvement Era in 5 parts running from Jan 1953 through May 1953.
Display Abstract  

Reprinted in The Prophetic Book of Mormon.
Writing on tally sticks is related to Ezekiel 37 and the meaning of the prophecy that two sticks shall become one. Extensive commentary on the traditional interpretations given to Ezekiel 37.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: LDS Interpretation
Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Bible > Old Testament > Characters > Ezekiel
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [868]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley,old-test  Size:   Children: 5  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14

Articles

Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 1: The Doctors Disagree.” In The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph series, Improvement Era 56, no. 1 (January 1953): 16–17, 38–41.
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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.
“Demonstrates not only that
our interpretation of Ezekial 37:15ff is
a possible one—for there are many
possibilities—but that it is also the
one most likely intended by the
Prophet Ezekiel. “

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [869]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,nibley  Size: 21764  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 2: What Were the Sticks?” In The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph series, Improvement Era 56, no. 2 (February 1953): 90–91, 123–27.
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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 look at what the sticks of Judah and Joseph were or what they referred to.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [870]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,nibley,old-test  Size: 29531  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 3.” In The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph series, Improvement Era 56, no. 3 (March 1953): 150–52, 191–95.
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This talked about how the dead received baptism.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [871]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,nibley  Size: 33926  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 4.” In The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph series, Improvement Era 56, no. 4 (April 1953): 250, 267.
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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 of the stick of Judah and the stick of Joseph as scepters.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [872]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,nibley  Size: 8037  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Conclusion.” In The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph series, Improvement Era 56, no. 5 (May 1953): 331–32, 334, 336, 338, 341, 343, 345.
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A conclusion to the Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph series.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [873]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,nibley  Size: 33613  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph.” Improvement Era 56, no. 2, February 1953, 90–91, 123–27.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: LDS Interpretation
Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
ID = [67541]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1953-02-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,nibley,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:02
Cheesman, Paul R. “The Stone Box.” Improvement Era 69, no. 10 (1966): 876-878, 900.
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Prior to Joseph Smith’s encounter with the stone box that contained the gold plates, no record existed that described the stone boxes of antiquity. The author includes descriptions of various stone boxes that have subsequently been found in Central and South America.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Ancient America – South America, Archaeology, Cement Box, Gold Plates, Recordkeeping
ID = [76769]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Church News. “The Stone Box Story.” Church News 41 (6 February 1971): 16.
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Tells of different plates and records that were placed in stone boxes in order to preserve them.

ID = [80653]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-02-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Neal, R. B. The “Stone” in the “Hat”. Grayson, KY: R. B. Neal,n.d.
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Quotes David Whitmer and John Hyde Jr. to show that Joseph Smith used a “peep stone” to receive revelation and to translate the Book of Mormon. Finds that those closest to Joseph, particularly David Whitmer, state that some revelations were of God and others were not.

ID = [78325]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Barefoot, J. L. “Stories About Utah: The Deseret Museum.” Juvenile Instructor 10 (18 September 1875): 224.
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Fossil bones of an elephant, found near Payson, Utah, in 1870, were sold to the Deseret Museum. Elephants were present during Book of Mormon times.

ID = [80206]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1875-09-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hill, Theresa Snow. Stories from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1948.
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Presents the Book of Mormon in a narrative style, written primarily for juvenile audiences.

ID = [78270]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1948-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Jennings, Lillie. Stories from the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1956.
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Book of Mormon stories, geared to small children, are written by several authors.

ID = [78271]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Moore, Sidney. Stories from the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1956.
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A collection of 20 Book of Mormon stories for children, illustrated by Sidney Moore and written by different authors. This work contains such stories as “The Alter of Stones,” “The Rod of Iron,” “The Strange Ball,” and “Gideon’s Plan”

ID = [78272]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1967.
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Booklet illustrates the sacred history of the brother of Jared and his associates.

ID = [78273]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon: How We Got the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1967.
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A pictorial book for children that tells the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78274]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon: Lehi Obeys the Lord. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1967.
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Black and white picture book detailing Lehi’s and his family’s initial departure into the wilderness.

ID = [78275]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon: The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes, 1967.
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A pictorial overview of the Book of Mormon. Illustrations have explanatory subscripts.

ID = [78276]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon: The Building of a Ship. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1967.
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Retells, through illustration, the story of how Nephi built a ship by divine mandate.

ID = [78277]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon: The Precious Record. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1967.
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A black-and-white book of drawings with captions that deal with the acquisition of the plates of brass.

ID = [78278]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. Stories from the Book of Mormon: The Prophet Abinadi. Salt Lake City: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1967.
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A picture book containing the story of Abinadi’s encounter with King Noah.

ID = [78279]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Black, Susan Easton. Stories from the Early Saints: Converted by the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1992.
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Presents a collection of conversion stories of early saints who relate in their own words how they received testimonies of Christ and his gospel through reading the Book of Mormon. Conversion stories are provided by Lucy Mack Smith, Wilford Woodruff, Orson Hyde, and others. This work is reviewed in P.209.

ID = [78280]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Wendel, Eileen Chabot. Stories from the Golden Records. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1960.
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A series of books in cartoon format for children that relate stories from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78281]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Heinerman, Jacob. Stories of Conversion through the Reading of the Book of Mormon. Manti, UT: Mountain Valley, 1974.
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A collection of journal extracts and writings that report the influence of the Book of Mormon in the lives of various individuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their conversion to the LDS faith. Includes the conversion stories of Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt.

ID = [78282]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Jensen, Margie Calhoun, ed. Stories of Insight And Inspiration. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1976.
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A compilation of testimonies by numerous authors indexed according to gospel topics. Those under the heading of “Book of Mormon” were written by Gregory G. Vernon, Barbara Gail Mikeska, Rex D. Pinegar, an unnamed author, and Gregg Weaver.

ID = [78283]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Talmage, James E. The Story and the Philosophy of ‘Mormonism.’. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1920.
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Gives a narrative of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, Moroni’s visit and instructions to Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon does not take the place of the Bible. The Bible foretold of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. The Spaulding theory regarding the origin of the Book of Mormon has been disproved.

ID = [78660]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1920-01-01  Collections:  bom,talmage  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Unattributed. “The Story Behind Stela 5.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 110 (2 December 1968): 1-7.
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Contains a chronological summary of significant events relative to the discovery and interpretive studies of Stela 5. Three photographs are supplied.

ID = [80654]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1968-12-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Brotherton, Helen. “The Story Behind the Book of Mormon in Chinese.” Zarahemla Record 12 (Spring 1981): 4-5, 7-8.
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Tells of Wang Chun Chang’s conversion to the RLDS church and his efforts to translate the Book of Mormon into Chinese.

ID = [80655]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Brotherton, Helen. “The Story Behind the Book of Mormon in Chinese.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 70 (Fall 1990): 9.
Display Abstract  

Tells of Wang Chun Chang’s conversion to the RLDS church and his efforts to translate the Book of Mormon into Chinese.

ID = [80656]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1990-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Claiborne, David J. The Story of a Mormon Convert: How he was lured into Mormonism and how he found the light again. Cleveland, OH: Utah Gospel Mission, 1904.
Display Abstract  

A pamphlet published to reveal the evil designs of the Mormon Church. The Book of Mormon is a deceptive book, which contains 2,000 changes.

ID = [78661]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1904-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Jarrard, Jack E. “Story of Ancients Told in Latin American Ruins.” Church News 25 (April 1969): 3, 8-9.
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Presents recent Book of Mormon research and findings of Paul R. Cheesman. Includes photographs of ancient Latin American architecture.

ID = [80207]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1969-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Friend. “Story of Faith: The Brother of Jared.” Friend 18 (January 1988): 16-17.
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Brief illustrated story for children about the brother of Jared.

ID = [80208]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Petersen, Emma Marr. The Story of Our Church for Young Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1952.
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Retells stories for children. Book of Mormon topics include the Three Witnesses, the restoration of the Priesthood, the scribal work of Oliver Cowdery, Moroni’s visits to Joseph Smith, Martin Harris’s loss of the 116 pages of the Book of Mormon manuscript, and Joseph Smith’s reception and translation of the gold plates and its publication.

ID = [78662]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Sweet, William Warren. The Story of Religion in America. New York: Harper, 1930.
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Pages 397-401 contain a brief discussion of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. Author notes that more recent critics of the Book of Mormon favor the environmentalist explanation over that of the Spaulding theory.

ID = [78663]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1930-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Vanderwood, J. E. A Story of the Ancestor of the American Indian: An Epic. Independence, MO: J. E. Vanderwood, 1936.
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Written in poetic form, this pamphlet was created for the express purpose of telling briefly the story and the preservation of the records that were to come forth in the last days as the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77457]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1936-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Reynolds, George. The Story of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Book of Mormon is the record of God’s dealings with the peoples of Ancient America, from the age of the building of the Tower of Babel to four hundred and twenty-one years after the birth of Christ. It is the stick of Ephraim, spoken of by Ezekiel: the Bible of the western continent. Not that it supersedes the Bible or in any way interferes with it, any more than the history of Peru interferes with or supersedes the history of Greece; but, on the other hand, in many places it confirms Bible history, demonstrates Bible truths, sustains Bible doctrines, and fulfills Bible prophecy. For many years we have taken great pleasure in perusing its sacred pages and studying its truths. The more we read it the more we found it contained. Like other inspired records, every time it was opened we discovered new and oft-times unexpected testimonies of its divinity. From reading it we turned to writing of it; and much that this volume contains has been penned at various intervals, from the days we were in prison for conscience sake, where portions were written, to the present. And now we present it to the reader with the feeling that the work is but commenced; that what remains unsaid is probably as important as what is given, but with the hope that what we have done will not prove ineffectual in spreading the truth, in increasing knowledge concerning God’s dealings with mankind, and aiding in the development of the purposes of Jehovah. If this be accomplished we shall feel that great has been our reward. This volume presents one unique feature, in that it is the first attempt made to illustrate the Book of Mormon; and we have pleasure in realizing that the leading illustrations are the work of home artists. To break fresh ground in such a direction is no light undertaking; the difficulties are numerous, none more so than the absence of information in the Book of Mormon of the dress and artificial surroundings of the peoples whose history it recounts. Each artist has given his own ideas of the scenes depicted, and as so much is left to the imagination, some readers will doubtless praise where others will blame; and the same effort will be the subject of the most conflicting criticism. Not the least interesting feature of the book will, we believe, be found in the reproductions of portions of certain ancient Aztec historical charts. These have been the subjects of controversy for centuries past; many efforts have been made at their translation; but all such attempts have been ineffectual, and in many cases ludicrous. It required the publication of the Book of Mormon to turn on them the light of divine truth, when their intent at once became apparent. Others, we trust, in time will be discovered which will be added testimonies to its genuineness and divine authenticity, as well as to the sacred mission of the instrument in God’s hands in bringing it forth—the youthful Prophet, Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Historicity, History, Lamanite, Narrative, Nephite
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Reynolds, George. The Story of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Book of Mormon is the record of God’s dealings with the peoples of Ancient America, from the age of the building of the Tower of Babel to four hundred and twenty-one years after the birth of Christ. It is the stick of Ephraim, spoken of by Ezekiel: the Bible of the western continent. Not that it supersedes the Bible or in any way interferes with it, any more than the history of Peru interferes with or supersedes the history of Greece; but, on the other hand, in many places it confirms Bible history, demonstrates Bible truths, sustains Bible doctrines, and fulfills Bible prophecy. For many years we have taken great pleasure in perusing its sacred pages and studying its truths. The more we read it the more we found it contained. Like other inspired records, every time it was opened we discovered new and oft-times unexpected testimonies of its divinity. From reading it we turned to writing of it; and much that this volume contains has been penned at various intervals, from the days we were in prison for conscience sake, where portions were written, to the present. And now we present it to the reader with the feeling that the work is but commenced; that what remains unsaid is probably as important as what is given, but with the hope that what we have done will not prove ineffectual in spreading the truth, in increasing knowledge concerning God’s dealings with mankind, and aiding in the development of the purposes of Jehovah. If this be accomplished we shall feel that great has been our reward. This volume presents one unique feature, in that it is the first attempt made to illustrate the Book of Mormon; and we have pleasure in realizing that the leading illustrations are the work of home artists. To break fresh ground in such a direction is no light undertaking; the difficulties are numerous, none more so than the absence of information in the Book of Mormon of the dress and artificial surroundings of the peoples whose history it recounts. Each artist has given his own ideas of the scenes depicted, and as so much is left to the imagination, some readers will doubtless praise where others will blame; and the same effort will be the subject of the most conflicting criticism. Not the least interesting feature of the book will, we believe, be found in the reproductions of portions of certain ancient Aztec historical charts. These have been the subjects of controversy for centuries past; many efforts have been made at their translation; but all such attempts have been ineffectual, and in many cases ludicrous. It required the publication of the Book of Mormon to turn on them the light of divine truth, when their intent at once became apparent. Others, we trust, in time will be discovered which will be added testimonies to its genuineness and divine authenticity, as well as to the sacred mission of the instrument in God’s hands in bringing it forth—the youthful Prophet, Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Historicity, History, Lamanite, Narrative, Nephite
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Articles

Reynolds, George. “Chapter I.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 20-29. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Ancient Jerusalem—Lehi—His Vision—His Call to Preach to the Jews—They Persecute Him—He is Commanded of God to take his Family into the Wilderness—Their Departure—The Return of his Sons to Jerusalem to obtain the Records. They are ill-treated by Laban—His Death—Zoram Accompanies the Brothers into the Wilderness

Keywords: Brass Plates, Laban, Laman (Son of Lehi), Lehi (Prophet), Lemuel (Son of Lehi), Nephi (Son of Lehi), Prophet, Sam (Son of Lehi), Zoram (Servant of Laban)
ID = [76096]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter II.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 30-42. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Rejoicing Over the Records—Nephi and his Brothers again Return to Jerusalem—They Conduct Ishmael and his Family into the Wilderness—Lehi’s Dream— The Tree of Life—The Rod of Iron—The Boturini Manuscript—Nephi’s Vision

Keywords: Brass Plates, Dream, Iron Rod, Ishmael, Ishmael',s Daughters, Ishmael',s Wife, Lehi (Prophet), Nephi (Son of Lehi), Tree of Life, Vision
ID = [76097]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter III.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 42-51. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Marriages in the Company—The Liahona—The Journey Continued—Nephi Breaks his Bow—Death of Ishmael—They Reach the Ocean—Nephi Builds a Ship—They Cross the Great Waters and Reach the Promised Land

Keywords: Ishmael, Marriage, Nephi (Son of Lehi), Transoceanic Voyage, Weaponry
ID = [76098]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter IV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 53-56. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Promised Land—Chili—Its Natural Productions—The Death of Lehi—His Blessing on his posterity—Prophecies of his Ancestor Joseph

Keywords: Ancient America, Book of Mormon Geography, Joseph (of Egypt), Lehi (Prophet), Prophecy, South America
ID = [76099]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter V.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 57-61. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Nephites and Lamanites Separate—The Nephites seek a New Home— Nephi Chosen King—He Builds a Temple—Instructs his People in the Arts of Peace—War with the Lamanites—The Sword of Laban—Nephi’s Death—Jacob, his Brother, Becomes the Chief Priest—Jacob’s Teachings on Marriage

Keywords: Jacob (Son of Lehi), Lamanite, Marriage, Nephi (Son of Lehi), Nephite, Polygamy, Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76100]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter VI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 62-65. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Condition of the Lamanites—Sherem, the First Anti-Christ—His Recantation and Dreadful End

Keywords: Antichrist, Apostasy, Jacob (Son of Lehi), Sherem
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76101]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter VII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 65-68. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Enos, the Son of Jacob—The Nephites and Lamanites of his Day—His Testimony and Prophecies

Keywords: Enos (Son of Jacob), Missionary Work, Prophecy, Repentance, Testimony
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [76102]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter VIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 68-71. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Jarom—Omni—Amaron—Chemish—Abinadom—Amaleki—Mosiah—Review of Nephite History for Four Hundred Years

Keywords: Abinadom (Son of Chemish), Amaleki (Son of Abinadom), Amaron (Son of Omni), Chemish (Brother of Amaron), Jarom (Son of Enos), Mosiah the Elder, Omni (Son of Jarom), Prophet
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76103]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter IX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 72-78. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Causes that Led to the Migration from the Land of Nephi—The People of Zarahemla—Mulek and his Colony—The Fusion of the Two Nations—Mosiah made King— His Happy Reign

Keywords: Kingship, Mosiah the Elder, Mulek (Son of Zedekiah), Zarahemla (Polity)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76104]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter X.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 79-86. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Reign of King Benjamin—The Progress of his People—His Last Great Speech—He Establishes the Church of Christ—All the People Covenant with God—Mosiah II. Anointed King

Keywords: Covenant, King Benjamin, King Mosiah, Kingship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76105]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 86-94. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Zeniff Returns to the Land of Nephi—His Treaty with the Lamanites—The Prosperity of the People of Zeniff—The Treaty Broken—War—Peace and Wars Again— The Death of Zeniff—Noah’s Wicked Reign—His Wars with the Lamanites—The Prophet Abinadi—His Terrible Message of God’s Wrath—He is Martyred—Alma—He Pleads for Abinadi—Is Cast Out—Flees to the Place of Mormon

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet), Alma the Elder, King Noah, Land of Nephi, Martyrdom, Prophet, Warfare, Zeniff
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76106]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 95-98. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Waters of Mormon—Alma, Helam and Others Baptised Therein—The Church Organized—The King Warned—He Sends Troops—Alma and his People Flee to the Land of Helam—They Build a City

Keywords: Alma the Elder, Baptism, Covenant, Helam (Polity), King Noah, Ordinance
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76107]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 98-102. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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King Noah’s Subjects Rebel—Gideon—The Lamanites Invade Lehi-Nephi—The Nephites Retreat—A Part Surrender—The New Terms of Peace—Noah is Burned to Death —Limhi made King—Noah’s Priests Escape—They seize some Lamanite Maidens— Another War—The Nephites Victorious—The King of the Lamanites wounded—Mutual Explanations

Keywords: Daughters of the Lamanites, King Limhi, King Noah, Priests of King Noah, Warfare
ID = [76108]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 103-109. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Bondage of the People of Limhi—An Expedition North—Finding of the Jaredite Records—The Arrival of Ammon—The People of Limhi Escape—The Pursuit— The Amulonites—The People of Alma—They are Brought into Bondage—Their Deliverance

Keywords: Ammon (Mulekite), Amulonite, Captivity, Jaredite, King Limhi, People of Alma
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76109]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 110-112. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Mosiah’s Good Reign—The Circumstances of his Advent—He Assembles the People—The Baptism of Limhi—Churches Organized Throughout the Land

Keywords: Baptism, Church Organization, King Limhi, King Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76110]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 112-118. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Unbelief of the Youth of Zarahemla—The Younger Alma and the Sons of Mosiah—They Encourage the Persecutions Against the Church—They are Met by an Angel —His Message—Alma’s Awful Condition—His Vision and Testimony—The Changed Life of the Young Men

Keywords: Alma the Younger, Angel, Apostasy, Conversion, Messenger, Repentance, Sons of Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76111]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 119-120. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Growth of the People in Zarahemla—They Build Many Cities—Mosiah’s Sons Desire to Take a Mission to the Lamanites—Mosiah Inquires of the Lord—The Divine Answer

Keywords: Covenant, King Mosiah, Missionary Work, Prayer, Sons of Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76112]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 121-123. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Mosiah’s Sons Refuse the Kingdom—He Grants the People a Constitution—The People to Elect their Rulers—Alma, the Younger, First Chief Judge

Keywords: Aaron (Son of King Mosiah), Ammon (Son of King Mosiah), Chief Judge, Himni (Son of King Mosiah), Judgeship, King Mosiah, Kingship, Omner, Sons of Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76113]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 123-131. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Mission of the Sons of Mosiah to the Lamanites—Their Journey in the Wilderness—Ammon Brought before King Lamoni—The Conflict at the Waters of Sebus— The Miraculous Conversion of Lamoni and his Family—Abish the Waiting Woman

Keywords: Abish, Ammon (Son of King Mosiah), Conversion, King Lamoni, King Lamoni',s Wife, Missionary Work, Sons of Mosiah, Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76114]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 131-135. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Ammon and Lamoni Start for the Land of Middoni—They Meet the Old King— His Rage at Seeing Ammon—He Endeavors to Kill his Son—Aaron and his Brethren Liberated—A Sketch of their Labors and Sufferings—The Conversion of Lamoni’s Father and his Household

Keywords: Aaron (Son of King Mosiah), Ammon (Son of King Mosiah), Born Again, Conversion, King Lamoni, King Lamoni',s Father, Missionary Work
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76115]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 136-140. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The King Issues a Proclamation—The Results of the Labors of the Sons of Mosiah—The People of Anti-Nephi-Lehi—They Bury their Weapons of War—Are Massacred by the Thousand—They Remove to the Territory of the Nephites, who give them the Land of Jershon

Keywords: Anti-Nephi-Lehi, Conversion, Covenant, Jershon (Land of), Pacifism
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76116]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 140-143. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Review of the Mission of the Sons of Mosiah—Its Importance and Great Length —Its Results to Both Races—The Dates of its Leading Occurrences

Keywords: Missionary Work, Sons of Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76117]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 143-150. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Days of the Judges—Their Names and Reigns—The Heresy of Nehor—He Slays Gideon and is Executed—Amlici’s Rebellion—The Battle of Amnihu—The Conflict at the Crossing of the Sidon—A Third Battle

Keywords: Amlici, Amlicite, Gideon (Nephite), Judgeship, Kingship, Nehor, Warfare
ID = [76118]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 151-162. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Alma Resigns the Chief Judgeship—Nephihah Chosen—Alma Ministers in Zarahemla, Gideon, Melek and Ammonihah—Condition of the Last Named City—It Rejects the Message Alma Bears—An Angel Meets Him—Amulek—The Lawyer Zeezrom—The Great Controversy—Zeezrom Converted and Cast Out—The Martyrdom of the Believers— Alma and Amulek in Prison—Their Deliverance

Keywords: Alma the Younger, Ammonihah (Polity), Amulek, Gideon (Polity), Judgeship, Martyrdom, Melek (Polity), Ministry, Nephihah (Chief Judge), Zarahemla (Polity), Zeezrom
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76119]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 163-167. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Zeezrom Sick with Fever—His Miraculous Recovery—The Destruction of Ammonihah—The Invasion of the Land of Noah—Zoram, the Nephite Commander, Seeks the Mind of the Lord—It is Given—Its Results—The War Ended—Alma’s Ministrations

Keywords: Alma the Younger, Amulek, Ministry, Warfare, Zoram (Nephite Captain)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76120]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 167-171. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Korihor, the Anti-Christ—His False Teachings and Blasphemy—He is Taken before Alma—Is Struck Dumb—His Miserable End—The Heresy Rooted Out

Keywords: Alma the Younger, Antichrist, Apostasy, Korihor
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76121]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 171-176. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Zoram and the Zoramites—Their Peculiar Heresy—The Land of Antionum— The Rameumptom—Alma’s Mission to these People—Those Who Receive His Teachings Persecuted—They Flee to Jershon

Keywords: Antionum (Land of), Apostasy, Jershon (Land of), Missionary Work, Rameumptom, Zoram (Nephite Apostate)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76122]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 177-180. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Another War—Moroni the Leader of the Nephites—The Tactics of the Lamanites—Zerahemnah—The Battle at Riplah—Defeat of the Lamanites

Keywords: Captain Moroni, Warfare, Zerahemnah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76123]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 181-183. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Alma’s Charge to His Sons—He Transfers the Records to Helaman—He Leaves This World—Zeezrom’s Latter Days—Helaman’s Ministrations

Keywords: Alma the Younger, Corianton (Son of Alma), Fatherhood, Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger), Shiblon (Son of Alma), Zeezrom
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76124]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 183-191. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Amalickiah—His Apostasy and Treason—Moroni’s Title of Liberty—The Nephites Respond to His Call—Lehonti—He is Poisoned by Amalickiah—The King of the Lamanites Treacherously Slain—Amalickiah Marries the Queen and is Proclaimed King—A Disastrous Lamanite Raid

Keywords: Amalickiah, Captain Moroni, Lamanite, Lehonti, Warfare, Zoramite (Apostate Group)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76125]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 191-196. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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A Few Years of Peace—Teancum—The Contention Between Lehi and Morianton—Amalickiah’s Terrible Invasion—His Success—He is Stopped at Bountiful by Teancum—Teancum Slays Amalickiah—Ammoron Made King of the Lamanites

Keywords: Amalickiah, Ammoron, Assassination, Teancum (Nephite Captain), Warfare
ID = [76126]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 197-200. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Jacob the Zoramite—His Characteristics—The Strategy by Which Mulek Was Taken—The Fierce Battle between Jacob and the Nephite Forces—Jacob’s Death

Keywords: Jacob (Zoramite), Mulek (Polity), Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76127]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 201-206. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The War in the South-west—Antipus—Helaman and His Two Thousand Sons— Their Valor and Faith—The Repulse of the Lamanites

Keywords: Antipus, Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger), Stripling Warriors, Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76128]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 206-210. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Relief of Manti—The Overthrow of the Kingmen—Pachus Slain—The Struggle at Moroni—Teancum Slays Ammoron, but at the Cost of His Own Life— Teancum’s Noble Character

Keywords: Ammoron, Assassination, King-Men, Moroni (Polity), Pachus, Teancum (Nephite Captain), Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76129]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 210-214. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Peace Once More—The Results of the War—The Labors of Helaman—Shiblon Receives the Records—Hagoth, the Ship-builder—Another War—Moronihah—Pahoran’s Death—Contention Regarding the Chief Judgeship—Paanchi’s Rebellion—The Gadianton Bands—Assassination of Pahoran II.—Another Lamanite Invasion

Keywords: Chief Judge, Gadianton Robbers, Hagoth, Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger), Judgeship, Moronihah (Son of Captain Moroni), Paanchi, Pahoran, Pahoran (Son of Pahoran), Recordkeeping, Shiblon (Son of Alma), Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76130]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 215-217. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Pacumeni Slain—Helaman Chosen Chief Judge—The Conspiracy to Slay Him— Kishkumen Killed—The Prosperity of the Nephites under Helaman

Keywords: Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger), Kishkumen, Pacumeni (Son of Pahoran), Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76131]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 218-224. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Sons of Helaman—Nephi’s Righteous Rule—The Lamanites Again Invade Zarahemla—They Drive the Nephites into the Northern Continent—The Ministrations of Nephi and Lehi—The Manifestations of God’s Power in the City of Nephi—Aminadab—The Conversion of the Lamanites—Universal Peace

Keywords: Aminadab (Nephite Dissenter), Conversion, Lehi (Son of Helaman), Missionary Work, Nephi (Polity), Nephi (Son of Helaman)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76132]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 225-231. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Growth of Evil amongst the Nephites—The Increase of the Gadianton Robbers —Nephi’s Announcement of the Murder of the Chief Judge—The Discovery—Nephi Arrested—He is Proven Innocent—God’s Covenant with Him—Increase of Iniquity—A Terrible Famine—The Welcome Rain—The Trend to Death

Keywords: Chief Judge, Gadianton Robbers, Nephi (Son of Helaman), Prophecy, Seantum, SeeZoram
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76133]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XXXIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 231-236. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Samuel, the Lamanite—His Mission and Prophecies—The Vain Attempt to Destroy Him—He Returns to His Own Country

Keywords: Prophecy, Prophet, Samuel the Lamanite, Zarahemla (Polity)
ID = [76134]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XL.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 236-243. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Nephi Translated—His Son Nephi—Time of the Savior’s Coming—The Conspiracy to Slay the Believers—The Revelation to Nephi—The Promised Signs Appear— Increase of the Gadianton Robbers—War—Lachoneus Gathers all the People to One Land —The End of the Struggle

Keywords: Gadianton Robbers, Lachoneus, Nephi (Son of Helaman), Nephi the Disciple (Son of Nephi), Revelation, Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76135]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 243-251. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Last Chief Judge Murdered and the Republic Overthrown—The Signs of the Savior’s Death Appear—A Terrible Storm—The Universal Darkness—The Unparalleled Destruction—The Terror of those Hours

Keywords: Destruction, Jesus Christ, Natural Disaster, Prophecy
ID = [76136]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 251-254. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Voice from Heaven—The Savior Testifies of Himself—Silence Throughout the Land—How oft would Christ have Gathered His People—The Darkness Departs

Keywords: Destruction, Jesus Christ, Natural Disaster, Prophecy
ID = [76137]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 254-257. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Christ Appears in the Land Bountiful—The Testimony of the Father—Jesus Calls Twelve Disciples—His Teachings to Them and to the Multitude

Keywords: Bountiful (Land of), Jesus Christ, Ministry of Christ, Sermon at the Temple, Twelve Disciples
ID = [76138]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 258-262. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Beatitudes - Divers Instructions and Cautions-On Forgiveness, Chastity, Charity, Etc.

Keywords: Beatitudes, Charity, Chastity, Law of, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Sermon at the Temple
ID = [76139]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 263-266. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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On Alms-Giving—“After This Manner Pray Ye”—On Fasting, Integrity, Trust in God, Etc.

Keywords: Alms, Fasting, Jesus Christ, Prayer
ID = [76140]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 266-268. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Judge Not—The Beam and the Mote—“Beware of False Prophets”—Good and Evil Fruit—The House Built on the Rock

Keywords: False Prophets, Foundation, Judgment, Sermon at the Temple, Testimony
ID = [76141]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 269-272. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Page, 1888.
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The Fulfillment of the Mosaic Law—“Other Sheep Have I”—The Ten Tribes— The Events of the Latter Days

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Law of Moses, Other Sheep, Prophecy, Ten Tribes
ID = [76142]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 275-278. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Savior Heals the Sick—He Blesses the Children of the Nephites—Angels Minister unto them

Keywords: Angels, Children, Jesus Christ, Miracles
ID = [76143]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter XLIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 278-281. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry , 1888.
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The Sacrament Administered—The Savior’s Teachings Regarding it—He Confers on His Disciples the Power to Give the Holy Ghost—He Ascends into Heaven

Keywords: Covenant, Gift of the Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Ordinance, Priesthood Authority, Sacrament, Twelve Disciples
ID = [76144]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter L.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 281-286. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Jesus Returns and Renews His Teachings—He Administers the Sacrament—He Explains the Teachings of the Prophets—The Words of Malachi

Keywords: Covenant, Doctrine, Jesus Christ, Malachi (Book), Ordinance, Prophecy, Sacrament
ID = [76145]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 286-289. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Savior Continues His Ministrations—He Raises a Man from the Dead—The Labors of the Twelve—The Name of the Church—The Three who should Remain

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Miracles, Name of the Church, Three Nephites, Twelve Disciples
ID = [76146]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 290-293. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Long Continued Era of Peace and Righteousness—Death of Nephi—His Son Amos—Amos the Second

Keywords: Amos (Son of Amos), Amos (Son of Nephi), Nephi the Disciple (Son of Nephi), Peace, Prophet
ID = [76147]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 295-298. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Commencement of the Apostasy—It Grows in Intensity—The Persecution of the Disciples—Lamanites Again—Re-appearance of the Gadianton Bands—War— Ammaron Hides the Records

Keywords: Ammaron, Apostasy, Gadianton Robbers, Lamanite, Nephite, Persecution, Warfare
ID = [76148]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 298-302. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Last Long Series of Wars—Mormon—The Final Conflict at Cumorah—The Last of the Nephites

Keywords: Cumorah, Mormon (Prophet), Moroni (Son of Mormon), Three Nephites, Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76149]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 302-307. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Historians of the Nephites—The Plates of Nephi—List of their Custodians— Their Lengthened Years

Keywords: Age, Large Plates of Nephi, Recordkeepers, Recordkeeping, Small Plates of Nephi
ID = [76150]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 307-312. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Women of the Book of Mormon—Their Condition and Position—Abish— Isabel—Marriage—Amulek—Moroni’s Title of Liberty—The Mothers of the Ammonites— Two Extremes

Keywords: Abish, Amulek, Isabel, Judgeship, Lamanite, Marriage, Mothers of the Stripling Warriors, Nephite, Sariah, Title of Liberty, Women, Womenhood
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76151]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 313-319. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Domestic Life Among the Nephites—Household Duties—Dress—Ornaments— Homes—Food—Manufactures—Transportation

Keywords: Architecture, Clothing, Domesticity, Nephite, Transportation
ID = [76152]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 320-324. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Agriculture Among the Nephites—Grains—Stock Raising—Irrigation

Keywords: Agriculture, Irrigation
ID = [76153]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 324-330. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Science and Literature Among the Nephites—Their Astronomy and Geography —The Learning of Egypt

Keywords: Ancient Near East, Astronomy, Book of Mormon Geography, Education, Literacy, Literature
ID = [76154]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 330-337. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Art of War Among the Nephites—Their Weapons, Armor and Fortifications —Moroni’s Line of Defense

Keywords: Architecture, Captain Moroni, Fortifications, Warfare, Weaponry
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76155]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 338-346. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Laws of the Nephites—The Roman and Nephite Civilizations—The Laws under the Kings—Position of the Priesthood—Slavery—Criminal Offenses

Keywords: Criminal Justice, Laws, Legal, Slavery, Social Structure
ID = [76156]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 347-356. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Laws under the Judges—The Voice of the People—Elections—Rights of the People—Church and State—The Criminal Procedure

Keywords: Criminal Justice, Election, Judgeship, Laws, Legal, Liberty, Separation of Church and State
ID = [76157]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 360-363. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Money of the Nephites—Their Coins—Barley the Standard of Value

Keywords: Barley, Coinage, Economics, Monetary System, Weights and Measures
ID = [76158]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 364-367. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry , 1888.
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Personal Appearance of the Nephites—Their Beauty—Testimony of Remains Found—The Dark-Skinned Lamanites

Keywords: Lamanite, Nephite, Skin Color
ID = [76159]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 365-360. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Laws of the Nephites, Continued—The Division into Tribes—The Messianic Dispensation—The Final Convulsion

Keywords: Dispensation, Laws, Legal, Tribal Groups
ID = [76160]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 368-375. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Language of the Nephites—The Influence of the Egyptians—Nephite Words— Rameumptom—Liahona—Rabbanah—The Lamanite Tongue—Word Building

Keywords: Lamanite, Language, Liahona, Nephite, Rabbanah, Rameumptom, Reformed Egyptian
ID = [76161]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 376-381. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Nephite Proper Names—Bible Names—Sariah—Nephi—Sam—Melek—Jershon —Isabel—Aha, etc.—Prefixes and Suffixes

Keywords: Aha (Son of Captain Zoram), Isabel, Jershon (Land of), Melek (Land of), Name, Nephi (Son of Lehi), Onomastics, Sam (Son of Lehi), Sariah
ID = [76162]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 382-394. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Lands of the Nephites—Mulek and Lehi—Zarahemla and Nephi—The Wilderness—The Land of First Inheritance—The Journeys Northward—The Waters of Mormon—Lehi—Nephi

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography, Land Northward, Land Southward, Nephi (Land of), Wilderness, Zarahemla (Land of)
ID = [76163]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 395-399. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Nephi in the Hands of the Lamanites—The Lands of Shemlon, Shilom, Helam, Amulon, Ishmael, Middoni, Jerusalem, etc.

Keywords: Amulon (Land of), Book of Mormon Geography, Helam (Land of), Ishmael (Land of), Jerusalem (Land of), Lamanite, Middoni (Land of), Shemlon (Land of), Shilom (Land of)
ID = [76164]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 399-403. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Lands of the Nephites, Continued—Zarahemla—Jershon—Antionum— Manti—Gideon

Keywords: Antionum (Land of), Book of Mormon Geography, Gideon (Land of), Jershon (Land of), Manti (Land of), Nephite, Zarahemla (Land of)
ID = [76165]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 404-411. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Lands of the Nephites, Continued—Minon—Melek—Ammonihah—Noah— Sidom—Aaron—Lehi—Mulek—Bountiful—The South-west Border

Keywords: Aaron (Land of), Ammonihah (Land of), Book of Mormon Geography, Bountiful (Polity), Lehi (Land of), Melek (Land of), Minon (Land of), Mulek (Land of), Nephite, Noah (Land of), Sidom (Land of)
ID = [76166]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 411-416. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Lands of Antum, Teancum, Joshua, David, etc.—Cumorah—The Hills of the Nephites—The River Sidon

Keywords: Antum (Land of), Book of Mormon Geography, Cumorah, David (Land of), Joshua (Land of), Nephite, River Sidon, Teancum (Land of)
ID = [76167]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 417-424. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Religion of the Nephites—It is Stated by Nephi—The Priesthood and Ordinances Thereof—Baptism—Confirmation—Ordination—The Sacrament—Spiritual Gifts

Keywords: Baptism, Confirmation, Gift of the Holy Ghost, Gifts of the Spirit, Ordinances, Priesthood Authority, Priesthood Organization, Religion, Sacrament
ID = [76168]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXIV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 425-430. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Miracles Among the Nephites—The Miracles of Christ—John and the Three Nephites—Translations

Keywords: Gifts of the Spirit, John the Beloved, Miracles, Three Nephites, Translation/Transfiguration
ID = [76169]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXV.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 430-435. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Prophecies Regarding the Savior—Their Completeness and Detail—Names and Titles Given to Christ

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Names of Jesus Christ, Prophecy
ID = [76170]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXVI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 435-441. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Nephite Apostates—The Order of Nehor—Amalekites—Amalickiahites— Amulonites—Abinadi’s Prophecy—The Gadiantons

Keywords: Amalickiahite, Amlicite, Amulonite, Apostasy, Gadianton Robbers, Korihor, Nehor, Prophecy, Sherem
ID = [76171]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXVII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 442-445. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Church Discipline Among the Nephites—Treatment of the Unrepentant—The Word of the Lord Regarding Transgressors—The Testimony of Moroni

Keywords: Church Discipline, Moroni (Son of Mormon), Repentance
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76172]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXVIII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 446-452. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Discovery of the Jaredite Records—Coriantumr—Ether—The Dispersion at Babel—The Journey of the Jaredites—Atlantis

Keywords: Coriantumr (Jaredite), Ether (Prophet), Jaredite, Plates of Ether
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [76173]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXIX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 452-456. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Moriancumer—Building the Barges—The Finger of the Lord—The Appearing of the Savior—The Voyage

Keywords: Jaredite, Jaredite Barges, Jaredite Stones, Mahonri Moriancumer, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [76174]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXX.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 457-460. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Land of Promise—A Monarchy Established—The Kings of the Jaredites from Orihah to Omer—Akish—The Daughter of Jared

Keywords: Jaredite, Kingship
ID = [76175]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXXI.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 460-464. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Kings of the Jaredites from Omer to Coriantumr—The Material Prosperity of this Race

Keywords: Jaredite, Kingship, Prosperity
ID = [76176]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Chapter LXXXII.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 465-471. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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The Judgments of God on the Jaredites—The Extinction of the Race—The Hill Ramah—Shiz and Coriantumr—Ether

Keywords: Coriantumr (Jaredite), Destruction, Ether (Prophet), Hill Ramah, Jaredite, Judgment, Shiz, Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [76177]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Book of Mormon Chronology.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 473-487. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry , 1888.
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Keywords: Chronology
ID = [76178]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. “Appendix: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon in the Latter Days.” In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 488-494. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
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Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Early Church History, Eight Witnesses, Harris, Martin, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Three Witnesses, Translation, Whitmer, David
ID = [76179]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:16
Reynolds, George. Story of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: J. H. Parry, 1888.
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Retells the entire story of the Book of Mormon. Includes illustrations.

ID = [78285]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Pierce, Florence. Story of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1947.
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Pierce tells chronologically the story of the Book of Mormon with added explanations and correlating archaeological evidence of the events that occurred. Photographs are included from various sites and findings in Mexico that correspond to Book of Mormon history.

ID = [78284]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1947-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Olson, Ernest. The Story of the Book of Mormon. Orem, UT: Mil-Bur, 1967.
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A coloring book depicting Book of Mormon life. Includes pages illustrating the role of Joseph Smith in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78664]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Ensign. “The Story of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign October 2011.
ID = [59427]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2011-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4163  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:22
Heinrichs, Carl. “The Story of the Book of Mormon Illustrated.” Saints’ Herald 86-87 (14 October 1939): 1286.
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A series of Book of Mormon illustrations accompanied by Book of Mormon scriptures in story sequence.

ID = [80657]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1939-10-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Morris, Nephi Lowell. “The Story of the Discovery of the Book of Mormon.” Chicago: n.p., 1910.
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An LDS missionary pamphlet that deals with Book of Mormon origins and comments on the Three Witnesses.

ID = [78665]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1910-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Ricks, Eldin. Story of the Formation of the Book of Mormon Plates. Orem, UT: Orion Publishing, 2002.
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Keywords: Gold Plates, Large Plates of Nephi, Plates of Mormon, Recordkeeping, Small Plates of Nephi
ID = [75426]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Ricks, Eldin. Story of the Formation of the Book of Mormon Plates, an Analysis of the Sources and Structure of the Sacred Record. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1958.
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Discusses Joseph Smith’s reception and translation of the gold plates. Mormon abridged the large plates of Nephi that contained a more secular record of the time from Lehi’s exodus to the time of King Benjamin, who then began to write the more spiritual approach. Mormon included the small plates of Nephi with his abridged record. His only addition was a short transition piece that he placed in the record.

ID = [78286]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Smith, Paul Thomas. The Story of the Joseph Smith Transcript of Characters from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Author, 1980.
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Retells the story of Martin Harris’s visit to Anthon with the Book of Mormon characters. Also contains some primary sources and letters dealing with the characters.

ID = [78666]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Allen, James B., and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.
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Authors present (on pages 31-46) an “introductory overview” of Moroni’s visit to Joseph Smith, and the subsequent translation and publication of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78667]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Linn, William Alexander. The Story of the Mormons: From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901. New York: Macmillan, 1902.
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A history of Mormonism written by a non-Mormon. Chapters 6-11 discuss various aspects of the Book of Mormon, such as its translation, the 1834 Anthon denial, the role of the Three Witnesses, the Kinderhook plates, alleged quotes from Shakespeare, and various anachronisms and absurdities such as the presence of common Bible passages, pre-Columbian domesticated animals, and grammatical blunders.

ID = [78668]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1902-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Millennial Star. “The Story of the Origin of the World’s Strangest Book.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 98, no. 38 (17 September 1936): 602-4.
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Recounts the stories of Joseph Smith’s vision, of his receiving the plates, of the translation process of the Book of Mormon, and of the witnesses that testified of seeing the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81446]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1936-09-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Roberts, B. H. “A Story of Zarahemla.” The Contributor 10, no. 3 (1889): 94-101.
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Fictional story, set in the time of Nephi, son of Helaman, in which the characters watch for signs of Christ’s birth and receive great joy.

Keywords: Fiction, Jesus Christ, Birth of, Nephi (Son of Helaman), Signs
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76583]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Horatio. “A Story of Zarahemla.” Contributor 10 (January 1889): 94-101.
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A fictional story about Nephi (son of Helaman), his son Nephi, their dealings with the Gadianton robbers, and the drama surrounding the signs given of Christ’s birth.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78927]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Roberts, B. H. “A Story of Zarahemla.” The Contributor 10, no. 3 (1889): 94-101.
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Fictional story, set in the time of Nephi, son of Helaman, in which the characters watch for signs of Christ’s birth and receive great joy.

Keywords: Fiction, Jesus Christ, Birth of, Nephi (Son of Helaman), Signs
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [76005]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Talmage, James E. “The Story of ‘Mormonism’” Improvement Era 4, no. 8 (1901): 608-614.
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In a lecture presented at several universities throughout the United States, Dr. James E. TAlmage spoke on early Latter-day Saint history. In this first part, he focused on the young Joseph Smith and the First Vision, as well as a basic overview of the Book of Mormon and its ancient origins.

Keywords: Angel Moroni, First Vision, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77136]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,talmage  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Talmage, James E. “The Story of ‘Mormonism’ (continued from page 614).” Improvement Era 4, no. 9 (1901): 692-698.
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In a lecture presented at several universities throughout the United States, Dr. James E. TAlmage spoke on early Latter-day Saint history. In this second part, he focused on the critical reception that the Book of Mormon received, and dismantles one popular theory of its origin. He mentions early Latter-day Saint missions to the “Lamanites” and the persecutions that the early Saints endured.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Prophecy, Spaulding Manuscript, Spaulding, Solomon, Stick of Joseph, Stick of Judah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77164]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,talmage  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Hawkes, John D. Story-Talks for Primary. Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publishing, 1985.
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A collection of forty-seven illustrated Book of Mormon stories for Primary children.

ID = [78287]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Welch, John S. “Straight (Not Strait) and Narrow.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16 no. 1 (2007).
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Between 1830 and 1981, all printed editions of the Book of Mormon contained the phrase ” straight and narrow path [or course]” in four verses. The change in 1981 to “strait and narrow path [or course]” has been supported by several arguments, including the lack of the phrase “straight and narrow” in the King James version of the Bible. Welch counters this argument with the history of the introduction and rise of the phrase “straight and narrow” among Western authors. Working through each of the other arguments and offering his own counterarguments and evidences, he delivers his opinion that these phrases should not have been changed and should still read “straight and narrow path [or course].”

ID = [3202]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 45697  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Wirthlin, Joseph B. “The Straight and Narrow Way.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1990.
ID = [16584]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1990-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 13469  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:26
Wirthlin, Joseph B. “The Straight and Narrow Way.” Ensign, November 1990.
ID = [49772]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13328  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:18
Etzenhouser Rudolph. “The Straight Road: The Book of Mormon; What Is It?” Saints’ Herald 54 (20 November 1907): 1068.
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The Book of Mormon records the history of the early inhabitants of America and God’s dealings with them.

ID = [80658]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1907-11-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Kinsley, Alvin. “The Straight Road: What Is the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 55 (20 May 1908): 486-87.
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Mentions the three migrations of people to the Americas as described in the Book of Mormon. Believes that the Book of Mormon is a fulfillment of the “sealed book” prophecy in Isaiah 29, the “stick of Joseph” prophecy in Ezekiel 37, and the “truth” to “spring out of the earth” prophecy of Psalm 85.

ID = [80659]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1908-05-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Straightening Things Out: The Use of Strait and Straight in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12 no. 2 (2003).
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Confusion between the use of strait and straight existed in Joseph Smith’s day and continues to persist today. This confusion is manifest in the spelling of the term in the original manuscript (strait preserved in 10 of 11 existing occurrences), the printer’s manuscript (all 27 instances spelled strait), and the 1830 edition (in which the compositor changed all 27 instances to straight). Through close examination of meanings, comparison to Hebrew words and usage, and analysis of poetic form, Hoskisson examines each instance of strai(gh)t in the Book of Mormon and recommends a spelling for each one.

ID = [3126]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 86164  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Hoxworth, Kellen. “Strains of the Enlightenment: Making Belief in American Secularism and African Difference in.” Modern Drama (2017): 1-23.
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This article argues that the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, best known for its parody of Mormon religious beliefs, uses what Sara Ahmed terms “affective economies” to paradoxically remake American beliefs in secular rationality. Whereas Richard Schechner posits a strict division between “make-believe” and “make-belief” performances, The Book of Mormon demonstrates how the “make-believe” of Broadway makes beliefs and feelings in its audiences through circulations of affect. This article traces how such affects and beliefs are imbricated with national impressions about religious, racial, and sexual difference, particularly through the musical’s Mormon and black African characters. By attending to the musical’s impressions of Mormons and Africans, it deconstructs the musical’s tacit investments in American secularism and rationality through its circulation of “common sense” ideas about religious and racial others.

Keywords: The Book of Mormon (musical); Blacks, Africa; Performing arts, theater; Comparative religion, African; Uganda
ID = [82064]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Schade, Aaron P. “The Strait and Narrow Path: The Covenant Path of Discipleship Leading to the Tree of Life.” 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 > Baptism
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
ID = [35265]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 72944  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Gessel, Van C. “‘Strange Characters and Expressions’: Three Japanese Translations of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 1 (2005): 32-47, 127-128.
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The complete Book of Mormon has been translated into Japanese no fewer than three times. The first translation was done by a young American missionary, Alma O. Taylor, the second by Sat Tatsui, the first native Japanese person to undertake the challenge, and the third after World War II by a committee appointed by the First Presidency. The challenges of translating concepts such as God, Spirit, or atonement into a language that shares no linguistic or cultural commonalities with the language of the inspired translation of the Book of Mormon are overwhelming. When attempting to communicate in a culture that does not acknowledge supreme deity or the kinship connection between God and man or life after death, a simple concept such as damnation can be challenging to convey. In addition, dramatic changes have occurred in the Japanese language over past century. The written Japanese language has changed with a rapidity that is unfathomable in English.

Keywords: Culture; Foreign Language Translation; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3156]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 62975  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Nibley, Hugh W. “A Strange Order of Battle.” 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.
This lesson is on an unusual theme. The Book of Mormon story of Moroni’s “Title of Liberty” gives valuable insight into certain practices and traditions of the Nephites which they took as a matter of course but which are totally unfamiliar not only to the modern world but to the world of Biblical scholarship as well. Since it is being better recognized every day that the Bible is only a sampling (and a carefully edited one) of but one side of ancient Jewish life, the Book of Mormon must almost unavoidably break away from the familiar things from time to time, and show us facets of Old World life untouched by the Bible. The “Title of Liberty” story is a good example of such a welcome departure from beaten paths, being concerned with certain old Hebrew traditions which were perfectly familiar to the Nephites but are nowhere to be found either in the Bible or in the apocryphal writings. These traditions, strange as they are, can now be checked by new and unfamiliar sources turned up in the Old World, and shown to be perfectly authentic.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2048]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Strange Ships and Shining Stones.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Significant Articles from the Pages of the Improvement Era, eds. Doyle L. Green, and Marba C. Josephson. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1959.
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Reprinted in An Approach to the Book of Mormon.
Compares the ships of the Jaredites with boats from Mesopotamia and the Gilgamesh Epic, and the sixteen stones of the brother of Jared with shining stones reported in the pseudepigrapha, Jerusalem Talmud, and by Greek historians.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Ancient Texts > Gilgamesh
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Warfare
ID = [794]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Strange Ships and Shining Stones (A Not So Fantastic Story).” 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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Reprinted from A Book of Mormon Treasury: Selections from the Papers of the Improvement Era.
Compares the ships of the Jaredites with boats from Mesopotamia and the Gilgamesh Epic, and the sixteen stones of the brother of Jared with shining stones reported in the pseudepigrapha, Jerusalem Talmud, and by Greek historians.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [2057]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “Strategy for Survival.” 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.
Beginning with a mobile defense, the Nephites soon adopted the classic system of fortified cities and strong places, their earth-and-wood defenses resembling those found all over the Old World. Settled areas with farms, towns, and a capital city were separated from each other by considerable stretches of uninhabited country. The greatest military operation described in the Book of Mormon is the long retreat in which the Nephites moved from one place to another in the attempt to make a stand against the overwhelmingly superior hereditary enemy. This great retreat is not a freak in history but has many parallels among the wars and migrations of nations. There is nothing improbable or even unusual in a movement that began in Central America and after many years ended at Cumorah.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2061]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Brown, Cindi G. “Stratification and Scripture: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Atlanta: Georgia State University, 1998.
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an analysis of the Book of Mormon and its literary contexts form a feminist perspective.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, women; Feminists and feminism; Rhetoric; Scriptures, use and influence; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon; Scriptures
ID = [81546]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
J., W. “Stray Thoughts.” Juvenile Instructor 18 (15 June 1883): 182-83.
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Notes the ill treatment and antagonistic attitude of the white people toward the Indians. According to the Book of Mormon the Indians have a glorious destiny and the LDS are urged to treat them with consideration.

ID = [80209]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-06-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
J., W. “Stray Thoughts.” Juvenile Instructor 18, no. 12 (1883): 182-183.
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Notes the ill treatment and antagonistic attitude of the white people toward the Indians. According to the Book of Mormon the Indians have a glorious destiny and the LDS are urged to treat them with consideration.

Keywords: Native Americans, Prophecy
ID = [75938]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-06-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Owen, Stephen W. “Strength and Safety Through Gathering.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, October 23, 2018.
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I believe something powerful happens anytime we gather as God’s covenant people anywhere in the world, no matter how many people the gathering may include. That power can be difficult to describe, but perhaps these words of the Savior explain it best: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them”.

Keywords: Church Membership; Church Organization; Covenants; Discipleship; Safety; Unity; Podcast: Come; Follow Me; Podcast: Recent Speeches
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [70133]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2018-10-23  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:45
Mohler, R. Albert. “Strengthen the Things That Remain.” Forum, Brigham Young University, February 25, 2014.
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Members of different faiths need to work together to affirm religious liberty, necessary in preserving human rights, human dignity, and human flourishing.

Keywords: Christianity; Divine Nature; Religion; Religious Freedom
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69905]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-02-25  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:18
Hart, John L. “Strengthening Lives.” Church News 57 (28 November 1987): 14.
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The goal of a seminar on the Book of Mormon was “to make the teachings of the Book of Mormon a part of the lives of the participants”

ID = [80210]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-11-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hooper, Gary R. “Strengthening One Another in the Community of Saints.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, April 8, 2003.
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May we enjoy our time together and take full advantage of opportunities to serve and be blessed by others.

Keywords: Strength
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69358]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-04-08  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:14
Calabro, David M. “‘Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy‘: Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 1 (2012).
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Often overlooked in scriptural text, hand and arm gestures are often used to convey meanings that complement the verbal lessons being taught. This article discusses the meaning and significance of four specific gestures referred to in the Book of Mormon: stretching forth one’s hand(s), stretching forth the hand to exert divine power, extending the arm(s) in mercy, and clapping the hands to express joys. Beyond the fascinating meanings of these gestures in the Book of Mormon are the correlations that can be seen in the biblical text and in other Near Eastern cultures. Also insightful, specifically in reference to Moses’s hand movements at the Red Sea, is the way in which the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and other extracanonical writings build on each other to give a fuller interpretive picture.

ID = [3275]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 58981  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Swift, Hales. “The Stripling Warriors: Lessons for Our Day (Alma 56-57).” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 11, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6480]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-08-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Ensign. “Striving Together: A Conversation with the Relief Society General Presidency.” Ensign March 1985.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [47004]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1985-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10356  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:59
Winder, Barbara W. “Striving Together: Transforming Our Beliefs into Action.” Delivered at the General Women’s Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1984.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [15516]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1984-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9022  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:24
Winder, Barbara W. “Striving Together: Transforming Our Beliefs into Action.” Ensign, November 1984.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [46898]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8932  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:58
Reynolds, Noel B., and Jeff Lindsay. “‘Strong Like Unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” Presented at the conference entitled “Tracing Ancient Threads of the Book of Moses” (September 18–19, 2020), Provo, UT: Brigham Young University 2020.
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
ID = [2720]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2020-09-19  Collections:  bom,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:26
Lindsay, Jeff, and Noel B. Reynolds. “‘Strong Like unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 1-92.
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Abstract: Over 30 years ago, Noel Reynolds compared matching non-Biblical phrases in the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon. Based on this analysis, Reynolds proposed a possible connection between the Book of Moses and hypothetical material on the brass plates that may have influenced some Book of Mormon authors. Reynolds’s work, “The Brass Plates Version of Genesis,” provided potentially plausible explanations for additional relationships between the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon that arose in two later Jeff Lindsay studies: one on the Book of Mormon account of Lehi1’s trail and another on the Book of Mormon’s intriguing use of the ancient theme of rising from the dust. The additional findings and connections presented here strengthen the original case Reynolds made for the ancient roots of the Book of Moses, roots that could have extended to the brass plates and then on to the Book of Mormon. Critics might dismiss such connections by asserting that Joseph merely drew from the Book of Mormon when drafting the Book of Moses; however, this view overlooks significant evidence indicating that the direction of dependence is the other way around. In light of the combined evidence now available, it is time to reconsider Reynolds’s original proposal and recognize the possibility that the Book of Moses is more deeply rooted in antiquity that many have recognized in the past.[Editor’s Note: This article is based on a presentation by Reynolds and Lindsay made at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference, Provo, Utah, Sept. 18–19, 2020, presented by The Interpreter Foundation, Brigham Young University Department of Ancient Scripture, Book of Mormon Central, and FairMormon. A more detailed version, along with an edited transcript of the question-and-answer session that followed the presentation, can be found in the forthcoming conference proceedings.].

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
ID = [3415]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,moses  Size: 64427  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Lindsay, Jeff, and Noel B. Reynolds. “‘Strong Like unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” In Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses: Inspired Origins, Temple Contexts, and Literary Qualities, Volume 1. Edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David R. Seely, John W. Welch and Scott Gordon, 315–420. Orem, UT; Springville, UT; Redding, CA; Tooele, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, Book of Mormon Central, FAIR, and Eborn Books, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
ID = [4643]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2021-08-02  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:58
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Structure of the Book of Alma.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 26 (2017).
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Since John Welch discovered Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon fifty years ago, students of the volume have paid attention to textual structures. Unfortunately, little attention has yet been paid to book-length structures, structures organizing larger stretches of the Book of Mormon. Analysis of whole books within the Book of Mormon has largely remained in a preliminary phase.3 In this note, however, I lay out what appears to be the intentional organizational structure of the book of Alma.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81900]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Monson, Leland H. “The Structure of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 49, no. 7 (1946): 436-437, 474-475.
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This article discusses the plates of Mormon, source material, and the use made of the plates. It also explains the general structure of the Book of Mormon and how to identify different writers in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Lehi, Book of Mormon, Jaredite Gold Plates, Large Plates of Nephi, Literary Structure, Small Plates of Nephi, Structure
ID = [76993]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1946-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
BYU Religious Education. “The Structure of the Book of Mormon.” Roundtable Scripture Discussion with Andrew Hedges, Keith Wilson, Todd Parker, Steven Harper, 2008.
ID = [39546]  Status = Type = video  Date = 2008-06-26  Collections:  bom,rsc-rt-bom2008,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:38
Brewster, Quinn. “The Structure of the Book of Mormon: A Theory of Evolutionary Development.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 29, no. 2 (Summer, 1996): 109-40.
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WHEN JOSEPH SMITH BEGAN TO DICTATE the Book of Mormon, he did not understand the structure the book would ultimately take. He did not know that the first part of the manuscript would be lost, resulting in a major structural change in the first quarter of the book.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [81967]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Student Guide to the Reading of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961.
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The student’s manual for the Melchizedek Priesthood quorums of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Book of Mormon is a companion book to the Bible. Presents lessons with a stated objective, a prospectus of the reading material for each lesson, and points to ponder. Includes a list of the records included in the book, chronological charts of leaders and their journeys.

ID = [77458]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Unattributed. Student Involvement Materials for R 121 ITV Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Printing Service, 1970.
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A workbook for university students to be used in conjunction with instructional television (ITV). The workbook coincides with television lectures in which individuals present materials dealing with the first half of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78288]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Youth and Young Adult Correlation Committee. Student Manual, Book of Mormon. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
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A manual for the use of college students.

ID = [78289]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Church News. “Students Enjoy Book of Mormon Read-a-Thon.” Church News 44 (30 November 1974): 13.
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Seminary students in Eisenhower Junior High participated in an all night Book of Mormon read-a-thon.

ID = [80211]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-11-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
King, Norm Nielson. “Students’ Mix Makes Early Morning Class Worth Waking Up For.” Church News 58 (18 June 1988): 7.
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A group of adults meet in the morning to learn more about the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80212]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-06-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Shields, Steven L. Studies in Alma. 2 vols. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1989-90.
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A study guide with scriptural paraphrases, questions, and activities designed to aid the reader in understanding the book of Alma.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78290]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Shields, Steven L. Studies in Helaman. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1990.
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A study guide with scriptural paraphrases, questions, and activities designed to aid the reader in understanding the book of Helaman.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78291]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Brown, Richard A. Studies in II Nephi. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1990.
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A study guide booklet with a devotionalist approach, containing lessons of Nephi’s psalm and farewell, the Atonement, choosing joy, and others.

ID = [78292]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Brown, Richard A. Studies in Jacob. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1988.
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A study guide booklet presenting lessons from the book of Jacob.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [78293]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Spain, Carolyn Y., and Eldred F. Spain. Studies in Mosiah. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1989.
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A study aid designed to assist individuals in their study of the book of Mosiah. Contains commentary and discussion questions.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [78294]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Jackson, Kent P., ed. Studies in Scripture Vol. 7: 1 Nephi to Alma 29. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987.
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An collection of essays on themes from the first half of the Book of Mormon. This work is reviewed in R.258.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78295]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Jackson, Kent P., ed. Studies in Scripture Vol. 8: Alma 30 to Moroni. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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A collection of essays on themes found in the second half of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78296]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Roberts, B. H. Studies of the Book of Mormon. Edited by Brigham D. Madsen. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1985.
ID = [77359]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Madsen, Brigham D., ed. Studies of the Book of Mormon. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
ID = [77202]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Roberts, B. H. Studies of the Book of Mormon. Edited by Brigham D. Madsen. Second Edition. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1992.
ID = [77360]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Hill, Marvin S. “Studies of the Book of Mormon. By B.H. Roberts. Edited by Brigham D. Madsen. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1985. 375 pp. $21.95.” Church History 55, no. 4, December 1986, 546-48.
ID = [77366]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-12-01  Collections:  bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Church News. “Study Aids Enhance Spanish Scriptures.” Church News 63 (11 December 1993): 5.
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A description of the study aids in the new Spanish edition of the Book of Mormon. Its translation process included an effort to preserve Hebraic elements found in the English edition.

ID = [80213]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1993-12-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 10: 2 Nephi 31-33.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 29, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6383]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-02-29  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6406  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 11: Jacob 1-4.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 7, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [6384]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-03-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8448  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 12: Jacob 5-7.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 10, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [6385]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-03-10  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9474  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 13: Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 17, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [6386]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-03-17  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8535  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 15: Mosiah 1-3.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 31, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6388]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-03-31  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5657  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 16: Mosiah 4-6.” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 14, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6389]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-04-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5756  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 17: Mosiah 7-10.” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 21, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6390]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-04-21  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7425  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 18: Mosiah 11-17.” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 28, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6391]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-04-28  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8744  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 19: Mosiah 18-24.” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 5, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6392]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-05-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7063  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 20: Mosiah 25-28.” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 12, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6393]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-05-12  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8104  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 21: Mosiah 29-Alma 4.” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 19, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6394]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-05-19  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7012  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 22: Alma 5-7.” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 26, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6395]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-05-26  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5702  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 23: Alma 8-12.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 2, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6396]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-02  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8449  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 24: Alma 13-16.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 9, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6397]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-09  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 25: Alma 17-22.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 16, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6398]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7602  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 26: Alma 23-29.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 23, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6399]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6288  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 27: Alma 30-31.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 30, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6400]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-30  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8527  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 28: Alma 32-35.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 7, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6401]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7183  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 29: Alma 36-38.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 14, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6402]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8154  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 2: 1 Nephi 1-7.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 21, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6375]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-12-21  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7494  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 30: Alma 39-42.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 21, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 31: Alma 43-52.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 28, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6404]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-28  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 32: Alma 53-63.” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 4, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6405]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-08-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9867  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 33: Helaman 1-6.” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 11, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [6406]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-08-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9322  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 34: Helaman 7-12.” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 18, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [6407]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-08-18  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6143  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 35: Helaman 13-16.” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 25, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [6408]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-08-25  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9256  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 36: 3 Nephi 1-7.” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 1, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6409]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-09-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9258  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 37: 3 Nephi 8-11.” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 8, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6410]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-09-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7499  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 38: 3 Nephi 12-16.” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 15, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6411]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-09-15  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7070  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 39: 3 Nephi 17-19.” The Interpreter Foundation website. September 22, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6412]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-09-22  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6079  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 3: 1 Nephi 8-10.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 21, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6376]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-12-21  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 40: 3 Nephi 20-26.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 6, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6413]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-10-06  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6007  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 41: 3 Nephi 27-4 Nephi.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 13, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
ID = [6414]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-10-13  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8900  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 44: Ether 1-5.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 3, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [6417]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-03  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9929  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 45: Ether 6-11.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 10, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [6418]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-10  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6614  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 46: Ether 12-15.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 17, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [6419]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-17  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7108  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 47: Moroni 1-6.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 24, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6420]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 3932  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 48: Moroni 7-9.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 1, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6421]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-12-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 4917  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 49: Moroni 10.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 8, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6422]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-12-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5986  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 4: 1 Nephi 11-15.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 18, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6377]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-18  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8004  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 5: 1 Nephi 16-22.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 25, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6378]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-25  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8651  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 6: 2 Nephi 1-5.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 1, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 7: 2 Nephi 6-10.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 8, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6380]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-02-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8942  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 8: 2 Nephi 11-25.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 15, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6381]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-02-15  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6942  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Claybaugh, Jonn D. “Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 9: 2 Nephi 26-30.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 22, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6382]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-02-22  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 10262  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:38
Unattributed. Study Book of Mormon: First Nephi. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1988.
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Text of 1 Nephi is arranged according to parallelistic and poetic style. Includes notes and comparisons of different editions of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [78297]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Brookbank, Thomas W. “A Study in American Hebraic Names I.” Improvement Era 20, no. 2 (1916): 166-170.
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This article cites many words and names found in the Americas that coincide and correspond with Hebrew names and words.

Keywords: Hebraic Indian Theory, Language – Hebrew, Native Americans, Onomastics
ID = [76981]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1916-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Brookbank, Thomas W. “A Study in American Hebraic Names II.” Improvement Era 20, no. 3 (1917): 224-236.
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This article cites many words and names found in the Americas that coincide and correspond with Hebrew names and words.

Keywords: Hebraic Indian Theory, Language – Hebrew, Native Americans, Onomastics
ID = [76912]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Brookbank, Thomas W. “A Study in American Hebraic Names III.” Improvement Era 20, no. 4 (1917): 328-335.
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This article cites many words and names found in the Americas that coincide and correspond with Hebrew names and words.

Keywords: Hebraic Indian Theory, Language – Hebrew, Native Americans, Onomastics
ID = [76980]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Brookbank, Thomas W. “A Study in American Hebraic Names III (cont.).” Improvement Era 20, no. 8 (1917): 669-676.
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This article cites many words and names found in the Americas that coincide and correspond with Hebrew names and words.

Keywords: Hebraic Indian Theory, Language – Hebrew, Native Americans, Onomastics
ID = [76978]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Brookbank, Thomas W. A Study in Hebrew and Indian Languages. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City Efficiency Printing Co, 1926.
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A brief comparison of similar Hebrew, Native American and Nephite (Book of Mormon) words and language constructions.

Keywords: Ancient America, Language, Language - Hebrew, Native Americans
ID = [75422]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1926-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Volluz, Corbin T. “A Study in Seven: Hebrew Numerology in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 2 (2014): 57.
ID = [10890]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 67490  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:05
Church News. “Study is Focus of Y. Jerusalem Center.” Church News 55 (28 July 1985): 4.
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The Book of Mormon was not translated into Hebrew for the purpose of missionary work in Israel, according to Richard P. Lindsay, public relations director of the LDS church.

ID = [80214]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1985-07-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Gordon, Steven H., and Thomas H. Patterson. Study Maps of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1985.
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A collection of maps of proposed Book of Mormon geographical sites in Mesoamerica and archaeological sites in relation to contemporary locations.

ID = [78298]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Ricks, Joel E. “A Study of Book of Mormon Geography.” Brigham Young College Bulletin 3 (15 December 1904): 1-19.
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Suggests that the land northward is North America, the land southward is South America. The narrow neck is the Isthmus of Panama. The Hill Cumorah mentioned in the Book of Mormon is the same as the Hill Ramah of the Jaredites and is where Joseph Smith discovered the plates. Ricks continues to suggest precise locations for almost all cities mentioned in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78928]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-12-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts I.” Improvement Era 26, no. 9 (1923): 825-830.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The first part covers the language of the Book of Mormon and its names, as well as “in the language of my father,” “seer,” “the earth,” “a narrow pass,” “crossing the deep,” and “shining stones.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [76866]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts I (cont.).” Improvement Era 26, no. 10 (1923): 880-884.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The continuation of the first part covers “oppressive taxation,” “corpses thrown into the river,” “drinking blood,” and the Bible.

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [76893]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts II.” Improvement Era 26, no. 11 (1923): 1045-1046.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The second part covers Columbus and “the east wind.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [76807]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts III.” Improvement Era 27, no. 1 (1923): 18-22.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The third part covers the phrase “fiery flying serpents.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [77012]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts IV.” Improvement Era 27, no. 3 (1924): 237-239.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The fourth part covers the names “Laban” and “Laman.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Laban (Custodian of Brass Plates), Laman (Son of Lehi), Language, Language – Hebrew, Onomastics, Textual Analysis
ID = [76934]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts V.” Improvement Era 27, no. 7 (1924): 675-676.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The fifth part covers the name “Nephi.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Language, Language – Hebrew, Nephi (Son of Lehi), Onomastics, Textual Analysis
ID = [76756]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Palmer, David A. “A Study of Mesoamerican Religious Symbolism.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 103 (12 August 1967): 9-13.
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Palmer explores the religious symbolism that is found in the art of ancient Mesoamerica, and clarifies and explains the interrelationships of theological symbols—the tree of life, the serpent, fire, water, the snail or sea shell, and the stepped fret. Includes illustrations of the characters with the analysis.

ID = [78929]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1967-08-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Cazier, Donald A. A Study of Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Governmental Institutions and Policies as Portrayed in the Book of Mormon. M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1972.
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Analyzes the Book of Mormon governmental institutions. Considers: “1. The governmental structure under which [the Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite] nations lived at different times in their history and the theoretical powers and duties of their oficers. 2. The laws that were enacted and domestic policies which were pursued. 3. The rights enjoyed by the citizens. 4. The ‘foreign policy’ of these nations, where applicable, including military policy. 5. The teachings of Book of Mormon prophets and secular leaders of the various types of government . . . and the lessons which can be drawn from the political experiences of the Book of Mormon peoples”

ID = [77459]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Smith, James E. “A Study of Population Size in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. Transcript of a lecture given at the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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James Smith lists the population numbers given in the text of the Book of Mormon, and discusses what the possible population growth might have been. Comments in the Book of Mormon about multiplying exceedingly and filling the land are indicative that Nephite fertility was indeed high. He discusses the possibility that other peoples were assimilated into the Nephite and Lamanite groups.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Society
ID = [8588]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Warner, Ross W. “A Study of Problems Relative to the Fulfillment of Selected Prophecies in the Book of Mormon, with Particular Reference to the Prophetic View from 1830 Onward.” M.S. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1961.
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“The purpose of this study is to classify under appropriate headings the prophecies of the Book of Mormon relating to the period 1830 to 1961, to see what evidence exists regarding the fulfillment of such prophecies and to summarize the findings. These prophecies have been classified under the following chapter headings: the Book of Mormon, Joseph the seer, America—land of promise, the Gentiles, the Lamanites, the Jews, and two churches only”

ID = [78930]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Larson, Stanley R. “A Study of Some Textual Variations in the Book of Mormon Comparing the Original and the Printer’s Manuscripts and the 1830, the 1837, and the 1840 Editions.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1974.
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A horizontal columnar comparison of the original manuscript, the printer’s manuscript, corrections in the printer’s manuscript for the 1830, 1837, and 1840 editions. Also presents a review of the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon, and six appendices.

ID = [78931]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Shreeve, Thomas A. “Study of the Book of Mormon.” Contributor 9 (1887—1888): 275-80.
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An address encouraging Book of Mormon study. Tells of the finding of Egyptian characters by Augustus LePlongeon among the Mayans and traditions of Christ’s ministration among the American Indians.

ID = [80215]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Shreeve, Thomas A. “Study of the Book of Mormon.” The Contributor 9, no. 7 (1888): 275-280.
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An address encouraging Book of Mormon study. Tells of the finding of Egyptian characters by Augustus LePlongeon among the Mayans and traditions of Christ’s ministration among the American Indians.

Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica, Education, Native Americans - Maya
ID = [76000]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Sheldon, Louise Palfrey. A Study of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1945.
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An eight- part instructional aid to study of the Book of Mormon that includes lesson outlines and questions arranged in the same chronological order as the events in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77460]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1945-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Gunsolley, Jeremiah A., ed. A Study of the Book of Mormon, Supported by Collateral Proof and Information from Other Reliable Sources, Such as the Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, Archaeology, Science, etc. Lamoni, IA: Zion’s Religio- Literary Society, 1916.
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Thirteen lessons for adult study of the Book of Mormon. Each lesson discusses a portion of the Book of Mormon, giving commentary, questions, evidence that substantiates the text, and the central message.

ID = [77461]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1916-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Washburn, Jesse A. “A Study of the Geography of the Book of Mormon as Found within the Record Itself.” M.S. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1940.
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Examines the travel and geographical locations of the Jaredites, Mulekites, Nephites, and Lamanites. The issue of birth and death rates in relation to population size is also discussed.

ID = [78932]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1940-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Wright, Cyril E., ed. Study Outline for Senior Religion. The Book of Mormon: Is It Necessary?. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1927.
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Study guide covers how to know the Book of Mormon is true—through the witness of the Spirit, through the testimony of witnesses, through the testimony of the scriptures, and through archaeological evidences. Also includes a lesson on how to use the book effectively.

ID = [78299]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1927-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Welch, John W. “A Study Relating Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon to Chiasmus in the Old Testament, Ugaritic Epics, Homer, and Selected Greek and Latin Authors.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1970.
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Defines simple, compound, and complex chiasmus, surveys the use of chiasmus in Ugaritic epics, the Old Testament, Homer, and later Greek and Latin authors, and compares the appearance of chiasmus in those literatures with chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. The degree of use of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon is similar to that in the Old Testament.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Literary Aspects
ID = [67945]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:04
Graham, Pat, and Elise Niven Black. “Study the Book of Mormon.” Friend 18 (September 1988): 40-41.
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Children’s pictures of noted Book of Mormon figures that may be cut out and placed in chronological order.

ID = [80216]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Ensign. “‘Study the Book of Mormon,’ President Benson Urges Texans.” Ensign July 1988.
ID = [48672]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3222  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:11
Parkinson, David. “A Study to Compare a Programmed Approach to Reading the Book of Mormon with the Traditional Reading Method.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1969.
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A work involving the comparison of “a programmed approach to reading the Book of Mormon with the traditional reading method based upon student ability to relate Book of Mormon persons with Book of Mormon events” Summary of findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study are included.

ID = [78934]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Hardy, Bud G. “A Study to Identify and Isolate the Principles and Lessons of the Book of Mormon Record as Inserted by the Writers and Abridgers.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1975.
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Maintains that the Book of Mormon contains key phrases, like “it came to pass” and “thus we see,” that point out the messages of the various Book of Mormon authors and abridgers. These phrases can be historical in nature, explaining events, or polemic, explaining teachings, or they can be direct statements to the reader. The author includes tables and summaries that list the phrases.

ID = [78935]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Welch, John W. “Study, Faith, and the Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 10, 1988.
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No matter who you are—a recent convert or a serious scholar, a saint or an unrepentant sinner—the Book of Mormon speaks to your level.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Collection: Joseph Smith the Prophet
ID = [68852]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-05-10  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:10
Batty, Greg. “Studying Conference Talks Together.” Ensign, April 2013.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [60104]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2013-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1789  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:29
Matheson, R. Mark. “Studying the Book of Mormon Online.” Religious Educator Vol. 6 no. 2 (2005).
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [37999]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2005-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 13155  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:29
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Studying the Book of Mormon with Grant Hardy.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 16, 2019.
ID = [5477]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-01-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 3552  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:04
Hamblin, William J. “A Stumble Forward?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 71-77.
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Review of Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon (1988), by F. Richard Hauck

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Mesoamerica; Methodology
ID = [47]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 16933  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Mortensen, Teena M. “A Stylistic Analysis of the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants.” Master’s thesis, Laramie: University of Wyoming, 1980.
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Three samples from the Book of Mormon and one sample from the Doctrine and Covenants are compared stylistically through three categories. These categories included the use of pronouns, the use of the names of deity, and the number of total words as compared to the number of different words in each sample. The differences that substantiate the claim of multiple authorship are then discussed. [Author’s abstract]

Keywords: Doctrine and Covenants; Book of Mormon; Scriptures, textual development
ID = [81564]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Roper, Matthew P., Paul J. Fields, and G. Bruce Schaalje. “Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 1 (2012).
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The abundance of skeptical theories about who wrote the Book of Mormon has led many scholars to seek scientific data to discover the answer. One technique is stylometry. Having first been developed in the 1850s, stylometry seeks to find the ” wordprint” of a text. Although these stylistic studies are not as accurate as a human’s fingerprint, they can give researchers a good idea either of differences in style between authors or of who might have written a text from a list of possible authors. Beginning in the 1960s individuals have completed four major stylometric studies on the Book of Mormon, studies that varied in both findings and quality of research. In addition to these four studies, this article presents a fifth study—using extended nearest shrunken centroid (ENSC) classification—that incorporates and improves on the earlier research.

ID = [3274]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 68116  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Roberts, Brian Curtis. “Stylometry and Wordprints: A Book of Mormon Reevaluation.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1983.
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Literary authorship analysis using stylometry and wordprints. Several contributors to the Book of Mormon were examined Mormon, Nephi, Alma the Younger, Moroni, Jesus Christ, Jacob, and Isaiah. The 1830 edition was used. The conclusion is that the “results give every indication that there are multiple authors in the Book of Mormon”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80217]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Subduing the Earth: Man’s Dominion.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, 95–110. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
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The essays in this volume, including four on today’s world, were selected by a panel of Hugh Nibley’s colleagues. They are singular in their penetration, their originality, and their vitality. Reaching from the apocalyptic visions of original “treasures in heaven” down to the climax of history, they are more than mind-stretching. The delight of Nibley’s brilliant and sometimes biting prose style imparts a sense of the agelessness of what he calls the “three-act play” of human existence. Written specially for this book, the author’s own “intellectual autobiography,” together with his introductory paragraphs for the various chapters, complete the work of making the book a fitting and permanent record of one of the past outstanding historians
Ever since the days of the Prophet Joseph, presidents of the Church have appealed to the Saints to be magnanimous and forbearing toward all of God’s creatures. But in the great West, where everything was up for grabs, it was more than human nature could endure to be left out of the great grabbing game, especially when one happened to get there first, as the Mormons often did. One morning, just a week after we had moved into our house on Seventh North, as I was leaving for work, I found a group of shouting, arm-waving boys gathered around the big fir tree in the front yard. They had sticks and stones, and in a state of high excitement were fiercely attacking the lowest branches of the tree, which hung to the ground. Why? I asked. There was a quail in the tree, they said in breathless zeal, a quail! Of course, said I, what is wrong with that? But don’t you see, it is a live quail? A wild one! So they just had to kill it. They were on their way to the old B. Y. High School and were Boy Scouts. Does this story surprise you? What surprised me was when I later went to Chicago and saw squirrels running around the city parks in broad daylight; they would not last a day in Provo. Like Varro’s patrician friends, we have taught our children by precept and example that every living thing exists to be converted into cash, and that whatever would not yield a return should be quickly exterminated to make way for creatures that do. (We have referred to this elsewhere as the Mahan Principle; Moses 5:31.) I have heard influential Latter-day Saints express this philosophy. The earth is our enemy, I was taught does it not bring forth noxious weeds to afflict and torment man? And who cared if his allergies were the result of the Fall, man’s own doing? But one thing worried me: if God were to despise all things beneath Him, as we do, where would that leave us? Inquiring about today, one discovers that many Latter-day Saints feel that the time has come to put an end to the killing.

Keywords: Abraham (Prophet); Adam (Prophet); Cain; Dominion; Enoch (Prophet); Israel; Joseph; Jr.; Moses (Prophet); Noah (Prophet); Smith
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Moses > Chapters > Moses 4
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Moses > Characters > Adam, Eve
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Stewardship, Creation, Earth, Environment
ID = [1751]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,moses,nibley  Size: 38257  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:20
Erdmann, Angela. “Subjective Objects: ‘The Book of Pukei’ and Early Critical Response to The Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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Given the remarkable story of the discovery and divine translation of gold plates hidden in a hill by an ancient Amerindian prophet, nineteenth- century readers could be forgiven for expecting an exotic new set of doctrines in The Book of Mormon. Instead, what many readers found (when they bothered to read the book at all) was an often dull, frequently complicated narrative with the veneer of biblical language and themes. Where they expected to find a heretical “Gold Bible’’ designed to supplant and erase biblical authority, they instead found chapters lifted directly from the Bible itself. The Book of Mormon was a strange document indeed, having at once a “foundational role’’ in but also a “theological irrelevance’’ to a newly created religion, so that it was actually “the miracle the work embodied, not the doctrine it presented, that gave offense.”

ID = [81908]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Sorenson, John L. “The Submergence of the City of Jerusalem in the Land of Nephi.” Insights 22, no. 4 (2002).
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In touring southern Guatemala, many FARMS patrons traveled west of the capital city to visit Lake Atitlán, one of the most photogenic spots in Central America. Tour guides have told thousands that the beautiful “waters of Mormon” beloved by Alma and his people (see Mosiah 18:30) might well be Lake Atitlán. The Nephite record also tells us that a city called Jerusalem, which was constructed by Lamanites led by Nephite dissenters, was located “away joining the borders of Mormon” (Alma 21:1–2).

Keywords: Mesoamerican geography; Jerusalem; archaeology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [66669]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-04  Collections:  bom,farms-insights,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:57
Hart, John L. “Subtitle Testifies of Jesus Christ.” Church News 52 (16 October 1982): 3.
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A report on the addition of the subtitle to the Book of Mormon—”Another Testament of Jesus Christ” Discusses several aspects of the LDS church’s ten-year scripture project, including the creation of a topical guide and cross-references.

ID = [80218]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1982-10-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Brown, Amanda Colleen. “Subtle Hebraic Features in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 37-40.
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Review of Donald W. Parry, Preserved in Translation: Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020). 171 pages. Hardback, $19.99.Abstract: Donald W. Parry combines a lifetime of insights about the Old Testament and Book of Mormon into one volume. Written for a non- academic audience, this book will provide a glimpse into some of the Book of Mormon’s literary complexities that originate from Hebrew grammar and style.

ID = [3435]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 4983  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Hawkins, Alan J., Thomas W. Draper, and David C. Dollahite, eds. Successful Marriages and Families: Proclamation Principles and Research Perspectives. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2016.
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Issued by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve in 1995, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” has instructed and inspired Latter-day Saints throughout the world, including many LDS scholars who seek to strengthen and defend marriages and families. This new volume, edited by Alan Hawkins, David Dollahite, and Thomas Draper, all of The School of Family Life at Brigham Young University, draws together the best of their latest findings.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75338]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:10
Yates, Thomas J. “Succession of Book of Mormon Authors.” Improvement Era 37, no. 3 (1934): 162.
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This article is a listing of Book of Mormon authors, the number of years each composed his writings, and their order of succession. It also includes scriptural references.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Chronology, Nephite Recordkeepers, Recordkeepers, Recordkeeping
ID = [76885]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1934-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Suggested Key to Book of Mormon Geography.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 974-987.
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The author surveys theories on Book of Mormon geography, and offers his own speculation. He concludes that Lehi landed in South America just south of the Isthmus and that he died in Peru. Nephi went on to Ecuador and then Colombia. Zarahemla was located on the Atlantic side of Central America.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography, Book of Mormon Geography – Mesoamerica, Book of Mormon Geography – Peru, Book of Mormon Geography – South America
ID = [77143]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Sjodahl, Janne M. A Suggested Key to Book of Mormon Geography. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957.
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A large map of the North and South American continents marked with names of cities, rivers, and locations that are found in the Book of Mormon text.

ID = [77462]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Smith, David Asael. Suggestions for Book of Mormon Lectures; with Quotations from Leading Archaeologists and Historians. Independence, MO: Zion’s, 1949.
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Quotes from archaeologists and historians to demonstrate the veracity of the Book of Mormon. Includes a discussion of cement, iron, and steel; shows a comparison of Indian traditions and myths with similar stories from the Bible, including Indian belief in communion, baptism, the creation and flood, and the Great White God.

ID = [78300]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1949-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Kirkham, Francis W. Suggestions for the Reading, Study, and Prayerful Consideration of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Vanity, 1965.
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Three-page essay that encourages readers of the Book of Mormon to study the volume in such a way that they will receive a testimony.

ID = [78301]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1965-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Roberts, B. H. “Suggestions to the Reader of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 50, no. 35 (1888): 554-558.
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Suggests that the reader remember that the Book of Mormon is an abridgment of records of a more extensive nature. The first one hundred fifty-seven pages, however, are the writings of Nephi and were inserted just as they came from the hand of Nephi and those kings who followed him. The latter part of the book was the work of Moroni, Mormon’s son. The book must be read with real desire and a prayerful heart. The Holy Ghost will attend and confirm the divine origin of the book, but not in an imposing way—the reader must ask.

Keywords: Abridgment, Large Plates of Nephi, Mormon (Prophet), Moroni',s Promise, Scripture Study, Small Plates of Nephi
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76660]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-08-27  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,millennial-star,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Grover, Jerry D., Jr. Sumerian Roots of Jaredite-Derived Names and Terminology in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Challex Scientific Publications, 2017.
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The origin of Book of Mormon Jaredite names has been an enigma since the publication of the Book of Mormon. In a book that is the first of its kind, Jerry Grover, a professional civil engineer, geologist and translator has been able to reconstruct the Jaredite names from ancient Sumerian. The author’s approach is meticulous and scientific. This book is a landmark event in Book of Mormon studies and is a book that must be read by every serious student of the Book of Mormon and of Mesoamerican studies. The author is dedicating all proceeds from the book to additional scientific studies to cast further light on the ancient setting of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient America, Ancient Near East, Archaeology, Jaredite, Language, Language - Hebrew, Mesoamerica, Name, Sumerian
ID = [75453]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Stevens, Thelona D. A Summary of the Book of Mormon: Book by Book. Independence, MO: Foundation for Research on Ancient America, 1984.
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A booklet that provides a concise historical summary of each of the fifteen books of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77463]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Hancock, Ralph C. “The Summary of ’42, or Alma’s Reply to Ivan.” Tangents 4 (Spring 1976): 87-90.
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In Alma 42, Alma is explaining God’s just treatment of sinners. His explanation can be applied to modern questions regarding God’s justice, as in Alber Camus’s book The Rebel, wherein Dostoievski’s Ivan Karamazov thinks God is unjust not to save everyone and he (Ivan) refuses to be saved without the damned.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80660]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Miller, Adam S. “Summary Report.” In An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32, edited by Miller, Adam S. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2014.
ID = [81745]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Summary Report.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81833]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
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
Miller, Adam S., and Joseph M. Spencer. “Summary Report.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
ID = [81818]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Judd, Ella Mae. “Sunday Afternoon Workbook for Study of the Book of Mormon.” 3 vols. Phoenix: n.p., 1978.
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A Book of Mormon workbook designed for children 9-16 years of age. Contains questions, fill in the blanks, and charts.

ID = [78302]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Deseret Sunday School Union. Sunday School Outlines, First and Second Years. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1903, 1905, 1907.
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Outlines of lessons for Sunday School classes that cover many subjects relating to Mormonism, including the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78303]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1907-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Hart, John L. “‘Super Project’ Grows Up.” Church News 54 (4 March 1984): 3, 11.
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The Salt Lake Cottonwood Stake initiated a ‘Super’ Book of Mormon Family-to-Family program, and 27,274 personalized books have been donated.

ID = [78833]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1984-03-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Dibble, Charles E. “Superimposition in Central American Architecture.” Improvement Era 46, no. 8 (1943): 453.
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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-fifth part covers some characteristics about Central American architecture.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Architecture, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77128]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1943-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Hales, Brian C. “Supernatural or Supernormal? Scrutinizing Secular Sources for the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2019 FairMormon Conference. August, 2019.
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Keywords: Automatic Writing; Book of Mormon Authorship; Book of Mormon Translation; Cowdery; Joseph; Naturalistic Explanations for the Book of Mormon; Oliver; Rigdon; Sidney; Smith; Solomon; Spaulding; Sr.
ID = [32651]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2019-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 40438  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:44
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Supplement for Religion 421 and 422. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1968.
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Designed as a supplement for students in Book of Mormon classes to provide essential background information, to acquaint students with the doctrinal and other great messages of the Book of Mormon, and to provide them with additional materials and bibliographical sources. Includes visual materials relating to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77464]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Bailey, J. W. A. “Supplementary Notes On the Urim and Thummim.” Saints’ Herald 80 (15 March 1933): 338-39.
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The Urim and Thummim were instruments used in translating the Book of Mormon, were utilized by the brother of Jared, and were prepared by God to bring to light all the works of darkness and secret organizations.

ID = [80219]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1933-03-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Perry, Michael F. “The Supremacy of the Word: Alma’s Mission to the Zoramites and the Conversion of the Lamanites.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 119-137.
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This article explores the connection between Alma’s mission to the Zoramites in Alma 31 and the mass Lamanite conversion in Helaman 5, which occurs in part because the Lamanites who are intent on killing Nephi and Lehi in prison remember the teachings of Alma, Amulek, and Zeezrom delivered to the Zoramites decades earlier. This reading demonstrates that Alma’s mission to the Zoramites is not a failure, as some commentators have suggested; in fact, the eventual positive impact of the Zoramite mission readily compares to the success enjoyed by the sons of Mosiah among the Lamanites. This article also suggests that Mormon’s lengthy war narrative at the end of the book of Alma can be read as a literary unit designed in part to show, as Alma hoped and predicted at the outset of his Zoramite mission, that the word of God (at least eventually) has a “more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else” (Alma 31:5).

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Amulek; Conversion; Faith; Missionary Work; Word; Zoramite (Apostate Group)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [3323]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 46173  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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A selection of questions/answers dealing with Mormon belief. Representative Book of Mormon questions include: Why does the Book of Mormon use the terms “adieu,” “Bible,” and “baptize?” Why was Jesus was born at Jerusalem? Why have changes been made in editions of the Book of Mormon subsequent to the first edition? How is the Book of Mormon related to the writings of Spaulding and Ethan Smith?

ID = [77465]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 8  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24

Articles

Doxey, Roy W. “I Have a Question: Some passages in the Book of Mormon seem to indicate that there is only one God and that he is a spirit only. How can we explain this?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 5-11. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Doxey explains, citing many scriptures, how the Book of Mormon “does indeed teach that God the Father, his Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three separate beings and that the Father and the Son are not personages of spirit”

ID = [81040]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Ludlow, Daniel H. “I Have a Question: Why do we say that the Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel (D&C 20:9) when it doesn’t contain some of the basic teachings of the Church? Why doesn’t it include such doctrines as the three degrees of glory, marriage for eternity, premortal existence of spirits, and baptism for the dead?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 11-15. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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The Book of Mormon definition of the gospel of Christ is revealed in 3 Nephi 27:13-22: the Atonement, faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. None of the four compilers intended to include all of the teachings and ordinances of Christ. Important doctrines are restored when the church membership is ready to accept them.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [81042]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Brandt, Edward J. “I Have a Question: Why are the words adieu, bible, and baptize in the Book of Mormon? These words weren’t known in Book of Mormon times.” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 16-18. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Answers allegations that the words “adieu,” “bible,” and “baptize” in the Book of Mormon are anachronisms.

ID = [81043]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Ludlow, Daniel H. “I Have a Question: Shouldn’t Moroni’s promise in the Book of Mormon (Moroni 10:4) always work?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 18-21. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Ludlow analyzes Moroni’s promise in Moroni 10 and includes verses 1-5 that seem to indicate that it is necessary to study more than just the Book of Mormon. Biblical study is required, then ponder and pray with sincerity and faith, which makes one capable of recognizing the truths and promptings as the Holy Ghost manifests them.

ID = [81041]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Rasmussen, Ellis T. “I Have a Question: What are the best evidences to support the authenticity of the Book of Mormon?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 27-33. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Three evidences for the Book of Mormon are available—external, internal, and spiritual. Offers “seven key concepts” for identifying various internal evidences that “carry within them a spirit of authenticity”

ID = [81044]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Peterson, H. Donl. “I Have a Question: What is the meaning of the Book of Mormon passages on eternal hell for the wicked?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Dificult Gospel Questions, 45-50. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Points out that there are two hells identified in the Book of Mormon writings: one is the intermediate existence between death and the resurrection and the other is the never-ending state of the wicked. [D.M.]

ID = [81046]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Doxey, Roy W. “I Have a Question: What was the approximate weight of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 50-52. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Citing Joseph Smith’s own description of the physical appearance of the plates as well as several contemporary accounts of persons who were permitted to lift them, the author provides an approximate weight of the gold plates.

ID = [81039]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Nyman, Monte S. “Why Weren’t the Gold Plates Placed in a Museum?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 52-54. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Asserts that the golden plates were never made available for public view for two reasons: (1) the Lord did not want the plates—with their impressive monetary value—to be used for personal or commercial gain, and (2) to test the faith of those who receive the record.

ID = [81045]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Gillum, Gary P. “A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 26-30.
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Review of A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions.

Keywords: Apologetics
ID = [60]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 12329  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Magleby, Kirk. “A Survey of Mesoamerican Bearded Figures.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1979.
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No abstract available.

Keywords: Ancient America; Facial Hair; Mesoamerica
ID = [1529]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 74132  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Palmer, David A. “A Survey of Pre-1830 Historical Sources Relating to the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 1 (1976): 101-107.
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The Book of Mormon contains an interesting historical and religious record covering the period from before 2,000 B.C. to A.D. 400 Internal reconstruction of Book of Mormon geography shows that the specific events mentioned in the book probably took place in those parts of Mexico and Guatemala known as Mesoamerica; it was also in Mesoamerica that many of the great ancient American civilizations once flourished. Records were kept by the people of those civilizations, in addition to the book translated by Joseph Smith, and certain of the Prophet’s detractors claim that he had access to those records and “was familiar with the advanced state of the native civilizations in Central and South America as well as the relics of the early inhabitants of western New York because of the many books available on these topics,” further asserting that the Book of Mormon is simply a fanciful rewriting of already available material.The question having been raised, it is instructive to look at what substantial, authentic information on pre–A.D. 400. Mesoamerican history was available in western New York in 1829.

Keywords: Historical Sources; Mesoamerica
ID = [9343]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 1110  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:54
Thomasson, Gordon C. “The Survivor and the Will to Bear Witness.” 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: Alma the Younger; Amulek; Coriantumr (Jaredite); Ether (Prophet); Lehi (Prophet); Mormon (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Warfare; Witnesses
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [66521]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Peterson, Daniel C. “Susan Easton Balck, ed., Stories from the Early Saints: Converted by the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 40.
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Review of Stories from the Early Saints: Converted by the Book of Mormon (1992), edited by Susan Easton Black

ID = [115]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,peterson  Size: 17283  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Williams, Camille Stilson. “Susan Easton Black, Finding Christ through the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 3.
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Review of Finding Christ through the Book of Mormon (1987), by Susan Easton Black.

ID = [42]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 5707  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Welch, John W., Gordon A. Madsen, and Jeffrey N. Walker, eds. Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith’s Legal Encounters. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2015.
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Joseph Smith believed in sustaining the law. This book presents his main legal encounters in the context of his day. Party to more than two hundred suits in the courts of New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and elsewhere, he faced criminal charges as well as civil claims and collection matters. In the end, he was never convicted of any crime, and he paid his debts. These incidents were significant institutionally as well as personally. Eleven legal scholars analyze these legal encounters. Topics cover constitutional law, copyright, disorderly conduct, association, assault, marriage, banking, land preemptive rights, treason, municipal charters, bankruptcy, guardianship, habeas corpus, adultery, and freedom of the press. A 53-page legal chronology presents key information about Joseph’s life in the law. An appendix provides biographies of sixty lawyers and judges with whom he was involved, some being the best legal minds of his day. This book is for anyone interested in the life of Joseph Smith, whether general readers, historians, lawyers, or law students. Each chapter tells a fascinating story based on controlling legal documents—many just recently discovered—that allow detailed legal analysis and accurate understanding. The full book is available for free here: Sustaining the Law, edited by Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. walker, and John W. Welch Individual chapters: Preface Introduction Joseph Smith and the Constitution The Smiths and Religious Freedom Jesse Smiths 1814 Church Tax Protest Standing as a Credible Witness in 1819 Being Acquitted of a Disorderly Person Charge in 1826 Securing the Book of Mormon Copyright in 1829 Organizing the Church as a Religious Association in 1830 Winning against Hurlbuts Assault in 1834 Performing Legal Marriages in Ohio in 1835 Looking Legally at the Kirtland Safety Society Tabulating the Impact of Litigation on the Kirtland Economy Losing Land Claims and the Missouri Conflict in 1838 Imprisonment by Austin Kings Court of Inquiry in 1838 Protecting Nauvoo by Illinois Charter in 1840 Suffering Shipwreck and Bankruptcy in 1842 and Beyond Serving as Guardian under the Lawrence Estate 1842-1844 Invoking Habeas Corpus in Missouri and Illinois Defining Adultery under Illinois and Nauvoo Law Legally Suppressing the Nauvoo Expositor in 1844 Legal Chronology of Joseph Smith Lawyers and Judges in the Legal Cases of Joseph Smith Glossary of Early Nineteenth-Century Legal Terms Contributors Index

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75343]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,church-history,welch,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:10
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker’: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 155-170.
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Abstract: This brief article explores Paanchi and Giddianhi as names evidencing the Egyptian onomastic element –anchi/anhi/ʿnḫ(i) and the potential literary significance of these two names in the context of Mormon’s narrative detailing the formation of the oath-bound secret combinations sworn with oath-formulae upon one’s “life” (cf. Egyptian ʿnḫ, “life”; “live”; “swear an oath [by one’s life]”). It also explores the implications for Mormon’s telling of Nephite history during his own time.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3648]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 39973  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Peterson, Daniel C. “Sweet Is the Word: Reflections on the Book of Mormon—Its Narrative, Teachings, and People.” BYU Studies 37, no. 2 (1997): 141.
ID = [11897]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,peterson  Size: 7502  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:12
Roper, Matthew P. “Swimming in the Gene Pool: Israelite Kinship Relations, Genes, and Genealogy.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 129-164.
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This article discusses the possibility that DNA is not dependable evidence either for or against the veracity of the Book of Mormon. It is difficult to ascertain whether Book of Mormon people were literal descendants of Israel and how similar those genetics are with modern Israelites. Therefore, no conclusive statements can be made concerning the DNA of Book of Mormon people.

Keywords: DNA; Genealogy; Genetics; Historicity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [454]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 80122  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Butterworth, F. Edward. The Sword of Laban. 4 vols. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1969, [R]1972.
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A fictional narrative written especially for youth. The story of the exodus of Lehi and his company from Jerusalem is told to Moroni by his father, Mormon, during the final battle between the Nephites and Lamanites. [J.W.M.]

ID = [78669]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Benson, Reed A. “Sword of Laban.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Sword of Laban, Weaponry – Sword
ID = [75097]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 1808  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:09
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
Holbrook, Brett L. “The Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority and Kingship.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2 no. 1 (1993).
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Swords often symbolize divine authority and kingship. Numerous examples from the mythology, literature, and history of the world attest to distinct patterns. The sword of Laban from the Book of Mormon fits these patterns and can be compared to the sword of Goliath. The sword of Laban can also be traced as part of the royal regalia that provides authority throughout Nephite history and later as it appears in the restoration. The sword of Laban as associated with Joseph Smith came to be an additional witness of his authority and of the divine sanction for his work.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Authority; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; King Benjamin; Nephite; Sacred; Smith; Sword of Laban; Symbolism; Weaponry
ID = [2828]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 75943  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Roper, Matthew P. “Swords and Cimeters in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 1 (1992).
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Roper examines the use of the terms sword and cimeter in a Mesoamerican setting as well as in the Book of Mormon text. The macuahuitl was a fearsome weapon consisting of a long, flat piece of hardwood with grooves along the side into which sharp fragments of flint or obsidian were set and glued. Our knowledge of this weapon comes more from written accounts than actual artifacts because few specimens have survived. The Book of Mormon sword of Laban was used as a model for making swords, but they were not necessarily made of the same material. The discussion in Alma 24:12 having to do with stained swords would make particular sense with wooden swords. Cimeters, or scimitars, differ from swords in having curved blades. Several kinds of swords and cimeters that were in use in ancient Mesoamerica are plausible candidates for Book of Mormon weapons.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [2994]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 44520  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Hamblin, William J., and Brent Merrill. “Swords in the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 329-351. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica; Metallurgy; Warfare; Weaponry; Weaponry – Sword
ID = [82141]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Thomas, Mark D. “Swords Into Pruning Hooks.” Sunstone 15 (October 1991): 55.
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Discusses the historicity of the Book of Mormon and the mistranslation of “steel bow” for the biblical “brass bow”

ID = [80220]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Grover, Jerry D., Jr. The Swords of Shule: Jaredite Land Northward Chronology, Geography, and Culture in Mesoamerica. Provo, UT: Challex Scientific Publishing, 2018.
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The Olmec civilization has long been considered to be the Jaredite civilization. New evidence is presented here that provides a reliable correlation of chronology between Mesoamerican archaeology and the Jaredite timeline. New etymological and scientific evidence now provides a method of establishing a more detailed geography of the “land northward” referred to throughout the Book of Mormon, the Old World point of departure of the Jaredites, and Olmec cultural elements reflected in the Book of Mormon text.

Keywords: Ancient America, Book of Mormon Geography, Chronology, Culture, Jaredite, Mesoamerica, Metallurgy, Native Americans - Olmec, Recordkeeping, Ritual, Shule, Weaponry
ID = [75456]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Christensen, Ross T. “The Symbol of the Tree of Life in Ancient America, and the New Tree-of-Life Carving Discovered at Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico.” U.S.A.N. 59.22 (1 July 1959): 4.
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Sculptors of the tree of life carving found in Mexico must have been acquainted with Lehi’s/Nephi’s account. Draws information from Irene Briggs Woodford’s thesis. The carving in Mexico is recognized as Stela 5.

ID = [80662]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1959-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Christensen, Ross T. “The Symbol of the Tree of Life in Ancient America, and the New Tree-of-Life Carving Discovered at Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico.” In Progress in Archaeology: An Anthology, edited by Christensen, Ross T., 120-24. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
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Sculptors of the tree of life carving found in Mexico must have been acquainted with Lehi’s/Nephi’s account. Draws information from Irene Briggs Woodford’s thesis. The carving in Mexico is recognized as Stela 5.

ID = [80661]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Lane, Keith H. “Symbolic Action and Persuasion in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1990.
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Takes the methodology of Kenneth Burke to plead that Mormons read some passages of the Book of Mormon as rhetorical devices and accept Christ and live by his code. The rhetoric is couched within “scenes” from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80221]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Parry, Donald W. “Symbolic Action as Prophetic Curse.” 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: Captain Moroni; Curse; Prophecy; Symbolism
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [66502]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Lambert, Neal E. “The Symbolic Unity of Christ’s Ministry in 3 Nephi.” 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:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
ID = [36745]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 30646  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Insights. “‘Symbolism in Scripture’ Focus of Willes Center Conference.” Insights 30, no. 5 (2010).
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“Symbolism in Scripture” was the theme of the second biennial Laura F. Willes Center Book of Mormon Conference held recently. The conference included presentations by 13 scholars addressing such topics as “The Symbolic Use of Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon and Other Latter-day Saint Scripture” and “Light: The Master Symbol.”

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Latter-day Saints; scripture; baptism
ID = [66959]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2010-01-05  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Gardner, Brant A. “A Sympathetic but Flawed Look at Book of Mormon Historicity.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 49 (2021): 1-4.
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Review of Terrence J. O’Leary, Book of Mormon: A History of Real People in Real Places (Pennsauken, NJ: BookBaby, 2020). 274 pages. Softcover, $20.
Abstract: Terrence O’Leary enters the field of books attempting to describe a geographical and cultural background to the Book of Mormon. Placing the action of the text in Mesoamerica, O’Leary explains the Book of Mormon against his understanding of the geography and therefore culture of the Book of Mormon peoples. He begins with the Jaredites, then moves to the Nephites and Mulekites. Along the way, he uses historical data to back up his ideas. While I agree with much of what he has written in principle, his lack of expertise in the cultures of Mesoamerica leads to times when he incorrectly uses some of his sources.

ID = [6494]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 6412  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Insights. “Symposium Explores Widespread Tree of Life Motif.” Insights 26, no. 5 (2006).
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Scholars from various disciplines and institutions gathered in Brigham Young University’s Varsity Theater on 28 and 29 September 2006 to explore the pervasive and powerful tree of life motif as found in civilizations spanning the Far and Middle East to Mesoamerica and as expressed in Latter-day Saint scripture and art. The following report highlights the two presentations by visiting non–Latter-day Saint scholars and briefly summarizes the others.

Keywords: BYU; motif; scripture; art; tree of life
ID = [66824]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-05  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Welch, John W. “Synagogues 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: Amalekites (Nephite Apostate Group); Amlicites; Ancient Judaism; Judaism; Nephites; Order of Nehors; Synagogue; Worship; Zoramite (Apostate Group)
ID = [66498]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Adams, William James, Jr. “Synagogues in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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The Book of Mormon mentions synagogues in twenty-five passages. An important resource that may help us understand what the Book of Mormon means by the word synagogue is the body of research on biblical synagogues. This is especially true of research related to the years prior to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, which began in 586 BC, since this is the time period when Lehi left Jerusalem. We would expect, therefore, that the nature of biblical synagogues before the captivity would have greatly influenced the concept of the synagogue that Lehi and his family took with them to the New World. In this article, William J. Adams Jr. details the historical development, nature, and cultural function of synagogues of the biblical era and relates them to the history, form, and religious function of synagogues in the New World.

ID = [3018]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1752  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Ley, Zenas H. “Synopsis of a Discourse Delivered at Lamoni, Iowa.” Saints’ Herald 26 (15 December 1879): 360-71.
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The sealed book foretold in Isaiah 11 is the Book of Mormon. To bring this book to light was the divine call of Joseph Smith. The “other sheep” of whom Jesus Christ referred were the people on the American continent.

ID = [80222]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-12-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Gurley, Zenas H. “Synopsis of a Discourse Delivered at Lamoni, Iowa.” Saints’ Herald 26 (15 December 1879): 369-71.
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Examines Isaiah 29:1-6, Deuteronomy 18:22, Revelation 14:6-7, and finds these passages are related. They speak of a sealed book that the speaker believes to be the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80223]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-12-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Griffin, Carl W. “Syriac Manuscripts from the Egyptian Desert.” Insights 31, no. 1 (2011).
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The birthplace and spiritual heart of Christian monasticism is the Nitrian Desert of Egypt and the long, shallow valley of Scetis (Wadi el-Natrun). It was to here, from the fourth century onwards, that Macarius the Great and others of the sainted desert fathers retreated from the world, devoting their lives to worship and prayer. While some monks chose to live in isolation as hermits, many others banded together to establish the first monasteries, building churches for worship and libraries for study.

Keywords: Christian; Egyptian desert; manuscripts; libraries
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [66971]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:59
Griffin, Carl W. “Syriac Studies Reference Library Now Completed.” Insights 27, no. 5 (2007).
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On June 20, 2001, representatives of BYU’s Maxwell Institute, The Catholic University of America (CUA), and Beth Mardutho, a Syriac studies institute, met together to discuss the digital imaging of key holdings in the Semitics/ICOR Library of CUA’s Mullen Library. CUA’s Semitics/ICOR Library houses one of the largest collections in the world of early and rare books on the Christian East. All parties shared a particular interest in early Syriac printed works, both for their continuing value to contemporary Syriac Christian communities as well as to Syriac scholars. Many early printed catalogs, text editions, grammars, lexica, and other instrumenta and studies have never been superseded or replaced. Their rarity and inaccessibility to scholars has long been a serious problem for the field of Early Christian Studies. The faculty and staff of Catholic University recognized this need as well and generously agreed to work with BYU and Beth Mardutho to provide digital access to their collection. BYU and Beth Mardutho entered into a three-way agreement with CUA to scan a broad selection of their Syriac book holdings, with BYU focusing on titles of primarily academic interest and Beth Mardutho on materials of broader interest to the Syriac churches. The results of this Institute project are now avail-able free of cost on the Web as the Brigham Young University & The Catholic University of America Syriac Studies Reference Library (http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/cua/).

Keywords: BYU; library; Syriac studies; churches
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Skousen, Royal. “The Systematic Text of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 2 (2002).
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Royal Skousen explains in detail the internal consistency of the original text of the Book of Mormon. He references several verses of the Book of Mormon to discuss five main points: consistency in meaning; systematic phraseology; variation in the text; conjectural emendation; and revising the text. By examining these five aspects, Skousen shows that neither the message nor the doctrine of the Book of Mormon loses credibility as a result of textual changes. Skousen also mentions that the consistency in the manuscripts suggests that Joseph Smith did not receive the text as a concept but rather received it word for word.

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