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L., J. L. “The Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 98 (19 February 1951): 176-77.
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Discusses the 1830 Palmyra Edition of the Book of Mormon, its title page, preface, and the corrections of later editions.

ID = [80297]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-02-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:18
Ladle, Douglas S. “Insights from 3 Nephi about Our Father in Heaven.” Ensign, December 2000.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [40564]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10409  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:38
Lamb, Artemus. “The Fulfillment of Mormon Prophecy.” World Order: the Baha’i Magazine (November 1944): 258-62.
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The prophecies and teachings of the Mormon Church are contained in a book published under the same name, “Mormon” Provides an account of the visit of the angel Moroni and the prophecies of the Old Testament that he quoted. These prophecies spoke of Joseph Smith’s calling, and the “Last Days” when Jesus Christ will return. None have been fulfilled. In 1844 a young Persian too received a call. He was the Bab (the Gate) through whom God would be revealed. He prophesied that God would not appear for a thousand years.

ID = [80467]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1944-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:28
Lamb, Charles W. “An Exposition of Mormonism, and a Defence of Truth, Being a Refutation of the Report That the Book of Mormon Originated in Solomon Spaulding’s ‘Manuscript Found.’” Corinnell, IA: n.p., 1878.
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Author refutes the Spaulding theory and offers evidence as to the Book of Mormon’s divine origin.

ID = [77518]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1878-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Lamb, David. “Behold, He Is the Word of Truth.” Zarahemla Record 50 (August 1990): 2.
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Shows the correlation between the Book of Mormon identification of Christ as the “Word of Truth” (Alma 18:12, RLDS versification) and the Hebrew term for truth (’emeth).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79095]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lamb, David. “Behold,He is the Word of Truth.” Zarahemla Record 52 (December 1990): 2.
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In 1 Nephi 1:1-2,we find a most significant chiasm which directs us to the importance of understanding the “Learning of the |ews.”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [79096]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lamb, David. “The Four-Part Pattern in Prophecies.” Zarahemla Record 44 (August 1989): 1, 8.
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In the Old Testament there is a four-part pattern used by prophets in prophesying: “(1) identification of sin, (2) need for repentance, (3) judgment of God (if people do not repent), and (4) future in Christ” The article shows how Samuel the Lamanite, Alma, Lehi, and Abinadi followed this pattern.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80466]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:28
Lamb, David. “Friend: A Covenant Term.” Zarahemla Record 49 (June 1990): 1, 3-4.
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The term friend is often used to express a covenantal agreement between two individuals. Such was the case between Zoram and Nephi (2 Nephi 1:55, RLDS versification). Other examples include Isaiah 41:8, 2 Chronicles 20:7, and Zechariah 13:6.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [79465]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Lamb, David. “Friend: A Covenant Term.” In Recent Book of Mormon Developments; Articles From Zarahemla Record, 2:50-51. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1992.
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The term friend is often used to express a covenantal agreement between two individuals. Such was the case between Zoram and Nephi (2 Nephi 1:55, RLDS versification). Other examples include Isaiah 41:8, 2 Chronicles 20:7, and Zechariah 13:6.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [79464]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Lamb, David. “The Meaning Behind Moroni’s Title of Liberty.” Zarahemla Record 45 (November 1989): 1-2.
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Moroni and the Title of Liberty feature a “step-by-step procedure on preparation for spiritual warfare through the upholding of Jesus Christ” These steps are: despise evil, humble ourselves, put on the armor of God, seek God’s instruction through prayer, work to save the nation, and look to the Lord.

ID = [80537]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:32
Lamb, David. “The Meaning of the Name ‘Mormon’” Zarahemla Record 43 (June 1989): 1-2.
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Suggests that the Book of Mormon was not named after a man, but after a place called Mormon where the Nephites once covenanted to observe the laws of God. This important place was very suitable as a name for a book of scripture.

ID = [80538]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:32
Lamb, David. “Priests and Teachers.” Zarahemla Record 59 (January/February 1992): 1, 4.
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Points out several doublets in the Bible and Book of Mormon: parents and teachers, priest and scribe (teacher), Lord and master (teacher), ruler and teacher, and teacher and king. It is characteristically Hebraic to think of a vocation or calling in connection with being a teacher, thus the emphasis on teacher is an evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79999]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Lamb, David. “The Righteous Branch.” Zarahemla Record 48 (April 1990): 64.
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Both Lehi and Jeremiah denominate Joseph of Egypt (2 Nephi 3) as the “righteous branch,” an expression that generally refers to Christ. This fact suggests that Lehi possessed or had access to a copy of Jeremiah’s writings or that Nephi and Jeremiah were acquaintances.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [80624]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:37
Lamb, David. “Search the Words of Isaiah.” Zarahemla Record 60 (March/April 1992): 1, 4.
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Suggests following the directive of Jesus to take the writings of Isaiah seriously. To accomplish this assignment one must learn the manner of the Jews.

ID = [80153]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:10
Lamb, Martin Thomas. The Golden Bible or the Book of Mormon, Is It From God?. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Herald, 1887.
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A polemical work against the Book of Mormon written by a Baptist minister who views the Book of Mormon as an absurd and shallow fraud. He enumerates various absurdities and anachronisms, including, the use and modification of biblical language and names, Lehi’s desert journey, Jaredite barges, modern words and ideas, lack of archaeological evidence, contradictions with the Bible, rapid population growth, lack of pre-columbian iron, steel, brass, coins, barley, wheat, domesticated animals, and Book of Mormon geography.

ID = [78501]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1887-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Lamb, Martin Thomas. The Mormons and Their Bible. Philadelphia: Griffith & Rowland, 1901.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. Much of the book is devoted to an attack on the Book of Mormon along the same lines as the author’s 1887 work, The Golden Bible.

ID = [78584]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1901-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Lambert, James R. Objections to the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants Answered and Refuted. Lamoni, IA: Herald Publishing House, 1894.
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[R] 1898. Responds to critics of the Book of Mormon. Writes concerning metal plates, manner of translation, poor grammar, rapid population growth, dark color of Lamanites, modern words used in the translation, polygamy, place of Christ’s nativity, Holy Spirit given before Christ came in the flesh, the charge of plagiarism, and the Spaulding theory.

ID = [78106]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1894-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Lambert, Joseph R. “Thoughts on Charity.” Saints’ Herald 48 (13 February 1901): 125-29.
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An understanding of what charity is and is not is essential in gaining safety from the counterfeits of Satan. The Book of Mormon teaches us best about charity, defining it as “the pure love of Christ” (Moroni 7:47), an everlasting, unselfish love. It is not simply a feeling, but an eternal truth that leads to complete obedience, mercy, and forgiveness.

ID = [80721]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-02-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:42
Lambert, L. Gary. “Allegory of Zenos.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Allegory, Prophets, Zenos (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [74187]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 5955  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:08:38
Lambert, L. Gary. “Alma 1.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Alma the Elder, Prophet
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [74188]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 5755  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:08:38
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.
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Review of An Ensign to All People: The Sacred Message and Mission of the Book of Mormon (1987), by Monte S. Nyman.

ID = [54]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 6950  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:24
Lambert, Neal E. “The Symbolic Unity of Christ’s Ministry in 3 Nephi.” In The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9–30, This Is My Gospel, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
ID = [36745]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 30646  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:53
Cracroft, Richard H., and Neal E. Lambert. “Voices from Cumorah: The Personal Experience of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 4, no. 11 (1974): 16-21.
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Fictional account of the feelings and thoughts of Joseph Smith on the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Early Church History, Fiction, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76621]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Lambert, R. G. “Hawaiian Mythology.” Juvenile Instructor 11 (15 October 1876): 235.
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Sees some elements of Hawaiian myth as correlative to the Book of Mormon. Sites some particulars of Captain Cook.

ID = [79508]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1876-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Lambert, R.G. “Hawaiian Mythology.” Juvenile Instructor 11, no. 20 (1876): 235.
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Sees some elements of Hawaiian myth as correlative to the Book of Mormon. Cites some particulars of Captain Cook.

Keywords: Hawaii, Missionary Work, Mythology, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [75887]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1876-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:08
Lambert, Richard J. “Are You Reading the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 74 (10 August 1927): 923-24.
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Challenges members of the Church to read the Book of Mormon. Reading it will increase faith in Jesus Christ, give personal knowledge of the contents of the book, establish the habit of relying upon the word of God, give spiritual vision, and create unity in the Church.

ID = [79078]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-08-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lambert, Richard J. “As Centennial Date Nears, Book of Mormon Readers Increase.” Saints’ Herald 74 (31 August 1927): 1010.
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Many have started reading the Book of Mormon in response to the challenge to read the book before the centennial celebration.

ID = [79079]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-08-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lambert, Richard J. “The Book of Mormon Center of Interest.” Saints’ Herald 74 (7 September 1927): 1034.
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Forming small groups will assist members in reading the Book of Mormon before the commemoration of the centennial.

ID = [80350]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:21
Lambert, Richard J. “Book of Mormon in Print a Hundred Years.” Saints’ Herald 77 (19 February 1930): 209-10.
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Lambert praises the one hundred-year anniversary of the Book of Mormon, discusses the rarity and value of the first edition and urges all to heed its counsel.

ID = [79182]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1930-02-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lambert, Richard J. “Book of Mormon Pageant at Independence.” Saints’ Herald 74 (14 September 1927): 1059.
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“Remembering Cumorah” is a pageant to commemorate the centennial of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79205]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lambert, Richard J. “Book of Mormon Readers.” Saints’ Herald 74 (26 October 1927): 1251-52.
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Letters and cards flooding the Church offices tell of new interest in reading the Book of Mormon. Excerpts from letters are included.

ID = [79218]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-10-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Lambert, Richard J. “Book of Mormon Would Help Them.” Saints’ Herald 74 (13 July 1927): 795.
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Quoting the Wisconsin Evening Telegram concerning the origin of the native inhabitants of America, the author declares the joy of knowing the truth contained within the pages of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79246]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-07-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Lambert, Richard J. “Interest in Book of Mormon Increases.” Saints’ Herald 74 (2 November 1927): 1274.
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As individuals and families value the Book of Mormon more, they are spending more time reading it with greater rewards of spirituality and faith.

ID = [79594]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-11-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Lambert, Richard J. “Of Interest to Book of Mormon Believers.” Saints’ Herald 76 (23 January 1929): 82-83.
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An article appeared in the Kansas City Times asserting that according to the Book of Mormon, a race of people wandered across the “Behring’s Strait and down into the Continent of North America, establishing a great civilization” “In response to requests from the Church offices a rather lengthy and corrective news story” was published to correct the error.

ID = [79924]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-01-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Lambert, Roy. The Weight of an Angel. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1961.
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A biography of Moroni, based on the Book of Mormon and comments from LDS authorities.

ID = [78696]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Lambert, William O. G. “The Earth’s Interior.” Our Desert Home 2 (June-July 1883): 126-29, 152-53.
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Argues that the scriptures, including the Book of Mormon, refer to places inside the earth. Makes reference to the parable of the olive tree and to the habitation of the lost tribes of Israel.

ID = [80451]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
Lamoreax, Adam. “Book of Mormon Bibliography.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): Article 31.
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Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1989.

ID = [1304]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 10016  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:41
Lampert, J. M. Concordance to the Book of Mormon. Lamoni, IA: Herald House, 1898.
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A 14-page concordance to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77716]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1898-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Lancaster, James E. “By the Gift and Power of God: The Method of Translating the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 109 (15 November 1962): 798-802, 806, 817.
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Reviews the accounts of several witnesses (including Joseph Smith, David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, Michael Morse, Isaac Hale, and Emma Smith) to the procedures in translating the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith provided few details regarding translation methods because he wanted to de-emphasize mechanical devices for receiving revelation, in deference to depending directly on the Holy Spirit.

ID = [79267]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-11-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Lancaster, James E. “The Method of Translation of the Book of Mormon.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 3 (1983): 51-61.
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In this article the author explores the process by which the Book of Mormon was translated through the lens of first-hand accounts of the early witnesses, allowing us to ”…place a broader interpretation on the nature of the Book of Mormon record itself.”

Keywords: Book of Mormon, witnesses; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon, editions and translations; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [81963]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:50
Lancaster, James E. “The Translation of the Book of Mormon.” In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Vogel, Dan, 97-112. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990.
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Essay on literary aspects of the translation of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Smith, William; Cowdery, Oliver; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82128]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:59
Landon, Donald D. The Book of Mormon is Christian. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1962.
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A tract designed to persuade the reader that Christology in the Book of Mormon qualifies the book to be Christian scripture, consistent with the Bible.

ID = [78380]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1962-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Landon, Donald D. How the Book of Mormon Con rms the Message of Christ. Independence, MO: Herald House, 196?.
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A tract published by the Reorganized Church designed to introduce interested readers to the Book of Mormon. Teachings from the Book of Mormon are consistent with and in agreement with biblical doctrines.

ID = [77872]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Choosing Redemption.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [35811]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 28804  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:05
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Lord Will Redeem His People: Adoptive Covenant and Redemption in the Old Testament and Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2 no. 2 (1993).
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In the text of the Old Testament Yahweh is described as the Redeemer of Israel. A redeemer in Israelite society was a close family member who was responsible to help his enslaved kinsmen by buying them out of bondage. A comparable family relationship is created between the Lord and individuals by the making of covenants and the giving of a new name. The adoptive covenant becomes the basis for the Lord’s acts of redemption. This pattern of adoptive redemption can be seen in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon identifies Yahweh, the God and Redeemer of the Old Testament, with Jesus Christ. It further explains that redemption from spiritual bondage comes through the ransom price of his blood and is available to those who enter into adoptive covenants, which create a familial relationship and allow the Lord to act as their redeemer.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > Jesus Christ, the God of the Old and the New Testament
Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
ID = [2841]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 57561  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:08
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Lord Will Redeem His People: ‘Adoptive’ Covenant and Redemption in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Honors thesis, BYU, 1993.
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Kinship redemption

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
ID = [67720]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:37
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.
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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.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [186]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 12045  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:32
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Presence of the Lord.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35264]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40008  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Redeemer: Taking upon Him the Sins of the World.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81588]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:29
Lane, Keith H. “The Path We Walk Together.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Hawaii, May 27, 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [71161]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-05-28  Collections:  bom,byuh-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:55:00
Lane, Keith H. “Symbolic Action and Persuasion in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1990.
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Takes the methodology of Kenneth Burke to plead that Mormons read some passages of the Book of Mormon as rhetorical devices and accept Christ and live by his code. The rhetoric is couched within “scenes” from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80221]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:14
Lane, Keith H. “Turning Toward the Wisdom of King Benjamin.” FARMS Review of Books 11, no. 1 (1999): 18-22.
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Review of King Benjamin\'s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom” (1998), edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks

Keywords: Covenant; King Benjamin; Kingship; Sermon; Wisdom
ID = [318]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 11928  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:40
Langdorf, C. William. History of Seneca County. Springfield, OH: Transcript, 1880.
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An historical work on the state of New York. Pages 646-55 contain a discussion of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The writer accepts the Spaulding theory of the Book of Mormon’s origin and includes a discussion of the Anthon incident.

ID = [77861]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1880-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Langlois, Larry K. “Overcoming Adversity Together.” Ensign, October 1986.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [47800]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 17662  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:09
Lanier, Roy H. “The Book of Mormon and Eternal Progression.” Christian Soldier 4 (14 August 1942): 1, 3.
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Argues that the Book of Mormon doctrine on eternal progression contradicts Mormon teachings on the same, and the Book of Mormon therefore cannot be based upon truth.

ID = [80319]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1942-08-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:20
Lanier, Roy H. Is the Book of Mormon from God. Richland, WA: Swift and Thayer,n.d.
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A polemical work against the Book of Mormon, which discusses internal anachronisms in the Book of Mormon and contradictions with the Bible.

ID = [77911]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Lanier, Roy H. Mistakes of “Latter-day Saints”. Little Rock, AK: Harper,n.d.
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A polemical work against Mormonism containing similar material as the author’s other work, Is the Book of Mormon From God?

ID = [78024]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Lapham, Fayette. “The Mormons: Interview with the Father of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet Forty Years Ago. His Account of the Finding of the Sacred Plates.” Historical Magazine 7 (May 1870): 305-9.
Display Abstract  

Presents a distorted view of the coming forth and translation of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80561]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1870-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Lapray, Lyle E. “Book Supply Restocked.” Church News 60 (25 August 1990): 16.
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A repair man asks about paintings of the prophets on the wall. He receives a Book of Mormon from the family and is thankful.

ID = [79257]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1990-08-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Largely, Dennis. The Book of Mormon Reference Companion. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.
ID = [29966]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:30
Largey, Dennis L. “The Book of Mormon Reference Companion.” Religious Educator Vol. 5 no. 1 (2004).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
ID = [38033]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 18679  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:12
Largey, Dennis L. “Built upon the Rock.” Ensign, January 1992.
ID = [50340]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14577  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:45:55
Largey, Dennis L., Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull, eds. The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder. Proceedings of The 44th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
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The 44th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The 2015 Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium explored the modern miracle of the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. Featuring a keynote address by Elder Merrill J. Bateman discussing the Book of Mormon’s restoration of plain and precious truths, this volume describes the development of the teenage seer Joseph Smith Jr. and includes marvelous accounts of the many witnesses to the plates. It tells the story of the Book of Mormon, from Joseph Smith’s translation of the sacred record to the process of financing and printing the first edition, and concludes with its message rolling forth to many nations—to “every kindred, tongue, and people.” ISBN 987-1-62972-114-9

ID = [33235]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 14  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:30:53

Articles

Bateman, Merrill J. “The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon to Restore Plain and Precious Truths.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
ID = [34704]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 47205  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Harper, Steven C. “The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
ID = [34705]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 48092  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Sweat, Anthony. “Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [34706]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 41647  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Dirkmaat, Gerrit J., and Michael Hubbard MacKay. “Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
RSC Topics > T — Z > Urim and Thummim
ID = [34707]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 49994  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Haws, JB. “The Lost 116 Pages Story: What We Do Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Might Know.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, edited by Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull, 81–102. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [34708]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 57110  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Bennett, Richard E. “Martin Harris’s 1828 Visit to Luther Bradish, Charles Anthon, and Samuel Mitchill.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
ID = [34709]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 32863  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Harper, Steven C. “The Eleven Witnesses.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [34710]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 38004  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Easton-Flake, Amy, and Rachel Cope. “A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
ID = [34711]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 51650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Dirkmaat, Gerrit J., and Michael Hubbard MacKay. “Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
ID = [34712]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 42002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:58
Chatelain, Jeremy J. “The Early Reception of the Book of Mormon in Nineteenth-Century America.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
ID = [34713]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 62668  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:59
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The Book of Mormon among the Saints: Evolving Use of the Keystone Scripture.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
ID = [34714]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 69977  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:59
Chou, Po Nien (Felipe), and Petra Chou. “‘To Every Nation, Kindred, Tongue, and People’” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Missionary Work
ID = [34715]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 78512  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:59
Ludlow, Jared W. “‘They Are Not Cast Off Forever’: Fulfillment of the Covenant Purposes.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [34716]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 36520  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:59
Hopkin, Shon D. “‘To the Convincing of the Jew and Gentile That JESUS Is the CHRIST’” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
ID = [34717]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 44169  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:59
Largey, Dennis L. “Enduring to the End.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 20th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, 57-69. Salt Lake City: Randall Book, 1992.
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The principle of enduring to the end is specifically taught 22 times throughout the Book of Mormon. Endurance might be considered the fifth of the first principles and ordinances. God’s children are to endure afflictions and temptations, to continue in the faith, and are entitled to divine help. Enemies of endurance include Satan’s inspiration, murmuring, hardness of heart, immorality, apostasy, and priestcraft.

ID = [81056]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:01
Largey, Dennis L. “The Enemies of Christ: 2 Nephi 28.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 287–305. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [36881]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 38553  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:01
Largey, Dennis L. “Enemies of Righteousness.” Ensign, December 1989.
ID = [49322]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19167  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:20
Largey, Dennis L. “Enos: His Mission and His Message.” In The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.,, 141–56. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [36851]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 30423  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:59
Largey, Dennis L. “Lessons from the Zarahemla Churches.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christeds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 59–71. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
ID = [36832]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 23851  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:58
Largey, Dennis L. “The Persuading Power of The Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, August 2, 2005.
ID = [72362]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2005-08-02  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:55:09
Larsen, David J. “Angels among Us: The Use of Old Testament Passages as Inspiration for Temple Themes in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 5 no. 1 (2013).
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A number of texts from the Qumran scrolls demonstrate the community’s interest in heavenly ascent and in communion with angels. This article lays out a pattern observable in some of the poetic/liturgical texts (for example, the Hodayot and other noncanonical psalms) in which the leader of the community is taken up into the divine council of God to be taught the heavenly mysteries, is appointed a teacher of those mysteries, and is then commissioned to share the teachings with his followers. Upon learning the mysteries, the followers are enabled to likewise ascend to heaven to praise God with the angels. In some texts, the human worshippers appear to undergo a transfiguration so that they become like the heavenly beings. This article further illustrates how these elements can be found together in a liturgical text known as the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice; their collective presence suggests that all were part of a ritual sequence. Finally, the article argues that these same elements, or traditions related to them, can be found in passages from the Old Testament.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [7041]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-sba,old-test  Size: 44764  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:38
Larsen, David J. “Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown.” BYU Studies Quarterly 52, no. 3 (2013): 191.
ID = [10955]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 2234  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:01
Larsen, David J. “Death Being Swallowed Up in Netzach in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 4 (2016): 123-134.
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One way to read the Book of Mormon is to be attentive to ways in which it comes across as a translated text. Being mindful of this is wise, because all translations—even inspired translations—lose something of the primary language, particularly as meanings shift when words are rendered into the vocabulary or idioms of the target language. While the exact nature of the original language used by Abinadi, Ammon, Aaron, or Mormon is unknown, the English text of the Book of Mormon gives helpful hints. Two passages (1 Ne. 1:2 and Morm. 9:32–33) suggest that Egyptian and Hebrew elements were found in the language used by Book of Mormon speakers and writers, which allows present-day scholars to look for places where the current translation displays these elements. This article suggests a possible connection between three Book of Mormon passages and a Hebrew word with a wide semantic range—a range that appears to be reflected quite purposefully in the English translation of these three passages in the books of Mosiah and Alma. That Hebrew word is netzach.

Keywords: Aaron (Son of King Mosiah); Abinadi (Prophet); Ammon (Son of King Mosiah); Death; Egyptian; Language; Language - Hebrew; Mormon (Prophet); Netzach
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [10735]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 23935  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:59
Welch, John W., David J. Larsen, Neal Rappleye, Stephen O. Smoot, and Taylor Halverson. Knowing Why: 137 Evidences that the Book of Mormon is True. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2017.
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“A KnoWhy is a short essay… about some brief historical, archaeological, cultural, linguistic, literary, legal, devotional, or prophetic insight in the Book of Mormon. Individually, these pieces are about very specific topics: knowing why Nephi wrote in Egyptian (chapter 5), knowing why Jacob talked about polygamy (chapter 64), knowing why Abinadi was ’scourged’ with faggots (chapter 93), or knowing why Alma would talk about Melchizedek (chapter 117). In many cases, we profess less-than-definitive answers, but rather offer some reasons for why these things might be as they are in the Book of Mormon. As a collective body, these KnoWhys provide more than possible answers to specific questions. Combined, they are about knowing why the Book of Mormon is amazing, knowing why it is beautiful, knowing why it speaks to our hearts and minds so powerfully, knowing why it is so uniquely inspiring, and ultimately knowing why the Book of Mormon is true in so many ways.” [Editors]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, commentaries; Book of Mormon, importance of; Book of Mormon, miscellaneous; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, evidence
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81537]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:26
Larsen, David J. “Overwriting Ether: Moroni’s Transfiguration of Jaredite Scripture.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 145-160.
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Review of Rosalynde Frandsen Welch, Ether: A Brief Theological Introduction (Provo, UT: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2020). 128 pages. $9.95 (paperback).
Abstract: The Book of Ether is a sometimes-overlooked gem of a text within the Book of Mormon, a history within a history that deserves careful and innovative investigation. Rosalynde Frandsen Welch offers such with a novel perspective in her entry in the Maxwell Institute’s series of “brief theological introductions” to the books within the Book of Mormon. The principal focus of Welch’s analysis is on issues concerning Moroni’s editorial purposes, how he interacts with his source text, and the ethics of his agenda for his abridgment of the Jaredite record. She critiques what she sees as Moroni’s lack of interest in the Jaredite record for its own sake and his attempts to “Christianize” the indigenous religion and culture of the former inhabitants of the land he occupies. Additionally, Welch presents Moroni as offering his future audience a “reader-centered theology of scripture” that seeks to transfer the authority of Scripture from the author to the reader. This review finds some of Welch’s proposals to be problematic but recognizes the great value of her beautifully written contribution to the academic study of the Book of Ether and the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Ether; Moroni; review
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [8442]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-00-00  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 33465  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:43
Larsen, Dean L. American Indians Today. Provo, UT: Extension Publications, 1965.
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A booklet containing four lectures on the Indians. Author endeavors to identify the American Indians, deals with the condition and status of the North American Indians as of 1964, discusses the LDS Indian programs, and is concerned with the ways in which the Caucasian sector of the Church can be of service to the Indians.

ID = [77500]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1965-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Larsen, Dean L. “Likening the Scriptures unto Us.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [36777]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 26278  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:55
Larsen, Dean L. “Looking beyond the Mark.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1987.
ID = [15885]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1987-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8564  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:33
Larsen, Dean L. “Looking beyond the Mark.” Ensign, November 1987.
ID = [48308]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1987-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8489  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:13
Larsen, Dean L. “Mingled Destinies: The Lamanites and the Latter-day Saints.” Ensign, December 1975.
ID = [42965]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19159  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:54
Larsen, Dean L. You and the Destiny of the Indian. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966.
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Largely concerned with the identity of the American Indians, their noble heritage, and their role in the events of the latter days. Several Book of Mormon passages dealing with the Lamanites are reviewed and listed.

ID = [78797]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1966-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Larsen, Kent. “Religious Freedom in B.H. Robert’s Corianton.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
ID = [38749]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history,rsc-church-history,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:53
Larsen, Sharon G. “Standing in Holy Places.” Delivered at the General Young Women Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2002.
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Standing in holy places is all about being in good company, whether you are alone or with others.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [19345]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2002-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8831  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:23:09
Larsen, Sharon G. “Young Women—Titles of Liberty.” Delivered at the General Young Women Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1998.
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You don’t have to be Captain Moroni to make a difference. Our Father in Heaven needs you to be who you are, in your family. He planned it that way.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [18424]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1998-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 5831  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:22:52
Larsen, Sharon G. “Your Celestial Guide.” Delivered at the General Young Women Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2001.
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When you pray often and seek to know the Lord’s will like Nephi did, the Lord will show you the way.

ID = [19111]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2001-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9449  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:23:05
Larsen, Val. “First Visions and Last Sermons: Affirming Divine Sociality, Rejecting the Greater Apostasy.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 37-84.
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Abstract: There is a kinship between Lehi and Joseph Smith. They are linked to each other by similar first visions, and they faced roughly the same theological problem. Resisted by elites who believe God is a Solitary Sovereign, both prophets affirm the pluralistic religion of Abraham, which features a sôd ’ĕlôhim (Council of Gods) in which the divine Father, Mother, and Son sit. These prophets are likewise linked by their last sermons: Lehi’s parting sermon/blessings of his sons and Joseph’s King Follett discourse. Along with the first visions and last sermons, the article closely reads Lehi’s dream, Nephi’s experience of Lehi’s dream, and parts of the Allegory of the Olive Tree, John’s Revelation, and Genesis, all of which touch on the theology of the Sôd (Council).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Topics > Doctrines and Teachings > Divine Council
ID = [3521]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 65002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:55
Wright, Newell D., and Val Larsen. “The Holy Ghost in the Book of Moroni: Possessed of Charity.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 53-76.
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Abstract: The role played by the Holy Ghost is an especially important connecting thread that runs through the Book of Moroni. The book illuminates the various ways in which the Holy Ghost transforms fallen human beings into redeemed members of the kingdom of God. Three phrases — “cleave unto charity,” “possessed of it,” and “that ye may be filled with this love” — are particularly revelatory of the role the Holy Ghost plays in our exaltation. But the positive process illuminated by these phrases has an obverse. Those who reject the Holy Ghost cleave to and are possessed of Satan. They are filled with his hatred. Though his message is primarily positive, Moroni has witnessed and describes what happens to those who reject the influence of the Holy Ghost.

Keywords: apotheosis; Book of Mormon; charity; Holy Ghost; Moroni; theosis
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [81208]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 60039  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:07
Larsen, Val. “In His Footsteps: Ammon₁ and Ammon₂.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 3 (2013): 85-113.
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Abstract: Mormon is a historian with a literary sensibility and considerable literary skill. Though his core message is readily apparent to any competent reader, his history nevertheless rewards close reading. Its great scope means that much that is said must be said by implication. And its witness of Christ is sometimes expressed through subtle narrative parallels or through historical allegory. This article focuses on parallel narratives that feature Ammon1 and Ammon2, with special attention to the allegorical account of Ammon2 at the waters of Sebus. To fully comprehend the power of the testimony of Christ that Mormon communicates in his Ammon narratives, readers must glean from textual details an understanding of the social and political context in which the narratives unfold. ((Peter Eubanks, Brant Gardner, Grant Hardy, and two reviewers at Interpreter read and helpfully commented on an a previous draft of this article.)).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [4371]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 58023  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:27
Larsen, Val. “Josiah to Zoram to Sherem to Jarom and the Big Little Book of Omni.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 217-264.
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Abstract: The first 450 years of Nephite history are dominated by two main threads: the ethno-political tension between Nephites and Lamanites and religious tension between adherents of rival theologies. These rival Nephite theologies are a Mantic theology that affirms the existence of Christ and a Sophic theology that denies Christ. The origin of both narrative threads lies in the Old World: the first in conflicts between Nephi and Laman, the second in Lehi’s rejection of King Josiah’s theological and political reforms. This article focuses on these interrelated conflicts. It suggests that Zoram, Laman, Lemuel, Sherem, and the Zeniffites were Deuteronomist followers of Josiah. The small plates give an account of how their Deuteronomist theology gradually supplanted the gospel of Christ. As the small plates close, their last author, Amaleki, artfully confronts his readers with a life-defining choice: having read the Book of Mormon thus far, will you remain, metaphorically, with the prophets in Zarahemla and embrace the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, or will you return to the land of Nephi and the theology you believed and the life you lived before you read the Book of Mormon?.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3419]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64766  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:47
Larsen, Val. “Killing Laban: The Birth of Sovereignty in the Nephite Constitutional Order.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 17, no. 1 (2007): 26-41, 84-85.
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The slaying of Laban has been a stumbling block for many readers of the Book of Mormon. Although Laban appeared to have legally merited the execution, any explanation of the act is unsatisfactory if Nephi is considered to be acting as an individual. Larsen illustrates that Nephi was acting as a sovereign, with a clear political purpose. When Lehi offered a sacrifice in the Valley of Lemuel, his family became a separate people, with Nephi repeatedly promised the role of ruler. Nephi’s symbolic and literal assuming of this sovereign authority through the act of killing Laban is explained through six different layers: (1) substitutional sovereignty, (2) the assumption of Mosaic authority, (3) the assumption of Davidic authority, (4) private and public motives, (5) the Nephite constitutional order, and (6) explicit declarations of Nephi’s reign. Nephi did not formally assume the role of king for many years, but by slaying Laban he proves that he will be a dutiful king.

Keywords: Kingship; Laban; Law of Moses; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Sacrifice; Valley of Lemuel
ID = [3203]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 68702  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:31
Larsen, Val. “A Mormon Theodicy: Jacob and the Problem of Evil.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 15 (2015): 239-266.
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Abstract: Lehi’s son Jacob was troubled by a great theological mystery of his and our day — the problem of evil. If God is both all good and all-powerful, how is it possible for the world to be so full of human and natural evils? Jacob was able to elicit from the Lord responses to the question of why He permits evil to flourish in this world. The Lord elucidates the perennial problem of evil for Jacob and us in three distinct genres and at three different levels of abstraction: at a metaphysical level in a philosophical patriarchal blessing, at a concrete level in the history of the emerging Nephite political economy, and in the Allegory of the Olive Tree.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [4249]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64825  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:18
Larsen, Val. “Restoration: A Theological Poem in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 10 (2014): 239-256.
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Abstract: The distinctive Mormon conception of God makes possible a logically coherent reconciliation of the facially incompatible laws of justice and mercy. The Book of Mormon prophet Alma clearly explains how these two great laws may be reconciled through the atonement and repentance that the atonement makes possible. Alma artfully illustrates the relationship between justice and mercy in a carefully crafted theological poem.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [4301]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 35884  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:22
Larsen, Val, and Newell D. Wright. “Theosis in the Book of Mormon: The Work and Glory of the Father, Mother and Son, and Holy Ghost.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 56 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 56 (2023): 275-326.
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Abstract: While some scholars have suggested that the doctrine of theosis — the transformation of human beings into divine beings — emerged only in Nauvoo, the essence of the doctrine was already present in the Book of Mormon, both in precept and example. The doctrine is especially well developed in 1 Nephi, Alma 19, and Helaman 5. The focus in 1 Nephi is on Lehi and Nephi’s rejection of Deuteronomist reforms that erased the divine Mother and Son, who, that book shows, are closely coupled as they, the Father, and Holy Ghost work to transform human beings into divine beings. The article shows that theosis is evident in the lives of Lehi, Sariah, Sam, Nephi, Alma, Alma2, Ammon2, Lamoni, Lamoni’s wife, Abish, and especially Nephi2. The divine Mother’s participation in the salvation of her children is especially evident in Lehi’s dream, Nephi’s vision, and the stories of Abish and the Lamanite Queen.

Keywords: apotheosis; Book of Mormon; Joseph Smith; theosis
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [81226]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 141124  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:08
Larsen, Vernon. Out of the Dust: Verse Inspired by the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Promised Land Publications, 1980.
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A collection of poems based on passages of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78129]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Larsen, Wayne A., and Alvin C. Rencher. “Response to Book of Mormon ’Wordprints’ Reexamined.” Sunstone 6, no. 2 (Spring, 1981): 22-26.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, wordprints; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [81961]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:49
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Multiple Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 9 (November 1979): 10-13.
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Results of the author’s use of statistical analysis to determine how many individuals authored the Book of Mormon. Results: “The odds against these books being the work of one author exceeded 100 billion to one!” Also compares Book of Mormon authors with Joseph Smith’s contemporaries, specifically men suggested as having been authors of the Book of Mormon. Result: “None of the wordprints of the modern authors resembled the Book of Mormon wordprints at all” Also did cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and classification analysis. A brief description is given of each with the results.

ID = [79857]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Larsen, Wayne A., and Alvin C. Rencher. “Response to Book of Mormon ‘Wordprints’ Reexamined.” Sunstone 6 (March-April 1981): 22-26.
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A reaction to an article by D. James Croft (Sunstone, March-April 1981) who challenges the methodology of an earlier article by Larsen and Rencher (BYU Studies, Spring 1980). Larsen and Rencher claim that different word styles of each Book of Mormon author can be reasonably maintained though they recognize that their studies have limitations.

ID = [80062]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Larsen, Wayne A., and Alvin C. Rencher. “Response: Book of Mormon ’Wordprints’ Reexamined.” Sunstone 6, no. 2 (March 1981): 22-26.
ID = [77237]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Larsen, Wayne A., and Alvin C. Rencher. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, ed. Noel B. Reynolds, 157–88. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1982.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
ID = [37106]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 55802  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:14
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 157-88. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1982.
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Tests the claim that the Book of Mormon was written by a number of ancient authors using an analysis called “wordprint” or the science of stylometry. Discusses potential non-Book of Mormon authors, Manova, cluster analysis, and classification analysis.

ID = [81075]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Larsen, Wayne A., and Alvin C. Rencher. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Reynolds, Noel B. Reprint Edition. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996.
ID = [81803]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:41
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?: An Analysis of Wordprints.” Brigham Young University Studies 20, no. 3 (1980): 225.
ID = [9189]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:49
Larson, Anthony E. Parallel Histories: The Nephites and the Americans. Orem, UT: Zedek Books, 1989.
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Suggests ways in which incidents and historical situations in the Book of Mormon are similar to those of the present era. Twelve parallels may be drawn between the Book of Mormon society and modern American society that may predict future events in America. Both nations had similar origins and crossed the ocean as a result of difference of religion and philosophy. Both degenerated in morality. This work is reviewed in P.289. [J.W.M.]

ID = [78138]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Larson, Clinton F. Corianton and Moroni. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1961.
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Two dramatic plays using Book of Mormon material showing the “tragic potential in the parallel destructions of the peoples of Jared and Nephi”

ID = [77722]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Larson, Clinton F., Stuart Heimdal, and Paul R. Cheesman. Illustrated Stories from the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Promised Land Publications, 1967.
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This is a sixteen-volume work for young readers. Major events are narrated and illustrated.

ID = [77889]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Larson, John. Mormonism Refuted. San Francisco: Protestant Publishing House, 1899.
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A polemical attack on Mormon beliefs. The author objects to the Mormon idea of expanding revelation, since the Bible is, as he asserts, infallible. The Book of Mormon contradicts the practice of plural marriage.

ID = [78064]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1899-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Larson, Kenneth Lloyd. “UFO’s and Time of the End Patterns: Some Comments on the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Flying Saucers 80 (Spring 1973): 14-24.
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Sightings of flying saucers in specified years are tied in with the advent of the Book of Mormon, the coming judgments, and the establishment of Zion.

ID = [80761]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:44
Larson, Stan. “Chronological dates are recorded at the bottom of the pages in the Book of Mormon. How reliable are these dates? Are there any that need to be corrected?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43796]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4546  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Larson, Stan. “Conjectural Emendation and the Text of the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 18, no. 4 (1978): 563.
ID = [9268]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 704  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:49
Larson, Stan. “Early Book of Mormon Texts--Textual Changes to the Book of Mormon in 1837 and 1840.” Sunstone 1, no. 4 (Fall, 1976): 44-55.
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A study of textual changes made in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual development
ID = [81960]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:49
Larson, Stan. “The Historicity of the Matthean Sermon on the Mount in 3 Nephi.” In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, edited by Metcalfe, Brent Lee, 115-64. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1993.
ID = [82124]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:59
Larson, Stan. Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Search for the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Free Thinker’s Press in association with Smith Research Associates, 1996.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Ferguson, Thomas Stuart; Mormon thought, Book of Mormon geography; Biographies, male, 20th century (books); Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon
ID = [81488]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:23
Larson, Stan, and John S. Dinger. Significant Textual Changes in The Book of Mormon: The first printed edition compared to the manuscripts and to the subsequent major LDS English printed editions. Salt Lake City, UT: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2013.
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The Book of Mormon is the scripture embraced by followers of Joseph Smith in his 1830s Latter-day Saint movement. Despite the faith of believers that the Book of Mormon is “the most correct of any book,” ever since Smith dictated the text to scribes in 1827, there have been significant modifications with each printing. Here, presented for the first time, is an easy-to-use, single volume correlating all the major changes to English language editions of the Book of Mormon. It includes the original manuscript, printer’s manuscript, and fifteen editions from 1830, 1837, 1840, 1841, 1849, 1852, 1879, 1888, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1920, and 1981. The presentation is simple and reader friendly. The base text is from an original 1830 edition, and bold lettering signals the altered text. Footnotes track changes over time, with details from the variant texts. Often these changes simply clarify minor issues of spelling, adding or deleting conjunctions or completing fragmented sentences. But at several important points, the changes transform the meaning of Joseph Smith’s canon. A major character in the book describes the symbolism of a dream he has and refers to “the Lamb of God” (Jesus) as “the Eternal Father,” a generic Trinitarian belief that Mormons now reject. The text was subsequently changed to read “the Lamb of the Son of the Eternal Father,” which reflecting the shift in belief among Mormons at the time, as they came to regard Deity as three separate beings with exalted human bodies. Other changes affect basic understandings of theology, race, and identity, which morph through printings and are tracked here in a clean, straightforward approach.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, manuscripts; Book of Mormon, printing; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, editions and translations; Book of Mormon, textual development
ID = [81489]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:23
Larson, Stan. “Textual Variants in Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Dialogue 10 (autumn 1977): 8-30.
ID = [77246]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Larson, Stanley R. “Early Book of Mormon Texts: Textual Changes to the Book of Mormon in 1837 and 1840.” Sunstone 1 (Fall 1976): 44-55.
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Classifies and discusses the main types of textual changes in the 2nd (1837, Kirtland) and 3rd (1840, Nauvoo) editions of the Book of Mormon, including corrections of typos from the 1st (1830, Palmyra) edition, revisions by Joseph Smith for the 2nd edition, corrections in the 3rd edition by reference to the original manuscript, and accidental errors in both editions.

ID = [79391]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Larson, Stanley R. “The Odyssey of Thomas Stuart Ferguson.” Dialogue 23 (Spring 1990): 55-93.
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An examination of the life and work of Thomas Stuart Ferguson, a well known Book of Mormon apologist and founder of the New World Archaeological Foundation. The writer concludes that Ferguson lost faith in the Book of Mormon before he died.

ID = [80582]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:34
Larson, Stanley R. “The Sermon on the Mount: What Its Textual Transformation Discloses Concerning the Historicity of the Book of Mormon.” Trinity Journal 7 (1986): 23-45.
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Compares the version of the Sermon on the Mount that appears in 3 Nephi with what textual critics of the dominant school (from Tischendorf to the Alands) have proposed is the original text for Matthew’s version of the sermon. Selects eleven variant passages that all these textual critics have agreed on and shows that in all eleven cases the Book of Mormon agrees with Erasmus’s “Textus Receptus” (on which the 1611 King James Version of the New Testament was based) but against what these textual critics have proposed. Assumes that the reconstructed text of these textual critics must be the original text (despite our substantial lack of knowledge concerning the history of the New Testament text for the first several centuries) and therefore concludes that the Book of Mormon text for the Sermon on the Mount is non-historical.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80637]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:37
Larson, Stanley R. “A Study of Some Textual Variations in the Book of Mormon Comparing the Original and the Printer’s Manuscripts and the 1830, the 1837, and the 1840 Editions.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1974.
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A horizontal columnar comparison of the original manuscript, the printer’s manuscript, corrections in the printer’s manuscript for the 1830, 1837, and 1840 editions. Also presents a review of the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon, and six appendices.

ID = [78931]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Larson, Stanley R. “Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Dialogue10 (Autumn 1977): 8-30.
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Examines fifty textual changes found in the currently published Book of Mormon in contrast with the original hand-copied printer’s manuscript. There are three categories of variations: (1) corrections within the manuscripts themselves, (2) transcription errors, and (3) differences between the manuscript version and the printed copy.

ID = [80243]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
LaRue, William Earl. The Foundations of Mormonism. New York: Revell, 1919.
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The Book of Mormon is a fabrication that plagiarizes from the Bible. An evidence of failed prophecy is that so few Indians have accepted the book and joined the Mormon Church. According to the author, the Book of Mormon “has made no valuable contribution to the knowledge of religion. It is a cunningly devised fable that requires ignorance, credulity, and superstition in order that one may believe in it”

ID = [78484]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1919-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Lassetter, Courtney J. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision: A Look at Structure and Theme in the Book of Mormon.” Perspective: A Journal of Critical Inquiry (Winter 1976): 50-54.
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A challenge to the idea that the Book of Mormon is composed of discreet, unrelated episodes, but rather it is literarily unified. The vision of the tree of life, for example, unfolds themes that appear throughout the book. The symbolism of the tree of life as the love of God as manifested in Christ is seen dramatically through a chronological view of Jesus’ role on earth—from his condescension, to the crucifixion, to his personal visit to the Lehites.

ID = [79698]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Launius, Roger D. “Review of Joseph Smith’s New York Reputation Reexamined, by Rodger I. Anderson.” Dialogue 24 (Summer 1991): 146.
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Book review.

ID = [80093]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:07
Launius, Roger D. “Review of Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, by Ernest H. Taves.” Western Illinois Regional Studies 8 (Fall 1985): 76-78.
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Book review.

ID = [80122]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Hansen, Kristine, and Keith Lawrence. “A Reader’s Library.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 2 (2003): 100-106.
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Both Hansen and Lawrence review Grant Hardy’s The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition. Not meant to replace the 1981 edition published by the church, this edition appears in a reader-friendly format and provides additional notes and appendices.

Keywords: Literary; Literature; Structure
ID = [3132]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 27340  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:27
Layton, Lynn C., and H. J. Layton. “Book of Mormon Lands.” n.p., 194?.
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Speculates on Book of Mormon geography. Defends the view that Moroni hid the plates in upstate New York.

ID = [77620]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1940-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Layton, Lynn C., and H. J. Layton. “Book of Mormon Lands.” n.p., 194?.
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Speculates on Book of Mormon geography. Defends the view that Moroni hid the plates in upstate New York.

ID = [77620]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1940-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Layton, Lynn C. “An ‘Ideal’ Book of Mormon Geography.” Improvement Era 41, no. 7 (1938): 394-395, 439.
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This article contains a map of the proposed geography of the Book of Mormon but does not super-impose this geography over a present-day map. The author makes an analysis of the geographical descriptions in the Book of Mormon text.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography, Book of Mormon Geography – Internal Geography
ID = [76943]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1938-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:07
Layton, Melaine N. “I Pray that the Eyes of Your Heart May be Enlightened.” Wheeling, IL: n.p., 1975.
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This polemical treatise on Mormonism ventures into several issues, including the reported methods by which the Book of Mormon was translated, the changes that have been made in the book since 1830, and the King James language found in the book. The author sees a connection between the Book of Mormon and Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews.

ID = [77883]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Multiple Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 9 (November 1979): 10-13.
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Results of the author’s use of statistical analysis to determine how many individuals authored the Book of Mormon. Results: “The odds against these books being the work of one author exceeded 100 billion to one!” Also compares Book of Mormon authors with Joseph Smith’s contemporaries, specifically men suggested as having been authors of the Book of Mormon. Result: “None of the wordprints of the modern authors resembled the Book of Mormon wordprints at all” Also did cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and classification analysis. A brief description is given of each with the results.

ID = [79857]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints.” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 157-88. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1982.
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Tests the claim that the Book of Mormon was written by a number of ancient authors using an analysis called “wordprint” or the science of stylometry. Discusses potential non-Book of Mormon authors, Manova, cluster analysis, and classification analysis.

ID = [81075]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?: An Analysis of Wordprints.” Brigham Young University Studies 20, no. 3 (1980): 225.
ID = [9189]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:49
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Abinadi with Shon Hopkin.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 28, 2018.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [5452]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2018-02-28  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 679  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:28
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “The Apocrypha with Jared Ludlow.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 24, 2018.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
ID = [5472]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2018-10-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,old-test  Size: 4211  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:28
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Despite All We Can Do with Daniel O. McClellan.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 18, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [5401]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-03-18  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 52908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:27
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “LDS Perspectives Podcast: Book of Mormon Central with Neal Rappleye.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 19, 2016.
ID = [5406]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-10-19  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 582  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:27
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “LDS Perspectives Podcast: Lehi in America with Brant Gardner.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 24, 2016.
ID = [5410]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-11-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 1053  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:27
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “LDS Perspectives Podcast: Nephi and Isaiah with Joseph Spencer.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 11, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [5408]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2016-11-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,old-test  Size: 1352  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:27
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “LDS Perspectives Podcast: The Book of Mormon as Literature.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 25, 2017.
ID = [5411]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2017-01-25  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 1415  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:27
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Old Testament People and Places – Jared Ludlow.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 14, 2018.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > General Articles
ID = [5453]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2018-03-14  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,old-test  Size: 1293  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:28
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Part 1: A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon with Bradley J. Kramer.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 8, 2020.
ID = [5493]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6287  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:28
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Part 2: How the Book of Mormon Counters Anti-Semitism with Bradley J. Kramer.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 8, 2020.
ID = [5494]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5674  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:28
LDS Perspectives [pseud. of Laura Harris Hales]. “Studying the Book of Mormon with Grant Hardy.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 16, 2019.
ID = [5477]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-01-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 3552  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:28
Lea, Leonard J. Compendium of the Scriptures: Including Texts of the Standard Books of the Church. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1951.
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Compendium of scriptural references from the Book of Mormon and other standard works of the RLDS church appear under subject headings to assist greater understanding of doctrinal topics. Topics include the divine nature of God, the Book of Mormon, divine revelation, authority and priesthood.

ID = [77703]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1951-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Lea, Leonard J. “New Information about Old American Civilization.” Saints’ Herald 76 (28 August 1929): 1047-48.
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Quotes several passages from A. Hyatt Verrill, Old Civilizations of the New World wherein Verrill writes that archaeology does not reveal a primitive culture that gradually evolved to a higher state. Verrill wonders at the technological abilities of the ancient Americans and maintains that they probably used steel. Evidence of the wheel is presented and a discovery of Greek- and Phoenician-inscribed pottery near the Amazon. These evidences support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79898]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-08-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Lea, Leonard J. Presenting the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,n.d.
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A four-page pamphlet inviting the reader to consider the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78170]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Lea, Leonard J. “‘Secret Combinations’” Saints’ Herald 84 (6 March 1937): 292.
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True secret combinations are alliances between the criminal underworld and corrupt government officials. They are designed to exploit, to plunder public treasures, and to promote vice.

ID = [78829]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-03-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Leahy, Sean. “‘Learned’ and ‘Unlearned’ Reading in The Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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In recalling his “First Vision” in 1820, Joseph Smith writes of the “anxieties” over the “contests of [the] parties of religionists” that drove him to seek solace in scripture and “attempt to pray vocally” for the first time in his young life. Smith describes turning to the Epistle of James, a reading that precipitated his calling out for an answer to his “anxieties.” The reply to Smith’s “vocal” prayer initiated a course of events that ultimately led to the publication of The Book of Mormon in March 1830. Since then, the story of the plates whose translation constitutes the text The Book of Mormon has provoked nearly as much-if not more-attention than the exceedingly complex narrative itself. The experience of reading the text poses challenges, though not because of its tedium (as Mark Twain suggested) or the demands it places on one’s willingness to suspend disbelief; instead, the challenges it poses derive, I will argue, from the way in which reading itself is figured in the text. This paper intends to take up the problem of reading and The Book of Mormon, which I believe the text presents but does not fully resolve.

ID = [81909]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:46
Leavitt, Carrick D. “Papyrus Boat Sails Ocean.” Church News 40 (18 July 1970): 15.
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Reports the Atlantic crossing by Thor Heyerdahl in his papyrus boat Ra 2. This achievement is seen as important support for Book of Mormon accounts that the Nephites, Jaredites, and Mulekites crossed the oceans on their way to the Americas.

ID = [79964]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-07-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Leavitt, Dean H., Jonathon C. Marshall, and Keith A. Crandall. “The Search for the Seed of Lehi: How Defining Alternative Models Helps in the Interpretation of Genetic Data.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 36, no. 4 (Winter, 2003): 133-150.
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“A culture’s level of scientific understanding significantly influences how its religious texts are interpreted. The interplay between scientific discovery and scriptural understanding has been controversial throughout history. For example, the Catholic church’s response to scholars who disproved the geocentric understanding of the universe is well known. The studies of geology, astronomy, and organic evolution have all caused numerous problems with literal interpretations of the Biblical account of creation. Similarly, the Book of Mormon, a sacred text for a number of American religions, has been subject to reinterpretation in light of new scientific understanding. Its particular account of the history of the American continent has been intensely examined since its introduction by Joseph Smith, Jr., in the mid-nineteenth century.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon; Genetics
ID = [81982]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:51
Leavitt, Janit Perry. “Prized Possession.” Friend 23 (June 1993): 15-17.
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A story for children teaching that the Book of Mormon is a “prized possession” that should be shared with friends.

ID = [80001]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1993-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:01
LeBaron, E. Dale. “African Converts Without Baptism.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 3, 1998.
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Keywords: Baptism; Book of Mormon; Conversion; History
ID = [69178]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1998-11-03  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:46
LeBaron, E. Dale. “The Book of Mormon: A Pattern in Preparing a People to Meet Christ.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995. Transcript of a lecture presented as part of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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Dale LeBaron counsels us to draw on the power of the Book of Mormon and the words of Christ’s representatives to discover the Lord’s pattern for preparing for the second coming. This preparation entails knowing the signs of the second coming, knowing the patterns of destruction, believing that despite persecution righteousness will prevail, heeding the counsels of the prophets, and studying the ministry of Christ and the teachings about his return.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Teachings
ID = [8413]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:43
LeBaron, E. Dale. “Ether and Mormon: Parallel Prophets of Warning and Witness.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 153–65. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36720]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 28906  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:52
LeBaron, E. Dale. “The Savior’s Ministry to the Nephites: A Millennial Prototype.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995.
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When the angel Moroni first appeared to the young Prophet Joseph Smith, he told young Joseph that God had a work for him to do, and further, that the work would begin the preparatory work for the second coming of the Messiah. He was further told that the gospel would be preached unto all nations, that a people might be prepared for the millennial reign. The book that Moroni delivered to Joseph, and the other revelations of the Restoration, make it very clear, that one of the greatest responsibilities incumbent upon this dispensation is to prepare a people for the Savior’s second coming.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [8414]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:43
Leddy, Herbert J. “Selections from Book of Mormon Translated into Guam Language.” Church News60 (17 February 1990): 11.
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Parts of the Book of Mormon were translated into Chamorro, the language of Guam, and presented to leaders of government in Guam.

ID = [80156]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1990-02-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:10
Lederer, Dr. Visions of Joseph Smith, the Seer; Discoveries of Ancient American Records and Relics. Lamoni, IA: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1896.
Display Abstract  

An evangelical tract written by a former Jew supporting the Book of Mormon and its claims to antiquity. The author discusses evidence that he feels supports the Book of Mormon, such as the testimony of the witnesses, the Newark Stone, and similarities between native Americans and Hebrews.

ID = [78755]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1896-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Lee, George P. “Lamanites- The Chosen.” Devotional, Brigham Young University—Idaho, November 8, 1983.
ID = [73376]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1983-11-08  Collections:  bom,byui-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:07:55
Lee, Harold B. Address Delivered by Elder Harold B. Lee. Cambridge, MA: New England Mission, 21 May 1962.
Display Abstract  

An address to missionaries on the angel “flying in the midst of heaven” (Moroni) and the Book of Mormon containing the fullness of the gospel.

ID = [77482]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1962-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Lee, Harold B. “Communion with Deity.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1966.
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This article discusses how Aaron chided Ammon for boasting, but Ammon reminded his brother that he did not boast in his own strength, but in the strength of God. Spiritual strength is needed to serve in our earthly missions, thus we must be attuned to God through repentance, faith, good works, and continual prayer.

Keywords: Aaron (Son of King Mosiah); Ammon (Son of King Mosiah); Faith; Humility; Praise; Sons of King Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [27810]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1966-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 16199  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:17
Lee, Harold B. “The Iron Rod.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1971.
ID = [13133]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1971-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 19574  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:25
Lee, Harold B. “The Iron Rod.” Ensign, June 1971.
ID = [40952]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19373  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:40
Lee, Harold B. “Responsibilities of the Priesthood.” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1971.
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Harold B. Lee - “The Church has need of every member that all may be edified together.”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [13187]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1971-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8013  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:25
Lee, Hector. The Three Nephites: The Substance and Significance of the Legend in Folklore. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1949.
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A scholarly analysis of the legend of the Three Nephites among Latter-day Saints in Utah. Lee explains the history of the Three Nephites and shows the chronological frequency and distribution of the legends. Lee analyzes the dominant motifs of the legends and discusses their historical, sociological, and psychological impact. More than thirty legends of the Three Nephites are included in the appendix.

ID = [78675]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1949-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Lee, Rex E., and Janet G. Lee. “Keeping an Open Mind about Things that Matter.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 11, 1990.
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“I strongly believe that one of the best barometers by which you can measure whether you are taking advantage of what BYU uniquely offers is your activity in your ward or other congregation.”

Keywords: Decision-making; Thoughts
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68902]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1990-09-11  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:40
Lee, Rex E., and Janet G. Lee. “Keeping an Open Mind about Things that Matter.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 11, 1990.
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“I strongly believe that one of the best barometers by which you can measure whether you are taking advantage of what BYU uniquely offers is your activity in your ward or other congregation.”

Keywords: Decision-making; Thoughts
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68902]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1990-09-11  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:40
Lee, Rex E. “Paul and Alma and Harold B. Lee: What Prophets and Common Sense Can Teach Us About Learning From Our Mistakes.” University Conference, Brigham Young University, September 14, 1993.
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“There will be adequate opportunities for unavoidable error and disappointment; we need not reach out affirmatively to create them.”

Keywords: Learning
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [68978]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1993-09-14  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:45
Lee, S. N. “Remarkable Discoveries in America.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 71, no. 22 (3 June 1909): 337-38.
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Reports that Mr. Kinkaid, an employee of the Smithsonian Institute, found an entrance to a very large cave while traveling in the Grand Canyon. He estimates that more than fifty-thousand highly civilized people would have been able to live in this cave system hewn out of rock. The author speculates this could have been a Jaredite colony. Such discoveries will ultimately show that Joseph Smith is a prophet and was inspired of God to bring forth the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81336]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1909-06-03  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:14
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “Another ‘Wise Purpose’ for the Small Plates.” Zarahemla Record 11 (Winter 1981): 1-2.
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Discusses a possible “wise purpose” for the small plates. Since Nephi and Lehi experienced Jerusalem and the Old World their writings have a more distinct Jewish flavor to them. This is essential for a witness to Jews that Jesus is the Messiah and that the Book of Mormon is true.

ID = [79043]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “The Consistency of Satan’s Tactics.” Zarahemla Record 62 (July/August 1992): 2-4.
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Summarizes the tactics and pitfalls of the three great anti-Christs, Sherem, Nehor, and Korihor. The blandishments resorted to by these three are recognizable today, both in and out of the church.

ID = [80437]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:26
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “The Faith of Christ.” Zarahemla Record 64 (November/December 1992): 1, 4.
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Points out that the Book of Mormon prophets before Christ believed in and testified of Christ. Suggests that those who live at the current time follow their example.

ID = [80459]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “The Lamb Chapter.” Zarahemla Record 41 (February 1989): 3.
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Nephi uses the word lamb 59 times. The term is found just a few other times in the Book of Mormon. John the Revelator uses lamb much more than other New Testament writers. Perhaps the frequent use of lamb by John and Nephi was due to their being shown the same vision.

ID = [80503]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “The Learning of the Jews. The Purpose Principle in Action: Why Heads.” Zarahemla Record 42 (April 1989): 3.
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According to the “purpose principle,” everything in the Book of Mormon is there for a purpose. In Jacob 1:4 Jacob writes that he should engraven the heads of preaching, revelation, or prophesying on the plates. As used here, “heads” is a Hebraism meaning the most important or best of such teachings.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80517]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:31
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “The Learning of the Jews. The Purpose Principle in Action: Why Heads.” In Recent Book of Mormon Development, Articles from Zarahemla Record, 2:42-43. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1992.
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According to the “purpose principle,” everything in the Book of Mormon is there for a purpose. In Jacob 1:4 Jacob writes that he should engraven the heads of preaching, revelation, or prophesying on the plates. As used here, “heads” is a Hebraism meaning the most important or best of such teachings.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80516]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:31
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “Maya Hieroglyphs for Cardinal Directions Found—Or North is North.” Zarahemla Record 32-33 (1986): 14.
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People deciphering Book of Mormon geography have argued about whether the Nephite “north” is true north. This article reports hieroglyphs found in Rio Azul that were oriented correctly to the cardinal directions.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [79744]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “No Erasers.” Zarahemla Record 13-14 (Summer and Fall 1981): 5.
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Lists verses where mistakes were made by the engraver of gold plates and the way in which the engraver corrected them. These include 1 Nephi 2:41, 1 Nephi 3:245, and Alma 14:112 (RLDS versification).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79908]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “O House of Israel.” Zarahemla Record 47 (February 1990): 3-4.
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This article presents the results of a word-by-word comparison of Isaiah passages used in the Book of Mormon. Entire verses and phrases are lost from the book of Isaiah in the Bible, and the biblical Isaiah had lost the concept of the restoration of the entire House of Israel.

ID = [79918]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Treat, Raymond C., and Mary K. Leeding. “Salvation: Not Just for the Life to Come.” Zarahemla Record 61 (May/June 1992): 3.
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Writes that salvation through Christ does not concern only the after-life reward but salvation from worldly evils during mortality.

ID = [80137]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:09
LeFevre, David A. “Records and Relics: Convenantal Transition in Alma 37.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [34077]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40062  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
LeFevre, David A. “‘We Did Again Take Our Journey’” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 2 (2006): 58-67, 120-122.
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David A. LeFevre analyzes the studies done by Warren Aston (see page 8), Richard Wellington and George Potter (see page 26), and Kent Brown (see page 44) and compares them, using the text of the Book of Mormon as a guide. These three studies take liberty in interpreting Nephi’s usage of specific terms; LeFevre, however, insists that such interpretations are unnecessary and inaccurate. He analyzes other phrases in a more conservative way in order to find additional information regarding Lehi’s trek. He specifically discusses Lehi’s life in Jerusalem, the route Lehi took from Jerusalem to the Red Sea, the Valley of Lemuel, the route from Shazer to Nahom, the route from Nahom to Bountiful, and the building of the ship at Bountiful.

Keywords: Bountiful; Jerusalem; Lehi’s Trail; Nahom; Nephi; Red Sea; Shazer; Valley of Lemuel
ID = [3192]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 55723  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:31
Legg, Phillip R. Oliver Cowdery: The Elusive Second Elder of the Restoration. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1989.
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Gives an in-depth historical account of the life of Oliver Cowdery who was scribe for Joseph Smith as he translated the Book of Mormon, and a witness who never denied his testimony. He died at the age of 43, following years of difficulties, disappointment, and failing health. Contains Elizabeth Cowdery’s testimony that Oliver affirmed his testimony of the divinity of the book.

ID = [78111]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Leigh, Samuel F. Testimony of the Three Witnesses. Samuel F. Leigh, 191?.
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A brief tract recounting the testimony of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon and the their subsequent adherence to that testimony until the time of their deaths.

ID = [78316]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1910-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Leonard, Glen M. “Documents, Press Recall Palmyra Events.” Church News 60 (31 March 1990): 7.
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Many people have preserved one of the original 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon. These have been collected by Church members or the Church History Museum.

ID = [79383]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1990-03-31  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Allen, James B., and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.
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Authors present (on pages 31-46) an “introductory overview” of Moroni’s visit to Joseph Smith, and the subsequent translation and publication of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78667]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
LePlongeon, Augustus. Sacred Mysteries among the Mayas and the Quiche 11,500 Years Ago. New York: Robert Macoy, 1886.
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The sanctuaries and religious rituals of the Mayas and Quiche are investigated. The question of where and when Freemasonry originated is examined. Religious symbols of the New World are compared with symbolic representations of old Egypt, Greece, Rome, and elsewhere in the Old World.

ID = [78220]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
LePoidevin, Cecil George. “Zion, Land of Promise: An Atlas Study of Book of Mormon Geography.” N.p.: n.p., 1977.
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An atlas containing numerous drawings of maps in which various geographical locations in the Book of Mormon are identified. Migration patterns, battle sites, missionary routes, and the paths of explorations are mapped. Relevant Book of Mormon verses are offered with some commentary.

ID = [78802]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Lesh, Ralph F. Ancient Mesoamerica: A Preliminary Study of Book of Mormon Geography. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1980.
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Large map of Central America showing the migration routes of the Book of Mormon peoples. Uses double arrows to indicate a northward direction as well as a true north to accommodate directions used in the Book of Mormon. Identifies the “Narrow Neck” with the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

ID = [77545]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Lesh, Ralph F. “Lehi in the North Pacific: An Alternative to the Equatorial Route.” Zarahemla Record 4 (Spring 1979): 3-4, 10.
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A challenge to the view taken by the Committee on American Archaeology, appointed by the RLDS conference in 1894, that Lehi’s ocean route was along the equator. Author argues for a route north of the equator, the Kuroshio or Japan Current, and believes that Lehi sailed north of Hawaii. The voyagers eventually landed in Guatemala or El Salvador.

ID = [79692]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
LeSueur, Amanda. “Finding Comfort in King Benjamin’s Counsel.” Ensign, August 2008.
ID = [57957]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2008-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2546  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:03
Lesueur, James W. “Ancient American Ruins and Their Story.” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine (January 1920): 28-33.
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Some traditions of the Native Americans speak of people of the American continent who were descendants of Shem and were scattered at the time of “the confusion of tongues,” of people who believed they descended from the Jews and had preserved traditions of Moses and a miraculous crossing of the Red Sea. Joseph Smith brought forth the Book of Mormon by the power of God and it explains the ruins and ends the mystery surrounding them.

ID = [79025]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Lesueur, James W. “The Guatamalan (sic) Petroglyphs: The Nephite Story or From Whence Came the Aztecs.” Mesa, AZ: n.p., 1946.
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The author reviews many Indian legends and beliefs that parallel Book of Mormon claims. Such legends include: Jesus Christ visiting the Americas, their ancestors as descendants of Hebrews and their travel across the sea, and the voyages of Hagoth. The author interprets the Boturini Codex of the Peregrinacion de Los Aztecas, using the Book of Mormon. His interpretation parallels precisely the history of the Book of Mormon peoples.

ID = [78512]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1946-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Lesueur, James W. Indian Legends. Independence, MO: Zion, 1928.
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The legends of Indians who dwelt in North, Central, or South America are compiled. The legends concern the Indians’ origin, migrations, wars, cosmogonic stories, recitals of a universal flood, the building of a great tower, and visitations of a god and white prophets. Religious beliefs of the Indians are listed. One section juxtaposes selected passages in the Book of Mormon with analogous Indian legends.

ID = [77895]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1928-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
LeSueur, Stephen C. “Review of Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses, by Richard Lloyd Anderson.” Sunstone Review 2/6 (1982): 25.
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Book review.

ID = [80089]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Letchworth, H. I. “Concerning the Divinity of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 96 (10 October 1949): 970.
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Discusses the Tower of Babel, Nimrod, and the Jaredites and argues that the Gazelem mentioned in the book of Alma is the brother of Jared.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79325]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1949-10-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Leuba, Philippe. “The Sonora Ruins.” Deseret Weekly 52 (8 February 1896): 231-32.
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Editorial comments claim increasing archaeological evidences in support of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80643]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1896-02-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Lewis, Ben E. “The Most Correct Book.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (18 January 1972). Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1971.
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An admonitional speech encouraging individuals to regard the Book of Mormon with resolution. The stories relating Alma’s encounter with Korihor and Alma’s parting words to his three sons are recalled. The Book of Mormon is vital to our spiritual condition.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81083]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1972-01-18  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Lewis, Carl G. Book of Mormon. Lamoni, IA: Carl G. Lewis, 191?.
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A tract defending the LDS understanding of the condemnation of polygamy set forth in Jacob 2. The writer notes that polygamy is only permitted when the Lord commands it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [77578]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1910-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Lewis, Gordon R. The Bible, The Christian, and Latter-day Saints. Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1975.
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A polemical work against Mormonism, where the author alleges that Protestant doctrines are contained in the Book of Mormon, such as monotheism, the trinity, and others. Other Book of Mormon problems dealt with include anthropological and archaeological difficulties, the Smithsonian statement, the Anthon denial, textual changes, King James English, plagiarism, problems with the testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses, environmental influence, Hebrew origin of Indians, anachronisms, absurdities, and alleged doctrinal problems.

ID = [78343]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Lewis, Gordon R. Confronting the Cults. Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1966.
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A polemical work against Mormonism and other alleged cults. Numerous anachronisms and other problems with the Book of Mormon are discussed. Many of the same arguments are posed in the author’s work, The Bible, the Christian, and Latter-day Saints.

ID = [77717]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1966-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
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.
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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
ID = [296]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 31858  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:38
Lewis, William, Jr. “An Adaptation of the Book of Mormon for Radio.” M.A. thesis, Northwestern University, 1948.
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A series of dramatic scripts based on the Book of Mormon, designed as radio programs. Music, sound effects, and dialogue are features of the thesis.

ID = [78993]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1948-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Ley, Zenas H. “Synopsis of a Discourse Delivered at Lamoni, Iowa.” Saints’ Herald 26 (15 December 1879): 360-71.
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The sealed book foretold in Isaiah 11 is the Book of Mormon. To bring this book to light was the divine call of Joseph Smith. The “other sheep” of whom Jesus Christ referred were the people on the American continent.

ID = [80222]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-12-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:14
Limb, Gordon. “Recognizing and Responding to the Promptings of the Spirit.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 5, 2013.
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As we learn to better recognize and respond to the promptings of the Spirit, we will find answers to our prayers and have increased capacity to know how and whether those promptings are from the Holy Ghost.

Keywords: Decision-making; Inspiration; Spirit
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69859]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2013-03-05  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:51
Lindgren, A. Bruce. “Sign or Scripture: Approaches to the Book of Mormon.” Dialogue 19 (Spring 1986): 69-75.
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Discusses the value of various approaches to Book of Mormon study. The author asserts that scriptural status does not rest upon historicity. The Book of Mormon may be unhistorical and yet retain its value as scripture, since it “has the capacity to illuminate and communicate the gospel” He considers questions of historicity to be secondary to other concerns.

ID = [80169]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:11
Lindgren, A. Bruce. “Sign or Scripture: Approaches to the Book of Mormon.” In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Vogel, Dan, 55-62. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990.
ID = [82126]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:59
Lindsay, Jeff. “‘Arise from the Dust’: Digging into a Vital Book of Mormon Theme.” Paper presented at the 2018 FairMormon Conference. August, 2018.
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Keywords: Abinadi; Brass Plates; Chiasmus; Covenant; Dust; Dust of the Earth; Five Books of Moses; Isaiah (Book); King Benjamin’s Speech; Lehi (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Priests of King Noah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [32634]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2018-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 46758  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:50
Lindsay, Jeff. “‘Arise from the Dust’: Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon. Part 1: Tracks from the Book of Moses.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 179–232.
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 4–6:12 — Grand Council in Heaven, Adam and Eve
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
ID = [2703]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses  Size: 134437  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:02
Lindsay, Jeff. “‘Arise from the Dust’: Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part 1: Tracks from the Book of Moses).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 179-232.
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Abstract: In light of Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, one may wonder if Nephi or other authors might also have drawn upon the use of chains in the Book of Moses, particularly Satan’s “great chain [that] veiled … the earth with darkness” (Moses 7:26) and the “chains of darkness” (Moses 7:57). Though the phrase “chains of darkness” is not used in the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 1:23, quoting Lehi, combines chains and obscurity, where obscurity can have the meaning of darkness. In fact, there may be a Hebraic wordplay behind Lehi’s words when he tells his wayward sons to “come forth out of obscurity and arise from the dust,” based on the similarity between the Hebrew words for “obscurity” and “dust.” The association between dust and chains and several other newly found linkages to Book of Moses material is enriched by a study of Walter Brueggemann on the covenant-related meanings of “rising from the dust” and “returning to the dust” in the Bible, a topic we explore in Part 2.
Then, after showing how dust-related themes in the Book of Mormon can enhance our understanding of several important passages, we build on that knowledge in Part 3 to “dust off” the most famous chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, where we will show that some apparent gaps and wordy regions in the complex chiastic structure of Alma 36 are more compact and meaningful than we may have realized. Both dust-related themes and themes from the Book of Moses assist in better appreciating the richness of that masterpiece of Hebraic poetry. Overall, a small amount of exploration motivated by Reynolds’ work may have led to several interesting finds that strengthen the case for Book of Moses content on the brass plates and deepen our appreciation of the use of ancient Near Eastern dust themes in the Book of Mormon, that majestic “voice from the dust.”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3727]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 63950  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:11
Lindsay, Jeff. “‘Arise from the Dust’: Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part 2: Enthronement, Resurrection, and Other Ancient Motifs from the ‘Voice from the Dust’).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 233-277.
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Abstract: In light of Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, one may wonder if Nephi or other authors might also have drawn upon the use of chains in the Book of Moses. Further examination of this connection points to the significance of the theme of “dust” in Lehi’s words and the surrounding passages from Nephi and Jacob, where it can involve motifs of covenant keeping, resurrection, and enthronement. Recognizing the usage of dust-related themes in the Book of Mormon can enhance our understanding of the meaning and structure of several portions of the text. An appeal to the Book of Mormon’s use of dust may also help fill in some gaps in the complex chiastic structure of Alma 36 (to be treated in Part 3) and add meaning to other portions of that “voice from the dust,” the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3728]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64422  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:11
Lindsay, Jeff. “‘Arise from the Dust’: Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part 3: Dusting Off a Famous Chiasmus, Alma 36).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 295-318.
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Abstract: In light of Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, exploration of concepts related to chains in the Book of Moses led to several insights involving a group of related motifs in the Book of Mormon where shaking off Satan’s chains and rising from the dust are linked, as discussed in Parts 1 and 2. Here we argue that an appeal to the Book of Mormon’s use of dust may fill in some gaps in the complex chiastic structure of Alma 36 and strengthen the case that it is a carefully crafted example of ancient Semitic poetry.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3730]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 45981  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:11
Lindsay, Jeff. “The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 1.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 25 (2017): 283-321.
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Abstract: Following the account of the ministry of Christ among the Nephites as recorded in the Book of Mormon, Christ gave a charge to His New World disciples (Mormon 9:22–25). These words are very similar to the commission of Christ to His apostles at the end of the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16:9–20). According to the consensus of modern Bible scholars, Christ did not speak those words; they are a later addition. If so, this is a problem for the Book of Mormon. Fortunately, recent modern scholarship offers compelling reasons for overturning the old consensus against the longer ending of Mark. Some of the factors from modern scholarship that indirectly help overcome a potentially serious objection to and apparent weakness in the Book of Mormon also help us better appreciate its strength as we explore unifying themes derived from an ancient Jewish perspective. In this Part 1 of a two-part series, we look at the evidence for the unity of Mark and the plausibility of Mormon 9:22–25. In Part 2 we examine further Book of Mormon implications from the thematic evidence for the unity of Mark.

ID = [3698]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64866  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:08
Lindsay, Jeff. “The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 25 (2017): 323-365.
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Abstract: Following the account of the ministry of Christ among the Nephites as recorded in the Book of Mormon, Christ gave a charge to His New World disciples (Mormon 9:22–25). These words are nearly like the commission of Christ to His apostles at the end of the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16:9–20). According to the general consensus of modern Bible scholars, Christ did not speak those words; they are a later addition. If so, this is a problem for the Book of Mormon. Fortunately, recent modern scholarship offers compelling reasons for overturning the old consensus against the longer ending of Mark. Some of the factors from modern scholarship that indirectly help overcome a potentially serious objection to and apparent weakness in the Book of Mormon also help us better appreciate its strength as we explore unifying themes derived from an ancient Jewish perspective. Part 1 of this two-part series looked at the evidence for the unity of Mark and the plausibility of Mormon 9:22–25. In Part 2, we examine further Book of Mormon implications from the thematic evidence for the unity of Mark.

ID = [3699]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64327  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:09
Lindsay, Jeff. “The Great and Spacious Book of Mormon Arcade Game: More Curious Works from Book of Mormon Critics.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 161-235.
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Abstract: A novel theory for the origins of Lehi’s vision of the Tree of Life has been offered by Rick Grunder, who argues that the story was inspired by a June 1829 visit to Rochester where Joseph could have seen a “great and spacious building,” a river, an iron railing, and even fruit trees. The purported source for the great and spacious building, the Reynolds Arcade, has even been suggested by one critic as a place where Joseph might have found “rare maps,” such as a map of Arabia that could have guided his fabrication of Lehi’s trail. As beautiful as such theories may be to their champions, they utterly fail to account for Nephi’s text.
Among the shortcomings of Grunder’s theory and creative extensions of it, the timing is problematic, for Joseph’s visit to Rochester likely occurred well after 1 Nephi was dictated. The proposed parallels offer little explanatory power for Book of Mormon creation. (For comparison, two online appendices for this article have been provided to illustrate how interesting random parallels can be found that may be more compelling than those Grunder offers.
) Further, any inspiration from a visit to Rochester as the plates of Nephi were being translated fails to account for the influence of Lehi’s vision and Nephi’s text on other portions of the Book of Mormon that were translated long before Joseph’s trip to Rochester. Finally, Nephi’s account of the vision of the Tree of Life and surrounding text cannot be reasonably explained by Grunder’s theory of last-minute fabrication inspired by Rochester or by any other theory of modern fabrication, as it is far too rooted in the ancient world and far too artfully crafted to have come from Joseph Smith and his environment.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3714]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64622  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:10
Lindsay, Jeff. “An Intelligent, Thoughtful Work on One of the Richest Portions of the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 145-152.
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Review of Terryl Givens, 2nd Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (Provo, UT: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2020). 124 pages. $9.95 (paperback).Abstract: Terryl Givens’s well-written and enjoyable book does much to equip readers of the Book of Mormon with new tools to appreciate the riches of a text often viewed as the most difficult part of the Book of Mormon. Givens helps us recognize Nephi’s sorrow over Jerusalem and his passionate hope and joy centered in the Messiah, Jesus Christ. He helps us understand the weightier matters that Nephi focuses on to encourage us to accept the covenants of the Lord and to be part of Zion. Readers will better respect 2 Nephi as a vital part of the Restoration with content critically important for our day.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3453]  Status = Checked by JA Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 14160  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:49
Lindsay, Jeff. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Map: Part 1 of 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 153-239.
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Abstract: The Arabian Peninsula has provided a significant body of evidence related to the plausibility of Nephi’s account of the ancient journey made by Lehi’s family across Arabia. Relatively few critics have seriously considered the evidence, generally nitpicking at details and insisting that the evidences are insignificant. Recently more meaningful responses have been offered by well educated writers showing familiarity with the Arabian evidences and the Book of Mormon. They argue that Nephi’s account is not historical and any apparent evidence in its favor can be attributed to weak LDS apologetics coupled with Joseph’s use of modern sources such as a detailed map of Arabia that could provide the name Nahom, for example. Further, the entire body of Arabian evidence for the Book of Mormon is said to be irrelevant because Nephi’s subtle and pervasive incorporation of Exodus themes in his account proves the Book of Mormon is fiction. On this point we are to trust modern Bible scholarship (“Higher Criticism”) which allegedly shows that the book of Exodus wasn’t written until long after Nephi’s day and, in fact, tells a story that is mere pious fiction, fabricated during or after the Exile.
There were high-end European maps in Joseph’s day that did show a place name related to Nahom. Efforts to locate these maps anywhere near Joseph Smith have thus far proved unsuccessful. But the greater failure is in the explanatory power of any theory that posits Joseph used such a map. Such theories do not account for the vast majority of impressive evidences for the plausibility of Nephi’s account of the journey through Arabia (e.g., remarkable candidates for Bountiful and the River Laman, the plausibility of the eastward turn after Nahom). They do not explain why one obscure name among hundreds was plagiarized — a name that would have the good fortune of later being verified as a genuine ancient tribal name present in the right region in Lehi’s day. More importantly, theories of fabrication based on modern maps ignore the fact that Joseph and his peers never took advantage of the impressive Book of Mormon evidence that was waiting to be discovered on such maps. That discovery would not come until 1978, and it has led to many remarkable finds through modern field work since then. Through ever better maps, exploration, archaeological work, and other scholarly work, our knowledge of the Arabian Peninsula has grown dramatically from Joseph’s day. Through all of this, not one detail in the account of Lehi’s Trail has been invalidated, though questions remain and much further work needs to be done. Importantly, aspects that were long ridiculed have become evidences for the Book of Mormon. There is a trend here that demands respect, and no mere map from Joseph’s day or even ours can account for this.
As for the Exodus-based attack, yes, many modern scholars deny that the Exodus ever happened and believe the story was fabricated as pious fiction well after 600 bc. But this conclusion does not represent a true consensus and is not free from bias and blindness. The Exodus-based attack on the Book of Mormon ultimately is a case where a weakness in biblical evidence from Egypt is used to challenge the strength of Book of Mormon evidence from Egypt’s neighbor to the east, the Arabian Peninsula. We will see that there are good reasons for the absence of evidence from Egypt, and yet abundant evidence that the Exodus material interwoven in Nephi’s account could have been found on the brass plates by 600 bc. The absence of archaeological evidence for Israel’s exodus from Egypt and the chaos in the many schools of modern biblical scholarship do not trump hard archaeological, geographical, and other evidence from the Arabian Peninsula regarding Lehi’s exodus.
We will see that some of the most significant strengths of the Book of Mormon have not been turned into weaknesses. Indeed, the evidence from Arabia continues to grow and demands consideration from those willing to maintain an open mind and exercise a particle of faith.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
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Lindsay, Jeff. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Map: Part 2 of 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 247-326.
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Abstract: The Arabian Peninsula has provided a significant body of evidence related to the plausibility of Nephi’s account of the ancient journey made by Lehi’s family across Arabia. Relatively few critics have seriously considered the evidence, generally nitpicking at details and insisting that the evidences are insignificant. Recently more meaningful responses have been offered by well educated writers showing familiarity with the Arabian evidences and the Book of Mormon. They argue that Nephi’s account is not historical and any apparent evidence in its favor can be attributed to weak LDS apologetics coupled with Joseph’s use of modern sources such as a detailed map of Arabia that could provide the name Nahom, for example. Further, the entire body of Arabian evidence for the Book of Mormon is said to be irrelevant because Nephi’s subtle and pervasive incorporation of Exodus themes in his account proves the Book of Mormon is fiction. On this point we are to trust modern Bible scholarship (“Higher Criticism”) which allegedly shows that the book of Exodus wasn’t written until long after Nephi’s day and, in fact, tells a story that is mere pious fiction, fabricated during or after the Exile.
There were high-end European maps in Joseph’s day that did show a place name related to Nahom. Efforts to locate these maps anywhere near Joseph Smith have thus far proved unsuccessful. But the greater failure is in the explanatory power of any theory that posits Joseph used such a map. Such theories do not account for the vast majority of impressive evidences for the plausibility of Nephi’s account of the journey through Arabia (e.g., remarkable candidates for Bountiful and the River Laman, the plausibility of the eastward turn after Nahom). They do not explain why one obscure name among hundreds was plagiarized — a name that would have the good fortune of later being verified as a genuine ancient tribal name present in the right region in Lehi’s day. More importantly, theories of fabrication [Page 248]based on modern maps ignore the fact that Joseph and his peers never took advantage of the impressive Book of Mormon evidence that was waiting to be discovered on such maps. That discovery would not come until 1978, and it has led to many remarkable finds through modern field work since then. Through ever better maps, exploration, archaeological work, and other scholarly work, our knowledge of the Arabian Peninsula has grown dramatically from Joseph’s day. Through all of this, not one detail in the account of Lehi’s Trail has been invalidated, though questions remain and much further work needs to be done. Importantly, aspects that were long ridiculed have become evidences for the Book of Mormon. There is a trend here that demands respect, and no mere map from Joseph’s day or even ours can account for this.
As for the Exodus-based attack, yes, many modern scholars deny that the Exodus ever happened and believe the story was fabricated as pious fiction well after 600 bc. But this conclusion does not represent a true consensus and is not free from bias and blindness. The Exodus-based attack on the Book of Mormon ultimately is a case where a weakness in biblical evidence from Egypt is used to challenge the strength of Book of Mormon evidence from Egypt’s neighbor to the east, the Arabian Peninsula. We will see that there are good reasons for the absence of evidence from Egypt, and yet abundant evidence that the Exodus material interwoven in Nephi’s account could have been found on the brass plates by 600 bc. The absence of archaeological evidence for Israel’s exodus from Egypt and the chaos in the many schools of modern biblical scholarship do not trump hard archaeological, geographical, and other evidence from the Arabian Peninsula regarding Lehi’s exodus.
We will see that some of the most significant strengths of the Book of Mormon have not been turned into weaknesses. Indeed, the evidence from Arabia continues to grow and demands consideration from those willing to maintain an open mind and exercise a particle of faith.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
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Lindsay, Jeff. “The Next Big Thing in LDS Apologetics: Strong Semitic and Egyptian Elements in Uto-Aztecan Languages.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 26 (2017): 227-267.
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Review of Brian D. Stubbs, Changes in Languages from Nephi to Now (Blanding, UT: Four Corners Digital Design, 2016) and Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan (Provo, UT: Grover Publications, 2015).
Abstract: Following several articles and presentations over the past two decades on tantalizing finds linking Uto-Aztecan languages with Near Eastern languages, LDS linguist Brian Stubbs has recently published two significant works offering extensive details and documentation. The more comprehensive volume intended for scholars and serious students of language is Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan, a highly technical work providing 1,528 sets of cognates with intricate details linking Uto-Aztecan languages with two versions of Semitic and with Egyptian. This is followed by an analysis of puzzles in Uto Aztecan explained by Egyptian and Semitic ties as well as an exploration of grammatical and morphological parallels and many other details that further strengthen the case for an ancient connection to Near Eastern languages. Stubbs has made his work more accessible to general LDS readers with a less technical and highly readable work, Changes in Languages from Nephi to Now, that relates his findings to the Book of Mormon and what we can infer about the languages of Book of Mormon peoples. The changes in those languages, correspond remarkably well with the infusions of Near Eastern language that can be seen in abundance in Uto-Aztecan. Numerous questions remain that may require lifetimes of further research, but the meticulous foundation Stubbs has laid must not be treated like past amateurish and erroneous efforts over the centuries to find Hebrew in Native American languages. This is a serious, scholarly work that rises above the standards typically used to establish authentic language families. The evidence for, say, Hebrew in Uto-Aztecan is actually more impressive than the linguistic evidence for Hebrew influence in Yiddish. While implications for these finds on the Book of Mormon can be overstated, what Stubbs has uncovered may be among the most impressive scholarly finds related to the Book of Mormon.

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Lindsay, Jeff. “Orson Scott Card’s ‘Artifact or Artifice’: Where It Stands After Twenty-five Years.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 253-304.
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Abstract: When Orson Scott Card wrote “The Book of Mormon: Artifact or Artifice?” in 1993, he applied keen skills as an author of fiction to help readers understand how to detect the many hidden assumptions an author brings into a text. Subtle details such as the choice of what to explain or what not to explain to readers can quickly reveal the era and environment of the author. The value of Card’s analysis is reconsidered in light of extensive Book of Mormon studies since 1993 and has been found, for the most part, to have withstood the test of time well, like the Book of Mormon itself.

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Lindsay, Jeff. “The Possibility of Janus Parallelism in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 1-20.
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Abstract: Janus parallelism, a tool evident in ancient Hebrew poetry, is documented at some length by Scott B. Noegel in Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job, which I recently reviewed. Since the authorship of Job predates the removal of the Lehites from Jerusalem, this tool may have been available to writers in the Book of Mormon. While we do not have the original text to analyze wordplays in the original language, it may be possible to apply some of the cases considered by Noegel to find remnants of related “polysensuous” wordplays that might have been present in the original text or to consider other previously proposed wordplays that may include a Janus-like aspect.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Old Testament Scriptures > Job
ID = [3640]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 43604  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:05
Reynolds, Noel B., and Jeff Lindsay. “‘Strong Like Unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” Presented at the conference entitled “Tracing Ancient Threads of the Book of Moses” (September 18–19, 2020), Provo, UT: Brigham Young University 2020.
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
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Lindsay, Jeff, and Noel B. Reynolds. “‘Strong Like unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 1-92.
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Abstract: Over 30 years ago, Noel Reynolds compared matching non-Biblical phrases in the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon. Based on this analysis, Reynolds proposed a possible connection between the Book of Moses and hypothetical material on the brass plates that may have influenced some Book of Mormon authors. Reynolds’s work, “The Brass Plates Version of Genesis,” provided potentially plausible explanations for additional relationships between the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon that arose in two later Jeff Lindsay studies: one on the Book of Mormon account of Lehi1’s trail and another on the Book of Mormon’s intriguing use of the ancient theme of rising from the dust. The additional findings and connections presented here strengthen the original case Reynolds made for the ancient roots of the Book of Moses, roots that could have extended to the brass plates and then on to the Book of Mormon. Critics might dismiss such connections by asserting that Joseph merely drew from the Book of Mormon when drafting the Book of Moses; however, this view overlooks significant evidence indicating that the direction of dependence is the other way around. In light of the combined evidence now available, it is time to reconsider Reynolds’s original proposal and recognize the possibility that the Book of Moses is more deeply rooted in antiquity that many have recognized in the past.[Editor’s Note: This article is based on a presentation by Reynolds and Lindsay made at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference, Provo, Utah, Sept. 18–19, 2020, presented by The Interpreter Foundation, Brigham Young University Department of Ancient Scripture, Book of Mormon Central, and FairMormon. A more detailed version, along with an edited transcript of the question-and-answer session that followed the presentation, can be found in the forthcoming conference proceedings.].

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
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Reynolds, Noel B., and Jeff Lindsay. “‘Strong Like unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” In Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses: Inspired Origins, Temple Contexts, and Literary Qualities, Volume 1. Edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David R. Seely, John W. Welch and Scott Gordon, 315–420. Orem, UT; Springville, UT; Redding, CA; Tooele, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, Book of Mormon Central, FAIR, and Eborn Books, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Historicity and Ancient Threads — General Issues
Book of Moses Topics > Source Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis
ID = [4643]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2021-08-02  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website,moses  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:45
Lindsay, Jeff. “Too Little or Too Much Like the Bible? A Novel Critique of the Book of Mormon Involving David and the Psalms.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 29 (2018): 31 - 64.
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Abstract: A recent graduate thesis proposes an intriguing new means for discerning if the Book of Mormon is historic or not. By looking at Book of Mormon references to David and the Psalms, the author concludes that it cannot be the product of an ancient Jewish people and that it is, instead, the result of Joseph Smith’s “plagiarism” from the Bible and other sources. This paper examines the author’s claims, how they are applied to the Book of Mormon, and proposes points the author does not take into consideration. While the author is to be congratulated for taking a fresh perspective on the Book of Mormon, ultimately his methodology fails and his conclusions fall flat.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Samuel
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Lindsay, Jeff. “A Valuable LDS Resource for Learning from the Apocrypha.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 57-62.
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Abstract: Latter-day Saints are often aware that the Apocrypha contains valuable sacred material along with some “interpolations of men,” but few know how to approach those ancient texts and what they could learn from them. A new book by Jared W. Ludlow provides a helpful tool to guide LDS readers in appreciating the Apocrypha and exploring the material in these highly diverse sacred documents.
Review of Jared W. Ludlow, Exploring the Apocrypha from a Latter-day Saint Perspective (Springville, Utah: CFI, 2018). 234 pp. $16.99. Never repeat a conversation, and you will lose nothing at all. With friend or foe do not report it, and unless it would be a sin for you, do not reveal it; for someone may have heard you and watched you, and in time will hate you. Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave, it will not make you burst! Having heard something, the fool suffers birth pangs like a woman in labor with a child. Like an arrow stuck in a person’s thigh, so is gossip inside a fool.
Ecclesiasticus, aka The Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira,
aka Sirach 19:7–12. .

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
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Lindsay, Jeff. “Was a Rare Book on the Hindu Religion a Source for the Book of Ether?” The Interpreter Foundation website. December 9, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Lindsay, Jeff. “The Yoke of Christ: A Light Burden Heavy With Meaning.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 18 (2016): 171-217.
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Abstract: Christ’s famous call to take his yoke upon us in Matthew 11 may merit more analysis than it has commonly received. Taking up the yoke may have connections to other things that are taken upon us as well, including the name of Christ, temple covenants, priestly robes, and sacred anointing. These all reflect a relationship of obedience and service to the Master, who set the example by taking the heaviest yoke of all upon him, including the yoke-like beam of the cross that he carried to Golgotha and the full weight of human sin and misery as he suffered for us. Our yoke is easy, and the burden of the cross we are called to take up (Matthew 16:24; 3 Nephi 12:30) is light indeed relative to what he bore or to bearing the weight of our own sins. However, his call, while rooted in grace, implies actual effort and work, not belief alone. It is a call for faithful service, linked to him in sacred covenants most fully expressed in the sacred temple. A review of ancient scripture, early Christian writing, some Jewish perspectives, and modern revelation gives us insights into the richness of meaning that may be associated with taking upon us the yoke of Christ and entering into his rest.“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
— Matthew 11: 28–30.

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Lindsey, Jessie M. “Book of Mormon Genealogy, with Index, and Period Covered about 2200 B.C. to 421 A.D.” Honolulu: n.p., 1963.
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A self-published work containing a brief explanation of the Book of Mormon, several Jaredite and Lehite genealogical charts, and an index identifying each person in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77611]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Lindsey, Robert. A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
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Tells the history of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the translation and loss of the 116 pages of manuscript, the story of the book, and the claim that Mormons made of the reinstitution of God’s Old Testament Church. The author presents much Church history and organization to set the stage for the deceit and murder that took place in Salt Lake City in conjunction with the Mark Hofmann forgeries.

ID = [77417]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Line, C. Robert. “Bitter and Sweet: Dual Dimensions of the Tree of Life.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temptation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
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Line, C. Robert. “The Middoni Principle.” Religious Educator Vol. 1 no. 1 (2000).
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [38504]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 10793  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:39
Line, C. Robert. “‘With Power and Authority of God’: Principles of Missionary Success.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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The Book of Mormon contains powerful and priceless principles relating to the preaching of God’s word to His children. Although various principles relating to missionary work are found throughout the Book of Mormon, nowhere is this more evident than in Alma 17 and 18. This chapter seeks to help students and teachers of the restored gospel identify and implement a few of these potent principles that can help all of us have greater success in missionary work.

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

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
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Linford, Richard W., and Merilynne Linford. “Spending Time Together.” Ensign, July 1976.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Linford, Richard W., and Merilynne Linford. “Spending Time Together.” Ensign, July 1976.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Linn, David, and Kevin L. Barney. “‘Let Us Stain Our Swords No More’” Insights 22, no. 1 (2002).
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In Alma 24 we read of the courage of the people of Anti- Nephi-Lehi, Lamanites who had converted to the Lord. Their king pleaded with them, “Let us stain our swords no more with the blood of our brethren” (Alma 24:12). So great was their faith that they covenanted never to take up arms again and buried their weapons of war. When the unconverted Lamanites came against them, the Anti-Nephi- Lehies, rather than resist their attackers, prostrated themselves on the ground to pray and allowed their brethren to slay them.

Keywords: Lamanites; Christianity; Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Maurice
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Linn, William Alexander. “New Light on Mormonism.” The World Today 3 (September 1902): 1828-32.
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Sidney Rigdon placed a manuscript in Smith’s hands to proclaim as the Book of Mormon. This conspiracy was contrived by Rigdon and the manuscript was a revised edition of Solomon Spaulding’s manuscript.

ID = [79901]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1902-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Linn, William Alexander. The Story of the Mormons: From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901. New York: Macmillan, 1902.
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A history of Mormonism written by a non-Mormon. Chapters 6-11 discuss various aspects of the Book of Mormon, such as its translation, the 1834 Anthon denial, the role of the Three Witnesses, the Kinderhook plates, alleged quotes from Shakespeare, and various anachronisms and absurdities such as the presence of common Bible passages, pre-Columbian domesticated animals, and grammatical blunders.

ID = [78668]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1902-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Lipsit, S. J., C. W. Clark, David Winslow, James D. Wardle, Jim Christenson, and Evan A. Shute. “Shall We Improve the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 102 (7, 21 February, 21 March, 4, 18 April 1955): 139, 186, 273-74, 329, 370- 71.
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Editorials concerning whether or not changes should be made to the Book of Mormon. Lipsit warns against tampering with Divine will; Clark argues that the book’s imperfections show that Joseph Smith was not the author; Winslow supports correction of punctuation and grammatical errors; Wardle gives a history of various Book of Mormon editions, saying that a corrected edition is needed; Christenson argues for a modern English version of the Book of Mormon; Shute, whose original proposal for another edition of the Book of Mormon aroused the controversy, urges the RLDS church to work on foreign language translations of the Book of Mormon and to set up a committee to produce a “good English” translation of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80164]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-02-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:11
Literski, Nicholas S. “Mormonism, Masonry, and Mischief: Clyde Forsberg’s Equal Rites.” The FARMS Review 17, no. 1 (2005): Article 3.
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Review of Clyde R. Forsberg Jr. Equal Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture.

ID = [498]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 23592  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:50
Litster, Allen E. “How many languages has the Book of Mormon been translated into and how many copies have been distributed in the years since it was first printed?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43795]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4981  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Little, James A. “The Book of Mormon as a History.” Juvenile Instructor 13, no. 14 (1878): 158-159.
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Briefly discusses the Book of Mormon as inspired history.

Keywords: Abridgment, Historicity, Narrative
ID = [75898]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-07-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:08
Little, James A. “The Book of Mormon as a History.” Juvenile Instructor 13, no. 14 (1878): 158-159.
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Briefly discusses the Book of Mormon as inspired history.

Keywords: Abridgment, Historicity, Narrative
ID = [76475]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-07-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:40
Little, James A. “The Book of Mormon as History.” Juvenile Instructor 13 (15 July 1878): 158-59.
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Briefly discusses the Book of Mormon as inspired history.

ID = [80346]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-07-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:21
Little, James A. “A Family Dialogue.” Juvenile Instructor 17, no. 10 (1882): 155.
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Discusses fulfillment of prophecy given in 1 Nephi 13:14. Columbus and Indian oppression was foretold centuries ago, and prophecies yet remain to be fulfilled in the future.

Keywords: Ancient America, Mesoamerica, Prophecy, South America
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75931]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1882-05-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:10
Little, James A. “A Family Dialogue.” Juvenile Instructor 17, no. 10 (1882): 155.
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Discusses fulfillment of prophecy given in 1 Nephi 13:14. Columbus and Indian oppression was foretold centuries ago, and prophecies yet remain to be fulfilled in the future.

Keywords: Ancient America, Mesoamerica, Prophecy, South America
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [76502]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1882-05-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:42
Little, James A. “A Family Dialogue.” Juvenile Instructor 17 (15 May 1882): 155.
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Discusses fulfillment of prophecy given in 1 Nephi 13:14. Columbus and Indian oppression was foretold centuries ago, and prophecies yet remain to be fulfilled in the future.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [78875]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1882-05-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Little, James A. “The Jaredite Colony to America.” Juvenile Instructor 13, no. 18 (1878): 208-209.
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Retelling of the story of the voyage of the Jaredites to America.

Keywords: Ancient Near East, Book of Mormon Geography, Brother of Jared, Jaredite, Prophecy
ID = [75899]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-09-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:08
Little, James A. “The Jaredite Colony to America.” Juvenile Instructor 13, no. 18 (1878): 208-209.
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Retelling of the story of the voyage of the Jaredites to America.

Keywords: Ancient Near East, Book of Mormon Geography, Brother of Jared, Jaredite, Prophecy
ID = [76510]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-09-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:42
Little, James A. “The Jaredite Colony to America.” Juvenile Instructor 13 (15 September 1878): 208-9.
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Retelling of the story of the voyage of the Jaredites to America.

ID = [80496]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-09-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Little, James A. “Reflections on Reading the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 39, no. 32 (6 August 1877): 501-3.
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A testimony of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon exposes false doctrine and guides men in the proper course of their lives. Consistent with God’s divine justice and mercy, God had guided his peoples on both the eastern and western continents. The Book of Mormon is not a history of a people, for that would not have changed human affairs, but it is a book of doctrine.

ID = [80966]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1877-08-06  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:56
Lively, Asenith. “The Name of the Church and of the People of God.” Saints’ Herald 65 (13 November 1918): 1104-5.
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The Book of Mormon clearly teaches the name of Jesus’ church and outlines the requirements of membership. One must be willing to take the name of Christ upon him or herself and enter into covenants with nim.

ID = [80572]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1918-11-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:34
Livesy, Richard. An Exposure of Mormonism Being a Statement of Facts Relating to the Self-Styled “Latter-Day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon. Manchester, New York: William Shackleton and Son, 1840.
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An early polemical tract against Mormonism that accepts uncritically E. D. Howe’s book Mormonism Unveiled.

ID = [77521]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1840-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Livingstone, Amy L. “Allan K. Burgess. Timely Truths from the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): Article 4.
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Review of Timely Truths from the Book of Mormon (1995), by Allan K. Burgess

ID = [257]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 6205  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:36
Livingstone, John P., and Richard E. Bennett. “‘Remember the New Covenant, Even the Book of Mormon’ (D&C 84:57).” In Go Ye into All the World, eds. Reid L. Neilson and Fred E. Woods. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2012.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Missionary Work
ID = [34919]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history,d-c,rsc-books,rsc-church-history  Size: 32533  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:11
Lloyd, D. Clyde. Is That in the Book of Mormon?. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1962.
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A book containing trivia questions about the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77910]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1962-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Lloyd, R. Scott. “Book of Mormon Crucial to Survival, Prophet Declares.” Church News 58 (21 May 1988): 4.
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Social, ethical, cultural or educational converts will not survive under the heat of the day unless their taproots go down to the fullness of the gospel that the Book of Mormon contains.

ID = [79158]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-05-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lloyd, R. Scott. “Book of Mormon: Gathering Israel, Preparing for Second Coming.” Ensign, April 2013.
ID = [60131]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2013-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2719  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:36
Lloyd, R. Scott. “Messages, Music Move Listeners.” Church News 57 (24 January 1987): 3.
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President Benson and Elder Ashton spoke at a leadership conference concerning the importance of the Book of Mormon. President Benson stressed the importance of using the Book of Mormon in missionary work and in practical religion.

ID = [79758]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-01-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Lloyd, R. Scott. “Reach Out to Others, Leaders Urge.” Church News 57 (30 May 1987): 6.
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Admonishment by President Benson at a regional conference to “read, ponder, and teach” from the Book of Mormon, especially since “it was written for us”

ID = [80044]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-05-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Lloyd, R. Scott. “Region Members Pleased, Prophet Came after All.” Church News 56 (23 November 1986): 3.
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President Benson visited a conference and taught that “the Book of Mormon is the word of God”

ID = [80055]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-11-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Cowan, Richard O., Gerry Avant, and R. Scott Lloyd. “Three Nephite Disciples Have a Special Mission to Perform.” Church News 58 (15 October 1988): 10.
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Three of the Savior’s Nephite disciples remain on the earth until his second coming. The Prophet Joseph Smith testiied of their terrestrial state and that their translated bodies were designed for important future missions. Jesus gave them a promise of a still greater change to occur when he comes in his glory.

ID = [80725]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:42
Lloyd, T. E. “Carroll-Lloyd Exposé: Elder T. E. Lloyd Replies to Rev. Carroll, Defending the Book of Mormon and Prophetic Mission of Joseph Smith.” N.p., 1895.
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The Bible does not indicate a cessation of revelation, and was not intended to be the last and only rule of faith and practice. Joseph Smith received revelation that the Book of Mormon was a divine document. Hurlbut originated the Spaulding theory. Professor Anthon’s statement is examined. Discusses the witnesses to the Book of Mormon and finds their testimonies valid.

ID = [77678]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1895-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Longden, John. “A Marvelous Work.” Delivered at the Wednesday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1960.
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This article states that faithful men and women all over the world bear witness of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. The message can be spread throughout the world through Church members. Two stories, one of a Methodist minister and another of a young Baptist, reveal the value of this concept

Keywords: Authenticity; Book of Mormon; Missionary Work
ID = [27368]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1960-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 8523  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:14
Louthan, Bruce D. “Belief in Transoceanic Influence Becomes Intellectually Respectable—Again.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 132 (April 1973): 1-7.
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Four separate books accept the theory of diffusion from the Old World in explaining the origin of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas. The first two books are anthologies, the other two books were authored by scholars Cyrus Gordon and Thor Heyerdahl.

ID = [79097]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lovalvo, V. James. It Is Written: Truth Shall Spring Out of the Earth. Fresno, CA: Mid-Cal Publishers, 1980.
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Both the Apostasy and the Restoration are prophesied of in the Book of Mormon. The book is an important part of the Restoration. This work discusses Old World apostasy, then retells the history of the coming forth of the book, its story, the testimony of the witnesses, and a brief analysis of its teachings.

ID = [77916]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Loving, Albert L. From the Tower of Babel to the Hill Ramah Cumorah in Mexico. Independence, MO: Author, 1976.
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Speaks concerning the Jaredites and the Lehites, with emphasis on the Tower of Babel and the dispersion. Claims that the Hill Cumorah is located in the state of Morelos in Mexico.

ID = [77808]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Lowe, Gareth W. “The Book of Mormon and Early Southwest Cultures.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 19 (12 April 1954): 1-3.
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Believing that Book of Mormon events took place in Mesoamerica, the author speculates that peoples of the southwest section of the United States had connections and correspondences with their Mesoamerican neighbors. Other Asiatic peoples also likely played a part in the development of North American Indian culture.

ID = [80318]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-04-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:19
Lowe, Gareth W. “The Book of Mormon and the Late Southwest Archaeology.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 18 (25 February 1954):1-2.
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Discourages students of the Book of Mormon from associating all archaeological remains in the Americas with the Book of Mormon, since many of them differ in time and space.

ID = [80330]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-02-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:20
Sorenson, John L., and Gareth W. Lowe. “Explorations in Southern Mexico; Report of Field Work, NWAF Expedition of 1953.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 13 (June 1953).
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Explains the origin of the NWAF, accomplishments of its first season’s work in Tabasco and Chiapas (in which the authors participated), and the supposed conceptual tie to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79435]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Lowe, Josiah Beatson. Mormonism Exposé: Being a Lecture on the Doctrines and Practices of the Latter-Day Saints. Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1852.
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A polemical tract against the doctrines of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The testimony of the Book of Mormon witnesses is suspect since they all left the Church. The Book of Mormon shows evidence of borrowing from the language of the Bible and the King James Version. The Book of Mormon also contradicts the Bible in many places. These and other anachronisms in the book make it difficult to believe it to be the word of God.

ID = [78054]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1852-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Lowman, Pat. Book of Mormon Monologues. Independence, Missouri: Foundation for Research on Ancient America, 1987.
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Contains brief, dramatic monologues that express in informal settings various scenes in the Book of Mormon. They are useful for worship services, retreats, classes, reunions, devotionals, and campfires.

ID = [77628]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Lubben, Mary. “Chest Is ‘Storehouse’ of Mormon History.” Church News 43 (8 December 1973): 10.
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Tells of a chest that belonged to Frederick Kesler in which was his prize possession—one page of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. It has been donated to the LDS church.

ID = [79282]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-12-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Lubeck, Kathleen E. “Singles and Marrieds— Together in the Faith.” Ensign, April 1987.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [48047]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1987-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10118  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:11
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Book of Mormon was Written for Our Day.” Instructor 101 (July 1966): 265-66.
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Lists Book of Mormon passages that demonstrate that the book was written for our day. Also lists twelve Book of Mormon subjects that are particularly relevant for the people of the latter days.

ID = [80388]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:24
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Book of Mormon—A Modern Scripture.” N.p.: n.p., 2 February 1958.
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Typescript of a speech given on Temple Square. When Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, scholars believed the Bible was a closed book. This is no longer so because some scholars believe there may be additional scripture. Ezekiel foretold the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon story tells of three groups who migrated to America. The visit of Christ to America fulfills his prophecy to his disciples found in the book of John.

ID = [78438]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Challenge of the Book of Mormon.” In The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture, ed. Paul R. Cheesman, 1–20. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [36970]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 39959  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:06
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Combination Student and Teacher Guide to the Reading of the Book of Mormon: A Course of Study of the Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1961.
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A study guide for the Melchizedek priesthood quorums of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lessons encourage reading the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77401]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.
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A Book of Mormon study guide that includes a verse-by-verse commentary, five appendices, a number of charts and maps, and several expositions discussing the history behind the Book of Mormon, the purposes of the Book of Mormon, the major plates, a historical overview of biblical history preceding the Book of Mormon period, and a secular history of the peoples in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77402]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Ludlow, Daniel H., ed. Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Volume 5. Vol. 5 of 5. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishers, 1992.
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Volume 5 contains the complete texts of The Book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price.

Keywords: Encyclopedia; Scholarship
ID = [74110]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,eom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:08:36
Ludlow, Daniel H. “A friend of mine says he has prayed about the Book of Mormon but has not received a testimony of its truthfulness. Shouldn’t Moroni’s promise always work?” Ensign, March 1986.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [47497]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6867  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:07
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Guide to the Reading of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1964.
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A study guide of thirty-five sections on the Book of Mormon. Each section contains objectives, a prospectus for the assigned reading material, and study questions. Four appendices conclude the work.

ID = [77418]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Ludlow, Daniel H. “I Have a Question: Shouldn’t Moroni’s promise in the Book of Mormon (Moroni 10:4) always work?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 18-21. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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Ludlow analyzes Moroni’s promise in Moroni 10 and includes verses 1-5 that seem to indicate that it is necessary to study more than just the Book of Mormon. Biblical study is required, then ponder and pray with sincerity and faith, which makes one capable of recognizing the truths and promptings as the Holy Ghost manifests them.

ID = [81041]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:00
Ludlow, Daniel H. “I Have a Question: Why do we say that the Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel (D&C 20:9) when it doesn’t contain some of the basic teachings of the Church? Why doesn’t it include such doctrines as the three degrees of glory, marriage for eternity, premortal existence of spirits, and baptism for the dead?” In A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 11-15. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.
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The Book of Mormon definition of the gospel of Christ is revealed in 3 Nephi 27:13-22: the Atonement, faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. None of the four compilers intended to include all of the teachings and ordinances of Christ. Important doctrines are restored when the church membership is ready to accept them.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [81042]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:00
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Introduction to the Book of Mormon and Its Teachings.” Provo, UT: n.p., 1963.
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Supplementary guide for a BYU class, with comments about selected passages from the first half of the Book of Mormon and quotes from various authors.

ID = [77905]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Ludlow, Daniel H. “List of Suggestions to Help With Your Personal Study of the Book of Mormon.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 12.
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Sets forth eight “dos” and five “don’ts” in studying the Book of Mormon, taken from two audio cassettes entitled, “Getting the Most Out of the Book of Mormon” Examples are: do develop a personal marking system; do not be worried about what critics say about the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79717]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Message to the Jews with Special Emphasis on 2 Nephi 25.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 241–57. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [36878]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 33358  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:01
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Priceless Possession: How to Gain a Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 16, no. 10 (1986): 46-50.
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Pointing out that “signs follow them that believe,” Ludlow distinguishes some of the signs that do follow believers and shows that the Lord is not adverse to signs. Signs follow faith. An outlined method of study is given. Knowing the book is true is different than being able to live by its precepts.

Keywords: Faith, Scripture Study, Signs, Testimony
ID = [76601]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Ludlow, Daniel H. “A Priceless Possession: How to Gain a Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 16 (October 1986): 46-50.
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Pointing out that “signs follow them that believe,” Ludlow distinguishes some of the signs that do follow believers and shows that the Lord is not adverse to signs. Signs follow faith. An outlined method of study is given. Knowing the book is true is different than being able to live by its precepts.

ID = [78916]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Ludlow, Daniel H. Selected Reading and Reference Materials for Scripture (Book of Mormon) 121. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1963.
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A forty-six page booklet containing quotes from a variety of sources dealing with various aspects of the Book of Mormon. Designed as a supplementary resource for freshman Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University.

ID = [78240]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Series of Discussions on the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Extension Publications, 1964.
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An outline organized into three discussions: “The Book of Mormon as a Part of God’s System of Witnesses,” “The Teachings in the Book of Mormon of the Resurrected Jesus Christ,” and “Modern Messages of the Book of Mormon”

ID = [77451]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Student Guide to the Reading of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961.
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The student’s manual for the Melchizedek Priesthood quorums of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Book of Mormon is a companion book to the Bible. Presents lessons with a stated objective, a prospectus of the reading material for each lesson, and points to ponder. Includes a list of the records included in the book, chronological charts of leaders and their journeys.

ID = [77458]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Supplement for Religion 421 and 422. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1968.
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Designed as a supplement for students in Book of Mormon classes to provide essential background information, to acquaint students with the doctrinal and other great messages of the Book of Mormon, and to provide them with additional materials and bibliographical sources. Includes visual materials relating to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77464]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Title Page.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 19–34. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36889]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 23935  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:01
Ludlow, Daniel H., and S. Kent Brown. To All the World: The Book of Mormon Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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This new selection of materials from the incomparable Encyclopedia of Mormonism includes 151 Book of Mormon articles by 115 scholars and articulate authors.
Within this compilation, readers will find: 45 illustrative photographs, maps, and charts, bibliographies, a unique list of entries by category, and a full index of passages.

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Ludlow, Daniel H. “Why did the Lord command Adam and Eve to multiply in the Garden of Eden when they could not have children before the Fall? This is especially confusing when we have such scriptures as 1 Nephi 3:7.” New Era 3, September 1973, 13–14.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Topics > Adam and Eve [see also Fall]
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
ID = [67681]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:35
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Why do we say that the Book of Mormon contains ‘the fulness of the gospel’ (D&C 20:9) when it doesn’t contain some of the basic teachings of the Church? Why doesn’t it include such doctrines as the three degrees of glory, marriage for eternity, premortal existence of spirits, and baptism for the dead?” Ensign, September 1985.
ID = [47243]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1985-09-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,ensign  Size: 10772  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:05
Ludlow, Douglas Kent. “Liahona.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Ark of Cumorah, Compass, Director, Liahona
ID = [74695]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 1802  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:05
Ludlow, Jared W. “‘After All We Can Do’ (2 Nephi 25:23).” Religious Educator Vol. 18 no. 1 (2017).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
ID = [38426]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 36927  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:34
Ludlow, Jared W. “Alma’s Loving Counsel to His Sons about the Law of Justice.” In Give Ear to My Words, eds. Kerry Hull, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > G — K > Happiness
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [34073]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40566  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Ogden, D. Kelly, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein, eds. The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament. Proceedings of The 38th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
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The 38th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The Prophet Joseph Smith said that those who read the Bible can “see God’s own handwriting in the sacred volume: and he who reads it oftenest will like it best, and he who is acquainted with it, will know the hand [of God] wherever he can see it.” We cannot be true students of the Book of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants without also being students of the Old Testament, for Jesus declared that the Old Testament scriptures “are they which testify of me” (John 5:39). This book of scripture serves as the First Testament of Jesus Christ. ISBN 978-1-60641-138-4 Published in 2009

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Articles

Hammond, F. Melvin. “The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35401]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 33586  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Goodman, Michael A. “Eternal Marriage and Family in the Old Testament.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Family
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sealing
ID = [35402]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 32568  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Hilton, John, III. “Motherhood in the Old Testament.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35403]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 33719  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “The Plan of Salvation in the First Six Books of the Old Testament.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
ID = [35404]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 46422  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Whole Meaning of the Law.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
ID = [35405]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 49485  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Ellertson, Carol F. “The Sanctifying Power of True Ritual Worship.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35406]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 54757  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Parker, Jared T. “Cutting Covenants.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
ID = [35407]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 48271  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Hopkin, Shon D. “Christ, Covenants and the Caph.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
ID = [35408]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 54338  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Halverson, Taylor. “The Path of Angels.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [35409]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 41210  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘How Excellent Is Thy Lovingkindness’” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35410]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42805  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Ruth, Redemption, Covenant, and Christ.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35411]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 48777  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Ball, Terry B. “Isaiah’s ‘Other’ Servant Songs.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35412]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 25988  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Strathearn, Gaye. “‘Holiness to the Lord’ and Personal Temple Worship.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [35413]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 30883  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Schade, Aaron P. “The Imagery of Hosea’s Family and the Restoration of Israel.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Abrahamic Covenant
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
ID = [35414]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 43015  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Wilson, Lynne Hilton. “The Holy Spirit.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Gift of the Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Gifts of the Spirit
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35415]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 70643  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “Types, Shadows, and Symbols of Christ Seen by the Church Fathers.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, eds. D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [35416]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42868  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:40
Ludlow, Jared W. “The Influence of the Figure of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33814]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:08
Ludlow, Jared W. “The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible: Ancient Material Restored or Inspired Commentary? Canonical or Optional? Finished or Unfinished?” BYU Studies Quarterly 60, no. 3 (2021): 147–57.
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Joseph Smith began an ambitious program to revise the biblical text in June 1830, not long after the organization of the Church of Christ and the publication of the Book of Mormon. While the result came to be known as the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), it was not a literal word-for-word translation of ancient biblical languages from a manuscript but more of an inspired revision or paraphrase based on the King James Version in English, carried out primarily between June 1830 and July 1833.1 Since Joseph Smith never specifically addressed how or exactly why he made the particular changes he did, it is an open question whether he felt he was restoring ancient material, making inspired commentary, modernizing the language, a combination of things, or something else.2 Another open question related to this project is its status among Latter-day Saint scripture. Is the entire JST considered canonical or not? Perhaps a further open question is whether the JST project was ever finished. This paper will address these issues by giving an overview of statements and approaches toward the JST.

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > Translation
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [4604]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,moses,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 30648  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:42
Ludlow, Jared W. “Power in the Book of Ether.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [34008]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:19
Ludlow, Jared W. “The Powers of the Atonement: Insights from the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 9 no. 2 (2008).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
ID = [38131]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2008-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 22049  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:17
Ludlow, Jared W. “A Tale of Three Communities: Jerusalem, Elephantine, and Lehi-Nephi.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 2 (2007): 28-41, 95.
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Prior to the Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem in 586 BC, Lehi took his family into the wilderness. Around the same time, another group of Jews fled to Elephantine in Egypt. Ludlow evaluates the Nephite group, the Elephantine colony, and the Jews in postexilic Jerusalem to show how the Nephites compared religiously with other Jewish groups. Social relationships, the Sabbath and festivals, priesthood officials, and temples played important roles in all three communities, with the importance and function of each varying among the three. On the other hand, scriptural texts strongly aided the reformation of Jerusalem and played an important role among the Nephites, beginning with the retrieval of brass plates from Laban, but the Elephantine community lacked texts related to the Hebrew Bible. After comparing the three, Ludlow shows that the Nephites created their own religious community, separate and independent from the religious community they left behind.

Keywords: Brass Plates; Community; Elephantine; Festival; Jerusalem; Lehi-Nephi (Polity); Priesthood; Scripture; Temple
ID = [3213]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 45735  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:32
Ludlow, Jared W. “‘They Are Not Cast Off Forever’: Fulfillment of the Covenant Purposes.” In The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, eds. Dennis L. Largey, Andrew H. Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [34716]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 36520  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:59
Ludlow, Jared W., Brian M. Hauglid, and Fred E. Woods. Who Controls the Water? Yahweh vs. Baal/Justice and Mercy in the Book of Deuteronomy (Is There Mercy in the Old Testament?)/Garment of Joseph: An Update. Vol. 4 of Occasional Papers, edited by William J. Hamblin. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2003.
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Includes three papers: \"Who Controls the Water? Yahweh vs. Baal\" (Fred E. Woods), \"Justice and Mercy in the Book of Deuteronomy (Is There Mercy in the Old Testament?)\" (Jared W. Ludlow) and \"Garment of Joseph: An Update\" (Brian M. Hauglid).

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
ID = [8424]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:43
Ludlow, Victor L. “Agency—It’s Our Choice: Book of Mormon Insights.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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The choices we make may not affect the future history of our nation, but they do impact our personal destiny and influence those in our families and other circles of influence. Indeed, the cause-effect relationship of our choices is a major message of the Book of Mormon. In its pages, we learn about the nature of human agency and the enduring consequences of our choices. This chapter will discuss what agency is; how, where, and by whom various principles of agency are taught; and how understanding and applying the basic elements of agency will bring us nearer to God.

Keywords: Agency; Free Will
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
ID = [35805]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 26685  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:05
Ludlow, Victor L. “Book of Mormon’s Framework Shaped by Ancient Roots.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 7, 12.
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Shows how features in the Book of Mormon reflect Semitic roots. The following areas are cited: tribal culture, stewardship of Nephite kings and judges (King Benjamin’s speech echoes aspects of the biblical Samuel and Moses), authentic Semitic names, vows and oaths, and the line of prophets.

ID = [79252]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Ludlow, Victor L. “Covenant Teachings in the Book of Mormon.” In The Fulness of the Gospel, eds. Camille Fronk Olson, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
ID = [36239]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Ludlow, Victor L. “Covenant Teachings of the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. Transcript of a lecture presented as part of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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Victor Ludlow shows that covenants are prominent in the scriptures. He distinguishes between horizontal covenants, which take place between individuals, and vertical covenants, which take place between God and mortals. He discusses what it means to “cut a covenant” and its various applications. He notes how covenants entail requirements that find expression in obedience or disobedience with the consequences of blessings or punishments. He comments on how in 3 Nephi the Savior devotes significant time to speaking about covenants directly or dealing with subjects that are rooted in covenants, such as the teachings found in the Sermon at the Temple, which corresponds to the Sermon on the Mount. Charts and graphs are included.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Teachings
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [8415]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:43
Ludlow, Victor L. “Covenant Teachings of the Book of Mormon.” In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, 67-93. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Covenant
ID = [75498]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:49
Ludlow, Victor L. Isaiah: Prophet, Seer and Poet. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982.
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Author analyzes the book of Isaiah “in terms of historical context, literary style, scriptural context, and doctrinal application” Emphasis is placed upon Isaiah’s cultural and historical surroundings and his use of parallelism. LDS perspectives are employed where possible (e.g., wide use of the Book of Mormon Isaiah passages is made), yet passages are interpreted in an open-ended fashion, with the assumption that Isaiah’s pronouncements may typically refer to more than one event. Isaiah is affirmed as the sole author of the text. [A.L. & P.H.]

ID = [77914]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Ludlow, Victor L. “Jesus’ Covenant Teachings in Third Nephi.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 177-185. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The title page of the Book of Mormon states that the first purpose of the book is “to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever.” This means that the Book of Mormon is intended, in part, to teach Lehi’s descendants about the covenants that the Lord has made with them. The key covenant they will learn about is that they would be a blessing for all nations—a consecrated people of God. Beyond teaching about the covenants, the Book of Mormon also prophesies key signs and events that will demonstrate when the promised covenant is being fulfilled in the latter days.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Covenant; Prophecy; Title Page
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [75632]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 17615  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:54
Ludlow, Victor L. Jesus’ “Covenant People Discourse” in 3 Nephi: With Old Testament Background and Modern Application. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1988.
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The first purpose of the Book of Mormon as stated on the title page is to demonstrate to the remnant of the House of Israel the great things the Lord has done for their fathers, and to show that because of past covenants latter-day generations are not excluded from divine interest.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77926]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Ludlow, Victor L. “Philip J. Schlesinger, Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: A Study Guide for Understanding the Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3 (1991): Article 14.
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Review of Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: A Study Guide for Understanding the Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Philip J. Schlesinger.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [101]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,old-test  Size: 7983  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:27
Ludlow, Victor L. “Secret Covenant Teachings of Men and the Devil in Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 265–282. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
ID = [36812]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 30128  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:57
Ludlow, Victor L. Unlocking Isaiah in the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [29970]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:30
Luff, Joseph. “The Book of Mormon: Is It ‘The Stick of Ephraim’ Referred to in the Thirty-Seventh Chapter of Ezekiel, Verses Fifteen to Nineteen.” N.p.,n.d.
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An RLDS author takes issue with the traditional LDS interpretation of the sticks of Judah and Ephraim being the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78428]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Luffman, Dale E. “Making a Case for a Nineteenth-Century Reading of the Book of Mormon in the Community of Christ.” Restoration Studies 11 (Fall, 2010): 111-126.
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It is my contention that a responsible and usable approach to interpreting and understanding the Book of Mormon requires that the reader be brought into a historical conversation with the early nineteenth century, a larger hermeneutical conversation with the text itself, and an interpretive strategy that may enable a more-adequate understanding of a reading of the Book of Mormon, which would include the perceived aims and purposes of Joseph Smith Jr. himself. Such an approach is necessary if one is to adequately understand the word and witness of the Book of Mormon in the twenty-first century. [From the article]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, RLDS and; America, Mormon views of, 19th century; Book of Mormon, use and influence
ID = [82039]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2010-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:54
Lund, A. William. “The Book of Mormon—Greatest Missionary.” Deseret News Church Section(26 March 1932): 5, 7.
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The “Book of Mormon is the greatest missionary in all the world” Those who prefer to believe the Spaulding theory should publish the manuscript and make a comparison. There are two tests that must be applied to any man claiming to be a prophet of God: Are the things he prophesied coming true? Are the doctrines he teaches the same as those taught by Jesus Christ? In both instances Joseph Smith passes the test.

ID = [80410]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1932-03-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:25
Grant, Heber J., Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose. “New Issue of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 24, no. 4 (1921): 352-354.
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This article is an official announcement regarding a new edition of the Book of Mormon, having a new print type, two columns, chapter headings, book and chapter designations, footnote reference revisions, a synopsis of the chapters, a pronouncing vocabulary, and an index.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Formatting, Scripture Study, Study Helps
ID = [76982]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1921-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:09
Grant, Heber J., Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose. “New Issue of the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 8 (February 1921): 96-97.
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An official announcement regarding a new edition of the Book of Mormon, having a new print type, two columns, chapter headings, book and chapter designations, footnote reference revisions, a synopsis of the chapters, a pronouncing vocabulary, and an index.

ID = [79899]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1921-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Grant, Heber J., Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose. “New Issue of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 24 (February 1921): 252-53.
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An official announcement regarding a new edition of the Book of Mormon, having a new print type, two columns, chapter headings, book and chapter designations, footnote reference revisions, a synopsis of the chapters, a pronouncing vocabulary, and an index.

ID = [78812]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1921-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Lund, Anthon, H. “Discourse by Elder Anthon H. Lund.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 62, no. 4 (25 January 1900): 49-53.
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A testimony that a prophet of God guides the Church. Similar to the dream of Lehi, mists of darkness surround individuals today. The rod of iron, relied on in faith, leads to the tree of life. Lund explains that he reveres the Bible, but he also believes the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81020]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-01-25  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:59
Lund, Gerald N. “An Anti-Christ in the Book of Mormon—The Face May Be Strange, but the Voice Is Familiar.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
ID = [36783]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 36721  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:55
Lund, Gerald N. “Countering Korihor’s Philosophy.” Ensign, July 1992.
ID = [50580]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18211  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:46:08
Lund, Gerald N. “Divine Indebtedness and the Atonement.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christeds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 73–89. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Gratitude
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Stewardship
ID = [36833]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 31389  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:58
Lund, Gerald N. “‘Knowest Thou the Condescension of God?’” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 20th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, 80-92. Salt Lake City: Randall Book, 1992.
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Notes that the word “condescension” relative to God’s relationship to the world is used three times by Nephi, twice in his dream of the tree of life, and once in his psalm (2 Nephi 4:26). Proposes that there are three applications to this word in those passages: (1) the birth of Christ, (2) his mortal ministry, and (3) his mercies. Discusses the significance of the christological hymn in Philippians 2:5-8. [D.M.]

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [81057]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:01
Lund, Gerald N. “The Mysteries of God Revealed by the Power of the Holy Ghost.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 151–60. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
ID = [36897]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 16365  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:02
Lund, Gerald N. “Sanctification and Justification Are Just and True.” In The Ninth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon, edited by A. Gary Anderson, 28-38. Provo, UT: Religious Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1982.
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A vigorous doctrinal discussion on sanctification and justification, clarifying the terms by examining their Semitic and Greek roots. Explains practical application, arguing that the terms are not abstruse but easily understandable.

ID = [81066]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:02
Lund, Gerald N. “The Savior said that we should be perfect, even as he and our Father in Heaven are perfect. (See 3 Ne. 12:48) Are we expected to achieve perfection in this life? If so, how can I avoid becoming discouraged with myself as I try to achieve it?” Ensign, August 1986.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [47724]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12971  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:09
Lund, Herbert Z. “Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 95, no. 42 (26 October 1933): 689-95.
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Argues against statements that Joseph Smith produced the Book of Mormon by way of “visionary seizures” The testimony of the Three Witnesses is reprinted, as is a description of David Whitmer’s testimony before he died.

ID = [81424]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1933-10-26  Collections:  bom,millennial-star,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:19
Enders, Donald L., and Jennifer L. Lund. “Myths on Palmyra’s Main Street.” FARMS Review 21, no. 1 (2009): 63-77.
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Review of Gordon L. Weight. Miracle on Palmyra's Main Street: An “Old-Time” Printer's Perspective on Printing the Original Copies of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Translation
ID = [622]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 37156  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:59
Lund, John Lewis. Joseph Smith and the Geography of the Book of Mormon. Orem, Utah: The Communications Company, 2012.
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Joseph Smith and the Geography of the Book of Mormon begins by establishing Joseph Smith’s actual and verifiable words, which were subject to his review and correction during his lifetime, as a “Supreme Source” for the geography of the Book of Mormon. First- and second-hand accounts of what the Prophet Joseph said are referred to as “lesser sources.” Most of the confusion about the geography of the Book of Mormon results from lesser sources. One of the most undervalued and supreme sources of Joseph Smith’s teachings was an early church newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois titled the Times and Seasons. By a “thus saith the Lord” revelation, Joseph assumed the editorship of the Times and Seasons from March of 1842 to October of 1842. Several editorials dictated and approved of by Joseph identified Zarahemla being in the Guatemala of 1842 and the “small or narrow” neck of land being in Central America. Once either Zarahemla or the narrow neck of land have been discovered, one has found the axis mundi of the primary American events of the Book of Mormon. A comprehensive Author Identification Study confirmed the Prophet Joseph’s authorship of the Times and Seasons articles in question. The details and methodology of the Author Identification Study are reported on in this book. Also the reasons why one should accept Joseph Smith’s words above other sources and his whereabouts during the editions of the Times and Seasons editorials in question. Other interesting findings about volcanoes, the Law of Moses and the calendars, and how the Gold Plates arrived in Palmyra, New York are found with the pages of this book. [Publisher]

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Publications (Mormon), Times and Seasons; Book of Mormon; Law of Moses; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81490]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:23
Lund, Nancy R. “Nurturing Faith through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sperry Symposium.” BYU Studies 36, no. 1 (1996): 198.
ID = [12018]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 3123  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:09
Lundeen, Vernon E. “Just What is the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 98 (15 January 1951): 59-60.
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To clarify false impressions about the Book of Mormon, this article gives a brief summary of the narrative in the Book of Mormon, an account of its discovery and translation, and explains that the RLDS church is the “legal and spiritual successor” to the foundation built upon the doctrine of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79657]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-01-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Lundgren, Alice. “‘In the Learning of the Jews’: A Testimony.” Zarahemla Record 27-28 (Winter, Spring 1985): 14-15.
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Refers to mourning rituals enacted by Jews upon the death of a loved one and demonstrates how the rituals apply directly to the pattern given in Alma 30:2, where fasting, mourning, and prayer are mentioned.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78825]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Welch, John W., and John M. Lundquist. “Ammon and Cutting Off the Arms of Enemies.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ammon (Son of King Mosiah); Ancient Egypt; Ancient Near East; Warfare
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [66494]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:38
Lundquist, John M., and Stephen D. Ricks, eds. By Study and Also by Faith. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.
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These two volumes contain essays written by various authors in honor of Hugh W. Nibley. Many of the articles are related to Book of Mormon topics, such as the sacramental covenants, the Lamanite view, external evidences of the Book of Mormon, Lehi’s family and others. This work is reviewed in D.128.

ID = [77672]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Welch, John W., and John M. Lundquist. “Kingship and Temple in 2 Nephi 5-10.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Covenant; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Nephite Kingship; Temple Worship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [66460]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
King, Arthur Henry, Stephen D. Ricks, and John M. Lundquist. “Language, Humour, Character, and Persona in Shakespeare.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by , 456-482. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Shakespeare; William
ID = [75778]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:02
Welch, John W., John M. Lundquist, and Stephen D. Ricks. “The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13:13-19.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by , 238-272. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger; Melchizedek (Prophet); Plan of Redemption
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [75772]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:01
Lundstrom, Harold. “Bravos Highlight Oratorio Concerts.” Church News 42 (3 June 1972): 7.
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An oratorio concert focused on stories from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79261]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-06-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Lundstrom, Harold. “Gallery of Writers Furnish Imposing Choice of Books.” Church News 32 (29 December 1962): 16, 23.
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Announcements of new books, including a new edition of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79475]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1962-12-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Lundstrom, Harold. “Heyerdahl Book Supports Theory Polynesians Came from ‘America’” Church News23 (29 August 1953): 13.
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Reports on Heyerdahl’s book American Indians in the Pacific—The Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition . Argues that the Polynesians originated from the pre-Inca inhabitants of South America.

ID = [79521]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1953-08-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Lundstrom, Harold. “Original Words of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 51, no. 2 (1948): 84-86, 116.
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Defending the originality of the Book of Mormon, this article discusses how during the period of 1820-1830 coining words was less common than at any subsequent time in America. The fact that the Book of Mormon contains so many unfamiliar words is a testimony of its divinity. B. H. Roberts studied the names in the Book of Mormon and found that Jaredite names end with consonants and Nephite names in vowels. One hundred eighty-one new words came forth out of seventy-five working days of translation.

Keywords: Authenticity, Book of Mormon Anachronisms, Book of Mormon Authorship, Linguistic Analysis, Onomastics
ID = [76952]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1948-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Lundstrom, Joseph. “Book of Mormon Manuscripts: 2 ‘Original’ Copies Were Made.” Church News 38 (26 October 1968): 5, 14.
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There were two copies of the manuscript of the Book of Mormon—the original manuscript (written mostly by Oliver Cowdery as Joseph translated) and the printer’s copy (recopied mainly by Emma Smith). The original was placed in the cornerstone of the Nauvoo House and the printer’s manuscript went to Oliver Cowdery who gave it to David Whitmer just prior to his death.

ID = [79195]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1968-10-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Lundstrom, Joseph. Book of Mormon Personalities. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969.
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A collection of more than fifty profiles of Book of Mormon personalities. Each sketch originally appeared in the Church News

ID = [77631]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Lundstrom, Joseph. “‘Unto Three Shall They Be Shown’” Church News 11 (13 July 1968): 10.
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Visitors to the visitor’s center on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, can hear readings of testimonies of the Book of Mormon from the Three Witnesses, Emma Smith, and Lucy Mack Smith.

ID = [78838]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1968-07-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Lyman, Albert R. A Voice Calling. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 196?.
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A pamphlet directed to the American Indians as a missionary message. Summarizes the contents of the Book of Mormon and invites the Indians to investigate the book.

ID = [77470]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Lyman, Melvin A. Out of Obscurity into Light. Salt Lake City: Albany Books, 1985.
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Using President Kimball’s definition of Lamanite, this book focuses upon the native American inhabitants as descendants of Lehi and Ishmael. The author tells of the evil treatment that these children of Lehi have received in North and Latin America. Archaeological, historical, and traditional evidence reinforce the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon records the Lord’s promises to the Lamanites and those who are under obligation to aid in the fulfillment of these blessings.

ID = [78127]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Lyman, Richard R. “The Twenty-Second Day of September.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 99, no. 37 (16 September 1937): 600-1.
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An editorial commemorating Joseph Smith’s receipt of the gold plates from the hand of the angel Moroni.

ID = [81455]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-09-16  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:21
Lynn, Ervin. “The Book That Would Not Burn.” Ensign, October 1986.
ID = [47805]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2755  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:09
Lynn, Wayne B. The Book of Mormon Our Unpaid Debt. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Schools, Dept. of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 198?.
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Noting that the Book of Mormon came from the ancestors of the Lamanites, the author admonishes Church members to take more seriously the mandate to inform the Lamanites of their book and their great role in the latter days.

ID = [78389]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Lyon, Jack M. “When Pages Collide: Dissecting the Words of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 4 (2012): 120.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [10994]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 29369  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:01
Burrell, Wanda Lee, and Maurice C. Lyon. Mormonism. London: Church Book Room Press, 1961.
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A polemical work that sets forth claims against Mormonism and its doctrines. The account of the angel and his gold plates is of questionable authenticity since the plates themselves are not available for inspection. Charles Anthon denied the Mormon version of the Martin Harris incident, and Harris must have lied or exaggerated greatly. There is no archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon. It attributes King James English to people who lived thousands of years ago, and moreover it attributes Christian ideas and phrases to people who lived long before Christ’s coming in the flesh. The testimony of the Book of Mormon witnesses is also dismissed as worthless.

ID = [78038]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Honey, David B., and Michael P. Lyon. “An Inscribed Chinese Gold Plate in Its Context: Glimpses of the Sacred Center.” In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, 19-65. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Buddhism; China; Far East; Metal Plates
ID = [75497]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:49
Lyon, T. Edgar, Jr. T. Edgar Lyon: A Teacher in Zion. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2012.
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A teacher at the Salt Lake Institute of Religion for three decades, T. Edgar Lyon regularly drew more students than could squeeze into his classroom. Lyon’s gift as a vivid storyteller made Church history “come alive.” Dr. Lyon, eyes twinkling, would ask: “Why did Brigham Young choose oxen over horses or mules to move wagons westward?” “Better gas mileage,” Lyon beamed: “They could survive on poor grass without supplemental grain, and they ate less in comparison to the weight they pulled.” Lyon always affirmed, “The testimony is in the details.” Lyon’s rich biography, revealed through an engaging narrative, explores his mission and mission presidency in the Netherlands, University of Chicago study under renowned biblical scholars, contributions to seminary and institute programs during the Church Educational System’s formative years, and work with the Nauvoo Restoration project.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75344]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,brigham,byu-studies,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:40
Lyon, Thomas Edgar, Jr. “Publishing a Book of Mormon Poetry: The Harp of Zion.” BYU Studies 27, no. 1 (1987): 85-96.
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In 1848 James Brady, a poor Irishman living in Scotland, was baptized into the LDS church. Five years later he still was well acquainted with poverty but with the help of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund was able to heed Church counsel to flee “Babylon” and emigrate to America. En route to “Zion,” while in St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote to friends in Scotland, recalling the tight financial circumstances surrounding his departure: “When I left Glasgow I had 5 shillings and I gave 3[shillings] and sixpence in Liverpool for the harp of zion.” His grand sum of five shillings at departure would have equaled about one dollar and twenty-five cents in United States money, yet he paid, seemingly squandered, more than two-thirds of his total savings to buy a single volume of poetry! What influences acted upon destitute Brady and thousands of other poor LDS Saints, causing them to lay out scarce and needed savings to purchase a single book of poems? Early Mormon leaders placed such a high value on poetic expression of the principles of the restored gospel that Church funds were used to pay for the publication and distribution costs of the first book of LDS poetry. By purchasing the Harp of Zion, James Brady was participating in both a material and spiritual activity that would, he was assured, aid his eternal salvation.

Keywords: Brady; James; Perpetual Emigrating Fund; Poetry
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Black, Sharon, Bradley R. Wilcox, and Kyle C. Lyons. “Book of Mormon Citations in General Conference, 1965–2014.” Religious Educator Vol. 17 no. 3 (2016).
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