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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 1. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 2. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 3. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 4. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 5. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 6 Issue 1. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 6 Issue 2. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 7 Issue 1. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 7 Issue 2. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 8 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 8 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 9 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 9 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 10 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 10 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 11 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999).
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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 12 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000).
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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 13 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001).
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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 14 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 15 Issue 1. The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003).
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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 20 Issue 1. The FARMS Review 20, no. 1 (2008).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 20 Issue 2. The FARMS Review 20, no. 2 (2008).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 21 Issue 1. The FARMS Review 21, no. 1 (2009).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 21 Issue 2. The FARMS Review 21, no. 2 (2009).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 22 Issue 1. The FARMS Review 22, no. 1 (2010).
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 22 Issue 2. The FARMS Review 22, no. 2 (2010).
Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Mormon Studies Review Volume 23 Issue 1. Mormon Studies Review 23, no. 1 (2011).

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 1 (1989)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 1. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Introduction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 1.

President Ezra Taft Benson's call to emphasize the Book of Mormon is reflected in the effort of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies to promote the study of this book of scripture. The Review is founded on the deeply held belief that the Book of Mormon has immense value to both the Church and the world. The reviewers look at publications, both positive and negative, that deal with the Book of Mormon.

Welch, John W. “Ezra Taft Benson, A Witness and a Warning: A Modern-Day Prophet Testifies of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 2.

Review of A Witness and a Warning: A Modern-Day Prophet Testifies of the Book of Mormon (1988), by Ezra Taft Benson.

Williams, Camille Stilson. “Susan Easton Black, Finding Christ through the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 3.

Review of Finding Christ through the Book of Mormon (1987), by Susan Easton Black.

Parry, Donald W. “Wade Brown, The God-Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon: Structuring and Commentary.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 4.

Review of The God-Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon: Structuring and Commentary (1988), by Wade Brown.

Wright, David P. “Wade Brown, The God-Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon: Structuring and Commentary.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 5.

Review of the God-Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon: Structuring and Commentary (1988), by Wade Brown.

Anderson, Lavina Fielding. “Paul R. Cheesman, ed., assisted by S. Kent Brown and Charles D. Tate, Jr., The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 6.

Review of The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture (1988), edited by Paul R. Cheesman and assisted by S. Kent Brown and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Clark, John E. “A Key for Evaluating Nephite Geographies.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 20-70.

Review of Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon (1988), by F. Richard Hauck. The first question in dealing with Book of Mormon geography should be whether the geography fits the facts of the Book of Mormon. Clark reconstructs an elemental geography and examines internal clues for distances between locations and the surrounding terrain. To evaluate geographies, Clark summarizes ten simple points having to do with the narrow neck of land, the coastlines, the wildernesses, the valleys, the rivers, a lake, and the relative locations of Zarahemla, Bountiful, Nephi, and Cumorah. Using these criteria, he evaluates the Sorenson and Hauck proposed geographies.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Methodology; Nephite
Hamblin, William J. “A Stumble Forward?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 71-77.

Review of Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon (1988), by F. Richard Hauck

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Mesoamerica; Methodology
Withers, Mark V. “F. Richard Hauck, Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 9.

Review of Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon (1988), by F. Richard Hauck.

Norwood, L. Ara. “Vernal Holley, Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 10.

Review of Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look (1983), by Vernal Holley.

Ricks, Stephen D. “Kent P. Jackson, ed., Studies in Scripture: 1 Nephi to Alma 29; and Studies in Scripture: Alma 30 to Moroni.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 11.

Review of Studies in Scripture: 1 Nephi to Alma 29 (1987); and Studies in Scripture: Alma 30 to Moroni (1988), edited by Kent P. Jackson.

Midgley, Louis C. “Prophetic Messages or Dogmatic Theology? Commenting on the Book of Mormon: A Review Essay.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 91-113.

Review of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Volume I: First and Second Nephi (1987), and Volume II: Jacob through Mosiah (1988), by Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet. The faith of the Nephites and the language of the Book of Mormon tends to be harmonized with certain contemporary statements about Mormon beliefs. The Book of Mormon should be more than a resource for theology. Rather than seeking confirmation for what we already know, we should search for the meaning and message of the text.

Keywords: Doctrine; Nephite; Prophet; Prophetic; Theology
Compton, Todd M. “Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, The World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites; An Approach to the Book of Mormon; and Since Cumorah.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): 114-118.

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.

A review of Lehi in the Desert, The World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites; An Approach to the Book of Mormon; and Since Cumorah, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vols. 5, 6, and 7, respectively.

Sorenson, John L. “Harold K. Nielsen, Mapping the Action Found in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 14.

Review of Mapping the Action Found in the Book of Mormon (1987), by Harold K. Nielsen.

Lambert, L. Gary. “Monte S. Nyman, An Ensign to All People: The Sacred Message and Mission of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 15.

Review of An Ensign to All People: The Sacred Message and Mission of the Book of Mormon (1987), by Monte S. Nyman.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., eds., The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 16.

Review of The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation (1988), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Peterson, Daniel C. “William Rees Palmer, Two Pahute Indian Legends: ‘Why the Grand Canyon Was Made’ and ‘The Three Days of Darkness’.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 17.

Review of Two Pahute Indian Legends: “Why the Grand Canyon Was Made” and “The Three Days of Darkness” (1987), by William Rees Palmer.

Szink, Terrence L. “Bruce W. Warren and Thomas Stuart Ferguson, The Messiah in Ancient America.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 18.

Review of The Messiah in Ancient America (1987), by Bruce W. Warren and Thomas Stuart Ferguson.

Cooper, Glen M. “Book of Mormon Bibliography (1988).” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 135-144.

Bibliography of Publications on the Book of Mormon in 1988.

Keywords: Bibliography; Reference; Scripture Study

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 2 (1990)

Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Annual FARMS Lecture: The Book of mormon, Designed for Our Day.” In Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 0.

Rust, in the third annual FARMS Book of Mormon lecture delivered on 27 February 1990, examin3ed literary aspects of the book that develop the primary purposes set out on the title page. He discussed the elements characteristic of an epic that will allow modern-day Lamanites to trust in the Lord's deliverance and detailed literary (especially poetic) presentations of the covenants in the Book of Mormon. Literary elements combine with the influence of the Spirit to testify of the purposes of the Book of Mormon.

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 2. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: By What Measure Shall We Mete?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): vii-xxvi.

Peterson discusses the growth of the Mormon religion and scholarly indifference toward that growth. He discusses the power of presuppositions and the variance of opinions, using the Qur’an as a case study. The originality, literary merit, and intrinsic merit of the Book of Mormon increase our appreciation for that book.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Islam; Literary; Literature; Qur’an; Scripture
Ricks, Shirley S. “Book of Mormon Companion: Dictionary & More.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 24-25.

Review of Book of Mormon Companion: Dictionary & More.

Keywords: Dictionary; Reference; Scripture Study
Gillum, Gary P. “A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 26-30.

Review of A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions.

Keywords: Apologetics
Peterson, Daniel C. “Peter Bartley, Mormonism: The Prophet, the Book and the Cult.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 5.

Review of Mormonism: The Prophet, The Book and the Cult (1989), by Peter Bartley. Bartley attacks Mormonism and its sacred book, the Book of Mormon, which is not surprising when one notes the anti-Mormon sources he cosulted. Rigorous and well-grounded arguments are lacking, and sweepingly dogmatic assertions dominate. He faults the Book of Mormon on various claims as well as on stylistic grounds--he asserts that it appears to be written entirely by one person. This publication represents just one more anti-Mormon book.

England, Eugene. “Orson Scott Card: How a Great Science Fictionist Uses the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 56-62.

Review of The Folk of the Fringe (1989); Seventh Son (1987); The Red Prophet (1988); and Prentice Alvin (1989), by Orson Scott Card.

Keywords: Fiction; Joseph; Jr.; Science Fiction; Smith
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Earl W. Carlsen, Christ’s Answer to the Atheist, to the Jew: Who Wrote It?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 7.

Review of Christ's Answer to the Atheist, to the Jew: Who Wrote It? (1987), by Earl W. Carlsen.

Porter, Larry C. “Paul R. Cheesman, The Keystone of Mormonism: Early Visions of the Prophet Joseph Smith.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 8.

Review of The Keystone of Mormonism: Early Visions of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1988), by Paul R. Cheesman.

Palmer, David A. “Delbert W. Curtis, The Land of the Nephites.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 9.

Review of The Land of the Nephites (1988), by Delbert W. Curtis.

Black, Susan Easton. “Eugene England, Converted to Christ through the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 10.

Review of Converted to Christ through the Book of Mormon (1989), edited by Eugene England.

Gee, John. “Wilford A. Fischer and Norma J. Fischer, A Book of Mormon Guide: A Simple Way to Teach a Friend.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 11.

Review of A Book of Mormon Guide: A Simple Way to Teach a Friend (1988), by Wilford A. Fischer and Norma J. Fischer.

McKinlay, Daniel B. “Alan Goff, ‘A Hermeneutic of Sacred Texts: Historicism, Revisionism, Positivism, and the Bible and the Book of Mormon?’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 12.

Review of “A Hemeneutic of Sacred Texts: Historicism, Revisionism, Postitiveism, and the Bible and Book of Mormon” (1989), by Alan Goff.

Bell, Elouise M. “Chris Heimerdinger, Tennis Shoes among the Nephites: A Novel.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 13.

Review of Tennis Shoes among the Nephites: A Novel (1989), by Chris Heimerdinger.

Warren, Bruce W. “Donald W. Hemingway, Christianity in America before Columbus?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 14.

Review of Christianity in America before Columbus? (1988), by Donald W. Hemingway.

Gee, John. “Robert L. Millet, By Grace Are We Saved.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 15.

Review of By Grace Are We Saved (1989), by Robert L. Millet.

Cracroft, Richard H. “‘Polishing God’s Altars’ Fictionally Wresting the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 16.

Review of the Nephite Chronicles (1984-1989), by Robert H. Moss.

Graham, Daniel W. “David H. Mulholland, A Reading Guide to the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 17.

Review of A Reading Guide to the Book of Mormon (1989), by David H. Mulholland.

Hamblin, William J. “Time Vindicates Hugh Nibley.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 119-127.

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
Ricks, Stephen D. “Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, The World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 19.

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.

A review of Lehi in the Desert, The World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 5.

Honey, David B. “Ecological Nomadism versus Epic Heroism in Ether: Nibley’s Works on the Jaredites.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 143-163.

Also available for free at BYU ScholarsArchive.

A review of Lehi in the Desert, The World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 5.

Keywords: Ecology; Ether; Heroism; Jaredite; Literary; Literature; Nomadism; Scholarship
Peterson, Daniel C. “Hugh Nibley, Prophetic Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 21.

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.

A review of The Prophetic Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 6.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Hugh Nibley, Since Cumorah.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 22.

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.

A review of Since Cumorah, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 7.

Reynolds, Noel B. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., eds., The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 23.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure (1989), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Norwood, L. Ara. “David Persuitte, Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 24.

Review of Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon (1985), by David Persuitte.

Palmer, David A. “Paul D. Proctor, ‘American Book of Mormon Map’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 205-206.

Review of “American Book of Mormon Map” (1988), by Paul D. Proctor.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Cartography; Internal Geography; Map; Scripture; Scripture Study
Bastian, Lewis M. “Eldin Ricks, Book of Mormon: Wide-Margin Edition.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 26.

Review of Book of Mormon: Wide-Margin Edition (1987), by Eldin Ricks.

Wirth, Diane E. “Harry L. Ropp, Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 27.

Review of Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable? (1987), by Harry L. Ropp, with revisions from Wesley P. Walters.

Christensen, Kevin. “Dan Vogel, Origins and the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 28.

Review of Origins and the Book of Mormon (1986), by Dan Vogel.

Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Brenton G. Yorgason, Little Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 29.

Review of Little Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon (1989), by Brenton G. Yorgason.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Brenton G. Yorgason, Little Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2 (1990): Article 30.

Review of Little Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon (1989), by Brenton G. Yorgason.

Lamoreax, Adam. “Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): Article 31.

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1989.

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 3 (1991)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 3. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991).
Christenson, Allen J. “Maya Harvest Festivals and the Book of Mormon: Annual FARMS Lecture.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3, no. 1 (1991): 1-31.

Christenson, in the annual FARMS lecture delivered on 27 February 1991, examined the Maya New Year’s harvest festival, perhaps the most important public festival of the year. The festival coincided with the main corn harvest in mid-November and served as the New Year’s Day of the solar calendar, when kingship was renewed. Christenson gave particular attention to the symbolic treatments of the evil god Mam; the ritual descent of the king, as representative of the god of life and resurrection, into the underworld; the king’s ritual conflict with and defeat of the lords of the underworld (and of death); and the king’s triumphant return or resurrection. The Maya used the image of the tree of life in connection with the atonement and resurrection.

Keywords: Atonement; Calendar System; Festival; Maya; Mesoamerica; Resurrection; Tree of Life
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 1.

Introduction to the current issue.

Preece, Michael J. “Joseph L. Allen, Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 3.

Review of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon (1989), by Joseph L. Allen.

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Rodger I. Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New York Reputation Reexamined.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 4.

Review of Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined (1990), by Rodger I. Anderson.

Ricks, Shirley S. “Allan K. Burgess and Max H. Molgard, Fun for Family Night: Book of Mormon Edition.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 5.

Review of Fun for Family Night: Book of Mormon Edition (1990), by Allan K. Burgess and Max H. Molgard.

Parry, Donald W. “Robert E. and Sandra L. Hales, How to Hiss Forth with the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 6.

Review of How to Hiss Forth with the Book of Mormon (1989), by Robert E. and Sandra L. Hales.

Karamesines, Patricia Gunter. “George A. Horton, Jr., Keys to Successful Scripture Study.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 7.

Review of Keys to Successful Scripture Study (1989), by George A. Horton, Jr.

Fleugel, James H. “Arthur J. Kocherhans, Lehi’s Isle of Promise: A Scriptural Account with Word Definitions and a Commentary.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 8.

Review of Lehi's Isle of Promise: A Scriptural Account with Word Definitions and a Commentary.

Porter, Bruce D. “Anthony E. Larson, parallel Histories: The Nephites and the Americans.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 9.

Review of Parallel Histories: The Nephites and the Americans (1989), by Anthony E. Larson.

Andersen, Todd G. “Randall K. Mehew, A Most Convincing Witness: Reasons Why the Book of Mormon Is the True Word of God.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 10.

Review of A Most Convincing Witness: Reasons Why the Book of Mormon Is the True Word of God (1990), by Randall K. Mehew.

Woolley, Scott. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 11.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy (1990), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Honey, David B. “Paradigms and Pitfalls of Approach to Warfare in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3, no. 1 (1991): 118-140.

Review of Warfare in the Book of Mormon (1990), edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin.

Keywords: Paradigm; War Chapters; Warfare
Weiland, Kurt. “Stephen D. Ricks, and William J. Hamblin, eds,. Warfare in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 13.

Review of Warfare in the Book of Mormon (1990), edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin.

Ludlow, Victor L. “Philip J. Schlesinger, Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: A Study Guide for Understanding the Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 14.

Review of Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: A Study Guide for Understanding the Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Philip J. Schlesinger.

Janetski, Joel C. “John L. Sorenson, The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 15.

Review of The Geography of the Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book (1990), by John L. Sorenson.

Norwood, L. Ara. “Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 17.

Review of Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Roper, Matthew P. “Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 18.

Review of Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 19.

Review of Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Peterson, Daniel C. “A Modern Malleus maleficarum.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 20.

Review of The Best Kept Secrets in the Book of Mormon (1988), by Loftes Tryk.

Midgley, Louis C. “More Revisionist Legerdemain and the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3, no. 1 (1991): 261-311.

Review of The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture (1990), edited by Dan Vogel.

Keywords: Criticism; Doctrine; Revelation; Revisionism
Robinson, Stephen E. “Dan Vogel, ed., The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 22.

Review of The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture (1990), edited by Dan Vogel.

Compton, Todd M. “John W. Welch, The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 23.

Review of The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount (1990), by John W. Welch.

Teasdale, Andrew. “1990 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3, no. 1 (1991): 323-335.

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1990.

Keywords: Bibliography; Scripture Study

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 4 (1992)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 4. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Questions to Legal Answers.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): vii-lxxvi.

Peterson relates his understanding of a dispute between FARMS and Signature Books about matters of free inquiry and intellectual (dis)honesty.

Keywords: Legal
Folsom, Marvin. “Philip L. Barlow, Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 38.

Review of Mormons and the Bible: The Place of Latter-day Saints in American Religion (1991), by Philip L. Barlow.

Midgley, Louis C. “Robert Basil, Mary Beth Gehrman, and Tim Madigan, On the Barricades: Religion and Free Inquiry in Conflict.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 39.

Review of On the Barricades: Religion and Free Inquiry in Conflict (1989), edited by Robert Basil, Mary Beth Gehrman, and Tim Madigan.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Susan Easton Balck, ed., Stories from the Early Saints: Converted by the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 40.

Review of Stories from the Early Saints: Converted by the Book of Mormon (1992), edited by Susan Easton Black

Snow, Edward. “Allan K. Burgess, Living the Book of Mormon: A Guide to Understanding and Applying Its Principles in Today’s World.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 41.

Review of Living the Book of Mormon: A Guide to Understanding and Applying Its Principles in Today's World (1991), by Allen K. Burgess.

Raish, Martin H. “Paul R. Cheesman, Millie F. Cheesman, Ancient American Indians: Their Origins, Civilizations and Old World Connections.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 42.

Review of Ancient American Indians: Their Origins, Civilizations, and Old World Connections (1991), by Paul R. Cheesman and Millie F. Cheesman.

McKinlay, Daniel B. “E. Douglas Clark and Robert S. Clark, Fathers and Sons in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 43.

Review of Fathers and Sons in the Book of Mormon (1991), by E. Douglas Clark and Robert S. Clark.

Johnson, Clark V. “E. Douglas Clark and Robert S. Clark, Fathers and Sons in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 44.

Review of Fathers and Sons in the Book of Mormon (1991), by E. Douglas Clark and Robert S. Clark.

Porter, Bruce D. “Avraham Gileadi, The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 45.

Review of The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon (1998), by Avraham Gileadi

Parry, Donald W. “Avraham Gileadi, The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 46.

Review of The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon (1998), by Avraham Gileadi

Beck, John M. “Robert E. Hales and Sandra L. Hales, A Standard unto My People.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 47.

Review of A Standard unto My People (1990), by Robert E. Hales and Sandra L. Hales.

Thompson, Stephen E. “James R. Harris, Sr., Southwestern American Indian Rock Art and the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 48.

Review of Southwestern American Indian Rock Art and the Book of Mormon (1991), by James R. Harris Sr.

Hall, Brent. “Chris Meimerdinger, Gadiantons and the Silver Sword: A Novel.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 49.

Review of Gadiantons and the Silver Sword: A Novel (1991), by Chris Heimerdinger.

Roper, Matthew P. “Weldon Langfield, The Truth about Mormonism: A Former Adherent Analyzes the LDS Faith.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 50.

Review of The Truth about Mormonism: A Former Adherent Analyzes the LDS Faith (1991), by Weldon Langfield.

Gee, John. “A Tragedy of Errors.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): 93-119.

Review of . . . By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri (1992), by Charles M. Larson.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Book of Abraham; Criticism; Pearl of Great Price
Rhodes, Michael D. “The Book of Abraham: Divinely Inspired Scripture.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): 120-126.

Review of . . . By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri (1992), by Charles M. Larson.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Book of Abraham; Criticism; Pearl of Great Price
Dundas, Gregory Steven. “John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, eds., By Study and Also by Faith, vol. 2.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 53.

Review of By Study and Also by Faith, vol. 2 (1990), edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks.

Parry, Donald W. “Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Vol. 3, Alma through Helaman.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 54.

Review of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 3, Alma through Helaman (1991), by Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet.

Allen, J. Michael. “Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Vol. 3, Alma through Helaman.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 55.

Review of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 3, Alma through Helaman (1991), by Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet.

Nelson, Steven G. “Robert Marcum, Dominions of the Gadiantons.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 56.

Review of Dominions of the Gadiantons (1991), by Robert Marcum.

Hauglid, Brian M. “Monte S. Nyman, The Most Correct Book: Why the Book of Mormon Is the Keystone Scripture.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 57.

Review of The Most Correct Book: Why the Book of Mormon Is the Keystone Scripture (1991), by Monte S. Nyman.

Johnson, Rand H. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only through Christ.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 58.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only through Christ (1991), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Szink, Terrence L. “David J. Ridges, Isaiah Made Easier.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 59.

Review of Isaiah Made Easier (1991), by David J. Ridges.

Silver, Cherry B. “John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne, eds., Rediscovering the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 60.

Review of Rediscovering the Book of Mormon (1991), edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne.

Roper, Matthew P. “Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 61.

Review of Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? (1987), by Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner

Cracroft, Richard H. “Out of Darkness into Light: A Novel Approach.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): 216-219.

Review of Out of Darkness (1991), by Keith C. Terry (with Maurice R. Tanner).

Keywords: Fiction; Historicity; Scholarship
Tvedtnes, John A. “Wesley P. Walters, The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 63.

Review of The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Wesley P. Walters.

Ricks, Stephen D. “Death Knell or Tinkling Cymbals?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): 235-250.

Review of The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Wesley P. Walters.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Intertextuality
Wirth, Diane E. “Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wold Side of North American Prehistory.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 65.

Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (1991), by Stephen Williams.

Sorenson, John L. “Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wold Side of North American Prehistory.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 66.

Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (1991), by Stephen Williams.

Johnson, Lynn Nations. “Blaine Yorgason and Brenton Yorgason, To Mothers & Fathers from the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 67.

Review of To Mothers & Fathers from the Book of Mormon (1991), by Blaine Yorgason and Brenton Yorgason.

Teasdale, Andrew. “1991 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): 263-272.

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1991.

Keywords: Bibliography

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 5 (1993)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 5. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993).
Hamblin, William J., and Daniel C. Peterson. “Editors’ Introduction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 26.

Introduction to the current volume.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Chattanooga Cheapshot, or The Gall of Bitterness.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 1-86.

Review of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Book of Mormon (1992), by John Ankerberg and John Weldon.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Hill, Richard L. “C. Douglas Beardall and Jewel N. Beardall, About the Three Nephites.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 28.

Review of About the Three Nephites (1992), by C. Douglas Beardall and Jewel N. Beardall.

Goff, Alan. “Reduction and Enlargement: Harold Bloom’s Mormons.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 96-108.

Review of The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation (1992), by Harold Bloom.

Keywords: Early Church History; Enlargement; Reduction
Beck, John M. “E. Douglas Clark, The Grand Design: America from Columbus to Zion.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 30.

Review of The Grand Design: America from Columbus to Zion (1992), by E. Douglas Clark.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Lyndon W. Cook, ed., David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 31.

Review of David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness (1991), edited by Lyndon W. Cook.

Midgley, Louis C. “Playing with Half a Decker: The Countercult Religious Tradition Confronts the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 116-171.

Review of “Meeting the Book of Mormon Challenge in Chile” (1990), by Dean Maurice Helland.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Gee, John. “Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., The Encyclopedia of Mormonism.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 33.

Review of The Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992), edited by Daniel H. Ludlow

Matthews, Darrell L. “Joseph Fielding McConkie, Robert L. Millet, and Brent L. Top. Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Vol. 4, 3 Nephi through Moroni.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 34.

Review of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 4, Third Nephi through Moroni (1992), by Joseph Fielding McConkie, Robert L. Millet, and Brent L. Top

Seely, David Rolph. “Hugh W. Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 3.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 35.

Available for free at BYU ScholarsArchive.

A review of Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Sememster 3 (1992), by Hugh W. Nibley.

Hauglid, Brian M. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., The Book of Mormon: Alma, The Testimony of the Word.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 36.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Alma, The Testimony of the Word (1992), edited by Monte S. Numan and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Seely, Jo Ann H. “Donald W. Parry, The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 37.

Review of The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns (1992), by Donald W. Parry

Whiting, Michael F. “Lamarck, Giraffes, and the Sermon on the Mount.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 209-222.

Review of Using the Book of Mormon to Combat Falsehoods in Organic Evolution (1992), by Clark A. Peterson

Keywords: Creationism; Evolution; Scholarship
Szink, Terrence L. “Josué Sánchez, trans. And ed., El Libro de Mormon ante la crítica.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 39.

Review of El Libro de Mormon ante la critica (1992), by Josué Sánchez

Novak, Gary F. “George D. Smith, ed., Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 40.

Review of Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History (1992), edited by George D. Smith

Hamblin, William J. “Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Archaeology and the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 41.

Review of Archaeology and the Book of Mormon (1972), by Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner

Nibley, Thomas H. “A Look at Jerald and Sandra Tanner’s Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 42.

Review of Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Stirling, Mack C. “Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, eds., Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Sperry Symposium.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 43.

Review of Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Sperry Symposium (1992), edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top

Seely, David Rolph. “John W. Welch, ed., Reexploring the Book of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 44.

Review of Reexploring the Book of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates (1992), edited by John W. Welch

Norwood, L. Ara. “Ignoration Elenchi: The Dialogue That Never Was.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 45.

Review of Letters to a Mormon Elder (1990), by James R. White

Teasdale, Andrew. “1992 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 355-387.

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1992.

Keywords: Bibliography

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 6, No. 1 (1994)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 6 Issue 1. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): Article 2.

Introduction to the items reviewed and main issues discussed in this issue.

Bitton, Davis. “Brent Lee Metcalfe, ed., New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): Article 3.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Brent Lee Metcalfe, ed., New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): Article 4.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Gee, John. “La Trahison des Clercs: On the Language and Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 51-120.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Criticism; Foreign Language Translation; Historicity; Methodology; Translation
Skousen, Royal. “Critical Methodology and the Text of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 121-144.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Methodology
Welch, John W. “Approaching New Approaches.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 145-186.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Methodology
Millet, Robert L. “By What (Whose) Standards Shall We Judge the Text? A Closer Look at Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 187-199.

Review of “Book of Mormon Chrstology” (1993), by Melodie Moench Charles

Keywords: Christology; Jesus Christ
Midgley, Louis C. “The Current Battle over the Book of Mormon: ‘Is Modernity Itself Somehow Canonical?’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 200-254.

Review of “The Word of God Is Enough: The Book of Mormon as Nineteenth-Century Scripture” (1993), by Anthony A. Hutchison.

Keywords: Canon; Criticism; Historicity
Smith, James E. “Nephi’s Descendants? Historical Demography and the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 255-296.

Review of “Multiply Exceedingly: Book of Mormon Populations Sizes” (1993), by John C. Kunich

Keywords: Ancient America; Criticism; Historicity; Population Size
Sorenson, John L. “Vive Zapato! Hurray for the Shoe!” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 297-361.

Review of “Does the Shoe Fit? A Critique of the Limited Tehuantepec Geography” (1993), by Deanne G. Matheny.

Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography - Limited Geography; Mesoamerica
Roper, Matthew P. “A More Perfect Priority?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 362-378.

Review of “The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis” (1993), by Brent Lee Metcalf.

Keywords: Anachronisms; Baptism; Birth of; Book of Mormon Translation; Criticism; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; King Benjamin’s Speech; Mosian Priority; Names of; Prophecies of; Three Witnesses
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Mark D. Thomas, ‘A Rhetorical Approach to the Book of Mormon: Rediscovering Nephite Sacramental Language,’ pp. 53-80.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 379-417.

Review of “A Rhetorical Approach to the Book of Mormon: Rediscovering Nephite Sacramental Language” (1993), by Mark D. Thomas.

Keywords: Criticism; Rhetoric; Sacrament
Tanner, Martin S. “Is There Nephite Anti-Universalist Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon?” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 418-433.

Review of “Anti-Universalist Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon” (1993) by Dan Vogel.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Rhetoric; Universalism
Hamblin, William J. “An Apologist for the Critics: Brent Lee Metcalfe’s Assumptions and Methodologies.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 434-523.

Review of “Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity” (1993), by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Apologetics; Criticism; Historicity
Peterson, Daniel C. “Text and Context.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 524-562.

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

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 6, No. 2 (1994)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 6 Issue 2. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Of Polemics.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): v-ix.

Peterson and others defend the Church and the Book of Mormon against critics although they would prefer to write affirmatively about “the endlessly fascinating, rich, profound, and glorious” gospel.

Keywords: Apologetics; Gospel; Polemics; Scholarship
Skousen, Royal. “Bible II.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 1-2.

Review of The Bible II (1991). This book is in actuality the Book of Mormon with some differences.

Keywords: Book of Mormon
Hamblin, William J., Daniel C. Peterson, and George L. Mitton. “Mormon in the Fiery Furnace: Or, Loftes Tryk Goes to Cambridge.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 3-58.

Review of The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology (1994), by John L. Brooke.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Cosmology; Criticism; Doctrine; Early Church History
England, Eugene. “Orson Scott Card: The Book of Mormon as History and Science Fiction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 59-78.

Review of Homecoming (5 vols., 1992-95); A Storyteller in Zion: Essays and Speeches (1993); and “An Open Letter to those who are concerned about 'plagiarism' in The Memory of Earth” (1993), by Orson Scott Card.

Keywords: Fiction
Clark, John E. “The Final Battle for Cumorah.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 79-113.

Review of Christ in North America (1993), by Delbert W. Curtis. Clark examines the scholarship and logic involved in assuming a one-Cumorah theory for Book of Mormon geography.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland; Hill Cumorah; North America
Carter, K. Codell, and Christopher B. Isaac. “One Response to a Singularly Worthless Genre.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 114-117.

Review of Refuting the Critics: Evidences of the Book of Mormon's Authenticity (1993), by Michael T. Griffiths

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Apologetics; Criticism
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.

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)
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Just the Facts Please.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 9.

Review of Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record (1994), by H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters.

Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, eds., The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9-30, This Is My Gospel.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 10.

Review of The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9-30, This Is My Gospel (1993), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Campbell, Les. “E. L. Peay, The Lands of Zarahemla.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 11.

Review of The Lands of Zarahemla (1993), by E. L. Peay.

Nelson, Fred W. “Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor, Light from the Dust: A Photographic Exploration into the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 12.

Review of Light from the Dust: A Photographic Exploration into the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon (1993), by Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor.

Huchel, Frederick M. “Joe Sampson Written by the Finger of God.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 13.

Review of Written by the Finger of God (1993), by Joe Sampson.

Roper, Matthew P. “A Black Hole That’s Not So Black.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 156-203.

Review of Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book “Coving Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon” (1994), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Apologetics; Book of Mormon Translation; Israelite Festivals; Jesus Christ; King Benjamin’s Speech; Large Plates of Nephi; Law of Moses; Lost 116 Pages; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Plagiarism; Prophecies of; Small Plates of Nephi; Title Page
Tvedtnes, John A. “Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book ‘Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon, vol. 1’.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 15.

Review of Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book “Coving Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon” (1994), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Hauglid, Brian M. “Margaret and Paul Toscano, Strnagers in Paradox: Exploration in Mormon Theology.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): Article 16.

Review of Strangers in Paradox: Explorations in Mormon Theology (1990), by Margaret and Paul Toscano.

Midgley, Louis C. “A Mormon Neo-Orthodoxy Challenges Cultural Mormon Neglect of the Book of Mormon: Some Reflections on the ‘Impact of Modernity’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 283-334.

Review of Mormon Neo-Orthodoxoy: A Crisis Theology (1987), by O. Kendal White Jr.

Keywords: Criticism; Modernity; Orthodoxy
Parry, Donald W. “1993 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 335-348.

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1993.

Keywords: Bibliography

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 7, No. 1 (1995)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 7 Issue 1. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Of Implications.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): v-xiii.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Peterson discusses brief items having to do with the appearance of the phrase and it came to pass in books of scripture and with the “newspaper” handed out at the dedication of the Bountiful Temple that discusses doctrines Mormons must believe if they are to be deemed Christian.

Keywords: And It Came to Pass; Criticism; Doctrine
Benson, Ezra Taft, Gordon B. Hinckley, and Thomas S. Monson. “Modern-Language Editions of the Book of Mormon Discouraged.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 1-2.

In this statement, the First Presidency requests that the Book of Mormon not be rewritten into familiar or modern English because of “risks that this process may introduce doctrinal errors or obscure evidence of its ancient origin.”

Keywords: Formatting; Modern-Language Edition
Williams, Camille Stilson. “Lynn Matthews Anderson, The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion; Timothy B. Wilson, Mormon’s Story: An Adaptation Based on the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 4.

Review of The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion (1995), by Lynn Matthews Anderson; and Mormon\'s Story: An Adaptation Based on the Book of Mormon (1993), by Timothy B. Wilson.

Folsom, Marvin. “Lynn Matthews Anderson, The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 5.

Review of The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion (1995), by Lynn Matthews Anderson.

Gee, John. “Abracadabra, Isaac and Jacob.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 19-84.

Review of “The Use of Egyptian Magical Papyri to Authenticate the Book of Abraham: A Critical Review” (1993), by Edward H. Ashment.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Book of Abraham; Criticism
Norwood, L. Ara. “Bountiful Found.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 85-90.

Review of In the Footsteps of Lehi: New Evidence for Lehi’s Journey across Arabia to Bountiful (1994), by Warren P. Aston and Michaela Knoth Aston.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Arabia; Archaeology; Bountiful (Old World)
Baron, Ross David. “Melodie Moench Charles and the Humanist Worldview.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 91-119.

Review of “Book of Mormon Christology” (1993), by Melodie Moench Charles.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Christology; Criticism
Hamblin, William J. “Eugene R. Fingerhut, Explorers of Pre-Columbian America?: The Diffusionist-Inventionist Controversy; Ronald H. Fritze, Legend and Lore of the Americas before 1492: An Encyclopedia of Visitors, Explorers, and Immigrants.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 120-122.

Review of Explorers of Pre-Columbian America? The Diffusionist-Inventionist Controversy (1994), by Eugene R. Fingerhut; and Legend and Lore of the Americas before 1492: An Encyclopedia of Visitors, Explorers, and Immigrants (1993), by Ronald H. Fritze.

Keywords: Ancient America; Pre-Columbian History
Davis, Garold N., and Mark J. Johnson. “H. Clay Gorton, The Legacy of the Brass Plates of Laban: A Comparison of Biblical and Book of Mormon Isaiah Texts.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 10.

Review of The Legacy of the Brass Plates of Laban: A Comparison of Biblical and Book of Mormon Isaiah Texts (1994), by H. Clay Gorton.

Johnson, Mark J. “H. Clay Gorton, The Legacy of the Brass Plates of Laban: A Comparison of Biblical and Book of Mormon Isaiah Texts.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 11.

Review of The Legacy of the Brass Plates of Laban: A Comparison of Biblical and Book of Mormon Isaiah Texts (1994), by H. Clay Gorton.

Novak, Gary F. “Examining the Environmental Explanation of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 139-154.

Review of Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism (1992), by Robert N. Hullinger.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Translation
Jacobson, LeIsle. “Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Questions to Ask Your Moromon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon’s Arguments without Being Offensive.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 13.

Review of Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments without Being Offensive (1994), by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson.

Goff, Alan. “Brent Lee Metcalf, ‘Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 14.

Review of ?Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity? (1993), by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Stirling, Mack C. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., The Book of Mormon: Helaman through 3 Nephi 8, According to Thy Word.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 15.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Helaman through 3 Nephi 8, According to Thy Word (1992), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Gee, John. “‘Bird Island’ Revisited, or the Book of Mormon through Pyramidal Kabbalistic Glasses.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 219-228.

Review of Written by the Finger of God: A Testimony of Joseph Smith's Translations (1993), by Joe Sampson.

Keywords: Criticism; Kabbalah; Language - Hebrew
Midgley, Louis C. “Atheists and Cultural Mormons Promote a Naturalistic Humanism.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 229-297.

Review of Religion, Feminism, and Freedom of Conscience: A Mormon/Humanist Dialogue (1994), edited by George D. Smith.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Atheism; Criticism
Hamblin, William J. “The Return of Simon and Helena.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 298-316.

Review of The Sanctity of Dissent (1994), by Paul Toscano.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Vol. 7, No. 2 (1995)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon Volume 7 Issue 2. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): Article 2.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor's picks.

Smith, Larry K. “Overview of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 1-2.

Review of Overview of the Book of Mormon (1991), by Zarahemla Research Foundation.

Keywords: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Study Helps
Smith, Larry K. “First Nephi: Study Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 3-5.

Review of First Nephi: Study Book of Mormon (1998), by Zarahemla Research Foundation.

Keywords: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Scripture Study; Study Helps
Tanner, Martin S. “Melodie Moench Charles, ‘Book of Mormon Christology’” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 6-37.

Review of “Book of Mormon Christology” (1993), by Melodie Moench Charles.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Christology; Criticism
Peterson, Daniel C. “P.T. Barnum Redivivus.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): Article 6.

Review of Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism (1995), by Ed Decker.

Judd, Frank F., Jr., and Terrence L. Szink. “The Restoration of Israel in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): Article 7.

Review of Mormons and Jews: Early Mormon Theologies of Israel (1992), by Steven Epperson.

Porter, Larry C. “Reinventing Mormonism: To Remake or Redo.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 123-143.

Review of Interventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record (1994), by H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism
Christensen, Kevin. “Paradigms Crossed.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 144-218.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Paradigm
Midgley, Louis C. “The Shipps Odyssey in Retrospect.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 219-252.

Review of Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition (1985), by Jan Shipps.

Keywords: Early Church History; Mormonism; Scholarship
Coutts, Alison V. P. “Earnestly Seeking.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 233-255.

Review of Recent Book of Mormon Developments: Articles from the Zarahemla Record, vol. 2 (1992), edited by Raymond C. Treat.

Keywords: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Scholarship
Smith, Larry K. “LDS Collectors Edition CD-ROM.” Review of Books on Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 255-264.

Review of LDS Collectors Edition CD-ROM (1994, 1995), by Infobases.

Keywords: Scholarship; Scripture Study; Study Helps
McKinlay, Daniel B. “1994 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 265-276.

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1994.

Keywords: Bibliography

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 8, No. 1 (1996)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 8 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Triptych (Inspired by Heironymus Bosch).” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): v-xlv.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Peterson discusses the status of Christian churches in 1820, an offer to debate Ed Decker, the quest for the historical Jesus through the Jesus Seminar and the implications of that type of scholarship on Mormonism: “Agnostic or radically revisionist critics of the restored Gospel, and fundamentalist Protestant anti-Mormons, tend to converge, united despite their other differences by their disbelief in the founding narratives and sacred scriptures of the Restoration.”

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Historicity
Maddox, John Wm. “A Listing of Points and Counterpoints.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 3.

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe. The claims of Metcalfe's New Approaches to the Book of Mormon appear to have been adequately responded to in the Review.

Thomas, Bryan J. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr. eds., The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni: From Zion to Destruction.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 4.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction (1995), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Van Orden, Bruce A. “Every City, Hill, River, Valley, and Person.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): 51-60.

Review of Book of Mormon Dictionary (1988), by George Reynolds.

Keywords: Dictionary; Scholarship; Study Helps
Ball, Terry B. “Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, eds., The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 6.

Review of The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5 (1994), edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch.

Seely, David Rolph. “Avraham Gileadi, The Literary Message of Isaiah.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 7.

Review of The Literary Message of Isaiah (1994), by Avraham Gileadi.

Jacobson, LeIsle. “Charles and Steven Crane, Ashamed of Joseph: Mormon Foundations Crumble.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 8.

Review of Ashamed of Joseph: Mormon Foundations Crumble (1993), by Charles Crane and Steven Crane.

Wilson, Keith J. “David A. Reed and John R. Farkas, Mormons Answered Verse by Verse.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 9.

Review of Mormons Answered Verse by Verse (1992), by David A. Reed and John R. Farkas.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Kurt Van Gorden, Mormonism.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 10.

Review of Mormonism (1995) by Kurt Van Gorden.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Christ-Bearer.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): 104-111.

Review of Christopher Columbus: A Latter-day Saint Perspective (1992), by Arnold K. Garr.

Keywords: Christopher; Columbus; Prophecy
Norman, V. Garth. “Michael M. Hobby, June M. Hobby, and Troy J. Smith. Angular Chronology: The Precolumbian Dating of Ancient America.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 12.

Review of Angular Chronology: The Precolumbian Dating of Ancient America (1994), by Michael M. Hobby, June M. Hobby, and Troy J. Smith.

Warren, Bruce W. “Michael M. Hobby, June M. Hobby, and Troy J. Smith. Angular Chronology: The Precolumbian Dating of Ancient America.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 13.

Review of Angular Chronology: The Precolumbian Dating of Ancient America (1994), by Michael M. Hobby, June M. Hobby, and Troy J. Smith.

Novak, Gary F. “‘The Most Convenient Form of Error’ Dale Morgan on Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 14.

Review of Dale Morgan On Early Mormonism: Correspondence and a New History (1986), edited by John Philip Walker.

Edwards, Kay P. “Daniel H. Ludlow, How to Get the Most from the Book of Mormon (tapes).” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 15.

Review of How to Get the Most from the Book of Mormon (audio cassettes, 1987), by Daniel H. Ludlow.

Gillum, Gary P. “Eldin Ricks, Eldin Ricks’s Thorough Concordance of the LDS Standard Works.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 16.

Review of Eldin Ricks's Thorough Concordance of LDS Standard Works (1995), by Eldin Ricks.

Crowe, Chris. “Chris Heimerdinger, Tennis Shoes and the Feathered Serpent.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 17.

Review of Tennis Shoes and the Feathered Serpent (1995), by Chris Heimerdinger

Farmer, Deborah. “Clair Poulson, Samuel, Moroni’s Young Warrior (tapes) and Samuel, Gadianton’s Foe (tapes).” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 1 (1996): Article 18.

Samuel, Moroni's Young Warrier (1993), by Clair Poulson.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 8, No. 2 (1996)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 8 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Doubting the Doubters.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): v-xiv.

Introduction to the current issue, as well as editor's picks. Peterson discusses the theory of evolution, the historicity of Christ's resurrection, and the techniques used by Jerald and Sandra Tanner in their research.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Evolution; Historicity; Resurrection
Clark, John E. “Two Points of Book of Mormon Geography: A Review.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 1-24.

Review of The Land of Lehi (1995), by Paul Hedengren

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Great Lakes
Karpowitz, Dennis H. “The Word Is Powerful.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 25-31.

Review of The Power of the Word: Saving Doctrines from the Book of Mormon (1994), by Robert L. Millet

Keywords: Doctrine; Salvation
Kunz, Phillip R. “Glenn L. Pearson, Moroni’s Promise: The Converting Power of the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 5.

Review of Moroni's Promise: The Converting Power of the Book of Mormon (1995), by Glenn L. Pearson

Tvedtnes, John A. “What’s in a Name? A Look at the Book of Mormon Onomasticon.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 34-42.

Review of I Know Thee by Name: Hebrew Roots of Lehi-ite Non-Biblical Names in the Book of Mormon (1995), by Joseph R. and Norrene V. Salonimer

Keywords: Language - Hebrew; Onomastics; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Welch, John W. “Richard E. DeMaris, ‘Corinthian Religion and Baptism for the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:29): Insights from Archaeology and Anthropology’” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 43-45.

Review of “Corinthian Religion and Baptism for the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:29): Insights from Archaeology and Anthropology” (1995), by Richard E. DeMaris

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Anthropology; Archaeology; Baptism for the Dead
Gee, John. “Telling the Story of the Joseph Smith Papyri.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 46-59.

Review of The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham: A Study of the Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri (1990), by James R. Harris; For His Ka: Essays Offered in Memory of Klaus Baer (1994), edited by David P. Silverman; and The Story of the Book of Abraham: Mummies, Manuscripts, and Mormonism (1995), by H. Donl Peterson.

Keywords: Book of Abraham; Joseph Smith Papyri
Peterson, Daniel C. “Constancy amid Change.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 60-98.

Review of Behind the Mask of Mormonism (1992), by John Ankerberg and John Weldon

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Ostler, Blake T. “Francis J. Beckwith and Stephen E. Parrish, The Mormon Concept of God: A Philosophical Analysis.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 10.

Review of The Mormon Concept of God: A Philosophical Analysis (1991), by Francis J. Beckwith and Stephen E. Parrish

Midgley, Louis C. “F. M. Brodie—‘The Fasting Hermit and the Very Saint of Ignorance’ A Biographer and her Legend.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 11.

Review of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet (1995), by Fawn McKay Brodie

Pyle, D. Charles. “Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Challenging the Claims of Latter-day Saints in a Constructive Manner.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 12.

Review of Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Challenging the Claims of Latter-day Saints in a Constructive Manner (1994), by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson

Hamblin, William J. “Lance S. Owens, ‘Joseph Smith and Kabbalah: The Occult of Connection’” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 13.

Review of ?Joseph Smith and Kabbalah: The Occult Connection? (1994), by Lance S. Owens

Tvedtnes, John A., and Matthew P. Roper. “‘Joseph Smith’s Use of the Apocrypha’ Shadow or Reality?” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 14.

Review of ?Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha? (1995), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Gibbons, Ted L. “Pat Bagley, Norman the Nephite’s and Larry the Lamanite’s Book of Mormon Time Line.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 15.

Review of Norman the Nephite's and Larry the Lamanite's Book of Mormon Time Line (1995), by Pat Bagley

Andelin, Elaine A. “Sherrie Johnson, My First Scripture Stories.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 16.

Review of My First Scripture Stories (1994), by Sherrie Johnson, illustrated by Tyler Lybbert

Ashton, Alan C. “Book of Mormon Reference Library (CD-ROM); Book of Mormon Studybase (CD-ROM); LDS Collectors Library 1995 Edition (CD-ROM).” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 17.

Review of Book of Mormon Reference Library (1995), by Deseret Book; Book of Mormon Studybase (1995), by Bookcraft; and LDS Collectors Library 1995 Edition (1995), by Infobases

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1995 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): Article 18.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 9, No. 1 (1997)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 9 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Traditions of the Fathers.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): v-xxix.

Introduction to the current issue, as well as editor’s picks. Peterson discusses two incorrect “traditions of men”—that Latter-day Saints believe the atonement of Jesus Christ covers only the transgression of Adam but not our sins and that Latter-day Saints are forbidden to think for themselves. Early statements from eyewitnesses confirm the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Atonement; Early Church History; Fall of Adam; Grace; Jesus Christ; Joseph; Jr.; Prophecy; Salvation; Smith; Three Witnesses; Tradition; Translation
Davidson, Karen Lynn. “Marilyn Arnold. Sweet is the Word: Reflections on the Book of Mormon-Its Narrative, Teachings, and People.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 3.

Review of Sweet is the Word: Reflections on the Book of Mormon? Its Narrative, Teachings, and People (1996), by Marilyn Arnold

Livingstone, Amy L. “Allan K. Burgess. Timely Truths from the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 4.

Review of Timely Truths from the Book of Mormon (1995), by Allan K. Burgess

Gardner, Cristie B. “Heroes from the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1991): 7-14.

Review of Heroes from the Book of Mormon (1995), by Deseret Book

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Alma the Elder; Alma the Younger; Amulek; Brother of Jared; Captain Moroni; Doctrine; Enos (Son of Jacob); Faith; Jacob (Son of Lehi); King Benjamin; Moroni (Son of Mormon); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Samuel the Lamanite; Scripture Study; Seed; Tree of Life; Zeezrom
Aston, Warren P. “Lynn M. and Hope A. Hilton. Discovering Lehi: New Evidence of Lehi and Nephi in Arabia.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 6.

Review of Discovering Lehi: New Evidence of Lehi and Nephi in Arabia (1996), by Lynn M. and Hope A. Hilton

Nelson, Fred W. “Alan C. Miner. Step by Step through the Book of Mormon: The Story in Scriptures--A Geographical, Cultural, and Historical System of Understanding and Step by Step through the Book of Mormon: A Cultural Commentary, Part 1--Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 7.

Review of Step by Step through the Book of Mormon: The Story in Scriptures? A Geographical, Cultural, and Historical System of Understanding (1996), and Step by Step through the Book of Mormon: A Cultural Commentary, Part 1?Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land (1996), by Alan C. Miner

Walker, Marilyn Higbee. “Nurturing through the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 28-30.

Review of Nurturing Faith through the Book of Mormon (1995), by Deseret Book

Keywords: Atonement; Brother of Jared; Doctrine; Education; Faith; Fall of Adam; Jesus Christ; Revelation; Scripture Study
Winwood, Richard I. “Glenn L. Pearson and Reid E. Bankhead. Building Faith with the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 9.

Review of Building Faith with the Book of Mormon (1994), by Glenn L. Pearson and Reid E. Bankhead

Tvedtnes, John A. “A Much-Needed Book that Needs Much.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 33-42.

Review of One Lord, One Faith: Writings of the Early Christian Fathers as Evidences of the Restoration (1996), by Michael T. Griffith

Keywords: Apologetics; Early Christian History
Gee, John. “Who Was Not the Pharaoh of the Exodus.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 11.

Review of Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus? (1994), by Jeff Williams

Foster, Craig L. “John R. Farkas and David A. Reed. Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 12.

Review of Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors (1995), by John R. Farkas and David A. Reed

Hedges, Andrew H. “Ethan Smith. View of the Hebrews.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 13.

Review of View of the Hebrews (2nd ed., 1996), by Ethan Smith

Peterson, Daniel C. “Yet More Abuse of B. H. Roberts.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 69-86.

Review of ?The Disappointment of B. H. Roberts: Five Questions that Forced a Mormon General Authority to Abandon the Book of Mormon? (1991), by James R. Spencer

Keywords: Ancient America; Apologetics; B.H.; Ecology; Fabric; Horses; Language - Hebrew; Metallurgy; Native American Language; Native Americans; Roberts; Weaponry; Zoology
Roper, Matthew P. “Unanswered Mormon Scholars.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 87-145.

Review of Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism Raised by Mormon Defenders (1996), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Keywords: Alcohol; Ancient America; Anti-Mormon; Apologetics; Archaeology; B.H.; Book of Mormon Geography; Botany; Criticism; Doctrine; Early Church History; Folk Magic; Forgery; Hoax; Onomastics; Plagiarism; Roberts; Scholarship; Translation; Wine
Roper, Matthew P. “On Cynics and Swords.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 146-158.

Review of ?Of Cities and Swords: The Impossible Task of Mormon Apologetics? (1996), by James White

Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Apologetics; Criticism; Macuahuitl; Metallurgy; Sword; Sword of Laban; Weaponry
Bush, Charles D. “Michael R. Todd, Ted E. Van Horn, and Mark Van Horn. Book of Mormon Stories CD-ROM.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 17.

Review of Book of Mormon Stories (CD-ROM, 1995), by Michael R. todd, Ted E. Van Horn, and Mark Van Horn

Taggart, Gregory H. “Mormonism on the Internet: Now Everybody Has a Printing Press.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 161-174.

Mormon websites include those with links to other sites and those with something substantive to offer. Numerous links to substantive websites are given.

Keywords: Scholarship
Ricks, Shirley S. “Katherine Myers. The Lehi Tree: A Novel.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 19.

Review of The Lehi Tree: A Novel (1996), by Katherine Myers

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 9, No. 2 (1997)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 9 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997).
Peterson, Daniel C., and John Gee. “Editor’s Introduction: Through a Glass, Darkly.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): v-xxix.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. So-called biblical scholarship is supposed to be able to differentiate between authors of various texts. A test devised by students for their professor showed some of the flaws of those methods. Though critics complain about the lack of archaeological evidence supporting the Book of Mormon, even the Bible has few archaeological supports.

Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Doubt; Education; Faith; Historicity; Mesoamerica; Scholarship; Science; Skepticism; Textual Criticism
Hancock, Ralph C. “H. Verlan Anderson. The Book of Mormon and the Constitution and Brad E. Hainsworth. If Men Were Angels: The Book of Mormon, Christ and the Constitution.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 3.

Review of The Book of Mormon and the Constitution (1995), by H. Verlan Andersen; and If Men Were Angels: The Book of Mormon, Christ and the Constitution (1995), by Brad E. Hainsworth.

Thompson, John S. “Hoyt W. Brewster Jr. Isaiah Plain and Simple: The Message of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 4.

Review of Isaiah Plain and Simple: The Message of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon (1995), by Hoyt W. Brewster Jr.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Not Your Everyday Wordprint Study: Variations on a Theme.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): 16-27.

Review of Book of Mormon Authors: Their Words and Messages (1996), by Roger R. Keller.

Keywords: Authorship; Statistics; Stylometry; Wordprint
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Lynn F. Price. Every Person in the Book of Mormon: A Chronological Reference and Synopsis.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 6.

Review of Every Person in the Book of Mormon: A Chronological Reference and Synopsis (1995), by Lynn F. Price

Sowell, Madison U. “Richard Dilworth Rust. Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 7.

Review of Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon (1997), by Richard Dilworth Rust.

Rytting, J. Howard. “Susan Easton Black, ed. Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 9.

Review of Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars (1996), edited by Susan Easton Black.

Cracroft, Richard H. “Terryl L. Givens. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 10.

Review of The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy (1997), by Terryl L. Givens.

Kramer, Neal W. “The Strength of the Mormon Position.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): 55-67.

Review of The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy (1997), by Terryl L. Givens.

Keywords: Early Church History; Heresy; Mythology
Tvedtnes, John A. “David T. Harris. Truths from the Earth vol. 2: The Story of the Creations to the Floods.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 12.

Review of Truths from the Earth, vol. 2: The Story of the Creations to the Floods (1996), by David T. Harris.

Lambert, T. Allen. “Zion Building: Writing about It and Doing It.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 13.

Review of Working toward Zion: Principles of the United Order for the Modern World (1996), by James W. Lucas and Warner P. Woodworth.

Norton, Don E., Jr. “James W. Lucas and Warner P. Woodworth. Working toward Zion: Principles of the Untied Order for the Modern World.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 14.

Review of Working toward Zion: Principles of the United Order for the Modern World (1996), by James W. Lucas and Warner P. Woodworth.

Pike, Dana M. “Keith Terry and Stephen Biddulph. Dead Sea Scrolls and the Mormon Connection.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 15.

Review of Dead Sea Scrolls and the Mormon Connection (1996), by Keith Terry and Stephen Biddulph.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Skin Deep.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): 99-146.

Review of Die Mormonen: Sekte oder neue Kirche Jesu Christi? (1995), by Rudiger Hauth.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Doctrine; Scholarship
Boyce, Duane. “A Betrayal of Trust.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): 147-163.

Review of The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power (1997), by D. Michael Quinn.

Keywords: Church Organization; Criticism
Norwood, L. Ara. “Kurt Van Gorden. Mormonism.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 18.

Review of Mormonism (1995), by Kurt Van Gorden.

Boyce, Duane. “1996 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 19.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 10, No. 1 (1998)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 10 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: In the Land of the Lotus-Eaters.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): v-xxvi.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s pick. Peterson explores the world of anit-Mormon writing and fiction.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Fiction
Spackman, Randall P. “Thomas A. Moore, A Detailed Chronology of the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): Article 3.

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

Peterson, Daniel C. “‘Shall They Not Both Fall into the Ditch?’ What Certain Baptists Think they Know about the Restored Gospel.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 12-96.

Review of The Mormon Puzzle: Understanding and Witnessing to Latter-day Saints (1997), by North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Doctrine; Early Church History; Translation
Brown, Matthew B. “Of Your Own Selves Shall Men Arise.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 97-131.

Review of The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Tmeple Worship (1994), by David John Buerger

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Freemasonry; Temple Worship
Hansen, Klaus J. “Quinnspeak.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 132-140.

Review of Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example (1996), by D. Michael Quinn

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Same-Sex Attraction
Mitton, George L., and Rhett S. James. “A Response to D. Michael Quinn’s Homosexual Distortion of Latter-day Saint History.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 141-263.

Review of Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example (1996), by D. Michael Quinn

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Same-Sex Attraction
Tvedtnes, John A. “Nothing New Under the Sun.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 264-270.

Review of Meeting the Mormon Challenge with Love (1997), by Leon Cornforth

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Midgley, Louis C. “Anti-Mormonism and the Newfangled Countercult Culture.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 271-340.

Review of The 1996 Directory of Cult Research Organizations: A Worldwide Listing of 752 Agencies and Individuals (1996), by Keith Edward Tolbert and Eric Pement

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Lewis, Robert E. “More Installments in a Ficto-Tract Series about Book of Mormon Scholarship.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): 341-354.

Review of Into the Light: A Novel (1995), by Keith C. Terry; and The Remnant (1996), by Keith C. Terry and Wesley Jarvis

Keywords: Fiction; Scholarship

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 10, No. 2 (1998)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 10 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introducation: Fictionary.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 2.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor's picks. Peterson examines “terminological trickiness” and lexical games, particularly as A. A. Howsepian employs them in a recent article in the distinguished journal Religious Studies.

Thorne, Melvin J. “The Role of Amateurs in Book of Mormon Studies.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 1-6.

Review of The Bible and the Book of Mormon: Connecting Links (1997), by John E. Enslen; and Book of Mormon Insights: Points to Ponder from Every Chapter (1996), by William N. Partridge.

Keywords: Scholarship; Scripture Study
Gee, John. “A Book of Mormon Christology at Last.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 7-8.

Review of Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon (1997), by Jeffrey R. Holland

Keywords: Christology; Commentary; Jesus Christ
Christensen, Kevin, and Shauna Christensen. “Nephite Feminism Revisited: Thoughts on Carol Lynn Pearson’s View of Women in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 9-61.

Review of “Could Feminism Have Saved the Nephites?” (1996), by Carol Lynn Pearson

Keywords: Abish; Daughter of Jared (Son of Omer); Daughters of the Lamanites; Doctrine; Eve; Fall of Adam; Feminism; Inclusiveness; Isabel; King Lamoni’s Wife; Mormon (Prophet); Mothers of the Stripling Warriors; Narrative; Sariah; Symbolism; Wisdom; Womenhood
Snow, Edgar C., Jr. “John W. Welch and Doris R. Dant, The Book of Mormon Paintings of Minerva Teichert.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 6.

Review of The Book of Mormon Paintings of Minerva Teichert (1997), by John W. Welch and Doris R. Dant

Anderson, Richard Lloyd, and Scott H. Faulring. “The Prophet Joseph Smith and His Plural Wives.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 67-104.

Review of In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (1997), by Todd M. Compton

Keywords: Joseph; Jr.; Marriage; Plural Marriage; Polygamy; Smith
Bachman, Danel W. “Prologue to the Study of Joseph Smith’s Marital Theology.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 105-137.

Review of In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (1997), by Todd M. Compton

Keywords: Marriage; Polygamy; Theology
Robison, Lindon J. “James W. Lucas and Warner P. Woodworth, Working toward Zion: Principles of the United Order for the Modern World.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 9.

Review of Working toward Zion: Principles of the United Order for the Modern World (1996), by James W. Lucas and Warner P. Woodworth

Brown, S. Kent. “Donald W. Parry and Dana M. Pike, eds., LDS Perspectives on the dead Sea Scrolls.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 10.

Review of LDS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls (1997), edited by Donald W. Parry and Dana M. Pike

Tvedtnes, John A. “Jewish Seafaring and the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 147-155.

Review of The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times (1998), by Raphael Patai

Keywords: Seafaring; Ship; Transoceanic Voyage
Chadwick, Bruce A. “Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 12.

Review of The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History (1996), by Rodney Stark

Gee, John. “The Hagiography of Doubting Thomas.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 158-183.

Review of Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon (1996), by Stan Larson

Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Mesoamerica
Tvedtnes, John A. “‘The Dead Shall Hear the Voice’” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 184-199.

Review of “Does the Bible Teach Salvation for the Dead? A survey of the Evidence Part I” (1995), and “Did Jesus Establish Baptism for the Dead?” (1997), by Luke P. Wilson

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Baptism for the Dead; Proxy Work
Taggart, Gregory H. “Mormonism on the Internet II.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 200-205.

Websites for and against the Latter-day Saints proliferate. Some of them are, of course, better than others.

Keywords: Study Aid
Taggart, Gregory H. “Lauramaery Gold, Mormons on the Internet.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 16.

Review of Mormons on the Internet (1997), by Lauramaery Gold

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1997 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 17.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 11, No. 1 (1999)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 11 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Perceptions and Expectations.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): v-x.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Our expectations and presuppositions lead us to see what we want to see.

Keywords: Doubt; Education; Faith; Paradigm
Rust, Richard Dilworth. “The Literary Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 1-5.

Review of “Voice from the Dust”: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Mormon” (1996), by Walter Krajewski; and A New Witness for Christ: Chiastic Structure in the Book of Mormon (1997), by H. Clay Gorton

Keywords: Chiasmus; Literature; Structure; Translation
Novak, Gary F. “Censoring the Book of Mormon?” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 6-9.

Review of A Reader's Book of Mormon Digest: Condensed from the Book of Mormon: A New Witness for Christ. A Monthly Reading Program and Study Guide of the Doctrines of the Book of Mormon (1997), by Robert H. Moss

Keywords: Education; Scripture Study; Study Aid
Wirth, Diane E. “John L. Sorenson. Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): Article 5.

Review of Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (1998), by John L. Sorenson

Lane, Keith H. “Turning Toward the Wisdom of King Benjamin.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 18-22.

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
McKinlay, Daniel B. “Matthew B. Brown and Paul T. Smith. Symbols in Stone: Symbolism on the Early Temples of the Restoration.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): Article 7.

Review of Symbols in Stone: Symbolism on the Early Temples of the Restoration (1997), by Matthew B. Brown and Paul T. Smith

Midgley, Louis C. “Hugh W. Nibley. The Ancient State: The Rulers and the Ruled.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): Article 8.

Available for free at BYU ScholarsArchive.

A review of Ancient State: The Rulers and the Ruled, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 10.

Freeman, Robert C. “Mark A. Smith. The Power of God.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): Article 9.

Review of The Power of God (1997), by Mark A. Smith

McGregor, Russell C., and Kerry A. Shirts. “Letters to an Anti-Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 90-298.

Review of Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye-Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them (1993), by James R. White

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism
Raventos, William. “A Layman’s Comparison.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 299-310.

Review of GospeLink (1998), by Deseret Book; and Collector's Library '98 (1998), by Infobases

Keywords: Scholarship; Study Help

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 11, No. 2 (1999)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 11 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: The Review Crosses a Divide of Its Own.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): Article 2.

Introduction to the current issue. For the first time, the Review features an article critical of the truth-claims of the restored gospel and of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Owen, Paul L., and Carl A. Mosser. “Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson, How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): Article 3.

Review of How Wide the Divide: A mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (1997), by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson

Ostler, Blake T. “Bridging the Gulf.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): 103-177.

Review of How Wide the Divide: A mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (1997), by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson

Keywords: Interfaith Dialogue
Hamblin, William J., and Daniel C. Peterson. “The Evangelical Is Our Brother.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): 178-209.

Review of How Wide the Divide: A mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (1997), by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson

Keywords: Interfaith Dialogue
Graham, Daniel W., and James L. Siebach. “Philosophy and Early Christianity.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): 210-220.

The early church was unable to continue once the apostles had departed. Bishops were only local officials and could not speak for the entire church. Beginning with the later second century, philosophy plays an increasingly important role in the church—this appears to be an effect rather than a cause of the apostasy.

Keywords: Early Christianity; Philosophy
Paulsen, David L., and R. Dennis Potter. “How Deep the Chasm? A Reply to Owen and Mosser’s Review.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): 221-264.

In exploring the divide between Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals, Paulsen and Potter reply to Owen and Mosser on issues of open canon, continuing revelation, biblical inerrancy, divine finitude, divine embodiment, deification, the Trinity or Godhead, soteriology and anthropology, and postmortem salvation.

Keywords: Anthropology; Deification; Godhead; Interfaith Dialogue; Open Canon; Revelation; Salvation; Trinity
Cook, Roger D. “How Deep the Platonism? A Review of Owen and Mosser’s Appendix: Hellenism, Greek Philosophy, and the Creedal ‘Straightjacket’ of Christian Orthodoxy.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): Article 8.

Cook addresses the following issues raised by Owen and Mosser: Did Greek philosophy cause an apostasy in the early Christian church? How deeply Hellenized were the early Jewish converts of Christianity? Philosphy and the Hellenization of Christianity, and Early Judaic and Christian beliefs concerning God and theosis.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Afterword.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): 300-328.

In response to the articles in this issue, Peterson notes that Latter-day Saints do not extend themselves to expose and attack other faiths. He further discusses, among other things, an open canon and continuing revelation, salvation as outlined in the scriptures, the ordinances of the gospel, revelation following the incarnation and resurrection of Christ, the biblical canon, inerrancy, biblical texts, the Book of Abraham, and the nature of God.

Keywords: Book of Abraham; Interfaith Dialogue; Open Canon; Ordinances; Resurrection; Revelation; Salvation
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1998 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 2 (1999): Article 10.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 12, No. 1 (2000)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 12 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: ‘The Worst Herricy Man Can Preach’.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): xi-xxiii.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Peterson discusses Peter Elias, Amasa Lyman, and the techniques of contemporary anti-Mormonism.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Early Church History
Ricks, Stephen D. “God’s Name?” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 1-4.

Review of The Name of God: From Sinai to the American Southwest. A Script and Language of Ancient Palestine Also Found in the Ancient American Southwest (1998), by James R. Harris, assisted by Dann W. Hone

Keywords: Ancient America; Epigraphy; Grammar; Language; Petroglyphs; Typology
Gee, John. “Some Notes on the Anthon Transcript.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 5-8.

Review of Translating the Anthon Transcript (1999), by Stan and Polly Johnson

Keywords: Anthon Transcript; Language; Typography
Wirth, Diane E. “The Bearded, White God is Everywhere—or Is He?” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 9-22.

Review of Fair Gods and Feathered Serpents; A Search for the Early Americas' Bearded White God (1997), by T. J. O'Brien

Keywords: Ancient America; Jesus Christ; Mesoamerica; Native Americans - Aztec; Pre-Columbian American History; Quetzalcoatl
Silver, Cherry B. “Connecting the Nephite Story to Mesoamerican Research.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 23-34.

Review of Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (1998), by John L. Sorenson

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Maya; Mesoamerica; Native Americans - Olmec
Bickmore, Barry R. “‘Them Sneaky Early Christians’” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 35-56.

Review of Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996), by Guy G. Stroumsa

Keywords: Early Christianity
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “A New Way to Read the Epistles.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): Article 8.

Review of An Epistle from the New Testament Apostles (1999), by John W. Welch

Novak, Gary F. “The Return of Ashtoreth to the Groves and High Places: Feminist Ideology, the Politics of Vicitmization, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): Article 9.

Review of God the Mother and Other Theological Essays (1997), by Janice Allred

Eliason, Eric A. “‘An Awful Tale of Blood’ Theocracy, Intervention, and the Forgotten Kingdom.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): Article 10.

Review of Forgotten Kingdom: The Mormon Theocracy in the American West, 1875-1896 (1998), by David L. Bigler

Oman, Nathan B. “‘Out of Zion Shall Go Forth the Law’ (Isaiah 2:3).” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 113-135.

Review of Zion in the Courts: A Legal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900 (1988), by Edwin B. Firmage and Richard C. Mangrum

Keywords: Early Church History; Laws; Legal
Allred, Alma. “Coin of the Realm: Beware of Specious Specie.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 137-174.

Review of “Scripture” (1988), by Norman L. Geisler

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Bachman, Danel W. “The Other Side of the Coin: A Source Review of Norman Geisler’s Chapter.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 175-213.

Review of “Scripture” (1988), by Norman L. Geisler

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Hopkins, Richard R. “Counterfeiting the Mormon Concept of God.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 215-274.

Review of “God” (1998), by Francis J. Beckwith

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Theology; Trinity
Bickmore, Barry R. “Not Completely Worthless.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 275-301.

Review of “Christ” (1998), by Ron Rhodes

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Jesus Christ; Trinity
McGregor, Russell C. “Widening the Divide: The Countercult Version of Mormonism.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 303-321.

Review of “Salvation” (1998), by Phil Roberts

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Salvation
Shirts, Kerry A. “Terminating Some Terminology Problems Between Evangelical Chrsitians and Mormon Christians.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): Article 17.

Review of “Terminology” (1998), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Barksdale, Darryl L. “A Word to Our Anti-Mormon Friends.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): Article 18.

Review of “A Word to Our Mormon Friends” (1998)

Watson, Elden J. “Cultured Conflicts: History Served on the Half Shell.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 355-370.

Review of Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois (1995), edited by John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launuis

Keywords: Early Church History
Midgley, Louis C. “‘A Tangled Web’ The Walter Martin Miasma.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): Article 20.

Review of Mormonism (1957); The Maze of Mormonism (1962); and The Kingdom of the Cults (1997), by Walter Martin

Williams, Richard N. “The Spirit of Prophecy and the Spirit of Psychiatry: Restoration of Dissociation?” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 435-443.

Review of The Sword of Laban: Joseph Smith Jr. and the Dissociated Mind (1998), by William D. Morain

Keywords: Criticism
Lane, Keith H. “For Greater Love and Understanding: Three Guides for the Study of Scripture.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 445-452.

Review of Searching the Scriptures: Bringing Power to Your Personal and Family Study (1997), by Gene R. Cook; Treasure Up the Word (1997), by Jay E. Jensen; and Scripture Study: Tools and Suggestions (1999), by James E. Faulconer

Keywords: Scripture Study

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 12, No. 2 (2000)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 12 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: ‘What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?’ Apostasy and Restoration in the Big Picture.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 2.

Introduction to the current issue, include editor's picks. Latter-day Saints appear to approach theology and history in ways that fit remarkably well into the Hebrew thought-world from which Christianity emerged rather than from the Hellenization that eventually emerged.

Elliott, T. Lynn. “Discovering Mormon and Moroni.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 3.

Review of The Lives and Travels of Mormon and Moroni (2000), by Jerry L. Ainsworth

Hauglid, Brian M. “A New Approach to the Book of Mormon: The Restored Covenant Edition.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 9-19.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Restored Covenant Edition (1999), by Zarahemla Research Foundation

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Critical Text; Formatting; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Structure; Textual History
Johnson, D. Lynn. “The Restored Covenant Edition of the Book of Mormon—Text Restored to Its Purity?” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 21-38.

Review of The Book of Mormon: Restored Covenant Edition (1999), by Zarahemla Research Foundation

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Critical Text; Formatting; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Structure; Textual History
Seely, David Rolph. “‘The Old Adorns the New’ Reading the Book of Mormon in Light of the Bible.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 6.

Review of From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon (1998), by S. Kent Brown

Szink, Terrence L. “Book of Mormon Scholar’s Digest.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 45-50.

Review of Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins (1997), edited by Noel B. Reynolds

Keywords: Authorship; Early Church History; Eight Witnesses; Historicity; Joseph; Jr.; Scholarship; Smith; Three Witnesses; Translation
Goff, Alan. “Scratching the Surface of Book of Mormon Narratives.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 51-82.

Review of Digging in Cumorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives (1999), by Mark D. Thomas

Keywords: Form Criticism; Historicity; Literature; Scholarship
Hardy, Grant R. “Speaking So That All May Be Edified.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 83-97.

Review of Digging in Cumorah: Relcaiming Book of Mormon Narratives (1999), by Mark D. Thomas

Keywords: Form Criticism; Historicity; Interpretation; Methodology; Scholarship; Theology
Elliott, T. Lynn. “Modern-Day Lessons from the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 10.

Review of As One Crying from the Dust: Book of Mormon Messages for Today (1999), by Brent L. Top

McDonald, Andrew J. “New Evidences for Old?: Buyer Beware.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 101-117.

Review of New Evidences of Christ in Ancient America (1999), by Blaine M. Yorgason, Bruce W. Warren, and Harold Brown

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Evidence; Mesoamerica
McLachlan, James M. “Knocking Over Straw Gods.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 119-157.

Review of See the Gods Fall: Four Rivals to Christianity (1997), by Francis J. Beckwith and Stephen E. Parrish

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism
Garrett, Robert L. “Study of Early Christianity Vindicates the Restoration.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 159-164.

Review of Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity (1999), by Barry R. Bickmore

Keywords: Early Christianity; Restoration
Waltz, David. “A New Look at Historic Christianity.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 165-180.

Review of Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity (1999), by Barry R. Bickmore

Keywords: Early Christianity; Restoration
Hallen, Cynthia L. “Feasting upon the Works: A Tribute to John L. Sorenson.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 181-184.

Review of Mormons, Scriptures, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson (1998), edited by Davis Bitton

Keywords: Ancient America; Asherah; Early Church History; Education; Festschrift; Kingship; Mesoamerica; Missionary Work; Native Americans; Tree of Life
Gee, John. “‘An Obstacle to Deeper Understanding’” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 185-224.

Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (1998), by D. Michael Quinn

Keywords: Early Church History; Folk Magic
Hamblin, William J. “That Old Black Magic.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 225-393.

Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (1998), by D. Michael Quinn

Keywords: Early Church History; Folk Magic
James, Rhett S. “Writing History Must Not Be an Act of ‘Magic’” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 395-414.

Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (1998), by D. Michael Quinn

Keywords: Early Church History; Folk Magic
Seely, David Rolph. “Explaining the Temple to the World: James E. Talmage’s Monumental Book, The House of the Lord.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 19.

Review of The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries: A special Reprint of the 1912 First Edition (1998), by James E. Talmage.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Shades of Darkness.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 427-439.

Review of “Dr. Shades' Review of FARMS Review of Books: How the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies deceives their fellow Latter-day Saints by creating the false impression that all is well in Zion.”

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Skousen, Royal. “Introducing the Dead Sea Scrolls to an LDS Audience.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 441-444.

Review of The Dead Sea Scrolls: Questions and Responses for Latter-day Saints (2000), by Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks

Keywords: Dead Sea Scrolls
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “1999 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 22.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 13, No. 1 (2001)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 13 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: American Apocrypha?” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): xi-xvi.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Peterson surmises what the assumptions of the forthcoming book American Apocrypha will be. The statements of the Book of Mormon witnesses must be taken seriously, and the work of Royal Skousen reveals a stunningly consistent, systematic, and complex book. Keith Norman’s dissertation on deification and Jordan Vajda’s master’s thesis on divinization note parallels with early doctrines of theosis. Joseph Smith’s mission consisted of making clear that which was formerly hidden.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity
Barney, Kevin L. “A Seemingly Strange Story Illuminated.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): 1-20.

Review of The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: “Out of Darkness unto Light” (2000), by John A. Tvedtnes

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Gold Plates; Hidden Records; Historicity
Midgley, Louis C. “The Legend of Legacy of Fawn Brodie.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): Article 4.

Review of Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer's Life (1999), by Newell G. Bringhurst

LaFleur, Philip D. “Evidence?” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): 73-75.

Review of Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology (1999), by Arvin S. Gibson

Keywords: Creation; Near-Death Experience; Theology
Livingstone, Kevin. “Burden of Proof: A Review of Fingerprints of God, by Arvin S. Gibson.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): Article 6.

Review of Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology (1999), by Arvin S. Gibson

Schaalje, G. Bruce. “Denote or Prove?” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): 85-89.

Review of Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology (1999), by Arvin S. Gibson

Keywords: Creation; Near-Death Experience; Theology
Hettinger, Glen J. “Comments on Critical Exchanges.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): Article 8.

Review of “A Hard Day for Professor Midgley: An Essay for Fawn McKay Brodie” (1999), by Glen J. Hettinger

Faulconer, James E. “Takayama: Restoration Revelation as Poetry Rather than Fraud.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): 127-132.

Review of “Poetic Language in Nineteenth Century Mormonism: A Study of Semiotic Phenomenology in Communication and Culture” (1990), by Michiko Takayama

Keywords: Criticism; Philosophy; Poetry; Revelation
Norwood, L. Ara. “He Ain’t Heavy.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 1 (2001): 133-163.

Review of Is the Mormon My Brother? (1997), by James R. White

Keywords: Anti-Mormon

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 13, No. 2 (2001)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 13 Issue 2. FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Q&A.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): xi-xxvi.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor's picks. Peterson poses and answers fourteen “questions not asked” for readers of the FARMS Review of Books. Louis Midgley and George L. Mitton have been appointed as associate editors for the FARMS Review.

Keywords: Scholarship
Robertson-Wilson, Marian. “A Musical Message of Faith and Repentance.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 1-4.

Review of Come unto Christ: The Conversion of Alma the Younger (1999), by Merrill Jenson, with text compiled by Betsy Jenson

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Conversion; Music; Repentance
“Lehi of Africa.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 5-20.

Review of Manifestations Mysteries Revealed: An Account of Bible Truth and the Book of Mormon Prophecies (2000), by Embaya Melekin

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography - Africa
Gardner, Brant A. “The Other Stuff: Reading the Book of Mormon for Cultural Information.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 21-52.

Review of Nephite culture and Society: Selected Papers (1997), by John L. Sorenson

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Economics; Family; Historicity; Lehi (Prophet); Mesoamerica; Mulekite; Nephite Culture; Others; Politics; Sherem; Warfare
Arnold, Marilyn. “Hidden Ancient Records Abound.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 53-56.

Review of The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: “Out of the Darkness unto Light” (2000), by John A. Tvedtnes

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Gold Plates; Hidden Records; Historicity
Jenkins, Joseph A. “An Analysis from a Teacher’s Perspective.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 57-58.

Review of Charting the Book of Mormon (1999), by John W. Welch and J. Gregory Welch

Keywords: Scripture Study; Study Aid
Bitton, Davis. “Mormon Anti-Intellectualism: A Reply.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 59-62.

Review of “Anti-Intellectualism in Mormon History” (1966), by Davis Bitton

Keywords: Anti-Intellectualism
Nibley, Hugh W. “Approach to John Gee, Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): Article 9.

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.

A review of A Guide to the Joseph Smtih Papyri (2000) by John Gee.

Swenson, Raymond Takashi. “Faith without Caricature?” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 65-77.

Review of Mormon America: The Power and the Promise (1999), by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling

Keywords: Criticism
Roulstone, Darren T. “The Pervasiveness of the Temple in Religious Thought.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 79-86.

Review of The Temple in Time and Eternity (1999), edited by Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks; and The Gates of Heaven: Insights on the Doctrines and Symbols of the Temple (1999), by Matthew B. Brown

Keywords: Symbolism; Temple Worship
Hamblin, William J. “Joseph or Jung? A Response to Douglas Salmon.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): Article 12.

Review of “Parallelomania and the Study of Latter-day Saint Scripture: Confirmation, Coincidence, or the Collective Unconscious?” (2000), by Douglas F. Salmon

Bruening, Ari D., and David L. Paulsen. “The Development of the Mormon Understanding of God: Early Mormon Modalism and Other Myths.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): Article 13.

Review of Mormonism and the Nature of God: A Theological Revolution, 1830-1915 (2000), by Kurt Widmer

Welch, John W. “A Faint but Interesting Christian Voice from the Dust of Egypt.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 171-173.

Review of Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel (1999), by Charles W. Hedrick and Paul A. Mirecki

Keywords: Early Christianity
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “Maximus Nothus Decretum: A Look at the Recent Catholic Declaration regarding Latter-day Saint Baptisms.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 175-196.

Review of “The Question of the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (unpublished), by Luis Ladaria

Keywords: Baptism for the Dead
Bickmore, Barry R. “Clearing up Misconceptions.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 197-199.

Review of Pope Fictions: Answers to 30 Myths and Misconceptions about the Papacy (1999), by Patrick Madrid

Keywords: Interfaith Dialogue
Bickmore, Barry R. “A Passion for Faultfinding: The Deconversion of a Former Catholic Priest.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 201-281.

Review of When Mormons Call: Answering Mormon Missionaries at Your Door (1999), and Inside Mormonism: What Mormons Really Believe (1999), by Isaiah Bennett

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism
Tvedtnes, John A. “Finders of the Lost Ark.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 283-294.

Review of Following the Ark of the Covenant (2000), by Kerry Ross Boren and Lisa Lee Boren

Keywords: Ark of the Covenant
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “2000 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): Article 19.

FARMS Review of Books Vol. 14, No. 1 (2002)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 14 Issue 1. FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Historical Concreteness, or Speculative Abstraction?” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): xi-xxvi.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Peterson publishes his remarks given at a debate organized under the auspices of the Society of Evangelical Philosophers. Basically, he believes that the very choice of “theology” as a focus of the debate grants an importance to that particular area of intellectual activity that Latter-day Saints and early Christians do not share with more sophisticated critics. Organizations attempting a “ministry of reconciliation” instead appear to attack.

Keywords: Philosophy; Theology
Asay, Ronald W. “Bassett’s Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002): Article 3.

Review of Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Insights from Prophets, Church Leaders, and Scholars (1999), by K. Douglas Bassett

Clark, John E. “Evaluating the Case for a Limited Great Lakes Setting.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 9-77.

Review of Return to Cumorah: Piecing Together the Puzzle Where the Nephites Lived (1998), by Duane R. Aston; The Land of Lehi: Further Evidence for the Book of Mormon (1999), by Paul Hedengren: and The Lost Lands of the Book of Mormon (2000), by Phyllis Carol Olive

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Great Lakes
Tvedtnes, John A. “One-Stop Scriptures.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 79-81.

Review of Words of Christ Restored for the Last Days (1999), by Kenneth Lutes and Lyndell Lutes

Keywords: Jesus Christ; Scripture Study
Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 83-90.

Review of Finding Biblical Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon (1999), by Hugh W. Pinnock

Keywords: Literature; Parallelism; Repetition; Structure
Duffin, Stephen J. “Pressing Forward: A Real Feast.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 91-97.

Review of Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s (1999), edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne

Keywords: Commentary; Scholarship
Paulsen, David L. “A General Response to The New Mormon Challenge.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002): Article 8.

Review of The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (2002), edited by Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, and Paul Owens

Huff, Benjamin I. “Of Course Mormonism Is Christian.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 113-130.

Review of “Is Mormonism Christian?” (2002), by Craig L. Blomberg

Keywords: Criticism
Jackson, Kent P. “Am I a Christian?” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 131-137.

Review of “Is Mormonism Christian?” (2002), by Craig L. Blomberg

Keywords: Criticism
Midgley, Louis C. “Faulty Topography.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 139-192.

Review of “And the Saints Go Marching On” (2002), by Carl Mosser; and Mormon America: The Power and the Promise (1999), by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism
Christensen, Kevin. “A Response to Paul Owen’s Comments on Margaret Barker.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 193-221.

Review of “Monotheism, Mormonism, and the New Testament Witness” (2002), by Paul Owen

Keywords: Criticism; Deuteronomist Reforms
Jibson, Michael D. “Korihor Speaks or the Misinterpretation of Dreams.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002): Article 13.

Review of Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon (1999), by Robert D. Anderson

Harper, Howard K., Steven C. Harper, and David P. Harper. “Van Wagoner’s Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Biographical Excess.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002): Article 14.

Review of Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess (1994), by Richard S. Van Wagoner

Bitton, Davis. “George Q. Cannon and the Faithful Narrative of Mormon History.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 275-293.

Review of Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet (1888; 1986), by George Q. Cannon

Keywords: Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Smith
Cooper, Glen M. “Historical Paradigms in Conflict: The Nauvoo Period Revisited.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 295-313.

Review of Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois (1995), edited by John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launius

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Nauvoo
McGregor, Russell C. “The Anti-Mormon Attackers.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 315-319.

Review of The Mormon Defenders: How Latter-day Saint Apologists Misinterpret the Bible (2001), by James Patrick Holding

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Hancock, Ralph C. “The Authority of ‘Academic Freedom’ On Two Cases of Miseducation at BYU.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1 (2002): Article 18.

Review of The Lord's University: Freedom and Authority at BYU (1998), by Bryan Waterman and Brian Kagel

Tvedtnes, John A. “The Bible Code.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 329-335.

Review of The Bible Code (1997), by Michael Drosnin

Keywords: Hoax
Ricks, Stephen D. “Latter-day Saint Doctrines and the Bible.” FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 337-340.

Review of Biblical Mormonism: Responding to Evangelical Criticism of LDS Theology (1994), by Richard R. Hopkins

Keywords: Apologetics; Doctrine; Theology

The FARMS Review Vol. 15, No. 1 (2003)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. FARMS Review of Books Volume 15 Issue 1. The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003).
Midgley, Louis C. “Editor’s Introduction, On Caliban Mischief.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): xi-xxxvii.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Midgley discusses countercultists who oppose Mormonism and who consider it “counterfeit Christianity.”

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Tvedtnes, John A. “Reconstructing the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 1-3.

Review of M. Grald Bradford and Alison V. P. Coutts, eds. Uncovering the Original Text of the Book of Mormon: History and Findings of the Critical Text Project.

Keywords: Critical Text; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Textual Criticism; Translation
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Book of Mormon Today.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 5-14.

Review of Terryl L Given. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a New World Religion.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Doctrine; Early Church History; Historicity; Joseph; Jr.; Scholarship; Smith; Translation
Sorenson, John L. “A Rare Gem.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 15-17.

Review of Terryl L Given. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a New World Religion.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Doctrine; Historicity; Scholarship
Spackman, Randall P. “Interpreting Book of Mormon Geography.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 19-46.

Review of John L. Sorenson. Mormon's Map.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Mesoamerica; Mormon (Prophet)
Welch, John W. “How Much Was Known about Chiasmus in 1829 When the Book of Mormon Was Translated?” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 47-80.

Welch shares his study of chiasmus in ancient texts. He states that Joseph Smith knew nothing of chiasmus when he was translating the Book of Mormon. Even so, Welch researches how much the scholars of 1829 knew about chiasmus to show that Joseph could not have intentionally incorporated chiasmus into his own writing.

Keywords: Chiasmus; Joseph; Jr.; Parallelism; Smith; Structure
Gee, John. “One Side of a Nonexistent Conversation.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 81-85.

Review of Thomas D. Cottle. The Papyri of Abraham: Facsimiles of the Everlasting Covenant.

Keywords: Book of Abraham
Hauglid, Brian M. “Nibley’s Abraham in Egypt: Laying the Foundation for Abraham Research.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): Article 9.

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 Hugh Nibley. Abraham in Egypt.

Clark, E. Douglas. “A Powerful New Resource for Studying the Book of Abraham.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 91-95.

Review of John A. Tvedtnes, Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee, comps. and eds. Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham.

Keywords: Abraham (Prophet); Book of Abraham
Barney, Kevin L. “A More Responsible Critique.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 97-146.

Review of “Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near Eastern Background?” (2002), by Thomas J. Finley, and “Rendering Fiction: Translation, Pseudotranslation, and the Book of Mormon” (2002), by David J. Shepherd.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Christianity; Criticism; Doctrine; Hebraism; Metal Plates; Names; Translation
Tvedtnes, John A. “One Small Step.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): Article 12.

Review of Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, and Paul Owen. “Introductory Essay”; Thomas J. Finley. “Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near Eastern Background”; and David J. Shepherd. “Rendering Fiction: Translation, Pseudotranslation, and the Book of Mormon.” In The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement.

Ostler, Blake T. “Evil: A Real Problem for Evangelicals.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 201-213.

Review of Carl Mosser. “Can the Real Problem of Evil Be Solved?” in The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement

Keywords: Criticism; Theodicy
Bickmore, Barry R. “Of Simplicity, Oversimplification, and Monotheism.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 215-258.

Review of Paul Owen. “Monotheism, Mormonism, and the New Testament Witness.” In The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement.

Keywords: Criticism; Monotheism
Porter, Rockwell D. “A Dancer/Journalist’s Anti-Mormon Diatribe.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 259-272.

Review of Richard Abanes. One Nation under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon
Huff, Benjamin I. “How Polemicism Corrupted Latter-day Saint Apologetics.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 273-309.

Review of Richard R. Hopkins. How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God.

Keywords: Apologetics; Polemics
Morris, Larry E. “‘The Private Character of the Man Who Bore That Testimony’ Oliver Cowdery and His Critics.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): Article 17.

Review of LaMar Petersen. The Creation of the Book of Mormon: A Historical Inquiry. Review of Robert D. Anderson. Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon. Review of Dan Vogel. “The Validity of the Witnesses’ Testimonies.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon

Barney, Kevin L. “Isaiah Interwoven.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 353-402.

Review of Donald W. Parry. Harmonizing Isaiah: Combining Ancient Sources.

Keywords: Isaiah (Book); Isaiah (Prophet)
Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Three Books on Jewish and Mormon Themes.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 403-420.

Review of Raphael Jospe, Truman G. Madsen, and Seth Ward, eds. Covenant and Chosenness in Judaism and Mormonism. Review of Frank J. Johnson and Rabbi William J. Leffler. Jews and Mormons: Two Houses of Israel. Review of Harris Lenowitz. The Jewish Messiahs: From the Galilee to Crown Heights.

Keywords: Covenant; Judaism
Hauglid, Brian M. “Muhammad, Judah, and Joseph Smith: A Sharp Stick in the Eye.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 421-429.

Review of C. Reynolds Mackay. Muhammad, Judah, and Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Islam; Judaism; Polemics
Flinders, Rebecca M., and Anne B. Fairchild. “Scriptures for Families.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 431-434.

Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families. Review of Thomas R. Valletta, gen. ed. The New Testament for Latter-day Saint Families.

Keywords: Education; Family; Scripture Study
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “Book Notes.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): Article 22.

The FARMS Review Vol. 15, No. 2 (2003)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 15 Issue 2. The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003).
Peterson, Daniel C. “Editor’s Introduction: Of ‘Galileo Events,’ Hype, and Suppression: Or, Abusing Science and Its History.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 2.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Peterson discusses the so-called Galileo event that some Book of Mormon critics believe will soon occur, thus expanding the separation between reli-gion and science until religion subsides to science. He also addresses the lack of Near Eastern culture among Native Americans, a common argument against the authenticity of the Book of Mormon

Cooper, Glen M. “Appendix, On Aping Aristotle: Modern-day Simplicios.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): lxiii-lxvii.

Cooper addresses the claim that Thomas Murphy’s DNA research is a “Galileo event.” He provides information on Galileo’s life to show that Galileo was not against religion and that the Catholic Church was not against science. Cooper then parallels that information with the Murphy situation. Like Galileo, Murphy has not taken a stance against religion, only against a particular religious text

Keywords: DNA; Genetics
Lane, Keith H. “Holding Fast to the Word: A Review of Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 4.

Review of Paul Y. Hoskisson, ed. Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures.

Gardner, Brant A. “Confusion of Tongues and a Map.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 5.

Review of Robert A. Pate. Mapping the Book of Mormon: A Comprehensive Geography of Nephite America.

Peterson, Daniel C. “Prolegomena to the DNA Articles.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 25-34.

Peterson addresses Thomas Murphy’s criticism of the Book of Mormon and shows that Murphy does not incorporate other scholars, whether they be in favor of or against the Book of Mormon, into his research. Rather, he uses his own opinions and previous writings as the basis for his claims.

Keywords: Criticism; DNA; Genetics; Science
McClellan, David A. “Detecting Lehi’s Genetic Signature: Possible, Probable, or Not?” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 35-90.

David A. McClellan provides a basic understanding of some biological principles that would be helpful to one studying the question of DNA evidence of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. After a discussion of these fundamental principles, McClellan concludes that DNA tests can neither prove nor disprove the existence of ancient Israelites in the New World.

Keywords: DNA; Genetics; Historicity; Lehi (Prophet)
Roper, Matthew P. “Nephi’s Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 8.
Roper, Matthew P. “Swimming in the Gene Pool: Israelite Kinship Relations, Genes, and Genealogy.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 129-164.

This article discusses the possibility that DNA is not dependable evidence either for or against the veracity of the Book of Mormon. It is difficult to ascertain whether Book of Mormon people were literal descendants of Israel and how similar those genetics are with modern Israelites. Therefore, no conclusive statements can be made concerning the DNA of Book of Mormon people.

Keywords: DNA; Genealogy; Genetics; Historicity
Stubbs, Brian D. “Elusive Israel and the Numerical Dynamics of Population Mixing.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 165-182.

This article discusses how a population’s number of pure-blooded individuals can diminish drastically to only a few percent in a few hundred years. This information suggests that it is difficult and perhaps impossible to draw any definite conclusions concerning the genetics of Native Americans in relation to the people spoken of in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: DNA; Genetics; Native Americans
Tvedtnes, John A. “The Charge of ‘Racism’ in the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 11.

Some critics of the Book of Mormon reject the ancient text on account of its supposedly racist commentary. In response to these critics, this article incorporates biblical examples and traditions to show how certain words and phrases that could be seen as racist were used to illustrate a larger message

Crockett, Robert D. “A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley’s Blood of the Prophets.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 12.

Review of Will Bagley. Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows.

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History. “Statement regarding Grant Palmer’s Book An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 13.

This statement addresses the implication that Smith Institute scholars agree with Grant Palmer’s opinions concerning Latter-day Saint origins

Bitton, Davis. “The Charge of a Man with a Broken Lance (But Look What He Doesn’t Tell Us).” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 257-271.

Review of Grant H. Palmer. An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins.

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History
Harper, Steven C. “Trustworthy History?” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 273-307.

Review of Grant H. Palmer. An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins.

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History
Ashurst-McGee, Mark. “A One-sided View of Mormon Origins.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 309-364.

Review of Grant H. Palmer. An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins.

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History
Midgley, Louis C. “Prying into Palmer.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 365-410.

Review of Grant H. Palmer. An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins.

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History
Norton, Don E., Jr. “An Exemplary Biography.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 411-414.

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Review of Boyd Petersen’s Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life.

Keywords: Scholarship
Paulsen, David L., and Matthew G. Fisher. “A New Evangelical Vision of God: Openness and Mormon Thought.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 415-441.

Review of Clark H. Pinnock. Most Moved Mover: A Theology of God’s Openness.

Keywords: Nature of God; Philosophy; Theology
Shipps, Jan. “A Bird’s-Eye View of the Mormon Prophet.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 443-451.

Review of Robert V. Remini. Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Criticism; Joseph; Jr.; Smith
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. “2002 Book of Mormon Bibliography.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): Article 22.

The FARMS Review Vol. 16, No. 1 (2004)

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. The FARMS Review Volume 16 Issue 1. The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004).
Mitton, George L. “Editor’s Introduction: Anti-Mormon Writings: Encountering a Topsy-Turvy Approach to Mormon Origins.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): ix-xxxii.

Introduction to the current issue, including editor’s picks. Mitton explains the need to address anti-Mormon texts and their authors, beginning in the early days of the church. It is important to give attention to Joseph’s own explanation and that of his close associates.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Translation
Barney, Kevin L. “An Elegant Presentation.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 1-10.

Review of Grant Hardy, ed. The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition.

Keywords: Education; Formatting; Scripture Study; Structure
Goff, Alan. “Positivism and the Priority of Ideology in Mosiah-First Theories of Book of Mormon Production.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 11-36.

Review of Brent Lee Metcalfe. “The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis.” In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, and Review of Edwin Firmage Jr. “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, and Review of Susan Staker. “Secret Things, Hidden Things: The Seer Story in the Imaginative Economy of Joseph Smith.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Historicity; Joseph; Jr.; Seerstones; Smith; Translation
Hamblin, William J. “Priced to Sell.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 37-47.

Review of Robert M. Price. “Prophecy and Palimpsest.” Dialogue 35/3.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Inspired Fiction; Joseph; Jr.; Pseudepigrapha; Smith
Oman, Nathan B. “‘Secret Combinations’ A Legal Analysis.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): Article 6.

This article addresses the belief that the account of secret combinations in the Book of Mormon is a satire on Masonry. Many scholars claim that the term secret combinations was exclusively used in the 1820s to refer to Masonry. However, Nathan Oman points out that this term was also used in legal situations to refer to criminal conspiracies.

Judkins, Benjamin N. “Recent Trends in Book of Mormon Apologetics: A Critical Assessment of Methodological Diversity and Academic Viability.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 75-97.

This article discusses the evolvement of Book of Mormon apologetics. Although Book of Mormon scholarship was originally intended for an exclusively Latter-day Saint audience, it has since broadened to address a more scholarly and secular audience.

Keywords: Apologetics; Evidence; Methodology; Scholarship
Reed, Michael G. “Abanes’s ‘Revised’ History.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 99-109.

Review of Richard Abanes. One Nation under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism
Briggs, Robert H. “Sally Denton’s American Massacre: Authentic Mormon Past versus the Danite Interpretation of History.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): Article 9.

Review of Sally Denton. American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857.

Crockett, Robert D. “The Denton Debacle.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 135-147.

Review of Sally Denton. American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857.

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History; Mountain Meadows Massacre
Foster, Craig L. “Doing Violence to Journalistic Integrity.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 149-174.

Review of Jon Krakauer. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of a Violent Faith.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Culture of Violence; Mormon Fundamentalism; Polygamy; Violence in the 19th Century
Peterson, Daniel C., and Matthew P. Roper. “Ein Heldenleben? On Thomas Stuart Ferguson as an Elias for Cultural Mormons.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): Article 12.

Review of Stan Larson. Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon.

Peterson, Daniel C. “On the New World Archaeological Foundation.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 221-233.

Some critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have claimed that the church has funded several failed archaeological expeditions in an effort to prove the veracity of the Book of Mormon. As Daniel C. Peterson points out, however, such excursions have not been failures. On the contrary, they have produced significant evidence to support the Book of Mormon, and there is still more to be discovered.

Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Mesoamerica
“Asked and Answered: A Response to Grant H. Palmer.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 235-285.

Review of Grant H. Palmer. An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins.

Keywords: Criticism; Early Church History
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.

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
Bitton, Davis. “Spotting an Anti-Mormon Book.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 355-360.

Davis Bitton provides a few guidelines to help readers determine whether a given text is anti-Mormon and to explain how readers should approach such texts.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Scholarship
Midgley, Louis C. “The Signature Books Saga.”