Select Page

Book of Mormon Bibliography
Alphabetical by Title

See the icons used for the links to the available media types for an article

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 — 9
T
Lyon, T. Edgar, Jr. T. Edgar Lyon: A Teacher in Zion. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2012.
Display Abstract  

A teacher at the Salt Lake Institute of Religion for three decades, T. Edgar Lyon regularly drew more students than could squeeze into his classroom. Lyon’s gift as a vivid storyteller made Church history “come alive.” Dr. Lyon, eyes twinkling, would ask: “Why did Brigham Young choose oxen over horses or mules to move wagons westward?” “Better gas mileage,” Lyon beamed: “They could survive on poor grass without supplemental grain, and they ate less in comparison to the weight they pulled.” Lyon always affirmed, “The testimony is in the details.” Lyon’s rich biography, revealed through an engaging narrative, explores his mission and mission presidency in the Netherlands, University of Chicago study under renowned biblical scholars, contributions to seminary and institute programs during the Church Educational System’s formative years, and work with the Nauvoo Restoration project.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75344]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,brigham,byu-studies,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Smith, Robert F. “Table of Relative Values.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 46.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This table compares Nephite weights and measures with Egyptian values and gives possible equivalents in grams and ounces.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Economics; Economy; Egypt; Nephite; Weights and Measures
ID = [3009]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1729  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Christensen, Kevin. “Table Rules: A Response to Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 37 (2020): 67-96.
Display Abstract  

Review of Elizabeth Fenton and Jared Hickman, Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019). 456 pages. $99 (hardback), $35 (paperback).Abstract: Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon is an ambitious collection of essays published by Oxford University Press. By “Americanist” the editors refer to their preferred mode of contextualization: to situate the Book of Mormon as a response to various currents of nineteenth- century American thought. The “table rules” in this case determine who gets invited to the table and what topics can be discussed, using what types of evidence. The approach is legitimate, and the contributors offer a range of interesting perspectives and observations. Several essays base their arguments on the notion that the Book of Mormon adapts itself to a series of racist tropes common in the nineteenth century. In 2015, Ethan Sproat wrote an important essay that undercuts the arguments of those authors, but none of them address his case or evidence. This raises the issue of the existence of other tables operating under different assumptions, confronting the same text, and reaching very different conclusions. How are we to judge which table’s rules produce the best readings?
.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3510]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64611  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Anderson, Jack Northman. “Take It from a Famous Explorer.” Improvement Era 47, no. 2 (1944): 82, 118-120.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article presents archaeological evidence of the Book of Mormon. It introduces the similarities between the religion of the Incas and Christianity, and a possible connection between the ancient Sumerians and the inhabitants of Ancient America.

Keywords: Ancient America – South America, Ancient Near East, Archaeology, External Evidence, Native Americans – Incas, Religion, Sumerian, Transoceanic Contact
ID = [77061]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1944-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Giles, Christie. “Taking It Personally.” New Era 23 (March 1993): 26-29.
Display Abstract  

Description of a three-day conference where youth acted out the Book of Mormon in order to better understand and gain testimonies of it.

ID = [80224]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Giles, Christie. “Taking It Personally.” New Era 23, no. 3 (1993): 26-29.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Description of a three-day conference where youth acted out the Book of Mormon in order to better understand and gain testimonies of it.

Keywords: Drama, Scripture Study, Study Helps
ID = [76617]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Neilson, Reid L., and Van C. Gessel, eds. Taking the Gospel to the Japanese, 1901–2001. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2005.
Display Abstract  

The first Latter-day Saint missionaries to Japan encountered formidable language, religious, and cultural barriers. After considerable efforts, Church officials closed the mission in 1924. Later, the gospel was reintroduced in mid-century, when it took root. Since that time, Mormon missionaries have baptized many believers, several missions have opened, auxiliary organizations such as the Relief Society have been instituted, and two temples have been constructed. This volume celebrates the Church’s first hundred years among the Japanese. The articles explore such issues as the Japanese presses’ portrayal of Mormonism and answer questions such as what the historical and cultural challenges are to successful missionary work in Japan; why the Book of Mormon needed to be translated three times in one century; and whether Latter-day Saint converts hail from specific areas based on the region’s religious traditions. The essays in the book let readers witness the expansion and growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints among the Japanese.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75345]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Ludlow, Jared W. “A Tale of Three Communities: Jerusalem, Elephantine, and Lehi-Nephi.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 2 (2007): 28-41, 95.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Prior to the Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem in 586 BC, Lehi took his family into the wilderness. Around the same time, another group of Jews fled to Elephantine in Egypt. Ludlow evaluates the Nephite group, the Elephantine colony, and the Jews in postexilic Jerusalem to show how the Nephites compared religiously with other Jewish groups. Social relationships, the Sabbath and festivals, priesthood officials, and temples played important roles in all three communities, with the importance and function of each varying among the three. On the other hand, scriptural texts strongly aided the reformation of Jerusalem and played an important role among the Nephites, beginning with the retrieval of brass plates from Laban, but the Elephantine community lacked texts related to the Hebrew Bible. After comparing the three, Ludlow shows that the Nephites created their own religious community, separate and independent from the religious community they left behind.

Keywords: Brass Plates; Community; Elephantine; Festival; Jerusalem; Lehi-Nephi (Polity); Priesthood; Scripture; Temple
ID = [3213]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 45735  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
King, Arthur Henry, and C. Terry Warner. “Talent and the Individual’s Tradition: History as Art, and Art as Moral Response.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by Ricks, Stephen D., and John M. Lundquist, 483-501. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Art; Literature
ID = [75779]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
King, Arthur Henry, and C. Terry Warner. “Talent and the Individual’s Tradition: History as Art, and Art as Moral Response.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2. Edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, pp. 483-501.
Display Abstract  

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.
Expresses a modification of T. S. Eliot’s these that expands the usual connotations of the terms “talent” and “tradition,” which suggests that there is a strong sense in which talents are fully employed by individuals only when they do not regard them as their own, and that there is an equally strong sense in which tradition exists only in the form of individuals in whom it is reincarnated.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Arts, Music, Theatre, Shakespeare
ID = [2367]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 36139  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:24
Card, Orson Scott. Tales of Alvin Maker. 3 vols. New York: TOR, 1987-89.
Display Abstract  

A science iction story that tells of the rise of a prophet with all the characteristics of Joseph Smith.

ID = [78304]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Stott, Graham St. John. “Talking to Angels; Talking of Angels: Constructing the Angelology of the Book of Mormon.” Religion & Theology 19, no. 1-2 (2012): 92-109.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

“Vision narratives report experiences that cannot be confirmed because they cannot be shared. Those who see angels can only receive confirmation and reassurance from the way that their testimony is accepted by others. Taking the publication of the vision reports found in the Book of Mormon (1830) as an example of a visionary’s concern for validation, the paper shows how Joseph Smith, Jr. (the book’s ’author and translator’) could rely on his readers confirming – by their tacit assent to what they read – the truth of what he held to be his own revelatory experience. However, as Smith thought of the ministry of angels as a relational rather than a referential term, and brought all instances of revelation under this heading, there could be a diffference between what was described (and assented to) and what was experienced.” [Author]

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., angelic visitations; Belief; Angels; Smith, Joseph, Jr., visions
ID = [82058]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Cowan, Richard O. “The Tame and Wild Olive Tree.” Instructor 99 (October 1964): 415-16.
Display Abstract  

The prophet Zenos outlined the history of Israel in the allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5. Author includes a graph depicting the scattering and gathering of Israel.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [80663]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Swiss, Ralph E. “The Tame and Wild Olive Trees— An Allegory of Our Savior’s Love.” Ensign, August 1988.
ID = [48687]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13926  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:11
Griffith, Michael T. Tannerism—Shadow or Reality?. Private, 1980.
Display Abstract  

Challenges the competence of the Tanner’s views on general Book of Mormon issues.

ID = [78305]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Despain, Goldie B. “The Tapestry of the Ages.” Instructor 103 (November 1968): 458.
Display Abstract  

Traces the succession of those who kept the records of the Book of Mormon until Moroni gave them to Joseph Smith.

ID = [80664]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Walker, Ronald W. “Task of Translation.” Church News 50 (1 March 1980): 16.
Display Abstract  

The story of the translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese.

ID = [80225]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1980-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Taste and Feast: Images of Eating and Drinking in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 33, no. 4 (1993): 743-752.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Interwoven throughout the Book of Mormon are images of eating and drinking that serve as symbols and metaphors inspiring readers to flee degradation and partake of eternal life. In significant ways, the Book of Mormon employs images of eating and drinking or the absence of them to develop implications of survival, social relations, and covenants. Its metaphorical use of these images is especially rich. It calls to those who approach it, “Taste and feast.”

Keywords: Feasting; Imagery
ID = [12186]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 20857  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:14
Nordgren, Weston N. “Taught by Their Mothers.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 91, no. 19 (9 May 1929): 297-98.
Display Abstract  

Compares modern-day missionaries to the stripling warriors of Helaman.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [81414]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-05-09  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Rossiter, Ernest Crabtree. Te Buka A Mormona. Papeete, Tahiti: LDS Church, 1919.
Display Abstract  

A 44-page work that features a series of questions and answers about the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78306]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1919-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Rioux, Emilien. “Teach Them to Read the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, April 2016.
ID = [61442]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1607  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:38
Unattributed. Teacher Test Handbook for the Book of Mormon Student Manual. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Instruction and the Instructional Development Program, 1972.
Display Abstract  

Recommendations for lessons and sample questions with answers for teachers of Book of Mormon classes.

ID = [78307]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Teaching Concerning Death, Judgment and the Hereafter in the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (8 February 1947): 10, 12.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon clearly teaches God’s plan in respect to the afterlife. Death is necessary for all individuals (2 Nephi 2:22-25). This life is the time to prepare to meet God (Alma 34:32, 34-35). In the spirit world there is a division of people who await the resurrection (Alma 40:9-14). There will be a judgment and all will be given a just reward according to their actions and desires (Alma 41:3-5, 2 Nephi 9:14).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80665]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-02-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Parry, Donald W. “Teaching in Black and White.” 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 > Devil
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [36793]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 14650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Matheson, R. Mark. “Teaching in the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 7 no. 1 (2006).
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [37980]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 34227  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:29
Spencer, Joseph M. “Teaching The Book of Mormon at the University of Vermont: An Interview with Elizabeth Fenton.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
Display Abstract  

Elizabeth Fenton’s first book-Religious Liberties: Anti-Catholicism and Liberal Democracy in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture-appeared in 2011. The next year, she began presenting work on the Book of Mormon, first in a conference paper at the annual convention of C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, and then in an invited lecture at the University of Maryland titled “Why Americanists Should Read The Book of Mormon.” In 2013, she published her conference presentation from the previous year in J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists. The next year, Fenton organized a panel at C19 focused on the Book of Mormon, which drew the attention of Jared Hickman and opened the door to an important collaborative project, soon to come to fruition in the form of Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, a collection of essays by various scholars forthcoming from Oxford University Press. In 2016, Fenton presented again at C19 on the Book of Mormon (this time in a comparative study involving The Anarchiad), and she also published in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies a review essay focused on Grant Hardy’s Understanding the Book of Mormon. The past five or six years have, for Fenton, been focused in a remarkable way on literary study of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81906]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Swift, Hales. “Teaching the Gospel and Following the Spirit (Alma 18).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 23, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6472]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 4751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Church Educational System(CES). Teaching the Scripture Readers: A Beginning Course Teacher Manual. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1984.
Display Abstract  

A lesson guide for teachers of students who are non- readers or beginning readers. There are various games and activities that are Book of Mormon related.

ID = [78308]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Cowan, Richard O. Teaching the Word: Religious Education at Brigham Young University. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
Display Abstract  

Religious instruction has been central to Brigham Young University’s unique mission since the beginning. Religious Education faculty and staff members identify with those whose commission it was in ancient times “to teach the word of God among all the people” (Helaman 5:14; see also Alma 23:4; 38:15; 2 Timothy 4:2). Therefore, it has been their desire, as it was with two of Lehi’s sons, to teach . . . the word of God with all diligence” (Jacob 1:19). This book tells the story of BYU’s efforts to fulfill the Savior’s commission. ISBN 978-0-8425-2708-8

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [33297]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 10  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:46

Chapters

Cowan, Richard O. “Preface.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35629]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 1891  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Beginnings.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Education
ID = [35630]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 22879  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “A New College.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35631]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 15972  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “The Hub of the University: 1970–79.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35632]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 21250  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Reaching beyond the Classroom: 1980–2000.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Education
RSC Topics > L — P > Outreach
ID = [35633]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 31928  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Continuing Contributions: 2000–Present.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Education
ID = [35634]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 20906  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Epilogue: The Future of Religious Education.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35635]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 971  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Appendix A: Excerpts from Foundational Documents.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35636]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 52793  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Appendix B: Administrative and Other Officers.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35637]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4588  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Cowan, Richard O. “Appendix C: Full-Time Religious Education Faculty.” In Teaching the Word. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
ID = [35638]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5754  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:14
Pearson, Glenn L., and Reid E. Bankhead. Teaching with the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1976.
Display Abstract  

A revised edition of A Doctrinal Approach to the Book of Mormon, containing the authors’ Book of Mormon study system. [C. W.]

ID = [78309]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Nutting, John Danforth. The Teachings of Mormonism and Christianity Compared With The Bible And Sound Reason. Cleveland, OH: Utah Gospel Mission, 1928.
Display Abstract  

A critic finds that Joseph Smith worked with Sidney Rigdon to revise Christian religion to suit their own claims that the Bible was imperfect. For this reason they claimed to have found gold plates and “translated” them and then “translated” the Bible when neither knew a word of Hebrew or Greek. No further revelation was needed for the truth has already been revealed.

ID = [78670]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1928-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Abrea, Angel. “Teachings of Nephi.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, May 25, 2004.
ID = [71789]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-05-25  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:56
Unattributed. “Teachings of the Book of Mormon.” Young Woman’s Journal 24-25 (July 1913—June 1914): 443-47, 447- 50, 507-11, 511-14, 564-67, 567-71, 635-39, 639-44, 697-701, 701-6, 764-68, 768-72, 57-61, 61-66, 123-26, 126-30, 188-91, 192-95.
Display Abstract  

Series of lessons that teach Book of Mormon doctrine. Subjects include: Father in Heaven, divine nature of man, the Fall, the Atonement, priesthood among the Nephites, faith, sin, resurrection, salvation of the dead, the Second Coming, judgment, continual revelation, testimony, the doctrine of reward, the spiritual and the natural world.

ID = [80226]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Fry, Evan A. “The Teachings of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 87 (23 November 1940): 1487-89.
Display Abstract  

The teachings of the Book of Mormon tend to clarify controversial theological subjects such as baptism, repentance, the purity of little children, spiritual gifts, riches of the world, and marriage.

ID = [80666]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-11-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Berrett, William Edwin. Teachings of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union Board, 1950, [R]1952.
Display Abstract  

Sunday School manual comprising forty-four lessons designed for beginning students of the Book of Mormon. Topics include faith, repentance, baptism, and the nature of God.

ID = [78310]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Unattributed. “Teachings of the Book of Mormon on Priesthood.” The Rod of Iron 1 (October 1924): 37-39.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon teaches that men were ordained to the priesthood before they came to earth. God gives the priesthood to men, and then they are born to the priesthood in the patriarchal lineage. The priesthood is an eternal institution and the calling of men to it can only come through God.

ID = [80227]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1.” Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1989. Provo, UT: Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, 2004.
Display Abstract  

482 pp. Transcripts of 29 lectures.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [1255]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size: 1304993  Children: 29  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17

Talks

Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 1—Book of Mormon—Like Nothing Else.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 1—10. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

An introduction to Hugh Nibley’s Teachings of the Book of Mormon class.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Book of Mormon Translation
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
ID = [1256]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 39721  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 2—Book of Mormon—Nephi’s Heritage.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 11—22. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

There are certain things about the Book of Mormon that we must notice at the beginning to get off on the right foot. . . . The opening of the Book of Mormon concerns our people, and it concerns also our world. To start, this lecture looks at the biographical nature of 1 Nephi and moves on to Nephi’s heritage and legacy.

Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
ID = [1257]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 41130  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 3—Book of Mormon—Geopolitics 600 BC.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 23—34. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “Geopolitics and the Rule of Tyrants, 600 B.C.“
There is nothing more rmarkable about the Book of Mormon than its cultural history. It is loaded with details that give us an insight into the culture of a particular people. It describes three distinct cultures, and it describes them vividly. A look into why 600 B.C. is considered by historians to be the “pivotal year“ and what that means for the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Politics
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
ID = [1258]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 42121  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 4—Book of Mormon—600 B.C.: Setting the Stage.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 35—46. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

One thing to make a hort remark about is the evidence for the Book of Mormon. They talk so much about archaeological evidence that always comes up where the Book of Mormon is mentioned. If you want proof of the Book of Mormon, you must go to the Old World. You won’t find it in the New World.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Archaeology; Jerusalem (Old World)
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
ID = [1259]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 43936  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 5—Book of Mormon—Jeremiah and Solon: Lehi’s Contemporaries.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 47—58. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “Insights from Lehi’s Contemporaries: Solon and Jeremiah.“
Lehi and his great contemporaries started a lot of chain reactions. We don’t mention them just because they were interesting curiosities, or anything like that, but because we are still living on their capital.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Jeremiah (Prophet); Jerusalem (Old World); Solon
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
ID = [1260]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley,old-test  Size: 46018  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 6—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 1 and Jeremiah 29, Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 59—72. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “Souvenirs from Lehi’s Jerusalem.“
Lehi had full baggage. Remember, his people were especially prepared to transfer the culture from one world to the other. We want to find out first what happened to Jeremiah because that’s very much in the story of Lehi. The reason we are bringing this up is that there are some marvelous documents that have appeared “out of the blue“ right from Lehi’s day.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Jerusalem (Old World); Laban (Old World); Lachish Letters; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1261]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley,old-test  Size: 47186  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 7—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 1 and Jeremiah.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 73—84. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “The Days of King Zedekiah: ’There Came Many Prophets.’“
Nephi has the four qualities that Matthew Arnold attributes to Homer. The Book of Mormon has them; I don’t know anything else that has them. If you were to be asked, “What is the significance of the Lachish Letters for the Book of Mormon?“ They are immensely important.

Keywords: Jeremiah (Prophet); Jerusalem (Old World); Lachish Letters; Lehi (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1262]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley,old-test  Size: 41867  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 8—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi, Escape from Doom.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 85—96. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Let’s review quickly the first book of Nephi.

Keywords: Ancient America; Arabia; Lachish Letters; Lehi (Prophet); Prophecy; Theophany
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1263]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 45604  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 9—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 1—3, 15.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 97—110. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “In the Wilderness.“
The Book of Mormon is a handbook; it’s everything. It’s all in there, far more than you think.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Arabia; Bar Kokhba Letters; Copper Scroll; Dead Sea Scrolls; Wilderness
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1264]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 51063  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 10—Book of Mormon—Dead Sea Scrolls.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 111—22. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “The Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea Scrolls.“
Now we are going to talk about the Book of Mormon and the Jews in the light of the new discoveries (the Dead Sea Scrolls).

Keywords: Bar Kokhba Letters; Copper Scroll; Dead Sea Scrolls
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [1265]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley,old-test  Size: 44736  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 11—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 4—7, Scripture and Family.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 123—36. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ishmael; Ishmael\'s Daughters; Ishmael\'s Wife; Jerusalem (Old World); Laban; Lachish Letters; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Sacrament; Serekh Scroll; Sons of Ishmael; Zoram (Servant of Laban)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1266]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 49382  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 12—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 8—11, The Tree of Life.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 137—50. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A discussion about the Tree of Life.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Copper Scroll; Dream; Jerusalem (Old World); Lehi (Prophet); Tree of Life; Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1267]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 49069  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 13—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 12—14, Nephi’s Vision.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 151—64. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

We were noting that chapter ten of 1 Nephi deals with the Jaws. Chapter eleven does something else. Chapter twelve deals with the New World version: Israel in the New World, the Book of Mormon people. Chapter thirteen deals with the Gentiles and the whole world; it takes the world view.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Dream; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Promised Land; Prophecy; Tree of Life; Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1268]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 53479  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 14—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 15—16.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 165—78. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “The Liahona and Murmurings in the Wilderness.“
We start out with the last place to look if we want to find information. It starts out, “I returned to the tent of my father.“

Keywords: Arabia; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Liahona; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Wilderness
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1269]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 47352  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 15—Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 17—19, 22; Toward the Promised Land.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 179—92. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Now, we’ve got the seventeenth chapter, the seventh verse, when the Lord says, you will make a boat: “Thou shalt construct a ship.“ He didn’t have time to scout around for the necessary metals. The Lord told him, I can tell you where to get them. We said they were adept in ores: where to find ores, and how to make the bellows.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Arabia; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Shipbuilding; Transoceanic Voyage
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
ID = [1270]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 53709  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 16—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 1—4, Atonement.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 193—206. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “’Encircled . . . in the Arms of His Love’: Oneness with God and the Atonement.“
We start out with 2 Nephi, and we really get into some pretty deep stuff.

Keywords: Atonement; Promised Land
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1271]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 48429  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 17—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 2, The Law and The Atonement.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 207—20. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

We are on the second chapter of 2 Nephi, perhaps the hardest chapter in the book. It’s about the Law of Moses.

Keywords: Atonement; Law of Moses
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1272]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 49118  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 18—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 3—8.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 221—34. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “Lehi’s Family: Blessings and Conflict.“
2 Nephi 3 is a genealogical chapter, and it has strange phenomena in it which occur in genealogy all the time.

Keywords: Brass Plates; Genealogy; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Psalm of Nephi; Skin Color; Temple Worship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1273]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 51731  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 19—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 9 The Atonement and Judgment.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 235—48. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “Jacob’s Teachings on the Atonement and Judgment.“
The Book of Mormon was hand-delivered by an angel. There’s every evidence that it was, so let’s look at it.

Keywords: Atonement; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Judgment
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1274]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 49730  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 20—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 25, The Jews and Jerusalem.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 249—60. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

We have come to those chapters where Nephi talks about Isaiah. He gives his explanation in chapter 25, and that’s what interests us.

Keywords: Isaiah (Book); Isaiah (Prophet); Native Americans; Prophecy
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1275]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 44140  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 21—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 25—28, Nephi’s Prophecy of Our Times.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 261—74. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Now, Nephi is in his prophetic vein, and he is going to take us all the way.

Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi); Prophecy
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1276]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 52846  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 22—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 29—31, Scripture and Canon.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 275—88. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

We are on 2 Nephi 29. The Lord is talking about when He sets His hand again in these last days the second time to recover His people. There are no “God’s privileged people.“ He loves one as much as the other.

Keywords: Apocrypha; Canon; Prophecy; Pseudepigrapha
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
ID = [1277]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 52835  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 23—Book of Mormon—2 Nephi 32—33; Jacob 1—2.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 289—302. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “Rejecting the Word of God.“
We are on 2 Nephi 32, and are things going downhill fast. Here’s the first generation that has already gone bad, and Nephi is just terribly depressed. He ends on a down note, and then his brother Jacob takes it up.

Keywords: Atonement; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Strait and Narrow Path
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 2 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Jacob
ID = [1278]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 51302  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 24—Book of Mormon—Jacob 3—4, Filthiness and the Atonement.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 303—17 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

We’re on the book of Jacob. I’ve decided that more than any book in the Book of Mormon this has the ring of absolute truth, historical and everything else.

Keywords: Atonement; Jacob (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Jacob
ID = [1279]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 49554  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 25—Book of Mormon—Jacob 5—7; Enos.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 317—29 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “The Olive Tree; The Challenge of Sherem.“
In the fourth chapter of Jacob he rings the gong in verses 13 and 14. What he is talking about here is absolutely basic. Notice that verse 13 is one philosophy of life, and verse 14 is the other philosophy of life.

Keywords: Allegory of the Olive Tree; Enos (Son of Jacob); Jacob (Son of Lehi); Sherem; Zenos (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Jacob
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Enos
ID = [1280]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 48440  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 26—Book of Mormon—Enos, Jarom, Omni.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 329—42 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “The Struggle of Enos.“
Enos is an important book. It’s just one chapter, you notice, but what a chapter!

Keywords: Enos (Son of Jacob); Jarom (Son of Enos); Omni (Son of Jarom)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Enos
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Jarom
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Omni
ID = [1281]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 50112  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 27—Book of Mormon—Omni, Words of Mormon, Mosiah 1.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 343—56 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Also called “The End of the Small Plates; The Coronation of Mosiah.“
Well, now we’ve got to the point where in one verse they take care of the history of a larger people than the Nephites. It simply says they crossed the ocean and landed here, and that was that.

Keywords: Amaleki (Son of Abinadom); King Benjamin; King Mosiah; Mosiah the Elder; Mulekite; Phoenicians; Small Plates of Nephi
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Omni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Words of Momon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1282]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 51942  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 28—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 1—2, King Benjamin’s Speech.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 357—70 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

What we have here is a very good lesson on the subject of fear and trembling.

Keywords: King Benjamin; King Benjamin' s Speech
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1283]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 49130  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 29—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 3—5, King Benjamin’s Speech.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 , 371—84 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

King Benjamin’s speech and why it’s important, part 1.

Keywords: Covenant; King Benjamin; King Benjamin' s Speech
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1284]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size: 56710  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 2.” Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1989.
Display Abstract  

473 pp. Transcripts of 27 lectures.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the second of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988–90. Part two contains twenty-seven lectures focusing on Mosiah 6 through Alma 41. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [1641]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size: 1031413  Children: 27  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19

Talks

Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 30—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 6.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 1—12.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Kingship; Covenants.“
A discussion about Mosiah 6 and what it has to do with Mosiah’s kingship and the covenants the Nephites made after King Benjamin’s speech.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1557]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 42993  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 31—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 7.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 13—28.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Stable Civilizations; The Search for the Lost Colony.“
We come to chapter 7 now. The Book of Mormon tells us things we don’t like to be told. If it told us only what we wanted to hear, of course, we wouldn’t need it. But that’s the only part of the scriptures we are willing to accept. Well, here we go.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1558]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 39022  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 32—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 8–10.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 29—34.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Ammon and Limhi; The Record of Zeniff.“
We are on chapter 8 of Mosiah, and it is absolutely staggering what’s in here. We can’t stop for everything, but nevertheless it’s jammed in here.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1559]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 45004  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 33—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 10–11.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 35—48.
Display Abstract  

Also called “War and Defenses.“
We are on Mosiah 10:8, and things begin to happen that have a familiar ring. They try again here. Zeniff sent out his spies, and [the Lamanite king] is watchful and doesn’t miss a thing. This attack doesn’t go so well, but notice the situation and how they do it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1560]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 40941  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 34—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 12–14.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 49—62.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Abinadi’s Message.“
We are on chapter 12 of Mosiah where Abinadi comes among them. He gains entrance in disguise, and once in the midst of them, he throws off the disguise. That is a common device of the prophets.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1561]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48422  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 35—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 15–16.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 63—76.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Fulness of the Gospel; Human Nature.“
We are told that the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the everlasting gospel. That has often been challenged. Does it have everything in it? Well, what is the gospel? What is a fullness of the gospel?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1562]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 50672  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 36—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 16–18.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 77—92.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Abinadi and Alma.“
Now with Mosiah 17 comes a series of extremely interesting and significant stories. He really pours it on here. After Abinadi gave his sermon, what was the reaction? “The king commanded that the priests should take him and cause that he should be put to death.” And it’s very obvious why.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1563]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 59899  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 37—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 19–20.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 93—108.
Display Abstract  

Also called “King Noah; The Daughters of the Lamanites.“
King Noah is one of the most clearly drawn characters in the Book Mormon. He is drawn as a great artist would do it, by what he does and not by what he says. It’s very subtle throughout the Book of Mormon here.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1564]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 50917  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 38—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 20–23.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 109—122.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Dealing with Enemies; Kingship.“
We are on chapters 20 and 21 of Mosiah, on the important subject of how to deal with an enemy in just about every situation that comes up. It’s marvelous how these things are analyzed here. You get the impression that it really was carefully edited.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1565]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 52143  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 39—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 23–26.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 123—136.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Amulon and Alma.“
Now we come to one of the most satisfying parts of the Book of Mormon. This is what historiography should be. It’s full of drama, personality, and all sorts of things.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1566]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 49143  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 40—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 26–27.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 137—150.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Believers and Apostates.“
Mosiah 26 is an enormously important chapter, and the first verse is very impressive. Well, the first thing we notice is the tremendous speed with which things move in the Book of Mormon. This generation was alive in the time of King Benjamin, and all that has happened. It impresses one how much has happened in how short a time.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1567]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48537  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 41—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 27–29.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 151—164.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Alma’s Conversion; Mosiah’s Translating.“
Now this story about Alma’s conversion and confrontation with the angel is immensely important. It’s as important as anything in the Book of Mormon, and it’s directly applicable to us. These things concern us very closely. The issue to be decided is this: Which world shall we take seriously? What kind of name will we give the real one?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
ID = [1568]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 50052  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 42—Book of Mormon—Mosiah 29–Alma 1.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 165—178.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Treatise on Power; Priestcraft.“
We are in Mosiah 29:34 where he is talking about the king. These chapters are a magnificent treatise on power; that’s the thesis here. You won’t find a better one anywhere.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1569]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 49494  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 43—Book of Mormon—Alma 1–2.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 179—190.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Escapes; Wealth.“
Who does the escaping? and from what?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1570]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 43201  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 44—Book of Mormon—Alma 2–3.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 191—204.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Alma and Amlici.“
Things had been going very bad with the church because of Nehor, who had taken all the people away. They all thought they were the true church. Nehor did, and Alma did, too. A man by the name of Amlici thought he could “cash in” on the Nehor movement. He wanted to go all the way, become extreme right wing, and make himself king. So we have two factions facing each other.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1571]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 49298  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 45—Book of Mormon—Alma 4–5.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 205—218.
Display Abstract  

Also called “From Prosperity and Peace to Pride and Power; The Atonement.“
In the fifth year of the reign of the judges all that fighting and terrible stuff happened. Now we are in the sixth year, and everything is going pretty well. In the sixth year there were no contentions, for once. Of course there were no contentions; they were suffering too much from the setback in the wars.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1572]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 50358  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 46—Book of Mormon—Alma 5.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 219—232.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Rededication and Restitution; The Atonement.“
Now here’s the situation we have in Alma 5. Both Alma and his father had been having a constant struggle, as you know, to keep the Nephites in the path of duty. They were always drifting away, as Israel does. Could the two Almas be to blame? Were they too severe?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1573]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 51087  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 47—Book of Mormon—Alma 5–10.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 233—246.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Good and Evil; Foretelling Christ’s Birth.“
Now we’re on that long fifth chapter of Alma. In verse 53 he gets specific on something. You’ll notice in verses 40 to 43 he talks in general terms about evil and good. Verse 40: “For I say unto you that whatsoever is good cometh from God, and whatsoever is evil cometh from the devil [well, what is he talking about?]. . . . I speak in the energy of my soul.” Here he’s specific; he tells what he’s talking about in verse 53: “Can ye lay aside these things, and trample the Holy One under your feet; yea, can ye be puffed up in the pride of your hearts [now this is when he talks specifically about being evil]; yea, will ye still persist in the wearing of costly apparel and setting your hearts upon the vain things of the world, upon your riches?”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1574]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 52131  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 48—Book of Mormon—Alma 10–12.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 247—260.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Zeezrom and Lawyers.“
Alma 10 is the legalistic chapter. It’s on legalism and lawyers. It packs a real wallop and shows immense insight.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1575]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 53420  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 49—Book of Mormon—Alma 12–14.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 261—276.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Plan of Salvation.“
Alma 12 is perhaps the hardest chapter in the Book of Mormon. It’s the one that separates us farthest from the world. We are talking about free will, Adam’s fall, etc.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1576]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 55426  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 50—Book of Mormon—Alma 14–17.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 277—290.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Alma, Amulek, and Zeezrom; Ammon among the Lamanites.“
The hardest test of all is holding back. It’s not blowing up or doing violence. This is where the Latter-day Saints historically have been repeatedly tested and stood up to the test very well. The times they didn’t go to war were the times they always won. Then the other times when they blew their tops, it was not so good. Alma is being tested here in the jail to the breaking point.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1577]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 53049  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 51—Book of Mormon—Alma 17–19.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 291—304.
Display Abstract  

Also called “War; Ammon and King Lamoni.“
You may ask why we are getting stuck on this trivial episode about the waters of Sebus, but it’s a very important part of the Book of Mormon, and a very important part of warfare.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1578]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48143  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 52—Book of Mormon—Alma 19–22.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 305—318.
Display Abstract  

Also called “King Lamoni.“
We’re on Alma 19. These chapters that follow have a number of unusual things happening in them. But in other ages these things were not so unusual; they were sort of routine. These things sound quite fantastic in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1579]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 52491  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 53—Book of Mormon—Alma 23–27.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 319—332.
Display Abstract  

Also called “War.“
We have a long way to go, but there are some things that are much too important to miss. What we want to get now, just to begin with, is this general situation that seems so confused—this confused situation of battles, etc., in these chapters following Alma 22.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1580]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 53169  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 54—Book of Mormon—Alma 30–31.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 333—346.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Alma and Korihor.“
Now, if there ever were authentic and inspired passages in the Book of Mormon it’s these chapters we have come to in Alma. We really have something there. Nothing in the whole wide spectrum covered by the Book of Mormon is more significant than what is laid out in Alma 30–35.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1581]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47242  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 55—Book of Mormon—Alma 32–35.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 347—360.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Mission to the Zoramites.“
The Book of Mormon doesn’t dabble around, as historical romances and things like that do. It’s really to the “nitty gritty.” In this chapter 34, Alma is speaking to the other Zoramites.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1582]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 51841  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 56—Book of Mormon—Alma 36–41.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 2, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 361 to end.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Alma Addresses His Sons.“
Now we have come to Alma’s addresses to his three sons. Each is a very different character.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1583]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-29  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 54132  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 2: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1990. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Abstract  

473 pp. Transcripts of 27 lectures.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the second of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988–90. Part two contains twenty-seven lectures focusing on Mosiah 6 through Alma 41. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [711]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1993-01-02  Collections:  bom,mi  Size: 1031413  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 3.” Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1989.
Display Abstract  

360 pp. Transcripts of 29 lectures.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years, this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the third of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988–90. Part three contains twenty-nine lectures focusing on Alma 45 through 3 Nephi 20. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [1642]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size: 1115004  Children: 29  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19

Talks

Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 57—Book of Mormon—Alma 45.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 1—10.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Periodic Extinctions.“
Well, we obviously are living at the end of an age when things are going to change. We have to do something about it. What’s the handbook? What do we do? I panic when I read things like this. One answer comes—the Book of Mormon. You may think that’s a paradox, but it isn’t. We’ll see what the Book of Mormon is going to tell us.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1584]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 35922  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 58—Book of Mormon—A Review.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 11—22.
Display Abstract  

Also called “A Review of Book of Mormon Themes.“
I thought that since we are going to begin with Alma 46 and since I have not been looking especially at the Book of Mormon all summer, and neither have you, a review might be in order.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [1585]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 45779  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 59—Book of Mormon—Alma 46.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 23—36.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Book of Mormon Themes; Apostasy.“
We were talking about these recurrent themes in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1586]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 45927  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 60—Book of Mormon—Alma 46.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 37—48.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Title of Liberty; The Dead Sea Scrolls; The Flag of Kawe.“
We are on Alma 46. I said it before and I say it again. If this was all Joseph Smith ever left us, it would be very powerful evidence to his being a true prophet. It starts out on a theme that has become painfully obvious today.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1587]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 45264  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 61—Book of Mormon—Alma 46.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 49—60.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Evidence of the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.“
The prodigality of Alma 46 leaves my poor old noggin bemused. I don’t know how to handle it. I made a list last night of sixteen points of evidence it brings out, any one of which would be enough to write a book about. Just now before the class a question occurred to me, and it is very important for us to answer it here. Is our main interest here proving the Book of Mormon? No. What is our main interest in the Book of Mormon? Learning more about its message.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1588]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 40199  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 62—Book of Mormon—Alma 46.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 61—72.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Garment of Joseph; Religious Brotherhoods.“
We were talking about the battles and the scrolls. We are told in Alma 46:20 that Moroni waves his banner and summons the people to maintain this title upon the land, entering into a covenant with the Lord. They make a covenant, and they not only come under the banner but they also sign their names. They sign all their names.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1589]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 40148  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 63—Book of Mormon—Alma 47.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 73—84.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Religious Brotherhoods; The World (Babylon); Nomadic Warlords.“
In Alma 47 it becomes clear that there are different kinds of civilizations we are dealing with. We said last time that there are four different kinds. Why should there be four? Throughout the world—down at Lincoln Beach and all over South America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa you will find petroglyphs, and the commonest of all petroglyphs is this. That’s the quadrata. What do you think this stands for? It’s the sign of the cosmos. How do you think the most primitive people would be aware of the fact that it should be divided into no less than four parts? Those people are aware of it being on the earth because they look at the sky. What do you learn from the sky? In what direction does the sun rise? The sun goes down in the west and it comes up again in the east. Everybody notices that, you know. But today you’ll notice an interesting thing.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1590]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 42685  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 64—Book of Mormon—Alma 47.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 85—98.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Tragedy and Suffering in the Scriptures.“
Now we are on chapter 47 and some interesting phenomena emerge. You think everything will be an anticlimax after 46, don’t you? Well, you’re wrong. There are no anticlimaxes in the Book of Mormon, at least not many of them.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1591]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46360  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 65—Book of Mormon—Alma 48.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 99—110.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Warfare; World War II Memories.“
Now we have chapter 48. Do you think this going to be a letdown? This is on another subject, and it’s a “dilly.” It’s on war. Why do we have to bother about that? We’re beyond that sort of barbarism today, aren’t we? Well, I think I can save trouble by reading the introduction to a section on war.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1592]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 66—Book of Mormon—Alma 48.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 111—24.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Abraham; Clausewitz’s Rules of War; World War II Memories.“
You’re perfectly free to read the Book of Mormon anytime you want to, as fast as you want to. That’s not the idea. I’m pointing out a few things which you would overlook, which you wouldn’t see. These are important things, I think. I know you’ve overlooked them, because I’ve overlooked them for sixty years.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1593]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47808  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 67—Book of Mormon—Alma 48–49.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 125—36.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Clausewitz’s Rules of War.“
We ask why dwell on the savagery of ancient wars, of all things, in this enlightened age? The answer is because we haven’t changed one bit. It’s exactly as it was before. I came out by the same door wherein I went. This is one of the great lessons of the Book of Mormon—that we don’t improve, we don’t get any better at all. Today most men are as dense as they have ever been, and no matter how far back you go in time, you’ll find people just as enlightened as any alive today. The picture never changes; the balance never changes. That’s a sweeping statement, but it’s true.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1594]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 43736  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 68—Book of Mormon—Alma 49–50.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 137—48.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Clausewitz’s Rules of War; World War II Memories.“
“I don’t want to get morbidly engaged with this military stuff, but it has got me quite excited. We were talking about the “fog of war.” The main reason is that the Book of Mormon sets this forth so beautifully, so clearly, so succinctly. One hundred and seventy pages is quite an essay on war, but it
treats every aspect. It doesn’t leave anything untouched and it’s marvelous. Everything is in context. If you keep your eyes open, you’ll see this.“

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1595]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 42569  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 69—Book of Mormon—Alma 49–52.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 149—60.
Display Abstract  

Also called “World War II Memories.“
Well, the major earthquake on October 17, 1989, shows us certainly that things can get rough in this enlightened age. Of course, later on the Book of Mormon has a great deal to say about that sort of happening. Now we are dealing with the war sort of happening. We don’t want to linger on it too long, though the Book of Mormon, we notice, spends a lot of time on it. There’s a reason for that. As I said, we can read the Book of Mormon anytime, but there are some things that must be pointed out here.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1596]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47088  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 70—Book of Mormon—Alma 52–54.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 161—72.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Prevalence of Warfare.“
What kind of religious book is this that goes on telling us who moved where and what forces go where? Why the purely technical side? Well, these are the games men play, and there’s a purpose for putting them in here. Why these games? Is this to be the nature of our probation, waging battle?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1597]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 43890  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 71—Book of Mormon—Alma 54–57.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 173—184.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Formal Rules of Warfare.“
What does the word paradox come from? What does it mean? We use the word a lot. It has a double meaning.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1598]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46902  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 72—Book of Mormon—Alma 57–61.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 185—98.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Bar Kochba.“
What we’re supposed to do is read the Book of Mormon, isn’t it? So we are doing it. Wait a minute. Are we stuck in the mud of an eternal battlefield here? It looks that way, doesn’t it? I’m trying to break loose. I jumped the gun last time in my eagerness to bring it to a close, but this is a very important part, how wars close.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
ID = [1599]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48732  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 73—Book of Mormon—Alma 62–Helaman 1.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 199—210.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Book of Mormon Names.“
The plot thickens now as we get closer and closer to home. We are in Alma 62. Of course, Moroni was very, very glad and relieved to receive Pahoran’s letter. I wonder if he felt cheap or something when he found out he had been completely wrong after all the shouting, raving, and ranting against Pahoran. His heart was filled with exceedingly great joy to find out that he wasn’t a traitor, as he thought he was. He really jumped the gun that time. But at the same time “he did also mourn exceedingly.” Moroni is something of a manic-depressive, isn’t he? He’s an overachiever, he’s a military genius, and he only lives a very short life. He just wears himself out, I think. He’s that sort of person. We get these beautiful character delineations in the Book of Mormon. We learn that things are often wrong with the world, but [we should] be careful how we place the blame. We don’t want to do things like that.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Alma
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1600]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47305  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 74—Book of Mormon—Helaman 1–3.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 211—22.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Geography and Ecology.“
We’re in the first chapter of Helaman, and we’ve just come to Coriantumr’s exploit where he marched right into Zarahemla. The reason he could do it is because there was so much social unrest in Zarahemla. This Coriantumr was the leader, and he was appointed leader by the son of Ammoron who was the brother of that rascal Amalickiah. Tubaloth is a nephew of Amalickiah, and he was put in charge of things, but he put Coriantumr in charge.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1601]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 45284  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 75—Book of Mormon—Helaman 3–6.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 223—36.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Apostasy; The Gospel and World Religions.“
We begin with Helaman 3:30: “And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the right hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go no more out.” To sit down—it uses that a number of times in the Book of Mormon. Remember, you’re invited to go into the tent and sit down—have place with us. What he’s talking about is the old Mosaic law, which was abolished after Lehi left Jerusalem and the temple was destroyed. It was never the same after that. These people were familiar with the old custom—that going in and sitting down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is very important.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1602]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 50019  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 76—Book of Mormon—Helaman 6.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 237—48.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Crime; Secret Societies; Egyptian Mythology on the Origin of the World.“
We are on the sixth chapter of Helaman now. It is one of those epoch chapters; it’s like chapter 46 and others. If this was all we had of the Book of Mormon, it would be enough to attest to its authenticity right down to the ground. This is a chapter on crime. It starts out happily and then suddenly things go sour.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1603]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 43509  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 77—Book of Mormon—Helaman 6.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 249—60.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Modern Wickedness; Cain and the Origin of Secret Combinations.“
The Nephites were getting rich so they didn’t need wars anymore. They were rather happy about it. With riches of the world they hadn’t been stirred up to bloodshed nationally, so they got rich and were stirred up to private bloodshed. Their wars are lowered to a private level now. They are going to start doing that sort of thing, and then we get our prime time, as I mentioned before. “. . . to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might get gain.”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1604]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 40896  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 78—Book of Mormon—Helaman 6–10.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 261—74.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Great Rulers in History.“
In the sixth chapter the Nephites have gotten wicked again. Remember, the Lamanites wiped out the Gadiantons simply by preaching the gospel to them. That may seem extravagant to us. But the Nephites went on getting more and more wicked, and then see what happened. Why did they do this? Because they didn’t work at being righteous. You have to fast and pray and things like that. The Lord had blessed them, and this is the reason. They liked prosperity.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1605]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 51872  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 79—Book of Mormon—Helaman 11–13.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 275—88.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Hopi Indians; The Druze; Wisdom Literature; The Copper Scroll; The Chilam Balam.
When the Aztecs came to the valley of Mexico, and I quote, “their cities’ need for firewood was already denuding the valley of Mexico of trees. An epic famine . . .” We are going to have an epic famine here today, aren’t we—great famines and deforestation? What we find is steadily advancing drought in these chapters of Helaman; it’s very clearly indicated. All the clues are there, and they all fit together so beautifully, like this one: “An epic famine in the year one of the rabbit decimated the Mexican people. Their empire might well have fallen before they could employ the arts of the wheel or the bronze.” We don’t know about these other things. But how about these merchants going around when they got prosperous? They learned a thing or two from the Nephites, started to make money, and got rich. Does that mean they had to be wicked?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
ID = [1606]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46040  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 80—Book of Mormon—Helaman 13–3 Nephi 2.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 289—302.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Hopelessness in Wickedness; The Twelve Apostles at Far West, Missouri, April 1838.“
Now, we’re beginning to learn a lesson that these Book of Mormon people were having a hard time learning—that things do change. It’s not always going to be the same. They thought it was, you know.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Helaman
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1607]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 51982  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 81—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 3–5.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 303—16.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Rhetoric.“
Now the standard explanation today of all this misunderstanding that’s been going on between the Nephites, the Lamanites, the Zoramites, the Gadiantons, and all the rest of them—we would say piously is a lack of communication, wouldn’t we? They certainly aren’t communicating, and so we have a masterpiece of communication. This third chapter of 3 Nephi is the great letter. It’s really a lesson in communications. It’s typical of the official communique of our day. It’s smooth, it’s convincing, it’s conciliatory—and it’s totally false, as we’ll soon find.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1608]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 53895  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 82—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 6–7.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 317—30.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Byzantine Civilizations and Zion; Secret Combinations.“
Well, we’re in the sixth chapter of 3 Nephi, and everybody says at this point, “Well, this is where I came in. You mean we’ve got to go through this again?” As it starts out, you notice everything is lovely at the beginning.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1609]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 51264  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 83—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 8–11.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 331—44.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Great Catastrophes.“
Why do we go into such detail about the earthquake and storm? Well, it’s very accurate; it describes a typical one. But there’s a point to all this—a point to showing that all nature, all the earth, is in tremendous uproar. This is going to be followed by more uproar, and then suddenly comes the voice of the Lord. But first we have to see that the earth is dependent on him.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1610]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 52743  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 84—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 11–15.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 345—58.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Lord Teaches His People.“
Notice what happens. The Savior comes to them. If you were writing this, it would be the biggest challenge of all when you came to the big climax—the Lord finally comes. Now what does he do? What does he say? Does he just repeat the New Testament? Well, he does and a lot more too.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1611]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48850  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 85—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 16–20.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 3, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 359 to end.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Joy of the Lord’s Visit
We should notice some things here, such as the theme of the other sheep in 3 Nephi 16. Notice, suddenly it broadens out immensely. The other sheep all must be considered. Every individual in the whole world is going to get the full treatment. Here we see the earth from space, as one world, in this 16th chapter here, with all these other tribes. Then why is Israel so small in that case?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1612]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-30  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 53508  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 3: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1990. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Abstract  

360 pp. Transcripts of 29 lectures.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years, this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the third of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988–90. Part three contains twenty-nine lectures focusing on Alma 45 through 3 Nephi 20. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [712]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1993-01-03  Collections:  bom,mi  Size: 1115004  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4.” Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1989.
Display Abstract  

287 pp. Transcripts of 27 lectures with 5 lectures by John W. Welch.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the last of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988–90. Part four covers 3 Nephi 6 through Moroni 10. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [1643]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size: 785298  Children: 27  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19

Talks

Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 86—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 6.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 1—12.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Horse in the Americas; War and Prosperity.“
Why is 3 Nephi 6:1 a good place to begin a story? It ends one phase; it ends the war. It’s the end of an epic, and we begin a new phase.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1613]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 41625  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 87—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 6.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 13—22.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Style of Writing in the Book of Mormon; Pride, Gain, and Power.“
To start out I should ask a question. What do you notice in the first two verses of 3 Nephi 6? What do they have in common? What particular stylistic use do you find in the opening sentences of these two verses?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1614]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 41000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 88—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 6–7.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 23—34.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Government; Families and Tribes.“
A strange thing has happened, you see, very disturbing. Everything was going so well. They’d come through a terrible time; then everything was going too well. It all “came up roses”; everything was happy. Then we’re told in 3 Nephi 6:5 that things couldn’t be better. There was nothing to keep them from being completely happy. There were no economic, social, or any other kinds of problems except in themselves—that was the only trouble. And almost immediately things started going bad. It tells us the cause of it was what? We’ve already seen that. But in that case, what do you do? Isn’t that a remarkable parallel to things now?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1615]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 45010  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 89—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 7–8.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 35—46.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Conversion; Signs and Destruction.“
3 Nephi 7:14 talks about the splinter groups that always take place. You’re always going to find them, and they’re characteristic. This is the way it happens. You notice how rich this verse is.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1616]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47366  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 90—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 9.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 47—58.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Destruction and Blessings.“
Now we’re really getting in over our heads here. This chapter nine is pretty deep stuff. See, the Lord in the aretalogy tells us that he’s been doing all the destroying that’s been going on here. But first of all, what is the theme of the Book of Mormon? The theme of the Book of Mormon is, of course, salvation in Jesus Christ. But what is its historical message? What is its particular message to us? Remember, Parley P. Pratt wrote A Voice of Warning about the Book of Mormon. What’s it warning us against?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1617]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 44717  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 91—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 9–10.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 59—68.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Early Christians; The FIve Gospels.“
The whole Book of Mormon is centered on one focal point, isn’t it? It’s like a burning glass centered with ferocious concentration on one single point. What is there in chapters 9 and 10 of 3 Nephi that points that out? One little word keeps hammering away, repeating and repeating. The whole Book of Mormon is just centered on one person, isn’t it? And who is that? Christ.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1618]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 38455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 92—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 69—80.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Resurrection; The Forty-Day Ministry; Reality.“
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts show what remarkable fact about the resurrection toward which everybody had looked forward, which was to be the great climax of human history? When it actually happened, what was the reaction of most people to it, including members of the Church and apostles? Did they say, “Hooray, hooray, it has happened at last?” When somebody told them about it, what did they say? You’d expect them to be dancing in the streets.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1619]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46508  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 93—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi; Psalm 19.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 81—90.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Physical and Spiritual Bodies; Anthropism.“
There’s a difference between being naughty and being vicious and rancorous. It goes back to this marvelous idea we have in 3 Nephi. To the Christian world, Adam’s fall was the sin. There was everything nasty and vile that followed it. The world had become so nasty, corrupt, and decayed that Christians decided that having a body means being vile. You don’t have to, you know.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1620]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 31495  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 94—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 9–13.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 91—102.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Christ’s Ministry and Teachings.“
This sixth chapter—isn’t it something? Didn’t it just knock you off the Christmas tree? What’s the remarkable thing about it? I think it’s the most powerful editorial for us in the whole Book of Mormon, probably. I say that about every chapter, but this one really does it. This one covers all the ground. You’ll notice it starts out with a model society. They’ve been through a long war and suffered terribly. They return as a model society. They reform very wisely. They rehabilitate the enemy and all this sort of thing and begin immense prosperity. And then they start becoming spoiled. Then business becomes everything, and they’re divided into classes. Then, lo and behold, you get a secret government, the lawyers take over, and everything collapses. That’s the sixth chapter—what a marvelous cycle! It’s probably the most condensed cycle. Is it the story of American capitalism? Well, read it carefully; it’s very condensed. There’s an awful lot in it, but the next chapter does just like it. And what is the result of that?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1621]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48471  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 95—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 11–17.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 103—14.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Christ’s Membership; Christ’s Ministry.“
The editor of a Catholic journal told me in a letter that Joseph Smith was merely repeating the New Testament in 3 Nephi—it’s just the same old story. Well, what would you say to that? What did Jesus Christ say about that? He explained why he was telling them those things, and what did he say? Remember, he said, these are the same things which I taught the Jews in Jerusalem. Now, here’s the question. Would you expect him to teach something different?

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1622]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 50978  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 96—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 11–19.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 115—26.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Resurrection; The Forty-Day Ministry; Blessing the Children.“
The apostles made lost writings, a lot of them, and they are very rich. I notice that I cite fifty to a hundred of them here in this article, just dealing with the resurrection, that were not known or published in Joseph Smith’s day. Why do you think they weren’t widely published by the Christian world? They are the oldest writings we have, incidentally. The oldest Christian writings we have nearly all talk about the resurrection and nearly all have the heading “The Things Which the Lord Taught the Disciples in Secret after the Resurrection.” Why didn’t the Christian world preserve them? Well, it did—under cover.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1623]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 44672  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 97—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 11.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 127—136.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Sermon at the Temple; Law and Covenant.“
We all know the Sermon on the Mount—that’s Matthew 5–7. The Sermon at the Temple is in 3 Nephi 11–18. It is a monumental text. It is one of those texts that acts as a “Grand Central Station,” a switchboard through which almost everything else in the Book of Mormon sooner or later will pass.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1624]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 39147  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 98—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 11.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 137—44.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Christ at the Nephite Temple.“
Turn your attention to the content of the message of Jesus in the first part of the Sermon at the Temple. This is a sobering, deeply spiritual experience that the Nephites there at the temple in Bountiful were blessed to participate in. I am always humbled whenever I approach this text. As King Benjamin said, these texts are here that we can relive the experiences that those people were blessed to experience.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1625]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 34435  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 99—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 12–14.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 145—54.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Beatitudes; Christ’s Teachings.“
We continue our probing and developing of the hypothesis that the Sermon at the Temple provides us with temple-rich material which when viewed in a covenant-making context takes on new and important meanings and significance. I would like to continue to test this hypothesis in terms of looking at each of the elements in the text to see if they can be understood in this way.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1626]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 37385  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 100—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 15–18.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 155—64.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Sacrament Prayers; Implications of the Sermon at the Temple.“
Finishing up the last few elements in the Sermon at the Temple and considering some implications.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1544]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 38515  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 101—Book of Mormon—3 Nephi 19–4 Nephi 1.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 165—74.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Understanding the Sermon at the Temple; Zion Society.“
It seems that there are wide-ranging implications for our lives and for our understanding of the Book of Mormon, other scripture, the temple, and a lot of other things as a result of our understanding of the Sermon at the Temple.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
ID = [1545]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 38944  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 102—Book of Mormon—4 Nephi 1.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 175—86.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Zion Society.“
Every book in the Book of Mormon is the most marvelous in the world, but this is really something. They’re all like this, but this is a particularly important book. Of course, I’m referring to that miraculous work, 4 Nephi.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 4 Nephi
ID = [1546]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46788  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 103—Book of Mormon—4 Nephi 1.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 187—98.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Prayer; Peace; Prosperity.“
A continuation of the previous lecture on 4 Nephi.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 4 Nephi
ID = [1547]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 44773  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 104—Book of Mormon—4 Nephi 1:27–Mormon 2.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 199—210.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Church Growth and Decline; Mormon Leads the Nephites.“
We’re following the sad declension by which the earthly paradise in 4 Nephi declined into the type of living hell which we find in many part of the world today. this is one of the most valuable texts we have in the world. There’s nothing like it. It shows us step by step exactly how it happens.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 4 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mormon
ID = [1548]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47012  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 105—Book of Mormon—Mormon 2–5.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 211—22.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Conflicts between the Nephites and Lamanites.“
From now on we really plunge into the depths.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mormon
ID = [1549]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 44624  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 106—Book of Mormon—Mormon 1–5.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 223—34.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Wickedness in War.“
The whole book of Mormon is a haunting book. It can’t leave you alone. The questions are, are the Nephites stubbornly bent on doing the wrong thing? What is this everlasting harping on repentance? What is the wickedness that the Nephites must repent of?

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mormon
ID = [1550]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 49801  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 107—Book of Mormon—Mormon 8–9.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 235—46.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Extinction of Moroni’s People; Roman Satire; Spiritual Gifts.“
Here you’ll notice Moroni takes up the story. He picks up the record at his father’s command and takes over the record at this time. This has all happened after Cumorah. This is about A.D. 401, so this is fifteen years after Cumorah. He writes the rest of Mormon’s book.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mormon
ID = [1551]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 51114  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 108—Book of Mormon—Mormon 9.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 247—58.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Book of Mormon and the Ruins.“
You can’t be neutral about the word fo the Lord. You can’t laugh it off exactly, and you can’t argue with it and get angry. No, just despise it. We don’t even consider that stuff. The only way you can reject it is to despise it.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Mormon
ID = [1552]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 46914  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 109—Book of Mormon—Ether 1–2.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 259—70.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Epic Literature of the Book of Ether.“
Ether left his tracks in the sand, but it was the brother of Jared that left most of them.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Ether
ID = [1553]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 49513  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 110—Book of Mormon—Ether 7–14.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 271—82.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Struggle for Power.“
Everybody was moving around. (The first few minutes of this lecture were not recorded.)

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Ether
ID = [1554]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 43274  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 111—Book of Mormon—Ether 2–8.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 283—94.
Display Abstract  

Also called “The Boats of the Jaredites.“
In cartoons, the bad guys are bad because they’re fighting the good guys, and teh good guys are good because they’re fighting the bad guys. That’s the only reason that’s ever given. Well, that’s the story of the Jaredites, isn’t it: the good guys and the bad guys fighting with no in-betweens. We’ll see more of that here.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Ether
ID = [1555]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 48460  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 112—Book of Mormon—Moroni 1–10.” In “Teachings of the Book of Mormon‚” series vol. 4, transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University across four semesters, Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988—1990. 295 to end.
Display Abstract  

Also called “Formula of Faith, Hope, and Charity; Gifts.“
In Moroni 1:1, Moroni tells us that he’s writing an appendix to the Book of Mormon. He hadn’t intended to write any more, but he had some time on his hands. He ended it with the Jaredites. That’s where it should end, back there, showing that they suffered the same things. Well, I’m going to skip to just the high points here, and then I may go back to some others.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > Moroni
ID = [1556]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 47717  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1990. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Abstract  

287 pp. Transcripts of 27 lectures with 5 lectures by John W. Welch.
Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the last of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988–90. Part four covers 3 Nephi 6 through Moroni 10. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [713]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1993-01-04  Collections:  bom,mi  Size: 785298  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Nibley, Hugh W. Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Abstract  

Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the first of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988-90. Part one contains twenty-nine lectures focusing on 1 Nephi through Mosiah 5. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [710]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,mi,nibley  Size: 1304993  Children: 31  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13

Articles

Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 1: Introduction - The Book of Mormon—Like Nothing Else.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 1-14. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Book of Mormon Translation
ID = [75735]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 2: Introduction - Nephi’s Heritage.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 15-28. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi)
ID = [75736]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lectures 1—10.” Lectures 1—10 in Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Keywords
Keywords: NULL
ID = [1542]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 3: Introduction - Geopolitics and the Rule of Tyrants, 600 B.C.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 29-42. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Politics
ID = [75737]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lectures 11—20.” Lectures 11—20 in Teachings of the Book of Mormon - Part 1. Transcripts of lectures presented to an Honors Book of Mormon class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990 Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Keywords
Keywords: NULL
ID = [1543]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:19
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 4: Introduction - Setting the Stage, 600 B.C.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 43-57. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Archaeology; Jerusalem (Old World)
ID = [75738]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 5: (Jeremiah) Insights from Lehi’s Contemporaries: Solon and Jeremiah.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 58-72. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Jeremiah (Prophet); Jerusalem (Old World); Solon
ID = [75739]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 6: 1 Nephi 1; Jeremiah 29 - Souvenirs from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 73-90. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Jerusalem (Old World); Laban (Old World); Lachish Letters; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75740]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 7: 1 Nephi 1; Jeremiah - The Days of King Zedekiah: ‘There Came Many Prophets’” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 91-105. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Jeremiah (Prophet); Jerusalem (Old World); Lachish Letters; Lehi (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75741]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 8: 1 Nephi - Escape from Doom.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 106-121. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient America; Arabia; Lachish Letters; Lehi (Prophet); Prophecy; Theophany
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75742]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 9: 1 Nephi 1–3, 15 - In the Wilderness.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 122-139. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Arabia; Bar Kokhba Letters; Copper Scroll; Dead Sea Scrolls; Wilderness
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75743]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 10: (Dead Sea Scrolls) - The Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 140-155. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Bar Kokhba Letters; Copper Scroll; Dead Sea Scrolls
ID = [75744]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 11: 1 Nephi 4–7 - Scripture and Family.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 156-172. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ishmael; Ishmael' s Daughters; Ishmael' s Wife; Jerusalem (Old World); Laban; Lachish Letters; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Sacrament; Serekh Scroll; Sons of Ishmael; Zoram (Servant of Laban)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75745]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 12: 1 Nephi 8–11 - The Tree of Life.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 173-189. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Copper Scroll; Dream; Jerusalem (Old World); Lehi (Prophet); Tree of Life; Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75746]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 13: 1 Nephi 12–14 - Nephi’s Vision.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 190-207. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Dream; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Promised Land; Prophecy; Tree of Life; Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75747]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 14: 1 Nephi 15–16 - The Liahona and Murmurings in the Wilderness.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 208-224. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Arabia; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Liahona; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Wilderness
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75748]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 15: 1 Nephi 17–19, 22 - Toward a Promised Land.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 225-242. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Arabia; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Shipbuilding; Transoceanic Voyage
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75749]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 16: 2 Nephi 1–4 - ‘Encircled . . . in the Arms of His Love’: Oneness with God and the Atonement.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 243-259. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Atonement; Promised Land
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [75750]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 17: 2 Nephi 2 - The Law and the Atonement.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 260-276. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Atonement; Law of Moses
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [75751]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 18: 2 Nephi 3–8 - Lehi’s Family: Blessings and Conflict.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 277-293. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Brass Plates; Genealogy; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Psalm of Nephi; Skin Color; Temple Worship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [75752]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 19: 2 Nephi 9 - Jacob’s Teachings on the Atonement and Judgment.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 294-310. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Atonement; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Judgment
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [75753]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 20: 2 Nephi 25 - The Jews and Jerusalem.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 311-326. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Isaiah (Book); Isaiah (Prophet); Native Americans; Prophecy
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [75754]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 21: 2 Nephi 25–28 - Nephi’s Prophecy of Our Times.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 327-344. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Nephi (Son of Lehi); Prophecy
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [75755]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 22: 2 Nephi 29–31 - Scripture and Canon.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 345-362. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Apocrypha; Canon; Prophecy; Pseudepigrapha
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [75756]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 23: 2 Nephi 32–33; Jacob 1–2 - Rejecting the Word of God.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 363-379. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Atonement; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Strait and Narrow Path
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [75757]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 24: Jacob 3–4 - Filthiness and the Atonement.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 380-396. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Atonement; Jacob (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [75758]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 25: Jacob 5–7; Enos - The Olive Tree; The Challenge of Sherem.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 397-412. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Allegory of the Olive Tree; Enos (Son of Jacob); Jacob (Son of Lehi); Sherem; Zenos (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [75759]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 26: Enos; Jarom; Omni - The Struggle of Enos.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 413-429. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Enos (Son of Jacob); Jarom (Son of Enos); Omni (Son of Jarom)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
ID = [75760]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 27: Omni; Words of Mormon; Mosiah 1 - The End of the Small Plates; The Coronation of Mosiah.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 430-447. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Amaleki (Son of Abinadom); King Benjamin; King Mosiah; Mosiah the Elder; Mulekite; Phoenicians; Small Plates of Nephi
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75761]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 28: Mosiah 1–2 - King Benjamin’s Speech.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 448-463. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: King Benjamin; King Benjamin' s Speech
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75762]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Nibley, Hugh W. “Lecture 29: Mosiah 3–5 - King Benjamin’s Speech.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 464-482. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Covenant; King Benjamin; King Benjamin' s Speech
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75763]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Marshall, Robert L. “Teancum, a True Friend to Liberty.” Instructor 100 (July 1965): 297.
Display Abstract  

Fictional story based on account of Teancum in Alma 62.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80228]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1965-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Choate, Jane McBride. “Teancum: Fighter for Freedom.” Friend 18 (May 1988): 48-49.
Display Abstract  

Teancum, Nephite military leader, ights and voluntarily gives his life for the liberty of his people.

ID = [80229]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
White, Lizzie O. Borgeson, and Dianne Olivia White. Teckinanny: A Story of Early Inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere and Christ’s Visit to the Descendants of Lehi. Salt Lake City: Lizzie O. Borgeson White, 1947.
Display Abstract  

A fictional story that tells of two children, one a pioneer girl and the other a native American, who listen to stories about the Book of Mormon inhabitants of America told by the pioneer mother.

ID = [78311]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1947-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Smoot, Stephen O. “Telling the Story of the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 67-82.
Display Abstract  

Review of MacKay, Michael Hubbard and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, From Darkness unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon, Provo, UT, and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University and Deseret Book, 2015. pp. 256 + xvii, including notes and index. $24.99
Abstract: The book From Darkness unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon by Michael Hubbard MacKay and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat is an outstanding resource for anyone interested in early Latter-day Saint history and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. It provides a compelling narrative about the recovery, translation, and publication of the Book of Mormon that utilizes the most cutting-edge historical scholarship available today.

ID = [3759]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 38994  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
BYU Studies, ed. The Temple. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2014.
Display Abstract  

This compilation of articles on the temple doctrines and ordinances is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies and from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. This volume features articles on Nauvoo temple doctrines, the law of adoption, the 1877 commencement of endowments and sealings for the dead, prayer circles, and temple elements in ancient religious communities. Contents “Doctrine and the Temple in Nauvoo” by Larry C. Porter and Milton V. Backman Jr. “The Practice of Rebaptism at Nauvoo” by D. Michael Quinn “The Law of Adoption: One Phase of the Development of the Mormon Concept of Salvation, 1830–1900” by Gordon Irving “Believing Adoption” by Samuel M. Brown “‘Line upon Line, Precept upon Precept’: Reflections on the 1877 Commencement of the Performance of Endowments and Sealings of the Dead” by Richard E. Bennett “‘Which Is the Wisest Course?’: The Transformation in Mormon Temple Consciousness, 1870–1898” by Richard E. Bennett “Latter-day Saint Prayer Circles” by D. Michael Quinn “Temple Worship and a Possible Reference to a Prayer Circle in Psalm 24” by Donald W. Parry “Clothed Upon: A Unique Aspect of Christian Antiquity” by Blake T. Ostler “Temple Elements in Ancient Religious Communities” by Brent J. Schmidt “Meanings and Functions of Temples” by Hugh W. Nibley “Latter-Day Saint Temple Worship and Activity” by Immo Luschin “Temple Recommend” by Robert A. Tucker “Temple President and Matron” by David H. Yarn Jr. and Marilyn S. Yarn “Administration of Temples” by Robert L. Simpson “Salvation of the Dead” by Elma Fugal “Family History, Genealogy” by David H. Pratt “Temple Ordinances” by Allen Claire Rozsa “Baptism for the Dead: LDS Practice” by H. David Burton “Baptism for the Dead: Ancient Sources” by Krister Stendahl “Washings and Anointings” by Donald W. Parry “Endowment” by Alma P. Burton “Prayer Circle” by George S. Tate “Garments” by Evelyn T. Marshall “Sealing Power” by David H. Yarn Jr. “Temple Sealings” by Paul V. Hyer “Eternal Marriage” by James T. Duke “Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood” by Lynn A. McKinlay “Born in the Covenant” by Ralph L. Cottrell Jr. “Holy of Holies” by Lyle Cahoon “Altar” by Bruce H. Porter “LDS Temple Dedications” by D. Arthur Haycock “Hosanna Shout” by Lael J. Woodbury “Temples through the Ages” by Stephen D. Ricks “History of LDS Temples from 1831 to 1990” by Richard O. Cowan “Kirtland Temple” by Keith W. Perkins “Nauvoo Temple” by Don F. Colvin “Salt Lake Temple” by Marion Duff Hanks “Endowment Houses” by Lamar C. Berrett “Freemasonry and the Temple” by Kenneth W. Godfrey

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [75367]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,church-history,temples  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Taylor, John H. “The Temple at Logan—The Liquor Traffic—Church Organization—Duties of Its Officers—Treatment of Transgressors—An Interesting Anecdote and Its Moral—Various Offices and Callings of the Priesthood, Etc.—The Guidance of God—Honor Due to His Priesthood—Growth and Progress of God’s Work—Its Opposition By the World—The Regeneration of the Lamanites and General Salvation of Man.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 23. 1883, 215–224.
Display Abstract  

Discourse by President John Taylor, delivered at Logan Conference, Sunday Afternoon, August 6, 1882. Reported By: Geo. F. Gibbs.

ID = [29511]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1882-08-06  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 30110  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:28
Pace, Glenn L. “A Temple for West Africa.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2000.
Display Abstract  

It has been inspiring to see the Lord’s hand in bringing the forces together which will lead to an inevitable victory. There will be a temple in West Africa.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [18808]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2000-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 6857  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:31
Parry, Donald W., and Stephen D. Ricks, eds. The Temple in Time and Eternity. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Display Abstract  

The Temple in Time and Eternity, edited by Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks, is the second volume in the series Temples Through The Ages. The importance of the temple to a religious community of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean world can scarcely be exaggerated. The eleven articles in this volume are divided topically into three sections: “Temple in Ritual,” “Temples in the Israelite Tradition,” and “Temples in the Non-Israelite Tradition.”
The “Temple in Ritual” section features Hugh Nibley’s discussion on “Abraham’s Temple Drama,” which identifies elements of the creation drama that appear in the book of Abraham and elsewhere in the ancient world. An article by Ricks discusses oaths and oath taking in the Old Testament. John A. Tvedtnes shows that baptizing for the dead was known in various parts of the Mediterranean world and in Egypt. In a second article, Tvedtnes enlightens our understanding of the form and purposes of the temple prayer in ancient times.
Richard R. Cowan, in the section “Temples in the Israelite Tradition,” traces the development of temples to modern times. Richard D. Draper and Parry make intriguing comparisons of temple symbolism between Genesis 2–3 and Revelation 2–3, focusing particularly on promises and blessings. Alan K. Parrish shares with us insights into modern temple worship throughout the eyes of John A. Widtsoe, and Thomas R. Valletta examines priesthood and temple issues by contrasting “the holy order of the Son of God and its spurious counterpart, the order of Nehor.”
The concluding chapters of the book, grouped into the section “Temples in the Non-Israelite Tradition,” include John Gee’s discussion of getting past the gatekeeper (gleaned from various Egyptian literary corpora), a fascinating study by Gaye Strathearn and Brian M. Hauglid of the Great Mosque and its Ka’ba in light of John Lundquist’s typology of ancient Near Eastern temples, and E. Jan Wilson’s enlightening treatment of the features of a Sumerian temple.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
ID = [6992]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:42
Johnson, Clark V. “Temple Sermons in 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.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Clark Johnson examines sermons given by Jacob, Benjamin, and the Savior to Nephites gathered at their respective temples. He analyzes some of the high points to see how they taught “the doctrine of the temple,” giving particular attention to the teachings of the atonement and the contingent covenants covered in the ordinances taught by King Benjamin. Johnson also discusses Christ’s beatitudes in succession.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Teachings; Book of Mormon Religious Practices
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [8390]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:48
Christensen, Kevin. “The Temple, the Monarchy, and Wisdom: Lehi’s World and the Scholarship of Margaret Barker.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 449—22. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
ID = [39700]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:39
Welch, John W. “The Temple, the Sermon on the Mount, and the Gospel of Matthew.” In Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition, edited by Gary A. Anderson, 61–107. Logan, UT: Academy for Temple Studies, 2013.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Intertextuality; Psalms; Sermon at the Temple; Sermon on the Mount; Temple Worship; Theology
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Temple Themes in the Book of Moses and Related Scripture
ID = [2664]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,moses,welch  Size: 186163  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:26
Ricks, Stephen D., and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, eds. The Temple: Past, Present, and Future. Proceedings of the Fifth Interpreter Foundation Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference, 7 November 2020. Temple on Mount Zion 6. Orem and Salt Lake City, UT: The Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2021.
Display Abstract  

The temple is central to Latter-day Saint worship. Through modern revelation Joseph Smith restored the ancient tradition of temples and the ordinances performed therein. Studies of ancient temples can shed much light on latter-day temples and temple worship. Several years ago Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Brown planned a conference entitled The Temple on Mount Zion and began to invite the participants. Matthew Brown loved the temple and temple worship and studied and published on ancient and modern temples. His interests and knowledge were vast. When Matthew passed away very unexpectedly in 2011, his friends decided to organize a series of conferences in his memory. This volume, the sixth in the series, contains proceedings from the fifth conference held in his memory 7 November 2020 and reflects many of the topics that Matthew loved, centered on the theme of the temple: past, present, and future. Chapters relating to the ancient past of the Bible and the Book of Mormon provide new insights into temple themes in Ruth, sacred names of Moses and Jesus Christ, prayer with uplifted hands, temple iconography of cherubim and seraphim, ritual purity in 3 Nephi 19, the rites of the Raqchi Temple in Peru, and sacred space in the early Christian Church. Of great significance to the present era is a chapter on women and the priesthood in the contemporary Church. And looking toward the future is a chapter on the Millennial Temple in Jackson County, Missouri in the context of its historic past. The purpose of the book series is to increase understanding and appreciation of temple rituals and doctrines, and to encourage participation in the redeeming work of family history and temple worship.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [4595]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2021-11-01  Collections:  bom,bradshaw,interpreter-website,moses  Size:   Children: 2  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:58

Articles

Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., and Matthew L. Bowen. “‘Made Stronger Than Many Waters’: The Names of Moses as Keywords in the Heavenly Ascent of Moses.” In The Temple: Past, Present and Future. Proceedings of the Fifth Interpreter Foundation Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference, 7 November 2020, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. The Temple on Mount Zion Series. Vol. 6. Orem and Salt Lake City, UT: The Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2021.
Display Abstract  

The idea of names as “keywords” has been associated with temples since very early times. In a temple context, the meaning of the term “keyword” can be taken quite literally: the use of the appropriate keyword or keywords by a qualified worshipper “unlocks” each one of a successive series of gates, thus providing access to specific, secured areas of the sacred space. In this presentation, we will explore how a series of names and titles purportedly given to Moses at various points in his life might relate to accounts of his ascents to heaven.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 1 — Visions of Moses
Book of Moses Topics > Temple Themes in the Book of Moses and Related Scripture
ID = [2573]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bradshaw,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:25
Calabro, David M. “Early Christian Temples and Baptism for the Dead: Defining Sacred Space in the Late Antique Near East.” In The Temple: Past, Present and Future. Proceedings of the Fifth Interpreter Foundation Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference, 7 November 2020, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. The Temple on Mount Zion Series. Vol. 6. Orem and Salt Lake City, UT: The Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2021.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: This paper addresses the early Christian transition from temple-based Judaism to the Constantinian basilica of the fourth century. David argues that some Christians of the second and early third centuries may have had places of worship that, while not monumental in scale, qualify typologically as temples and were understood as such. These sacred structures may have been used for the performance of baptisms for the dead, as suggested by Doctrine and Covenants 124. In support of this thesis, he takes as case studies the Christian places of worship at ancient Edessa and Dura Europos, based on a combination of textual sources and archaeological remains. David then briefly applies these findings to a question posed years ago in studies by Hugh Nibley and John Lundquist, “What Is a Temple?”
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the Latter-day Saint community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.
See David Calabro, “From temple to church: Defining sacred space in the Near East,” in The Temple: Past, Present, and Future. Proceedings of the Fifth Interpreter Foundation Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference, 7 November 2020, ed. Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2021), page numbers forthcoming. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/the-temple-past-present-and-future/.]Introduction.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Temple Themes in the Book of Moses and Related Scripture
ID = [6504]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  d-c,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Pratt, Orson. “Temples in Ancient America—The God of Mankind An Impossible God—The Truth in Regard to Him—Man in His Image—Pre-Existence—Why Infants Die—the Redemption By Jesus—Plurality of Gods—The Word of the Lord is Truth.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 19. 1878, 311–321.
Display Abstract  

Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Oct. 7, 1867. Reported By: David W. Evans.

ID = [29337]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1867-10-07  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,pratt-orson  Size: 36807  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:27
Schenck, Joseph. Temples in the Sky (Archaeological Evidence Relative to the Book of Mormon). St. Louis, MO: Vanity, 1966.
Display Abstract  

Includes numerous photographs and maps, demonstrating that the archaeological ruins of Latin America have an affinity with Egyptian culture, and correlate with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78312]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1966-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Parry, Donald W. Temples of the Ancient World: Ritual and Symbolism. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994.
Display Abstract  

Three essays by Hugh Nibley, plus papers presented at the 1993 FARMS symposium, other important papers on the temple, a keynote address by Elder Marion D. Hanks (former president of the Salt Lake Temple), striking illustrations by Michael Lyon (who illustrated Nibley’s Temple and Cosmos)—these features and more make Temples of the Ancient World: Ritual and Symbolism one of the most significant volumes ever published on the temple. Twenty-four essays in this 1994 publication focus on the temple in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East, the New Testament, Jewish writings, and the Book of Mormon and ancient America.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
ID = [6983]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size: 1338020  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:42
Richards, Franklin D. “Temples the Gates of Heaven—Feelings and Reflections—Around in the Temple—The Work Before the Saints—Sayings of the Savior As to Marriage in the Resurrection Explained—Glorious Hopes Inspired By the Gospel—Enoch and His City—The Three Nephites and John.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 25. 1884, 230–237.
Display Abstract  

Discourse by Apostle Franklin D. Richards, delivered in the Tabernacle, Logan, Cache County, Saturday Afternoon (Quarterly Conference), May 17, 1884. Reported By: John Irvine.

ID = [29601]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1884-05-17  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 23952  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:29
Berkey, Kimberly M. “Temporality and Fulfillment in 3 Nephi 1.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 53-83.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This paper puts 3 Nephi 1 in conversation with Helaman 14 in order to argue for a complex relationship between temporality and the fulfillment of prophecy. In addition to echoing Matthew 5:17–18 in order to place a structural emphasis on fulfillment, 3 Nephi 1 portrays a series of Nephite misunderstandings about the nature of time and fulfillment that are then counteracted by the cosmic signs of Samuel the Lamanite. What Samuel’s signs ultimately show is that fulfillment of prophecy is best understood as the beginning of a new era rather than as a conclusion, and that this temporal reorientation makes repentance possible. After discussing how Samuel’s signs implicitly correct Nephite temporality, the paper concludes with a brief reflection on the implications for the Book of Mormon as a whole, arguing that the Book of Mormon is intended to function as a sign that likewise orients readers to a new experience of time.

Keywords: Prophecy; Samuel the Lamanite; Temporality; Time
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3321]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 75783  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Dibble, Charles E. “The Ten Commandments in Aztec.” Improvement Era 49, no. 7 (1946): 420.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

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-ninth part covers a translation of the Ten Commandments into Aztec characters.

Keywords: Decalogue, Language – Aztec, Ten Commandments, Translation
ID = [76992]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1946-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Seely, David Rolph. “The Ten Commandments in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. This paper was presented at the annual Sperry Symposium on October 21, 1991. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Ten Commandments
ID = [8343]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,old-test  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:47
Seely, David Rolph. “The Ten Commandments in the Book of Mormon.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 20th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, pp. 166–81. Randall Book, 1992.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Ten Commandments
ID = [67035]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:59
Jensen, Nephi. “Ten Outstanding Proofs of the Divinity of the Book of Mormon.” Liahona21 (8 April 1924): 399-400.
Display Abstract  

Lists several proofs of the divinity of the Book of Mormon. For instance, the book contains historical information not known in 1830, it gives a substantial account of Jesus’ ministry among his “other sheep,” prophecies in the book have been fulfilled, and twelve witnesses saw the gold plates.

ID = [80230]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-04-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Hoekema, Anthony A. “Ten Questions to Ask the Mormons.” Christianity Today 12 (19 January 1968): 10-12, 14.
Display Abstract  

An polemical piece wherein the author provides questions that may be asked of Mormons. The first question asks if “the Bible [is] the final source of authority for Mormonism” In answer the author refers to the Book of Mormon statement that many “plain and precious” things have been deleted from the Bible “since it was first written.”

ID = [80231]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-01-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Fullmer, David. “Ten Reasons I Love the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, August 2016.
ID = [61589]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2121  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:39
Welch, John W. “Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ from the Book of Mormon.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Symposium, edited by Brent L. Top and Bruce A. Van Orden. Randall Book, 1992.
ID = [82494]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:29
Welch, John W. “Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ from the Book of Mormon.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Gospel Insights from General Authorities and Religious Educators,, 316–42. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [36171]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,welch  Size: 52030  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:18
Welch, John W. “Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ 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.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

One of the most important functions of the Book of Mormon is to convey to the modem world powerful testimonies of the divine mission and essential attributes of Jesus Christ. Many Book of Mormon prophets knew Jesus personally; therefore, their teachings and testimonies about him are based on firsthand knowledge and acquaintance. John Welch discusses ten of the prophets who testified of Christ.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Christ
ID = [8623]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,welch  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Heimerdinger, Chris. Tennis Shoes among the Nephites. Salt Lake City: Covenant, 1989.
Display Abstract  

A fictional account of boys of the twentieth century finding themselves traveling back in time to Book of Mormon days and places.

ID = [78313]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
O’Neill, Michael. “Teo Tlogue Nahuague: ‘The Universal God of All Things’” California Intermountain News (21 October 1976): 2.
Display Abstract  

Excerpts from the writings of Ixtlilxochitl are used to discuss humanity’s first parents.

ID = [80232]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-10-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Colom, P. Antonio J. “Teologia? Mormona (Exposicion y Refutacion).” Doctrina Politica Argentina (196?): 42-57.
Display Abstract  

Polemical article about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon that questions its authenticity and claims that certain passages imitate parts of the Methodist Book of Discipline. Discusses Book of Mormon teaching of Adam’s sin.

ID = [80233]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Sorenson, John L. “Teotihuac‡n Sequence Revised, A Review.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 14 (August 1953).
Display Abstract  

A recap of recent elaboration of the ceramic sequences in central Mexico and highland Guatemala (including an indication of volcanism around the time of Christ). Implies that the highland areas were more advanced than the lowlands in Book of Mormon times, as the scripture suggests.

ID = [80234]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Smith, Lyle. “Teotihuac‡n: A City of Our God?” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 78 (Fall 1992): 10-14.
Display Abstract  

Examines archaeological and religious history of the city of Teotihuac‡n between 100 b.c. and a.d. 400 to discover correlations with Book of Mormon cultural history.

ID = [80235]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1992-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Shute, R. Wayne, and Wallace B. Slade. Terra Nova. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1988.
Display Abstract  

An ambitious epic poem on the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78314]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Hansen, Gerald, Jr. “The Terrifying Book of Helaman.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 163–176. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [36805]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 27448  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Johnson, Clark V. “A Test of Faith: The Book of Mormon in the Missouri Conflict.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 2 (2003): 84-87, 118.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

While imprisoned in Liberty Jail in Missouri in 1839, the Prophet Joseph Smith directed the church members to gather statements and affidavits about the sufferings and abuses put on them by the people of Missouri. Of the surviving affidavits, five speak directly about the Book of Mormon as a test of faith. Several were offered their lives, property, and safety if they would deny the Book of Mormon and denounce the divine calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Those who refused to recant were robbed of their property, whipped, beaten, slandered, and jailed.

Keywords: Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Mormon-Missouri War of 1838; Smith; Testimony
ID = [3128]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 23778  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Widtsoe, Osborne. “The Test of Section Sixty-seven.” Improvement Era 10, no. 3 (1907): 161-165.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article examines the idea that Joseph Smith could not have been an impostor who wrote the Book of Mormon. His limited education and young age at the time make the idea absurd, as does the fact that the educated William E. M’Lellin tried unsuccessfully to create a revelation from the Lord (D&C 67) similar to the many revelations received by Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Apologetics, Book of Mormon Authorship, Evidences, McLellin, William E., Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76941]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1907-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Dunford, C. Kent. A Testament for Our Times. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1993.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon was written for our day. The doctrines in the Book of Mormon are relevant to the twentieth century. It corrects a world in religious decline, gives counsel on war and politics, and guides against demonic influences, teaches of God and his dealings with the nations, clarifies the Atonement, true conversion, the Christian way of life, the resurrection, judgment, and the afterlife.

ID = [77467]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
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.
Display Abstract  

“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
ID = [950]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 25922  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
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.
Display Abstract  

“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
ID = [951]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 19729  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:15
Bokovoy, David E., and John A. Tvedtnes. Testaments: Links between the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible. Tooele, Utah: Heritage, 2003.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

**Only a selection of these chapters are available for online reading. An introduction to several key literary, cultural, linguistic, and religious connections between the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament. Since 1830, millions of people have read the Book of Mormon and studied its claims for ties with the ancient world. The Book of Mormon begins with references to Jerusalem and the Hebrew Bible. Readers often wonder to what extent the Book of Mormon reflects the literary, cultural, and religious world of ancient Israel. In the book Testaments, these and other issues are carefully addressed in a reader-friendly style. The authors, David E. Bokovoy and John A. Tvedtnes illustrate that the Book of Mormon shares much in common with the Old Testament. These exciting links provide clear evidence that the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible serve as related testaments of the Savior Jesus Christ and his restored gospel.

Keywords: Altar; Bible; Clothing; Colophon; Covenant; Death; Dream; Enallage; Hell; Isaiah; Jesus Christ; Joseph (of Egypt); King Benjamin; Language; Language - Hebrew; Prayer; Prophet; Repentance; Savior; Superscript; Symbolism; Vision; Wilderness; Wisdom
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [29930]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:30
Ricks, Stephen D. “Testaments: The Literary Riches of the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): 55-57.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Review of David E. Bokovoy and John A. Tvedtnes. Testaments: Links between the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Apologetics; Linguistics; Literature
ID = [479]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 6361  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Affleck, Gordon Burt. “Testimonial Trustworthiness (Witnesses to the Book of Mormon).” Instructor 101 (December 1966): 490-92.
Display Abstract  

In a credibility test for witnesses, the following standards must be met: honesty, ability, number and consistency, conformity of testimony with experience, and coincidence of their testimony with collateral circumstances. The Three and Eight Witnesses fulfill all of these requirements.

ID = [80236]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
McKay, David O., and Richard L. Evans. “Testimonies of Four Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 71, no. 9 (1968): 14.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article shares the transcriptions of the testimonies of Emma Smith, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer testifying of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Other Witnesses, Smith, Emma Hale, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David, Witnesses of the Restoration
ID = [76746]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Dille, D. B., and Oliver Cowdery. “Testimonies of Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 21, no. 34 (20 August 1859): 544-46.
Display Abstract  

A reprint from the Deseret News, this article contains a report of a special conference held at Council Bluffs concerning Oliver Cowdery’s return to the Church. Quotes Cowdery’s testimony of the Book of Mormon from that conference. Includes a report by D. B. Dille who visited Martin Harris and tells of that visit.

ID = [80937]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1859-08-20  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Ensign. “Testimonies of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign December 1983.
ID = [46474]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12294  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:56
Ensign. “Testimonies of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign January 2004.
ID = [55906]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6234  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:13:59
Baugh, Alexander L. “The Testimonies of the Book of Mormon Witnesses.” In A Reason for Faith, ed. Laura H. Hales. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
ID = [34623]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:52
Cardon, Joseph E., and Samuel O. Bennion, eds. Testimonies of the Divinity of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Its Leaders. Independence, MO: Zion’s Printing and Publishing, 1930.
Display Abstract  

Contains testimonies of leaders of the LDS church concerning the Book of Mormon as well as other topics. Included are Joseph Smith and his family members and close associates, the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and those involved in the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78315]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1930-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Testimonies of the Three Witnesses. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Keywords: Book of Mormon, witnesses
ID = [81462]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Testimonies of the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 948-954.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article sets forth the Lord’s law of witnesses as recorded in the scriptures. The provision for witnesses to testify regarding the reality of the gold plates perfectly fits the scriptural pattern and the Book of Mormon itself predicted that there would be such witnesses. The Book of Mormon witnesses remained true to their testimonies all of their lives.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Gold Plates, Harris, Martin, Law of Witnesses, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [77150]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Church News. “Testimonies Shared Before Couple Arrives.” Church News 59 (4 November 1989): 4.
Display Abstract  

A couple who had been sending copies of the Book of Mormon to Suaziland were called there to serve a mission. Half of the members had received copies from them.

ID = [80237]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-11-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Clemmer, Janice White. “A Testimony.” In The Ninth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon, edited by A. Gary Anderson, 11-17. Provo, UT: Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1982.
Display Abstract  

A testimonial wherein the author states that knowledge of the Old and New Testaments prepared her for the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon explained her American Indian heritage and gave her dignity.

ID = [81063]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Callis, Charles A. “Testimony from the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1946.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

In this article, the author presents his testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Another Testament of Jesus Christ; Book of Mormon; Testimony
ID = [26545]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1946-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 8854  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:09
McKay, Robert A. “Testimony From the Book of Mormon.” The Evangel 39 (January-February 1992): 7.
Display Abstract  

Warns that accepting Mormonism due to the Book of Mormon’s influence is dangerous because it contradicts the essentials of Mormonism and is out of harmony with historical and archaeological facts.

ID = [80238]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Talmage, James E. “A Testimony from the Dust.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 87, no. 6 (5 February 1925): 92-93.
Display Abstract  

The coming forth of the Book of Mormon fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that a testimony or speech would come forth “out of the dust” (Isaiah 29:4).

ID = [81386]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-02-05  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Welch, John W. “The Testimony of Alma: ‘Give Ear to My Words’” Religious Educator Vol. 11 no. 2 (2010).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [38257]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2010-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ,welch  Size: 46484  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:31
Whiting, Gary R. “The Testimony of Amaleki.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 295–306. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [36858]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 22235  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
McConkie, Joseph Fielding. “The Testimony of Christ Through the Ages.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 157–73. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Dispensations
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [36852]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 36429  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Times and Seasons. “The Testimony of Eight Witnesses.” Times and Seasons Vol. 2, no. 10: March 15, 1841.
ID = [76435]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1841-03-15  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:17
Gates, Jacob F. “Testimony of Jacob Gates.” Improvement Era 15, no. 5 (1912): 418-419.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Jacob F. Gates relates the interview which his father, Jacob Gates, had with Oliver Cowdery in 1849. In response to Gates’ questions, Oliver Cowdery testified that the Book of Mormon “was translated by the gift and power of God” and that he had received the priesthood by an angel whose hand “I felt…as plainly as I could feel yours.”

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Cowdery, Oliver, John the Baptist, Priesthood Restoration
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [77051]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1912-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Rigdon, John W. “Testimony of John W. Rigdon (With Correction).” Improvement Era 8, no. 6 (1905): 465-467.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Early Church History, Missionary Work, Rigdon, Sidney, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Testimony, Translation
ID = [76889]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Harris, Martin. “The Testimony of Martin Harris.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 39, no. 1 (1 January 1877): 4-5.
Display Abstract  

Two letters of Martin Harris written to a Mr. Emerson, with an editorial introduction. Harris testifies that an angel showed him the plates containing the Book of Mormon and that the translation copied from them was approved by Professor Anthon. Harris states that Joseph Smith could not have translated the plates by himself. He denies that he preached against the Book of Mormon in England.

ID = [80964]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1877-01-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Schaefer, Mitchell K. “‘The Testimony of Men’: William E. McLellin and the Book of Mormon Witnesses.” BYU Studies 50, no. 1 (2011): 99.
ID = [11088]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 14849  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:06
Deseret News. “Testimony of Savior Runs Through Book ‘Like Golden Thread’” Deseret News Church Section (29 June 1986): 7.
Display Abstract  

Boyd K. Packer said that the message of the Book of Mormon is to testify of Jesus Christ and this “message reappears throughout the pages of the book like a golden thread” Reading and studying the Isaiah chapters will lend insight into the Bible as never before.

ID = [80239]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-06-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Clark, Curtis W. “A Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 15 (December 1945): 14-15.
Display Abstract  

Describes a dream concerning the author’s work with the Book of Mormon and its external evidences, and the eventual fulillment of a dream described in the article “The Mound Builders and the Indians”

ID = [78937]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1945-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Davies, Charles A. “A Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 110 (1 March 1963): 152-54.
Display Abstract  

A presentation of Davies’s testimony of the divinity and truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78938]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1963-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Ettinger, Cecil. “A Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Witness 8 (April 1970): 6-7.
Display Abstract  

Bears a testimony that is not based on archaeological evidences connected to the Book of Mormon, but on the contents of the book.

ID = [78936]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Nelson, Russell M. “A Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1999.
Display Abstract  

When you read the Book of Mormon, concentrate on the principal figure in the book—from its first chapter to the last—the Lord Jesus Christ.

ID = [18737]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1999-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10721  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:31
Nelson, Russell M. “A Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, November 1999.
ID = [54125]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1999-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15445  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:17
Bales, James D. “The Testimony of the Holy Ghost to the Book of Mormon.” N.p., n.d.
Display Abstract  

A pamphlet that holds that the claim of Moroni 10:4-5 regarding how to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon is a denominationalistic approach and is not a conclusive method.

ID = [78671]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Leigh, Samuel F. Testimony of the Three Witnesses. Samuel F. Leigh, 191?.
Display Abstract  

A brief tract recounting the testimony of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon and the their subsequent adherence to that testimony until the time of their deaths.

ID = [78316]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1910-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Iverson, Heber C. “Testimony of the Three Witnesses.” Deseret News (25 May 1935): 4, 7, 8.
Display Abstract  

The Aaronic Priesthood was restored May 15, 1829, as a result of the translation of the book of Mormon. Includes testimonies of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris.

ID = [80240]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1935-05-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Unattributed. “The Testimony of the Truth.” The Young Woman’s Journal 4, no. 3 (1892): 125-127.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Moroni',s Promise, Prayer, Testimony
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76040]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1892-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Unattributed. “The Testimony of the Truth.” The Young Woman’s Journal 4, no. 3 (1892): 125-127.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Moroni',s Promise, Prayer, Testimony
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76584]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1892-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
BYU Religious Education. “Testimony of the Witnesses and General Church History.” Roundtable Scripture Discussion with Andrew Hedges, Kent Jackson, Keith Wilson, Steven Harper, 2008.
ID = [39545]  Status = Type = video  Date = 2008-06-25  Collections:  bom,rsc-rt-bom2008,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:38
Evening and Morning Star. “The Testimony of Three Witnesses.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 8: January 1833.
ID = [76390]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:17
Times and Seasons. “The Testimony of Three Witnesses.” Times and Seasons Vol. 2, no. 10: March 15, 1841.
ID = [76434]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1841-03-15  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:17
Unattributed. The Testimony of Three Witnesses. Issaquah, WA: Saints Alive in Jesus, 1982?.
Display Abstract  

A polemical tract attempting to discredit the testimony of Joseph Smith and each of the Three Witnesses.

ID = [78672]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Cowley, Matthew. “Testimony through Reading the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 40 (January 1953): 6-12.
Display Abstract  

A testimony of the Book of Mormon can be gained while reading the book. By reading the standard works, individuals can come to know God.

ID = [80242]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Cowley, Matthew. “Testimony through Reading the Book of Mormon.” In Matthew Cowley Speaks, compiled and edited by Marba C. Josephson, 107-17. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1954.
Display Abstract  

A testimony of the Book of Mormon can be gained while reading the book. By reading the standard works, individuals can come to know God.

ID = [80241]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1954-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Reynolds, George. “Testimony to the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 49, no. 7 (14 February 1887): 104-7.
Display Abstract  

Reynolds writes of David Whitmer’s continued testimony of the Book of Mormon. The Spaulding theory is definitely false and the Book of Mormon is from God. The only witnesses to the authenticity of the Book of Mormon are the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses.

ID = [80991]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-14  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Robbins, James H. “A Testimony: Scriptures of the Future.” Zarahemla Record 8 (Spring 1980): 7-8.
Display Abstract  

Lists Book of Mormon passages that tell of scriptural writings that would come forth in a future day. Also includes a Three Nephite story.

ID = [78939]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Gardner, Brant A. “Testing a Methodology: A Malaysian Setting for the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 29, 2013.
ID = [4821]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2013-12-29  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 34483  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:59
Nibley, Hugh W. “Testing the Book of Mormon.” Talk given at a Portland Institute Symposium held in Portland, Oregon, in 1979.
Display Abstract  

Portions of this essay are reprinted as a supplement to the essay entitled “The Book of Mormon: True or False?” in The Prophetic Book of Mormon, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8, no. 29. 232–42.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [1200]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:16
Moore, June A. “Tests of the Truth of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 91, no. 32 (8 August 1929): 507-9.
Display Abstract  

The four fundamental tests that may be used to determine the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon are science, history, doctrine, and prophecy. Moore gives an example of each of these four tests.

ID = [81416]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-08-08  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Peterson, Daniel C. “Text and Context.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 524-562.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Brent Lee Metcalfe's New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology was well received by those not favorable to the traditional truth claims of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. No articles indicating an ancient origin for the Book of Mormon were included. The book basically supports the assumption that the Book of Mormon isn't historical. Historians always bring their own perspective (including biases and agendas) into their histories.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Criticism; Historicity
ID = [177]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review,peterson  Size: 97987  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
Boyce, Duane. “Text as Afterthought: Jana Riess’s Treatment of the Jacob-Sherem Episode.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 123-140.
Display Abstract  

Review of Jana Riess, “‘There Came a Man’: Sherem, Scapegoating, and the Inversion of Prophetic Tradition,” in Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, eds. Adam S. Miller and Joseph M. Spencer (Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2017), 17 pages (chapter), 174 pages (book).
Abstract: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute recently published a book on the encounter between Jacob and Sherem in Jacob 7. Jana Riess’s contribution to this volume demonstrates the kind of question-asking and hypothesis formation that might occur on a quick first pass through the text, but it does not demonstrate what obviously must come next, the testing of those hypotheses against the text. Her article appears to treat the text as a mere afterthought. The result is a sizeable collection of errors in thinking about Jacob and Sherem.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Samuel
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
ID = [3561]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 45632  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Text of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, University of Chicago Divinity School, 1926.
Display Abstract  

A detailed study of the parallels in Isaiah texts in the Bible and Book of Mormon. This study includes tables in both English and Hebrew showing the textual differences. The conclusions are that the text of Isaiah considered Deutero-Isaiah dates earlier than 600 b.c. when Lehi brought the plates of Laban to the American continent and that Joseph Smith worked independently from the King James Version.

ID = [80667]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1926-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Blumell, Lincoln H. “A Text-Critical Comparison of the King James New Testament with Certain Modern Translations.” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 3 no. 1 (2011).
Display Abstract  

This article renders a text-critical comparison of the King James New Testament and select modern translations of the New Testament. Specifically, it surveys twenty-two passages in the King James New Testament that have been omitted in most modern translations. The article then clarifies and explains why these verses have been omitted and asks whether such omissions ought to be accepted. While this study demonstrates that in most cases the readings in the King James Version are inferior in a text-critical sense and that they likely represent interpolations into the biblical text, there are a few cases where the King James Version might preserve a better reading. This article also argues that even though the King James Version may be inferior on a text-critical level, when compared to certain modern translations, we can still use it with profit if we are aware of its deficiencies.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [7029]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-sba  Size: 142703  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:43
McDonald, Carolyn. “The Textbook Was a Revelation.” Ensign, March 1989.
ID = [48949]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7693  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:12
Insights. “Textual Analysis of Book of Mormon Continues.” Insights 25, no. 4 (2005).
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

FARMS and Brigham Young University are pleased to announce the release of part 2 of volume 4 of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. Part 2 analyzes the text from 2 Nephi 11 through Mosiah 16.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; textual analysis; Nephi
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [66789]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-04  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:58
Ham, Wayne. “A Textual Comparison of the Isaiah Passages in the Book of Mormon with the Same Passages in the St. Mark’s Isaiah Scroll of the Dead Sea Community.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1961.
Display Abstract  

A textual comparison between the Isaiah texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78940]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Welch, John W. “Textual Consistency.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Consistency; King Benjamin; Prophecy; Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [66448]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Smith, Robert F. “Textual Criticism of 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.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Textual Criticism
ID = [66463]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Textual Evidences for the Book of Mormon.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, the Doctrinal Foundation, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36906]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 31635  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Hilton, John, III. “Textual Similarities in the Words of Abinadi and Alma’s Counsel to Corianton.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 2 (2012): 39.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [11017]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 57727  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:06
Larson, Stan. “Textual Variants in Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Dialogue 10 (autumn 1977): 8-30.
ID = [77246]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Larson, Stanley R. “Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Dialogue10 (Autumn 1977): 8-30.
Display Abstract  

Examines fifty textual changes found in the currently published Book of Mormon in contrast with the original hand-copied printer’s manuscript. There are three categories of variations: (1) corrections within the manuscripts themselves, (2) transcription errors, and (3) differences between the manuscript version and the printed copy.

ID = [80243]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Skousen, Royal. “Textual Variants in the Isaiah Quotations in the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 369—90. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [67054]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:59
Ensign. “Thai Translation Printed.” Ensign January 1977.
ID = [43513]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 747  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:15
Nelson, Russell M. “Thanks for the Covenant.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 22, 1988.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Gratefully add to your list of blessings thanks for the covenant—the Abrahamic covenant—by which you will be vital and precious participants in God’s promise to bless all the nations of the earth through that choice seed.

Keywords: Abrahamic Covenant; Covenants; Patriarchal Blessings; Podcast: Classic Speeches
ID = [68864]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-11-22  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:11
Nelson, Russell M. “Thanks for the Covenant.” Brigham Young University 1988–89 Devotional and Fireside Speeches, 53–61. Provo, Utah: University Publications, 1989.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
ID = [67621]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:03
Nelson, Reed. “‘That Book Is True’” Ensign, December 1983.
ID = [46478]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2747  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:56
Ray, Brian K. “‘That I Might Draw All Men unto Me’” In The Fulness of the Gospel, eds. Camille Fronk Olson, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
ID = [36241]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:18
Moss, Robert H. That I Were an Angel, A Novel of Alma the Younger. Salt Lake City: Acme, 1987.
Display Abstract  

A novel that retells the doings of Alma the Younger—his experiences with his father in Helan, his conversion, his friendship with the sons of Mosiah, and his dramatic missionary experiences.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78317]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Harrison, G. T. “That Mormon Book: Mormonism’s Keystone Exposed or The Hoax Book.” N.p.: n.p., 1981.
Display Abstract  

A polemical work against the Book of Mormon, declaring that the Book of Mormon is a wicked book that has deceived millions. Raises many issues, including inconsistencies of the Book of Mormon, the killing of Laban by Nephi, and “Book of Mormon fairy tales” and compares the lives of Paul and Alma.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78318]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Whittaker, David J. “‘That Most Important of All Books’: A Printing History of The Book of Mormon.” Mormon Historical Studies 6, no. 2 (Fall, 2005): 101-134.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Whittaker details the history of the six major English editions of the Book of Mormon, focusing primarily on those versions printed in Joseph Smith’s lifetime. He also discusses the European printings and the 1879, 1920, and 1981 editions. Recent textual studies have identified many errors in the current edition, and Whittaker encourages a new edition to incorporate textual corrections.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, editions and translations; Book of Mormon, printing
ID = [82033]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Johnson, Lane. “That Name—Nephi.” Ensign, July 1992.
ID = [50601]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1556  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:54
Royall, Paul F. “‘That Our Children May Know’” Ensign, October 1971.
ID = [40748]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:45:57
BYU TV. “That Promised Day: The Coming Forth of the LDS Scriptures.” In BYU TV. 2010.
Display Abstract  

This documentary film outlines the development of the 1979/1981 editions of the LDS Bible and Book of Mormon. Deepen your appreciation for the massive effort made to create the Topical Guide, Bible Dictionary, Joseph Smith Translation, footnotes, maps, and more. Listen to those who worked on the project over 30 years ago and hear their inspired experiences.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Basic Resources > Overviews and Student Manuals
ID = [4493]  Status = Type = video  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:57
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘That They May Be Purified in Me’: Ritual Purification in 3 Nephi 19 and the Implications of Holiness as ‘Purity’ for Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances and Worship.” Paper presented at the 2020 Temple on Mount Zion Conference. November 7, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6782]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-11-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:41
Sorenson, Stephanie Dibb. “‘That They May Bear Testimony of Him’: Jesus Christ’s Communication to and about Prophets in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81585]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
New Era. “That They May Know.” Vol. 7, no. 10 (1977): 35-37.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A new proselytizing method is to put your testimony in the front cover of the Book of Mormon along with your picture. Examples are given.

Keywords: Conversion, Missionary Work, Testimony
ID = [76631]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
New Era. “That They May Know.” New Era 7 (October 1977): 35-37.
Display Abstract  

A new proselytizing method is to put your testimony in the front cover of the Book of Mormon along with your picture. Examples are given.

ID = [80244]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:14
Smith, Henry A. “‘That They May Know…’” Church News 36 (29 January 1966): 3.
Display Abstract  

Announcing the first publication of the Chinese Book of Mormon, with background information on its translation and publication.

ID = [78834]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1966-01-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob’: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 279-296.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Abstract: The prophecies in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49 are third-generation members of the same family of texts derived from Isaiah 11:11–12 and Isaiah 29:4, all of which ultimately rely on yāsap (yôsîp or yôsip) idioms to describe the gathering of Israel and the concomitant coming forth of additional scripture. Mormon, following Nephi, apparently engages in a specific kind of wordplay on the name Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49 that ultimately harks back to the divine promises made to Joseph in Egypt (2 Nephi 25:21; see also especially 2 Nephi 3:4–16, Genesis 50:24–34 JST) and to his descendants. This wordplay looks forward to the name and role of the prophetic translator through whom additional scripture “[would] be brought again” and “[would] come again” in the last days.

Keywords: Abrahamic covenant; Book of Mormon; gathering of Israel; Joseph; wordplay
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
ID = [81235]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 44297  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Hughes, Kathleen H. “That We May All Sit Down in Heaven Together.” Delivered at the General Relief Society Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2005.
Display Abstract  

When we become instruments in the hands of God, we are used by Him to do His work.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [20142]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2005-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 7165  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:46
Hughes, Kathleen H. “That We May All Sit Down in Heaven Together.” Ensign, November 2005.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [56719]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2005-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7393  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:04
Fallon, Jennifer Grace. “That We May Rejoice Together.” Ensign, June 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [60617]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9040  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:32
Ashton, Wendell J. “‘That Which I Have Written Is True’” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 97, no. 32 (8 August 1935): 506-8.
Display Abstract  

Ambrose R. Winch, through reading and manually copying a borrowed copy of the Book of Mormon, was converted to the Church.

ID = [81440]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-08-08  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Tvedtnes, John A. “That Which Is to Come.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6 no. 2 (1997).
Display Abstract  

Expressions similar to “that which is to come” (Mosiah 3:1) refer specifically to Christ. Numerous prophets prophesy of Christ and the good news of his atoning influence in our lives.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [2966]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 14142  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘That Which They Most Desired’: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 261-298.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Abstract: Paronomasia in the Hebrew text of Exodus creates narrative links between the name Miriam (Mary) and the “waters” (mayim) of the Re[e]d Sea from which Israel is “pulled” and the nearby “bitter” waters of Marah. Nephi sees Mary (Mariam), the mother of Jesus, associated with the “love of God,” and thus to both “the tree of life” and “the fountain of living waters” (1 Nephi 11:25) vis-à-vis “the fountain of filthy water” (1 Nephi 12:16). Mormon was named after “the land of Mormon” (3 Nephi 5:12). He associates his given name with “waters,” which he describes as a “fountain of pure water” (Mosiah 18:5), and with the good “desires” and “love” that Alma the Elder’s converts manifest at the time of their baptism (Mosiah 18:8, 10‒11, 21, 28). Mormon’s accounts of the baptisms of Alma the Elder’s people, Limhi’s people, the people at Sidom (Alma 15:13), and a few repentant Nephites at Zarahemla who responded to Samuel the Lamanite’s preaching (Helaman 16:1), anticipate Jesus’s eventual reestablishment of the church originally founded by Alma, the baptism of his disciples, and their reception of the Holy Ghost — “that which they most desired” (see 3 Nephi 19:9‒14, 24). Desire serves as a key term that links all of these baptismal scenes. Mormon’s analogy of “the bitter fountain” and its “bitter water” vis-à-vis the “the good fount” and its “good water” — which helps set up his discussion of “the pure love of Christ,” which “endureth forever” (Moroni 7:47‒48) — should be understood against the backdrop of Lehi’s dream as Nephite “cultural narrative” and the history of Alma the Elder’s people at the waters of Mormon. As Mormon’s people lose the “love [which] endureth by faith unto prayer” (Moroni 8:26; see also Moroni 8:14‒17; 9:5) they become like the “bitter fountain” (Moroni 7:11) and do not endure to the end in faith, hope, and charity on the covenant path (cf. 2 Nephi 31:20; Moroni 7:40‒88; 8:24‒26). The name Mormon (“desire is enduring” or “love is enduring”), as borne by the prophet-editor of the Book of Mormon, embraces the whole cloud of these associations.

Keywords: baptism; bitter; Book of Mormon; desire; fountain; love; Mormon; paronomasia; water
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Book of Mormon Topics > Literary and Textual Studies > Proper Names
Book of Mormon Topics > Literary and Textual Studies > Wordplay
ID = [3487]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 63180  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Jones, Clifford P. “That Which You Have Translated, Which You Have Retained.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 43 (2021): 1-64.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: I propose that our current Words of Mormon in the Book of Mormon was originally a second chapter of the book of Mosiah following an initial chapter that was part of the lost 116 pages. When Joseph Smith gave the first 116 pages to Martin Harris, he may have retained a segment of the original manuscript that contained our Words of Mormon, consistent with the Lord’s reference “that which you have translated, which you have retained” (D&C 10:41). A comprehensive review of contextual information indicates that the chapter we call Words of Mormon may actually be the first part of this retained segment.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3426]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,interpreter-journal  Size: 64807  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Maxwell, Neal A. That Ye May Believe. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1992.
Display Abstract  

A collection of letters written to the author’s grandchildren with Book of Mormon scriptures interspersed throughout. Early members of the Church had received a firm testimony in spite of limited amounts of leisure time to study its contents. The author bears his own witness of the timeliness in which the Book of Mormon came forth.

ID = [78319]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:30
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘That Ye May Have Hope’: Nephi’s Use of Isaiah 49:22-23 in Teaching the Concept of Hope.” Religious Educator Vol. 23 no. 2 (2022): 23.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

“In what follows, I propose that Nephi’s purpose clause ’that ye may have hope’ has direct reference to Isaiah 49:22–23 and, in particular, to the prophetic promise ’they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.’ The connection becomes clearer when we examine the meaning of the Hebrew verb employed by Isaiah, qāwâ, which means not only ’to wait’ (as in KJV Isaiah 49:23) but more precisely ’to hope’ (as reflected in the derived nouns tiqwâ and miqweh, both denoting ’hope’). Further examination reveals that Nephi considered Isaiah 49:22–23 one of Isaiah’s most important prophecies. Isaiah’s prophetic promise regarding the gathering and restoration of Israel in Isaiah 49:22–23 is deeply rooted in the Abrahamic covenant (compare Genesis 22:18 and 1 Nephi 22:6–12) and anticipation of its fulfillment. Nephi’s concept of hope is thus similarly rooted in waiting for and expecting the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Nephi (Book of Mormon figure); Book of Mormon; Testament, Old; Scriptures, textual parallels
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [82017]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2022-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘That Ye Might Feel and See’: Touch in the First Day of Christ’s Ministry.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81590]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:23
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “The Book of Mormon and the American Revolution.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81804]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Talmage, James E. “Book of Mormon and the Book of Isaiah.” 99th Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April, 1929.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Authorship, Book of Mormon Geography, Deutero-Isaiah, Isaiah (Prophet), Prophecy, Testimony
ID = [76693]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1929-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference,talmage  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Griggs, C. Wilfred. “The Book of Mormon as an Ancient Book.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81800]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Credibility of the Book of Mormon Translators.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81805]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Swift, Charles. “‘The Lord slayeth the wicked’: Coming to Terms with Nephi Killing Laban.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 28 (2019).
Display Abstract  

Many would agree that the most disturbing narrative in all of the Book of Mormon is that of Nephi being commanded to slay Laban. Few encourage their friends to turn to that passage when introducing the book. It is the rather detailed account of what appears to be an unconscionable act. Its closest parallel elsewhere in scripture is the story of Abraham and Isaac, with the all-important difference that, for Nephi, there was no ram in the thicket. How can we justify a man coming upon another man lying in a street, completely helpless, incapacitated because he is passed out from being drunk, and that first man decapitating the second man, stealing his sword and clothing, and then impersonating him so he could steal a most precious item from his treasury and lead one of his servants away from his household? On the surface, this is what appears to be happening. The fact that Nephi feels led by the Spirit to commit this act may be of little comfort to us as members of society since “few, if any of us, would want to live in a society where individual citizens are free to kill drunken fellow citizens-however guilty the drunk may be-because the citizen feels he has been constrained by God to do so.”

ID = [81925]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Roberts, B. H. “What the World Owes the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star 90, no. 40 (October 4, 1928): 625-630.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A discussion of the value of the Book of Mormon, from its aphorisms to its powerful testimony of Jesus Christ and his resurrection.

Keywords: Faith, Literature, Resurrection, Scripture Study
ID = [76670]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1928-10-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,millennial-star,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Spaulding, Solomon. “The ‘Manuscript Found’: A Verbatim Copy of the Original.” Lamoni, Iowa: The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1885.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

In 1884 L. L. Rice of Honolulu, Hawaii, discovered the Spaulding manuscript among some old antislavery documents in his possession. In the 1830s Rice had purchased Howe’s newspaper, The Painesville Telegraph, along with papers that had belonged to Howe. He apparently was unaware of the manuscript and its interest to Latter-day Saints and their detractors. Included with the manuscript was an affidavit written by Philastus Hurlbut, invoking the names of witnesses who knew the document to be the work of Spaulding. Rice donated the manuscript to James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, to be included in the college’s archival collection. It remains there today. In 1885 the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published the Spaulding manuscript, based on a copy made after it arrived in Oberlin. The following year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published it also, based on a copy Rice transcribed himself while the manuscript was still in his possession in Hawaii.

Keywords: Spaulding theory
ID = [75385]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1885-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Spaulding, Solomon. “The ‘Manuscript Found’: Manuscript Story.” Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1886.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

In 1884 L. L. Rice of Honolulu, Hawaii, discovered the Spaulding manuscript among some old antislavery documents in his possession. In the 1830s Rice had purchased Howe’s newspaper, The Painesville Telegraph, along with papers that had belonged to Howe. He apparently was unaware of the manuscript and its interest to Latter-day Saints and their detractors. Included with the manuscript was an affidavit written by Philastus Hurlbut, invoking the names of witnesses who knew the document to be the work of Spaulding. Rice donated the manuscript to James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, to be included in the college’s archival collection. It remains there today. In 1885 the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published the Spaulding manuscript, based on a copy made after it arrived in Oberlin. The following year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published it also, based on a copy Rice transcribed himself while the manuscript was still in his possession in Hawaii.

Keywords: Spaulding theory
ID = [75386]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘Their Anger Did Increase Against Me’: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 115-136.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: Nephi’s record on the small plates includes seven distinct scenes in which Nephi depicts the anger of his brethren against him. Each of these scenes includes language that recalls Genesis 37:5‒10, 20, the biblical scene in which Joseph’s brothers “hate him yet the more [wayyôsipû ʿôd] for his dreams and for his words” because they fear that he intends to “reign” and to “have dominion” or rule over them (Genesis 37:8). Later, they plot to kill him (Genesis 37:20). Two of these “anger” scenes culminate in Nephi’s brothers’ bowing down before him in the same way that Joseph’s brothers bowed down in obeisance before him. Nephi permutes the expression wayyôsipû ʿôd in terms of his brothers’ “continuing” and “increasing” anger, which eventually ripens into a hatred that permanently divides the family. Nephi uses language that represents other yāsap/yôsîp + verbal-complement constructions in these “anger” scenes, usage that recalls the name Joseph in such a way as to link Nephi with his ancestor. The most surprising iteration of Nephi’s permuted “Joseph” wordplay occurs in his own psalm (2 Nephi 4:16‒35).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [3712]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 54618  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Petersen, Mark E. “Their Greatest Tragedy.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1965.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article states that the greatest tragedy that happened to the Jews was the rejection of their King, Jesus Christ. Likewise, the people of the modern world may reject his Second Coming. Signs described in the Book of Mormon show that the Second Coming will not be unexpected.

Keywords: Death of; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jews; Mortal Ministry of; Second Coming of; Trial of Jesus
ID = [27721]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1965-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 14245  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:17
Ellsworth, Daniel T. “Their Imperfect Best: Isaianic Authorship from an LDS Perspective.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 1-27.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: For Latter-day Saints, the critical scholarly consensus that most of the book of Isaiah was not authored by Isaiah often presents a problem, particularly since many Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon are assigned post-exilic dating by critical scholars. The critical position is based on an entirely different set of assumptions than most believers are accustomed to bring to scripture. This article surveys some of the reasons for the critical scholarly position, also providing an alternative set of assumptions that Latter-day Saints can use to understand the features of the text.
I have a tradition from my grandfather’s house that the same communication is revealed to many prophets, but no two prophesy in the identical phraseology.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [3659]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 58056  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Ritchie, William A. “Their Mouths Are Stopped with Dust.” Archaeology 4 (September 1952): 136-44.
Display Abstract  

Summary of the latest excavations in New York, providing the archaeological history of the state. Lists evidences supporting the movements of Book of Mormon peoples in New York. This work is reviewed in W.062.

ID = [80710]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1952-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Nibley, Hugh W. “Their Portrait of a Prophet.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, 233–48. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
Display Abstract  

In 1977 two full-length biographies of Joseph Smith appeared, both more of the same with a little more added. They all continue to miss the point: why is Joseph Smith worth writing about? Only, apparently, because the Mormons are still going strong. He was once thought interesting as a picturesque, even fantastic, frontier character, but now that it has become the fashion to explain him away as a perfectly ordinary guy, even that has been given up. But do ordinary guys do what Joseph Smith did ? It is as if the biographers of Shakespeare were to go on year after year digging up all the details of his rather ordinary life, omitting only that, incidentally, he was credited with writing some remarkable plays. The documents which Joseph Smith has placed in our hands are utterly unique; if you doubt it, please furnish an example to match the books of Moses and Abraham, any book of the Book of Mormon, or for that matter, Joseph Smith’s own story. No one since Eduard Meyer has pointed out how closely Joseph’s productions match those of the prophets of Israel; no one but he and E. A. W. Budge have had the knowledge to detect familiar overtones from ancient apocryphal writings in Joseph Smith’s revelations and his autobiography. From the first deriding of the Book of Mormon before 1830 to the latest attacks on the Book of Abraham, the approach has always been the same: “Considering who Smith was and the methods he used, it is hardly worth the trouble to examine the writings which he put forth as holy scriptures and ancient histories.” And so his work remains unread by his critics, and the greatest of all literary anomalies remains not only unexplained but unexamined. But why should his critics not see in Joseph Smith only what they choose to see, since the Mormons themselves do the same?
An example of what some scholars may believe about Joseph Smith and how anyone can manipulate stories into whatever fits their purpose.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Joseph Smith > Criticisms, Apologetics
ID = [1763]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 35555  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:20
Fleming, Donovan J. “Their ‘Best Shots’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, June 17, 1997.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [69115]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1997-06-17  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:12
Sperry, Sidney B. Themes of the Restored Gospel. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1950.
Display Abstract  

The majority of the book is devoted to “the spirit of modern scripture,” in which Sperry discusses modern scriptural doctrine, including teachings found in the Book of Mormon. He explores the concept of God, great personalities of the Book of Mormon, personal religion, brotherhood, the hereafter, judgment, and universal aspects of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78705]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Day, Afton J. “Then I Could Touch People’s Hearts.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43805]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:17
Nordgren, Weston N. “‘Then Shall They Rejoice’” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 91, no. 5 (31 January 1929): 72-73.
Display Abstract  

Speaks of the prophecy in the Book of Mormon that the Lamanites, or the American Indians, shall rejoice of the Book of Mormon and its message. Gives several examples of American Indians that have read the Book of Mormon and were baptized because of their faith in its truthfulness.

ID = [81409]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-01-31  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Owen, Paul L. “Theological Apostasy and the Role of Canonical Scripture: A Thematic Analysis of 1 Nephi 13-14.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 no. 1 (2014).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3311]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 43919  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Martin, Jan J. “The Theological Value of the King James Language in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
Display Abstract  

In 1831, Alexander Campbell (1788-1866), the founder of the Disciples of Christ Church and leader in the early nineteenth-century religious reformation known as the Restoration, published a short pamphlet entitled Delusions: An Analysis of the Book of Mormon: With an Examination of Its Internal and External Evidences, and a Refutation of Its Pretences to Divine Authority. In the pamphlet, Campbell argued that the Book of Mormon was a linguistic hodgepodge, “patched up and cemented with ’And it came to pass’ - ’I sayeth unto you’-’Ye saith unto him’-and all the King James’ haths, dids and doths-in the lowest imitation of the common version:’ He insisted that “it has not one good sentence in it, save the profanation of those sentences quoted from the Oracles of the living God:’ For Campbell, the seventeenth-century English in the Book of Mormon demonstrated that Joseph Smith was a fraud.

ID = [81905]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Relief Society Magazine. “Theology and Testimony: Guide Lessons.” Relief Society Magazine 6 (September-December 1919): 489-92, 548-50, 610-14, 671-73.
Display Abstract  

The pivotal point in history was the coming of Christ. No greater prophecies exist that looked forward to Christ than the Book of Mormon; they are unexcelled for their detail and clarity. 1 Nephi 15 declares the restoration of the Jews. Lamanites have been victims of their conqueror’s injustice, but their hour of bondage is passing (1 Nephi 15, 2 Nephi 30). Miracles performed among the Nephites can be arranged into three categories: healing the sick and raising the dead, deliverance of God’s servants, and the punishment of the wicked.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [80711]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Relief Society Magazine. “Theology: Church History—The Book of Mormon Revealed.” Relief Society Magazine 31 (August 1944): 467-71.
Display Abstract  

As part of a Church history series, this lesson quotes much of Joseph Smith—History concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. [J. W.M.]

ID = [80712]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1944-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hales, Brian C. “Theories and Assumptions: A Review of William L. Davis’s Visions in a Seer Stone.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 151-190.
Display Abstract  

A review of William L. Davis, Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2020, 264 pp. paperback $29.95, hardcover $90, e-book $22.99, ISBN: 1469655675, 9781469655673.
Abstract: Within the genre of Book of Mormon studies, William L. Davis’s Visions in a Seer Stone presents readers with an innovative message that reports how Joseph Smith was able to produce the words of the Book of Mormon without supernatural assistance. Using oral performance skills that Smith ostensibly gained prior to 1829, his three-month “prodigious flow of verbal art and narrative creation” (7) became the Book of Mormon. Davis’s theory describes a two-part literary pattern in the Book of Mormon where summary outlines (called “heads) in the text are consistently expanded in subsequent sections of the narrative. Termed “laying down heads,” Davis insists that such literary devices are anachronistic to Book of Mormon era and constitute strong evidence that Joseph Smith contributed heavily, if not solely, to the publication. The primary weaknesses of the theory involve the type and quantity of assumptions routinely accepted throughout the book. The assumptions include beliefs that the historical record does not support or even contradicts (e.g. Smith’s 1829 superior intelligence, advanced composition abilities, and exceptional memorization proficiency) and those that describe Smith using oral performance skills beyond those previously demonstrated as humanly possible (e.g. the ability to dictate thousands of first-draft phrases that are also refined final-draft sentences). Visions in a Seer Stone will be most useful to individuals who, like the author, are willing to accept these assumptions. To more skeptical readers, the theory presented regarding the origin of the Book of Mormon will be classified as incomplete or inadequate. .

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3484]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64439  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Juvenile Instructor. “Theories on the Origin of Man.” Juvenile Instructor 3 (15 August 1868): 124-25.
Display Abstract  

“The Indians on this continent are of the House of Israel” They were cursed as a result of their abominations.

ID = [80713]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-08-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Larsen, Val, and Newell D. Wright. “Theosis in the Book of Mormon: The Work and Glory of the Father, Mother and Son, and Holy Ghost.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 56 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 56 (2023): 275-326.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Abstract: While some scholars have suggested that the doctrine of theosis — the transformation of human beings into divine beings — emerged only in Nauvoo, the essence of the doctrine was already present in the Book of Mormon, both in precept and example. The doctrine is especially well developed in 1 Nephi, Alma 19, and Helaman 5. The focus in 1 Nephi is on Lehi and Nephi’s rejection of Deuteronomist reforms that erased the divine Mother and Son, who, that book shows, are closely coupled as they, the Father, and Holy Ghost work to transform human beings into divine beings. The article shows that theosis is evident in the lives of Lehi, Sariah, Sam, Nephi, Alma, Alma2, Ammon2, Lamoni, Lamoni’s wife, Abish, and especially Nephi2. The divine Mother’s participation in the salvation of her children is especially evident in Lehi’s dream, Nephi’s vision, and the stories of Abish and the Lamanite Queen.

Keywords: apotheosis; Book of Mormon; Joseph Smith; theosis
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [81226]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 141124  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Penrose, Charles W. “There are Only Two Churches.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 70, no. 46 (19 November 1908): 744-46.
Display Abstract  

Commenting on 1 Nephi 13-14, Penrose identifies the great and abominable church as “all the institutions among mankind in all ages that are led into error . . . and which lead mankind away from the true God and the true faith”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [81334]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1908-11-19  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Riess, Jana. “‘There Came a Man’: Sherem, Scapegoating, and the Inversion of Prophetic Tradition.” 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 = [81819]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Slayton, Jessica. “‘There cannot be any more Bible!’: Nineteenth-Century Visual Art and the Production of Memory in The Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon, told by a variety of narrators over a period of hundreds of years, is deeply concerned with remembrance and the written production of memory. As each narrator grows old and finishes his time recording the events of his people, he hands down the plates to a son or other trusted, younger male companion to continue writing the history and preserving the memories of their people. In this paper, I’d like to argue that nineteenth-century visual art becomes a continuation of the concern for and production of memory so present in The Book of Mormon itself. The book’s proclamation of itself as Bible-“And because my words shall hiss forth-many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible”-establishes its reliance on its own participation in the production of memory and highlights its own limited ability (given its status as a completed text) to continue the process of memory generation. I will first examine how The Book of Mormon presents the recording of memory and then turn to C. C. A. Christensen as a case study on how visual art entered the Mormon religious sphere in the nineteenth century as a way of re-recording the stories.

ID = [81907]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Fenton, Elizabeth. “‘There Cannot be Any More Bible’: American History as Sacred History in The Book of Mormon.” C19: The Society of 19th-Century Americanists Convention, Berkeley, CA: April 2012.
ID = [78836]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2012-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Galbraith, Madelyn. There is a Book. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1971.
Display Abstract  

A novel about an Indian’s search for his identity and his encounter with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78706]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “There Is No Beauty That We Should Desire Him.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 1-30.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Abstract: In two separate passages Isaiah appears to describe the mortal Messiah as lacking in physical beauty and perhaps as even having some type of physical disfigurement (see Isaiah 52:14 and 53:2–4). On the contrary, Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith — portrayed in the biblical text as physical saviors or deliverers of Israel — are represented as beautiful in form and appearance. In fact, their beauty seems to be a significant factor in the successful exercise of their power as physical saviors of Israel. Unlike Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith, Christ may have been foreordained to descend to his mortal state with a less than attractive physical appearance and as someone who experienced illness throughout his life so that “he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities” (Alma 7:12).

Keywords: Beauty; Christ; David; Esther; Isaiah; Joseph; Judith
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Leviticus
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Old Testament Scriptures > Esther
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [12587]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 67660  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:15
Curtis, LeGrand R., Jr. “There Is Power in the Book.” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2016.
Display Abstract  

The greatest power of the Book of Mormon is its impact in bringing us closer to Jesus Christ.

ID = [22710]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10812  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:52
Merrill, Byron R. “There Was No Contention.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 167–83. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
ID = [36721]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 39937  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Nibley, Hugh W. “There Were Jaredites.” A series of articles in Improvement Era in 14 parts running from January 1956 through February 1957.
Display Abstract  

“Reprinted as part three of “Lehi in the Desert”; “The World of the Jaredites”; “There Were Jaredites.” The description of the Jaredite boats seem to resemble the boat of Ut-Napitshtim, who was the Sumerian counterpart of Noah. Old Jewish and even older Indian sources record the use of shining stones that protect the owner beneath the water. These have been traced back to Babylonian tales of the deluge. Since the Jaredite record reports that their boats were patterned after Noah’s ark, ancient myths that surely have their foundation in real events help to provide greater understanding of the book of Ether. The book of Ether meets all the criteria of epic traditions of heroic societies. The remains of heroic societies are difficult to identify.
This wide-ranging series discusses the “epic milieu” of the second millennium B.C. and places the Jaredites in their historical context alongside the Babylonians, Egyptians, early Greeks, and others. It makes a comparison between the book of Ether and ancient writings of Babylon, Egypt, Sumer, and others.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [902]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 14  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14

Articles

Nibley, Hugh W. “Egypt Revisited—1.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 2 (February 1956): 88–89, 106, 108.
Display Abstract  

Part 1 of 5.
An exploration into the book of Ether and its ties to Egypt told via a fictional account.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [904]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Egypt Revisited—2.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 3 (March 1956): 150–52, 185–87.
Display Abstract  

Part 2 of 5.
An exploration into the book of Ether and its ties to Egypt told via a fictional account.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [905]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Egypt Revisited—3.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 4 (April 1956): 244–45, 252–54, 258.
Display Abstract  

Part 3 of 5.
An exploration into the book of Ether and its ties to Egypt told via a fictional account.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [906]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Egypt Revisited—4.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 5 (May 1956): 308–10, 334, 336, 338–40.
Display Abstract  

Part 4 of 5.
An exploration into the book of Ether and its ties to Egypt told via a fictional account.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [907]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Egypt Revisited—5.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 6 (June 1956): 390–91, 460–61.
Display Abstract  

Part 5 of 5.
An exploration into the book of Ether and its ties to Egypt told via a fictional account.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [908]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Babylonian Background, 1.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 7 (July 1956): 509–11, 514, 516.
Display Abstract  

Later published with the second part as a chapter in Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 5.
A look into Babylonian folklore and ritual, written as a story about three students and their professor.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [909]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 26209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Babylonian Background, 2.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 8 (August 1956): 566–67, 602.
Display Abstract  

Later published with the first part as a chapter in Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 5.
A comparison of Babylonian folklore and Jaredite records, also comparing ritualistic elements and less religious aspects of both records.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [910]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 18382  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Shining Stones: Continued.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 9 (September 1956): 630–32, 672–75.
Display Abstract  

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
Nibley, Hugh W. “Epic Milieu in the Old Testament.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 10 (October 1956): 710–12, 745–51.
Display Abstract  

Reprinted in Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 5.
Discussions of the book of Enoch and its relationship to the Book of Abraham and other ancient texts and folklore.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [912]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,nibley,old-test  Size: 42471  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Our Own People.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 11 (November 1956): 818–19, 857–58.
Display Abstract  

The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
A description of stories of ancestors from various countries.

See also: “Our Own People” (1988)
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [913]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,nibley  Size: 20534  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Our Own People: Continued.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 59, no. 12 (December 1956): 906–7.
Display Abstract  

The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
A study of conquest during the time the Book of Mormon was written and how the Book of Mormon fits in with that culture.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [914]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 12773  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “There Were Jaredites.” In “There Were Jaredites,” by Hugh Nibley, a series of articles in Improvement Era in 14 parts running from January 1956 through February 1957.
Display Abstract  

The description of the Jaredite boats seem to resemble the boat of Ut-Napitshtim, who was the Sumerian counterpart of Noah. Old Jewish and even older Indian sources record the use of shining stones that protect the owner beneath the water. These have been traced back to Babylonian tales of the deluge. Since the Jaredite record reports that their boats were patterned after Noah’s ark, ancient myths that surely have their foundation in real events help to provide greater understanding of the book of Ether. The book of Ether meets all the criteria of epic traditions of heroic societies. The remains of heroic societies are difficult to identify.
This wide-ranging series discusses the “epic milieu” of the second millennium B.C. and places the Jaredites in their historical context alongside the Babylonians, Egyptians, early Greeks, and others. It makes a comparison between the book of Ether and ancient writings of Babylon, Egypt, Sumer, and others.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [915]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Our Own People: Continued.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 60, no. 1 (January 1957): 26–27, 41.
Display Abstract  

The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
A study of the book of Ether and how it matches other societies of its day.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [916]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 16000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Our Own People: Concluded.” In There Were Jaredites series, Improvement Era 60, no. 2 (February 1957): 94–95, 122–24.
Display Abstract  

The Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970.
Looks at ancient architecture and suggests that ancient Jaredite architecture may still exist, but we have yet to identify them.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Peoples > Jaredites
ID = [917]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1956-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 28222  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Abdo, Michael J. “There’s Room in My Chart Bag.” Ensign, September 1989.
ID = [49208]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:14
Cheesman, Paul R. These Early Americans: External Evidences of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1974.
Display Abstract  

Presents numerous archaeological, anthropological and ethnological data to support ideas found in the Book of Mormon. Discusses such topics as Quetzalcoatl, the wheel, stone boxes, language, and ancient writing. This work is reviewed in S.517.

ID = [78707]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Ludlow, Jared W. “‘They Are Not Cast Off Forever’: Fulfillment of the Covenant Purposes.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [34716]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 36520  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:53
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘They Are of Ancient Date’: Jaredite Traditions and the Politics of Gadianton’s Dissent.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
ID = [34003]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:48
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “They Bear Witness.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1956.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article testifies that the Lord has always had witnesses to bear testimony of his truths—the coming forth of the Book of Mormon follows suit. All who read the Book of Mormon may read the testimony of the Three Witnesses.

Keywords: Law of Witnesses; Three Witnesses; Witnesses
ID = [27141]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1956-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 11352  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:13
Welch, John W. “They Came from Jerusalem: Some Old World Perspectives on the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43340]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,welch  Size: 17483  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:14
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘They Did Fell the Tree’: The Hanging of Zemnarihah as a Ritual Resolution for Nephite Trauma.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33819]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Thomas, Brett P. “They Did Remember His Words.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 93–114. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [36801]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 42186  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Brown, Robert L., and Rosemary Brown. They Lie in Wait to Deceive. Vol. 2. Mesa, AZ: Brownsworth, 1984.
Display Abstract  

A rebuttal and refutation of the claims made by the authors of Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? Shows that the authors apparently falsified statements made by handwriting analysts. Also shows why most today reject the Spaulding origin for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78708]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Cheville, Roy A. They Made a Difference. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1970.
Display Abstract  

Contains history and testimonies of early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had a signiicant impact on the restoration movement. Includes Joseph Smith, the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, those who were converted to the Church by the Book of Mormon, used it as a missionary tool, and supported and helped in its translation and publication.

ID = [78709]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Swift, Charles, and Nicholas J. Frederick, eds. They Shall Grow Together: The Bible in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Display Abstract  

This fourth volume by the Book of Mormon Academy at Brigham Young University is a careful study of the intersections of two ancient texts: The Book of Mormon and the Bible. The authors approach the two books of scripture from within two fundamental frameworks. First, several of the essays explore the books in terms of the worlds from which they come with their related ideals, interests, and origins. Second, a number of the authors analyze topics based on the texts themselves, closely studying the two texts and helping readers better understand connections. ISBN 978-1-9503-0430-1

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33154]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 16  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:45

Articles

Ludlow, Jared W. “The Influence of the Figure of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33814]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Seely, David Rolph. “The Rhetoric of Self-Reference in Deuteronomy and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
ID = [33815]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Hull, Kerry. “‘O God of Israel, Give a True Decision’: Lot Divination in Biblical Tradition and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33816]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Pierce, George A., and Krystal V. L. Pierce. “The Tower of Babel, the Jaredites, and the Nature of God.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33817]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Martin, Jan J. “The Prophet Nephi and the Covenantal Nature of ‘Cut Off,’ ‘Cursed,’ ‘Skin of Blackness,’ and ‘Loathsome’” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33818]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “The Good Shepherd and His Other Sheep in John 10 and 3 Nephi 15-16.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [33820]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Language of Paul in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33821]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Hilton, John, III. “The Book of Mormon on the Bible.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33822]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Shannon, Avram R. “The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33823]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Swift, Charles. “‘I Beheld a Tree’: Lehi’s Dream and Revelation.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33824]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Sticks of Judah and Joseph: Reflections on Defending the Kingdom.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
ID = [33825]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Except Some Man Should Guide Me’: Studying Isaiah with Nephi and Jacob.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33826]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Sears, Joshua M. “Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: Latter-day Saint Approaches.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33827]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Pike, Dana M. “Passages from the Book of Micah in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [33828]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Appendix: The Bible and the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33829]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:47
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘They Shall No More Be Confounded’: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 91-104.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: In two related prophecies, Moroni employs an apparent wordplay on the name Joseph in terms of the Hebrew idiom (lōʾ) yôsîp … ʿôd (+ verbal component), as preserved in the phrases “they shall no more be confounded” (Ether 13:8) and “that thou mayest no more be confounded” (Moroni 10:31). That phraseology enjoyed a long currency within Nephite prophecy (e.g., 1 Nephi 14:2, 15:20), ultimately having its source in Isaiah’s prophecies regarding Jerusalem/Zion (see, for example, Isaiah 51:22; 52:1– 2; 54:2–4). Ether and Moroni’s prophecy in Ether 13 that the Old Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem would “no more be confounded” further affirms the gathering of Israel in general and the gathering of the seed of Joseph in particular.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3609]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 32457  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘They Were Moved with Compassion’ (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 18 (2016): 233-253.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: As in Hebrew biblical narrative, wordplay on (or play on the meaning of) toponyms, or “place names,” is a discernable feature of Book of Mormon narrative. The text repeatedly juxtaposes the toponym Jershon (“place of inheritance” or “place of possession”) with terms inherit, inheritance, possess, possession, etc. Similarly, the Mulekite personal name Zarahemla (“seed of compassion,” “seed of pity”), which becomes the paramount Nephite toponym as their national capital after the time of Mosiah I, is juxtaposed with the term compassion. Both wordplays occur and recur at crucial points in Nephite/Lamanite history. Moreover, both occur in connection with the migration of the first generation Lamanite converts. The Jershon wordplay recurs in the second generation, when the people of Ammon receive the Zoramite (re)converts into the land of Jershon, and wordplay on Zarahemla recurs subsequently, when the sons of these Lamanite converts come to the rescue of the Nephite nation. Rhetorical wordplay on Zarahemla also surfaces in important speeches later in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [4408]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 54434  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:57
Church News. “They Worked in Cement.” Church News 52 (19 June 1982): 16.
Display Abstract  

Recounts how the peoples of the Book of Mormon worked with wood and stone. The ancient ruins in South America are remnants of the peoples in the Book of Mormon. The conclusion is drawn that the inhabitants of ancient America were just as advanced as the peoples of Palestine.

ID = [80714]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1982-06-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Welch, John W., and Kelly Ward. “Thieves and Robbers.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Gadianton Robbers; Laws; Legal; Robber; Thief
ID = [66515]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Packer, Boyd K. “‘The Things of My Soul’” Ensign, May 1986.
ID = [47586]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13232  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:03
Pugh, Kaye Lynne. “Things They’re Saying.” New Era 1 (May 1971): 37.
Display Abstract  

A future missionary decided the best way to learn German was to read the Book of Mormon in German. This experience helped strengthen his testimony of the book.

ID = [80715]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Holland, Jeffrey R., and Patricia Terry Holland. “Things We Have Learned—Together.” Ensign, June 1986.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [47636]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19913  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:03
Belnap, Daniel L., Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson, eds. “The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision.” Proceedings of the 40th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Display Abstract  

The 40th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium A dark and dreary waste, a man in a shining robe, a rod of iron, and a tree of life—these symbols evoke powerful images in our minds and deepen our appreciation for the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. The 2011 Sperry Symposium volume explores the rich symbolism of Lehi’s dream and Nephi’s vision, placing such symbols as the mists of darkness, the great and spacious building, and the church of the Lamb of God in the context of the last days. By introducing new perspectives to a familiar account, this volume offers a stirring reminder of the implications for Latter-day Saints. ISBN 978-1-6090-8738-8

ID = [33276]  Status = Type = deseret  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 19  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:45

Articles

Osguthorpe, Russell T. “The Power of Inspired Invitations.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temptation
ID = [35258]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 33272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Hardy, Heather. “The Double Nature of God’s Saving Work: The Plan of Salvation and Salvation History.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [35259]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 53324  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The Church of the Lamb of God.” 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 > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35260]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 39283  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Halverson, Jared M. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Apocalyptic Literature.” 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 > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35261]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41712  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Driggs, Lori. “Nephi’s Vision and the Loss and Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths.” 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 > Bible
ID = [35262]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 56565  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Pike, Dana M. “Lehi Dreamed a Dream: The Report of Lehi’s Dream in Its Biblical Context.” 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.
ID = [35263]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 72073  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Presence of the Lord.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35264]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40008  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
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
Easton-Flake, Amy. “Lehi’s Dream as a Template for Understanding Each Act of Nephi’s Vision.” 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 > Q — S > Second Coming
ID = [35267]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 50650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Hardy, Grant R. “Prophetic Perspectives: How Lehi and Nephi Applied the Lessons of Lehi’s Dream.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35268]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 37284  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Even as Our Father Lehi Saw’: Lehi’s Dream as Nephite Cultural Narrative.” 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 > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35269]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 71043  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Bowen, Matthew L. “Not Partaking of the Fruit: Its Generational Consequences and Its Remedy.” 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.
ID = [35270]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 59854  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Alford, Kenneth L. “‘Delivered by the Power of God’: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth.” 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 > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
ID = [35271]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 44876  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “What Nephi’s Vision Teaches about the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” 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 > Bible
ID = [35272]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 48026  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
King, Seth J. “Illuminating a Darkened World.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35273]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 45751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Line, C. Robert. “Bitter and Sweet: Dual Dimensions of 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 > Adversity
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temptation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
ID = [35274]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 27222  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
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
Swift, Charles. “‘It Filled My Soul with Exceedingly Great Joy’: Lehi’s Vision of Teaching and Learning.” 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 > D — F > Education
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [35276]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 74205  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Michelle Vanegas Brodrick. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Used by Church Leaders.” 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 > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [35277]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 46416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:11
Arts, Valentin. “A Third Jaredite Record: The Sealed Portion of the Gold Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11, no. 1 (2002): 50-59, 110-111.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

In the Book of Mormon, two records (a large engraved stone and twenty-four gold plates) contain the story of an ancient civilization known as the Jaredites. There appears to be evidence of an unpublished third record that provides more information on this people and on the history of the world. When the brother of Jared received a vision of Jesus Christ, he was taught many things but was instructed not to share them with the world until the time of his death. The author proposes that the brother of Jared did, in fact, write those things down shortly before his death and then buried them, along with the interpreting stones, to be revealed to the world according to the timing of the Lord.

Keywords: Brother of Jared; Gold Plates; Jaredite; Prophet; Record; Revelation; Sealed Portion
ID = [3086]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 45732  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Paul, Charles Randall. “Third Nephi.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 1:153-55. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Display Abstract  

A synopsis of the book of 3 Nephi in the Book of Mormon. This book is the climax in Nephite history. It focuses on three advents of Jesus: his birth, his resurrection and appearance to the Nephites, and his Second Coming.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80913]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,eom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Baer, James L. “The Third Nephi Disaster: A Geological View.” Dialogue 19 (Spring 1986): 127-32.
Display Abstract  

A scientific, geological answer to the question, “Could the disastrous events described in 3 Nephi 8 have really taken place?” The author concludes that the entire scene could indeed be explained by “a gigantic earthquake with attendant storms and volcanic activity” that would accompany such a catastrophic event in nature.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80668]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Third Nephi, the Book of Nephi: Christ’s Ministry in America, from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Mutual Improvement Association of the LDS Church, 1946.
Display Abstract  

A pocket-sized work containing the book of 3 Nephi, selections from the Joseph Smith History describing Moroni’s visit and the translation of the gold plates, the testimony of the Three and Eight Witnesses, and a number of Book of Mormon references.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78710]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1946-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Skinner, Andrew C., and Gaye Strathearn, eds. Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book/Neal A. Maxwell Institute. 2012.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

If the Book of Mormon is considered the keystone of our religion, then perhaps Third Nephi could be considered the pinnacle of the Book of Mormon. Third Nephi provides a glimpse into those glorious moments when the Savior ministered to a group of Nephite people who trusted in his prophesied appearance. This collection of essays is compiled from lectures given during a two-day symposium on the book of Third Nephi held at BYU in 2008. The chapters investigate a variety of topics from both academic and doctrinal perspectives. The articles include discussions on what Jesus taught and did, as well as how Third Nephi fits into the larger purposes that are outlined in the Book of Mormon s title page: to show Israel what great things the Lord has done for their fathers that they may know the covenants of the Lord, and to convince both Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ.

Keywords: Jesus Christ; book; narrative; spiritual climax
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [76591]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Insights. “Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture— Proceedings of a Willes Center Symposium.” Insights 32, no. 3 (2012).
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The personal appearance of Jesus Christ as recorded in the book of 3 Nephi constitutes the narrative and spiritual climax of the Book of Mormon. Although the sacred account repeats and reinforces many of the Savior’s Old World teachings, many aspects of his New World ministry have no parallel elsewhere in scripture. In this light, Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture is a fitting title for a new book published by the Maxwell Institute and Deseret Book.

Keywords: Jesus Christ; book; narrative; spiritual climax
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [66997]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-03  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:59
Peterson, Levi S. “The Third Nephite.” Dialogue 19 (Winter 1986): 159-71.
Display Abstract  

A fictional story of one of the Three Nephites placed in a modern setting.

ID = [80669]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Stevenson, Bertha S. “The Third Witness.” Improvement Era 37, no. 8 (1934): 458-459.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article chronicles the final years of Martin Harris’s life and his journey to Utah. Harris spoke to congregations bearing his witness of the Book of Mormon. He died in July 1870 and was buried with a Book of Mormon in one hand and a Doctrine and Covenants in the other.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Three Witnesses
ID = [77081]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1934-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Stevenson, Edward. “The Thirteenth Witness to the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 24 (1889): 22-23.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Briefly discusses Mary Musselman Whitmer, the wife of Peter Whitmer, as being the 13th witness to the gold plates. Describes her visit from Moroni to show her the plates

Keywords: Whitmer, Mary Musselman; Book of Mormon, witnesses
ID = [82032]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Ghormley, Pearl. This Book. St. George, UT: Rupegy, 1978.
Display Abstract  

While attempting to determine the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon the author asked many questions, including, “Is the Bible incomplete?” “Was the book of Revelation to be the final word?” “Did the biblical prophets prophesy of the Book of Mormon?” “Are the testimonies of the Three Witnesses true?” Ghormley answers these and other questions.

ID = [78711]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Rasband, Ronald A. “This Day.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2022.
Display Abstract  

Elder Rasband gives examples of President Nelson sharing the Book of Mormon, describes how he has tried to follow the prophet’s example, and invites all to do the same. Our living prophet is doing his part to flood the earth with the Book of Mormon. We must follow his lead.

ID = [23470]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2022-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 728  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:55
Ricks, Stephen D., John W. Welch, and Donald W. Parry. “‘This Day’” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Holy Days; Israelite Autumn Festival; Judaism
ID = [66475]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
McConkie, Bruce R. “This Generation Shall Have My Word through You.” In Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Craig K. Manscill, 35–47. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [36121]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,mcconkie,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 28094  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:17
McConkie, Bruce R. “This Generation Shall Have My Word through You.” In Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Dispensations
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine and Covenants
ID = [35572]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bom,mcconkie,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 28094  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:13
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “‘This Great Mystery’: Gathering Still Other Sheep through the New Covenant of Peace.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 52 (2022): 145-182.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Abstract: The Book of Mormon sheds light on a “great mystery” located in John 10:16 (D&C 10:64). In this paper, using a comparative method that traces intersecting pastoral imagery, I argue that John 10:16–18 (as opposed to merely John 10:16) not only refers to Jesus’s visit to the Lehites in Bountiful and the lost tribes of Israel (the standard LDS view), but that it has a scripturally warranted covenant-connection to the emergence and dissemination of the Nephite record. Specifically, the Book of Mormon, according to the Good Shepherd (3 Nephi 15:12–16:20), effectively serves as his recognizable voice to the inhabitants of the earth across time and space. The Nephite record has come forth so that the Lord’s sheep (those who hear his voice in and through that record in the final dispensation) may be safely gathered into the fold before he comes in glory to reign as a second King David. The Nephite record’s coming forth to eventually establish peace on earth was foretold by prophets such as Isaiah (Isaiah 52:7–10), Ezekiel (Ezekiel 34:23–25; 37:15–26), and Nephi (1 Nephi 13:34–37, 40–14:2; 1 Nephi 22:16–28). The value of this comparative approach is to recast our understanding of various passages of scripture, even as additional value is assigned to the Nephite record as the covenant of peace.
“And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.” (John 10:16)

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Isaiah; prophecy; rhetoric
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [12559]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 91445  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:15
Hinton, Gary D. “This I Believe.” Improvement Era 68, no. 8 (1965): 714-715.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article tells of a young man who gave a Book of Mormon to his history teacher and told him that the American Indians were descendants of the people in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Missionary Work, Native Americans, Testimony
ID = [76877]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1965-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Gardner, Brant A. “This Idea: The ‘This Land?’ Series and the U.S.-Centric Reading of the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 20, no. 2 (2008): Article 8.
Display Abstract  

Review of Edwin G. Goble and Wayne N. May. This Land: Zarahemla and the Nephite Nation. and Review of Wayne N. May. This Land: Only One Cumorah! and Review of Wayne N. May. This Land: They Came from the East.

ID = [608]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 50786  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Millet, Robert L. “‘This Is My Gospel’” In The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9–30, This Is My Gospel, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
ID = [36733]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 49954  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Skinner, Andrew C. “‘This Is My Gospel’: Jesus’ Discourse in 3 Nephi.” Religious Educator Vol. 11 no. 3 (2010).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [38558]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2010-01-03  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 54155  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:33
Church News. “This Is the Decade of the Seventies.” Church News 40 (28 February 1970): 3.
Display Abstract  

Nearly 45,000 copies of the Book of Mormon have been placed in motels, hotels, and businesses. Some conversions have been reported but the total number of converts cannot be known.

ID = [80716]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-02-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hales, Robert D. “‘This Is the Way; and There Is None Other Way’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, January 10, 1982.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

I add my testimony to that of Nephi. I know that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ and that this is the way.

Keywords: Gospel; Responsibility; Podcast: Classic Speeches
ID = [68657]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1982-01-10  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:09
Church of Christ (Temple Lot). This Is What We Believe and Teach. Independence, MO: Board of Publication, Church of Christ, 1970.
Display Abstract  

A pamphlet that states that the above church believes that the Bible contains the word of God and the Book of Mormon is an added witness. Evidences and scriptures such as Ezekiel 37:19 and Genesis 49:22-26 are cited to support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78712]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘This Son Shall Comfort Us’: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 263-298.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: From an etiological perspective, the Hebrew Bible connects the name Noah with two distinct but somewhat homonymous verbal roots: nwḥ (“rest”) and nḥm (“comfort,” “regret” [sometimes “repent”]). Significantly, the Enoch and Noah material in the revealed text of the Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis (especially Moses 7–8) also connects the name Noah in a positive sense to the earth’s “rest” and the Lord’s covenant with Enoch after the latter “refuse[d] to be comforted” regarding the imminent destruction of humanity in the flood. The Book of Mormon, on the other hand, connects the name Noah pejoratively to Hebrew nwḥ (“rest”) and nḥm (“comfort” and “repentance” [regret]) in a negative evaluation of King Noah, the son of Zeniff. King Noah causes his people to “labor exceedingly to support iniquity” (Mosiah 11:6), gives “rest” to his wicked and corrupt priests (Mosiah 11:11), and anesthetizes his people in their sins with his winemaking. Noah and his people’s refusal to “repent” and their martyring of Abinadi result in their coming into hard bondage to the Lamanites. Mormon’s text further demonstrates how the Lord eventually “comforts” Noah’s former subjects after their “sore repentance” and “sincere repentance” from their iniquity and abominations, providing them a typological deliverance that points forward to the atonement of Jesus Christ.
“Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.” (Isaiah 49:13).

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 8 — Noah
ID = [3717]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,moses,old-test  Size: 63516  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Samuelson, Cecil O. “This Special and Great University.” Commencement, Brigham Young University, April 22, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

I hope we will commit ourselves today and continue this commitment throughout our lives to contribute in every way that we can to building the kingdom of God on earth and also in supporting our alma mater.

Keywords: BYU
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [69410]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-04-22  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:14
Irvine, Arnold J. “This Week in Church History: Joseph Receives Plates.” Church News 35 (25 September 1965): 16.
Display Abstract  

Retells the story of Joseph Smith receiving the gold plates on September 22, 1827.

ID = [80717]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-09-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Evans, Richard L. “This You Can Count On.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1969.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article discusses the idea that, “The eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled” (Mormon 8:22). In making choices do not be deceived. Trust in the laws of God upon which you can rely.

Keywords: Deception; Eternal Nature of; God; Promises; Trust
ID = [28013]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1969-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 10930  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:19
Spackman, Randall P. “Thomas A. Moore, A Detailed Chronology of the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): Article 3.
Display Abstract  

Review of A Detailed Chronology of the Book of Mormon (1995), by Thomas O. Moore

ID = [291]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 26582  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Church News. “Thor Heyerdahl’s Voyages Support Book of Mormon, He Tells Professor.” Church News 59 (29 April 1989): 11.
Display Abstract  

Thor Heyerdahl, seaman and explorer, provides the following statement regarding his famous sea voyage to Paul R. Cheesman: “I don’t understand why your people work so hard at trying to convince people that the Book of Mormon is a correct record. I have already proven to the world that such a voyage as described in this book is perfectly possible”

ID = [80718]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-04-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Church News. “Those Gold Plates.” Church News 44 (17 August 1974): 16.
Display Abstract  

A gold plate inscribed with Phoenician alphabet characters was found near Pygri, Italy. Gold plates were used in the ancient world.

ID = [80720]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-08-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Petersen, Mark E. Those Gold Plates!. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1979.
Display Abstract  

Addresses the issue of the authenticity of the gold plates delivered to Joseph Smith. Author gives many examples of inscribed plates, and a list of 62 such findings. He also presents the testimonies of the Three and Eight Witnesses and their contemporaries.

ID = [78713]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Decker, J. Edward. Those Plain and Precious Things. Issaquah, WA: Saints Alive, 1982.
Display Abstract  

A slender polemical tract. Notes that several “plain and precious things” taught in the LDS church are not found in the Book of Mormon, and that both the Bible and the Book of Mormon oppose doctrines taught in the Church.

ID = [78714]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Church News. “Those ‘Ignorant’ Aborigines.” Church News 24 (30 January 1954): 16.
Display Abstract  

Shows that the ancestors of the Peruvians were exceptionally intelligent and civilized as demonstrated by sophisticated surgical techniques. Such things support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80719]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1954-01-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Perkins, Keith W. “‘Thou Art Still Chosen’” Ensign, January 1993.
ID = [50839]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19371  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:55
Huntsman, Eric D., Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin, eds. Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God: The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament. Proceedings of The 47th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Display Abstract  

The 47th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium While Jesus and his disciples were at or near Caesarea Philippi, Peter testified that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Martha had a similar divine testimony, proclaiming, “I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.” In much the same way, a standard part of Latter-day Saint discourse includes bearing testimony that “Jesus is the Christ,” but what do we mean when we say that Jesus is the Christ? This volume compiles essays given at a BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium that uniquely address such questions from a Latter-day Saint perspective, bringing together both biblical scholarship and Restoration insights that invite us to come to Christ and apply gospel teachings to real life. ISBN 978-1-9443-9453-0

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33199]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 18  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:45

Articles

Marriott, Neill F. “Becoming True Disciples of Jesus Christ.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [34197]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 17064  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Millet, Robert L. “One Eternal God: The Latter-day Saint Doctrine of the Father and the Son.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [34198]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 26893  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Skinner, Andrew C. “In Praise of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: The Culmination of His Saving Work.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34199]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 44891  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Olson, Camille Fronk. “We Believe and Are Sure.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [34200]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 31353  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Griffin, Tyler J. “Matthew’s Portrayal of Jesus: Son of David, a New Moses, and Son of God.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
ID = [34201]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 51377  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Easton-Flake, Amy. “Marcan Christology: Narrating the Christ.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Sabbath
ID = [34202]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41929  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Huntsman, Eric D. “Luke’s Jesus: The Compassionate and Saving Son of God.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [34203]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 47273  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Lane, Jennifer Clark, and Keith H. Lane. “God Incarnate: The Word Made Flesh.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34204]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 32785  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Strathearn, Gaye. “Johannine Christology through the Lens of Three of Its Dialogues.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34205]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 46087  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Matson, Joshua M. “The Fourth Gospel and Expectations of the Jewish Messiah.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
ID = [34206]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 34109  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Wayment, Thomas A. “‘Each Person Has a Hymn’: The Creator-Savior Hymns.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
ID = [34207]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 46744  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Frederick, Nicholas J., and Frank F. Judd Jr. “The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Paul: Presenting a Deeper, Full Christology.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
ID = [34208]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 57033  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Draper, Richard D. “‘By His Own Blood He Entered in Once into the Holy Place’: Jesus in Hebrews 9.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > High Priest
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34209]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 31539  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Paradoxical Lamb and the Christology of John’s Apocalypse.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [34210]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42754  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Ellison, Mark D. “Preserving or Erasing Jesus’s Humanity: Tensions in 1-2 John, Early Christian Writings, and Visual Art.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
ID = [34211]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 36462  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Combs, Jason Robert. “‘Christ’ after the Apostles: The Humanity and Divinity of the Savior in the Second Century.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [34212]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 65531  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
Underwood, Grant. “Condescension and Fullness: LDS Christology in Conversation with Historic Christianity.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34213]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 56091  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
LeFevre, David A. “Christology in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Gospel.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.
ID = [34214]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 51000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:49
BYU Religious Studies Center. Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God: The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament. The 47th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 2018.
Display Abstract  

The 47th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium While Jesus and his disciples were at or near Caesarea Philippi, Peter testified that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Martha had a similar divine testimony, proclaiming, “I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.” In much the same way, a standard part of Latter-day Saint discourse includes bearing testimony that “Jesus is the Christ,” but what do we mean when we say that Jesus is the Christ? This volume compiles essays given at a BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium that uniquely address such questions from a Latter-day Saint perspective, bringing together both biblical scholarship and Restoration insights that invite us to come to Christ and apply gospel teachings to real life.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [38795]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 2  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:35

Talks

Wilcox, Bradley R. “The Parable of the Talents.” The 47th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 2018.
ID = [38864]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:36
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. “‘Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273-298.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: To the ancient Israelite ear, the name Ephraim sounded like or connoted “doubly fruitful.” Joseph explains the naming of his son Ephraim in terms of the Lord’s having “caused [him] to be fruitful” (Genesis 41:52). The “fruitfulness” motif in the Joseph narrative cycle (Genesis 37–50) constitutes the culmination of a larger, overarching theme that begins in the creation narrative and is reiterated in the patriarchal narratives. “Fruitfulness,” especially as expressed in the collocation “fruit of [one’s] loins” dominates in the fuller version of Genesis 48 and 50 contained in the Joseph Smith Translation, a version of which Lehi and his successors had upon the brass plates. “Fruit” and “fruitfulness” as a play on the name Ephraim further serve to extend the symbolism and meaning of the name Joseph (“may he [God] add,” “may he increase”) and the etiological meanings given to his name in Genesis 30:23–24). The importance of the interrelated symbolism and meanings of the names Joseph and Ephraim for Book of Mormon writers, who themselves sought the blessings of divine fruitfulness (e.g., Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob), is evident in their use of the fuller version of the Joseph cycle (e.g., in Lehi’s parenesis to his son Joseph in 2 Nephi 3). It is further evident in their use of the prophecies of Isaiah and Zenos’s allegory of the olive tree, both of which utilize (divine) “fruitfulness” imagery in describing the apostasy and restoration of Israel (including the Northern Kingdom or “Ephraim”).

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [3655]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 63193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Bokovoy, David E. “‘Thou Knowest That I Believe’: Invoking The Spirit of the Lord as Council Witness in 1 Nephi 11.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 1 (2012): 1-23.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: The Book of Mormon features an esoteric exchange between the prophet Nephi and the Spirit of the Lord on an exceedingly high mountain. The following essay explores some of the ways in which an Israelite familiar with ancient religious experiences and scribal techniques might have interpreted this event. The analysis shows that Nephi’s conversation, as well as other similar accounts in the Book of Mormon, echoes an ancient temple motif. As part of this paradigm, the essay explores the manner in which the text depicts the Spirit of the Lord in a role associated with members of the divine council in both biblical and general Near Eastern conceptions. .

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [4389]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 42962  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Rogers, Thomas F. “Thoughts about Joseph Smith: Upon Reading Donna Hill’s Joseph Smith: The First Mormon.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 585-618. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

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.
This paper first lists a number of personal experiences which are mentioned but not unduly emphasized in Donna Hill’s biography and which, taken together, appear to have been more than coincidental influences on the formulation of Latter-day Saint doctrine and Church practices.

Keywords: Criticism; Joseph; Jr.; Smith
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Joseph Smith
ID = [2370]  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
Lambert, Joseph R. “Thoughts on Charity.” Saints’ Herald 48 (13 February 1901): 125-29.
Display Abstract  

An understanding of what charity is and is not is essential in gaining safety from the counterfeits of Satan. The Book of Mormon teaches us best about charity, defining it as “the pure love of Christ” (Moroni 7:47), an everlasting, unselfish love. It is not simply a feeling, but an eternal truth that leads to complete obedience, mercy, and forgiveness.

ID = [80721]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-02-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Horne, Dennis B. “Thoughts on Evidences for the Historical Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 27, 2015.
ID = [4844]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2015-12-27  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 19498  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:50:00
Swift, Hales. “Thoughts on the Bows in 1 Nephi 16.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 30, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6451]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-30  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 7766  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:39
Nicholson, John. “Thoughts on the Indian Question.” The Young Woman’s Journal 2, no. 5 (1891): 218-221.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Writes concerning the Native Americans, their lands, and Book of Mormon prophecies.

Keywords: Gathering of Israel, Native Americans, Vision
ID = [76037]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1891-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Collins, William P. “Thoughts on the Mormon Scriptures: An Outsider’s View of the Inspiration of Joseph Smith.” Dialogue 15 (Autumn 1982): 49-59.
Display Abstract  

A sympathetic appraisal of Mormon inspiration and scripture, written by a non-Mormon and member of the Baha’i faith.

ID = [80722]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hadley, Thomas M. “A Thousand Copies of the Book.” Ensign, September 1989.
ID = [49209]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2884  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:14
Welch, John W. “Three Accounts of Alma’s Conversion.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Alma the Younger; Conversion; Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger); Repetition; Shiblon (Son of Alma the Younger); Testimony
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [66485]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Rannie, Edward. “The Three Books.” Saints’ Herald 74 (2 February 1927): 124-27.
Display Abstract  

The Bible, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine and Covenants are the accepted standard scriptures of the Church following its reorganization. They determine Church government, doctrine, and practices of the Church. Together they solidify the saints into one faith.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80670]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-02-02  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Smith, Elbert A. “The Three Books.” Saints’ Herald 97 (23 January 1950): 77-79, 87.
Display Abstract  

Discusses the importance of the Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Book of Mormon. Together they constitute the doctrine of the Church. The Book of Mormon is a valuable testament of Christ from cover to cover.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80671]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1950-01-23  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Cumming, David Butler. “Three Days and Three Nights: Reassessing Jesus’s Entombment.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16 no. 1 (2007).
Display Abstract  

The Bible does not explicitly state on which day of the week the Savior was crucified, and the passages describing the length of time he spent in the tomb can be interpreted in multiple ways. Depending on how days were measured and on what Sabbath the day of preparation preceded—whether the weekly Sabbath or the Passover Sabbath—the crucifixion could plausibly have occurred on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. The Bible and history have not been able to determine on which day of the week the crucifixion occurred, but the Book of Mormon gives additional information to establish the day. Based on a comparison of the passages in the two texts and an examination of time differences between the two hemispheres, Thursday appears to be the most plausible solution.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3205]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 26980  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Three Days of Darkness.” In Answers to Gospel Questions, 3:44-45. 5 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1960.
Display Abstract  

Luke 23:44 states that at Christ’s crucifixion there was a period of darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The Book of Mormon, however, states that it was a three-day darkness on the American Continent. Both accounts are correct. The God of miracles who caused a three-hour darkness on one continent also caused a three-day darkness on the other. The greater period of darkness came because of the extreme wickedness of those in America.

ID = [81074]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Three Days of Darkness.” Improvement Era 62, no. 10 (1959): 728.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Luke 23:44 states that at Christ’s crucifixion there was a period of darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The Book of Mormon, however, states that it was a three-day darkness on the American continent. Both accounts are correct. The God of miracles who caused a three-hour darkness on one continent also caused a three-day darkness on the other. The greater period of darkness came because of the extreme wickedness of those in America.

Keywords: Crucifixion, Jesus Christ, Death of, Three Days of Darkness
ID = [76886]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1959-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Gabbott, Mabel Jones. “The Three Generals.” Children’s Friend 62 (June 1963): 10-11.
Display Abstract  

A story for children about three Nephite generals—Moroni, Teancum, and Lehi—during a war with the Lamanites.

ID = [80672]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1963-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Sperry, Sidney B. “Three Great Personalities of the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News Church Section (4 January 1947): 10, 12.
Display Abstract  

Gives the “outstanding characteristics” of three great men in the Book of Mormon—Nephi, Jacob, and Enos. Nephi was faithful and a great spiritual leader, Jacob believed and defended the sanctity of the home, and Enos received “an unshakable faith” in God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [80723]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-01-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Church News. “Three India Translations Complete.” Church News 52 (14 August 1982): 3.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon is translated into three Indian languages—Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil—making it available to over three hundred million people of India.

ID = [80724]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1982-08-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Maxwell, Neal A. “Three Jaredites: Contrasting Contemporaries.” Ensign, August 1978.
ID = [44177]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 20612  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:20
Card, Orson Scott. “Three Kings and a Captain: Nephite Leaders in the Land of Nephi.” Ensign, January 1977.
ID = [43505]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 23885  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:15
Garrett, H. Dean. “The Three Most Abominable Sins.” 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 > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [36786]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 29666  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Neal, R. B. The Three Nephite Apostles (No. 11 from the Sword of Laban Lea ets). Grayson, KY: American Anti- Mormon Association,n.d.
Display Abstract  

A polemic that claims that the Doctrine and Covenants contradicts the Book of Mormon because the former says that no one on earth could translate the Book of Mormon characters, yet the Book of Mormon says that the three Nephite disciples were still alive.

ID = [78673]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Turner, Rodney. “The Three Nephite Churches of Christ.” In The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture, ed. Paul R. Cheesman, 91–99. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36975]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 61021  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:23
Cowan, Richard O., Gerry Avant, and R. Scott Lloyd. “Three Nephite Disciples Have a Special Mission to Perform.” Church News 58 (15 October 1988): 10.
Display Abstract  

Three of the Savior’s Nephite disciples remain on the earth until his second coming. The Prophet Joseph Smith testiied of their terrestrial state and that their translated bodies were designed for important future missions. Jesus gave them a promise of a still greater change to occur when he comes in his glory.

ID = [80725]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Kraut, Ogden. The Three Nephites. Salt Lake City: Kraut, 1988.
Display Abstract  

A collection of stories and testimonials from individuals who have claimed to have experienced encounters with the Three Nephites.

ID = [78674]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Wilson, William A. “Three Nephites.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 4. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Folklore
ID = [75128]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 3556  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:09
Williams, Clyde J. “The Three Nephites and the Doctrine of Translation.” In The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9–30, This Is My Gospel, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
ID = [36748]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 29463  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Hand, Wayland Debs. “The Three Nephites in Popular Tradition.” Southern Folklore Quarterly 2 (September 1938): 123-29.
Display Abstract  

Recounts legendary stories concerning the three Book of Mormon Nephite apostles who were given power over death until the return of Jesus Christ in the last days.

ID = [80673]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1938-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Lee, Hector. The Three Nephites: The Substance and Significance of the Legend in Folklore. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1949.
Display Abstract  

A scholarly analysis of the legend of the Three Nephites among Latter-day Saints in Utah. Lee explains the history of the Three Nephites and shows the chronological frequency and distribution of the legends. Lee analyzes the dominant motifs of the legends and discusses their historical, sociological, and psychological impact. More than thirty legends of the Three Nephites are included in the appendix.

ID = [78675]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1949-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Hunt, C. J. “The Three Nephites—Angels of God.” Saints’ Herald 76 (4 December 1929): 1471-72.
Display Abstract  

Cites two stories that the author presents as pertaining to the Three Nephites. The pilgrims in 1675 were rallied by an unknown white man with a beard and frightened the Indians away. The German army was pressing the allied army at Mons in 1915 when, in a strange light that grew brighter, three personages could be seen on the British side. At that moment the German army was checked.

ID = [80674]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-12-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Petersen, Mark E. “Three New Volumes of Scripture Revealed.” Improvement Era 67, no. 12 (1954): 1093-1095.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article testifies that three new volumes of sacred literature, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price sustain the Bible and add their own witness that divine guidance from God continues.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Continuing Revelation, Open Canon, Pearl of Great Price
ID = [76740]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1964-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Petersen, Mark E. “Three New Volumes of Scriptures Revealed.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1964.
ID = [27665]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1964-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 15089  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:16
Sperry, Sidney B. “Three Outstanding Messages of The Book of Mormon to This Generation.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 113, no. 9-11 (September-November 1951): 202-3, 222, 226-27, 239, 245, 256-58, 265.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon is first a warning voice to our day and time. We must serve God or perish, and beware of secret combinations. Second, it is a testimony that Jesus is the Christ. The third outstanding message shows the Lord’s concern toward the house of Israel.

ID = [81311]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Reynolds, George. “Three Prophets in Three Distant Ages Born.” Juvenile Instructor 14 (15 October 1879): 238-39.
Display Abstract  

The biblical prophets Joseph and Samuel and Book of Mormon prophet Nephi are noteworthy examples to the youth of the Church. Discusses Nephi’s love of Isaiah’s writings and compares the Book of Mormon version of Isaiah with the biblical.

ID = [80726]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Reynolds, George. “Three Prophets in Three Distant Ages Born.” Juvenile Instructor 14, no. 20 (1879): 238-239.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The biblical prophets Joseph and Samuel and Book of Mormon prophet Nephi are noteworthy examples to the youth of the Church. Discusses Nephi’s love of Isaiah’s writings and compares the Book of Mormon version of Isaiah with the biblical.

Keywords: Isaiah (Book), Joseph (of Egypt), Nephi (Son of Lehi), Prophet, Samuel (Hebrew Prophet)
ID = [75901]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-10-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Doxey, Roy W. “The Three Special Book of Mormon Witnesses.” Relief Society Magazine 45 (January 1958): 49-55.
Display Abstract  

The testimonies of the Three Witnesses were strengthened by their spiritual experiences with Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer never denied their testimonies.

ID = [80675]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Jenson, Andrew. “The Three Witnesses.” The Historical Record 6 (May 1887): 195-219.
Display Abstract  

A documentary recounting the lives of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Attention is given to the Church careers of the men, with special emphasis on their experiences and testimonies relative to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80677]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1887-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Jenson, Andrew. “The Three Witnesses.” The Historical Record 6, no. 3-5 (1887): 195-219.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A documentary recounting the lives of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Attention is given to the Church careers of the men, with special emphasis on their experiences and testimonies relative to the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [76585]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Jenson, Andrew. “The Three Witnesses.” The Historical Record 6, no. 3-5 (1887): 195-219.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A documentary recounting the lives of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Attention is given to the Church careers of the men, with special emphasis on their experiences and testimonies relative to the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [76028]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Unattributed. “The Three Witnesses.” Historical Record 7 (1888): 609-24.
Display Abstract  

Contains the testimony of the Eight Witnesses and a biographical sketch of each.

ID = [80676]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Osmond, Waldo L. “The Three Witnesses.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 19 (12 May 1927): 298-300.
Display Abstract  

The Three Witnesses fulfilled the function of bearing living testimonies of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. They became witnesses when they received a heavenly manifestation in June 1829.

ID = [81393]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-05-12  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Wells, Junius F. “The Three Witnesses.” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 18-20 (October 1927— October 1929): 158-63, 34-38, 69-73, 172-78, 187-90.
Display Abstract  

Includes testimonies and histories of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris.

ID = [80678]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Iverson, Heber C. “The Three Witnesses.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 97, no. 25 (June 1935): 386-87, 394-96.
Display Abstract  

Includes a reprint of the testimony of the Three Witnesses from the Book of Mormon, a report of Oliver Cowdery’s testimony given at the conference at Council Bluffs, his testimony at the time of his death in David Whitmer’s home, David Whitmer’s rebuttal to John Murphy, William Harrison Homer’s interview with Martin Harris, and Harris’s testimony given in Salt Lake City and in Clarkston, Utah, just prior to his death.

ID = [81439]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-06-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Three Witnesses.” Improvement Era 69, no. 7 (July 1966): 612, 652.
Display Abstract  

The Three Witnesses remained faithful to their testimonies of having seen the plates. While all three fell away from the Church, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris returned and died faithful members. David Whitmer never returned but reaffirmed his testimony to his dying day.

ID = [81289]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-07-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Wilson, Keith J. “The Three Witnesses.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 95-106. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Each of the three witnesses played a vital role in assisting the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon, besides simply testifying of its truthfulness. Martin Harris financed the project, Oliver Cowdery served as the principle scribe, working at a remarkable pace, and David Whitmer provided lodging in Fayette for the completion of the project.

Keywords: Harris, Martin; Cowdery, Oliver; Book of Mormon, witnesses; Whitmer, David
ID = [82111]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Kennedy, James Harrison. “The Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.” Magazine of Western History 11 (March 1890): 464-78.
Display Abstract  

A discussion regarding the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon. While the author presents several of the definite, uncompromising testimonies of the witnesses, he generally depicts them as simple-minded and arrogant. The witnesses are first exploited and then discarded by Joseph Smith.

ID = [80679]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1890-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Nibley, Preston. “The Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 31 (August 1944): 431-34.
Display Abstract  

A historical account of the vision the Three Witnesses received on the Peter Whitmer farm during the latter part of June 1829. Includes the testimonies of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris.

ID = [80680]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1944-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
McKay, David O. “Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 63, no. 11 (1960): 790-791, 855.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article is a review of the lives of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris, the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Although the Three Witnesses later left the Church, none of them ever denied their testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [76870]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1960-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Stevenson, Edward. “The Three Witnesses To The Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 48, no. 32 (31 May 1886): 341-43.
Display Abstract  

As a witness who sat in the presence of the prophet Joseph and the Three Witnesses, this author presents his accounts of some of the occasions when testimonies were born. The author states that he was “deeply inspired” as he heard them many times testify of being in the presence of a heavenly messenger who talked with them and showed them the plates. They were shown the Urim and Thummim and told these seer stones were used by ancient prophets.

ID = [80990]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1886-05-31  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Njeim, George A. “The Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 117 (September 1970): 28-30, 54.
Display Abstract  

Discusses the character of the Three Witnesses, saying that their apostasy from the early Church was “a blessing in tragic guise” since it validated their testimony of the Book of Mormon that they were able to leave the Church but not deny their eyewitness experience.

ID = [80681]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Kraut, Ogden. The Three Witnesses: A Response to the Utah Evangel. Salt Lake City: O. Kraut, 1986.
Display Abstract  

A response to Robert McKay’s August-September 1985 Utah Evangel

ID = [78676]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Kramer, Bradley J. “Three-Nephite Lore and Observing the Sacred: Some Observations.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 (2014): 192-196.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Modern-day encounters with the Three Nephites (described in the Book of Mormon) are commonly referenced in LDS culture. While such accounts could stand as confirmations of Latter-day Saint scripture, they are regularly described as irrelevant to questions of salvation and exaltation and are relegated to the inessential realm of folklore. Closer anthropological analysis of LDS discourse surrounding the Three Nephites—from humor and its role in figuring Mormon sacredness to connections to Mormon narratives of Christ’s resurrection and millennial expectation—suggests that these accounts are richly significant, that things that seem to matter little can convey a great deal about the Mormon experience of the sacred.

Keywords: Folklore; Three Nephites
ID = [3317]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 10997  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Ostler, Blake T. “The Throne-Theophany and Prophetic Commission in 1 Nephi: A Form-Critical Analysis.” Brigham Young University Studies 26, no. 4 (1986): 67.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
Old Testament Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
ID = [10301]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,old-test  Size: 1003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:01
Cracroft, Richard H. “Through a Glass, Brightly: Happenings in Book of Mormon Fiction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 118-121.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Review of Daniel and Nephi (1993), by Chris Heimerdinger: and Samuel: Moroni's Young Warrior (1993), by Clair Poulson.

Keywords: Captain Moroni; Fiction; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [184]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 8225  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:09
England, Eugene. “Through the Arabian Desert to a Bountiful Land.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, ed. Noel B. Reynolds, 143–56. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1982.
ID = [37105]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 29939  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:24
England, Eugene. “Through the Arabian Desert to a Bountiful Land: Could Joseph Smith Have Known the Way?” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81802]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Jacob, Maude Beeley. Through the Book of Mormon, Pupil’s Manual. Salt Lake City: LDS Department of Education, 1941.
Display Abstract  

A manual for young LDS students that contains twenty-nine lessons taken from selected texts in the Book of Mormon. Contains lesson ideas, study devices, projects, poems, and illustrations.

ID = [78715]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1941-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Farrell, Ralph W. “Thurlow Weed Speaks on the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 67 (24 March 1920): 270.
Display Abstract  

An excerpt from the Autobiography of Thurlow Weed explains that Joseph Smith had approached Mr. Weed, a publisher, to print the Book of Mormon. Mr. Weed refused to print the work.

ID = [80727]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-03-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Parry, Donald W. “‘Thus Saith the Lord’: Prophetic Language in Samuel’s Speech.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1 no. 1 (1992).
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The prophetic language in the writings of Samuel the Lamanite includes the messenger formula, proclamation formula, oath formula, woe oracle, announcement formula, and revelations formula.

Keywords: Prophecy; Prophet; Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [2821]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 5909  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Parry, Donald W. “‘Thus Saith the Lord’: Prophetic Language in Samuel’s Speech.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 204-207. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Prophecy; Prophet; Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [75686]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 4914  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Williams, Clyde J. “‘Thus We See’: The Teachings of Mormon.” 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.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Clyde Williams examines the identity of the prophet Mormon and highlights his varied roles and valiant qualities. He lived in a society filled with symptoms of departure from a Christ-centered culture. Mormon testifies that the Book of Mormon witnesses to the truth of the Bible. He knew the power of faith, hope, and charity. Mormon felt the responsibility to teach the consequences of unrighteousness and plead for repentance.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Teachings
ID = [8626]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Rasband, Ronald A. “Thy Friends Do Stand by Thee.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 7, 2010.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

“Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands.” I reaffirm this promise given by the Lord in the early days of the Restoration of this Church. I pray that each of us will have the privilege of enjoying righteous friendships and mentoring relationships as we grow together in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Keywords: Friendship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69717]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2010-03-07  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:17
Wipper, Frank F. Thy Kingdom Come. Fresno, CA: Vanity, 196?.
Display Abstract  

Deals with the kingdom of God throughout the dispensations, including the Book of Mormon period.

ID = [78716]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Roberts, Marcus. “A Tie That Binds Us All.” Commencement, Brigham Young University, April 22, 2021.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Music is a language that speaks to everyone. Its healing power is expressed by people in every country in the world. Whether we listen to music in church, at home, or in the concert hall, we do it to feel better about our circumstances.

Keywords: Music; Race; Unity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [70228]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2021-04-22  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:45
Aston, Warren P. “Timber for Nephi’s Ship.” Meridian Magazine, May 6, 2014.
ID = [66538]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2014-05-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Heady, Gordon. “Time and the Calendar in the Book of Mormon.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 71-72 (Winter, Spring 1990): 9— 10, 10-14.
Display Abstract  

Investigates textual clues to determine what type of calendrical system was used by the Nephites and the Jaredites and when these systems commenced and fell into disuse.

ID = [80728]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Nibley, Hugh W. “A Time for Reexamination.” 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.
Display Abstract  

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.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2033]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:22
Church News. “A Time for Renewal.” Church News 56 (14 September 1986): 16.
Display Abstract  

Three years after the First Vision, Joseph Smith beheld an angel in his room three times in one night. The next day he went to the nearby Hill Cumorah. There he found the gold plates that were translated into the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78941]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-09-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
New Era. “Time for the Feast.” Vol. 16, no. 5 (1986): 28-29.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

An instructional aid for young people. A program is presented whereby a person may read the entire standard works in four-and-one-half years by reading one chapter a day.

Keywords: Scripture Study
ID = [76602]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
New Era. “Time for the Feast.” New Era 16 (May 1986): 28-29.
Display Abstract  

An instructional aid for young people. A program is presented whereby a person may read the entire standard works in four-and-one-half years by reading one chapter a day.

ID = [80729]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Pack, Frederick J. “Time Involved in Translating the Book of Mormon.” Instructor 70 (February 1935): 49.
Display Abstract  

That the bulk of the translation was done from 7 April 1829 to June 1829 is evidence that the Book of Mormon was of divine origin. The book agrees in doctrine with the Bible and with archaeological facts that were virtually unknown in backwoods New York in 1830.

ID = [80730]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Rappleye, Neal. “‘The Time is Past’: A Note on Samuel’s Five-Year Prophecy.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 29 (2018): 21-30.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: The story of believers being nearly put to death before the appearance of the sign at Christ’s birth is both inspiring and a little confusing. According to the Book of Mormon, the sign comes in the 92nd year, which was actually the sixth year after the prophecy had been made. There is little wonder why even some believers began to doubt. The setting of a final date by which the prophecy must be fulfilled, however, suggests that until that day, there must have been reason for even the nonbelievers to concede that fulfillment was still possible; yet after that deadline it was definitively too late. An understanding of Mesoamerican timekeeping practices and terminology provides one possible explanation.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3622]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 17865  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Reynolds, George. “Time Occupied in Translating the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 17 (15 October 1882): 315-17.
Display Abstract  

Examines the sequence of events during the translation period of the Book of Mormon and concludes that the work must have happened as Joseph Smith claimed. The time it took to translate the book was relatively short because of divine aid and the use of Urim and Thummim.

ID = [80731]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1882-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Reynolds, George. “Time Occupied in Translating the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 17, no. 20 (1882): 315-317.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

xamines the sequence of events during the translation period of the Book of Mormon and concludes that the work must have happened as Joseph Smith claimed. The time it took to translate the book was relatively short because of divine aid and the use of Urim and Thummim.

Keywords: Early Church History, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Translation, Urim and Thummim
ID = [75935]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1882-10-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:14
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Time of Sin.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 9 (2014): 87-110.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: This essay provides a close theological reading of Helaman 13, the first part of the sermon of Samuel the Lamanite. Beginning from the insight that the chapter focuses intensely on time, it develops a theological case for how sin has its own temporality. Sin opens up a disastrous future, deliberately misremembers the past, and complicates the constitution of the present as the past of the future.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [4306]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 45919  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Jakeman, M. Wells. “The Time Perspective in Ancient Mexico and Central America.” Improvement Era 46, no. 8 (1943): 470-471, 504-505.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article claims that in the study of ancient civilizations in Mexico and Central America two facets should be considered—important geographical locations and the chronological factor. This article is interested in the latter concern, discussing the sequential relationship of civilizations in a given area, and the “absolute chronology” as measured by the Western calendar.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Calendar System, Chronology, Mexico, Pre-Columbian American History, Timekeeping
ID = [77129]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1943-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Broadfoot, Raymond R. “Time Scales and the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 106 (24 August 1959): 797-801.
Display Abstract  

Gives an overview of pre-Columbian history (Maya, Aztec, Inca) in ancient America to show that many different groups of people inhabited the land of America. The Nephites and Jaredites were among these groups, but not all archaeological evidence can be matched up with the groups of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80732]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1959-08-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Robinson, Harry Alma. “The Time System of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 75 (29 February 1928): 249.
Display Abstract  

The time system in the Book of Mormon was based upon astronomical observations. Many of these observations are found within the book itself. The primitive inhabitants of Mesoamerica possessed a knowledge of astrology on which their dating system was based.

ID = [80682]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1928-02-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Hamblin, William J. “Time Vindicates Hugh Nibley.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 119-127.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Since 1989, the Review of Books on the Book of Mormon has published review essays to help serious readers make informed choices and judgments about books and other publications on topics related to the Latter-day Saint religious tradition. It has also published substantial freestanding essays that made further contributions to the field of Mormon studies. In 1996, the journal changed its name to the FARMS Review with Volume 8, No 1. In 2011, the journal was renamed Mormon Studies Review.
Review of An Approach to the Book of Mormon (1988), by Hugh Nibley.

Keywords: Ancient America; Ancient Near East; Culture; Methodology; Scholarship
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Christian History, Apostasy, Early Christianity
ID = [74]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review,nibley  Size: 20878  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:08
Welch, John W. “Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon: ‘Days [and Hours] Never to Be Forgotten’” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 4 (2018): 10.
ID = [10590]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,welch  Size: 64571  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:03
Marshall, Evelyn T. “Title of Book Fascinates Her Searching Co-worker.” Church News 58 (31 December 1988): 8-9.
Display Abstract  

Conversion narrative wherein a Book of Mormon was shared with a co-worker.

ID = [80733]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-12-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Santiago. “The Title of Liberty.” Contributor 11 (1889-1890): 312-13.
Display Abstract  

A poem about Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

ID = [80683]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Santiago. “The Title of Liberty.” The Contributor 11, no. 8 (1890): 312-313.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A poem about Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

Keywords: Poetry, Title of Liberty
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76586]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1890-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Santiago. “The Title of Liberty.” The Contributor 11, no. 8 (1890): 312-313.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A poem about Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

Keywords: Poetry, Title of Liberty
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76022]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1890-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Benson, RoseAnn. “The Title of Liberty and Ancient Prophecy.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 299-307.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: Captain Moroni cites a prophecy regarding Joseph of Egypt and his posterity that is not recorded in the Bible. He accompanies the prophecy with a symbolic action to motivate his warriors to covenant to be faithful to their prophet Helaman and to keep the commandments lest God would not preserve them as he had Joseph.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3718]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 23044  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Moss, Robert H. Title of Liberty, A Novel of Helaman and Moroni. Salt Lake City: Acme, 1988.
Display Abstract  

A fanciful set of scenarios in novel form revolving around the lives of Helaman and Captain Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78717]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Title Page.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 19–34. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36889]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 23935  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
BYU Religious Education. “The Title Page and Purposes of the Book of Mormon.” Roundtable Scripture Discussion with Shon Hopkin, George Pierce, Joseph Spencer, Brad Farnsworth, 2020.
ID = [39058]  Status = Type = video  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-rt-bom2020,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:36
Ricks, Eldin. “Title Page from the Book of Mormon.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 1:144. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Display Abstract  

Summarizes the book of 1 Nephi and provides a map of the Arabian Peninsula that traces the possible route of Lehi.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [80902]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,eom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Miner, Alan C. “Title Page of the Book of Mormon.” In Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon, Volume 1: Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land, 1-4. Vol. 1. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central/Cedar Fort, Inc., 2017.
Display Abstract  

Title Page of the Book of Mormon

ID = [76704]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Ludlow, Daniel H., and S. Kent Brown. To All the World: The Book of Mormon Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
Display Abstract  

This new selection of materials from the incomparable Encyclopedia of Mormonism includes 151 Book of Mormon articles by 115 scholars and articulate authors.
Within this compilation, readers will find: 45 illustrative photographs, maps, and charts, bibliographies, a unique list of entries by category, and a full index of passages.

ID = [7001]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 975330  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:42
Merrill, A. Roger. “To Be Edified and Rejoice Together.” Ensign, January 2007.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [57247]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14086  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:07
Peterson, Paul C. “To Be Learned Is Good, If One Stays on the Rails.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 77-90.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: This review essay looks at certain problematical issues in the recently published collection of essays honoring Latter-day Saint historian Richard Lyman Bushman. Problems emerge from the title itself, “To Be Learned is Good,” as a result of the failure to note that the Book of Mormon passage “To be learned is good” is a conditional statement. In addition, since these essays are billed as “Essays on Faith and Scholarship,” it is odd most of them do not touch on this subject at all. I examine four essays in depth, including Adam Miller’s “Christo-Fiction, Mormon Philosophy, and the Virtual Body of Christ,” which is offered as a form of clarifying Mormon philosophy but provides more confusion than clarification. Jared Hickman’s essay, “The Perverse Core of Mormonism: The Book of Mormon, Genetic Secularity, and Messianic Decoloniality,” presents Mormonism as a religion that has much in common with Marxism, Frantz Fanon, and Sean Coulhard. While not as bold as Hickman, Patrick Mason looks at Mormonism as a modern religion and suggests that premodern thinkers are largely irrelevant to Mormonism and the modern world. Mason argues that “Mormonism is a religion that could meaningfully converse with modern philosophies and ideologies from transcendentalism, liberalism, and Marxism.” I discuss the weaknesses of this view. Attention is also given to the distinction between apologetics and “Mormon Studies” that arise from essays by Grant Wacker, Armand Mauss, Terryl Givens, and Brian D. Birch, who suggests “‘a methodological pluralism’” in approaching Mormon studies. I note that several of the essays in this volume are worthy of positive note, particularly those by Bushman himself, Mauss (who does address the presumed theme of the book), Givens, Mauro Properzi, and Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye (who also addresses the titled theme of the book in a most engaging manner).
Review of J. Spencer Fluhman, Kathleen Flake, and Jed Woodworth, eds., To Be Learned is Good: Essays on Faith and Scholarship in Honor of Richard Lyman Bushman (Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2017). 368 pp. $24.56 (hardcover).
.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [3608]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 28795  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Porter, L. Aldin. “‘To Bear Testimony of Mine Only Begotten’” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2001.
Display Abstract  

A spiritual witness of the Nephite scripture will always bring the certainty of the Savior’s existence.

ID = [19045]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2001-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10252  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:31
Merrill, Byron R. “To Become as a Little Child: The Quest for Humility.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 20th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, 114-26. Salt Lake City: Randall Book, 1992.
Display Abstract  

To be humble in the scriptural sense does not mean to be obsequious but to obey God cheerfully in all things, to possess the traits of a child, i.e., submissiveness, meekness, patience, being filled with love, and to discard the negative trappings of adulthood. Pride is the opposite of humility, as exemplified by the Rameumptom. Other examples, positive and negative, are given.

ID = [81047]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Chou, Po Nien (Felipe), and Petra Chou. “‘To Every Nation, Kindred, Tongue, and People’” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Missionary Work
ID = [34715]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 78512  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:53
Roper, Matthew P. “‘To Inflict the Wounds of Death’: Mesoamerican Swords and Cimeters in the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2016 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2016.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient America - North America; Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Archaeology; Cimeter; Macuahuitl; Metallurgy; Sword; Sword of Laban; Vered Jericho; Warfare; Weaponry
ID = [32553]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 33357  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:44
Nyman, Monte S. “To Learn with Joy: Sacred Preaching, Great Revelation, Prophesying.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 193–208. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
ID = [36843]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 27613  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Decker, J. Edward. To Moroni with Love. Seattle: Life Messengers, 1980.
Display Abstract  

An anti-Mormon pamphlet designed to encourage members of the LDS church to leave their religion. The Book of Mormon adds to God’s word in the Bible.

ID = [78718]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Yorgason, Blaine M., and Brenton G. Yorgason. To Mothers from the Book of Mormon: A Letter to Missionaries and Other Students of the Gospel. Orem, UT: Keepsake Book Cards, 1989.
Display Abstract  

Discusses the positive impact of Sariah, Mary the mother of Jesus, and the mothers of the “sons of Helaman” This work is reviewed in J.117.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78719]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Nibley, Hugh W. “To Open the Last Dispensation: Moses Chapter 1.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, 1–22. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

After all these years, it comes as a surprise for me to learn that the book of Moses appeared in the same year as the publication of the Book of Mormon, the first chapter being delivered in the very month of its publication. And it is a totally different kind of book, in another style, from another world. It puts to rest the silly arguments about who really wrote the Book of Mormon, for whoever produced the book of Moses would have been even a greater genius. That first chapter is a composition of unsurpassed magnificence. And we have all overlooked it completely. The Joseph Smith controversy is silly for the same reason the Shake­speare controversy is silly. Granted that a simple countryman could not have written the plays that go under the name of Will Shakespeare, who could? If that man is hard to imagine as their author, is it any easier to imagine a courtier, or a London wit, or a doctor of the schools, or, just for laughs, a committee of any of the above as the source of that mira­culous outpouring? Joseph Smith’s achievement is of a different sort, but even more staggering: he challenged the whole world to fault him in his massive sacred history and an unprecedented corpus of apocalyptic books. He took all the initiative and did all the work, withholding noth­ing and claiming no immunity on religious or any other grounds; he spreads a thousand pages before us and asks us to find something wrong. And after a century and a half with all that material to work on, the learned world comes up with nothing better than the old discredited Solomon Spaulding story it began with. What an astounding tribute to the achievement of the Prophet that after all this time and with all that evidence his enemies can do no better than that! Even more impressive is the positive evidence that is accumulating behind the book of Moses— which includes fragments from books of Adam, Noah, and Enoch; for in our day ancient books that bear those names are being seriously studied for the first time in modern history, and comparison with the Joseph Smith versions is impressing leading scholars in the field. But even without external witnesses, what a masterpiece we have in that first chapter of the book of Moses! Consider the below.

Keywords: Abraham (Prophet); Adam (Prophet); Apocalypse of Abraham; Apocrypha; Combat of Adam; Deliverance; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Moses (Prophet); Plan of Salvation; Prophet; Satan; Smith; Translation
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 1 — Visions of Moses
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Moses > Chapters > Moses 1
ID = [1764]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,moses,nibley  Size: 39094  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:20
Brown, Samuel Morris. “‘To Read the Round of Eternity’: Speech, Text, and Scripture in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This chapter explores the relationship between oral and written communication, claiming that the Book of Mormon argues against scripture’s ability to stand alone. It discusses the corruptibility of written text and the importance of a modern seer in rendering ancient scripture relevant and understandable.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, comparative linguistics
ID = [82094]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Hancock, Ralph C. “To Really Read the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 1 (2012): 191-195.
Display Abstract  

Review of Grant Hardy. Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xix + 346 pp., with index. $29.95.

ID = [4397]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 7445  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Midgley, Louis C. “To Remember and Keep: On the Book of Mormon as an Ancient Book.” 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, 95-137. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Historicity; Remembrance
ID = [75499]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:12
Hoskisson, Paul Y., and Daniel C. Peterson. “To Seek the Law of the Lord” Essays in Honor of John W. Welch. Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017.
Display Abstract  

This volume presents a collection of essays dedicated to the life and work of a great scholar, John W. Welch, a polymath who is known to his many friends as “Jack.” It honors a man who has contributed prodigiously—as author, editor, and organizer—to a growing body of rigorous, faithful Mormon scholarship.Volumes such as this, which celebrate the life and career of an esteemed colleague, are typically described with the German term \"festschrift,\" a word that denotes not only festive celebration but esteem, respect, and gratitude for contributions that deserve to be honored. We deliberately use the word \"honor\" in the subtitle of this book, intending to express precisely those sentiments.Those who have watched and worked with Jack over many years of extraordinarily rich productivity have sometimes wondered whether he ever sleeps. All have benefited enormously from his work and remarkable insights.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [6734]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,peterson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:41
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Church Schools. To Show What Great Things the Lord Hath Done for Our Fathers: A Book of Mormon. Paciic Islands: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,n.d.
Display Abstract  

A “Book of Mormon reader for youth,” dealing with the history and events of the Book of Mormon. The work has illustrations and a vocabulary of dificult words.

ID = [78720]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Haws, JB. “‘To Stir Them Up in the Ways of Remembrance’: Lamanites and Memory in the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 6 no. 3 (2005).
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
ID = [37992]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2005-01-03  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 34748  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:29
Benson, Ezra Taft. “To the Children of the Church.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1989.
ID = [16256]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1989-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 4735  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:26
Benson, Ezra Taft. “To the Children of the Church.” Ensign, May 1989.
ID = [49053]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10180  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:13
Hopkin, Shon D. “‘To the Convincing of the Jew and Gentile That JESUS Is the CHRIST’” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
ID = [34717]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 44169  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:53
Moyle, Henry D. “To the End He Held that He Saw the Golden Plates.” Instructor 95 (July 1960): 226-27, 229.
Display Abstract  

Contains a reproduction of the testimony of the Three Witnesses. David Whitmer, after being excommunicated from the Church, still testifies of the truthfulness and divinity of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80734]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1960-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Dias, Laurence C., and Lawrence C. Walters. To the Restored Gospel People: An Address to all Believers in the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Erie, PA: Church of Jesus Christ,n.d.
Display Abstract  

A compilation of scriptural passages from the Bible with supporting Book of Mormon passages and commentary to help believers of the Book of Mormon see they have been led to believe in false doctrine. Subjects include: the gathering of Israel, Adam and Eve, the doctrine of Christ, apostasy from the primitive Church of Christ, a book to come forth, and others. Maintains that God is a spirit and that Joseph Smith and others misinterpreted their experiences. Plurality of wives is forbidden of God and the Book of Mormon. Dislikes baptism for the dead.

ID = [78721]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Benson, Ezra Taft. “To the Young Women of the Church.” Delivered at the General Women’s Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1986.
ID = [15815]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 18639  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:25
Benson, Ezra Taft. “To the Young Women of the Church.” Ensign, November 1986.
ID = [47857]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18420  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:05
Benson, Ezra Taft. “To the ‘Youth of the Noble Birthright’” Ensign, May 1986.
ID = [47582]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 16076  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:03
Gannaway, Trish. “To What Are You Tethered?” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, January 31, 2017.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [72844]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2017-01-31  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:03
Kimball, Spencer W. “To You…Our Kinsmen.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1959.
ID = [27320]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1959-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 19003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:14
Tolley, Kevin L. “To ‘See and Hear’” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 18 (2016): 139-158.
Display Abstract  

The world of the Nephite nation was born out of the world of seventh century bc Jerusalem. The traditions and tragedies of the nation of Judah set the stage for what would happen over the next ten centuries of Book of Mormon history. In his opening statements, Nephi tells of an explosion of divinely commissioned ministers preaching in the holy city. He declares that Jerusalem was a place of “many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must repent” (1 Nephi 1:4). Nephi alludes to the prophetic service of Jeremiah (c. bc 626-587), Zephaniah (c. bc 640-609, Obadiah (c. bc 587), Nahum2 Habakkuk, Urijah, and possibly many others. This disproportionate number of prophets in the city was accompanied by an increasing wave of imitators. Amidst this apparent competition between valid and invalid prophetic representatives, Jeremiah sets a standard of who can be trusted in this visionary arena. As Stephen Smoot has written, “The Book of Mormon exhibits, in many respects, an intimate familiarity with ancient Israelite religious concepts. One such example is the Book of Mormon’s portrayal of the divine council. Following a lucid biblical pattern, the Book of Mormon provides a depiction of the divine council and several examples of those who were introduced into the heavenly assembly and made partakers in divine secrets.” It is this rich heritage of prophetic representatives of deity that so richly influenced Book of Mormon authors. Of these many prophets who were actively preaching in Jerusalem, Jeremiah stands out in Nephi’s writings (1 Nephi 5:13; 7:14). Jeremiah continues to be an influence on Nephite culture throughout their history (Helaman 8:20; cf. 3 Nephi 19:4). It will be Jeremiah’s writings that will influence the Nephite perspective on “Call Narratives” and views of the “Divine Council” throughout the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [4404]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 48404  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:57
Conkey, Donald S. “‘Together We Can Make a Difference’” Ensign, February 1996.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [52325]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1996-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1130  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:05
Kauwe, John S. K., III. “Together, We Must Continue His Work.” Inauguration, Brigham Young University—Hawaii, October 19, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [71458]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2021-10-19  Collections:  bom,byuh-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:02:53
Esplin, Annie C. “Togetherness.” Ensign, June 1972.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [41283]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 420  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:00
Thomasson, Gordon C. “Togetherness Is Sharing an Umbrella: Divine Kingship, the Gnosis, and Religious Syncretism.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 1, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 523-561. Vol. 1. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This first of two volumes of essays honoring Hugh Nibley includes scholarly papers based on what the contributors have learned from Dr. Nibley. Nearly every major subject that he has encompassed in his vast learning and scholarly production is represented here by at least one article. Topics include the influence of Nibley, Copts and the Bible, the Seventy in scripture, the great apostasy, the book of Daniel in early Mormon thought, an early Christian initiation ritual, John’s Apocalypse, ancient Jewish seafaring, Native American rites of passage, Sinai as sanctuary and mountain of God, the Qurʾan and creation ex nihilo, and the sacred handclasp and embrace.

Keywords: Gnosis; Kingship; Syncretism; Temple Worship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Comparative Analysis
ID = [2345]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 84849  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:24
Davis, Lorie N. “Togetherness Time.” Ensign, October 1983.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [46408]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2913  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:55
Dibble, Charles E. “Toltec Problems.” Improvement Era 44, no. 9 (1941): 538.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

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 sixth part covers the Toltecs.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Native Americans – Toltec, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77172]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Lindsay, Jeff. “Too Little or Too Much Like the Bible? A Novel Critique of the Book of Mormon Involving David and the Psalms.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 29 (2018): 31 - 64.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: A recent graduate thesis proposes an intriguing new means for discerning if the Book of Mormon is historic or not. By looking at Book of Mormon references to David and the Psalms, the author concludes that it cannot be the product of an ancient Jewish people and that it is, instead, the result of Joseph Smith’s “plagiarism” from the Bible and other sources. This paper examines the author’s claims, how they are applied to the Book of Mormon, and proposes points the author does not take into consideration. While the author is to be congratulated for taking a fresh perspective on the Book of Mormon, ultimately his methodology fails and his conclusions fall flat.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Samuel
ID = [3623]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 64681  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Clayson, Jocelyn Jones. “Tools and Instruments.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
Display Abstract  

In Alma 26:2, the Nephite Christian missionary Ammon asks his brothers, “What great blessings has [God] bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?” Having been quite successful in his endeavors, Ammon answers his own question by stating that he and his brothers “have been made instruments in the hands of God” (Alma 26:3). The phrasing seems self-explanatory: Ammon and his brothers are tools God uses to “bring about this great work’’ (Alma 26:3).1 Yet just a verse later, Ammon appears to confuse the metaphor when he commends his brothers: “The field is ripe and blessed are ye, for ye did thrust in the sickle, and did reap with your might” (Alma 26:5). Here, it is not the missionaries who are instruments, but rather they are the ones who use instruments. Are Ammon and his brethren tools in the hands of God? Or do they use tools (sickles) to reap a harvest of souls? And what does it mean to be an “instrument”? Using this passage as a springboard, I will look more generally at the use of language concerning tools, instruments, and weapons in the writings attributed to Mormon in the Book of Mormon. Key, in my view, is a comparison, carefully woven, between the sons of Mosiah and the Anti-Nephi-Lehies.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81916]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:25
Unattributed. A Topical Guide to the Scriptures of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1977.
Display Abstract  

Six hundred forty topics are alphabetically listed, including Book of Mormon references. References include a line of the scripture for easier identif,cation.

ID = [77468]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Cannon, George Q. “Topics of the Times.” Juvenile Instructor 19 (1 April 1884): 106-8.
Display Abstract  

Speaks concerning Martin Harris’s visit with Professor Anthon and David Whitmer as one of the witnesses of the gold plates.

ID = [80735]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1884-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Cheville, Roy A. “Torchbearers of the Book of Mormon.” Gospel Quarterly Series 54 (April-June 1946): 9-79.
Display Abstract  

A series of thirteen lessons dealing with the Book of Mormon that are directed towards the Sunday Schools of the RLDS church. Also includes a Book of Mormon chronology chart.

ID = [80736]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1946-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Vandenberg, John H. “Touchstone of Truth.” Delivered at the Friday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1974.
ID = [13372]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1974-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 12096  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:18
Vandenberg, John H. “Touchstone of Truth.” Ensign, May 1974.
ID = [42197]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:06
Christensen, Ross T. “A Tour and Brief Description of Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities of Central and Southern Mexico or ‘Land Northward’ of the Book of Mormon.” U.S.A.N. 28 (10 August 1955): 3-5.
Display Abstract  

Reports on a tour taken by several members of the BYU archaeological department. The archaeologists speculate on the possible connection between Book of Mormon cities and those visited—Teotihuac’an, Copilco, Cuicuilco, Cholula, Mitla, and Monte Alban. Many signiicant parallels were observed.

ID = [78943]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1955-08-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Christensen, Ross T. “A Tour and Brief Description of Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities of Central and Southern Mexico or ‘Land Northward’ of the Book of Mormon.” In Progress in Archaeology: An Anthology, edited by Christensen, Ross T., 149-152. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
Display Abstract  

Reports on a tour taken by several members of the BYU archaeological department. The archaeologists speculate on the possible connection between Book of Mormon cities and those visited—Teotihuac’an, Copilco, Cuicuilco, Cholula, Mitla, and Monte Alban. Many signiicant parallels were observed.

ID = [78942]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Hunter, Milton R. “Touring Book of Mormon Lands.” Church News 25 (15 January 1955): 6-7, 11.
Display Abstract  

A group of tourists visits sites in Mexico that may be associated with the Book of Mormon; they see depictions of the bearded white God.

ID = [80737]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1955-01-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hunter, Milton R. “Touring Book of Mormon Lands.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, February 8, 1955.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon; History
ID = [68051]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1955-02-08  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:05
Brown, Amanda Colleen. “Toward a Deeper Understanding: How Onomastic Wordplay Aids Understanding Scripture.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 29 (2018): 247-250.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: Matthew L. Bowen’s book compels readers to consider both the Book of Mormon’s construction and the significance of names in the text. Bowen and his coauthors invite readers to contemplate not only scripture but its stages of construction to completion, be they first draft, editing, final abridgement, or translation. Bowen’s work reveals how, in the endeavor to sacralize the act of scripture reading, specific details like names and their meanings can invigorate one’s understanding of the narrative and its theology, preventing such reading from becoming a rote endeavor.
Review of Matthew L. Bowen, Name as Key-Word: Collected Essays on Onomastic Wordplay and the Temple in Mormon Scripture (Salt Lake City: The Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2018). 408 pp., $24.95.

ID = [3635]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 7737  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:32
Ellis, Godfrey J. “Toward a Greater Appreciation of the Word Adieu in Jacob 7:27.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 169-196.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Abstract: The phrase “Brethren, adieu” (Jacob 7:27) has been criticized over the years as an obvious anachronism in the Book of Mormon. That criticism holds no validity whatsoever, as others have pointed out, since many English words have French origins. It’s worth considering, though, a deeper meaning of the word. In French, it carries a nuance of finality — that the separation will last until a reunion following death (à Dieu, or until God). This deeper meaning of adieu appears to have been known by Shakespeare and frontier Americans although the second meaning is not generally recognized by English speakers today. However, Jacob 7:27 appears to reflect this deeper meaning as do certain uses of another valediction in the Book of Mormon — that of farewell. With the deeper meaning of adieu in mind, the parallel structure in Jacob 7:27 — “down to the grave,” reflecting the finality of adieu — becomes more apparent. The question of whether Joseph Smith was aware of the deeper meaning of adieu is taken up by looking at how the word was used in the Joseph Smith Papers. The take-away is that rather than reflecting an error on the part of Joseph Smith, the word adieu, with its deeper nuance of finality until God, is not only an appropriate term, it appears to strengthen rather than undermine the case for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: adieu; Book of Mormon; Jacob
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [81231]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 68027  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Welch, John W. “Toward a Mormon Jurisprudence.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 6 (2013): 49-84.
Display Abstract  

Preface: The following article was published in the Regent University Law Review in the first number of its 2008-2009 volume, pages 79-103. The article is reprinted here by permission without any substantive modifications. Because law reviews are not easily available on the Web or elsewhere to most readers, I am pleased to give wider exposure to this first foray into the idea of a Mormon jurisprudence. Regent University is an Evangelical Christian institution.
This article grew mainly out of a talk that was delivered on February 14, 2004, to the first national meeting of the student chapters of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, held at Harvard Law School. Four years later, on February 13, 2008, Scott Adams, a third-year member of the law review at Regent University Law School contacted me and said that he was hoping to “put something together on Mormonism and the law,” to see if the law review might publish it. Scott rightly indicated that, according to his research, “no one has ever attempted to tackle the ambitious project of considering Mormonism, in general, and analyzing its potential implications on law (for example, how might an LDS judge see the law, as opposed to a Catholic).” Scott was thinking about writing a paper himself on natural law from an LDS perspective. I responded by suggesting that he contact Cole Durham, Francis Beckwith, and Nate Oman; and I offered to send him a copy of my Harvard speech, expressing interest in publishing that paper as a companion piece with his.
As it would soon turn out, the editor-in-chief and board of the Regent law review were very eager to publish my piece, especially if it could appear with another article presenting an “opposing viewpoint.” They suggested a member of their faculty, and after brief deliberations, all was agreed. In the end, however, no opposing or additional articles were forthcoming, and so this article was published on its own. I thank Scott and his fellow students for their help in checking and enriching the footnotes. They also had hopes that this publication would build good relationships between Evangelicals and future LDS students, which I too hope has occurred.
This essay tries to identify what a “Mormon” jurisprudence would, and would not, look like. Beyond its immediate relevance to legal thought, this article might have broader applications in helping LDS scholars in other disciplines to think about, for example, what a Mormon theory of literary criticism might look like, or what would be distinctive about a Mormon approach to political theory or to any other discipline. I believe that any such Mormon academic approach (1) would be solidly rooted in all LDS scripture, (2) would be inclusivistic, privileging fullness and openness over closure and completeness, and (3) would be fundamentally pluralistic and not reductionistic.
Obviously, this piece is just a beginning. There is much more to be done here. I have continued to work along these lines for the past decade and have published other things growing out of this paper, for example, a talk about rights and duties given at Stanford Law School, published in the Clark Memorandum (Fall, 2010), 26, http://www.jrcls.org/publications/clark_memo/issues/cmF10.pdf, and my Maeser lecture at Brigham Young University, available at http://byustudies.byu.edu/PDFLibrary/50.3WelchThy-08f4ba7e-d3a2-444f-bc8c-0ce842c12fc4.pdf.
I would hope next to articulate the specific implications of these ideas with respect to legal attitudes toward statutory construction, judicial activism, the spirit and letter of the law, justice and mercy, equality and freedom, pacifism and justifiable use of force, corrections and forms of punishment, degrees of fiduciary duties, types of contracts, the foundations of family law, the principles of constitutional law, and many other topics. This development would utilize historical, scriptural, logical, ethical, and other analyses.
Naturally, this article is neither complete nor comprehensive in scope. How could it truly exemplify my theory if it were otherwise? This was all I could cover in a brief presentation even to a group of bright law students gathered on a Valentine’s Day at Harvard. And I probably already had included enough here to bewilder most Baptist readers of the Regent University Law Review who were just then hearing for the first time about Mitt Romney and wondered how a Mormon might approach the law as the president of the United States.
That question, of course, is still up for grabs; and Latter-day Saints are more interested in political and legal issues than ever before. So I hope that readers may find this article still to be stimulating and, as reader Sid Unrau has commented, “well worth reading, contemplating, and building upon, … a valuable start for those who wish to further the subject.”.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [4344]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,welch  Size: 64843  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Tippetts, Larry W. “Toward Emotional Maturity: Insights from the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 11 no. 2 (2010).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
ID = [38258]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2010-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 34284  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:31
Peterson, Daniel C. “Toward Ever More Intelligent Discipleship.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 16 (2015): vii-xvi.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: The temporarily rather comfortable “fit” between the Restored Gospel and American civic religion is a thing of the past, and we contemporary Latter-day Saints seem to find ourselves in a more and more marginalized position, theologically and socially. This was where our predecessors, both earlier in this dispensation and among the first Christians, were located, and it may not be an altogether bad thing. It will, for instance, force us to take our beliefs more seriously, less casually. And it may well drive us back to the unique resources provided by the Restoration, which have much to offer.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [4223]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,peterson  Size: 22408  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:55
Anderson, Robert D. “Toward the Naturalistic Roots of The Book of Mormon: The Solomon Spalding Manuscript, William H. Whitsitt, The Book of Ether, and Psychological Considerations.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 28 (2008): 211-238.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Robert D. Anderson reviews events concerning Solomon Spaulding and his manuscript writings, which some have claimed is the basis for the Book of Mormon. He discusses the writings of William Whitsitt, who thought Sydney Rigdon was the real author of the Book of Mormon. Anderson spotlights similarities between the Book of Ether and the Book of Mormon. Anderson lists reasons for and against supporting the Spaulding theory of Book of Mormon authorship. The final sections of this article concern Joseph Smith’s psychological state relative to Book of Mormon authorship. Anderson concludes that “to believe that one is “special” in receiving knowledge that trumps historical documentation or scientific discoveries requires more than a slight elevation of self-importance and self-deception, and throughout past and present history has created mischief beyond comprehension.”

Keywords: Book of Mormon, authorship, Spaulding theory
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [81995]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Brugger, Don L. “Toward the Ultimate Book of Mormon Time Line.” The FARMS Review 20, no. 1 (2008): 1-13.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Review of Christopher Kimball Bigelow. The Timechart History of Mormonism: FromPremortality to the Present.

Keywords: Chronology; Scripture Study; Study Helps; Timeline
ID = [591]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 32280  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Skousen, Royal. “Towards a Critical Edition of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 30, no. 1 (1990): 41-69.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The purpose of this paper is not only to review the FARMS Book of Mormon Critical Text, but also to discuss some of the general problems that arise when trying to establish a critical text of the Book of Mormon. In this review article I will discuss the need for a critical edition of the Book of Mormon, consider the issue of Joseph Smith’s“bad grammar,” review the FARMS Book of Mormon Critical Text, and propose an alternative critical edition for the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Critical Text; Grammar; Textual History
ID = [10128]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 816  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:00
Tanner, Jerald. Tracking the White Salamander: The Story of Mark Hofmann, Murder and Forged Mormon Documents. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1986.
Display Abstract  

The author finds that the Martin Harris 1873 “White Salamander Letter,” “Joseph Smith III Blessing,” “Lucy Mack Smith’s 1829 Letter,” and “Joseph Smith’s 1825 letter” were forgeries. Reports the investigation of Mark Hofmann in chronological order. Contains interviews and newspaper reports concerning the investigation.

ID = [78722]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
McConkie, Oscar W. “Tradition and the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News Church Section (31 March 1928): vii.
Display Abstract  

Claims that the Book of Mormon is without fault both in its history and teaching. Cites Indian legends that relate to the Book of Mormon. Includes a reference to Quetzalcoatl. Discusses ancient American records.

ID = [80738]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1928-03-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Bishop, Gary L. “The Tradition of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, BYU, 1974.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [29726]  Status = Type = article  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:29
Bishop, Gary Lyman. “The Tradition of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1974.
Display Abstract  

“A textual and grammatical analysis of 52 passages of Isaiah as they are found in cave IV of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Masoretic Text, the Septuagint, the King James Version, and the Book of Mormon. The objective was to determine the relationship, if any, of those verses in the Book of Mormon with the other textual traditions. Based on the differences between the Book of Mormon text and the King James Version, and upon the confirmation of those Book of Mormon differences by the other traditions, it was concluded that the Book of Mormon follows its own tradition”

ID = [80684]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Waddoups, William M. “Traditions and Legends of the Polynesians.” Improvement Era 23, no. 12 (October 1920): 1072-76.
Display Abstract  

Describes Hawaiian myths that resemble biblical myths. The writer asserts that they have myths of the Old Testament and not the New Testament because “Hagoth and his company, from whom we believe the Polynesian islanders originate, sailed from the Northern part of South America” Polynesians have a legend of a visit from one of the gods who promised he would return. The islanders mistook Captain Cook for the god Lono.

ID = [81265]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-10-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Gardner, Brant A. Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2015.
ID = [77225]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Sorenson, John L. “Traditions of Immigration by Sea in the Peopling of Meso-America.” In “Traditions of Immigration by Sea in the Peopling of Meso-America” Provo, UT: FARMS, 1955.
Display Abstract  

Documents a variety of traditions that show that the idea that ancestors had arrived by sea was widespread.

ID = [80739]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1955-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Sorenson, John L. “Traditions of Immigration by Sea in the Peopling of Meso-America.” El México Antiguo 8 (1955): 425-39.
Display Abstract  

Documents a variety of traditions that show that the idea that ancestors had arrived by sea was widespread.

ID = [80740]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1955-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
McClellan, Richard D. “Traduit de L’Anglais: The First French Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
Display Abstract  

When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was first organized in the year 1830, the Book of Mormon had been published in only one language: English. But the church was growing quickly and spreading to other parts of the world. One of the first publications of the Book of Mormon in another language was in French. This article gives an account of the French translation from 1850 to 1852, when Elder John Taylor, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, presided over a newly opened mission in France. Elder Taylor oversaw the translation process, which was done primarily by recent French converts Mr. Wilhelm and Louis Bertrand and one of Elder Taylor’s counselors, Elder Curtis E. Bolton. While these men were translating, Paris was in the midst of political unrest and was wary of unfamiliar social, political, and religious organizations. In fact, both Elder Taylor and Brother Bertrand had to hide from government officials. Despite all the complications that came about during this process, the work was ultimately a success.

ID = [3082]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 32292  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Marsh, W. Jeffrey. “Training from the Old Testament: Moroni’s Lessons for a Prophet.” Ensign, August 1998.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
ID = [53481]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1998-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 23727  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:13
Smith, Joseph, Jr. “Traits of the Mosaic History Found among the Azteca Nations.” Times and Seasons Vol. 3, no. 16: June 15, 1842: 818-20.
ID = [76444]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1842-06-15  Collections:  bom,old-test,times-seasons,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:17
Sorenson, John L. “The Trajectory of Book of Mormon Studies.” Paper presented at the 2007 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2007.
ID = [32447]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2007-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:43
Woodruff, Wilford. “Transatlantic Antiquities.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 6, no. 4 (1 August 1845): 56-57.
Display Abstract  

A testimony that the Book of Mormon’s divine truth will one day overwhelm the learned of the world with the Lord’s power.

ID = [80969]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1845-08-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Cheesman, Paul R. “Transatlantic Crossings: A New Look.” Ensign, January 1975.
ID = [42523]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7277  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:46:09
Hanson, Paul M. “The Transcript from the Plates of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 103 (12 November 1956): 1097-99.
Display Abstract  

Says that the Book of Mormon fulfills prophecies of Isaiah and was witnessed by eleven honorable men. Egyptologists find little or no resemblance between the facsimile of characters that Martin Harris took to Charles Anthon and Egyptian writing. Hanson explains that this is because the Nephites altered the language.

ID = [80685]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1956-11-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Haslam, Reed Berg. Translating Scripture: The Thai Book of Mormon. Sandy, UT: H-town Publications, 2006.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Keywords: Thailand; Book of Mormon, editions and translations; Asia, Southeast, Thailand
ID = [81484]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Gardner, Brant A. “Translating the Book of Mormon.” In A Reason for Faith, ed. Laura H. Hales. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.
ID = [34621]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:22:52
Skousen, Royal. “Translating the Book of Mormon: Evidence from the Original Manuscript.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 61-93. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Cowdery, Oliver; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [75466]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 946-948.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article surveys the events leading to the publication of the Book of Mormon and discusses the length of translation time, the roles of Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and the Three Witnesses, the obtaining of the copyright, and the preparation for publication.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Copyright, Book of Mormon Translation, Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Printing of the Book of Mormon, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [77149]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Ricks, Stephen D. “The Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. Transcript of a lecture presented as part of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Stephen Ricks discusses and gives sources for what Joseph Smith himself thought and said about the translation of the Book of Mormon. Further understanding comes from what was said by colleagues and co-workers who knew him at that period of time.

Keywords: Church History; Book of Mormon
ID = [8578]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Wipper, Frank F. Translation Correct!. Kansas City, KS: Book of Mormon Foundation, 1960.
Display Abstract  

Believes that the Book of Mormon was a word-for-word translation.

ID = [78723]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Dellenbach, Robert K. “The Translation Miracle of the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1995.
ID = [17584]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1995-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 7608  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:28
Dellenbach, Robert K. “The Translation Miracle of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, May 1995.
ID = [51938]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1995-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8260  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:03
Unattributed. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon.” The Young Woman’s Journal 4, no. 2 (1892): 79-81.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Provides suggestions for a lesson about the translation of the Book of Mormon. Emphasizes the role of Martin Harris.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Harris, Martin, Lesson Plans, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76039]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1892-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:15
Unattributed. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon.” The Young Woman’s Journal 4, no. 2 (1892): 79-81.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Provides suggestions for a lesson about the translation of the Book of Mormon. Emphasizes the role of Martin Harris.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Harris, Martin, Lesson Plans, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76587]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1892-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:18
Anderson, Edward H., and Joseph F. Smith. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 6, no. 2 (1902): 153.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A short paragraph answering the question: “Into what languages has the Book of Mormon been translated and printed?”

Keywords: Foreign Language Translation
ID = [76764]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1902-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Roberts, B. H. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 9 (May 1906): 544–53.
ID = [77289]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-05-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Roberts, B. H. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 9 (April 1906): 425–36.
ID = [77290]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-05-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 38 (22 September 1927): 593-95.
Display Abstract  

The translation of the Book of Mormon commenced about April 7, 1829, and the copyright is dated June 11, 1829. In this short period of just under two months the translation was completed.

ID = [81397]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-22  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Wipper, Frank F. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” N.p., 1960?.
Display Abstract  

Several short essays condemning alterations that have been made in the wording and punctuation of the Book of Mormon. The author calls for the release of the original manuscript so that the original version of the translation can be read instead of what is printed now.

ID = [78724]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Lancaster, James E. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon.” In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Vogel, Dan, 97-112. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Essay on literary aspects of the translation of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Smith, William; Cowdery, Oliver; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82128]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:27
Ricks, Stephen D. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 272-279. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Translation
ID = [75702]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
BYU Religious Education. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Roundtable Discussion with Andrew Hedges, Gerrit Dirkmaat, Jordan Watkins, J.B. Haws, 2020.
ID = [39078]  Status = Type = video  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-dc-history,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:36
Roberts, B. H. “Translation of the Book of Mormon, Answers to Questions Respecting the Theory in the Senior Manual, 1905-6.” Improvement Era 9, no. 6 (1906): 425-436.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Roberts defends his theory about the role that the Urim and Thummim and Joseph Smith played in translating the Book of Mormon. He shows that literal translations are difficult or impossible in similar languages, and points out that it would be even harder from the Egyptian-like language of Mormon’s plates.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Language - Reformed Egyptian, Urim and Thummim
ID = [76752]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Roberts, B. H. “Translation of the Book of Mormon, Answers to Questions Respecting the Theory in the Senior Manual, 1905-6 [Concluded].” Improvement Era 9, no. 7 (1906): 545-553.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Roberts defends his theory about the role that the Urim and Thummim and Joseph Smith played in translating the Book of Mormon. He shows that literal translations are difficult or impossible in similar languages, and points out that it would be even harder from the Egyptian-like language of Mormon’s plates.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Language – Reformed Egyptian, Urim and Thummim
ID = [76772]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Curtis, LeGrand R., Jr. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon: A Marvel and a Wonder.” Ensign, January 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Translation and Publication
ID = [63258]  Status = Checked by JA Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8989  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:18:50
Ricks, Stephen D. “Translation of the Book of Mormon: Interpreting the Evidence.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2 no. 2 (1993).
Display Abstract  

The process used by Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon from the plates involved both human effort and divine assistance through the seerstone and interpreters.

ID = [2851]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 14174  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Welch, John W., and Tim Rathbone. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon: Preliminary Report on the Basic Historical Information.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1986.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

John Welch and Tim Rathbone discuss what Joseph Smith and his companions said about translating the Book of Mormon. They document the intense period of activity from April to June 1829, during which nearly all the translation took place.

Keywords: Church History
ID = [8616]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,welch  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:49
Unattributed. “The Translation of the Book of the Mormon.” Young Woman’s Journal 4 (November 1892): 79-81.
Display Abstract  

Provides suggestions for a lesson about the translation of the Book of Mormon. Emphasizes the role of Martin Harris.

ID = [80686]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1892-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Chou, Po Nien (Felipe), and Petra Chou. “The Translation of the Mongolian Book of Mormon and Other Latter-day Scriptures.” Mormon Historical Studies 20, no. 2 (Fall, 2019): 149-171.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

“The one hundredth published translation of the Book of Mormon was the Mongolian translation. Just a few short years after Mongolia was dedicated for the preaching of the gospel, the translation of the Mongolian Book of Mormon was completed and available to the people of Mongolia. Sister Munkhtsetseg (Monica) Dugarsuren helped to translate the Book of Mormon into Mongolian. This article provides the conversion story of Munkhtsetseg (Monica) Dugarsuren and her service at the mission office in Mongolia. Next, the article examines her struggle to decide whether to serve a mission or help translate the Book of Mormon into Mongolian. Her faith and sacrifice to translate during and after her mission are discussed, as is the subsequent publication of the Mongolian Book of Mormon.” [Author]

Keywords: Mongolia; Asia, East, Mongolia; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, editions and translations
ID = [82036]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:26
Grover, Jerry D., Jr. “Translation Of The ’Caractors’ Document.” In BMAF-BMC Book of Mormon Conference. Provo, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Jerry Grover explains his methodology and some of his numerical translations from the “caractors” document.

Keywords: Anthon Transcript, Book of Mormon, Caractors Document, Language, Translation
ID = [76678]  Status = Type = book article, conference talk  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:19
Grover, Jerry D., Jr. Translation of the “Caractors” Document. Self-Published, 2015.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A small scrap of paper entitled “Caractors” that contained characters copied from the plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated has remained an enigma for more than a hundred years. Finally, the characters have been successfully translated. In a book that is the first of its kind, Jerry Grover, a professional civil engineer, geologist, and translator, has been able to crack the code of the “reformed Egyptian.” 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: Anthon Transcript, Caractors, Early Church History, Mesoamerica, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Translation
ID = [75451]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:11
Wipper, Frank F. “The Translation of Them Which You Have Seen Is . . . Correct!”. Kansas City, KS: Book of Mormon Foundation, 196?.
Display Abstract  

Discusses the translation and manuscripts of the Book of Mormon, arguing that the book was translated accurately.

ID = [77377]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:24
Ensign. “Translation Work Taking Book of Mormon to More People in More Tongues.” Ensign February 2005.
ID = [56383]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2005-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2666  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:14:02
Treat, Raymond C. “Transoceanic Contact: Another Example of Convergence.” Zarahemla Record 4 (Spring 1979): 1-2, 12.
Display Abstract  

Mesoamerican archaeology is gradually converging with the pattern presented by the Book of Mormon. Article discusses recent evidence of ancient transoceanic contacts between the New and Old Worlds.

ID = [80741]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Sorenson, John L. “Transoceanic Crossings.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, the Doctrinal Foundation, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36904]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books,sorenson  Size: 43682  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:22
Christensen, Ross T., ed. Transoceanic Crossings to Ancient America. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1970.
Display Abstract  

Contains selected articles from the Newsletter and Proceedings of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology (SEHA) that pertain to transoceanic crossings prior to Columbus. Determines that the ancient inhabitants of the New World consisted of multi-races. Sees a Phoenician influence in the Americas. Archaeologists have found artifacts of many cultures including those of Mediterranean descent who knew Christianity.

ID = [78725]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Sorenson, John L., and Martin H. Raish. Transoceanic Culture Contacts between the Old and New Worlds in Pre- Columbian Times: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
Display Abstract  

Superseded by Sorenson and Raish 1990.

ID = [78726]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Hampton, Brad. “A Traveler in Mesoamerica.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 77 (Summer 1992): 5-6.
Display Abstract  

Many believe Guatemala to be the Land of Nephi. This author felt the spirit of this holy ground. His testimony of Jesus Christ was strengthened as his testimony of the Book of Mormon increased when seeing the ruins of Mesoamerica and the idolatrous worship of the people. The Book of Mormon will bring them to Christ.

ID = [78944]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Friend. “Traveling in the Wilderness.” Friend 19 (August 1989): 8-10.
Display Abstract  

Cartoon depiction for children of Lehi’s family traveling in the wilderness.

ID = [80742]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hanks, Marion D. “Travels between Nephi and Zarahemla.” Instructor 102 (September 1967): 372-73, 376.
Display Abstract  

In this response to the criticism that Joseph Smith authored the Book of Mormon, Hanks claims that the Book is so intricate, with numerous migrations, expeditions, flashbacks, interpolations, and other plot complexities, that it would have been amazing for an untutored boy to have written it. He includes a chart of travels between Zarahemla and the land of Nephi.

ID = [80743]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1967-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Roper, Matthew P. “The Treason of the Geographers: Mythical ‘Mesoamerican’ Conspiracy and the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 16 (2015): 161-205.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: The claim that God revealed the details of Book of Mormon geography is not new, but the recent argument that there was a conspiracy while the Prophet was still alive to oppose a revealed geography is a novel innovation. A recent theory argues that the “Mesoamerican theory” or “limited Mesoamerican geography” originated in 1841 with Benjamin Winchester, an early Mormon missionary, writer, and dissident, who rejected the leadership of Brigham Young and the Twelve after 1844. This theory also claims that three unsigned editorials on Central America and the Book of Mormon published in the Times and Seasons on September 15 and October 1, 1842 were written by Benjamin Winchester, who successfully conspired with other dissidents to publish them against the will of the Prophet. Three articles address these claims. This first article addresses two questions: Did Joseph Smith, as some have claimed, know the details of and put forth a revealed Book of Mormon geography? Second, what is a Mesoamerican geography and does it constitute a believable motive for a proposed Winchester conspiracy?.

ID = [4232]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,brigham,interpreter-journal  Size: 64703  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:55
Church News. “Treasure the Scriptures, Counsels Pres. Tanner.” Church News 43 (1 September 1973): 11.
Display Abstract  

N. Eldon Tanner tells the members to study the scriptures, including the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80744]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Nelson, Russell M. “A Treasured Testament.” Ensign, July 1993.
ID = [51085]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:51:57
Richards, Louisa Lulu Greene. “A Treasured Volume.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 96, no. 26 (28 June 1934): 411-12.
Display Abstract  

The copy of the Book of Mormon owned by Hyrum Smith at the time of his martyrdom is a cherished heirloom.

ID = [81436]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1934-06-28  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Westenskow, Melvin. Treasures to Share. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1948.
Display Abstract  

The explanation of the relationship between the Book of Mormon and the Bible is found within the pages of the Book of Mormon itself. Latter-day Saints do not replace the Bible with the Book of Mormon, they are companions, one complimenting the other. The Bible does prophesy of the Book of Mormon in many places, just as it foretells of Christ without revealing his name. The use of metal and cement in the Book of Mormon was once ridiculed, but is now verified by archaeology. The Book of Mormon adds credence to the Bible. It is a second witness to the divinity of Christ.

ID = [78727]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1948-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Stewart, Ora Pate. Treasures Unearthed. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1953.
Display Abstract  

Stewart discusses various Book of Mormon topics such as the Lamanite curse, the issue of white Indians, Nephi’s sisters, calendars, shipbuilding, organized crime, arts, industry, and prophecies concerning our day. The topics are in random order, and are written in the form of short articles.

ID = [78728]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Benson, RoseAnn, and Stephen D. Ricks. “Treaties and Covenants: Ancient Near Eastern Legal Terminology in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 1 (2005): 48-61, 128-129.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Ancient Near Eastern treaties and Old Testament covenants exhibit many of the same literary elements. Of particular interest is the use of the Hebrew word y?da? ,“to know,” when it signifies “to enter into a binding agreement.” The use of this word in both treaties and scriptures supports the notion that prophets spoke of holy covenants using language that framed responsibilities between God and his people in legal terms. The Book of Mormon usage of to know reflects similar intent. This article discusses the background of the word to know, compares treaties with covenants, discusses to know in connection with ancient Near Eastern treaties and biblical covenants, and assesses to know in Book of Mormon covenants.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Covenant; Language - Hebrew; Laws; Legal; Treaty
ID = [3157]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 67099  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:29
Grant, Heber J. “The Treaty of Peace—Restoration of the Gospel.” Improvement Era 23, no. 2 (1919): 107-124.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article relates Joseph Smith’s vision of the angel Moroni, his revelation of where the golden plates were hidden, and Joseph’s yearly visits to the Hill Cumorah for instruction.

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Articles of Faith, Hill Cumorah, Politics, Restoration, Smith, Joseph, Jr., World War I
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76814]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Ricks, Stephen D. “The Treaty/Covenant Pattern in King Benjamin’s Address (Mosiah 1–6).” Brigham Young University Studies 24, no. 2 (1984): 151.
Display Keywords
Keywords: King Benjamin; Mosiah the Elder
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [8996]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies,old-test  Size: 792  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:52
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. “The Tree of Knowledge as the Veil of the Sanctuary.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, The 42nd Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (26 October, 2013), edited by David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick and Matthew J. Grey. , 49–65. Provo and Salt Lake City, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2013.
Display Abstract  

One thing that has always perplexed readers of Genesis is the location of the two special trees within the Garden of Eden. Although scripture initially applies the phrase “in the midst” only to the tree of life (Genesis 2:9), the tree of knowledge is later said by Eve to be located there too (see Genesis 3:3). In the context of these verses, the Hebrew phrase corresponding to “in the midst” literally means “in the center.” How can both trees be in the center?

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 3 — Garden of Eden
Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 4–6:12 — Grand Council in Heaven, Adam and Eve
Book of Moses Topics > Temple Themes in the Book of Moses and Related Scripture
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
ID = [2678]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-10-26  Collections:  bom,bradshaw,moses,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 38857  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:26
Raish, Martin H. “Tree of Life.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 4. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Love of God, Tree of Life
ID = [75137]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 4409  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:09
Burgon, Glade L. “The Tree of Life As a World Symbol of Divine Origin.” Provo, UT: n.p., August 1959.
Display Abstract  

Writes concerning the symbolical nature of the tree of life in Old and New World cultures. The Book of Mormon treatment of the tree of life (1 Nephi 11-15) clarifies and adds greater significance to the subject than does the Bible.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [78677]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:32
Christensen, Ross T. The Tree of Life in Ancient America. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1968.
Display Abstract  

Makes a comparison of the Stela 5, Izapa, stone with the tree of life described in the dream of Lehi. Provides a detailed description and analysis of Stela 5, Izapa, and concludes that the stone is a religious carving representing the events depicted in the Book of Mormon tree of life scene. Includes photographs of the stone.

ID = [78678]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Griggs, C. Wilfred. “The Tree of Life in Ancient Cultures.” Ensign, June 1988, 26–31.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
ID = [48612]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 21621  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:10
Oman, Richard G. “The Tree of Life in LDS International Art.” University Forum, Brigham Young University—Idaho, February 20, 2014.
ID = [72686]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-02-20  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:03:02
Wirth, Diane E. “The Tree of Life Offers Evidence of Pre-Columbian Contact.” Pursuit (Fourth Quarter 1981): 168-71.
Display Abstract  

Compares New World examples of the tree of life symbol with examples from Assyria and finds that the basic elements are similar, if not identical. Points out that the Book of Mormon, as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims, was written by early inhabitants of America. There is unmistakable evidence of trans-oceanic crossings prior to Columbus.

ID = [80687]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Briggs, Irene M. “The Tree of Life Symbol: Its Significance in Ancient American Religion.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1950.
Display Abstract  

Focuses upon the cross as a religious symbol in ancient Mesoamerica. The cross- shaped tree found in Mesoamerica has conventionally become known as the “Tree of Life”

ID = [80688]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Miller, Jeanette W. “The Tree of Life, a Personification of Christ.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 1 (1993): 93-106.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Throughout history in many cultures, man has looked to the tree of life as a symbol of eternal life. The form of the tree of life varies according to a culture’s perception of the universe. Many early Christians saw the tree of life as a personification of Jesus Christ. It may be that the tree of life vision in the Book of Mormon was presented to introduce the Savior and his ministry. We may learn much about the Lord’s calling and personality by combining a study of various cultural ideas of the tree of life with the testimonies of the prophets contained in the scriptures.

Keywords: Dream; Eternal Life; Jesus Christ; Lehi (Prophet); Nephi; Personification; Symbolism; Tree of Life; Vision
ID = [2831]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 31674  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Tvedtnes, John A. “Tree of Life, Tree of Healing.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 171-194.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: The late Hebrew scholar John Tvedtnes takes readers on a grand tour of Jewish and Christian stories and traditions that attest to the Tree of Life as not only a means to prolong life, but also to impart a healing power to individuals and to the earth itself. In a future day, it is said that the Saints will eat of its sweet fruit forever.
[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 John Tvedtnes, “Tree of Life, Tree of Healing,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 495–520. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.]
This is a tree which is a Tree of Life, And a Vine, a Vine of Life! Satisfying (fare) that is superior to all means of healing is that which thou hast brought, revealed and given to these souls! (Mandaean Prayerbook 375)
.

ID = [3440]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 61759  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Ensign. “The Tree of Life: Art Depicting Lehi’s Dream and the Tree of Life.” Ensign June 1996.
ID = [52487]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1996-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2489  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:52:06
Welch, John W., and Donald W. Parry. The Tree of Life: From Eden to Eternity. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2011.
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 3 — Garden of Eden
ID = [2557]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:25
Olsen, Liza. “The Tree of Life: From Eden to Eternity.” BYU Studies Quarterly 52, no. 1 (2013): 187.
ID = [10981]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 2999  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:05
Woodford, Irene Briggs. “The ‘Tree of Life’ in Ancient America; Its Representations and Significance.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1950.
Display Abstract  

Offers an interpretation of the Mesoamerican “cross-shaped tree” as being a representation of the tree of life and several important symbolic figures, including the bird, serpent, monster, and the two personages.

ID = [80255]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:15
Woodford, Irene Briggs. “The ‘Tree of Life’ in Ancient America; Its Representations and Significance.” UASN Bulletin 4 (March 1953): 1-18.
Display Abstract  

A condensed form of her M.A. thesis, Woodford interprets the Mesoamerican tree of life and its attendant elements.

ID = [80254]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:15
Christensen, Ross T. “Tree-of-Life Discovery in Peru.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 92 (15 December 1964): 1-3.
Display Abstract  

On the peninsula of Paracus overlooking the Paciic Ocean carved into the mountainside is a representation of the tree of life. Six hundred feet in height, this colossal carving is thought to have been created by an ancient pre-Inca civilization. A comparison is made between the carving and the Israelite menorah—both are stylized trees, have seven branches, balls at the ends of the branches, and a base structure.

ID = [80745]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1964-12-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Welch, John W. “The Trial of Jeremiah: A Legal Legacy from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 337—56. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39696]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:39
West, Jack H. Trial of the Stick of Joseph: A Lecture Series. Salt Lake City: Sounds of Zion, 1981.
Display Abstract  

Also, in Spanish, Juicio del Palo de Jose: Testigos Personales. Peru: n.p., 1967. A three-part lecture that recounts the events surrounding a mock trial of the Book of Mormon. Analyzes the testimonies of witnesses who claimed to have seen the gold plates, and discusses internal and external evidences of the Book of Mormon. This work is reviewed in S.518.

ID = [78729]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Rasmussen, Ellis T. “A Tribute to Sidney B. Sperry.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82528]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:29
Church News. “Triple Combination Is Now off the Press.” Church News 51 (26 September 1981): 3.
Display Abstract  

The newly published triple combination contains about 200 changes, most of which are minute and reflect the original wording of the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon, and a new footnoting system.

ID = [80746]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1981-09-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Tavcs, Ernest H. “Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” Pacific Historical Review 55, no. 4 (November 1986): 619-23.
ID = [77249]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-11-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Taves, Ernest H. Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Buffalo: Prometheus, 1984.
Display Abstract  

A polemical work against Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Among other things, the author attempts to use stylometry to establish the single authorship of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith. This work is reviewed in G.100, L.086, W.156, and in H.272.

ID = [78730]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Tavcs, Ernest H. Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus, 1984.
ID = [77214]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:23
Cowdery, Oliver. “Trouble in the West.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 7: April 1835: 104-7.
Display Abstract  

Responds to attacks against the Book of Mormon dealing with the Spaulding Manuscript, the birth of Jesus at Jerusalem, the ascription of Mary as the “mother of God,” and the appearance of Jesus to the Lehites.

ID = [80864]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1834-10-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Sorenson, John L. “True Arch.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 17 (January 1954).
Display Abstract  

An example of an unquestionable true arch is pointed out in the Maya area. Lack of this feature can no longer be used to argue against Old-New World contacts; rather, we must ask why, since they knew the idea, the Maya did not utilize it more.

ID = [80747]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Budvarson, Arthur. True Archaeological Data Versus Book of Mormon. La Mesa, CA: Utah Christian Tract Society, n.d.
Display Abstract  

Polemically oriented tract dealing with Book of Mormon archaeology. Features correspondence between the Smithsonian Institute and an individual who is opposed to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78731]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Pratt, Orson. “True Christmas and New Year.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 15. 1873, 253–265.
Display Abstract  

Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, delivered in the 13th Ward Assembly Rooms, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, Dec. 29, 1872. Reported By: David W. Evans.

ID = [29136]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1872-12-29  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,pratt-orson  Size: 44273  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:25
Scott, Richard G. “True Friends That Lift.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1988.
ID = [16127]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 7699  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:25
Scott, Richard G. “True Friends That Lift.” Ensign, November 1988.
ID = [48818]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7594  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:12
Shook, Charles A. The True Origin of the Book of Mormon. Cincinnati: Standard, 1914.
Display Abstract  

A polemical work attempting to discredit the Book of Mormon and show that it was derived from an unpublished manuscript written by Solomon Spaulding. The writer attempts to show that some Book of Mormon witnesses such as Oliver Cowdery denied their Book of Mormon testimony.

ID = [78679]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1914-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Compton, Giles Roy, Jr. True Origin of the Indian. Jacksonville, Alabama: Jacksonville State College, 1958.
Display Abstract  

A pamphlet that enumerates several features of American Indian history that coincide with items found in the Book of Mormon. Discusses Quetzalcoatl, idols, and bees.

ID = [78732]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Reynolds, Noel B. “The True Points of My Doctrine.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 2 (1996): 26-56.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

In a 1991 BYU Studies article, I identified and analyzed three core Book of Mormon passages in which the gospel or doctrine of Jesus Christ is defined. Each of these passages presents the gospel as a six-point formula or message about what men must do if they will be saved. In the present article I go on to examine all other Book of Mormon references to the six elements in this formula. Faith is choosing to trust in Jesus Christ in all that one does. Repentance is turning away from the life of sin by making a covenant to obey the Lord and remember him always. Baptism in water is the public witnessing to the Father of that covenant. The baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost is a gift sent from the Father in fulfillment of his promise to all his children that if they will repent and be baptized, they will be filled with the Holy Ghost. It brings the remission of sins with its cleansing fires. The recipient of these great blessings must yet endure to the end in faith, hope, and charity in order to obtain salvation, or eternal life.

Keywords: Baptism; Covenant; Doctrine; Endure to the End; Eternal Life; Faith; Gospel; Gospel of Jesus Christ; Repentance; Salvation; Trust
ID = [2933]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 71306  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Perkins, Keith W. “True to the Book of Mormon— The Whitmers.” Ensign, February 1989.
ID = [48922]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 33972  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:12
Ringwood, Michael T. “Truly Good and without Guile.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2015.
Display Abstract  

Michael T. Ringwood teaches that we can become like Shiblon in the Book of Mormon as we are truly good and without guile.

ID = [22347]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2015-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9745  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 21:27:51
Tobin, Tammy Lavena. “Truly the Word of God.” Ensign, December 1983.
ID = [46476]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1983-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5902  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:48:56
Cook, Gene R. “Trust in the Lord.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 29, 1984.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Trust
ID = [68737]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1984-05-29  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:48:10
Cook, Gene R. “Trust in the Lord.” Ensign, March 1986.
ID = [47511]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15818  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:49:03
Benson, Ezra Taft. “Trust Not the Arm of Flesh.” Improvement Era 70, no. 12 (1967): 55-58.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article says that the precepts of men are in conflict with the principles of God. Those who choose to follow the revelations of God are not deceived (2 Nephi 4:34; 28:14). The Lord does not give reasons for every commandment, some things need to be taken on faith. Only by loving God first can we best love and serve our fellowmen.

Keywords: Commandments, Continuing Revelation, Personal Revelation, Precepts, Revelation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [76753]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1967-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Rappleye, Neal. “Trusting Joseph.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 75-83.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: The “first steps” of Mormon history are vital to the faith claims of the Latter-day Saints. The new volume Exploring the First Vision, edited by Samuel Alonzo Dodge and Steven C. Harper, compiles research into the historical veracity of Joseph Smith’s First Vision narrative which shows the Prophet to have been a reliable and trustworthy witness. Ultimately, historical investigation can neither prove nor disprove that Joseph had a theophany in the woods in 1820. Individuals must therefore reach their conclusions by some other means.
Review of Samuel Alonzo Dodge and Steven C. Harper, eds. Exploring the First Vision. Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2012. 338 pp. with index. $25.99If the beginning of the promenade of Mormon history, the First Vision and the Book of Mormon, can survive the crisis, then the rest of the promenade follows and nothing that happens in it can really detract from the miracle of the whole. If the first steps do not survive, there can be only antiquarian, not fateful or faith-full interest in the rest of the story.
Martin E. Marty ((Martin E. Marty, “Two Integrities: An Address to the Crisis in Mormon Historiography,” Journal of Mormon History 10 (1983): 9, capitalization altered.)).

ID = [4358]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 17702  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Trustworthiness of Young Joseph Smith.” Improvement Era 73, no. 10 (1970): 82-89.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Angel Moroni, Early Church History, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Smith, Lucy Mack, Smith, William, Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76879]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:20
Stratford, Richard C. Truth. Chicago, IL: Northern States Mission, 1960?.
Display Abstract  

Tract written by a mission president on various points of the Restoration, including information on the Book of Mormon, which “came forth into the world in a most miraculous manner”

ID = [78733]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Archambault, Hubert J. “The Truth About the Book of Mormon.” Rock Island, IL: n.p., 1970?.
Display Abstract  

A pamphlet outlining positive aspects of the Book of Mormon, directed to individuals who do not believe its teachings.

ID = [78682]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
McGimsey, Harry A., and A. Theodore Schroeder. The Truth about the Origin of the Book of Mormon. San Bernardino, CA: Vanity, 1963?.
Display Abstract  

Attempts to explain the Book of Mormon on the basis of Spaulding’s Manuscript Found. Does not discuss the 1884 discovery of the manuscript.

ID = [78683]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Hougey, Harold H. The Truth about the ‘Lehi Tree of Life Stone’. Concord, CA: Pacific, 1963.
Display Abstract  

Mormons have frequently used Izapa Stela 5 as evidence for the Book of Mormon story of Lehi’s dream of the tree of life. The author, who rejects the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, presents reasons why he believes that Izapa Stela 5 has nothing to do with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78681]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Scharffs, Gilbert W. The Truth About “The God Makers”. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1986.
Display Abstract  

Responds to charges made against Mormonism in the book The God Makers

ID = [78680]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Christensen, Kevin. “Truth and Method: Reflections on Dan Vogel’s Approach to the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 287-354.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Kevin Christensen responds to Dan Vogel’s views against the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Vogel claims that the Book of Mormon cannot be a translated text because there were numerous influences surrounding Joseph Smith that could have motivated him to write the book on his own. Christensen and Vogel have responded to each other’s claims previously; this article is a continuation of that debate.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon; Criticism; Historicity; Mesoamerica; Native Americans
ID = [471]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 144976  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:11
Smith, Heman C. The Truth Defended, or A Reply to Elder D. H. Bay’s, “Doctrines and Dogmas of Mormonism”. Lamoni, IA: Herald House, 1901.
Display Abstract  

An apologetic work, written by a former Church Historian of the Reorganized church, responding to criticisms raised by Bays in his work, Doctrines and Dogmas of Mormonism

ID = [78684]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1901-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Giles, Henry E. “The Truth Has Spoken from the Dust.” Salt Lake City: n.p., 1927.
Display Abstract  

Sheet music written in commemoration of the centennial of the year Moroni entrusted the plates to Joseph Smith.

ID = [78685]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1927-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Petersen, Boyd J. “Truth Is Stranger Than Folklore: Hugh Nibley: The Man and the Legend.” Sunstone, December 2002, 18–23.
Display Abstract  

an excerpt from Hugh Nibley: a Consecrated Life Greg Kofford Books, January 2003.
Did Hugh Nibley really tether a goat to his front lawn so he wouldn’t have to mow it? Did Hugh and his friend scribble Book of Mormon passages in Egyptian in one of Utah’s red rock canyons? Would he walk home from work, forgetting he had driven that day? This article looks at what truths lurk behind these and other stories.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Folklore
ID = [750]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size: 31585  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:13
Penrose, Charles W. “Truth Out of the Earth.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 100, no. 2 (13 January 1938): 26-28.
Display Abstract  

A testimony of the Book of Mormon. Truth has sprung out of the earth as Psalms 85:11 prophecies. The lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matthew 25:24) are the Nephites and Lamanites or the “voice out of the dust” (Isaiah 29:4-19). Professor Anthon fulfilled Isaiah 29:11 by saying he could not read a sealed book. The Book of Mormon is the stick of Joseph spoken of in Ezekiel 37:15-22.

ID = [81294]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1938-01-13  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Hinckley, Gordon B. Truth Restored. Salt Lake City: LDS Church and Deseret Book, 1979.
Display Abstract  

A history of the LDS church that includes the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Photographs of historical events and places are included.

ID = [78734]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Merrill, Joseph F. The Truth Seeker and Mormonism. Independence, MO: Zions, 1946.
Display Abstract  

Transcripts of radio messages, two of which relate to the Book of Mormon. Speaks concerning the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; contains the testimony of the Eight Witnesses, the final statements of the Three Witnesses, and explores the possibility of collusion.

ID = [78686]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1946-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Homans, James Edward [Webb, Robert C., pseud.]. “Truth Seeking: Its Symptoms and After Effects.” Deseret News, 5 July 1913: 8-9.
Display Abstract  

A response to Reverend F. S. Spalding’s pamphlet Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator. Spalding attacks the Book of Mormon by testing the translation of the book of Abraham, saying that the validity of the Book of Mormon rests upon the correct translation of the book of Abraham. Webb warns that the opinions of the scholars contacted are merely opinions and premature as well.

ID = [81025]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:20
Homans, James Edward [Webb, Robert C., pseud.]. “Truth Seeking: Its Symptoms and After Effects.” Improvement Era 16, no. 11 (1913): 1075-1091.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article is a response to Reverend F. S. Spalding’s pamphlet Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator. Spalding attacks the Book of Mormon by testing the translation of the book of Abraham, saying that the validity of the Book of Mormon rests upon the correct translation of the book of Abraham. The author warns that the opinions of the scholars contacted are merely opinions and premature as well.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon, Book of Abraham, Criticism, Egyptology, Pearl of Great Price, Spalding, Franklin
ID = [77089]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Sonne, Alma. “Truth Will Prevail.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1966.
ID = [27758]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1966-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9238  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:17
Sonne, Alma. “‘Truth Will Prevail’” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1957.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article states that, in spite of an “avalanche of abuse and ridicule,” the Book of Mormon stands true and powerful. The Book of Mormon reveals many truths, the purposes of God, and the results of wrong doing; it also emphasizes the sanctity of the commandments, proclaims the deity of Christ, and confirms the teachings of the Holy Ghost.

Keywords: Another Testament of Jesus Christ; Book of Mormon; Testimony; Truth
ID = [27176]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1957-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 6803  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:13
Snyder, John Jacob. Truth: Number 2 (The Truth of the Book of Mormon). Salt Lake City: John Jacob Snyder, 1896.
Display Abstract  

Snyder believes in and preaches Book of Mormon doctrines but rejects the teachings and authority of the LDS church. Believes Mormons have gone astray since the days of Joseph Smith.

ID = [78735]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1896-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Everton, George B., and Ellen N. Everton. Truths and Testimonies Touching the Book of Mormon. Nibley, UT: Everton, 1986.
Display Abstract  

A pamphlet containing standards by which the Book of Mormon may be judged if someone were to duplicate the effort.

ID = [78736]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Maxwell, Neal A. “The Tugs and Pulls of the World.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2000.
Display Abstract  

Many individuals preoccupied by the cares of the world are not necessarily in transgression. But they certainly are in diversion and thus waste “the days of [their] probation” (2 Ne. 9:27).

ID = [18937]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2000-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8596  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:01:31
Melonakos, Christine. Turn Your Little Ones into Book of Mormon Whiz Kids. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1990.
Display Abstract  

Activities for young children designed to increase their fine and gross motor skills while teaching them about the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78737]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Spendlove, Loren Blake, and Tina Spendlove. “Turning to the Lord With the Whole Heart: The Doctrine of Repentance in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 20 (2016): 177-246.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: Repentance is considered one of the foundational principles of the gospel. As demonstrated in this article, there is a harmony in how repentance is portrayed in the Old Testament, New Testament, and Book of Mormon. In all three books the principle of repentance is shown to be a two-part process of turning away from sin and returning to the Lord through good works. Just as faith has been called “active belief,” repentance could be called “active remorse,” and must be accompanied by good works to be effective in our lives. The goal and end result of sincere repentance is a turning to the Lord with the whole heart, enabling us to return to the presence of God. .

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > General Articles
ID = [3749]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 64475  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:33
Lane, Keith H. “Turning Toward the Wisdom of King Benjamin.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 18-22.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Review of King Benjamin\'s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom” (1998), edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks

Keywords: Covenant; King Benjamin; Kingship; Sermon; Wisdom
ID = [318]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 11928  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Tut-Ankh-Amen and Sun-Worship.” Improvement Era 26, no. 7 (1923): 638-643.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article speculates that the Lamanite culture may have established the Egyptian practice of sun-worship in America, accounting for the appearance of this practice among certain Indian groups.

Keywords: Archaeology, Egypology, Mythology, Sun
ID = [77139]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:22
Gileadi, Avraham. “Twelve Diatribes of Modern Israel.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 353-405. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

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.
This essay serves as a testimony to modern Israel—the Latter-day Saints—that we are beginning to resemble God’s ancient covenant people in ways that conflict with our high ideals.

Keywords: Covenant; Israel; Prophecy
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Israel, Scattering and Gathering
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Discipleship
ID = [2363]  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
Derry, George. “Twelve Nephite Apostles.” Saints’ Herald 55 (11 November 1908): 1095-97.
Display Abstract  

Summarizes the main events of Christ’s visit to the Americas and determines that the Nephite twelve apostles were on the same level as the twelve in Jerusalem.

ID = [80748]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1908-11-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Fry, Charles. “Twelve Reasons Why I Believe the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 60 (5, 12 March 1913): 232-37, 252-57.
Display Abstract  

Fry’s reasons for believing the Book of Mormon include, it presents Christ as the Redeemer of the world; its doctrines are in full harmony with the doctrines of the Bible; its history is in harmony with the history of the Bible; every part is in perfect harmony with the whole; it is supported by competent witnesses; many of its prophecies have been fulfilled; it proves the fatherhood of God over the whole world; the Holy Spirit confirms its divinity.

ID = [80749]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-03-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Anderson, Kenneth W. “The Twelve: A Light unto This People.” In The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9–30, This Is My Gospel, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
ID = [36742]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 19535  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:21
Church News. “Twenty-five Books That Have Changed America.” Church News 40 (8 August 1970): 15.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon is listed in Robert Down’s Books That Changed America. Down draws parallels between the beginnings of early Christianity, early development of the Church and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80750]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-08-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Lyman, Richard R. “The Twenty-Second Day of September.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 99, no. 37 (16 September 1937): 600-1.
Display Abstract  

An editorial commemorating Joseph Smith’s receipt of the gold plates from the hand of the angel Moroni.

ID = [81455]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-09-16  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:22
Sorenson, John L. “The Twig of the Cedar.” Improvement Era 60, no. 5 (1957): 330-331, 338, 341-342.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

This article relates Ezekiel 17:22-24 to Mulek’s transplantation to America. The author also feels that a Mexican tradition of the arrival of an immigrant group by sea may also be related to Mulek.

Keywords: Ezekiel (Book), Mexico, Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah), Mythology, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [77023]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1957-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:21
Snow, Erastus. “The ‘Twin Relics,’ Slavery and Polygamy—Confounding of Polygamy With Bigamy, ‘Christian’ Statesmanship—Joseph Smith’s Proposition for the Abolition of Slavery—The Great Rebellion, Church Division—The Bible and Polygamy, Origin of Monogamy—The Work of God in the Latter Days, the Mission of Ephraim—The Ten Tribes and Scattered Israel, the Book of Mormon—Present Persecution and Future Prospects of the Saints.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 23. 1883, 294–302.
Display Abstract  

Discourse by Apostle Erastus Snow, delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Saturday Morning (in General Conference), October 7, 1882. Reported By: Geo. F. Gibbs.

ID = [29520]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1882-10-07  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 28922  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:28
Gardner, Brant A. “Two Authors: Two Approaches in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 254-259.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Nephi and Mormon, the two writers responsible for the largest amount of text in the Book of Mormon, both similarly used reference material and quotations in their work. Despite that basic similarity, the way each writer used those references and quotations is quite different.

Keywords: Authorship; Intertextuality; Mormon; Nephi; Quotation; Translation
ID = [3334]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 12410  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:30
Pratt, Orson. “The Two Bibles.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 28, no. 41 (13 October 1866): 641-43.
Display Abstract  

The two Bibles of the world are the Eastern Bible (Holy Bible) and the Western Bible (Book of Mormon). The Western Bible is the most correct book, but the Eastern Bible has been worked on by uninspired men and contains many errors. The discovery of stones inscribed with Hebrew found in ancient mounds in Ohio indicate that the ancient Indians of America had an alphabet and a written language.

ID = [80943]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1866-10-13  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:19
Griffin, Edith. “The Two Books.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 77, no. 9 (4 March 1915): 134-35.
Display Abstract  

Two books of scripture used by members of the Church are the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Both present God’s dealings with the human family and both testify of Jesus Christ.

ID = [81355]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1915-03-04  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:21
Warren, Bruce W. “Two books on Book of Mormon geography.” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 127.
ID = [10107]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 1053  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 20:00:59
Hull, Kerry. “Two Case Studies on the Development of the Concept of Religion: The New Testament and the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 17 no. 1 (2016).
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [38455]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 60136  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:33
Smith, Robert F., and John L. Sorenson. “Two Figurines From the Belleza and Sanchez Collection.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient Egypt; Archaeology; Transoceanic Contact
ID = [66447]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 6:47:56
Tanner, N. Eldon. “The Two Great Commandments.” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1965.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The author tells of his challenge to the Saints to read the Book of Mormon, and gives examples of people whose lives benefited from it. Keeping the two great commandments, first to love God with all your whole soul and the second to love your neighbor, begins within the walls of your own home.

Keywords: Commandments; Love; Scripture Study
ID = [27696]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1965-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 12683  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:16:17
Tanner, John S. “Two Hymns Based on Nephi’s Psalm.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 2 (2001).
Display Abstract  

The first line of Nephi’s Psalm (found in 2 Nephi 4:16– 35) matches perfectly the iambic pentameter of Jean Sibelius’s Finlandia, more commonly known among Latter-day Saints as the hymn Be Still, My Soul. Because of this coincidence, John S. Tanner decided to write lyrics based on Nephi’s Psalm, called I Love the Lord, after which he solicited the help of Ronald J. Staheli in composing a musical arrangement based on Finlandia. Tanner later wrote another adaptation of Nephi’s Psalm, called Sometimes My Soul, using the tune of an American folk song. He explains the process of writing these two songs and the accompanying challenges.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [3071]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 18083  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:28
Marty, Martin E. “Two Integrities: An Address to the Crisis in Mormon Historiography.” In Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History, edited by George D. Smith, 169-88. Salt Lake City: Signature, 1992.
Display Abstract  

Since historians cannot prove or disprove the truth of the Book of Mormon or whether Joseph Smith was a prophet, they should adopt a middle ground and only discuss secondary issues. Thus, they simply seek to understand how the Book of Mormon influences those who believe in it without discussing whether or not it is true.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80751]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Chatburn, T. W., and William Pooler. “Two Living Witnesses Who Saw David Whitmer.” The Rod of Iron 1 (May 1924): 19-20.
Display Abstract  

Two individuals report that David Whitmer possessed a strong, personal testimony of the Book of Mormon gold plates.

ID = [80752]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Church News. “Two Manuscript Pages Acquired.” Church News 53 (21 August 1983): 14.
Display Abstract  

Tells history of the original Book of Mormon manuscript and explains that Brent Ashworth obtained two pages of the manuscript. (Editor’s note: these have since been shown to be forgeries.)

ID = [80753]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1983-08-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hardy, Grant R. “Two More Waves.” FARMS Review 21, no. 2 (2009): 133-152.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Review of Robert A. Rees and Eugene England, eds. The Reader's Book of Mormon. and Review of The Book of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith. Introduction by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Formatting; Literature; Missionary Work; Structure
ID = [635]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 47076  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:12
Gee, John. “Two Notes on Egyptian Script.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5 no. 1 (1996).
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Possible scripts for the “reformed Egyptian” referred to in the Book of Mormon include abnormal hieratic and carved hieratic.

Keywords: Egyptian; Language; Language - Hebrew; Writing
ID = [2930]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 34667  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Gee, John. “Two Notes on Egyptian Script.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 244-247. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Egyptian; Language; Language - Hebrew; Writing
ID = [75694]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size: 6541  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Welch, John W. “Two Notes on the Lord’s Prayer.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 228-230. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Display Keywords
Keywords: 3 Nephi; Prayer
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [75690]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:13
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Two Outstanding Features of Book of Mormon History.” Relief Society Magazine 14 (October, November 1927): 475-80, 550-53.
Display Abstract  

Discusses the determination of the people of Ammon not to defend themselves against the Lamanite attack. Some Indian traditions reflect this peaceful approach to war. The united order was practiced among the Nephites after the Savior’s visit. Indian traditions hold to many of the principles of the united order. [J.W.M.] ”

ID = [80754]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Palmer, William Rees. Two Pahute Indian Legends: “Why the Grand Canyon Was Made” and “The Three Days of Darkness,” External Evidences of the Book of Mormon Examined. London: Bristol, 1849.
Display Abstract  

The Indian legend “Why the Grand Canyon Was Made” tells of the great shaking and trembling of the earth that came after many generations and created the Grand Canyon. The account sounds very much like 3 Nephi 10:9-10. “The Three Days of Darkness” tells that at the time of the death of Shinob, younger God of the Pahute Indians, they could not light a fire. Later Shinob came back to life. This legend sounds like the account in the Book of Mormon in 3 Nephi 8:17- 23. This work is reviewed in P.213.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78738]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1849-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Clark, John E. “Two Points of Book of Mormon Geography: A Review.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 1-24.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Review of The Land of Lehi (1995), by Paul Hedengren

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Great Lakes
ID = [240]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 54770  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:10
Avant, Gerry. “Two Powerful, Persuasive Prophets.” Church News 54 (6 May 1984): 11.
Display Abstract  

The lives and conversion of Alma the Elder and Alma the Younger are recounted. Both were powerful men that turned to righteousness from wickedness and never regressed.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80755]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1984-05-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Hassard, John Rose Greene. “The Two Prophets of Mormonism.” The Catholic World 26 (November 1877): 227-49.
Display Abstract  

Outlines the beginning of Mormonism under the leadership of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Believes that the Book of Mormon was created from the Solomon Spaulding manuscript, Protestant revivalism, and other events and items contemporary with Joseph Smith.

ID = [80690]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1877-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Hunt, C. J., and John A. Robinson. “Two Records and the Prophets of the Restoration.” Saints’ Herald (23 March 1940): 370-72.
Display Abstract  

It was the intention of the Prophet to make the Inspired Version of the New Testament and the Book of Mormon available to all the world. This work was accomplished in 1895 by the RLDS church in fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 29.

ID = [80756]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-03-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Avant, Gerry. “Two Sets of Plates Contain Writings From 11 Engravers.” Church News 58 (9 January 1988): 14.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon was written by 11 engravers, nine of whom worked on the small plates of Nephi, and the other two worked with Mormon’s plates.

ID = [80757]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-09  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Church News. “Two Sets of Plates Make Up the Book of Mormon.” Church News 58 (25 June 1988): 10.
Display Abstract  

Joseph Smith translated two sets of plates: the small plates of Nephi and the plates of Mormon. Includes a chart.

ID = [80758]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-06-25  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:18
Nibley, Hugh W. “Two Shots in the Dark.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81801]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:24
Nibley, Hugh W. “Two Shots in the Dark: 1. Dark Days in Jerusalem; 2. Christ among the Ruins.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 103–41. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1982.
Display Abstract  

Reprinted as “Christ among the Ruins,” in The Prophetic Book of Mormon, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8. 380–434.
Presents information about the names used and the political and the social conditions of Lehi’s Jerusalem based on contemporaneous messages written on pottery found at Lachish.

Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 1 Nephi
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Books > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > G — K > Hell
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Jesus Christ > Forty-Day Ministry
ID = [811]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,nibley  Size: 64502  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:14
Nyman, Monte S. Two Sticks One in Thine Hand. Salt Lake City: Gen-Dex Press, 1973.
Display Abstract  

“This treatise is an attempt to show how utterly false are the suppositions that the Church has its own Bible or that the Church fails to accept the Christian world’s Bible. It will further endeavor to show that the Church not only accepts the Bible but is much concerned that modern Christianity maintains its faith in this sacred volume of scripture” Author uses the Book of Mormon as a basis for examining Old Testament authorship, Bible history, text, and interpretation.

ID = [78739]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Rolapp, Henry H. Two Thousand Gospel Quotations, from the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1918.
Display Abstract  

Includes some 2000 scriptural quotations from the LDS canon arranged according to topic. Topics include the Holy Trinity, man’s pre- existing relationship with God, Satan and his work, the fall of man, free agency, the Atonement, apostasy from and restoration of the gospel, the Book of Mormon, continuous revelation, priesthood, missionary work, gospel principles and ordinances, the gathering of Zion, and the Second Coming of Christ.

ID = [78740]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1918-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33
Dyk, Gerrit van. “The Two Translations of the Korean Book of Mormon.” The Worldwide Church: Mormonism as a Global Religion. The 2014 BYU Church History Symposium.
ID = [38711]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-church-history,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:34
Howard, Richard P. “The Two ‘Original’ Manuscripts to the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 115 (1 February 1965): 83-86.
Display Abstract  

Gives a brief translation and publication of the history of the Book of Mormon and explains the relationships between the two “original” manuscripts and the early editions of the book. Makes a textual comparison of the verbal dictation manuscript, the publisher’s manuscript, and the 1830 edition of Book of Mormon for a section composed of 1 Nephi 2:10-28. Concludes that the RLDS manuscript (the publisher’s) is the better of the two.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [80689]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1965-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:17
Avant, Gerry. “‘Two-Continent Story’ Tells of Jesus Christ.” Church News 58 (10 September 1988): 14.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon supports New Testament teachings about Christ and the resurrection. [K. M.]

ID = [78837]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-09-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:34
Skousen, Royal. “Tyndale Versus More in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 13 (2015): 1-8.
Display Abstract  

In 1526 William Tyndale’s English-language The New Testament started showing up in England, printed in the Low Lands and smuggled into England because it was an illegal book. It represented an unapproved translation of the scriptures into the English language. In theory, a translation would have been allowed if the Church had approved it in advance. In reality, the Church was not interested in any translation of the scriptures since that would allow lay readers to interpret the scriptures on their own and to come to different conclusions regarding Church practices and doctrine. Moreover, scripture formed a fundamental role in the rise of the Protestant Reformation and, in particular, Lutheranism, which King Henry VIII had officially opposed, in the governing of his realm and in his own writings in defense of the Catholic Church (for which the Church had honored him with the title of Defender of the Faith).

ID = [4264]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 10749  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:49:56
Clark, Robert E. “The Type at the Border: An Inquiry into Book of Mormon Typology.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 2 (1993): 63-77.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

A certain combination of temperament and upbringing can lead to a sense of alienation from the scriptures’ meaning. This paper considers the role that types might play in overcoming that alienation as they mediate between scriptural understanding and human experience, permitting deeper insight into both. The difficulties and possibilities inherent in such an approach shed light on a typological analysis of the figures of Abinadi and the brother of Jared.

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Brother of Jared; Mahonri Moriancumer; Type; Typology
ID = [2842]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 37382  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Thomas, M. Catherine. “Types and Shadows of Deliverance in the Book of Mormon.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Symposium, edited by Brent L. Top and Bruce A. Van Orden. Randall Book, 1992.
ID = [82492]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:11:29
Thomas, M. Catherine. “Types and Shadows of Deliverance in the Book of Mormon.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Gospel Insights from General Authorities and Religious Educators, 280-294. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Deliverance; Shadow; Type
ID = [36169]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books  Size: 29307  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:18
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Allegories, Prayers, Songs, Genealogies.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 106-118.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The most significant allegory in the Book of Mormon is the allegory of the tame and wild olive tree, which appears in Jacob 5. Six different types of prayers are found in the Book of Mormon. Perhaps the best example of a true song is “The Song of the Vineyard,” actually a quotation from Isaiah. There is only one example of an extended genealogy, that of Ether, the last Jaredite prophet.

Keywords: Allegory; Allegory of the Olive Tree; Genealogy; Horticulture; Jaredite; King List; Literature; Music; Prayer; Song; Song of the Vineyard
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2905]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 22183  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Epistles, Psalms, Lamentations.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 69-80.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The Book of Mormon contains nine epistles—two pastoral, one prophetic, and six dealing with war. The “Psalm of Nephi” is the only psalm in the Book of Mormon, called such because it is a song of praise, betraying deep religious feeling. A good example of lamentation literature occurs in Mormon 6.

Keywords: Epistle; Lamentations; Literature; Pastoral Epistle; Praise; Prophet; Prophetic Epistle; Psalm of Nephi; Psalms
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [2902]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 22497  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Historical Narrative, Memoir, Prophetic Discourse, Oratory.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 81-94.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

Historical narrative in the Book of Mormon is written by laymen and is the truth as they see it. Of emphasis is the doctrine that blessings follow those who keep the commandments; they will prosper in the land. More than autobiography, the words of the writers could be described as memoirs. Benjamin delivered a wonderful oration that deserves detailed study and can be divided into three parts.

Keywords: Commandment; Doctrine; History; King Benjamin; Memoir; Narrative; Obedience; Oratory; Prophet; Prophetic Discourse; Sermon
ID = [2903]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 28272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Patriarchal Blessings, Symbolic Prophecy, Prophetic Narrative, Prophetic Dialogue.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 95-105.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The patriarchal blessings that Lehi bestows upon his children and grandchildren are filled with important doctrinal and historical details and contain many prophetic elements. Lehi and Nephi share the vision of the tree of life, a fine example of symbolic prophecy. Perhaps the finest example of prophetic literature in the Book of Mormon deals with the coming of Christ. The prophetic dialogue in the Book of Mormon can be divided into five parts.

Keywords: Jacob (Son of Lehi); Jesus Christ; Joseph (Son of Lehi); Laman (Son of Lehi); Lehi (Prophet); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Literature; Narrative; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Patriarchal Blessing; Prophecies of; Prophecy; Prophetic Dialogue; Sam (Son of Lehi); Symbolism; Zoram (Servant of Laban)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [2904]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 21171  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: ‘The American Gospel’” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 48-68.
Display Abstract  Display Keywords

The American Gospel, found in 3 Nephi, differs from the Gospels of the New Testament in that Jesus is teaching as a resurrected, glorified, and exalted person. It includes details of the cataclysmic events at the time of the crucifixion and of the multiple appearances of the Savior to the Nephites. Jesus delivers sermons to the Nephites in general and also to the Nephite twelve. He heals the sick and institutes the sacrament. The depiction of prayer is perhaps the most powerful in all scripture. The Savior quotes the prophecies of Isaiah and Micah with regard to the New Jerusalem and the Gentiles. He emphasizes the importance of record keeping for the church, which should be called in his name.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Bountiful (Polity); Gospel; Isaiah; Jesus Christ; Micah; Ministry; Nephite; Prayer; Prophecy; Record Keeping; Scripture; Sermon; Temple
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [2901]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 41590  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:27
Goff, Alan. “Types of Repetition and Shadows of History in Hebraic Narrative.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 263-318.
Display Abstract  

Abstract: Modern readers too often misunderstand ancient narrative. Typical of this incomprehension has been the inclination of modern biblical critics to view repetitions as narrative failures. Whether you call such repetitions types, narrative analogies, type scenes, midrashic recurrences, or numerous other names, this view of repeated elements has dominated modern readings of Hebraic narratives for at least 200 years. Robert Alter, who introduced a new yet antique understanding of repetitions in the Hebrew Bible in the 1980s, began to reverse this trend. Such repeated elements aren’t failures or shortcomings but are themselves artistic clues to narrative meaning that call readers to appreciate the depth of the story understood against the background of allusion and tradition. Richard Hays has brought similar insights to Christian scripture. The Book of Mormon incorporates the same narrative features as are present in other Hebraic narrative. The ancient rabbis highlighted the repeating elements in biblical narrative, noting that “what happens to the fathers, happens to the sons.” The story of Moroni’s raising the standard of liberty in Alma 46 illustrates the repetitive expectation by seeing the events of the biblical Joseph’s life repeated in the lives of these Nephite descendants of Joseph. Such recurrence in narratives can, considering the insights of Alter and Hays, reveal richness and depth in the narrative without detracting from the historical qualities of the text.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3408]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64787  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/16/24 18:47:31
Tate, George S. “The Typology of the Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon.” In Literature of Belief. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1981.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
RSC Topics > A — C > Crucifixion
ID = [37123]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size: 36566  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 5:43:24
Jones, Daniel J. Tystioliaethau Diwrthbrawf Nad O’R “Spaulding Romance” Y Gwnaed Llyfr Mormon!!!. Abertawy: Uyhoeddwyd ac argraffwyd gan D. Jones, 1854.
Display Abstract  

Title in English, Irrefutable Proofs that the Book of Mormon was Not Obtained from the “Spaulding Romance” A response in Welsh to the Spaulding theory by an early Mormon missionary.

ID = [78741]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 6/17/24 9:09:33

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This