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S. “Origin of the Indians.” Juvenile Instructor 16 (1 April 1881): 81-82.
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Gives seventeen reasons listed by Lord Kingsborough why the Indians are Israelites.

ID = [79951]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1881-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
S., A. F. “Hebrew Culture of American Indians.” Saints’ Herald 101 (2 August 1954): 750.
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Latter-day Saints are not unique in their belief that the Indians have Hebrew origins. Quotes The History of the American Indian by James Adair (1775) to support this claim.

ID = [79513]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1954-08-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
S., H. C. “The Spalding Romance.” Journal of History 2 (January 1909): 89-95.
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A series of communications between A. T. Schroeder and D. H. Bays that appeared in the Christian Evangelist, 9 Aug. 1899—2 Nov. 1899, discussing the possibility that the Spaulding manuscript was the basis of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80645]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1909-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
S., J. Z. “The Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 42, no. 16 (19 April 1880): 246-47.
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Old Indian and Spanish histories that are preserved in Mexican libraries and museums provide evidence of the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80976]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-04-19  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:57
S., L. D. “Interesting Relics of an Ancient People.” Saints’ Herald 54 (1 May 1907): 380-81.
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A reprint of an article written in the Register and Leader by E. H. Robb who finds that America has been inhabited from a very early period of time, which recalls the statements of the Book of Mormon concerning the Nephites and Jaredites.

ID = [79599]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1907-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
S., L. P. “The Choice Seer—Who Is He?” The Rod of Iron 1 (June 1924): 22-24.
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Analyzes 2 Nephi 3 and finds that a choice seer will be a blessing to the descendants of Lehi. The choice seer may be Jesus Christ, whose work was the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [80426]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:26
S., L. P. “The Work of This Dispensation.” The Rod of Iron 1 (May 1924): 17-19.
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The mission of the Book of Mormon and the work of this dispensation is to save souls, to gather Israel, to teach the covenants of God, and to build Zion.

ID = [80708]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:41
Sainsbury, C. L., Lyle L. Smith, Forest Morrisett, and David L. Veal. “The ‘International Timeline’ and Mormon Theology.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14 (July-August 1988): 10-11, 15.
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Letters to the editor defend or condemn the advertising of a historical time chart containing biblical and Book of Mormon events. Some maintain that the events of the Book of Mormon do not represent a historical reality, while others believe that the events do represent reality.

ID = [80251]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:16
Saints Alive. Archaeology Proves the Book of Mormon?. Concord, CA: Pacific, 1982.
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The Book of Mormon’s claim that it is a record of God’s people in America cannot be sustained by archaeological evidence. Members of the LDS church approach archaeology only in an amateur way.

ID = [77560]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sakuth, F. A. Why Was Joseph Smith A False Prophet?. Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing Co., 1903.
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Author considers it his duty to warn humanity of the dangers of the Church and its false prophet. Joseph Smith was given power to translate the Book of Mormon by God and no other gift was given to him.

ID = [78789]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1903-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Salleh, Fatimah. The Book of Mormon for the Least of These, Volume 1. Salt Lake City, UT: BCC Press, 2020.
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“This social justice commentary of the Book of Mormon empowers readers to understand the text as a book that speaks to issues of racism, sexism, immigration, refugees, and socioeconomic inequality. The Book of Mormon : For the Least of These offers an unflinching examination of some of the difficult and troubling sections of the Book of Mormon, while also advocating for a compassionate reading of holy text. As a verse-by-verse close reading, this book examines new layers of interpretation and meaning, giving even those deeply familiar with scripture innovative tools for engaging powerfully with the Book of Mormon.” [Amazon summary]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, narrative criticism; Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, commentaries
ID = [81510]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:24
Salter, Melvin Sam. The Lord’s Promise from Moroni 10:4-5. Sunland, CA: Salter Music, 1957.
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In this four part song, written in the key of D flat Major, Salter uses the words of Moroni 10:4-5 exhorting the listener to ask God if the Book of Mormon is true.

ID = [78549]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Salter, Melvin Sam. ‘Ye Are They’: One of the Sacred Sacramental Songs . . . on Doctrinal Subjects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sunland, CA: Salter Music, 1957.
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This song, written in the key of F Major for a soprano voice, uses the text of 3 Nephi 15:21-24, which states that the Nephites are the other sheep of whom Jesus spoke in John 10:16.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77372]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Salyards, R. S. “The Lord’s Prayer in the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 98 (26 February 1951): 202-3.
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An examination of the Lord’s prayer in the Book of Mormon. Believes that Joseph Smith did not copy the Bible in translating the Book of Mormon. [A.C.W.] ook of Mormon. Believes that Joseph Smith did not copy the Bible in translating the Book of Mormon. [A.C.W.] ”

ID = [80529]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-02-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:31
Salyards, R. S. “Original Manuscript of Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 52 (22 March 1905): 281-83.
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Presents a history, description, and photographs of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79952]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-03-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Salyards, R. S., Sr. The Book of Mormon; Its Origin, Nature, and Purpose. A Record of Two Great Civilizations of Ancient America. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1968.
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Presents notes concerning the origin of the Book of Mormon. The nature of the book is sacred history as well as profane history, it teaches morality and spiritual truths, and it presents a perfect philosophy of life. Its primary purposes are to witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ and to combat the controversies that exist between the Bible and the modern philosophies of men.

ID = [80406]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:25
Salyards, R. S., Sr. “The Book of Mormon—Its Origin, Nature, and Purpose.” Saints’ Herald 84 (17 April 1937): 493-499.
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Presents notes concerning the origin of the Book of Mormon. The nature of the book is sacred history as well as profane history, it teaches morality and spiritual truths, and it presents a perfect philosophy of life. Its primary purposes are to witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ and to combat the controversies that exist between the Bible and the modern philosophies of men.

ID = [80412]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-04-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:25
Samuelson, Cecil O. “Character.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 4, 2012.
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I hope in our time together this morning we can think carefully and seriously about what we really are and, more important, what we desire and need to become. I am satisfied that this aim of a BYU education—to build character—cannot be neglected or diminished because all of the aims and the mission of this great university are so intimately related to one another.

Keywords: Character
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69841]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2012-09-04  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:51
Samuelson, Cecil O. “Citizenship, Research, Teaching: The BYU Way.” University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 26, 2008.
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…my hope is that we can as colleagues across campus think faithfully and diligently together about how we can make inquiry, creativity, and research a more effective part of how we not only transmit known information but, more important, how we enhance teaching by participating personally in the process of discovery and the creation of new knowledge.

Keywords: BYU; Citizenship; Teaching
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69645]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2008-08-26  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:49
Samuelson, Cecil O. “Distinguished Graduates of 2006.” Commencement, Brigham Young University, April 27, 2006.
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I believe being acceptable to God and having the approval of the right kind of men and women are the ultimate accreditation that we should each personally seek. And the basic standard by which we will be measured is whether or not we serve Christ.

Keywords: BYU
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69531]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2006-04-27  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:49
Samuelson, Cecil O. “This Special and Great University.” Commencement, Brigham Young University, April 22, 2004.
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I hope we will commit ourselves today and continue this commitment throughout our lives to contribute in every way that we can to building the kingdom of God on earth and also in supporting our alma mater.

Keywords: BYU
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [69410]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2004-04-22  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:48
Samuelson, Sharon G. “The Iron Rod—The Word of God.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 8, 2009.
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In order to live with God once again, you cannot deviate from the strait and narrow path or lose your firm grip on the iron rod or you will be as those who were lost in Lehi’s vision.

Keywords: Righteousness
ID = [69697]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2009-09-08  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:50
Sánchez, José, ed. El Libro de Mormón Ante la Cr’tica. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1992.
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Contains essays on the Book of Mormon including José Sánchez, “Las Traducciones y Ediciones del Libro de Mormón al Espa–ol”; José Sánchez, “MuŽstrenme a un ‘Lamanita’ “; José Sánchez, “Bibliograf’a Selecta del Libro de Mormón”; José Sánchez, “El Libro de Mormón y Yo”; Mark L. Grover, “Bibliograf’a de la Iglesia Mormona en LatinoamŽrica”; and a small “Encuesta S—bre el art’culo MuŽstrenme a un ‘Lamanita,’ ” compiled by Sánchez.

ID = [77771]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Sanchez, Joshua. “A Burned Book of Mormon.” Ensign, September 2017.
ID = [62066]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5316  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:49
Puening, Ronald L., Barbara A. Hainsworth, Karen Galley, Philip Jackson, Matt Paulson, Marilyn Stewart, Scott J. Klemm, Thomas L. Faulkner, Louis Wilkins, Peter Vokac, Richard G. Belliss, W. D. Sanders, and John W. Miller. “Queries and Comments: More on the Nephites and the Book of Mormon.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14 (November—December 1988): 12, 14-18, 20.
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Letters responding to C. L. Sainsbury’s letter (July/August issue) seeking inclusion of Nephite history on an international timeline. Contributors contend that no archaeological evidence exists for the Book of Mormon, point out the book’s similarity to the Bible, and enclose the Smithsonian Institution’s statement concerning the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80034]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Santiago. “Prehistoric Races of Arizona.” The Contributor 10, no. 6 (1889): 204-206.
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There is much evidence of an ancient civilization in Arizona. According to the author, the legends that surround these people closely resembled the story of the Nephites chronicled in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient America - North America, Native Americans
ID = [76008]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:15
Santiago. “Prehistoric Races of Arizona.” Contributor 10 (April 1889): 204-6.
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There is much evidence of an ancient civilization in Arizona. The legends that surround these people closely resemble the story of the Nephites chronicled in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79988]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Santiago. “The Title of Liberty.” Contributor 11 (1889-1890): 312-13.
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A poem about Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

ID = [80683]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:40
Santiago. “The Title of Liberty.” The Contributor 11, no. 8 (1890): 312-313.
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A poem about Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

Keywords: Poetry, Title of Liberty
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76022]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1890-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:15
Santiago. “The Title of Liberty.” The Contributor 11, no. 8 (1890): 312-313.
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A poem about Moroni and the Title of Liberty.

Keywords: Poetry, Title of Liberty
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76586]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1890-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Satterfield, Bruce K. “The Divine Justification for the Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 561—94. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39703]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Satterfield, Bruce K. “Moroni 9–10: Remember How Merciful the Lord Hath Been.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 277–88. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [36728]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 27549  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:52
Sayre, Jillian J. “Books Buried in the Earth: The Book of Mormon, Revelation, and the Humic Foundations of the Nation.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter examines the importance of written text in the Book of Mormon and the way in which its writers transcend time, communicating directly with readers in the present day. It argues that the Latter-day Saint community is influenced largely by voices from the past, and that similarly, America’s national culture formed due to the societal connections created by print culture.

Keywords: Social and cultural history; Social and cultural history, American setting; Book of Mormon
ID = [82102]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:57
Sbresny, M. A. Mormonism: As It is Today: Some Striking Revelations. London: Stockwell, 1911.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The writer notes what he perceives to be several anachronisms in the Book of Mormon, asserting that there is not a “scrap of evidence” in support of the antiquity of Book of Mormon names. The Book of Mormon is merely the “production of an over-imaginative mind”

ID = [78073]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1911-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Davis, Howard A., D. R. Scales, W. L. Cowdery, and G. Passantino. Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?. Santa Ana: Vision House, 1977.
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A detailed polemic against the Book of Mormon that claims that the Spaulding manuscript was the primary source of the Book of Mormon. Includes background historical material, a brief bibliography, and eight appendices. Attempts to demonstrate a connection between Sidney Rigdon and Solomon Spaulding.

ID = [78776]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Scales, Laura Thiemann. “A New ‘Mormon Moment’?: The Book of Mormon in Literary Studies.” Literature Compass 13, no. 11 (2016): 735–743.
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Despite deep popular interest in Mormon culture, scholars have not given significant attention to the religion’s central scripture. The Book of Mormon is relevant to literary studies at a moment when the turn to religion and debates over the secularization thesis have captured scholarly attention. Until recently, scholarship on The Book of Mormon was largely polemical and divided between apologists and skeptics. The rise of the new Mormon history beginning in the 1960s helped bring studies of Mormonism tentatively into the mainstream academy. Historians and scholars of religious studies have examined the reception of The Book of Mormon, the rise of the religion in early American culture, and the story of its founder, Joseph Smith. By studying the long-neglected internal workings of the text, literary critics have the opportunity to bring new scholarly techniques to bear on this highly influential American scripture. [Article’s abstract]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, literary context
ID = [82063]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Scales, Laura Thiemann. “‘The Writing of the Fruit of Thy Loins’: Reading, Writing, and Prophecy in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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“The Book of Mormon is the story of how ancient Israelites established a civilization in the Americas, but it is also the story of the book itself : how the records were acquired, composed, labored over, protected, lost, abridged, preserved for a thousand years, and finally buried so that the plates could, as prophesied, be discovered by Joseph Smith centuries later. The prominence of the reader and writer is not just an incidental feature of this scripture, but is essential to the Mormon understanding of the relationship between human and divine. This essay identifies three key narrative features of The Book of Mormon : the centrality of readers and witnesses to the creation of scripture, the primacy of the act of writing in revelation and prophecy, and the mediation that allows a single person to inhabit multiple narrative categories. Biblical prophets, especially “writing prophets” like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, share some features with the prophets of The Book of Mormon , such as first-​person narration and dialogue with God. Yet there is little biblical precedent for The Book of Mormon’s intense focus on its own textuality and its own narrative practices or for the ways in which prophets transcend their passive, anointed roles and become authors of scripture in their own right. Its insistent textuality does, however, link The Book of Mormon to other scriptural and prophetic forms that arose in the antebellum United States. While the Mormon prophets vary in their literary style, narrative techniques, and personal presence, the centrality of reading, writing, and the system of scripture-​craft is persistent.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [82103]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:57
Scanlon, Rory R. “Designing Costumes for the Hill Cumorah Pageant.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2004): 78-87, 171.
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The costume design for the Hill Cumorah Pageant reflects a strong understanding of the physical and artistic needs of the production as well as a good grasp of the historical setting of the Book of Mormon. Through a rich blending of theatrical techniques, the pageant dramatically re-creates scriptural episodes to underscore the wisdom of human agency based on moral choice—a message made poignantly relevant by the historical realism conveyed in large part by authentic costuming. This article explores the physical challenges of creating costumes for an outdoor drama and the historical research that influences the costume construction while staying true to the message of the script.

Keywords: Clothing; Cumorah; Hill Cumorah; Hill Cumorah Pageant; Historicity
ID = [3142]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 37625  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:28
Schaalje, G. Bruce. “A Bayesian Cease-Fire in the Late War on the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. November 6, 2013.
ID = [4813]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2013-11-06  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 10386  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:59
Archer, John B., John L. Hilton, and G. Bruce Schaalje. “Comparative Power of Three Author-Attribution Techniques for Differentiating Authors.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6 no. 1 (1997).
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Over the last twenty years, various objective author-attribution techniques have been applied to the English Book of Mormon in order to shed light on the question of multiple authorship of Book of Mormon texts. Two methods, one based on rates of use of noncontextual words and one based on word-pattern ratios, measure patterns consistent with multiple authorship in the Book of Mormon. Another method, based on vocabulary-richness measures, suggests that only one author is involved. These apparently contradictory results are reconciled by showing that for texts of known authorship, the method based on vocabulary-richness measures is not as powerful in discerning differences among authors as are the other methods, especially for works translated into English by a single translator.

ID = [2946]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 31931  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:15
Fields, Paul J., Matthew P. Roper, and G. Bruce Schaalje. “Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 1 (2012).
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The abundance of skeptical theories about who wrote the Book of Mormon has led many scholars to seek scientific data to discover the answer. One technique is stylometry. Having first been developed in the 1850s, stylometry seeks to find the ” wordprint” of a text. Although these stylistic studies are not as accurate as a human’s fingerprint, they can give researchers a good idea either of differences in style between authors or of who might have written a text from a list of possible authors. Beginning in the 1960s individuals have completed four major stylometric studies on the Book of Mormon, studies that varied in both findings and quality of research. In addition to these four studies, this article presents a fifth study—using extended nearest shrunken centroid (ENSC) classification—that incorporates and improves on the earlier research.

ID = [3274]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 68116  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:35
Schade, Aaron P. “The Kingdom of Judah: Politics, Prophets, and Scribes in the Late Preexilic Period.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 299—336. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39695]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Schade, Aaron P. “The Strait and Narrow Path: The Covenant Path of Discipleship Leading to the Tree of Life.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
ID = [35265]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 72944  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Schaefer, Mitchell K. “‘The Testimony of Men’: William E. McLellin and the Book of Mormon Witnesses.” BYU Studies 50, no. 1 (2011): 99.
ID = [11088]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 14849  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:02
Scharffs, Gilbert W. “Das Buch Mormon: The German Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 1 (2002).
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While on assignment from the LDS prophet Joseph Smith to visit Jerusalem in 1840, Elder Orson Hyde of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles suggested opening a mission in Germany and translating the Book of Mormon into German. By April 1852, the new prophet, Brigham Young, had sent Daniel Carn to Germany to be the mission president and to help with the translation, and by May of the same year, Das Buch Mormon had been published. However, when East Germany was created and placed behind the “Iron Curtain,” matters grew worse for the Latter-day Saints. Because they were unable to print anything themselves, they relied on missionaries and members of the church in West Germany to smuggle copies of Das Buch Mormon into East Germany so they could have the scripture that was so central to their beliefs. Members still had to burn all manuals and church material that had been published after 1920 to avoid arrest, but since Das Buch Mormon had been published in 1852, the Saints were able to keep their copies of that scripture.

ID = [3083]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,brigham,farms-jbms  Size: 33805  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:24
Scharffs, Gilbert W. The Truth About “The God Makers”. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1986.
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Responds to charges made against Mormonism in the book The God Makers

ID = [78680]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Scharffs, Gilbert W. “Unique Insights on Christ from the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, December 1988.
ID = [48844]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 22402  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:16
Scharffs, Horst. “One Hundred Pounds of Potatoes.” Ensign, July 1989.
ID = [49133]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2398  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:18
Schenck, Joseph. Itzamna, the Dew of Heaven. St. Louis, MO: Vanity, 1968.
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Itzamna the Dew of Heaven, the blonde, blue-eyed god of the ancient Mayan civilization, has qualities that recall the life and mission of Jesus Christ.

ID = [77917]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Schenck, Joseph. Temples in the Sky (Archaeological Evidence Relative to the Book of Mormon). St. Louis, MO: Vanity, 1966.
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Includes numerous photographs and maps, demonstrating that the archaeological ruins of Latin America have an affinity with Egyptian culture, and correlate with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78312]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1966-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Schlesinger, Philip J. Isaiah and the Book of Mormon. By the author, 1990.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [30052]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:38
Schmidt, Brent J. “Grace in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 54, no. 4 (2016): 119-134.
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Teachings about grace in the Book of Mormon are more at home in the worlds of the Bible and the ancient Mediterranean than in the modern understanding that grace is a free, unearned gift. The Book of Mormon teaches that grace is part of a covenant that places requirements on the receiver. Grace manifests God’s goodness to humankind and is closely aligned with mercy and Christ’s Atonement to meet the demands of justice and make salvation possible. It parallels the meanings of hesed (mercy) from the Old Testament and the concept that all gifts give rise to reciprocal obligations, which prevailed in the ancient world.

Keywords: Doctrine; Grace
ID = [10799]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 35057  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:00
Schmidt, Brent J. “The Restoration of Relational Grace Through the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2023 FAIR Defending the Book of Mormon Conference. September 22-23, 2023.
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While most modern Christian theologians have concluded that grace is an unconditional pass guaranteeing salvation or a mystical abstraction, few know that the principle of grace (hen: Hebrew or charis: Greek=a gift) was relational in antiquity. Unfortunately, the active, relational, covenantal nuances of grace (hen and charis) were lost during the apostasy but were remarkably restored in the Book of Mormon. Grace (hen/charis)was an obliging, reciprocal and relational gift in its original, Mediterranean context. Ancient, archaic Greek and Hebrew writers in 600 BC conventionally expected to form a relationship with others by gift-giving and thereby expected to create a binding relationship of future gift-giving in return. Archaic gift-giving forged alliances and covenants and inspired later rounds of gift-giving in the Near East that gradually empowered both the giver and the recipient. However, in late-antiquity and during the Reformation, Christian intellectuals transformed this covenant-inspiring gift of grace into an emotional, one-directional freebie that allegedly provided immediate salvation. In contrast, the Book of Mormon clarifies that God’s grace encourages action, invites, obliges, enables and empowers disciples to restore broken covenant relationships and thereby become like Heavenly Father because of His Son’s obliging, atoning gift.

ID = [81869]  Status = Type = talk,website article  Date = 2023-09-22  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/25/24 10:20:32
Schneider, Johann. “The Dream Seemed Meaningless.” Ensign, September 1989.
ID = [49207]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4098  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:19
Schobinger, Juan. “La arqueolog’a y el Libro de Mormon.” Anales de Arqueolog’a y Etnolog’a 16 (1961): 259-65.
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Notes briefly some problems he sees with the Book of Mormon and archaeology: the horse did not exist in Mesoamerica contemporaneously with the Nephites; natives with white skin and beards migrated in the Paleo- Mesolithic period; there are no remains of the Middle-Eastern seeds the Nephites planted (1 Nephi 18:25); many aspects of Nephite culture are not evidenced by archaeology.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [79669]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Schofield, K. “Missionary Book Report.” Friend 18 (September 1988): 34.
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Cartoon message for children. A nine-year-old boy presents a book report on the Book of Mormon in his school, impressing his teacher to the point that she desires to read it.

ID = [79771]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Schoonmaker, Rachael. “BYU Students Relive the Trek.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 11.
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Students of Brigham Young University walk from Jerusalem to the Red Sea to relive “Lehi’s Trek”

ID = [79269]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Schroeder, A. Theodore. Authorship of the Book of Mormon, Psychologic Tests of W. F. Prince Critically Reviewed. New York: Albert Theodore Schroeder,n.d.
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Reprint of article in American Journal of Psychology 30 (1919): 66-72, wherein Schroeder replies to Walter F. Prince, who conducted rigorous psychological tests of the Book of Mormon and the Spaulding manuscript and concluded that it is doubtful that the two works had any connection. Schroeder disagrees with the conclusions of Prince, and reaffirms his position that the Book of Mormon was produced in collaboration with Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, Oliver Cowdery, and perhaps Emma Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Joseph Smith.

ID = [77568]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Schroeder, A. Theodore. The Origin of the Book of Mormon, Re-Examined in its Relation to Spaulding’s “Manuscript Found”. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Ministerial Association, 1901.
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Pamphlet. Provides a brief history of Solomon Spaulding and proposes that a second, re-written, Spaulding manuscript formed the basis for the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, authorship, Spaulding theory
ID = [77210]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1901-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Schroeder, A. Theodore. “The Origin of the Book of Mormon.” American Historical Magazine 1, no. 5 - 2, no. 3 (September, 1906 — May, 1907): 380-96, 518-33, 57-76, 213-30.
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Desires to demonstrate the Spaulding origin of the Book of Mormon. In spite of the rediscovery of Spaulding’s manuscript by President Fairchild, Schroeder proposes that there was a “second” Spaulding manuscript from which Joseph Smith plagiarized in writing the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80587]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:35
McGimsey, Harry A., and A. Theodore Schroeder. The Truth about the Origin of the Book of Mormon. San Bernardino, CA: Vanity, 1963?.
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Attempts to explain the Book of Mormon on the basis of Spaulding’s Manuscript Found. Does not discuss the 1884 discovery of the manuscript.

ID = [78683]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Schroeder, Theodore Albert. “Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” American Journal of Psychology 30, no. 1 (January, 1919): 66-72.
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A review of W. F. Prince’s psychological aspects of the Book of Mormon. Debunks the idea that the Book of Mormon grew out of the anti-Masonic movement, but thinks that it was the Spaulding manuscript, revised by Sidney Rigdon, and finished with a group of people, including Parley P. Pratt, whom the prophet had not yet met.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, authorship, Spaulding theory
ID = [82079]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1919-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:56
Schwartz, Robert F. “Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 52, no. 2 (2013): 67-112.
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Game theory has been applied to a number of disciplines, including economics, law, politics, sociology, and Bible studies, but this article is the first serious attempt to apply it to the Book of Mormon narrative. One particularly important model in game theory is known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma, which emphasizes the possibility and benefits of cooperation in the face of conflict. The Book of Mormon account is an almost constant narrative based on conflict, first within the family of Lehi and then between two warring factions that arise from a split in that original Book of Mormon family. These conflicts tend to fit the Prisoner’s Dilemma model extremely well. In a final estimation, the Prisoner’s Dilemma and its application in the Book of Mormon provide another way of looking at the Book of Mormon’s core messages of atonement, redemption, and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

ID = [10960]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 117269  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:01
Schwartz, Robert F. “Inequality and Narrative in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 1 (2022): 35.
ID = [10548]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 64596  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:58
Schwarz, Ted. Arnold Friberg: The Passion of a Modern Master. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland, 1985.
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Schwarz’s biography of Arnold Friberg includes a history of Friberg’s artistic work on the Book of Mormon and reproduces many of his paintings, including the brother of Jared, discovery of the Liahona, Abinadi in Noah’s court, and Christ’s appearance to the Nephites.

ID = [77564]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Scott, Columbus. “Book of Mormon Characters and the Book of the Dead.” Saints’ Herald 54 (8 May 1907): 398-400.
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A comparison made between Egyptian hieratic phonetics found in the Book of the Dead and the Book of Mormon characters found in the Anthon transcript shows amazing similarities.

ID = [79137]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1907-05-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Scott, George L. “Ancient Artifacts Confirm Book of Mormon History.” Church News 33 (14 September 1963): 8-9.
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Discusses how certain Latin American artifacts confirm the Book of Mormon. Contains several pictures.

ID = [79028]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1963-09-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Scott, George L. “Ancient Ruins Testify of Gospel Teachings.” Church News 33 (23 March 1963): 8-9.
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Tells about baptismal fonts that existed among the QuichŽ Mayas in Guatamala and another font is identified in Peru.

ID = [79038]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1963-03-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Scott, George L. “Archaeology Piles Up Evidences Supporting Book of Mormon.” Church News 31 (30 September 1961): 12, 19.
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Reports on the increasing number of archaeological finds that do not conflict with the Book of Mormon, and that in some cases support the historical accuracy of the book. The remains of horses and wheels have been discovered.

ID = [79073]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1961-09-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Scott, George L. “‘His Own Voice’” Church News 35 (23 October 1965): 13.
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An update on the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon into various languages, and the mention of certain scriptures that pose translation problems (e.g., 1 Nephi 16:10, 2 Nephi 1:22, 1 Nephi 5:16, Jacob 7:5).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [78823]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-10-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Scott, George L. “The Printed Word.” Church News 35 (15 May 1965): 8-9.
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Update on the publishing history of the Book of Mormon, missionary tracts, and LDS magazines. Includes a chronology of Book of Mormon printings.

ID = [80607]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-05-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Nelson, Ted, Glen Scott, Lyle Smith, Brenda Trimble, and Linda Trimble. “Archaeology Alert.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 67 (Winter 1989): 15.
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Points out two different findings in Mexico that show how archaeology converges with the Book of Mormon. The two excavations uncovered a Maya Codex in a city close to San Salvador and a lost fort found in Guatemala.

ID = [79070]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Nelson, Ted, Glen Scott, Lyle Smith, Brenda Trimble, and Linda Trimble. “La Mojarra: A Voice from the Dust.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 64 (February 1989): 4-6.
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A large engraved stone with hieroglyphics and a picture of a fully clothed man was discovered in the Acula River, southeast of Veracruz, Mexico in 1986. Many scholars believe the hieroglyphics represent an earlier version of the Maya language, probably Olmec.

ID = [79671]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1989-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Scott, Hazel Imrie. Heroes of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1986.
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RLDS activity book designed for teaching the Book of Mormon to children.

ID = [77850]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Scott, Latayne Colvett. The Mormon Mirage: A Former Mormon Tells Why She Left the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1979.
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An account of why the author left the Mormon church. A chapter on the Book of Mormon explains why it is not a divine work and the manner in which it contains errors made by Joseph Smith. Scott uses archaeological, historical, and linguistic evidence and the Bible to demonstrate the errors of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78574]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Scott, Lloyd R. “I Cannot Read a Sealed Book.” Church News 63 (16 January 1993): 14.
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Contradictions shown in two letters written by Professor Charles Anthon about his dealings with Martin Harris including whether or not he gave Harris a written opinion on the authenticity of the characters shown to him.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [79559]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1993-01-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Scott, Richard G. “The Eternal Blessings of Marriage.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2011.
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The temple sealing has greater meaning as life unfolds. It will help you draw ever closer together and find greater joy and fulfillment.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [25808]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2011-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10462  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:16
Scott, Richard G. “The Power of the Book of Mormon in My Life.” Ensign, October 1984.
ID = [46831]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 22840  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:50:10
Scott, Richard G. “True Friends That Lift.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1988.
ID = [16127]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1988-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 7699  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:34
Scott, Richard G. “True Friends That Lift.” Ensign, November 1988.
ID = [48818]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7594  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:16
Scott, Richard G. “We Love You—Please Come Back.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1986.
ID = [15705]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1986-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9027  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:33
Scott, Richard G. “We Love You—Please Come Back.” Ensign, May 1986.
ID = [47569]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8916  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:07
Scott, S. W. L. “Some Objections to the Book of Mormon Considered.” Saints’ Herald 53 (18 April 1906): 365-74.
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Many things mentioned in the Book of Mormon have been questioned in times past, but modern scientists are finding evidence that substantiates the Book of Mormon: archaeologists have found that the Wady Rumen flows into the Red Sea and is about three day’s journey down the Arabian shore of the Red Sea, answering objections to the route of Lehi from Jerusalem; archaeologists have verified that brass was used as a medium upon which records were kept; links have been found between New World and Old World cultures in modes of worship, architecture, and skeletal structure of ancient inhabitants.

ID = [80189]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1906-04-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:12
Scoville, Monte C. “Counseling With the Lord.” Instructor 98 (March 1963): 104-5.
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Seeking a testimony with real intent and counseling with the Lord allows a testimony of the Book of Mormon to grow.

ID = [79337]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1963-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Searle, Don L. “The Book Convinced Him.” Ensign, March 1990.
ID = [49441]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8331  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:20
Sears, John. Final State of Mankind, Demonstrated by the Prophecies of the Old and New Testaments, Also the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry & Co., 1886.
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A booklet containing commentary and scriptural quotes from the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants that pertain to prophecies of the second coming, the new Jerusalem, judgment, and the degrees of glory.

ID = [77793]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1886-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Sears, Joshua M. “Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: Latter-day Saint Approaches.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33827]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:08
Sears, Joshua M. “An Other Approach to Isaiah Studies.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 37 (2020): 1-20.
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Abstract: A recent review of Joseph M. Spencer’s book The Vision of All: Twenty-Five Lectures on Isaiah in Nephi’s Record made the case that the book contains several challenges and problems, in particular that it advocates a theologically deficient interpretation of Isaiah that denies Isaiah’s witness of Jesus Christ. This response provides an alternative reading of Spencer’s work and suggests these assertions are often based on misunderstanding. At stake in this conversation is the question of whether or not there is more than one valid way to read Isaiah that draws upon a faithful, Restoration perspective. While Spencer may interpret and frame some things differently than some other Latter-day Saint scholars, the prophecies of Isaiah provide enough richness and possibility to accommodate a chorus of faithful approaches.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3506]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 45660  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:54
Seely, David Rolph. “Abinadi, Moses, Isaiah, and Christ: O How Beautiful Upon the Mountains Are Their Feet.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [38821]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:57
Seely, David Rolph. “The Allegory of the Olive Tree and the Use of Related Figurative Language in the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 290-303. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.
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Keywords: Allegory of the Olive Tree; Ancient Near East; Figurative Language; Olive Tree
ID = [75490]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:48
Pierce, Krystal V. L., and David Rolph Seely, eds. Approaching Holiness: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Old Testament. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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This volume aims to assist in the personal and family study of the history and teachings of the Old Testament. The book gathers some of the clearest writings on the Old Testament that have been published by the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University. The Old Testament is not only foundational to our understanding of the birth, life, atonement, crucifixion, and resurrection of the Savior, as found in the New Testament, the Book of Mormon, and other scripture, but it also teaches us about God, our faith history, and the spiritual heritage of the house of Israel. ISBN 978-1-9503-0420-2

ID = [33164]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 20  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:30:49

Articles

Condie, Spencer J. “‘I Will Write My Law in Their Hearts’” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33865]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Seely, Jo Ann H., and David Rolph Seely. “Jesus the Messiah: Prophet, Priest and King.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33866]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Jackson, Kent P. “The Old Testament and Easter.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33867]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘How Excellent Is Thy Lovingkindness’: The Gospel Principle of Hesed.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33868]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Pike, Dana M. “Biblical Hebrew Words You Already Know and Why They Are Important.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33869]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Calabro, David M. “Gestures of Praise: Lifting and Spreading the Hands in Biblical Prayer.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33870]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Recognizing the Everlasting Covenant in the Scriptures.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33871]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Benson, RoseAnn. “The Marriage of Adam and Eve: Ritual and Literary Elements.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33872]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Whole Meaning of the Law: Christ’s Vicarious Sacrifice.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33873]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Lund, Robert E. “Teaching Old Testament Laws.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33874]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Pierce, Krystal V. L. “The Gēr in the Pentateuch and the Book of Mormon: Refugee Treatment under the Mosaic Law.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33875]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Strathearn, Gaye. “‘Holiness to the Lord’ and Personal Temple Worship.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33876]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Shannon, Avram R. “‘Come Near unto Me’: Guarded Space and Its Mediators in the Jerusalem Temple.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33877]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Skinner, Andrew C. “Seeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel’s Psalms.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
ID = [33878]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:11
Hopkin, Shon D., and J. Arden Hopkin. “The Psalms Sung: The Power of Music in Sacred Worship.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
ID = [33879]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:12
Ball, Terry B. “Isaiah and the Messiah.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33880]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:12
Rennaker, Jacob A. “Approaching Holiness: Sacred Space in Ezekiel.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33881]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:12
Schade, Aaron P. “The Imagery of Hosea’s Family and the Restoration of Israel.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [33882]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:12
Sears, Joshua M. “‘O Lord God, Forgive!’: Prophetic Intercession in Amos.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [33883]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:12
Pierce, George A. “Understanding Micah’s Lament for Judah (Micah 1:10–16) through Text, Archaeology, and Geography.” In Approaching Holiness, eds. Krystal V. L. Pierce and David Rolph Seely. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [33884]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:12
Seely, David Rolph, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, eds. Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament. Proceedings of The 42nd Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
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The 42nd Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The Psalmist asks, “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?” This year’s Sperry Symposium discusses ascending into the Lord’s mountain within the context of theophany, ancient temple worship, sacred space, sacrifice, offerings, and hymns and songs in the text of the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. The scriptures contain a rich treasury of information of how ancient Israelites and the people in the Book of Mormon worshipped God and expressed themselves through ritual and devotions as found in the Psalms. These explorations of ancient temple worship help us to better understand and appreciate latter-day temple and worship traditions. ISBN 978-1-60907-581-1

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Articles

Jackson, Kent P. “The Old Testament and Easter.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Easter
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
ID = [34889]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 24369  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘That I May Dwell among Them’: Liminality and Ritual in the Tabernacle.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34890]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 64664  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Douglas, Alex. “The Garden of Eden, the Ancient Temple, and Receiving a New Name.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
ID = [34891]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 32920  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. “The Tree of Knowledge as the Veil of the Sanctuary.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, The 42nd Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (26 October, 2013), edited by David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick and Matthew J. Grey. , 49–65. Provo and Salt Lake City, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2013.
Display Abstract  

One thing that has always perplexed readers of Genesis is the location of the two special trees within the Garden of Eden. Although scripture initially applies the phrase “in the midst” only to the tree of life (Genesis 2:9), the tree of knowledge is later said by Eve to be located there too (see Genesis 3:3). In the context of these verses, the Hebrew phrase corresponding to “in the midst” literally means “in the center.” How can both trees be in the center?

Topics:    Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 3 — Garden of Eden
Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 4–6:12 — Grand Council in Heaven, Adam and Eve
Book of Moses Topics > Temple Themes in the Book of Moses and Related Scripture
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
ID = [2678]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-10-26  Collections:  bom,bradshaw,moses,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 38857  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:01
Shannon, Avram R. “‘Come Near unto Me’: Guarded Space and Its Mediators in the Jerusalem Temple.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
ID = [34893]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 47888  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “Clothed in Holy Garments: The Apparel of the Temple Officiants of Ancient Israel.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > High Priest
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > T — Z > Urim and Thummim
ID = [34894]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 54163  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Calabro, David M. “Gestures of Praise: Lifting and Spreading the Hands in Biblical Prayer.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34895]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 37162  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Worship: Bowing Down and Serving the Lord.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Service
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34896]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 33854  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:09
Pike, Dana M. “‘I Will Bless the Lord at All Times’: Blessing God in the Old Testament.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Gratitude
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34897]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 45530  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Thompson, John S. “The Context of Old Testament Temple Worship: Early Ancient Egyptian Rites.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34898]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 54036  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Halverson, Jared M. “Swine’s Blood and Broken Serpents: The Rejection and Rehabilitation of Worship in the Old Testament.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34899]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 47901  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Rennaker, Jacob A. “Approaching Holiness: Sacred Space in Ezekiel’s Temple Vision.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
ID = [34900]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 41071  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Hardison, Amy Blake. “Theophany on Sinai.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [34901]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 34773  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Darkness, Light, and the Lord: Elements of Israelite Theophanies.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
ID = [34902]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 58191  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Smith, Julie M. “‘The Lord . . . Bringeth Low, and Lifteth Up’: Hannah, Eli, and the Temple.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
ID = [34903]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 35625  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Skinner, Andrew C. “Seeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel’s Psalms.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34904]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 46003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Hilton, John, III. “Old Testament Psalms in the Book of Mormon.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34905]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 48257  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Alford, Kenneth L., and D. Bryce Baker. “Parallels between Psalms 25–31 and the Psalm of Nephi.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
ID = [34906]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 36551  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Hopkin, J. Arden, and Shon D. Hopkin. “The Psalms Sung: The Power of Music in Sacred Worship.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [34907]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 51986  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
LeFevre, David A. “‘Give Me Right Word, O Lord’: The JST Changes in the Psalms.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
RSC Topics > D — F > First Vision
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [34908]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 42077  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “The Great Jerusalem Temple Prophecy: Latter-day Context and Likening unto Us.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [34909]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 43526  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Cowan, Richard O. “What Old Testament Temples Can Teach Us about Our Own Temple Activity.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), eds. David Rolph Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, 1–11. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
ID = [34910]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 46288  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:10
Seely, David Rolph, and Robert D. Hunt. “Dramatis Personae: The World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 41—64. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [39686]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph. “Explaining the Temple to the World: James E. Talmage’s Monumental Book, The House of the Lord.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 19.
Display Abstract  

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

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [370]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 26476  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:43
Seely, David Rolph. “FARMS and Its Contributions to the Study of the Book of Mormon: 1979–2011.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 30 (2021): 111-141.
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“The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) was founded by John W. (Jack) Welch in 1979 as a private nonprofit educational organization dedicated primarily to the study of the Book of Mormon but eventually branching out into many other issues related to Latter-day Saint scripture. Welch founded FARMS in California and brought it with him (with permission of Associate Vice President Robert K. Thomas and Law School Dean Rex E. Lee) when he was hired at the Brigham Young University (BYU) Law School in 1980. FARMS became officially affiliated with BYU in 1997 and was eventually subsumed by the formation of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship in 2006. After the formation of the Maxwell Institute, the FARMS initiatives were gradually phased out, and with the dissolution of the FARMS Review in 2012, virtually all vestiges of FARMS, except the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, disappeared from the Maxwell Institute. FARMS originally defined its research interests to include ’ancient history, language, literature, culture, geography, politics and law,’ all related primarily or comparatively to the Book of Mormon. Indeed, a review of FARMS publications throughout the years demonstrates that its research is found in all of these areas. FARMS aimed to produce peer-reviewed scholarship that would be reputable to scholars, and also to present their scholarship to a general (Latter-day Saint) audience. The organization developed a host of venues for creating and disseminating its works on the Book of Mormon. The number of publications is remarkable, in addition to their breadth and significance. This short paper will attempt to review and evaluate the contribution of FARMS to Book of Mormon studies and scholarship during the period from 1979 to 2011.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Publications (Mormon), FARMS Review of Books; Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS)
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Seely, David Rolph. “From Jerusalem to Zarahemla.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 219.
ID = [11762]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 2483  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:07
Welch, John W., David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, eds. Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
ID = [30093]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,mi,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 23  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:38

Articles

Seely, David Rolph, Jo Ann H. Seely, and John W. Welch. “Introduction.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, ix-xvi. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
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Keywords: Jerusalem (Old World)
ID = [75531]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size: 9005  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:51
Welch, John W., and Robert D. Hunt. “Culturegram: Jerusalem 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 1—40. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39685]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Robert D. Hunt. “Dramatis Personae: The World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 41—64. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [39686]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, Jo Ann H. “‘Bringing Them Out of the Land of Jerusalem.’ A Photo Essay.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 65—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39687]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Lehi’s House in Jerusalem and the Land of His Inheritance.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 81—130. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Geography
Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Israel, Scattering and Gathering
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39688]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Bybee, Ariel E. “A Woman’s World in Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 131—48. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Customs, Culture, and Ritual
Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
ID = [39689]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Ball, Terry B., and Wilford M. Hess. “Agriculture in Lehi’s World: Some Textual, Historical, Archaeological, and Botanical Insights.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 149—92. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Flora and Fauna
ID = [39690]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Pike, Dana M. “Israelite Inscriptions from the Time of Jeremiah and Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 193—244. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Old Testament Topics > Literary Aspects
ID = [39691]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Adams, William James, Jr. “Nephi’s Written Language and the Standard Biblical Hebrew of 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 245—58. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Literary Aspects
ID = [39692]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Thompson, John S. “Lehi and Egypt.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 259—76. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [39693]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Gee, John. “Egyptian Society during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 277—98. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39694]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Schade, Aaron P. “The Kingdom of Judah: Politics, Prophets, and Scribes in the Late Preexilic Period.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 299—336. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39695]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Welch, John W. “The Trial of Jeremiah: A Legal Legacy from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 337—56. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39696]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Rev. ed. in Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 357—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39697]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph. “Sacred History, Covenants, and the Messiah: The Religious Background of the World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 381—420. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39698]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Welch, John W. “The Calling of Lehi as a Prophet in the World of Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 421—48. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
Old Testament Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
ID = [39699]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Christensen, Kevin. “The Temple, the Monarchy, and Wisdom: Lehi’s World and the Scholarship of Margaret Barker.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 449—22. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
ID = [39700]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Barker, Margaret. “What Did King Josiah Reform?” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 523—42. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
ID = [39701]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Gee, John. “A Seething Pot in the North: International Affairs Leading Up to Lehi’s Day.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 543—60. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39702]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Satterfield, Bruce K. “The Divine Justification for the Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 561—94. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39703]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Fred E. Woods. “How Could Jerusalem, ‘That Great City,’ Be Destroyed?” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 595—610. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39704]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Thompson, Jeffrey Paul, and John W. Welch. “The Rechabites: A Model Group in Lehi’s World.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 611—24. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39705]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Brown, S. Kent. “Jerusalem Connections to Arabia in 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 625—46. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Geography
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39706]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Fred E. Woods. “How Could Jerusalem, ‘That Great City,’ Be Destroyed?” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 595—610. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39704]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph. “Hugh W. Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 3.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 35.
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Available for free at BYU ScholarsArchive.
A review of Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Sememster 3 (1992), by Hugh W. Nibley.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [152]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review,nibley  Size: 19490  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:30
Seely, David Rolph. “The Image of the Hand of God in the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 140-150. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The image of the hand of God in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon stands for the Lord’s power to intervene in the affairs of men and the events of history. Comparison between the ways this image is used in the two scriptures supports what the Book of Mormon claims about its own origin.

Keywords: Deliverance; Imagery; Judgment; Mercy; Trial
ID = [75629]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,old-test  Size: 20694  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:53
Seely, David Rolph, Jo Ann H. Seely, and John W. Welch. “Introduction.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, ix-xvi. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Jerusalem (Old World)
ID = [75531]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size: 9005  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:51
Seely, David Rolph, and S. Kent Brown. “Jeremiah’s Imprisonment and the Date of Lehi’s Departure.” Religious Educator Vol. 2 no. 1 (2001).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [38099]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rel-educ  Size: 46570  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:16
Seely, David Rolph. “John W. Welch, ed., Reexploring the Book of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 44.
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Review of Reexploring the Book of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates (1992), edited by John W. Welch

ID = [161]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 30225  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:30
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Old Testament prophet Jeremiah and Book of Mormon prophet Lehi were contemporaries, and both preached repentance to the people of Jerusalem. Despite their common love for the truth, these men led very different lives because the first was commanded to remain in Jerusalem and the latter was commanded to leave. This article examines the lives and teachings of Jeremiah and Lehi and compares them to each other, suggesting that Jeremiah’s life symbolizes God’s justice and that Lehi’s life symbolizes God’s mercy.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [3007]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 66307  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:19
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Rev. ed. in Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 357—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39697]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph. “Lehi’s Altar and Sacrifice in the Wilderness.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 62-69, 80.
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After the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi left Jerusalem with his family, he built an altar in the wilderness and offered a sacrifice to God. This practice appears to contradict biblical law as outlined in Deuteronomy 12, which states that sacrifices should be made only on an altar within a temple. However, David Rolph Seely provides three possible explanations as to why Lehi was not breaking the law of Moses.

Keywords: Altar; Law of Moses; Lehi (Prophet); Sacrifice; Temple; Wilderness
ID = [3060]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 33424  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:23
Seely, David Rolph. “Nephi’s Use of Isaiah 2–14 in 2 Nephi 6–10.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 151—69. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [67047]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/25/24 10:18:21
Boone, David F., Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. 1995 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
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Contents:

Preface / Paul H. Peterson, David F. Boone, David R. Seely
A Tribute to Sidney B. Sperry / Ellis T. Rasmussen
Rending the Veil of Unbelief / Jeffrey R. Holland
The Destiny of the House of Israel / Daniel H. Ludlow
The Power and the Purpose of the Written Record / Robert J. Matthews
The Regeneration of Fallen Man / Robert L. Millet
The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith / John W. Welch

ID = [37924]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 7  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:06

Articles

Peterson, Paul H., David F. Boone, and David Rolph Seely. “Preface.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82527]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Rasmussen, Ellis T. “A Tribute to Sidney B. Sperry.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82528]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Rending the Veil of Unbelief.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82529]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Ludlow, Daniel H. “The Destiny of the House of Israel.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82530]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Matthews, Robert J. “The Power and the Purpose of the Written Record.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82531]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Millet, Robert L. “The Regeneration of Fallen Man.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82532]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Welch, John W. “The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith.” In Nurturing Faith Through the Book of Mormon: The 24th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. David F. Boone, Paul H. Peterson, and David Rolph Seely. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1996.
ID = [82533]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:21
Seely, David Rolph. “‘The Old Adorns the New’ Reading the Book of Mormon in Light of the Bible.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): Article 6.
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Review of From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon (1998), by S. Kent Brown

ID = [357]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 12257  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:42
Seely, David Rolph, and Erica L. Holland. “Old Testament Bibliography: Latter-day Saint Publications, 1997–2005.” BYU Studies 45, no. 1 (2006): 143-171.
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This is a continuation of the comprehensive bibliography of LDS writings on the Old Testament published in BYU Studies 37, no. 2 (1997–98), available at byustudies.byu.edu. This bibliography includes publications from 1997 to the end of 2005 as well as a few older publications that were not included in the first bibliography. Since that bibliography, there has been a Sperry Symposium dedicated to the Old Testament; all of those printed proceedings (Covenants, Prophecies, and Hymns of the Old Testament) are included in this bibliography. Published in 2005 is the volume Sperry Symposium Classics, a collection of papers from previous symposia; since many of those articles were revised for the 2005 volume, they are included here. Also relevant to the Old Testament is a volume published by FARMS entitled Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem. Of note but not included in this bibliography because of space considerations are the many Old Testament topics discussed in encyclopedic form in The Book of Mormon Reference Companion, edited by Dennis Largely (Deseret Book, 2003).

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

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Topics > General Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
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Seely, David Rolph. “Reading the Old Testament in Light of the Restoration: A Comprehensive Bibliography of LDS Writings on the Old Testament (1830?1997).” BYU Studies 37, no. 2 (1997): 155-279.
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The Prophet Joseph Smith described the Restoration as a bringing forth of treasures of “things new and old,”1 and indeed modern revelation has shed great light on ancient truths. From Oliver Cowdery’s commentary on Zephaniah published in The Evening and the Morning Star in 1833 to the present outpouring of publications in preparation for the Sunday School course of study on the Old Testament in 1998, Latter-day Saints have generated a wealth of writings on the Old Testament which examine anew this ancient book of scripture in light of the Restoration. Through the spectacles of the Restoration we are able to remember the patriarchs Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, and the great things the Lord has done for our fathers. We are able to understand the covenants the Lord has made in past dispensations and in the latter days. We are also able to better comprehend the writings of ancient prophets such as Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel and to discern from them the timeless message of repentance, the themes of scattering and gathering, and the prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah—first in the flesh to atone for the sins of the world and again at the end of time. Just as the Old Testament provides a foundation for reading the rest of the scriptures, the light of the Restoration can reveal hidden treasures in the Old Testament. This bibliography is an attempt to guide readers to this treasury of “things new and old.” Criteria for Inclusion. This bibliography is meant to be a comprehensive listing of books and articles written by Latter-day Saints to Latter-day Saints about the Old Testament from 1830 through 1997. To be included, a book or an article must be primarily on an Old Testament topic. Consequently we have not included New Testament, Book of Mormon, or Pearl of Great Price topics unless they are specifically related to the Old Testament.2 Nor have we included writings on apocryphal or pseudepigraphical books unless they are relevant to the Old Testament. We have included general conference addresses published in the Ensign (1971–), but we have not included conference talks before this time. We have included a few articles by non-Latter-day Saints aimed at an LDS audience, but have not included biblical studies presented by LDS scholars in non-LDS settings. The Old Testament has been the course of study in Sunday School from September 1972 to August 1974 and September 1980 to August 1982, and from January to December in 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998. Numerous Old Testament items have been published in those years. The articles that appear weekly in the Church News and coordinate with Sunday School lessons have not been included in this bibliography. The following periodical or recurring sources were surveyed for this bibliography: BYU Studies (1959–); Church Educational System symposia and manuals; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints manuals; Contributor (1879–1896); Dialogue (1966–); Encyclopedia of Mormonism; Ensign (1971–); The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–34); Improvement Era (1897–1970); Millennial Star (1840–1970); New Era (1971–); Sperry Symposia; Sunstone (1981–); theses and dissertations at BYU; and Young Woman’s Journal (1889–1929). Three Lists. The entries are organized in three overlapping lists. First, all entries are listed by author’s names with complete bibliographic information and a very short abstract in cases where the contents of the publications are not adequately described by their titles. This is followed by a list of the entries organized by canonical books of the Old Testament. A third listing is divided into subject categories. All the entries are found in the author list and are found again listed either in the canonical or the subject categories. Many entries are found both in the canonical listing as well as in one or more subject listings. Gaining Access. Most, if not all, of the entries in this bibliography are available at the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU. Many of them are readily available on the shelves, but some are kept in Special Collections. The bibliography itself can be accessed electronically at http://humanities.byu.edu/BYU Studies/homepage.htm. Acknowledgments. This bibliography began with a work by Dane Robertson entitled Index of Mormon Literature on the Old Testament, compiled for the History and Religion Library at BYU, which included entries up through 1981. Originally we intended to simply update that index, but in the course of our work we adopted somewhat different criteria for collecting and organizing the entries, and we ended up surveying the corpus of LDS writings again. We remain indebted to this earlier work. Many have worked in various capacities on the bibliography over the last several years: Eryn Johnson Gibson, Brian Jones, Jennifer Hammond Merrill, Becky Schulthies, and Luke Todd have worked through Religious Education on compiling, typing, abstracting, and checking the entries. Daniel B. McKinlay helped with the compilation. Jennifer Hurlbut, David Allred, and the interns and staff at BYU Studies rechecked and formatted the entries. We invite corrections and additions. A master list is kept in electronic form and can readily be expanded and reorganized. Hopefully, a supplement can someday be issued including future publications and additions to this bibliography. This work is one of collection and description. We have not attempted to evaluate the entries in terms of scholarly accuracy or doctrinal correctness.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Seely, David Rolph. Review of Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester Three Transcripts. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5, no. 1 (1993): 190–7.
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
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Seely, David Rolph. “The Rhetoric of Self-Reference in Deuteronomy and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
ID = [33815]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:08
Seely, David Rolph. “Sacred History, Covenants, and the Messiah: The Religious Background of the World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 381—420. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39698]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph. “The Ten Commandments in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. This paper was presented at the annual Sperry Symposium on October 21, 1991. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Ten Commandments
ID = [8343]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,old-test  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:42
Seely, David Rolph. “The Ten Commandments in the Book of Mormon.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 20th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, pp. 166–81. Randall Book, 1992.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Ten Commandments
ID = [67035]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:01
Pike, Dana M., and David Rolph Seely. “‘Upon All the Ships of the Sea, and Upon All the Ships of Tarshish’: Revisiting 2 Nephi 12:16 and Isaiah 2:16.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 2 (2005): 12-25, 67-71.
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Some Latter-day Saint commentators deem a phrase that appears in 2 Nephi 12:16 but not in the parallel passage in Isaiah 2:16—“and upon all ships of the sea”—as evidence that the Book of Mormon preserves a version of this verse from the brass plates that is more complete than the Hebrew or King James readings. One scholar’s conclusions in this regard are reviewed and then critiqued for ignoring the complexities of the ancient Hebrew and Greek versions of the Bible. The authors examine Isaiah 2:16 in its broader literary context, noting that the 2 Nephi reading alters a pattern of synonymous couplets; analyze the Greek and Hebrew texts of the verse; and relate their findings to the Book of Mormon reading. They discuss the inherent limitations of textual criticism in this kind of study and conclude that LDS and non-LDS scholars are open to different interpretive possibilities owing to the role that faith plays in one’s approach to and interpretation of textual evidence.

Keywords: Brass Plates; King James Bible; Language; Ship; Textual Criticism
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
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Seely, David Rolph. “‘We Believe the Bible to Be the Word of God, as Far as It Is Translated Correctly’: Latter-Day Saints and Historical Biblical Criticism.” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 8 (2016): 64–86.
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This study presents the basic Latter-day Saint beliefs about the Bible and documents the relationship between these beliefs and the approach and results of historical biblical criticism. Latter-day Saints believe the Bible is the word of God but do not believe it is inerrant or sufficient and thus is supplemented by other revealed ancient texts—most notably the Book of Mormon. Latter-day Saints believe in the pursuit of truth through “study and faith” and are thus not opposed to intellectual examination of scripture. In fact LDS scholars selectively use biblical critical methods in defending of their scripture. At the same time Mormons are defensive about the historicity of the Bible and the Book of Mormon—and thus find themselves with a tradition of conflict with the results of modern biblical criticism that challenge these assumptions. A growing number of LDS scholars in the church who are trained in the historical critical approach to scripture has resulted in renewed discussions and studies about the relationship between faith and scholarship. These discussions are enhanced by a greater openness in the church regarding the critical study of its history, and the results of this approach have also generated biblical and Book of Mormon studies relating to historical critical issues.

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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Seely, David Rolph, and John W. Welch. “Zenos and the Texts of the Old Testament.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 70 (Fall 1990): 11.
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Cites the teachings and prophecies of Zenos included in the Book of Mormon to demonstrate his importance as a prophet.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
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Welch, John W., and David Rolph Seely. “Zenos and the Texts of the Old Testament.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, ed. Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 322—46. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994.
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The chronology of the use of plant imagery

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
ID = [67901]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size: 43618  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:43
Seely, Jo Ann H. “‘Bringing Them Out of the Land of Jerusalem.’ A Photo Essay.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 65—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
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Seely, Jo Ann H. “Donald W. Parry, The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 37.
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Review of The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns (1992), by Donald W. Parry

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Welch, John W., David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, eds. Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
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Articles

Seely, David Rolph, Jo Ann H. Seely, and John W. Welch. “Introduction.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, ix-xvi. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
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Keywords: Jerusalem (Old World)
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Welch, John W., and Robert D. Hunt. “Culturegram: Jerusalem 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 1—40. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39685]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Robert D. Hunt. “Dramatis Personae: The World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 41—64. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [39686]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, Jo Ann H. “‘Bringing Them Out of the Land of Jerusalem.’ A Photo Essay.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 65—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39687]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Lehi’s House in Jerusalem and the Land of His Inheritance.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 81—130. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Geography
Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Israel, Scattering and Gathering
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39688]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Bybee, Ariel E. “A Woman’s World in Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 131—48. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Customs, Culture, and Ritual
Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
ID = [39689]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Ball, Terry B., and Wilford M. Hess. “Agriculture in Lehi’s World: Some Textual, Historical, Archaeological, and Botanical Insights.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 149—92. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Flora and Fauna
ID = [39690]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Pike, Dana M. “Israelite Inscriptions from the Time of Jeremiah and Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 193—244. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Old Testament Topics > Literary Aspects
ID = [39691]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Adams, William James, Jr. “Nephi’s Written Language and the Standard Biblical Hebrew of 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 245—58. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Literary Aspects
ID = [39692]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Thompson, John S. “Lehi and Egypt.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 259—76. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [39693]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Gee, John. “Egyptian Society during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 277—98. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39694]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Schade, Aaron P. “The Kingdom of Judah: Politics, Prophets, and Scribes in the Late Preexilic Period.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 299—336. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39695]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Welch, John W. “The Trial of Jeremiah: A Legal Legacy from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 337—56. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39696]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Rev. ed. in Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 357—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39697]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph. “Sacred History, Covenants, and the Messiah: The Religious Background of the World of Lehi.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 381—420. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39698]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Welch, John W. “The Calling of Lehi as a Prophet in the World of Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 421—48. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
Old Testament Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
ID = [39699]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Christensen, Kevin. “The Temple, the Monarchy, and Wisdom: Lehi’s World and the Scholarship of Margaret Barker.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 449—22. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
ID = [39700]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Barker, Margaret. “What Did King Josiah Reform?” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 523—42. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
ID = [39701]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Gee, John. “A Seething Pot in the North: International Affairs Leading Up to Lehi’s Day.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 543—60. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39702]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Satterfield, Bruce K. “The Divine Justification for the Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 561—94. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39703]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, and Fred E. Woods. “How Could Jerusalem, ‘That Great City,’ Be Destroyed?” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 595—610. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
Old Testament Topics > Jerusalem
ID = [39704]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Thompson, Jeffrey Paul, and John W. Welch. “The Rechabites: A Model Group in Lehi’s World.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 611—24. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39705]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Brown, S. Kent. “Jerusalem Connections to Arabia in 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 625—46. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Geography
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [39706]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Seely, David Rolph, Jo Ann H. Seely, and John W. Welch. “Introduction.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, ix-xvi. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
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Keywords: Jerusalem (Old World)
ID = [75531]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test,welch  Size: 9005  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:51
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Old Testament prophet Jeremiah and Book of Mormon prophet Lehi were contemporaries, and both preached repentance to the people of Jerusalem. Despite their common love for the truth, these men led very different lives because the first was commanded to remain in Jerusalem and the latter was commanded to leave. This article examines the lives and teachings of Jeremiah and Lehi and compares them to each other, suggesting that Jeremiah’s life symbolizes God’s justice and that Lehi’s life symbolizes God’s mercy.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [3007]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 66307  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:19
Seely, David Rolph, and Jo Ann H. Seely. “Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs.” Rev. ed. in Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, eds. John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 357—80. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [39697]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:37
Segert, Stanislav. “Review of Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, edited by John W. Welch.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 46 (1984): 336-38.
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Book review.

ID = [80078]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Seibel, George. The Mormon Saints; the Story of Joseph Smith, His Golden Bible and the Church He Founded. Pittsburgh: The Lessing Company, 1919.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The author discusses what he considers to be various anachronisms and absurdities in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78579]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1919-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Seitz, Don C. Uncommon Americans. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merril, 1925.
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A historical work that discusses Joseph Smith and Mormonism on pages 1-23. The author considers the Book of Mormon to be “crude in style and inane in contents” He accepts the Spaulding Theory regarding its origin.

ID = [78742]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1925-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Seminaries and Institutes of Religion. “Book of Mormon Chronology Chart.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43342]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7046  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Sesay, Gabriel Kelphala. “Book of Mormon Stories.” Ensign, October 1992.
ID = [50710]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2311  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:46:16
Sessions, Christine Huber. “Review of The Ammonite, by Blaine C. Thomsen.” Dialogue 13 (Summer 1980): 135.
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Book review.

ID = [80110]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Sessions, James E., and J. Wyley Sessions. “The 100th Anniversary of Moroni’s Visit Celebrated in Africa.” Improvement Era 27, no. 4 (1924): 336-337.
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In this article, the South African Mission celebrates the anniversary of Moroni’s visit by organizing a campaign to sell and distribute copies of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Africa, Angel Moroni, Book of Mormon, Missionary Work
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76959]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Sessions, James E., and J. Wyley Sessions. “The 100th Anniversary of Moroni’s Visit Celebrated in Africa.” Improvement Era 27, no. 4 (1924): 336-337.
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In this article, the South African Mission celebrates the anniversary of Moroni’s visit by organizing a campaign to sell and distribute copies of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Africa, Angel Moroni, Book of Mormon, Missionary Work
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76959]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Sexton, George. A Portraiture of Mormonism, or Animad Versions on the Doctrines and Pretensions of the Latter- day Saints. London: W. Strange, 1849.
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Two polemic lectures. Considers Joseph Smith to be an impostor. Tells about the origin of the Book of Mormon and comments on its feasibility or lack thereof.

ID = [77439]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1849-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Shalev, Eran. “An American Book of Chronicles: Pseudo-​Biblicism and the Cultural Origins of The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter examines the Book of Mormon in light of the popular pseudo-biblical genre of the time period in which it was published. It hypothesizes that the Book of Mormon could not have gained the traction it did if not for the existence of contemporary texts written in biblical style.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual parallels; Book of Mormon, Bible and; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon, American setting
ID = [82104]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Shannon, Avram R. “After Whose Order?: Kingship and Priesthood in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 60, no. 4 (2021): 75-91.
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This article illustrates the Nephite notions of priesthood and church in order to show that the Book of Mormon conception of priesthood is based on Judahite notions of kingly priesthood and ideas firmly rooted in the biblical law of Moses and the Sinai Covenant. This is the underlying idea behind Alma2’s discussion of Melchizedek in Alma 13. In this article, I first look at “priest” in the biblical record and tradition. I follow this with a discussion of Book of Mormon “priesthood” notions up to Alma1 and Alma2 (including the interaction with Nehor). Finally, I examine the conflict between Alma2 and the Nehorite people of Ammonihah, where Alma2 draws on a narrative expansion of the Melchizedek tradition in Genesis 14 to make his point about his priesthood order and its superiority to the order of Nehor.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Ammonihah (City of); Melchizedek (King of Salem); Nephite Kingship; Order of Nehor; Priesthood
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [10540]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 27904  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:58
Shannon, Avram R. “The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33823]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:08
Shannon, Avram R., and Kerry Hull, eds. A Hundredth Part: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
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This volume represents some of the more compelling articles on the Book of Mormon that have appeared in Religious Studies Center publications. Each has advanced the field of Book of Mormon studies in unique and innovative ways and has provided insights into the doctrine, history, and message of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [81459]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:21
Shannon, Avram R., and Thora Florence Shannon. “‘I Am the Law’: Jesus Christ and the Law of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81587]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:29
Shannon, Avram R. “Law of God/God of Law: The Law of Moses in Alma’s Teachings to Corianton.” 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 > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34075]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 51452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Shannon, Avram R. “Prophets and Prophecy in the Book of Mormon: The Case of Samuel the Lamanite.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33904]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:13
Shannon, Avram R. “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Future of Comparative and Historical Approaches.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 32 (2023): 32-50.
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“In this essay I have presented three concrete examples that I believe illustrate what is needed in the future from comparative and historical approaches to the Book of Mormon. There is value in pointing out parallels, but the future of these approaches in Book of Mormon studies must not stop there. It must use gathered data to aid in more sophisticated readings of the Book of Mormon, increasing understanding of both what the book is presenting and how it is presenting it. For me, this is one of the most important elements for the future of Book of Mormon studies--the recognition that finding parallels with the biblical text or other ancient cultures is not, in and of itself, sufficient as a point of scholarly interest. It is an excellent starting point, but the future of Book of Mormon studies will move on from that point. Future scholarship naturally builds on what has gone before, but standing on the shoulders of giants will allow future Book of Mormon scholars to see even further than before.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon
ID = [81957]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:49
Shannon, Avram R., and Thora Florence Shannon. “‘I Am the Law’: Jesus Christ and the Law of Moses in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81587]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:29
Shapiro, R. Gary, ed. An Exhaustive Concordance of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. Salt Lake City: Hawkes, 1977.
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An alphabetical listing of nearly every word occurring in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price with context entries. Words found in the title page and the thirty original chapter headings of the Book of Mormon are also included.

ID = [77517]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sharp, Daniel B. “Justice, Mercy and the Atonement in the Teachings of Alma to Corianton.” 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 > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
ID = [34072]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 27705  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. “Scripture Note—‘For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them’: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?” Religious Educator Vol. 18 no. 1 (2017).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [38429]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 14431  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:35
Sharp, James P. “It Happened in Mexico.” Improvement Era 43, no. 1 (1940): 22, 37.
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In response to the accusations of three traveling Methodist preachers, the author attempts to prove through archaeology the existence in pre-Columbian Central America of horses, cement, and jewelry—things mentioned in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Apologetics, Archaeology, Cement, External Evidence, Horses, Mexico, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76765]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:57
Sharp, Loretta M. “The Mythic Machiavelli: The Prince and Mandragola. Mythic Patterns in a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Archetypal Patterns in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1971.
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Discusses several archetypal patterns that occur in the Book of Mormon. These include the archetypal night journey, the Cain-Abel archetype, the Oedipal statement, the Great Mother archetype, and the resulting masculinity of the book. She provides several examples of each archetype, and relates them to the scriptural context.

ID = [80570]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:34
Sharp, Marion. I Cry, Mormon. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1989.
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Sharp tells the history of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the early Church and persecution of the Saints, Joseph Smith’s martyrdom, and the pioneer journey, as well as Nephi’s story as told in the Book of Mormon, in an epic poem format.

ID = [77880]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Sharp, Ryan H. “Alma, Ambiguity, and the Development of Doctrinal Understanding.” 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
ID = [34071]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 44717  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Sharp, Ryan H. “Episode 45: Remembering Samuel the Lamanite.” Y Religion Podcast, BYU Religious Studies Center, December 2021.
ID = [39012]  Status = Type = podcast  Date = 2021-12-01  Collections:  bom,y-rel  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:35
Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Except Some Man Should Guide Me’: Studying Isaiah with Nephi and Jacob.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [33826]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:08
Hilton, John, III, Ryan H. Sharp, Bradley R. Wilcox, and Jaron Hansen. “Gentiles in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 267-288.
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Abstract: The word Gentiles appears 141 times in the Book of Mormon (the singular Gentile appears only five times.) It appears more frequently than key words such as baptize, resurrection, Zion, and truth. The word Gentiles does not appear with equal frequency throughout the Book of Mormon; in fact, it appears in only five of its fifteen books: 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, 3 Nephi, Mormon, and Ether. Additionally, Book of Mormon speakers did not say Gentiles evenly. Some speakers said the word much less often than we might expect while others used it much more. Nephi1 used Gentiles the most (43 times), and Christ Himself used it 38 times. In addition to analyzing which speakers used the word, this study shows distinctive ways in which Book of Mormon speakers used this word.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3568]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 46455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:58
Sharp, Ryan H. “Of Captivity and Kingdoms: Helping Students Find a Place 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 = [34011]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:19
Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Was It Not So?’ Remembering the Contributions of Samuel the Lamanite.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
ID = [33907]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:13
Sharp, W. H. H. “The Angel Moroni.” Contributor 1 (March 1880): 142-43.
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Quotes Revelation 14:6-8 and explains that Moroni was the angel who held the keys of the gospel and came to earth in the latter days to commit them to Joseph Smith. Gives a biographical outline of Moroni’s mortal life and discusses his latter-day work in bringing the Book of Mormon to light.

ID = [80264]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:16
Sharp, W. H. H. “A Voice from Heaven.” Our Deseret Home 2 (1883): 146.
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Discusses the wickedness of the American nation as related to the prophecies of Samuel the Lamanite. He includes numerous quotes from the Book of Mormon and information about early explorers of America, and promotes the idea that the earth is a live animal.

ID = [78948]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Sharp, W.H.H. “The Angel Moroni.” The Contributor 1, no. 6 (1880): 142-143.
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Quotes Revelation 14:6-8 and explains that Moroni was the angel who held the keys of the gospel and came to earth in the latter days to commit them to Joseph Smith. Gives a biographical outline of Moroni’s mortal life and discusses his latter-day work in bringing the Book of Mormon to light.

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Moroni (Son of Mormon), Restoration
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [75989]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:13
Sharp, W.H.H. “The Angel Moroni.” The Contributor 1, no. 6 (1880): 142-143.
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Quotes Revelation 14:6-8 and explains that Moroni was the angel who held the keys of the gospel and came to earth in the latter days to commit them to Joseph Smith. Gives a biographical outline of Moroni’s mortal life and discusses his latter-day work in bringing the Book of Mormon to light.

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Moroni (Son of Mormon), Restoration
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76463]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:39
Shaw, Louise R. “‘Something More’” Church News 59 (11 February 1989): 16.
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A visit to the public library led Joseph Palozzolo to read the Book of Mormon, which eventually led to his conversion.

ID = [78831]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-02-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Shaw, Mary C. “Pigmy Elephants.” Improvement Era 39, no. 1 (1935): 19.
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This article discusses newly discovered fossils of elephants that were found on an island off the coast of California. This discovery may indicate that the Book of Mormon contains the truth.

Keywords: Ancient America – North America, Archaeology, Book of Mormon Anachronisms, Elephants
ID = [76991]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1936-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:10
Shaw, W. E. “Address to the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 9, no. 3 (1 February 1847): 44.
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A nine-stanza poem dedicated to the Book of Mormon. The ninth stanza summarizes the entire poem: “Now I behold thee, open to my gaze, The Stick of Ephraim sent in these last days, To warn the nations, gather Israel in, Bring Christ to earth, and make an end of sin”

ID = [80974]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1847-02-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:57
Sheen, Isaac. “Antiquarian Evidences of the Book of Mormon.” True L.D.S. Herald 9-10 (May-August 1866): 130-33, 147-50, 163-65, 178-83, 3-5, 20-23, 35-36.
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Archaeological and historical concepts associated with the Americas and parallels between the Old and New Worlds (i.e., Hebrew and Egyptian languages and customs found among the Indians) are discussed in light of many claims made in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79056]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1866-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Sheen, Isaac. “Reply to an Inquiry No. 2.” True L.D.S. Herald 10 (15 September 1866): 82-83.
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Explains how the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel.

ID = [80057]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1866-09-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Sheets, Kendal M., and Meredith Ray Sheets. The Book of Mormon: Book of Lies. McClean, VA: 1811 Press, 2012.
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“In Book of Mormon, Book of Lies, authors Meredith Ray Sheets and Kendal M. Sheets expose The Book of Mormon and the story surrounding its creation as one of the greatest deceptions in the history of America, if not the entire world. The result of twenty-five years of research, Book of Mormon, Book of Lies will alter the course of global religion, finance, and politics. Book of Lies proves that Smith’s manuscript, which he published in 1830, is nothing more than cleverly disguised plagiarism of The Travels of Marco Polo, the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World as recorded by his son, histories of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and travel journals… all readily available to Smith.” [Abstract]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Book of Mormon, origins; Anti-Mormon writings; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, authorship
ID = [81512]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:24
Sheets, Kendal M., and Meredith Ray Sheets. The Book of Mormon: Book of Lies. McClean, VA: 1811 Press, 2012.
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“In Book of Mormon, Book of Lies, authors Meredith Ray Sheets and Kendal M. Sheets expose The Book of Mormon and the story surrounding its creation as one of the greatest deceptions in the history of America, if not the entire world. The result of twenty-five years of research, Book of Mormon, Book of Lies will alter the course of global religion, finance, and politics. Book of Lies proves that Smith’s manuscript, which he published in 1830, is nothing more than cleverly disguised plagiarism of The Travels of Marco Polo, the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World as recorded by his son, histories of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and travel journals… all readily available to Smith.” [Abstract]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Book of Mormon, origins; Anti-Mormon writings; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, authorship
ID = [81512]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:24
Sheldon, Henry C. A Fourfold Test of Mormonism. New York: Abingdon Press, 1914.
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A polemical work against Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The author notes several examples of what he terms anachronisms and absurdities in the book, such as the use of a compass, animals, pre-Christian knowledge of New Testament events, modern terms and phrases, lack of archaeological evidence, and Jaredite barges. The author considers it ridiculous that the Book of Mormon does not agree with the prevalent belief of biblical scholars that certain passages of Isaiah belong to the post-exilic period.

ID = [77415]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1914-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Sheldon, Louise Palfrey. “Book of Mormon and the Present Status.” Saints’ Herald 71 (24 September 1924): 918-20.
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Writes concerning the gift of seership, the Urim and Thummim, and the Book of Mormon’s warning against centralized power.

ID = [79128]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-09-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Sheldon, Louise Palfrey. A Study of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1945.
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An eight- part instructional aid to study of the Book of Mormon that includes lesson outlines and questions arranged in the same chronological order as the events in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77460]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1945-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sheldon, William. Mormonism Examined. Broadhead, WI: William Sheldon, 1876.
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A polemic against Mormon scriptures. The Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible and is full of gross anachronisms and absurdities.

ID = [78050]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1876-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sheldon, William. Mormonism Examined: Was Joseph Smith a Divinely Inspired Prophet? A Refutation of Mormonism. Broadhead, WI: Vanity,n.d.
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The Book of Mormon conflicts with itself and with the Bible and contains internal proof of its fallacy. One hundred such fallacies are listed, i.e., the Book of Mormon date of the death of Christ disagrees with the Bible, the date of the birth of Christ does not coincide with world history.

ID = [78051]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Shelton, Ken. “Review of Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, by Hugh W. Nibley.” BYU Today (November 1982): 19.
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Book review.

ID = [80098]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1982-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:07
Sherlock, Richard. “Review of Studies on the Book of Mormon, by B. H. Roberts and Brigham D. Madsen.” Western Historical Quarterly 18 (January 1987): 71-72.
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Book review.

ID = [80109]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Sherlock, Richard. “Review of Studies on the Book of Mormon, by B. H. Roberts and Brigham D. Madsen.” Sunstone 11 (September 1987): 39.
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Book review.

ID = [80108]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1987-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Shields, Steven L. Book of Mormon Study Series: Studies in 1 Nephi. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1987.
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Explores themes found in 1 Nephi: the Nephite sojourn in the wilderness, the tree of life, Nephi’s vision, the olive tree, and the Liahona.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [77650]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Shields, Steven L. Book of Mormon Study Series: Studies in 3 Nephi. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1987.
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Studies in 3 Nephi: the birth of Christ, Jesus Christ, the son of God, Jesus visits the Nephites, the Sermon on the Mount, other sheep.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77651]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Shields, Steven L. “Embaye Melekin and the Book of Mormon as an African Bible.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 39, no. 1 (Spring, 2019): 133-143.
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“Steve Shields presents the argument of Eritrean-born Embaye Melekin that the Book of Mormon conforms more closely to the geography, culture, and lore of Africa than to the Americas.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon; Africa
ID = [82010]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:52
Shields, Steven L. “The Process of Translation.” Restoration 1 (October 1982): 1, 23.
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Presents a document written by Lucy Mack Smith to her sister-in-law, Mary Pierce, dated January 23, 1829, which mentions the process of translation. (Editor’s note: this document has since been shown to be a forgery.)

ID = [80611]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1982-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Shields, Steven L. Studies in Alma. 2 vols. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1989-90.
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A study guide with scriptural paraphrases, questions, and activities designed to aid the reader in understanding the book of Alma.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78290]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Shields, Steven L. Studies in Helaman. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1990.
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A study guide with scriptural paraphrases, questions, and activities designed to aid the reader in understanding the book of Helaman.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78291]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Shipps, Jan. Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
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The first two chapters of this book describe the history of the Mormon church until the publication of the Book of Mormon. The author stresses the importance of the Book of Mormon in converting people to Joseph Smith’s cause. Only later did the First Vision begin to take prominence. This work is reviewed in A.026.

ID = [78083]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Shirley, Keith. “Letter.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 2 (2012).
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Letters praising the Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture and responding to articles published therein.

ID = [3278]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 3905  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:36
Shook, Charles A. American Anthropology Disproving the Book of Mormon. Cleveland: The Utah Gospel Mission, 1930.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon attempting to demonstrate that many of its claims are false and unsupported by archaeological evidence. Author asserts that there is no evidence for the Hebrew origin of the American Indian, pre-columbian iron and steel, transoceanic migration, and Egyptian language in American white Indians. Other alleged anachronisms are noted.

ID = [77496]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1930-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Shook, Charles A. Cumorah Revisited or ‘The Book of Mormon’ and the Claims of the Mormons Re-examined from the Viewpoint of American Archaeology and Ethnology. Cincinnati: Standard, 1910.
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An attempted refutation of the Book of Mormon’s historical claims. Author accepts the Spaulding theory for its origin; he asserts that there is no archaeological evidence that supports the Book of Mormon’s claims; he contests the claim that American Indians were once white, that they were of Hebrew descent, or that they had a knowledge of the Egyptian language. Numerous “anachronisms” are noted.

ID = [77729]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1910-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Shook, Charles A. The True Origin of the Book of Mormon. Cincinnati: Standard, 1914.
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A polemical work attempting to discredit the Book of Mormon and show that it was derived from an unpublished manuscript written by Solomon Spaulding. The writer attempts to show that some Book of Mormon witnesses such as Oliver Cowdery denied their Book of Mormon testimony.

ID = [78679]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1914-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Short, John T. The North American of Antiquity: Their Origin, Migrations, and Type of Civilization Considered. 3rd ed. New York: Harper, 1880.
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An examination of the North Americans of antiquity, from the aspects of archaeology, linguistics, geography, science, calendars, and religion. The Book of Mormon theory regarding the origin of the early North Americans is mentioned “only on the ground of its romantic character, and not on the supposition for a moment that it contains a grain of truth”

ID = [78607]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1880-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 22-23 (February-December 1887, January-March 1888): 54-55, 76, 90-92, 107-9, 118-19, 142-43, 157-58, 162-63, 190-91, 194-95, 222, 237-38, 242-43, 258-59, 284-85, 300-301, 316-17, 324-25, 340-41, 356-57, 4-5, 34-35, 61, 76-77.
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Uses historical, linguistic, and archaeological evidence to prove the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. Basing his facts on research done by noted linguists and archaeologists of the time, the author writes concerning the god Quetzalcoatl, religious customs and ruins of advanced civilizations, comparisons between the Hebrew and Mayan languages, and the Egyptian hieroglyphic writings. Shreeve also tells of similarities in biblical beliefs between early people of both the western and eastern hemispheres and explains why Joseph Smith was incapable of writing the Book of Mormon without divine aid.

ID = [78924]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 4 (1887): 54-55.
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Keywords: External Evidence
ID = [75943]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 4 (1887): 54-55.
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Keywords: External Evidence
ID = [76557]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 5 (1887): 76.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Translation
ID = [75945]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter I, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 5 (1887): 76.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Translation
ID = [76558]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter II.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 6 (1887): 90-92.
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Keywords: Anthon, Charles, External Evidence, Harris, Martin, Reformed Egyptian, Translation
ID = [75946]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-03-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter II.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 6 (1887): 90-92.
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Keywords: Anthon, Charles, External Evidence, Harris, Martin, Reformed Egyptian, Translation
ID = [76559]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-03-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter III.” Juvenile Instructor 12, no. 7 (1887): 107-109.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Language - Hebrew, Language - Mayan, Language - Reformed Egyptian
ID = [75888]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1877-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:08
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter III.” Juvenile Instructor 12, no. 7 (1887): 107-109.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Language - Hebrew, Language - Mayan, Language - Reformed Egyptian
ID = [76560]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1877-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 8 (1887): 118-119.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Reformed Egyptian
ID = [75947]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-04-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 8 (1887): 118-119.
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Keywords: External Evidence, Reformed Egyptian
ID = [76561]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-04-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IX.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 14 (1887): 222.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, Astronomy, External Evidence
ID = [75953]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-07-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter IX.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 14 (1887): 222.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, Astronomy, External Evidence
ID = [76562]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-07-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 9 (1887): 142-143.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Aztec, Noah (Prophet)
ID = [75948]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 9 (1887): 142-143.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Aztec, Noah (Prophet)
ID = [76563]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 10 (1887): 157-158.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Tower of Babel
ID = [75949]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-05-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter V, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 10 (1887): 157-158.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Great Flood, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Tower of Babel
ID = [76564]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-05-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 11 (1887): 162-163.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [75950]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 11 (1887): 162-163.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Brother of Jared, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [76565]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 12 (1887): 190-191.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Jaredite, Mesoamerica
ID = [75951]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-06-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 12 (1887): 190-191.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Jaredite, Mesoamerica
ID = [76566]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-06-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 13 (1887): 194-195.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Mound Builders, North America
ID = [75952]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter VIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 13 (1887): 194-195.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Mound Builders, North America
ID = [76567]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter X.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 15 (1887): 237-238.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Masonry, Mesoamerica
ID = [75954]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter X.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 15 (1887): 237-238.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Architecture, External Evidence, Masonry, Mesoamerica
ID = [76568]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 16 (1887): 242-243.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Elephants, External Evidence, Horses, Mesoamerica, North America
ID = [75955]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-08-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XI.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 16 (1887): 242-243.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Elephants, External Evidence, Horses, Mesoamerica, North America
ID = [76569]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-08-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 17 (1887): 258-259.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Mythology, Recordkeeping
ID = [75956]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 17 (1887): 258-259.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Mythology, Recordkeeping
ID = [76570]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 19 (1887): 300-301.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Compass, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Priesthood Authority
ID = [75958]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 19 (1887): 300-301.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Compass, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Priesthood Authority
ID = [76571]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 18 (1887): 284-285.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Baptism, Creation, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Temple Worship
ID = [75957]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-09-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 18 (1887): 284-285.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Baptism, Creation, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Temple Worship
ID = [76572]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-09-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 20 (1887): 316-317.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Symbolism
ID = [75959]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-10-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIII.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 20 (1887): 316-317.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Symbolism
ID = [76573]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-10-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 21 (1887): 324-325.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl
ID = [75960]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 21 (1887): 324-325.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl
ID = [76574]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 23 (1887): 356-357.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Maya, Mesoamerica
ID = [75962]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Concluded.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 23 (1887): 356-357.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Maya, Mesoamerica
ID = [76575]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 22 (1887): 340-341.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, North America, Quetzalcoatl
ID = [75961]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-11-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XIV, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 22 (1887): 340-341.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, North America, Quetzalcoatl
ID = [76576]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-11-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XV.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 1 (1888): 4-5.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Earthquake, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Natural Disaster, North America
ID = [75963]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XV.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 1 (1888): 4-5.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Earthquake, External Evidence, Mesoamerica, Native Americans - Toltec, Natural Disaster, North America
ID = [76577]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVI.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 3 (1888): 34-35.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Irrigation, Mesoamerica, Zuni
ID = [75964]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVI.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 3 (1888): 34-35.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, Irrigation, Mesoamerica, Zuni
ID = [76578]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 4 (1888): 61.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, North America, Zuni
ID = [75965]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 4 (1888): 61.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, North America, Zuni
ID = [76579]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 5 (1888): 76-77.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, North America, Zuni
ID = [75966]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:12
Shreeve, Thomas A. “A Sacred History: External Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon, Chapter XVII, Continued.” Juvenile Instructor 23, no. 5 (1888): 76-77.
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Keywords: Ancient America, External Evidence, North America, Zuni
ID = [76580]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:46
Shreeve, Thomas A. “Study of the Book of Mormon.” Contributor 9 (1887—1888): 275-80.
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An address encouraging Book of Mormon study. Tells of the finding of Egyptian characters by Augustus LePlongeon among the Mayans and traditions of Christ’s ministration among the American Indians.

ID = [80215]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:14
Shreeve, Thomas A. “Study of the Book of Mormon.” The Contributor 9, no. 7 (1888): 275-280.
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An address encouraging Book of Mormon study. Tells of the finding of Egyptian characters by Augustus LePlongeon among the Mayans and traditions of Christ’s ministration among the American Indians.

Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica, Education, Native Americans - Maya
ID = [76000]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:14
Shreve, Grant. “Nephite Secularization ; or, Picking and Choosing in The Book of Mormon.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter describes secularization among the Nephites. It claims that the Book of Mormon attempts to solve problems of secularity faced by Joseph Smith in early 19th-century America.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon
ID = [82105]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Shumway, Eric B. “Polynesians.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [74892]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 3879  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:15
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and R. Q. Shupe. Brigham Young: Images of a Mormon Prophet. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2000.
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The focus of this project is to bring together all the known paintings and photographic images of Brigham from his lifetime. Additionally, a representative sample of the numerous graphic images of Brigham appearing in newspapers, magazines, and books from the same period are reproduced. Illustrations of the Mormon leader in these publications sometimes closely reflect the photographic record because they are based on original photographs or because they were made from personal observations by a trained artist. In many cases, artists met Brigham face-to-face and then worked from photographic images to finish their work. Other illustrations, however, range from the ridiculously funny to the blatantly vicious, like many political cartoons of the day. ISBN 1-5700-8625-7

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33353]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,brigham,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:01
Shute, E. V., A. H. Christianson, and Willie C. Adams Sr. “Shall We Improve the Book of Mormon?” Saints’ Herald 101 (8 November, 20, 27 December 1954): 1076-77, 1232, 1248.
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Debate concerning editorial changes to the Book of Mormon. Shute desires a complete revision with special attention to punctuation; Christianson refutes Shute’s proposed revision saying that changing even a comma changes the book’s meaning; Adams points out that language is constantly changing and future editions would be needed to stay current.

ID = [80162]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1954-11-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:11
Shute, Evan. “The Book of Mormon as Literature.” Saints’ Herald 90 (27 February 1943): 263-65, 278.
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A literary analysis in rebuttal to allegations that the Book of Mormon was poor literature. It is found that it is a very complex document, a historical narrative, and a theological book with a purpose. It is the work of multiple writers, two abridgers, and a translator, all of whom influenced the work with their own style and idioms, yet its clarity never fails. It is “self-consistent” and the “literary style is admirably adapted to the role the book was intended for”

ID = [80347]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1943-02-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:21
Shute, Evan. “Did Christ Visit America?” Saints’ Herald 89 (14 November 1942): 1450-53.
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Christ’s visit to the American Continent is well supported by histories and native traditions. The author finds that 3 Nephi 4-13 are compatible with many of these histories and traditions.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [79365]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-11-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
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
Shute, R. Wayne, and E. Vance Randall. “The Horse in Pre-Columbian America.” Saints’ Herald 88 (13 December 1941): 1583-85.
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A collection of written materials concerning horses in pre-Columbian America from the fifty years preceding 1933.

ID = [80489]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-12-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:29
Shute, R. Wayne, and E. Vance Randall. “Professor Anthon: A Plagiarist.” Saints’ Herald 90 (13 February 1943): 5, 22.
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Examining the life of Professor Anthon proved him to be an impostor. He knew French well enough to translate a Frenchman’s work, and he published it without giving credit where it was due. Perhaps he was “bluffing” concerning his knowledge of Egyptian.

ID = [80006]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1943-02-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:02
Shute, R. Wayne, and Wayne E. Brickey. “Prophets and Perplexity: The Book of Helaman as a Case Study.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [36806]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 26791  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:56
Shute, R. Wayne, and Wallace B. Slade. Terra Nova. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1988.
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An ambitious epic poem on the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78314]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Siegel, Lee. “Out of the Dust.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 1 (1992).
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It is highly unlikely that an object found in Lake Michigan could be a Jaredite barge. Lee Siegel reports about an archaeological dig at Piedras Negras, Guatemala, conceived and run by Brigham Young University’s Dr. Stephen Houston. A bronze sword discovered in Texas may be an Old World artifact. A linguist documents convincingly that the Ket language in western Siberia shares cognates with the Na-Dene language family of North America, thus showing possible transcontinental linguistic links.

ID = [3002]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 17325  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:19
Sill, Sterling W. “Book of Mormon.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (24 March 1957). Provo, UT: BYU Press.
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We may not be able to walk where Jesus walked, but of greater worth is that we can think what Jesus thought. The Book of Mormon reveals the thoughts of Christ. Heroes of the Book of Mormon are worthy of emulation. Sill highlights Mormon, who possessed a celestial mind.

ID = [81087]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1957-03-24  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Sill, Sterling W. “A Man Called Jacob.” Instructor 102 (November 1967): 424-25.
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Briefly discusses some of the characteristics of Jacob, son of Lehi. Jacob is portrayed as a man to whom others look for an example of spiritual living.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [78893]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1967-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Silver, Cherry B. “Connecting the Nephite Story to Mesoamerican Research.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 23-34.
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Review of Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (1998), by John L. Sorenson

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Maya; Mesoamerica; Native Americans - Olmec
ID = [336]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 25116  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:41
Silver, Cherry B. “John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne, eds., Rediscovering the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 60.
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Review of Rediscovering the Book of Mormon (1991), edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne.

ID = [135]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 7643  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:29
Silver, Gerald. Lehi’s Wilderness Journey: An Ensign Sponsored Trip of South Arabia. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1977.
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A filmstrip (94 frames, 16 1/2 minutes) based on a journey to the Arabian Peninsula. Arabia “portrays the geography and cultural conditions that could have existed in Lehi’s day and gives the viewer a better feeling for and understanding of the journey that Lehi and his family experienced in traveling from Jerusalem to the land Bountiful”

ID = [77973]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Silver, Ruth. “Review of Illustrated Stories from the Book of Mormon, by Raymond H. Jacobs.” Dialogue 3 (Summer 1968): 146.
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Book review.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80083]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1968-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Simkins, Heather. “My Mother’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, April 2016.
ID = [61433]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3486  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:45
Simmerman, Sherry L., and Gerald M. Haslam. “Nephi Confounds the Wicked Judges.” Friend 15 (November 1985): 48-49.
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Nephi, son of Helaman, confronts the wicked judges (Helaman 6-9).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [79876]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1985-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Simmons, Dana. “Review of Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses, by Richard Lloyd Anderson.” Recent Book of Mormon Developments, Articles from Zarahemla Record, 1:98. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1984.
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Book review.

ID = [80088]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Simmons, Dana A. “The Whitmer Transcript.” Zarahemla Record 9 (Summer 1980): 1-2, 4, 8.
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Reports the find of a document “thought to be the original Anthon transcript” (Editor’s note: this document has since been shown to be a forgery.)

ID = [80703]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:41
Simmons, Verneil W. “Another Look at the Book of Mormon Ministry of Christ.” Zarahemla Record 29-31 (Summer, Fall 1985, Winter 1986): 1-3, 23.
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Suggests that Christ appeared to the Nephites on Rosh Hashanah (near September 22). The institution of the sacrament among the Nephites is compared to the last supper. Warns against the changing of ordinances.

ID = [79048]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1985-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Simmons, Verneil W. “Archaeology and the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Witness 7 (June 1969): 4-5, 14.
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Upon arriving in Mesoamerica the Spanish destroyed the books of the Mayan people because they considered them evil. An unknown Mayan man rewrote his people’s history in the 1550s, and it later resurfaced in 1700 and has come to be known as Popol Vuh, the Book of the people. This and other archaeological finds have many things in common with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79071]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1969-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Simmons, Verneil W. “Lest We Forget the Lamanite.” Saints’ Herald 95 (25 September 1948): 924-28, 936.
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The gentile members of the Church must remember that the Book of Mormon was written for the Lamanites also. Emphasizes the need to find where and who these people are by using Book of Mormon geographical passages. Finds that the Isthmus of Tehuantepec most clearly fits the description. The Hill Cumorah was the location of the final battles.

ID = [79704]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1948-09-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Simmons, Verneil W., and Raymond C. Treat. “Maya Hieroglyphs Point to the Book of Mormon.” Zarahemla Record 19-21 (Winter, Spring, Summer 1983): 1-5, 24.
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Examines research into Maya glyphs and states that this research has produced two finds important to Book of Mormon believers: the glyphs are partly phonetic, and the glyphs deal mainly with history. Based upon findings from glyphs, the author proposes Yaxchilan to be Zarahemla and Palenque to be Bountiful.

ID = [79745]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Simmons, Verneil W. Peoples, Places and Prophecies: A Study of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1986.
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A discussion of three groups—Jaredites, Nephites, and Mulekites—who traveled from the Old World to the New World. Geographical, historical, and archaeological evidences are cited with the intent to prove the veracity of the Book of Mormon. Author cites the Popul Vuh, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible, and other sources.

ID = [78147]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Simmons, Verneil W. “Why I Wrote Peoples, Places, and Prophecies.” Zarahemla Record 8 (Spring 1980): 4-6.
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Describes the experiences that led her to write: she believed in two Hill Cumorahs and believed the “narrow neck” to be the “Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico”

ID = [80824]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:48
Simon, Jerald F. “Researching Isaiah Passages in the Book of Mormon.” In Covenants, Prophecies and Hymns of the Old Testament: 30th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, Stephan Taeger, ed., 210—23. Proceedings of The 30th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2001.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [39715]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:38
Maestas, John R., and Jeff Simons. The Lamanite. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University,n.d.
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This work contains statements by prophets from Joseph Smith to Spencer W. Kimball concerning the Lamanites. Topics treated include: “Nephites Found in New Mexico,” “Lamanites a Shield to Us,” “Blessings Promised to Lamanites,” and “Zelph—White Lamanite”

ID = [78530]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Maestas, John R., and Jeff Simons. “The Lamanites—In the Words of the Prophets.” Utah: n.p., 1980.
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Discusses the origin and history of the American Indians (Lamanites), mistreatment of Indians, God’s directing hand in their affairs, and the latter-day responsibility of the Church to take the gospel to them.

ID = [78531]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Simpson, Robert L. “Book of Mormon is the Pivotal Point of Gospel.” Church News 58 (2 January 1988): 3, 12.
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Having the Book of Mormon with a whole new set of prophets declaring the same truths of the Old and New Testaments is one of the main keys to LDS strength in the religious world today.

ID = [79188]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Simpson, Robert L. “Next Fifteen Minutes.” New Era 19, no. 7 (1989): 4-6.
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Simpson as a youth gave a Book of Mormon, complete with testimony, to a friend. The friend showed him an encyclopedia that claimed Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon to be counterfeit. Devastation turned into testimony three days later in a quorum meeting.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon, Criticism, Gift of the Holy Ghost, Missionary Work, Testimony
ID = [76610]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:48
Simpson, Robert L. “The Next Fifteen Minutes.” New Era 19 (July 1989): 4-6.
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Simpson as a youth gave a Book of Mormon, complete with testimony, to a friend. The friend showed him an encyclopedia that claimed Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon to be counterfeit. Devastation turned into testimony three days later in a quorum meeting.

ID = [80581]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:34
Simpson, W. Sparrow. Mormonism: Its History, Doctrines, and Practice. London: A. M. Pigott, 1853.
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An evangelical/polemical tract against Mormonism. The Book of Mormon plagiarizes much from the New Testament and the book of Isaiah. The 1834 Anthon denial is cited. The testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses are discredited, contradictions between the Book of Mormon and the Bible are listed. Author accepts the Spaulding theory of the Book of Mormon’s origin.

ID = [78077]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sims, George. “Fulfillment of Prophecies of the Book of Mormon Concerning the Land of America.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 25, no. 44 (31 October 1863): 691-94.
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The Book of Mormon states that “whatsoever nation shall possess [America] shall serve God, or they shall be swept off” This promise to America, the “promised land,” was fulfilled in the days of the Jaredites who allowed secret combinations to flourish. Those who remain faithful to Jesus Christ will enjoy the ministration of angels, fellowship with prophets, communion with saints, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and possession of the land of promise.

ID = [80940]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1863-10-31  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:55
Sire, James W. Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1980.
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An evangelical/polemical work written for the intent of dealing with the “cults” The author discusses alleged misinterpretations of Bible prophecy by the Mormons, which supposedly support the Book of Mormon. He considers praying about the Book of Mormon unnecessary and suggests that Joseph may have drawn upon both Spaulding and View of the Hebrews

ID = [78234]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Sirota, Mark F. Paraphrase and Commentary on the Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi. Mesa, AZ: M. F. Sirota, 1983.
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A photocopied anthology of texts and commentaries on 3 Nephi 1-10, taken from 4 major sources, including volume 7 of Commentary on the Book of Mormon,

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78139]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sjodahl, Janne M. “America: Is It a Book of Mormon Name?” Improvement Era 24, no. 2 (1920): 130-143.
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This article attempts to link the name “America” with a cognate form of the name Mulek, a pre-Christian traveler to the western hemisphere. The author rejects the concept that America was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, as has been often assumed.

Keywords: America, Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah), Onomastics
ID = [77073]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Ancient Indian Literature.” Improvement Era 29, no. 11 (1926): 1035-1042.
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This article refers to the record-keeping habits of the inhabitants of the Americas as discovered by European observers. An English translation of several records is given, and a kinship shown between traditions among the American pre-European peoples and the milieu from which the Book of Mormon emerged.

Keywords: Pre-Columbian American History, Pre-Columbian Contact, Recordkeeping
ID = [76916]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1926-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:05
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Archaeological Finds in Arizona.” Improvement Era 28, no. 9 (1925): 813-821.
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Several crosses with Latin inscriptions, a spear, and sword that were excavated near Tucson, Arizona, are discussed as possible evidence for pre-Columbian contact between the Americas and Europe. The author speculates that a reference to a “mountain” in the inscriptions may be connected to the Hill Cumorah mentioned in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Archaeology, Pre-Columbian American History, Pre-Columbian Contact
ID = [76964]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Archaeological Research and the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 25, no. 12 (October 1922): 1104-7.
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Takes the position that contemporary archaeology corroborates the claim that Book of Mormon peoples had Middle Eastern roots.

ID = [81267]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1922-10-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:10
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Archaeology and the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 87, no. 9 (26 February 1925): 132-34.
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The conclusions of modern research of the mound builders coincides with the Book of Mormon account of the Jaredite people. Modern archaeologists conclude that the Indians are of one race, that their migrations were from south to north, and that the original inhabitants of America bear an unmistakable relationship to the Semitic branches of eastern culture and Egypt.

ID = [81387]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-02-26  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:17
Sjodahl, Janne M. Authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Liverpool: Millennial Star Office, 1915.
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A combined reprint of four articles that appeared in the Millennial Star from 29 July to 19 August 1915. Here, the author wishes to convince the reader that the Book of Mormon is authentic by using historical, linguistic, and archaeological evidence, plus the testimonies of the Three and Eight Witnesses alongside examples of biblical scriptures that have been fulfilled through the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a “good book” that leads people to improve themselves and their lives.

Keywords: Archaeology, Book of Mormon Authorship, Book of Mormon, Prophecies of, Deseret (Honeybee), Eight Witnesses, Language - Hebrew, Liahona, Morality, Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah), Prophecy, Shazer, Spaulding, Solomon, Three Witnesses
ID = [75420]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1915-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:44
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Bible and Book of Mormon Evidence.” Church News 4 (19 May 1934): 1, 7.
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Refutes scholarly claims that the Bible was written during the 7th century b.c. by examining the contents of the brass plates that Lehi took to the New World. Since the brass plates contained the Pentateuch, chronicles, and prophecies until the reign of Zedekiah, the Book of Mormon offers evidence that the Bible was written at an earlier date.

ID = [79104]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1934-05-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Book of Abraham.” Improvement Era 16, no. 4 (1913): 326-333.
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This article refutes claims made by Rev. F. S. Spalding that the Book of Mormon was not an authentic book because the Book of Abraham was translated incorrectly and that surely means that Joseph Smith was not a translator. Sjodahl points out that the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, whereas the book of Abraham required seven years of laborious study coupled with inspiration. One cannot be judged on the merits of the other.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon, Book of Abraham, Book of Abraham Translation, Spalding, Franklin
ID = [77052]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-02-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Book of Mormon and Modern Research.” Improvement Era 25, no. 2 (1921): 152-158.
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This defense of the Book of Mormon concludes that archaeological and anthropological data about the pre-Columbian Americas do not contradict the Book of Mormon and often coincide with it.

Keywords: Apologetics, Archaeology, External Evidence, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77097]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1921-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Book of Mormon Characters.” Improvement Era 27, no. 2 (1923): 146-148.
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This article discusses the Anthon transcript and declares that the letter written by Anthon concerning the figures on the paper presented by Martin Harris provides an opinion that is without value. Anthon’s brief examination and his finding do not correlate with the characters as preserved.

Keywords: Anthon Transcript, Anthon, Charles, Characters, Writing System
ID = [76935]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:07
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Book of Mormon Evidence.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 76, no. 49 (3 December 1914): 776-77.
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Illustrates similarities between the ancient Nephite and Toltec civilizations. The history of the Toltec peoples and their destruction by the Aztecs lends evidence to the historicity and truth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81354]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1914-12-03  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:15
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Book of Mormon Evidence.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 79, no. 21 (24 May 1917): 328-30.
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Quotes one source that mentions the discovery of horse bones in America, and another source that describes the discovery of a petroglyph in Arizona which represents dinosaurs and four-toed horses.

ID = [81363]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-05-24  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:16
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Book of Mormon Evidence.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 10 (10 March 1927): 150-51, 157-58.
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Recent scientific research is used to establish facts mentioned in the Book of Mormon. The use of steel in the Book of Mormon is supported by recent findings of hardened tools and steel implements in anceitn American ruins.

ID = [81392]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-03-10  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:18
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Book of Mormon Facts.” Juvenile Instructor 57 (May-June 1922): 243-45, 305-9.
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A collection of various facts that attempt to portray the Book of Mormon as an ancient record as well as a prophetic book: World War I and the giving of Palestine to the Jews are shown to be foretold, the mentioning of steel and iron are defended, and the possible origin of the name America is discussed as coming from Book of Mormon people.

ID = [79167]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1922-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Reynolds, George, and Janne M. Sjodahl. Book of Mormon Geography: The Lands of the Nephites and the Jaredites. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957.
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It is difficult to identify the geography of the Book of Mormon, as there is little effort made by the writers to describe physical features. The speculation of Reynolds and Sjodahl follow in five parts, considering all of the geographical entries of the Book of Mormon. Each city is considered according to the description contained within the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77614]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Book of Mormon Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 22-24, 79.
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Janne Sjodahl discusses how the Book of Mormon would have taken up less space on the plates than in its current translated and printed form. Because the plates were written in a language comparable to Hebrew, Sjodahl had fourteen pages of the English Book of Mormon translated into Hebrew and written out. This Hebrew text covered only one page. According to this finding, the Book of Mormon could be written using as few as twenty-one plates (or even forty-eight if written in larger characters). Sjodahl presents estimates of the size and weight of the plates.

Keywords: Characters; Gold Plates; Language - Hebrew; Writing; Writing System; Epigraphy
ID = [3054]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 19264  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:22
Reynolds, George, and Janne M. Sjodahl. Commentary on the Book of Mormon. 7 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1955, [R]1960.
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This multivolume work contains verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Mormon. The text of the Book of Mormon is included. Also includes discussions of the history and missions of major personalities of the book, treatment of word meanings and usages including comparisons with biblical terms, comments and testimonies of Church leaders, discussion of doctrine, and each volume outlines the chronology of the scriptures included in its scope.

ID = [77702]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Confirming the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 79, no. 1 (4 January 1917): 8-10.
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The Book of Mormon teaches of ancient connections between Asia and America. The article quotes G. Elliot Smith, who theorizes that a cultural migration took place from Egypt to ancient America, c. 900 b.c., citing archaeological evidence.

ID = [81359]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-01-04  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:16
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Credibility of the Witnesses.” Improvement Era 26, no. 11 (1923): 969-979.
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The author of this article defends the reliability of both the Three and the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon. The witnesses consistently adhered to their testimony and each had an unassailable reputation.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Eight Witnesses, Harris, Martin, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David, Witnesses
ID = [76811]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:59
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Fulness of the Gospel.” Deseret News Church Section (11 April—30 May 1936): 3, 4, 8, 8, 7, 6, 7, 6, 2.
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Eight part series. The Book of Mormon records that the faithful of the American Continent were visited by the Jesus and were told they were the “other sheep” that he had spoken of in John 10. There are three groups of people the Savior refers to when he talks of “other sheep”

ID = [80468]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1936-04-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:28
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Have the Lamanites Jaredite Blood in Their Veins.” Improvement Era 31, no. 1 (1927): 56-57.
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The author proposes that not all the Jaredites perished in the final Jaredite cataclysm. He speculates that some of them fled and joined the people of Mulek.

Keywords: Jaredites, Lamanites, Mulekites
ID = [76775]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:57
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Hvitra-manna-land and Lamoni.” Improvement Era 26, no. 2 (1922): 190-193.
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This article relates names from sagas and American geography to Book of Mormon names such as “Laman” and “Lamoni,” which the author suggests refers to “white.” This is seen as a Book of Mormon evidence.

Keywords: King Lamoni, Onomastics, Pre-Columbian Contact
ID = [76915]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1922-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:05
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Indians Becoming White and Delightsome.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 79, no. 5 (1 February 1917): 72-74.
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Argues that the Indians of North and South America are making spiritual and “material progress” and becoming “white and delightsome,” thus fulfilling a prophecy of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81361]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-02-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:16
Sjodahl, Janne M. An Introduction to the Study of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1927.
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This little volume owes its existence chiefly to the desire of the author to add his testimony, at this time, to that of numerous others, bearing the holy Priesthood, of the truths revealed in the Book of Mormon for the salvation of man. But the responsibility is not entirely the author’s. Some of the contents of the book has appeared in the Improvement Era and other Church publications during the last ten years, and friends have been good enough to say, repeatedly, that they would be glad to have those contributions in some form more convenient for reference. Acting on their suggestion, I have collected some papers previously published and others that now appear for the first time, and respectfully submit them in this form to the public. In doing so, it is my sincere prayer that the testimony here offered may be of benefit to the reader, and especially to honest seekers after truth.

Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica, Ancient America - North America, Ancient America - South America, Book of Mormon Geography - Hemispheric, Doctrine, Eight Witnesses, Gold Plates, Lamanites, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Mulekites, Native Americans - Aztec, Native Americans - Maya, Native Americans - Toltec, Native Americans – Algonquins, Native Americans – Iroquois, Native Americans – Muyscas, Native Americans – Nahuas, Native Americans – Pueblo, Nephites, Three Witnesses
ID = [75423]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1927-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:45
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Jaredite Lands.” Improvement Era 42, no. 6 (1939): 336-337, 370-371.
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This article is an analysis of the geographical statements given in the Book of Ether and possible North American correlations.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography, Book of Mormon Geography – North America, Ether (Book of), Jaredites
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [77033]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1939-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Language of White Indians.” Improvement Era 28, no. 6 (1925): 568-571.
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This article is an analysis of the language of “white Indians” found by an American explorer in the mountains of Darien, in Panama. It reveals a vast number of words related to old world words in both form and meaning and claims some Hebrew words are found in this Indian language.

Keywords: Hebraic Indian Theory, Language, Language – Hebrew, Linguistic Analysis, Linguistics, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77056]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Last Struggle Between Nephites and Lamanites.” Deseret News Church Section (23 March 1935): 3, 8.
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Bancroft (Native Races, vol. 1, 628) describes the warfare found among the Mexican people when the Spaniards arrived in the New World. The description is similar to descriptions found in the Book of Mormon concerning the final battle between the Nephites and the Lamanites. [J.W.M.] ”

ID = [80511]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1935-03-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Meaning of the Word ‘Mormon’” Improvement Era 30, no. 5 (1927): 433-434.
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This article quotes Joseph Smith’s statement that “Mormon” means “more good,” or, in other words, “better.” The first syllable is English, the second is Egyptian. The “good” in the name is related to the gospel as good news. Several native American languages have superlatives that translate “more good.”

Keywords: Language – Egyptian, Linguistic Analysis, Linguistics, Onomastics
ID = [76892]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:04
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Name Moroni.” Improvement Era 28, no. 12 (1925): 1132-1134.
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This article argues that the appellation “Moroni” shows up in Asia, the Americas, and even in Paul’s exclamation “maranatha” (1 Cor. 16:22).

Keywords: External Evidence, Linguistic Analysis, Linguistics, Onomastics
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77176]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Sjodahl, Janne M. “New Book of Mormon Evidences.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 96, no. 20 (17 May 1934): 305-7.
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Explores geographical/historical/archaeological implications of Lehi’s journey out of Jerusalem. Says hostile Arabs prevented a journey through inhabited areas.

ID = [81435]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1934-05-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:20
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Notes on the Book of Mormon I.” Improvement Era 30, no. 6 (1927): 526-531.
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This series discusses the gold plates, the burial of the plates at the Hill Cumorah, the Urim and Thummim, the characters on the plates, Joseph Smith’s preparation for translation, the scribes, and manuscripts. The first part discusses the physical characteristics of the plates.

Keywords: Gold Plates, Tumbaga
ID = [77077]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Notes on the Book of Mormon II.” Improvement Era 30, no. 7 (1927): 623-626.
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This series discusses the gold plates, the burial of the plates at the Hill Cumorah, the Urim and Thummim, the characters on the plates, Joseph Smith’s preparation for translation, the scribes, and manuscripts. The second part covers the Hill Cumorah, the burial of the plates, and the Urim and Thummim.

Keywords: Gold Plates, Hill Cumorah, NY, Urim and Thummim
ID = [76917]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:06
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Notes on the Book of Mormon III.” Improvement Era 30, no. 8 (1927): 696-700.
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This series discusses the gold plates, the burial of the plates at the Hill Cumorah, the Urim and Thummim, the characters on the plates, Joseph Smith’s preparation for translation, the scribes, and manuscripts. The third part covers the characters on the gold plates.

Keywords: Anthon Transcript, Anthon, Charles, Characters, Language – Egyptian, Language – Reformed Egyptian, Writing System
ID = [77080]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Notes on the Book of Mormon IV.” Improvement Era 30, no. 9 (1927): 795-800.
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This series discusses the gold plates, the burial of the plates at the Hill Cumorah, the Urim and Thummim, the characters on the plates, Joseph Smith’s preparation for translation, the scribes, and manuscripts. The fourth part covers Joseph Smith’s translation of the plates.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Foreign Language Translation, Scribes, Translator
ID = [77103]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Signs of the Times: The Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 64 (July 1929): 385.
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External evidence of the Book of Mormon substantiates its validity. Scientists have tried to prove it a forgery, but after one hundred years they have not succeeded and it has stood the test of time and close examination.

ID = [80641]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts I.” Improvement Era 26, no. 9 (1923): 825-830.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The first part covers the language of the Book of Mormon and its names, as well as “in the language of my father,” “seer,” “the earth,” “a narrow pass,” “crossing the deep,” and “shining stones.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [76866]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts I (cont.).” Improvement Era 26, no. 10 (1923): 880-884.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The continuation of the first part covers “oppressive taxation,” “corpses thrown into the river,” “drinking blood,” and the Bible.

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [76893]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:04
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts II.” Improvement Era 26, no. 11 (1923): 1045-1046.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The second part covers Columbus and “the east wind.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [76807]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:59
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts III.” Improvement Era 27, no. 1 (1923): 18-22.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The third part covers the phrase “fiery flying serpents.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Hebraisms, Language, Language – Hebrew, Textual Analysis
ID = [77012]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts IV.” Improvement Era 27, no. 3 (1924): 237-239.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The fourth part covers the names “Laban” and “Laman.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Laban (Custodian of Brass Plates), Laman (Son of Lehi), Language, Language – Hebrew, Onomastics, Textual Analysis
ID = [76934]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:06
Sjodahl, Janne M. “A Study of Book of Mormon Texts V.” Improvement Era 27, no. 7 (1924): 675-676.
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In this series, internal evidences of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity are argued using analysis of words and names used in the book that reflect ancient Hebrew customs, and parallels between the Book of Mormon and American Indian languages. The fifth part covers the name “Nephi.”

Keywords: Authenticity, Etymology, Language, Language – Hebrew, Nephi (Son of Lehi), Onomastics, Textual Analysis
ID = [76756]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:56
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Suggested Key to Book of Mormon Geography.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 974-987.
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The author surveys theories on Book of Mormon geography, and offers his own speculation. He concludes that Lehi landed in South America just south of the Isthmus and that he died in Peru. Nephi went on to Ecuador and then Colombia. Zarahemla was located on the Atlantic side of Central America.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography, Book of Mormon Geography – Mesoamerica, Book of Mormon Geography – Peru, Book of Mormon Geography – South America
ID = [77143]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Sjodahl, Janne M. A Suggested Key to Book of Mormon Geography. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957.
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A large map of the North and South American continents marked with names of cities, rivers, and locations that are found in the Book of Mormon text.

ID = [77462]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Tut-Ankh-Amen and Sun-Worship.” Improvement Era 26, no. 7 (1923): 638-643.
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This article speculates that the Lamanite culture may have established the Egyptian practice of sun-worship in America, accounting for the appearance of this practice among certain Indian groups.

Keywords: Archaeology, Egypology, Mythology, Sun
ID = [77139]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sjodahl, Janne M. “Two Outstanding Features of Book of Mormon History.” Relief Society Magazine 14 (October, November 1927): 475-80, 550-53.
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Discusses the determination of the people of Ammon not to defend themselves against the Lamanite attack. Some Indian traditions reflect this peaceful approach to war. The united order was practiced among the Nephites after the Savior’s visit. Indian traditions hold to many of the principles of the united order. [J.W.M.] ”

ID = [80754]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:44
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Book of Mormon as an Interpretive Guide to the New Testament.” In Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, eds. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2006.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [35836]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42281  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:07
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Doctrine of God the Father in the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
ID = [38819]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:57
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Doctrine of God the Father in the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
ID = [38926]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:36:01
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Doctrine of God the Father in the Book of Mormon.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Gospel Insights from General Authorities and Religious Educators,, 412–26. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > G — K > God the Father
ID = [36176]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 31328  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:26
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Foundational Doctrines of 1 Nephi 11–14.” Religious Educator Vol. 2 no. 2 (2001).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
ID = [38096]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2001-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 40422  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:15
Skinner, Andrew C. “From Zion to Destruction: The Lessons of 4 Nephi.” Ensign, September 2000.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
ID = [54515]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 20362  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:51:23
Williams, Clyde J., and Andrew C. Skinner. “Insights from Moroni’s Visits in 1823.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 47-56. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This essay simply recounts the visits and messages of Moroni to the Prophet Joseph.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., angelic visitations; Moroni, visitations; Angels
ID = [82110]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Skinner, Andrew C. “Jesus Christ as Father 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 = [36233]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner. Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book (2005).
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Explore the life and mission of Joseph Smith in this six-episode DVD and the companion book of essays. Thirty-three respected scholars — including Richard E Turley Jr., Andrew C. Skinner, Larry C. Porter, Milton V. Backman and Robert J. Matthews — examine a variety of topics about the Prophet. This volume and DVD teach us about Joseph Smith while nourishing our testimonies that he was indeed the Lord\'s anointed prophet, called to bring forth the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Latter-day Saints will treasure them both!

ID = [82082]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 5  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:56

Articles

Williams, Clyde J., and Andrew C. Skinner. “Insights from Moroni’s Visits in 1823.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 47-56. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This essay simply recounts the visits and messages of Moroni to the Prophet Joseph.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., angelic visitations; Moroni, visitations; Angels
ID = [82110]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Underwood, Grant. “The Book of Lehi.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 76-84. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This essay tells the story of the lost 116 pages of the Book of Lehi.

Keywords: Harris, Martin; Doctrine and Covenants, Section 3; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, Lost 116 pages
ID = [82114]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Faulring, Scott H. “Oliver Cowdery, Book of Mormon Scribe.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 85-94. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This chapter documents Oliver’s position as the main scribe of the Book of Mormon translation in 1829.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82112]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Wilson, Keith J. “The Three Witnesses.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 95-106. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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Each of the three witnesses played a vital role in assisting the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon, besides simply testifying of its truthfulness. Martin Harris financed the project, Oliver Cowdery served as the principle scribe, working at a remarkable pace, and David Whitmer provided lodging in Fayette for the completion of the project.

Keywords: Harris, Martin; Cowdery, Oliver; Book of Mormon, witnesses; Whitmer, David
ID = [82111]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Jackson, Kent P. “Publishing the Book of Mormon.” In Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet, edited by Black, Susan Easton, and Andrew C. Skinner, 107-16. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.
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This chapter details the printing process of the first five thousand copies of the Book of Mormon by E.B. Grandin for three thousand dollars.

Keywords: Skinner, Andrew C.; Grandin, E. B.; Book of Mormon, printing
ID = [82113]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,church-history  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:58
Skinner, Andrew C. “Nephi’s Lessons to His People: The Messiah, the Land, and Isaiah 48–49 in 1 Nephi 19–22.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 95—122. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [67045]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/25/24 10:18:21
Skinner, Andrew C. “Nephi’s Ultimate Encounter with Deity.” In The Book of Mormon: Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According To Thy Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 115–128. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
ID = [36802]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 24411  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:56
Skinner, Andrew C. “Review of An Other Testament: On Typology.” Religious Educator Vol. 18 no. 1 (2017).
ID = [38433]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 13987  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:35
Skinner, Andrew C. “Savior, Satan, and Serpent: The Duality of a Symbol in the Scriptures.” In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, 359-84. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Adversary; Dualism; Jesus Christ; Symbolism
ID = [75505]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:49
Skinner, Andrew C. “Serpent Symbols and Salvation in the Ancient Near East and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 2 (2001): 42-55, 70-71.
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The serpent is often used to represent one of two things: Christ or Satan. This article synthesizes evidence from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Greece, and Jerusalem to explain the reason for this duality. Many scholars suggest that the symbol of the serpent was used anciently to represent Jesus Christ but that Satan distorted the symbol, thereby creating this paradox. The dual nature of the serpent is incorporated into the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Duality; Jesus Christ; Paradox; Satan; Serpent; Snake; Symbolism
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
ID = [3072]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 53486  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:23
Skinner, Andrew C., and Gaye Strathearn, eds. Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book/Neal A. Maxwell Institute. 2012.
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If the Book of Mormon is considered the keystone of our religion, then perhaps Third Nephi could be considered the pinnacle of the Book of Mormon. Third Nephi provides a glimpse into those glorious moments when the Savior ministered to a group of Nephite people who trusted in his prophesied appearance. This collection of essays is compiled from lectures given during a two-day symposium on the book of Third Nephi held at BYU in 2008. The chapters investigate a variety of topics from both academic and doctrinal perspectives. The articles include discussions on what Jesus taught and did, as well as how Third Nephi fits into the larger purposes that are outlined in the Book of Mormon s title page: to show Israel what great things the Lord has done for their fathers that they may know the covenants of the Lord, and to convince both Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ.

Keywords: Jesus Christ; book; narrative; spiritual climax
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [76591]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Skinner, Andrew C. “‘This Is My Gospel’: Jesus’ Discourse in 3 Nephi.” Religious Educator Vol. 11 no. 3 (2010).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [38558]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2010-01-03  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 54155  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:42
Skinner, Andrew C. “Zion Gained and Lost: Fourth Nephi as the Quintessential Model.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 289–302. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Apostasy
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
ID = [36729]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 30897  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:52
Skousen, Royal. About this Online Edition of Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2014.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6742]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Five: Alma 56 – 3 Nephi 18. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2008.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [6747]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Four: Alma 21–55. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2007.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6746]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part One: 1 Nephi 1 – 2 Nephi 10. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: 1 Nephi; 2 Nephi; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Structure; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6743]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Six: 3 Nephi 19 – Moroni 10. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2009.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; 4 Nephi; Critical Text; Ether; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Mormon; Moroni; Smith; Structure; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6748]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Three: Mosiah 17 – Alma 20. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2006.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6745]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Two: 2 Nephi 11 – Mosiah 16. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2005.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: 2 Nephi; Critical Text; Enos; Grammar; Jacob; Jarom; Joseph; Jr.; Mosiah; Omni; Smith; Structure; Translation; Words of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 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 > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [6744]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,interpreter-website  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:36
Skousen, Royal. “Another Account of Mary Whitmer’s Viewing of the Golden Plates.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 10 (2014): 35-44.
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Carl T. Cox has graciously provided me with a new account of Moroni showing the Book of Mormon plates to Mary Whitmer (1778-1856), wife of Peter Whitmer Senior. Mary was the mother of five sons who were witnesses to the golden plates: David Whitmer, one of the three witnesses; and Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, John Whitmer, and Peter Whitmer Junior, four of the eight witnesses.
For a long time we have known that Mary Whitmer was also shown the plates. These accounts are familiar and derive from David Whitmer and John C. Whitmer (the son of John Whitmer). For comparison’s sake, I provide here two versions of their accounts (in each case, I have added some paragraphing).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. “The Archaic Vocabulary of the Book of Mormon.” Insights 25, no. 5 (2005).
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In my work as editor of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project (which began in 1988), I was initially interested in discovering the original English-language text of the book. But I soon came to the conclusion that it would be impossible to fully recover the original text by scholarly means, in large part because only 28 percent of the original manuscript is extant. In addition, there are obvious errors in the original manuscript itself that require conjectural emendation. As I have worked on the text of the Book of Mormon, I have come to some surprising conclusions regarding the nature of the original text itself, conclusions that I had not at all expected when I started my work transcribing the original and printer’s manuscripts of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; vocabulary; manuscript; language
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Skousen, Royal. “Bible II.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 2 (1994): 1-2.
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Review of The Bible II (1991). This book is in actuality the Book of Mormon with some differences.

Keywords: Book of Mormon
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Skousen, Royal. “The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 28, no. 3 (1988): 124.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
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Skousen, Royal. “The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, ed. Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate Jr., 65–75. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 1: The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2001.
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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 2: The Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon (2 parts). Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2001.
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A stray ink drop and a quirk of nineteenth-century script make the difference between retain that wrong and repair that wrong. More than a decade of meticulous research revealed such insights as Royal Skousen prepared transcripts of the original and printer’s manuscripts of the Book of Mormon for publication.

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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 3, Part 1 and Part 2: Grammatical Variation, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2016.
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These newest books in The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project analyze every basic type of editorial change or grammatical variation in the Book of Mormon, beginning with the handwritten manuscripts and considering every major printed edition. Each of the sixty-eight grammatical sections in these books describes the usage in the original text and shows how it has been altered, either consciously or accidentally, over time. Each section also compares Book of Mormon usage with biblical usage.

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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 3, Part 3 and Part 4: The Nature of the Original Language of the Book of Mormon, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2016.
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The Nature of the Original Language (NOL) continues the analysis of the Book of Mormon text that was begun in Grammatical Variation (GV), parts 1 and 2 of volume 3 of the critical text, published in 2016. In that first work, Royal Skousen (with the collaboration of Stanford Carmack), discussed all the editing that the Book of Mormon has undergone, in its manuscript transmission and in the printed editions from 1830 up to the current edition.

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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 3, Part 5: The King James Quotations in the Book of Mormon, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2019.
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In this part 5 of volume 3 of the critical text, we identify one more use of Early Modern English – in fact, a very specific one – in the original text of the Book of Mormon, namely, quotations from the King James Bible.

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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 3, Part 6: Spelling in the Manuscripts and Editions, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2020.
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For part 6 of volume 3 of the Book of Mormon critical text project, we take up what may seem like a mundane subject, namely, misspellings in the manuscripts and in the printed editions. This brief summary of the book will introduce the reader to three important questions regarding scribal misspellings in the manuscripts: First, did the 1830 typesetter adopt Oliver Cowdery’s misspellings in the manuscript when he set the text for the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon? Second, just how good were the Book of Mormon scribes in doing their copywork? And third, can the misspellings tell us anything important about the Book of Mormon text, or are they just innocuous errors? The answers to all three of these questions turn out to be crucial in doing critical text work on the Book of Mormon.

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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 4: Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, 1st Edition. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2004.
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Note: This is the first edition of this book set. The second edition is available here. Parts 1-6 are offered as a six-book set from BYU Studies while supplies last. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon gives readers detailed access to the central task of Professor Royal Skousen’s Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, the most comprehensive effort ever undertaken to recover the original English-language text of the Book of Mormon. The books in this set consider every significant textual change that has occurred in the English Book of Mormon over the 187 years since Joseph Smith first dictated it to his scribes; it also considers a number of conjectural emendations for specific words or passages. These six large books total 4,060 pages.

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Skousen, Royal. Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, Volume 4: Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, 2nd Edition. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2017.
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We are pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of volume 4 of Royal Skousen’s Book of Mormon Critical Text Project. This six-book set, entitled Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon (ATV), fulfills the central task of the critical text project, to restore the original text of the Book of Mormon to the extent possible using scholarly means. In the six books of ATV, Skousen discusses every substantive change to words or phrases in the text as well as changes in the spelling for about a dozen Book of Mormon names. ATV also includes a brief discussion of every type of grammatical change that the text has undergone over the years. (A complete discussion that lists every individual grammatical change was published last year in the two-volume set Grammatical Variation, also available from BYU Studies.) The changes in the second edition (ATV2) include: 37 new write-ups (34 of these involve suggested changes to the text, nearly all of which have come from independent readers). 8 additional substantive changes to the Book of Mormon text, besides the 606 substantive changes first published in 2009 by Yale University Press in The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text. 60 earlier write-ups in ATV1 now thoroughly revised for ATV2. 101 addenda items in ATV1 now in their appropriate place in ATV2, so that everything reads correctly in a single sequence (there is no longer a need to consult any addenda for later corrections or revisions to previous analyses). This second edition is truly a limited edition: only 250 copies of the six-book set have been printed.

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Skousen, Royal. “Book of Mormon Editions (1830-1981).” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Critical Text, Textual Variants
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Skousen, Royal. “Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Critical Text, Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Printer',s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Textual Variants, Translation
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Skousen, Royal. “A Brief History of Critical Text Work on the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 8 (2014): 233-248.
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I begin this brief historical account of alternative work on the critical text of the Book of Mormon by including material that I wrote in an original, longer review of John S. Dinger’s Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon (Smith-Pettit Foundation: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). The final, shorter review appears in BYU Studies 53:1 (2014). The Interpreter recently published Robert F. Smith’s review of Dinger. In these additional comments, I especially concentrate on work done in the 1970s by Stan Larson on the text of the Book of Mormon. In the latter part of this account, I discuss the more recent work of Shirley Heater in producing The Book of Mormon: Restored Covenant Edition.

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Skousen, Royal. “A Call for Emendations.” Insights 23, no. 5 (2003).
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As I have been working on the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, people have occasionally written or talked to me about passages in the Book of Mormon that seem strange or difficult. A good many have made specific suggestions about emendations (or revisions to the text). Surprisingly, a large percentage of these have ended up being correct or have led me to come up with an appropriate emendation.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; evidence; volume; FARMS; history
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Skousen, Royal. “Changes in the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2002 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2002.
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Skousen, Royal. “Changes in The Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 11 (2014): 161-176.
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Author’s preface: I originally gave this presentation in August 2002 at the LDS FAIR conference held in Orem, Utah. A transcript of this paper, based on the 2002 version, appears online at www.fairmormon.org. Since then I have published updated versions of the first half of that original presentation. The most recent history of the Book of Mormon critical text project can be found in my article “The Original Text of the Book of Mormon and its Publication by Yale University Press”, published in 2013 in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, volume 7, pages 57-96. Until now, I have not published a printed version of the second half of my original presentation, “Changes in the Book of Mormon”.
Abstract: In that part of the original article (here presented with some minor editing), I first describe the different kinds of changes that have occurred in the Book of Mormon text over the years and provide a fairly accurate number for how many places the text shows textual variation. Then I turn to five changes in the text (“the five chestnuts”) that critics of the Book of Mormon continually refer to. At the conclusion of the original article, I provide some specific numbers for the different types of changes in the history of the Book of Mormon text, including the number of changes introduced in The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text, the definitive scholarly edition of the Book of Mormon, published in 2009 by Yale University Press.

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Skousen, Royal. “Conjectural Emendation in the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 18, no. 1 (2006): 187-231.
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Royal Skousen explains what a critical text is and discusses his own critical text of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Conjectural Emendation; Critical Text; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Textual Criticism
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Skousen, Royal. “Critical Methodology and the Text of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 121-144.
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Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe.

Keywords: Criticism; Historicity; Methodology
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Skousen, Royal. “The Critical Text of the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. Transcript of a lecture given at the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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A critical edition of the Book of Mormon has two main objectives. The first is to determine the original text of the Book of Mormon to the extent that it can be determined. The second is to determine the history of the text, as it has changed over the many editions of that book that have been published. Royal Skousen describes the history of the early manuscripts and editions of the Book of Mormon in order to better understand this book of scripture.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Literature; Mormon Studies
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Skousen, Royal. “Do We Need to Make Changes to the Book of Mormon Text?” Paper presented at the 2012 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2012.
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Keywords: Textual Criticism; Translation
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Skousen, Royal. “Editing Out the ‘Bad Grammar’ in the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 15, 2016.
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Skousen, Royal. “The Fifth Printing of the Yale Edition of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 3, 2020.
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Skousen, Royal. “Findings about the Printer’s Manuscript.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 2 (2002).
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Royal Skausen gives information about the history, corrections, and the use of the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon.

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Skousen, Royal, and Stanford A. Carmack. “Finishing up the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project: An Introduction to The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2016 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2016.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Conjectural Emendation; Critical Text; Foreign Language Translation; Grammar; Language – Early Modern English; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon’ Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
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Skousen, Royal. “Fragments of Original Manuscript Discovered.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 269-271. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Translation
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Skousen, Royal. “Hebraic Conditionals in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 201-203. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Hebraism
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Skousen, Royal. “The History of the Book of Mormon Text: Parts 5 and 6 of Volume 3 of the Critical Text.” BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. 1 (2020): 87.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Translation and Publication > Critical Text
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Skousen, Royal. “History of the Critical Text Project o the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 no. 2 (2002).
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Royal Skousen details the history of the critical text project of the Book of Mormon. He describes that project, including his work with both the original manuscript and the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon. After six years of pursuing this venture, Skousen was asked by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to temporarily resign as a professor at Brigham Young University and focus primarily on the project. Skousen agreed, and for the following seven years he continued his work on the Book of Mormon text, often collaborating with the Church Scriptures Committee. In this article, Skousen shares several discoveries that have surfaced because of his research and the meaning that those discoveries have had in his life.

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Skousen, Royal. “How Joseph Smith Translated the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7 no. 1 (1998).
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Details of the translation process Joseph Smith used for translating the Book of Mormon from the plates can be adduced from statements of witnesses and from evidence in the original and printer’s manuscripts. According to witnesses, Joseph Smith often translated without the plates being present and used the interpreters to receive the revealed text. Evidence from the manuscripts themselves shows that the original manuscript was written from dictation, that Joseph Smith was working with at least twenty words at a time, that Joseph Smith could see the spelling of names, that the scribe repeated the text to Joseph Smith, and that the word chapter and the corresponding chapter numbers were not part of the revealed text. The manuscripts and text show that Joseph Smith apparently received the translation word for word and letter for letter, in what is known as “tight control.”

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Skousen, Royal. “Jacob 4-6: Substantive Textual Variants.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992. This paper has been prepared for presentation at the F. A.R.M.S. conference on “The Olive and Jacob 5,” the Fifth Annual F.A.R.M.S. Lecture on the Book of Mormon.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Skousen, Royal. “Jacob 4–6: Substantive Textual Variants between Manuscripts and Editions.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 105-139. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.
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Keywords: Critical Text; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Textual History; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Skousen, Royal. “John Gilbert’s 1892 Account of the 1830 Printing of the Book of Mormon.” In The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Ricks, Stephen D., Parry, Donald W., and Hedges, Andrew H. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Skousen, Royal, and Robin Scott Jensen. The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations, Volume 3, Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church Historian’s Press, 2016.
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[2016 Mormon Historical Association Winner for Best Documentary Editing] “Volume 3 of the Revelations and Translations series, published in 2015, presents the most complete early text of the Book of Mormon—the printer’s manuscript.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., prophecies; Smith, Joseph, Jr., historiography; Award Winner; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Smith, Joseph, Jr., record keeping; Smith, Joseph, Jr., sources; Joseph Smith Papers Project; Smith, Joseph, Jr., history; Smith, Joseph, Jr., writings
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Skousen, Royal. “The Language of the Original Text of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 3 (2018): 81-110.
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During the thirty years Royal Skousen has been working on the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, he has discovered certain words and phrases that appear on the surface to be either ungrammatical or stylistically unusual. Some critics have claimed that these phrases are Joseph Smith’s dialect mixed with a crude imitation of the language of the King James Bible. But many of these phrases can be tied to Early Modern English, in use from 1530 to 1730. Skousen also identifies phrases from the King James Bible that are skillfully woven into the Book of Mormon text in unexpected ways as well as numerous issues that Protestants argued over during the 1500s and 1600s, such as infant baptism. Although the Book of Mormon contains elements from Early Modern English, it is not an Early Modern English text. It is unique. This article summarizes examples and discussion found in parts three and four of volume three of the Critical Text publications, titled The Nature of the Original Language (NOL).

Keywords: Critical Text; Early Modern English; Textual History; Translation
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Skousen, Royal. “Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery, ed. Alexander L. Baugh, 51–70. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
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Keywords: Church History; Cowdery; Joseph; Jr.; Oliver; Scribe; Smith
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Skousen, Royal. “On the Importance of the Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.” In Steadfast in Defense of Faith: Essays in Honor of Daniel C. Peterson, eds. Ricks, Shirley S., Stephen D. Ricks, and Louis C. Midgley. Orem and Salt Lake City, UT: The Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2023.
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Skousen, Royal. “The Original Book of Mormon Transcript.” 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: Book of Mormon Translation; Cowdery, Oliver; Early Church History; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Textual History
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Skousen, Royal. “The Original Language of the Book of Mormon: Upstate New York Dialect, King James English, or Hebrew?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 28-38.
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The original text of the Book of Mormon contains complex, Hebrew-like constructions that have been subsequently removed from the text because of their non-English character.

Keywords: Early Church History; Language; Language - Hebrew; Original Text; Structure; Translation
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Skousen, Royal. “The Original Text of the Book of Mormon and its Publication by Yale University Press.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 7 (2013): 57-96.
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An earlier version of the following paper was presented 5 August 2010 at a conference sponsored by FAIR, the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (now FairMormon). The text of this paper is copyrighted by Royal Skousen. The photographs that appear in this paper are also protected by copyright. Photographs of the original manuscript are provided courtesy of David Hawkinson and Robert Espinosa and are reproduced here by permission of the Wilford Wood Foundation. Photographs of the printer’s manuscript are provided courtesy of Nevin Skousen and are reproduced here by permission of the Community of Christ. The text of the Yale edition of The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text (2009) is copyrighted by Royal Skousen; Yale University Press holds the rights to reproduce this text.

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Skousen, Royal. “Piecing Together the Original Manuscript.” BYU Today 46 (May 1992): 18-24.
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Skousen reports on his work on a critical text of the Book of Mormon, notably his work with the Wilford Wood original manuscript fragments, which in 1937 Wood purchased from Lewis Bidamon’s son, Charles. The project has illuminated Hebrew-like expressions in the original text, some errors of transmission between the original and the printer’s manuscripts, and more information concerning the translation process.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Skousen, Royal. “The Pleading Bar of God.” Insights 24, no. 4 (2004).
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Near the end of his life, the prophet Nephi referred to the day of judgment and declared that we, the readers of the Book of Mormon, will stand face to face with him before the bar of Christ (2 Nephi 33:11). Similarly, the prophets Jacob and Moroni referred to meeting us when we appear before “the pleasing bar” of God to be judged.

Keywords: Nephi; pleasing bar; original manuscript; Joseph Smith
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. “The Pleading Bar of God.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 21-36.
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Abstract: Royal Skousen’s essay shed light on enigmatic references in Jacob 6:13 and Moroni 10:34 to “the pleasing bar of God.” After establishing that the term “pleading bar” is an appropriate legal term, he cites both internal evidence and the likelihood of scribal errors as explanations for why “pleasing bar,” instead of the more likely “pleading bar,” appears in current editions of the Book of Mormon.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.See Royal Skousen, “The Pleading Bar of God,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 413–28. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.]
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Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. “Publication of Part 6 of Volume 3 of the Critical Text of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 1, 2020.
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Skousen, Royal. Reference Card for Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2014.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. “Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2010 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2010.
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Skousen, Royal. “Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 14 (2015): 107-117.
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Abstract: The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, under the editorship of Royal Skousen, began in 1988 and is now nearing completion. In 2001, facsimile transcripts of the two Book of Mormon manuscripts (volumes 1 and 2 of the critical text) were published by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS). From 2004 to 2009 the six books of volume 4 of the critical text, Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, were published, also by FARMS. Parts 1 and 2 of volume 3 of the critical text, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon, will be published in early 2015. These two parts will describe all the grammatical editing that the Book of Mormon text has undergone, from 1829 up to the present. When all six parts of volume 3 of the critical text have been published, volume 5 of the critical text, A Complete Electronic Collation of the Book of Mormon, will be released. Within the next couple years, the Joseph Smith Papers will publish photographs of the two Book of Mormon manuscripts, along with transcriptions based on volumes 1 and 2 of the critical text. Nearly all of the work of the project has involved the knowledge and periodic involvement of the Scriptures Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The project itself, however, remains independent of the Church, and none of its findings have involved any ecclesiastical approval or endorsement.

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Skousen, Royal.Royal Skousen’s Analysis of 2013 Edition of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 2, 2013.
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Skousen, Royal. “‘Scourged’ vs. ‘Scorched’ in Mosiah 17:13.” Insights 22, no. 3 (2002).
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Very often in my work on the critical text of the Book of Mormon, I have discovered cases where the text reads inappropriately. Book of Mormon researchers have typically attempted to find some circumstance or interpretation to explain a difficult reading, but in many cases I have found that difficult readings are actually the result of simple scribal errors.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Mosiah; text; manuscript
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Skousen, Royal. “Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon: The First Printed Edition Compared to the Manuscripts and to the Subsequent Major LDS English Printed Editions.” BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 1 (2014): 196.
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Skousen, Royal. “Some Textual Changes for a Scholarly Study of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 4 (2012): 99-117.
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Royal Skousen has been working on the critical text project of the Book of Mormon since 1988. He has concluded that there are three important findings resulting from the critical text project of the Book of Mormon. The first is that Joseph Smith received an English-language text word for word, which he read off to his scribe. The second is that the original English-language text itself was very precisely constructed; where textual error has occurred in its transmission, the earliest reading is usually the superior reading. The third is the identification of 256 changes in the text that make a difference in meaning or in the spelling of a name, changes that would show up in any translation of the book. This article presents thirty of the most significant of these 256 changes. All of the thirty changes discussed in this paper make a difference in meaning. Nearly all of them would show up when translating the text into a foreign language. The author has grouped the changes according to various types of change. In each case, he provides a brief summary of the evidence for the change and why it is significant for serious study of the text.

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

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Skousen, Royal. “Textual Variants in the Isaiah Quotations in the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 369—90. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
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Skousen, Royal. “Towards a Critical Edition of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 30, no. 1 (1990): 41-69.
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The purpose of this paper is not only to review the FARMS Book of Mormon Critical Text, but also to discuss some of the general problems that arise when trying to establish a critical text of the Book of Mormon. In this review article I will discuss the need for a critical edition of the Book of Mormon, consider the issue of Joseph Smith’s“bad grammar,” review the FARMS Book of Mormon Critical Text, and propose an alternative critical edition for the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Critical Text; Grammar; Textual History
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Skousen, Royal. “Translating the Book of Mormon: Evidence from the Original Manuscript.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 61-93. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Cowdery, Oliver; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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Skousen, Royal. “Tyndale Versus More in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 13 (2015): 1-8.
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In 1526 William Tyndale’s English-language The New Testament started showing up in England, printed in the Low Lands and smuggled into England because it was an illegal book. It represented an unapproved translation of the scriptures into the English language. In theory, a translation would have been allowed if the Church had approved it in advance. In reality, the Church was not interested in any translation of the scriptures since that would allow lay readers to interpret the scriptures on their own and to come to different conclusions regarding Church practices and doctrine. Moreover, scripture formed a fundamental role in the rise of the Protestant Reformation and, in particular, Lutheranism, which King Henry VIII had officially opposed, in the governing of his realm and in his own writings in defense of the Catholic Church (for which the Church had honored him with the title of Defender of the Faith).

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Skousen, Royal. “Volume 4 of the Critical Text of the Book of Mormon: Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon.” Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004-2009.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Books

Skousen, Royal. About this Online Edition of Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2014.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part One: 1 Nephi 1 – 2 Nephi 10. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: 1 Nephi; 2 Nephi; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Structure; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Two: 2 Nephi 11 – Mosiah 16. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2005.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: 2 Nephi; Critical Text; Enos; Grammar; Jacob; Jarom; Joseph; Jr.; Mosiah; Omni; Smith; Structure; Translation; Words of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 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 > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Three: Mosiah 17 – Alma 20. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2006.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Four: Alma 21–55. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2007.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Five: Alma 56 – 3 Nephi 18. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2008.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Critical Text; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Textual Variants
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
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Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon Part Six: 3 Nephi 19 – Moroni 10. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2009.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; 4 Nephi; Critical Text; Ether; Grammar; Joseph; Jr.; Mormon; Moroni; Smith; Structure; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Skousen, Royal. Reference Card for Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2014.
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The version available here online at Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture is a reproduction of the printed version of ATV, published in 2004–2009 by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, now a part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. No textual adjustments to the printed version have been made. ATV appears in six books and gives a complete analysis of all the important cases of textual variation (or potential variation) in the history of the Book of Mormon. It starts out with the title page of the Book of Mormon and the two witness statements, then turns to 1 Nephi and continues through the Book of Mormon to the end of Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Reynolds, Noel B., and Royal Skousen. “Was the Path Nephi Saw ‘Strait and Narrow’ or ‘Straight and Narrow’?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 2 (2001): 30-33, 70.
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The two spellings strait and straight are often considered synonymous; however, they come from different Middle English words and have different meanings. Strait means “narrow” or “tight,” whereas straight means “not crooked.” The difference in these meanings affects the interpretation of the scriptural phrase “strait/straight and narrow path” and others like it. Reynolds and Skousen explore possible meanings that the original Book of Mormon authors may have intended in their use of the two words.

Keywords: Middle English; Nephi; Straight; Strait
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Skousen, Royal. “Why was one sixth of the 1830 Book of Mormon set from the original manuscript?” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 2 (2012): 93-103.
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Abstract: Evidence from the manuscripts of the Book of Mormon (as well as internal evidence within the Book of Mormon itself) shows that for one sixth of the text, from Helaman 13:17 to the end of Mormon, the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon was set from the original (dictated) manuscript rather than from the printer’s manuscript. For five-sixths of the text, the 1830 edition was set from the printer’s manuscript, the copy prepared specifically for the 1830 typesetter to use as his copytext. In 1990, when the use of the original manuscript as copytext was first discovered, it was assumed that the scribes for the printer’s manuscript had fallen behind in their copywork, which had then forced them to take in the original manuscript to the 1830 typesetter. Historical evidence now argues, to the contrary, that the reason for the switch was the need to take the printer’s manuscript to Canada in February 1830 in order to secure the copyright of the Book of Mormon within the British realm. During the month or so that Oliver Cowdery and others were on their trip to nearby Canada with the printer’s manuscript, the 1830 typesetter used the original manuscript to set the type, although he himself was unaware that there had been a temporary switch in the manuscripts.

Keywords: Early Church History; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
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Skousen, Royal. “Worthy of Another Look: John Gilbert’s 1892 Account of the 1830 Printing of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 58-72.
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In 1892, when John Gilbert was 90 years old, he made a statement about the process of setting the type for the Book of Mormon at the Grandin Print Shop. John was the compositor (or typesetter) for the 1830 edition of the book. He makes claims about the number of manuscript pages, the number of copies and the price, the number of ems (a measure of type width) per printed page, a comparison of manuscript versus printed pages, a description of the font, the process of receiving the pages to typeset, proofreading the title page, the decision not to correct grammatical errors, scribes for the printer’s manuscript, paragraphing and punctuation, capitalization in the manuscript, Gilbert’s taking work home to punctuate, and details about the signatures. In every aspect, Gilbert’s recollections are either precisely correct or easily explained.

Keywords: 1830 Book of Mormon; Early Church History; Gilbert; Grammar; John; NY; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Palmyra; Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Structure
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Skousen, W. Cleon. The Challenge of Our Times. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1953.
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The Book of Mormon is given to test the faith of mankind. It is a companion to the Bible and answers vital questions more now than when it was first published. The writings of ancient American prophets are found in the book and many of their prophecies pertain to this time when they are just now being fulfilled. The land of America is a land of importance to God and man. Those who are righteous will be blessed. A warning against pride and secret societies permeates the book. The most significant part of the book is Christ’s visit, organizing his church and establishing his ordinances.

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Skousen, W. Cleon. Hidden Treasures from the Book of Mormon. 4 vols. Provo and Salt Lake City: Dana Press and Publisher’s Press, 1971-1972.
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A four-volume work designed as an instructional aid to Book of Mormon study. The workbook format proceeds verse by verse, with accompanying commentaries, maps, drawings, fill-in-the- blank questions, charts, and topics of discussion.

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Shute, R. Wayne, and Wallace B. Slade. Terra Nova. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1988.
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An ambitious epic poem on the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78314]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Slaughter, William W., and Richard E. Turley Jr. How We Got the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2011.
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Many Latter-day Saints are intrigued to learn that the Book of Mormon has changed over time. How We Got the Book of Mormon recounts the fascinating history of this work of scripture, from the golden plates to the present edition, explaining the changes that occurred with each major version. It is not a commentary or a traditional history book. With beautiful full-color visuals and remarkable photographs it tells the story of the history of this sacred text. This book will appeal to adult Latter-day Saints, as well as Sunday School, institute, and seminary students. The only book of its kind, How We Got the Book of Mormon will inspire readers to a deeper appreciation for the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., First Vision; Book of Mormon, origins; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon; Doctrinal history, restoration
ID = [81514]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:24
Slayton, Jessica. “‘There cannot be any more Bible!’: Nineteenth-Century Visual Art and the Production of Memory in The Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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The Book of Mormon, told by a variety of narrators over a period of hundreds of years, is deeply concerned with remembrance and the written production of memory. As each narrator grows old and finishes his time recording the events of his people, he hands down the plates to a son or other trusted, younger male companion to continue writing the history and preserving the memories of their people. In this paper, I’d like to argue that nineteenth-century visual art becomes a continuation of the concern for and production of memory so present in The Book of Mormon itself. The book’s proclamation of itself as Bible-“And because my words shall hiss forth-many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible”-establishes its reliance on its own participation in the production of memory and highlights its own limited ability (given its status as a completed text) to continue the process of memory generation. I will first examine how The Book of Mormon presents the recording of memory and then turn to C. C. A. Christensen as a case study on how visual art entered the Mormon religious sphere in the nineteenth century as a way of re-recording the stories.

ID = [81907]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:46
Sleight, Thomas. “The Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 48, no. 34, 35 (23, 30 August 1886): 529-32, 548-51.
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Uses biblical scriptures to prove the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, gives summary of 1 Nephi, discusses plates (who wrote them, what language was used, their size and description). Explains how Joseph Smith found the plates in the Hill Cumorah, and gives a history of the founding of the LDS church.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [80988]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1886-08-23  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:57
Sletten, Nettie. God and Mankind versus Satan, Tracts on Divine Judgment and Salvation. New York: Exposition Press, 1957.
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A book that desires to convince the reader to repent and come to Christ. Sletten holds that the Bible and the Book of Mormon are the words of God and China and Russia are manifestations of Satan. Author does not believe that churches bring one to God, but the scriptures are instrumental in this objective.

ID = [77820]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Slivka, Scott. “Best at Something.” New Era 19, no. 7 (1989): 19.
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This high school student desired to know more about the Book of Mormon than anyone in his school, a pursuit that brought feelings of self worth and spiritual security.

Keywords: Scripture Study
ID = [76609]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:48
Slivka, Scott. “The Best at Something.” New Era 19 (July 1989): 19.
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This high school student desired to know more about the Book of Mormon than anyone in his school, a pursuit that brought feelings of self worth and spiritual security.

ID = [80272]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1989-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:17
Sloan, David E. “The Anthon Transcripts and the Translation of the Book of Mormon: Studying It Out in the Mind of Joseph Smith.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 2 (1996): 57-81.
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Prophesying of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, Nephi foretold that an unlearned man would be asked by God to read the words of a book after a learned man had failed to do so. The unlearned man was initially unwilling, claiming, “I am not learned” (2 Nephi 27:19). One interpretation of Nephi’s account is that Joseph Smith could not translate the Book of Mormon before the meeting of Martin Harris and Charles Anthon. Early historical accounts are consistent with this interpretation. However, according to Joseph Smith—History 1:64, Harris did take a translation to Anthon. Although this translation has not been found, evidence exists of similarities between this document and documents produced during the preliminary stages of the translation of the Book of Abraham. These similarities suggest that the document taken to Anthon was a preliminary and unsuccessful attempt to translate the Book of Mormon, during which Joseph Smith studied the translation problem out in his own mind as he qualified himself to receive the revealed translation from God.

Keywords: Anthon; Anthon Transcript; Charles; Early Church History; Harris; Joseph; Jr.; Martin; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Prophecy; Prophet; Smith; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [2934]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 63476  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:14
Sloan, David E. “The Book of Lehi and the Plates of Lehi.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6 no. 2 (1997).
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Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon consistently use such phrases as “Book of Lehi,” “plates of Lehi,” and “account of Nephi” in distinct ways.

Keywords: Lehi (Prophet); Lost 116 Pages; Plates
ID = [2971]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 8299  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:16
Sloan, David E. “The Book of Lehi and the Plates of Lehi.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 59-62. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Lehi (Prophet); Lost 116 Pages; Plates
ID = [75654]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:55
Sloan, David E. “Nephi’s Convincing of Christ through Chiasmus: Plain and Precious Persuading from a Prophet of God.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 67-98.
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One of the principal themes of Nephi’s writings on the small plates is his desire to convince others of Christ. A second, related theme is his desire to write plain and precious things on those plates. Some of the most plain and precious writings of Nephi are those instances in which he used the name Christ in chiasmus or other forms of poetry. Perhaps more than any other portion of his words, Nephi intended these plain and precious writings to convince both Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the one true Messiah.

Keywords: Chiasmus; Chiastic; Jesus Christ; Messiah; Parallelism; Plain and Precious Things
ID = [2958]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 74952  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:16
Smart, Ninian, and Richard D. Hecht. Sacred Texts of the World: A Universal Anthology. New York: Crossroad, 1982.
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Contains excerpts from sacred texts and scriptures of many of the world’s religions. The editors quote 3 Nephi 21 from the Book of Mormon as a representative scriptural text from Mormonism and state that it represents “the charter for Joseph’s foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the vision which drew the faithful in their drive to create a new society in the American West”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78223]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Black, Sharon, Bradley R. Wilcox, Wendy Baker Smemoe, and Bruce L. Brown. “Absence of ‘Joseph Smith’ in the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 17 no. 2 (2016).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [38447]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 45709  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:36
Smith, Alana. “Messianic Time and The Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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Walter Benjamin famously claimed that “only a redeemed mankind is granted the fullness of its past-which is to say, only for a redeemed mankind has its past become citable in all its moments. Each moment it has lived becomes a citation a l’ordre du jour. And that day is Judgment Day.” The Book of Mormon (1830) posits a pathway to redemption for believers and organizes all time around the coming of Christ. I aim to use Benjamin’s model of messianic time to interpret the complicated formal and narrative temporalities in The Book of Mormon and to offer a possible answer to the question, “Why did The Book of Mormon materialize when and where it did?” The Book of Mormon anticipates its own appearance in the nineteenth century. This temporal peculiarity authorizes my reading of the sacred text in its economic and historical context. I will argue that Joseph Smith’s discovery and translation of the plates he unearthed on a hillside in Palmyra, New York, presented a challenge to the capitalist perception of time that threatened to further disenfranchise Smith and others in the Burned-over District.

ID = [81911]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:47
Smith, Alex D., Christian K. Heimburger, and Christopher James Blythe, eds. Documents, Volume 9: December 1841–April 1842, 251–64. Joseph Smith Papers. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2019.
ID = [82238]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:05
Smith, Alice Colton. “In the Service of Your Fellow Men.” Relief Society Magazine 56 (July 1969): 546-47.
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Uses the teachings of the Book of Mormon to show the importance of Christian service by members of the Church.

ID = [79577]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1969-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, Andrew C. “Abinadi: A Minor Prophet, A Major Contributor.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 261-272.
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Abstract: The new edited volume Abinadi: He Came Among Them in Disguise, from the Book of Mormon Academy, is a valuable contribution to Book of Mormon studies. It should find a wide audience and stimulate greater and deeper thinking about the pivotal contributions of Abinadi to the Book of Mormon. It should, however, not be considered the end of the conversation. This review discusses the volume’s importance within Book of Mormon scholarship generally. It also highlights certain valuable contributions from each of the authors, and points out places where more can be said and deeper analysis is needed.
Review of Shon D. Hopkin, ed. Abinadi: He Came Among Them in Disguise (Provo and Salt Lake City, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book, 2018), 404 pp. $27.99.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3654]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 26216  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:05
Smith, Andrew C. “Dealing with Difficulty in Scripture: Divine Violence in the Book of Mormon.” Religious Educator Vol. 19 no. 2 (2018).
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
ID = [38390]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2018-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 59916  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:32
Smith, Andrew C. “Deflected Agreement in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 40-57.
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Deflected agreement is a grammatical phenomenon found in Semitic languages—it is ubiquitous in Arabic and found occasionally in Classical Hebrew. Deflected agreement is a plausible explanation for certain grammatical incongruities present, in translation, within the original and printer’s manuscripts and printed editions in the Book of Mormon in the grammatical areas of verbal, pronominal, and demonstrative agreement. This finding gives greater credence to the plausibility of the authenticity and historicity of the Book of Mormon. Additionally, the implications of this finding on Book of Mormon scholarship are discussed.

Keywords: Arabic; Authenticity; Deflected Agreement; Demonstrative Agreement; Grammar; Historicity; Language; Language - Hebrew; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon; Pronominal Agreement; Semitic; Structure; Verbal Agreement
ID = [3282]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 71001  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:36
Smith, Brent D. The House of Israel and Native Americans. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1984.
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The author proposes “first to explore the antecedents and development of the notion of Hebrew descent; next to examine this view vis- a-vis contending views in the early years of the American Republic—both in the dialogue of the learned men of the day and the popular view espoused from the pulpit and published in written form; and lastly to touch upon the relationship between the issue of Indian Origins and the ascription of Indian ancestry offered in the Book of Mormon”

ID = [78518]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, Brian L. “Lost and Found: The Plain and Precious Things.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
ID = [38820]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:57
Smith, C. Paul. I Will Send My Messenger: An Introduction to Mormonism. Dawsonville, GA: Communication Production Specialists, 1988.
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The Book of Mormon is “Another Testament of Jesus Christ” Presents a brief history regarding the publication of the work, and an overview of its contents.

ID = [77886]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Smith, Calvin N. “The Other ‘Learned’ Man.” Church News 53 (21 August 1983): 6, 12.
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A brief biographical treatise of Prof. Samuel Latham Mitchill who, in addition to Charles Anthon, was approached by Martin Harris to confirm the legitimacy of the Book of Mormon characters.

ID = [80595]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1983-08-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:35
Smith, Christopher C. “A People’s History of Book of Mormon Archaeology: Excavating the Role of ‘Folk’ Practitioners in the Emergence of a Field.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 56, no. 3 (Fall, 2023): 1-42.
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This article discusses the distinction between official and folk culture, specifically concerning Book of Mormon archaeology. It describes the expeditions and claimed findings of people such as Jose Davila, Jesus Padilla, and John Brewer, citing them as folk practitioners who used a combination of scientific and spiritual methods to produce and verify their findings. Their work, however, had no place in official church channels. “The spiritual archaeologists’… experiences present a case study of religious revitalization and the sect-church process by which new religious movements spin off from older traditions. As the official Latter-day Saint culture pushed charismatic archaeologists—and their charismatic artifacts—to its margins, an array of Mormon revitalizers and splinter groups laid claim to them. Though repulsive to the gatekeepers of official culture, folk practitioners’ stories appealed to some rank-and-file Latter-day Saints who longed for a more literal and charismatic faith.” [Author]

Keywords: Historic archaeology, Utah; Charisma; Historic archaeology; Book of Mormon, gold plates; Folk beliefs; Historic archaeology, American setting; Padilla Plates; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon; Folk culture
ID = [82022]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:53
Smith, Conley. “Missionary Moments: The ‘Best Missionaries’” Church News 56 (7 December 1986): 16.
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Testimony of a convert who discovered and joined the Church via the Book of Mormon; he found scriptural prophets such as Nephi and Moroni to be “the best missionaries”

ID = [79774]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-12-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, D. Mick. “Sacrifice and Condescension: Types and Shadows for Latter-day Living.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > A — C > Consecration
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
ID = [35275]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Smith, David A., and J. Fred Evans. “Book of Mormon and Mayan Names.” Deseret News Church Section (13 January 1934): 6, 8.
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Argues that some names on the Mayan Calendar are similar enough to Book of Mormon names to clearly confirm the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. God permitted the ecclesiastics in A.D. 1561 to destroy the ancient records of the Indians so that when the Book of Mormon was published there would be no information on the Indians from which Joseph Smith could have been accused of borrowing ideas.

ID = [79124]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1934-01-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, David Asael. “Book of Mormon and Ancient Traditions.” Deseret News Church Section (6 January 1934): 5.
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Tells of American Indian traditions that support the Book of Mormon since they are similar to traditions of the Nephite and Lamanite people.

ID = [79123]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1934-01-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, David Asael. “Book of Mormon and New Discoveries.” Deseret News Church Section (9 December 1933): 3.
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Gives a brief background of the Aztecs’ Calendar Stone and of the disappearance of the Mayas between the time a.d. 400 and 500. These evidences support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79125]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-12-09  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, David Asael. “I, Nephi Make a Record.” Deseret News Church Section (23 December 1933): 3.
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Gives a brief history of the translation process of the Book of Mormon and cites cases of ancient peoples like the Nephites who also kept records.

ID = [79565]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-12-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, David Asael. “Origin of the American Indian.” Deseret News Church Section (6 May 1933): 5, 7.
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Since Columbus, the world has tried to find out the origin of the American Indian. The author gives several examples of different theories written on this subject. The members of the LDS church have a true history of the American Indian and that history is the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79948]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-05-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, David Asael. Suggestions for Book of Mormon Lectures; with Quotations from Leading Archaeologists and Historians. Independence, MO: Zion’s, 1949.
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Quotes from archaeologists and historians to demonstrate the veracity of the Book of Mormon. Includes a discussion of cement, iron, and steel; shows a comparison of Indian traditions and myths with similar stories from the Bible, including Indian belief in communion, baptism, the creation and flood, and the Great White God.

ID = [78300]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1949-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Smith, Daymon M. The Abridging Works: The Epic and Historic Book of Mormon Arranged in Sequence of Composition. CreateSpace, 2011.
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The record translated and published in 1830 as the Book of Mormon was composed by Mormon and other authors in some sequence. Here at last we can read the text in its sequence of composition. The result is an utterly original reading of the Book of Mormon. This reading reveals surprises within the text itself. The biography of Mormon composed over three decades shapes the historical narrative; an original introduction to the earliest (and lost) abridgment is recovered from what is now called 3 Nephi; and a groundbreaking revision of the received tradition regarding the Small and Large Plates of Nephi is brought forward. Additional essays by the editor introduce evidence for an order of composition by Mormon, Moroni, and others. Material is presented that 1 Nephi was added in June 1829, and compiled from additional plates recovered from Cumorah. Other essays give new insights into the role of lineage in the transmission of records, speculate on an alternate history of the “lost leaves” of 1828, and introduce a theory of translation essential for scholarly study of the Book of Mormon. And happily, the text has been freed from the constraints of column and verse, and oriented to the epic and historic genres more appropriate for its wingspan and tragic grandeur, for appreciating the complexity of its composition. [Publisher]

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, textual development; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of; Book of Mormon, historicity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [81516]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Smith, Daymon M. A Cultural History of the Book of Mormon. Daymon M. Smith, 2013.
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This first volume of a cultural history of the Book of Mormon focuses on the earliest years of the text. In a new reading of Mormon history informed by the author’s expertise in anthropology and text analysis, the role of Restorationists in locating the Book of Mormon inside the cultural world of the Bible comes to the forefront. The notion of “metatext” is developed in order to explain how texts about the Book of Mormon informed the earliest readings of it, rendering it “scripture” in the genre familiar to Christians, and also shaped it to fit the tradition of Restoration widespread on the American frontier. As a group of Campbellites in late 1830 saw in the book their hoped-for restoration of the power of miracles, the Book of Mormon became the engine of a movement: the power had been restored. In this movement, Alexander Campbell’s Ohio group suffered a schism, and his remaining followers called the break off sect “Mormonites” in derision. This cultural history of the Book of Mormon presents a dramatically new way to understand that text and how it has been read and misread from the 1830s onward, as Restorationists took up the text--not for what it said--as a sign of miracles being restored to the true New Testament Church. This first volume is the sort of book you’ll either love or hate.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Campbell, Alexander
ID = [81515]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:24
Smith, Don Carlos, and Ebenezer Robinson. “American Antiquities-More Proofs of the Book of Mormon.” Vol. 2, no. 16: June 15, 1841: 440-42.
ID = [76436]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1841-06-15  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:38
Smith, Elbert A. The Great Restoration. Independence, MO: Herald House,n.d.
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Explores the Great Apostasy and the possible ways of recovering of the Church of Jesus Christ—reform or restoration. The gospel restoration began when Moroni visited Joseph Smith, bringing the original Christian teachings—the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78510]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, Elbert A. “Joseph Smith, Junior as a Translator.” Saints’ Herald 60 (4 June 1913): 541-45.
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Responds to an article by the same name written by Rev. Bishop F. S. Spaulding, who attempts to discredit the Book of Mormon by attacking the translation of the book of Abraham. The position of the RLDS church is that Spaulding was not able to discredit the Book of Mormon completely, and it is impossible and unfair to judge the Book of Mormon except upon its own merits.

ID = [79649]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1913-06-04  Collections:  abraham,bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, Elbert A. The Latter-Day Glory,. number 9 of The Angel Message Series. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House,n.d.
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This pamphlet recounts the first vision and then gives a reprint of the Church History account of Moroni’s visit to Joseph Smith. Contains historical data concerning the organization of the Church and Church history.

ID = [78536]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, Elbert A. “The Spaulding Romance Theory.” Saints’ Herald 66 (1 October 1919): 953-56.
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Bruce Kinney concluded that there must have been a second Spaulding manuscript since the first one was found and was shown to have had no relationship to the Book of Mormon. This “new theory” suggests that Spaulding found the second manuscript in a cave and translated it—a theory which should be dismissed as was the original theory.

ID = [80649]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Smith, Elbert A. Statement of Belief on Faith and Doctrine. Independence, MO: Herald House,n.d.
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Pamphlet of statements resembling the Articles of Faith (written by Joseph Smith in the Wentworth Letter). Includes a statement condemning plural marriage; states that the Book of Mormon declares that a man should have but one wife.

ID = [78266]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Smith, Elbert A. “The Three Books.” Saints’ Herald 97 (23 January 1950): 77-79, 87.
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Discusses the importance of the Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Book of Mormon. Together they constitute the doctrine of the Church. The Book of Mormon is a valuable testament of Christ from cover to cover.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80671]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1950-01-23  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:39
Smith, Eldred G. “Ask, Seek, and Knock.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1967.
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This article discusses how Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith learned that one of the concepts of the Gospel is to ask, seek, and knock. The process of translation was more than just looking into the Urim and Thummim. Revelation does not come without effort.

Keywords: Continuing Revelation; Cowdery; Joseph; Jr.; Oliver; Personal Revelation; Revelation; Smith
ID = [27868]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1967-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 8087  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:17
Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews. Poultney, VT: Smith and Shute, 1823.
ID = [75378]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1823-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:42
Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews. Poultney, VT: Smith and Shute, 1823, 2nded. 1825.
ID = [77211]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1825-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews. 2nd ed. Poultney, VT: Smith and Shute, 1825.
ID = [75379]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1965-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:42
Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews. Photomechanical reprint of 1825 ed. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1965.
ID = [75380]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1965-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:42
Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews: 1825 2nd Edition. Edited by Charles D. Tate, Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Since the Book of Mormon was first published in 1830, its critics have endeavored to find explanations for it other than the one given by Joseph Smith. Some have suggested that the source for much of the history and theology in the Book of Mormon was an early nineteenth-century book entitled View of the Hebrews, by Ethan Smith. This book is a faithful and accurate reproduction of the 1825 second edition of View of the Hebrews. The intent in publishing it has been to make it available to all interested readers—whether critics, believers in the Book of Mormon, or scholars of early American religious history. This printing reproduces not only the original spelling and punctuation but also, as much as possible, the original layout, typefaces, and type sizes. Readers may find topics of some interest for Latter-day Saint history, but it is clear that they will need to look elsewhere to find the origin of the Book of Mormon. ISBN 1-5700-8247-2

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, 19th Century Native American Origin Theories, Book of Mormon Authorship, Smith, Ethan, View of the Hebrews
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33360]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 563275  Children: 8  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:01

Articles

Tate, Charles D., Jr. “Preface.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
ID = [75381]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3286  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:42
Tate, Charles D., Jr. “Introduction.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
ID = [36670]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 31017  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:49
Tate, Charles D., Jr. “Publications of Ethan Smith.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
ID = [75382]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 5181  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:42
Smith, Ethan. “The Destruction of Jerusalem.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
ID = [36671]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 68499  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:49
Smith, Ethan. “The Certain Restoration of Judah and Israel.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
ID = [36672]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 39824  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:49
Smith, Ethan. “The Present State of Judah and Israel.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > High Priest
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
ID = [36673]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 328396  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:49
Smith, Ethan. “Conclusion.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
ID = [75383]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 35456  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:42
Smith, Ethan. “Appendix.” In View of the Hebrews, ed. Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews; or the Tribes of Israel in America. Poultney, VT: Smith and Shute, 1825.
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Many see this work as the impetus for Joseph Smith’s writing the Book of Mormon. However, this work is theoretical, where the Book of Mormon is sacred narrative. This work theorizes that the ten tribes of Israel traversed the Bering Straits. Smith calls upon native American tradition and language to sustain his theory that they are descendants of the Hebrews.

ID = [78751]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1825-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Smith, F. A. “Smith-Bays Debate.” Saints’ Herald 48 (20 February, 6 March 1901): 151-93.
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A debate between H. Bays and Heman C. Smith. The debaters discuss the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Three Witnesses.

ID = [80178]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-02-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:11
Smith, Joseph, Jr., and Fred Madison Smith, eds. “Another Book of Mormon Vindication.” Saints’ Herald 47 (24 October 1900): 686-87.
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Reprint of an article from Inter-Ocean (23 September 1900), which tells of a discovery of nearly 2,000 human skeletons in Galveston, Texas. Scientists were of the opinion that the city was destroyed by a giant tidal wave. The Saints’ Herald article proposes that this occurred during the destruction at the time of Shiz and Coriantumr.

ID = [79045]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-10-24  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Smith, Joseph, Jr., and Fred Madison Smith, eds. “Another Testimony for the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 47 (11 July 1900): 445.
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Report and commentary on an article from the Denver Republican (9 June 1900), which told of a trip that E. S. Compston of Harvard University made to Central America. Compston reported that he saw many similarities to the Book of Mormon but believed that Joseph Smith learned about these ruins from a traveler; yet many of the places Compston visited had never been viewed before.

ID = [79051]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-07-11  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Smith, Frederick A. “The Resurrection of the Dead.” Saints’ Herald 64 (12 December 1917): 1197-1203.
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The Book of Mormon teachings concerning the resurrection appear in the books of Mosiah and Alma. These teachings are harmonious with biblical teachings.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80621]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1917-12-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Smith, Frederick A. “Why Study the Book of Mormon?” The Rod of Iron 1 (July, August, September 1924): 26.
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The Book of Mormon is of great historical worth to the American Indians and to those who seek to understand a history of religion. It is a record of the Lord’s dealings with his people and gives an account of his doctrine.

ID = [80826]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1924-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:48
Widtsoe, John A., and George Albert Smith. “Book of Mormon Manuscript.” Improvement Era 50, no. 2 (1947): 94.
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This article reports that fragments of an original Book of Mormon manuscript were given to the Church by Charles C. Richards.

Keywords: Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
ID = [76950]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1947-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:07
Smith, George Albert. “The Sacrament—The Church of Christ—Different Dogmas of Christianity—Book of Mormon—The Testimony of Joseph Smith.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 12. 1869, 332–338.
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Discourse by President George A. Smith, delivered in the Old Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Nov. 15, 1868. Reported By: David W. Evans.

ID = [29002]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1863-11-15  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 20057  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:24
Smith, George D., Jr. “B. H. Roberts: Book of Mormon Apologist and Skeptic.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, edited by Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe, 123-155. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002.
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“Brigham Henry Roberts developed the primary apologetic arguments used to define the antiquity of the Book of Mormon, a book most Latter-day Saints believe narrates the story of the ancestors of the American Indian. While speaking to the Church as a general authority, Roberts addressed the book as an ancient record; privately, however, he voiced doubts. In the last twelve years of his life, he encountered questions about Book of Mormon language, archeology, and geography that he could not answer. As he reexamined his earlier writings on the subject, he turned to his colleagues with two critical treatises that asked whether the prophet had created a ’wonder tale’ which, ’I sorrowfully submit, points to Joseph Smith’ as its author. He expressed his public faith and private doubts to the end of his life.” [From author’s introduction]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Roberts, B. H., Book of Mormon and; Internal conflict, intellectual
ID = [82090]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:57
Smith, George D., Jr. “Defending the Keystone: Book of Mormon Difficulties.” Sunstone 6, no. 3 (1981): 45-50.
ID = [77244]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, George D., Jr. “Defending the Keystone: Book of Mormon Difficulties.” Sunstone 6 (May-June 1981): 45-50.
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Discusses studies completed by B. H. Roberts on the Book of Mormon in which Roberts examined alleged textual problems and anachronisms in the Book of Mormon and also compared certain features of the Book of Mormon with Ethan Smith’s work View of the Hebrews.

ID = [79355]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Smith, George D., Jr. “Is There Any Way to Escape These Difficulties?” Dialogue 17 (summer 1984): 94-111.
ID = [77243]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, George D., Jr. “”Is There Any Way to Escape These Difficulties?”: The Book of Mormon Studies of B.H. Roberts.” Dialogue 17 (Summer 1984): 94-111.
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Discusses studies on the Book of Mormon conducted by B. H. Roberts that focus upon alleged problems of the Book of Mormon that critics might raise in the future, compares the Book of Mormon and Ethan Smith’s book View of the Hebrews, and examines other elements of Joseph Smith’s 19th-century environment.

ID = [78826]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smith, George D., Jr. “Isaiah Updated.” In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Vogel, Dan, 113-30. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990.
ID = [82127]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:59
Smith, George D., Jr. “Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” Free Inquiry 4 (Winter 1983): 21-31.
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Asserts that the Book of Mormon appealed to people of Joseph Smith’s day because it reflected popular ideas of the time, and that it is merely a product of 19th-century concepts and events such as anti-Masonry, revivalism, and magical practices. Author also holds that the Book of Mormon uses biblical material anachronistically and borrows from concepts regarding the Hebrew origin of the Indians.

ID = [79641]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, George D., Jr. “Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” Free Inquiry 4, no. 1 (winter 1983): 21-31.
ID = [77252]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1983-11-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, George D., Jr. “Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.” In On the Barricades: Religion and Free Inquiry in Conflict, edited by Robert Basil, Mary Beth Gehrman, and Tim Madigan, 137-56. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1989.
ID = [77229]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, George D., Jr. “Review of Studies of the Book of Mormon, by B. H. Roberts.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 6 (1986): 84-85.
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Book review.

ID = [80106]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:07
Smith, Gerald E. “Improvisation and Extemporaneous Change in the Book of Mormon (Part 1: Evidence of an Imperfect, Authentic, Ancient Work of Scripture).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 1-44.
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Abstract: Joseph Smith made various refining changes to the Book of Mormon text, most of them minor and grammatical in nature. However, one type of textual change has been virtually unstudied in Book of Mormon scholarship: extemporaneous change that was present the moment Smith dictated the original text to his scribes. This type of change appears to have been improvisational, a fix or repair made in the middle of a thought or expression. I study these improvisations in depth — where they might appear historically, their purpose, and their authorship — in two articles. The evidence points to ancient authors and editor-engravers whose extemporaneous changes appeared during the early layers of the Book of Mormon’s construction. In this paper, Article One, we study the improvisations found in the quoted ancient texts of ancient prophets, then in the embedded texts of authors who improvise, and finally in the improvisational narratives of the major editor-engravers — Mormon, Nephi, and Moroni. The findings tell us much about the Book of Mormon as scripture, and about the construction and compilation of scripture by ancient editors and authors.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3707]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64877  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:09
Smith, Gerald E. “Improvisation and Extemporaneous Change in the Book of Mormon (Part 2: Structural Evidences of Earlier Ancient versus Later Modern Constructions).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 53-90.
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Abstract: Joseph Smith made various refining changes to the Book of Mormon text, most of them minor grammatical in nature. However, one type of textual change has been virtually unstudied in Book of Mormon scholarship: extemporaneous change that was present the moment Smith dictated the original text to his scribes. This type of change appears to have been improvisational, a fix or repair made in the middle of a thought or expression. I study these improvisations in depth — when they appeared historically, their purpose, and their authorship. The evidence of Article One points to ancient authors and editor-engravers whose extemporaneous changes appeared during the early layers of the Book of Mormon’s construction. But how were these improvisations affected by later contributors? In this paper, Part 2, we study the improvisational work of Moroni as compiler, finishing-editor, and conservator, and of Joseph Smith as modern translator. The findings tell us much about the Book of Mormon as scripture, and about the construction and compilation of scripture by ancient editors and authors.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3709]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64854  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:09
Smith, Gerald E. Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, 2015.
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Joseph Smith wasn’t merely the Book of Mormon’s prophetic translator - he was also a student of the sacred record. Schooling the Prophet offers evidence that the Latter-day Saint prophet was quietly influenced by one of the most important sources of religious thought and sacred protocol that he knew - the Book of Mormon - on issues such as the nature of God, priesthood, and the temple.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Book of Mormon, use and influence
ID = [81517]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Smith, Gregory L. “‘All Bleeding Stops . . . Eventually’: Helaman’s Warriors and Modern Principles of Trauma Revisited.” In Steadfast in Defense of Faith: Essays in Honor of Daniel C. Peterson, eds. Ricks, Shirley S., Stephen D. Ricks, and Louis C. Midgley. Orem and Salt Lake City, UT: The Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2023.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [77305]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-08-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Smith, Gregory L. “Cracking the Book of Mormon’s ‘Secret Combinations’?” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 13 (2014): 63-109.
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Abstract: The Book of Mormon has been explained by some as a product of Joseph Smith’s 19th century environment. Advocates of this thesis have argued that the phrase secret combinations is a reference to Freemasonry, and reflects Joseph’s preoccupation with this fraternity during the Book of Mormon’s composition in 1828–29. It is claimed that this phrase is rarely, if ever, used in a non-Masonic context during 1828–29, and that a type of “semantic narrowing” occurred which restricted the term to Freemasonry. Past studies have found a few counter-examples, which are reviewed, but none from during the precise years of interest. This study describes many newly-identified counterexamples, including: anti-Masonic authors who use the term to refer to non-Masonic groups, books translated in the United States, legislature bills, grand jury instructions, and works which so characterize slave rebellions, various historical groups and movements, Biblical figures, and religious groups. These examples are found before, during, and after the critical 1828–29 period. Examples from 1832 onward likewise demonstrate that no semantic shift occurred which restricted secret combination to Masonry. This element of the environmental hypothesis has now been robustly disproven.

ID = [4268]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64677  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:19
Smith, Gregory L. “‘From the Sea East Even to the Sea West’: Thoughts on a Proposed Book of Mormon Chiasm Describing Geography in Alma 22:27.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 355-382.
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Abstract: Jonathan Neville, an advocate of the “Heartland” geography setting for the Book of Mormon, claims to have identified a novel chiastic structure that begins in Alma 22:27. Neville argues that this chiasmus allows the reconstruction of a geography that stretches south to the Gulf of Mexico in the continental United States. One expert, Donald W. Parry, doubts the existence of a fine-tuned chiasmus in this verse. An analysis which assumes the presence of the chiasmus demonstrates that multiple internal difficulties result from such a reading. Neville’s reading requires two different “sea west” bodies of water: one “sea west” placed at the extreme north of the map and a second sea to the west of Lamanite lands, but neither is to the west of the Nephites’ land of Zarahemla. Neville’s own ideas also fail to meet the standards he demands of those who differ with him. These problems, when combined with other Book of Mormon textual evidence, make the geography based upon Neville’s reading of the putative chiasmus unviable.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3769]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 55070  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:14
Smith, Gregory L. “Gossamer Thin: 2 Nephi’s ‘Flaxen Cord’ and the Anti-Masonic Thesis.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 331-370.
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Abstract: Some have seen evidence of anti-Masonic rhetoric in the Book of Mormon and cite 2 Nephi 26:22 in support of this theory, since Satan leads sinners “by the neck with a flaxen cord.” It is claimed that this is a reference to Masonic initiation rituals, which feature a thick noose called a cable-tow or tow-rope. Examining the broader rhetorical context of 2 Nephi demonstrates that the “flaxen cord” more likely refers to something slight and almost undetectable. To test this hypothesis, I undertake a survey of the use of the phrase flaxen cord in 19th century publications. I also examine analogous phrases from the Bible. I examine fifty examples, seven of which are excluded because they do not contain enough information to support either claim. Of the remaining 43 examples, a full two-thirds (67%) describe a cord that is trivial or easily snapped. Only 7% denote a thick, strong rope, and 17% describe a thin rope that is strong. Given (1) the rhetorical context of 2 Nephi, (2) an expression that usually refers to a cord of trivial thickness and strength, and (3) virtually all poetic, scriptural, or allegorical uses imply fragility, the evidence overwhelmingly contradicts the anti-Masonic thesis.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [3618]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64257  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:03
Smith, Gregory L. “Often in Error, Seldom in Doubt: Rod Meldrum and Book of Mormon DNA.” FARMS Review 22, no. 1 (2010): 17-161.
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Review of Rod L. Meldrum. Rediscovering the Book of Mormon Remnant through DNA.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland; DNA; Native Americans
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Smith, H. A. “Archeology Proves Gold Plates Common as Ancient Indian Books.” Deseret News (7 May 1932): 7.
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Archaeological discoveries in Mexico and Central America demonstrate the abundance and frequent use of gold. Spanish conquistadors describe plates and slabs of gold that match Joseph Smith’s description of the gold plates.

ID = [79075]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1932-05-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Hull, Kerry, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Hank R. Smith, eds. Give Ear to My Words: Text and Context of Alma 36–42. Proceedings of The 48th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.
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The 48th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Alma’s deeply personal writings to his sons contain some of the most informative doctrinal discussions in scripture. Originating out of the love and concern of a parent, these chapters present salient teachings on key gospel principles, proper behaviors, and correct theology. Here the pure doctrines of God’s merciful plan of redemption through his Son, Jesus Christ, are laid plain. This volume compiles essays given at a BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Drawing on both academic training and dedicated study of the scriptures, the authors in this volume provide valuable new contexts to understand Alma’s doctrinal expositions. Tad R. Callister, former Sunday School General President, was the keynote speaker. The diversity of scholarship from this book’s contributors provides this book with valuable new contexts to help readers understand Alma’s doctrinal expositions. The range of topics covered, and the contrasting perspectives will appeal to a broad audience and speak to many different people at different levels. ISBN 978-1-9443-9484-4

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Articles

Callister, Tad R. “What Is the Purpose of Suffering?” 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
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
ID = [34069]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 39449  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Ellison, Mark D. “Beyond Justice: Reading Alma 42.” 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 > Agency
RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34070]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 58838  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Sharp, Ryan H. “Alma, Ambiguity, and the Development of Doctrinal Understanding.” 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
ID = [34071]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 44717  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Sharp, Daniel B. “Justice, Mercy and the Atonement in the Teachings of Alma to Corianton.” 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 > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
ID = [34072]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 27705  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
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
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Born of God- Partaking of the Fruit.” 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 > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [34074]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 39326  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Shannon, Avram R. “Law of God/God of Law: The Law of Moses in Alma’s Teachings to Corianton.” 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 > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [34075]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 51452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Alma and the Sacred Things.” 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 > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [34076]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 52960  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:21
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
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘And Now My Son, I Have Somewhat More to Say’: Corianton’s Concerns, Alma’s Theology, and Nephite Tradition.” 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 > Agency
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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 > Resurrection
ID = [34078]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 65712  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Spencer, Joseph M. “Women and Nephite Men: Lessons from the Book of Alma.” 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 > T — Z > Women
ID = [34079]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 38452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Allis-Pike, Jane. “Words from the Wise: Alma 36-39 through the Lens of Proverbs 1-9.” 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
ID = [34080]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 37455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Bowen, Matthew L. “Look to the Lord! The Meaning of Liahona and the Doctrine of Christ in Alma 37-38.” 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 > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
ID = [34081]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41052  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Tolley, Kevin L. “Alma 36: A Call to Repentance, a Prophetic Call.” 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 > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [34082]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 47910  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Ogletree, Mark D. “Alma as an Intentional Father.” 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 > L — P > Parenting
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ID = [34083]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 37297  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Korth, Byran B. “Parents Teaching Children to Believe in Christ: ‘An Echo of a Celestial Pattern’” 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 > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [34084]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 56165  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Hardy, Grant R. “Nurturing Faith: Literary Patterning in the Book of Alma.” 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 > D — F > Faith
ID = [34085]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 38703  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Hardy, Heather. “Well-Crafted Counsel.” 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
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
ID = [34086]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41958  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Berkey, Kimberly M. “‘Retain All Their Oaths’: Lehitic Covenant and Secret Combinations 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
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
ID = [34087]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 45035  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Taeger, Stephan. “Alma’s Chiasmus as Transformative Vicarious Experience.” 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 > Conversion
ID = [34088]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 32298  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Reynolds, Noel B. “Rethinking Alma 36.” 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 > Q — S > Repentance
ID = [34089]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 37198  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Gardner, Brant A. “Mormon the Writer: Turning History into Story.” 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.
ID = [34090]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 47320  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Smith, Hank R. “What Can the Book of Mormon Teach Us about Happiness?” Ensign, February 2016.
ID = [61354]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2016-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10865  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:44
Smith, Hannah Clayson. “Protecting the Widows and the Fatherless in the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua : The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies 3, no. 2 (November, 2003): 173-180.
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In Old Testament times, widows and the fatherless were particularly vulnerable to poverty and distress. Perhaps because women generally had no right to inherit their deceased husband’s property, the Code of the Covenant specifically protected widows (and therefore their minor children) to ensure their subsistence. This paper examines how these provisions may illuminate our understanding of passages in the Book of Mormon that relate to the treatment of widows and the fatherless by asking the following questions: Why did widows and the fatherless need special protection under Hebrew law, and what legal protections existed? What legal protections existed in Book of Mormon times for widows and the fatherless, and what were the penalties for violating the law? Which accounts in the Book of Mormon demonstrate violations of the commandment to protect widows and the fatherless, and which accounts demonstrate obedience? The answers to these questions illustrate the special status of widows and the fatherless in biblical law and in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Women, widowhood
ID = [82047]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:54
Smith, Harry E. “A Book of Mormon Testimony.” The Rod of Iron 2 (January 1925): 45.
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Smith, as a sixteen- year-old Methodist boy, came into contact with a man reading a book. He was invited to attend the man’s church. While there he was prompted to quote wonderful scriptures that he did not recognize. He was amazed to find that these scriptures were from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78851]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smith, Hazel Dexter. Lessons from the Book of Mormon. 4 parts. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1933-34.
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Lessons from the Book of Mormon written in story form. Includes questions for study and discussion, problems to solve, and projects.

ID = [77975]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1933-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Smith, Heman C. “Book of Mormon Witnesses.” Journal of History 4 (1911): 357-65.
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This work examines the reasons behind Oliver Cowdery’s and David Whitmer’s estrangement from the Church.

ID = [79243]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1911-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Smith, Heman C. “Lectures on Church History, No. 3.” Saints’ Herald 48 (2 October 1901): 795.
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Tells the story of the reception of the gold plates from the hands of Moroni. Joseph Smith was not to rely wholly upon divine power to protect the plates; he had to be diligent and watchful. Also reported is the story of Sidney Rigdon’s visit to Professor Anthon and the lost 116 pages.

ID = [79689]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-10-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, Heman C. “The Spaulding Romance.” Journal of History 2 (1909): 89-95.
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Contains a series of letters between A. T. Schroeder of Salt Lake City and C. H. Bays of Battle Creek, Michigan, wherein Schroeder defends the Spaulding manuscript theory for the source for the Book of Mormon and D. H. Bays argues against the theory.

ID = [80648]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1909-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Smith, Heman C. The Truth Defended, or A Reply to Elder D. H. Bay’s, “Doctrines and Dogmas of Mormonism”. Lamoni, IA: Herald House, 1901.
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An apologetic work, written by a former Church Historian of the Reorganized church, responding to criticisms raised by Bays in his work, Doctrines and Dogmas of Mormonism

ID = [78684]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1901-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Smith, Heman Hale. “Biography of David Whitmer.” Journal of History 3 (1910): 298-305, 446-54.
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Contains an account of David Whitmer’s conversion, excommunication, and ownership of a Book of Mormon manuscript.

ID = [79108]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1910-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, Heman Hale. “Martin Harris.” Journal of History 4 (1911): 214-22.
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A biography that relates the story of Martin Harris’s loss of the 116 manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon and his experience of seeing the gold plates and signing the testimony of the Three Witnesses. Includes a letter by Martin Harris wherein he states that he never denied the truth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79737]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1911-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, Henry. “Cumorah.” Improvement Era 32, no. 6 (1929): 468-470.
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The author describes the Hill Cumorah, saying that it is adorned by trees and a large sign containing Book of Mormon passages.

Keywords: Hill Cumorah, NY
ID = [77030]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Henry A. “An Exciting Discovery.” Church News 36 (7 May 1966): 6.
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Tells of the discovery of a sunken city off the coast of Peru and suggests that this might be one of the sunken cities described in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79005]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1966-05-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Smith, Henry A. “Interesting Clipping.” Church News 35 (11 September 1965): 6.
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Reprint of article from 5 July 1965 El Paso Times entitled “Chiapas Find of Relevance to Document” Discusses archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon, specifically a carving of six people in “near east clothing” discussing the tree of life: the three name glyphs have been translated as “Lehi,” “Soriah,” and “Nephi”

ID = [79596]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-09-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, Henry A. “Pre-Columbian Horses.” Church News 35 (27 November 1965): 6.
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Cites archaeological evidence of native pleistocene horses in America, refuting previous ideas that horses were introduced by the Spaniards and supporting the Book of Mormon mention of the animal.

ID = [79984]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1965-11-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, Henry A. “Proof from the Gold of Pyrgi.” Instructor 101 (November 1966): 444-45.
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Discusses recent discoveries that provide evidence that ancient people did write on metal plates, including the finding of gold plates found in Pyrgi, Italy, that bear ancient inscriptions.

ID = [80012]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:02
Smith, Henry A. “‘That They May Know…’” Church News 36 (29 January 1966): 3.
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Announcing the first publication of the Chinese Book of Mormon, with background information on its translation and publication.

ID = [78834]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1966-01-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smith, Hyrum O. The Book of Mormon Evaluated. Independence, MO: Herald House,n.d.
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The moral precepts of the Book of Mormon are faultless and the book presents its own evidence of its divine origin. The purpose of the Book is to teach of Christ and it supports the claims of the Bible.

ID = [78372]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Smith, Hyrum O. The Book of Mormon Evaluated. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing, 1855?.
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Contains a collection of previously published items, “Book of Mormon Lectures” by H. A. Stebbins, “Book of Mormon Talks” by Orion (Hyrum O. Smith), “Book of Mormon Vindicated” by I. M. Smith, and “The Book of Mormon Evaluated” by Hyrum O. Smith.

ID = [78371]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1855-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Smith, Hyrum O. “The Book of Mormon Evaluated.” Saints’ Herald 75 (8 February—14 March 1928): 149-50, 184-86, 217-20, 246-49, 280-83, 320-22.
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A series that discusses internal evidences of the Book of Mormon. The most important way to “prove” either the Bible or the Book of Mormon is to read it, study its teachings, and put them into practice. The Book of Mormon is not a fraud because a fraudulent book could not be so filled with the flawless moral teachings of Christ. It supports the Bible and is a second witness for God.

ID = [80357]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1928-02-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:22
Smith, Hyrum O. Book of Mormon Talks, Birth Offering Series #4. Lamoni, IA: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1902.
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Written in the form of a discussion between a father and his four children. Answers criticisms of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is complimentary to the Bible.

ID = [77657]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1902-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Smith, Hyrum O. Why I Believe the Book of Mormon, An Evening Chat Between Two Friends. Lamoni: Herald House,n.d.
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A dialogue between two friends wherein one discusses the reasons he has joined the RLDS church. His main reason is the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. As proof of this, he discusses the restoration of the Jews to Israel and the power of the United States of America, both as prophesied in the Book of Mormon. He also uses historical evidence from South American Indian traditions.

ID = [78785]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smith, Isaac M. “The Book of Mormon Vindicated.” Saints’ Herald 42 (16, 23, 30 January, 6, 13, 20, 27 February, 6, 13 March 1895): 43-46, 58-61, 77-79, 93-96, 106-10, 123-27, 139-42, 156-57, 167-70.
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A defense of the Book of Mormon and brief summary of its contents. The Book of Mormon is a supplement to the Bible, not a replacement. Satan is active in attempting to discredit the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is the fulfillment of biblical prophecies.

ID = [80386]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1895-01-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:23
Smith, Isaac M. The Book of Mormon Vindicated. Independence, MO: Ensign House, 1898, 3rd ed. 1917.
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Reprinted as Mormonism II: Pro-Mormon Writings of the Twentieth Century, edited by Gary L. Ward, 1-119. New York: Garland, 1990. “A simple statement of facts as to what the Book of Mormon really is, and a plain presentation of the scriptural evidences in favor of its divine origin” Defines the mission of the Book of Mormon, tells of its coming forth and significance to the tribes of Israel, and of the prophecies it contains and fulfills.

ID = [78405]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Smith, Isaac M. “Is There a Contradiction?” Saints’ Herald 48 (24 April—8 May 1901): 328-32, 345-49, 363-66.
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A full investigation of the Bible and the Book of Mormon shows no contradiction between the two works.

ID = [79612]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-04-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, Israel A. “Book of Mormon Editorship: Grammatical Structure, Language, and Absence of Anachronisms.” Saints’ Herald 98 (7 May 1951): 437-40.
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Focuses on the Book of Mormon’s grammatical structure, language, and absence of anachronisms. Suggests the Book of Mormon as an antidote to latter-day secularism, then proceeds to give evidence of its Hebrew origin.

ID = [79164]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-05-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, Israel A. “Book of Mormon ‘Characters’” Saints’ Herald 89 (3 October 1942): 1257-63.
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A discussion of the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian hieroglyphics and how these finds relate to the Book of Mormon and the story of the Anthon transcript. Includes a facsimile of the Anthon transcript and photographs of Egyptian works and transcript characters.

ID = [79118]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-10-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, Israel A. The Language of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1942, 1958.
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Reprinted from “A ‘Sealed’ Book” Saints’ Herald

ID = [78534]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, Israel A. “The Origin, Purpose, and Preservation of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 98 (12 March 1951): 245-47, 254-55.
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Discusses the testimonies of the Three and Eight Witnesses, Moroni’s angelic ministrations to Joseph Smith, and the purpose of the Book of Mormon as stated by Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon itself, and other scripture. Concludes with an explanation of how the Book of Mormon has been preserved and invites the audience to examine the original manuscript kept by the RLDS church.

ID = [80590]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-03-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:35
Smith, Israel A. Outline Studies of the Book of Mormon Institute. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1951.
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Contains outlines of sermons by RLDS church dignitaries, including I. A. Smith, D. O. Chesworth, W. Wallace Smith, Maurice L. Draper, H. E. Velt, and R. A. Cheville. Topics include Book of Mormon history and doctrine.

ID = [78132]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1951-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Smith, J. R. “The Book of Mormon in the Light of Recent Jewish Archaeological Research.” Improvement Era 34, no. 9 (1931): 522-523, 559-560.
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Based on the findings of a Jewish archaeologist, Isadore Lhevinne, who affirms that Jews discovered America, this article claims that evidence shows that Jews reached Mexican shores on more than one occasion hundreds of years before Columbus.

Keywords: Apologetics, Archaeology, External Evidence, Hebraic Indian Theory, Pre-Columbian Contact
ID = [76815]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1931-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:00
Smith, J. Steven. Does the Bible Prophesy of the Book of Mormon?. Safety Harbor, FL: EMFJ Ministries, 1980?.
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A polemical tract that claims that Ezekiel 37:15-19 has nothing to do with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77761]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Smith, James E. “How Many Nephites?: The Book of Mormon at the Bar of Demography.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 254-293. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography - Hemispheric; Book of Mormon Geography - Limited Geography; Demography; Nephite; Others in the Land; Population Size
ID = [75474]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:48
Smith, James E. “Nephi’s Descendants? Historical Demography and the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 255-296.
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Review of “Multiply Exceedingly: Book of Mormon Populations Sizes” (1993), by John C. Kunich

Keywords: Ancient America; Criticism; Historicity; Population Size
ID = [171]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 101133  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:31
Smith, James E. “A Study of Population Size in the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994. Transcript of a lecture given at the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series.
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James Smith lists the population numbers given in the text of the Book of Mormon, and discusses what the possible population growth might have been. Comments in the Book of Mormon about multiplying exceedingly and filling the land are indicative that Nephite fertility was indeed high. He discusses the possibility that other peoples were assimilated into the Nephite and Lamanite groups.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Society
ID = [8588]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 213  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Smith, John H. “A Marvelous Work and a Wonder.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 45, no. 41 (8 October 1883): 648-52.
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Isaiah 29 prophesies future events concerning the Book of Mormon. The history of the Church proves that the Mormon church is a marvelous work and a wonder. Most of the persecution against the Church stems from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80986]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1883-10-08  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:57
Smith, John H. “The Unpardonable Sin and the Three Witnesses.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 50, no. 12 (19 March 1888): 177-79.
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Evaluates the Three Witnesses’ lives in respect to Paul’s words on the unpardonable sin (Hebrews 6:4-6). Smith declares that the Three Witnesses did not commit the unpardonable sin as described by Paul. He maintains that “it surely was the purpose of God that they should go the road they had traveled”

ID = [80999]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-03-19  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:58
Smith, John L. “The Book of Mormon.” The Evangel 39 (April 1992): 5.
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Discusses Ezra Taft Benson’s claim that the Book of Mormon is the most correct book on earth to show that Mormonism is not a Christian denomination.

ID = [80282]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:17
Smith, John L. Has Mormonism Changed?. Clearfield, UT: Utah Evangel Press, 1961.
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In the beginning Joseph Smith patterned Mormonism after six groups: Roman Catholicism, Campbell’s teachings, the Pharisees, Masonry, Islam, and Rosicrucianism. Smith’s claims to have translated the Book of Mormon by the power of God have no foundation. LDS doctrines and practices have changed.

ID = [77841]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1961-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Smith, John L. Hope or Despair? Mormonism—True or False. Clearfield, UT: Utah Evangel Press, 1957.
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Written to show Mormon missionaries, by the use of their own written material, the fallacy of their claims. The Book of Mormon itself is evidence of its fallacy. Shows the title page of the 1830 edition that proclaims Joseph Smith as its author. The Book of Mormon condemns polygamy and the book admits its own imperfection.

ID = [77869]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Smith, John L. “Moroni’s Visits.” The Evangel 39 (March 1992): 5.
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Questions the validity of visits by Moroni to Joseph Smith, the existence of the plates, and the veracity of the First Vision. Casts doubts on the characters of the Three Witnesses.

ID = [79851]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Smith, John L. Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?. Marlow, OK: Utah Missions,n.d.
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A brief polemical pamphlet attempting to discredit the Book of Mormon. The critic enumerates various anachronisms in the Book of Mormon such as poor grammar, repetitive expressions such as “and it came to pass,” the method of translating, and plagiarisms from the Bible.

ID = [78778]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
McKay, Robert A., and John L. Smith. Why Mormonism Is a Cult. Marlow, OK: Utah Missions, 1985.
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A polemical tract against Mormonism attempting to explain why Mormonism is a cult. Numerous textual changes in the various editions of the Book of Mormon are noted. The description in 3 Nephi of the destruction of the wicked at the time of Christ’s death is incompatible with the concept of a merciful God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78787]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smith, John L. Witnessing Effectively to Mormons. Marlow, OK: Utah Missions, 1975.
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An evangelical work for those attempting to win over Mormons. This is accomplished by pointing out “Protestant” doctrines within the Book of Mormon and doctrinal contradictions with the Bible, and through other means.

ID = [78795]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Anderson, Edward H., and Joseph F. Smith. “Book Notice: Complete Concordance to the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 8, no. 2 (1904): 151-152.
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This article announces the completion of George Reynolds’s Book of Mormon concordance and advertises its sale.

Keywords: Study Helps
ID = [76881]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:04
Smith, Joseph F., and Edward H. Anderson. “The Book of Mormon in Japanese.” Improvement Era 13, no. 2 (1909): 178-180.
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This article announces the completion of the Japanese translation of the Book of Mormon and lauds the beautiful work done and the effort spent in the project.

Keywords: Foreign Language Translation, Language – Japanese
ID = [76795]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1909-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:59
Smith, Joseph F. “Editor’s Table: On the Resurrection.” Improvement Era 7, no. 8 (1904): 619-625.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger, Eternal Life, First-Fruits, Immortality, Jesus Christ, Mortality, Prophet, Resurrection, Savior, Spirit Paradise, Spirit Prison, Testimony
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76880]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1904-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:03
Smith, Joseph F. “Editor’s Table: Redemption Beyond the Grave.” Improvement Era 5, no. 2 (1901): 145-147.
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Keywords: Alma the Younger, Atonement, Commandments, Jesus Christ, Millennium, Missionary Work, Obedience, Redemption, Repentance, Sin, Spirit Prison, Temple, Testimony
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76995]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1901-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:10
Anderson, Edward H., and Joseph F. Smith. “Joseph Smith’s ‘Translation’ of the Scriptures.” Improvement Era 17, no. 6 (1914): 590-596.
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This article quotes the Eighth Article of Faith declaring that Latter-day Saints believe both the Bible and the Book of Mormon to be the words of God. Nephi taught that the Hebrew scriptures had “plain and precious parts” removed. For this reason Joseph Smith was called on to revise the Bible and produce an “inspired translation.

Keywords: Articles of Faith, Joseph Smith Translation, Plain and Precious Things
ID = [76832]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1914-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:01
Smith, Joseph F. “‘The Manuscript Found,’ III.” Improvement Era 3, no. 6 (1900): 451-457.
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This three-part essay describes in detail the experience of the author in obtaining Solomon Spaulding’s manuscript, purported to be similar to the Book of Mormon, while in Honolulu. The third part disproves the testimonies of the witnesses included in part II.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Hebraic Indian Theory, Manuscript Found, Spaulding Manuscript, Spaulding, Solomon
ID = [77153]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Joseph F. “‘The Manuscript Found’, I.” Improvement Era 3, no. 4 (1900): 241-249.
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This three-part essay describes in detail the experience of the author in obtaining Solomon Spaulding’s manuscript, purported to be similar to the Book of Mormon, while in Honolulu. The first part deals with the origin of and initial reactions to the Spaulding Manuscript and its relationship to the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Hebraic Indian Theory, Manuscript Found, Spaulding Manuscript, Spaulding, Solomon
ID = [76854]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:02
Smith, Joseph F. “‘The Manuscript Found’, II.” Improvement Era 3, no. 5 (1900): 377-383.
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This three-part essay describes in detail the experience of the author in obtaining Solomon Spaulding’s manuscript, purported to be similar to the Book of Mormon, while in Honolulu. The second part refutes the idea that the Book of Mormon is based on or similar to the Spaulding Manuscript and contains a number of interviews with the involved parties.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Hebraic Indian Theory, Manuscript Found, Spaulding Manuscript, Spaulding, Solomon
ID = [76989]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:10
Smith, Joseph F. “The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 3, no. 1 (November 1899): 61-65.
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This article refutes a claim made in an article printed in the St. Louis Republic concerning the whereabouts of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon by arguing that the manuscript was placed in the southwest corner of the Nauvoo house. They alleged that David Whitmer had possession of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon, and that elders from the Church visiting him in Richmond, Missouri, offered him $100,000 for it.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon, Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Whitmer, David
ID = [76555]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1899-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:45
Smith, Joseph F. “Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (23 December 1899): 21.
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In rebuttal to “shameless falsehoods” that accuse the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of trying to buy the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon for purposes of trying to alter the text in favor of polygamy, this article states that these allegations are not true. Includes facts concerning the publication of the Book of Mormon and the location of the original manuscript.

ID = [79954]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1899-12-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, Joseph F., and Edward H. Anderson. “Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 3, no. 5 (1900): 389-390.
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This article gives an account about the possibility that David Whitmer or the Whitmer family possessed the original manuscripts of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Original Manuscipt of the Book of Mormon, Whitmer, David
ID = [76990]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:10
Smith, Joseph F., and Edward H. Anderson. “Our Work: Review of the New Manual.” Improvement Era 8, no. 10 (1905): 783-789.
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A review of the new (1905-06) Book of Mormon manual. Expounds on B. H. Roberts’s views of the importance of the Book of Mormon. External and internal evidence supports Book of Mormon’s claim to truth. The manual refutes objections to the Book of Mormon, such as the Spaulding and Rigdon theories.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Authorship, Book of Mormon Names, Doctrine, Education, External Evidence, Fall of Adam, Internal Evidence, Nephite Government, Study Helps
ID = [77116]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Joseph F. “Questions and Answers - Meaning of Prison in III Nephi.” Improvement Era 8, no. 3 (1905): 226.
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Keywords: Jesus Christ, Messiah, Prison, Spirit Prison, Spirit World
ID = [76909]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:05
Smith, Joseph F. “Questions and Answers - The Angel Who Restored the Gospel.” Improvement Era 6, no. 5 (1903): 393-394.
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Keywords: Angel, Angel Moroni, John the Baptist, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Moroni (Son of Mormon), Prophecy, Restoration
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77046]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1903-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Joseph F. “Questions and Answers - Time of Christ’s Visit to the Nephites.” Improvement Era 8, no. 3 (1905): 225-226.
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Keywords: Bountiful (Polity), Christ in America, Jesus Christ, Postmortal Appearances of, Mount of Olives, Prophecy, Temple
ID = [76908]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:05
Anderson, Edward H., and Joseph F. Smith. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 6, no. 2 (1902): 153.
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A short paragraph answering the question: “Into what languages has the Book of Mormon been translated and printed?”

Keywords: Foreign Language Translation
ID = [76764]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1902-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-f.  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:57
Smith, Joseph F. “Where Is the Original Manuscipt of the Book of Mormon?” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Significant Articles from the Pages of the Improvement Era, eds. Doyle L. Green, and Marba C. Josephson, 11-15. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1959.
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Refutes a claim made in an article printed in the St. Louis Republic concerning the whereabouts of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon by arguing that the manuscript was placed in the southwest corner of the Nauvoo house.

ID = [81026]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:00
Smith, Joseph F., Jr. “The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 10, no. 8 (1907): 572-576.
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This article discusses the location and disposition of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. It remained in the hands of Joseph Smith who put the pages in the cornerstone of the Nauvoo house. These were nearly destroyed by water and time. The only remnants are now in the possession of the Church.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
ID = [76996]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1907-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:10
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Book of Mormon Critics Refuted.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1962.
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This article is a plea to the members of the Church to study the Book of Mormon. Critics of the Book of Mormon visit the homes of members pointing out the changes in the Book of Mormon and discrepancies with the Bible.

Keywords: Anti-Mormon; Criticism; Scripture Study
ID = [27507]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1962-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 6181  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:15
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Book of Mormon Establishes Location of Historic Region.” Church News 24 (27 February 1954): 2-3.
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Takes issue with the view that the Hill Cumorah is located in Mexico or Central America and argues that the hill was located in upstate New York near Palmyra.

ID = [79165]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1954-02-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Book of Mormon, a Divine Record.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1961.
ID = [27442]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1961-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 10073  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:15
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Book of Mormon—A Divine Record.” Improvement Era 64, no. 12 (1961): 924-927.
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This article is a plea to study the Book of Mormon again and again, with the promise that the Lord has “greater things” to manifest if members of the Church will esteem the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Blessings, Book of Mormon, Scripture Study, Testimony
ID = [76762]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1961-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:57
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Debt We Owe.” Improvement Era 64, no. 11 (1961): 800-801.
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This article discusses how Jacob (2 Nephi 9) taught concerning the Atonement and mission of Jesus Christ, and our debt to him. Out of love members of the Church should show deep gratitude by obedience and in humble prayer.

Keywords: 2 Nephi, Atonement, Jacob (Son of Lehi), Jesus Christ
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76831]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1961-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:01
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Did the Nephites Have a Church Organization Before the Days of Alma?” Improvement Era 62, no. 8 (1959): 584-585.
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This article asserts that the Nephites did indeed have a church organization before the days of Alma, and that Lehi, King Benjamin, and King Mosiah each had a church organization. Whenever and wherever there were gospel ordinances administered by a minister there was a church organization.

Keywords: Alma (Book), Book of Mormon, Church Organization, Priesthood Ordinances, Priesthood Organization
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77024]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1959-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Joseph Fielding. Essentials in Church History. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1979.
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Contains a historical account of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon—the visit of the angel Moroni, the translation, the lost manuscript, the witnesses and their testimonies.

ID = [77778]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “For Ye Are Bought with a Price.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 14, 1957.
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Keywords: Atonement; Jesus Christ; Sacrifice; Collection: Jesus Christ; Our Savior and Redeemer
ID = [68100]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1957-05-14  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:54
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Greatness of the Work Inaugurated and Accomplished By the Prophet Joseph Smith—Sketch of the Prophet’s Early Life—Refutation of the False Charges Made Against Him and the Latter-Day Saints—Character of Our Traducers—Divine Nature and Value of the Book of Mormon.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 24. 1884, 8–16.
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Discourse by President Joseph F. Smith, delivered in the Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, October 29, 1882. Reported By: John Irvine.

ID = [29531]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1882-10-29  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 25578  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:28
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Hill Cumorah.” Deseret News Church Section (20 July 1935): 1, 8.
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Written for the dedication of the monument of Moroni that stands on the Hill Cumorah. Retells the story of Mormon’s and Moroni’s abridging the Book of Mormon, Moroni’s appearances to Joseph Smith, and Joseph Smith’s receiving the plates from Moroni at the Hill Cumorah.

ID = [80483]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1935-07-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:29
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “How Can First Nephi 3:7 and Doctrine and Covenants 84:4 Be Reconciled?” Improvement Era 65, no. 9 (1962): 630-631.
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This article discusses Matthew 12:39 to show that there are no contradictions between 1 Nephi 3:7 and D&C 84:4. The author concludes that the injunction of the Lord to build a temple was hampered by such opposition that the plan of the Lord was merely postponed—”the purposes of the Lord will prevail.”

Keywords: 1 Nephi, Gospel of Matthew, Intertextuality, Opposition, Temple
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [76741]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:56
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “How Was Lehi a Descendant of the Jews?” Improvement Era 59, no. 10 (1955): 702.
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This article discusses how Lehi and the Nephites are referred to as “Jews” in several Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants passages (2 Nephi 30:4; D&C 19:27; D&C 57:4), even though they were literal descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (Alma 10:3). They were Jews not so much by actual descent as by citizenship, having lived in Jerusalem in the kingdom of Judah, or through intermarriage.

Keywords: Ephraim (Tribe), Jews, Lehi (Prophet), Manasseh (Tribe)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77161]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Is There a Contradiction Between Alma 7:10 and Matthew 2:5-6?” In Answers to Gospel Questions, 1:172-75. 5 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957.
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There is no contradiction. Joseph Smith and all of his associates knew perfectly well that Bethlehem was where Jesus was born. The expression used in Alma 7:10 was not that Jesus was born in Jerusalem, but at Jerusalem. This is a Hebrew expression and simply refers to a geographical area—Jerusalem and environs, including Bethlehem.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81073]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:02
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Is There a Contradiction between Alma 7:10 and Matthew 2:5–6?” Improvement Era 58, no. 4 (1955): 222.
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In answer to the title, this article states that there is no contradiction, arguing that Joseph Smith and all of his associates knew perfectly well that Bethlehem was where Jesus was born. The expression used in Alma 7:10 was not that Jesus was born in Jerusalem, but at Jerusalem. This is a Hebrew expression and simply refers to a geographical area—Jerusalem and environs, including Bethlehem.

Keywords: Alma (Book), Bethlehem, Gospel of Matthew, Intertextuality, Jerusalem (Old World), Jesus Christ, Birth of, Nativity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76781]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1955-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:58
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Judgments of the Lord to Pour Forth.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1966.
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This article says that there is great need throughout the world for repentance and purification through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. For the good of mankind Satan was cast down to the earth that there might be an opposition in all things and punishments affixed. Those who profit from the experiences of others and are willing to look to God and live will be spared from the calamities that will plague the earth in these last days.

Keywords: Atonement; Last Days; Repentance
ID = [27794]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1966-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 11540  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:17
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Keep the Commandments.” Delivered at the Friday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1950.
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This article states that Church members (and those in the world if they only knew) should be grateful that the Lord has given further and clearer light of revelation in the Book of Mormon and other modern scriptures.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Continuing Revelation; Open Canon; Revelation
ID = [26760]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1950-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 9963  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:10
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Nephite Baptisms and the Gift of the Holy Ghost.” Improvement Era 65, no. 6 (1962): 390-391.
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This article discusses how the gift of the Holy Ghost may not be received without the laying on of hands. Book of Mormon prophets had the authority to bestow that gift. The Lord did not overlook any necessary ordinances for the Nephites when he visited with them following his resurrection.

Keywords: Baptism, Gift of the Holy Ghost, Priesthood Authority, Priesthood Ordinances, Savior in America
ID = [76759]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:57
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “No One Can Stand Approved Who Has Not Read the Book of Mormon.” Church News 31 (7 October 1961): 8.
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Refutes claim of one thousand changes in Book of Mormon since its first publication. Exhortation to read the Book of Mormon and gain a testimony of its truthfulness. Members of the LDS church are on probation and, if proven worthy, will receive the fullness of the sealed portion of the plates.

ID = [79909]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1961-10-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Origin of the First Vision.” Improvement Era 23, no. 6 (1920): 496-505.
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This article discusses how the First Vision answered many questions prevalent in the 19th century. The account of that vision agrees with the doctrine of the Church and the Book of Mormon. Those who read the Book of Mormon will know of its truthfulness and authenticity.

Keywords: Atonement, Baptism for the Dead, Church Organization, First Vision, Godhead, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Proxy Work, Salvation, Theology, Vicarious Work
ID = [77168]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Predictions in the Bible Concerning the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 26, no. 11 (1923): 958-962.
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This article discusses Bible predictions that have been associated with the Book of Mormon—the prophetic blessings that Jacob gave Joseph and his two sons, the oracles in Micah and Isaiah, parts of Isaiah 29, Ezekiel 37, and John 10.

Keywords: Ezekiel (Book), Gospel of John, Isaiah (Book), Micah (Book), Prophecy, Seed of Joseph (Son of Jacob/Israel)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76809]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1923-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:59
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Preface to the First Edition.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, vol. 6, 3rd ed. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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In this work the Book of Mormon is seen in a new perspective; we see it in a world setting, not in a mere local one. It takes its place naturally alongside the Bible and other great works of antiquity and becomes one of them.
An introduction to the first edition of An Approach to the Book of Mormon by Hugh Nibley.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon
ID = [2030]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi,nibley,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:10:21
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “President Smith Calls For More Study, Research.” Church News 32 (13 October 1962): 7, 9.
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Exhorts members of the LDS faith to read the Book of Mormon. Discusses prophecy concerning Christ’s birth in the land of Jerusalem and the covenant of Mosiah 5:7. Concludes with testimony, and points out the effectiveness of testimony and knowledge against those critical of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [79995]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1962-10-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Priesthood of the Nephites.” Improvement Era 59, no. 3 (1956): 142-143.
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This article discusses whEther or not the Nephites had the Aaronic priesthood, concluding that the Nephites operated under the Melchizedek priesthood from the time of Lehi to the coming of Christ.

Keywords: Aaronic Priesthood, Melchizedek Priesthood, Nephites, Priesthood Keys, Priesthood Power
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [77158]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1956-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Principles of the Gospel: The Divine Law of Witnesses.” Deseret News Church Section (8 April 1939): 1, 4, 6, 8.
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The divine law of witnesses is fixed and definite. More than one witness is required, and had good records been kept through the ages one would probably find this to be so from the beginning. Three witnesses were called to testify of the Book of Mormon; they never denied this testimony, though two were excommunicated.

ID = [80000]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1939-04-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Progression and Retrogression.” Improvement Era 22, no. 6 (1919): 465-473.
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In rebuttal to the theory of evolution, this article points out that the first man on earth was intelligent, kept records, and knew the gospel. Then the children of men rebelled and fell into a degenerate state. Ancient America and the Book of Mormon are good examples of progression and retrogression.

Keywords: Adam (Prophet), Book of Mormon, Evolution, Pride Cycle, Progression
ID = [77138]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1919-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Publication of the Book of Mormon.” Relief Society Magazine 14 (September 1927): 423-29.
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Quotes Samuel H. Smith’s story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon; praises the title page and the promise therein. Gives historical facts concerning the publication and sales of the book.

ID = [80029]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Smith, Joseph Fielding. The Restoration of All Things: A Series of Radio Talks. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1944.
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Since the day of publication of the Book of Mormon, the flood of opposition towards it has increased. The Book of Mormon answers the critics successfully, fulfills biblical prophecy, and is a testimony against the world. Since not all believe, special witnesses had to be chosen. The Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon remained true to their testimonies.

ID = [78634]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1944-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Testimonies of the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 948-954.
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This article sets forth the Lord’s law of witnesses as recorded in the scriptures. The provision for witnesses to testify regarding the reality of the gold plates perfectly fits the scriptural pattern and the Book of Mormon itself predicted that there would be such witnesses. The Book of Mormon witnesses remained true to their testimonies all of their lives.

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Gold Plates, Harris, Martin, Law of Witnesses, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [77150]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “They Bear Witness.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1956.
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This article testifies that the Lord has always had witnesses to bear testimony of his truths—the coming forth of the Book of Mormon follows suit. All who read the Book of Mormon may read the testimony of the Three Witnesses.

Keywords: Law of Witnesses; Three Witnesses; Witnesses
ID = [27141]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1956-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-fielding  Size: 11352  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:13
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Three Days of Darkness.” In Answers to Gospel Questions, 3:44-45. 5 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1960.
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Luke 23:44 states that at Christ’s crucifixion there was a period of darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The Book of Mormon, however, states that it was a three-day darkness on the American Continent. Both accounts are correct. The God of miracles who caused a three-hour darkness on one continent also caused a three-day darkness on the other. The greater period of darkness came because of the extreme wickedness of those in America.

ID = [81074]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1957-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:02
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Three Days of Darkness.” Improvement Era 62, no. 10 (1959): 728.
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Luke 23:44 states that at Christ’s crucifixion there was a period of darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The Book of Mormon, however, states that it was a three-day darkness on the American continent. Both accounts are correct. The God of miracles who caused a three-hour darkness on one continent also caused a three-day darkness on the other. The greater period of darkness came because of the extreme wickedness of those in America.

Keywords: Crucifixion, Jesus Christ, Death of, Three Days of Darkness
ID = [76886]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1959-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:04
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Three Witnesses.” Improvement Era 69, no. 7 (July 1966): 612, 652.
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The Three Witnesses remained faithful to their testimonies of having seen the plates. While all three fell away from the Church, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris returned and died faithful members. David Whitmer never returned but reaffirmed his testimony to his dying day.

ID = [81289]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1966-07-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:11
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 30, no. 11 (1927): 946-948.
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This article surveys the events leading to the publication of the Book of Mormon and discusses the length of translation time, the roles of Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and the Three Witnesses, the obtaining of the copyright, and the preparation for publication.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Copyright, Book of Mormon Translation, Cowdery, Oliver, Harris, Martin, Printing of the Book of Mormon, Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [77149]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Translation of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 89, no. 38 (22 September 1927): 593-95.
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The translation of the Book of Mormon commenced about April 7, 1829, and the copyright is dated June 11, 1829. In this short period of just under two months the translation was completed.

ID = [81397]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1927-09-22  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:18
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Urim and Thummim.” Improvement Era 57, no. 6 (1954): 382-383.
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This article presents a brief historical sketch of what is known about the Urim and Thummim, from the brother of Jared, Abraham, Moses, Mosiah, and Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Abraham (Prophet), Brother of Jared, Interpreters, Mahonri Moriancumer, Moses (Prophet), Mosiah the Elder, Nephite Interpreters, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Urim and Thummim
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76761]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1954-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:57
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “When Did Jesus Appear to the Nephites?” Improvement Era 64, no. 5 (1961): 296-297.
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This article argues that the appearance of Christ in America occurred shortly after his ascension from the Mount of Olives into heaven.

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Postmortal Appearances of, Mount of Olives, Savior in America, Sermon at the Temple
ID = [76860]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1961-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:02
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Where Did Alma Get His Authority?” Improvement Era 63, no. 7 (1963): 582-583.
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This article explains that, since there were no members of the tribe of Levi among the Nephites, the Nephites officiated by virtue of the Melchizedek Priesthood rather than the Aaronic. It concludes that Alma received the priesthood before Noah became king and remained righteous enough to retain this authority, although he immersed himself while baptizing Helam as part of the repentance process.

Keywords: Aaronic Priesthood, Levites, Levitical Priesthood, Melchizedek Priesthood, Priesthood Authority, Priesthood Keys
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77026]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1963-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Where Is the Hill Cumorah?” Deseret News Church Section (10 September 1938): 1, 6.
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The Hill Cumorah was the same as the Jaredite hill Ramah. It seems that the Hill Cumorah of New York is the exact hill spoken of in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80806]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1938-09-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:47
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “The Witness of the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (19 August 1944): 14, 16.
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Many say they would believe the Book of Mormon if the plates were on display. Smith explains that the Lord works by faith (2 Nephi 27:22-23). There are, however, the testimonies of the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses who testify that the plates existed.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [80705]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1944-08-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:41
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Your Question Answered by Joseph Fielding Smith Regarding Mosiah 15.” Improvement Era 65, no. 3 (1962): 150, 214-215.
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This article states that there have been many intelligent, honest men who never heard the gospel and will not be held accountable for their sins, for their acts were done in faith and obedience to what they had been taught.

Keywords: Mosiah (Book), Remission of Sins, Sin
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [76955]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,smith-joseph-fielding  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Smith, Joseph Fielding. “Your Question Answered by Joseph Fielding Smith—The Debt We Owe.” Church News 59 (13 May 1989): 12.
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A handicapped boy in Bountiful, Utah, cannot go on a mission so he donates money to the Book of Mormon fund.

ID = [80847]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1989-05-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:49
Smith, Joseph, III. “Last Testimony of Sister Emma.” Saints’ Herald 26 (1 October 1879): 289-90.
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This interview conducted by Emma Smith’s son in part concerns the Book of Mormon, its translation and publication. The question and answer format of the article declares that the prophet Joseph had not met Sidney Rigdon until after the publication of the book. Emma assisted in the translation, handled the cloth-wrapped plates, and verifies the book’s divine authenticity.

ID = [79679]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, Joseph, Jr., and Fred Madison Smith, eds. “Another Book of Mormon Vindication.” Saints’ Herald 47 (24 October 1900): 686-87.
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Reprint of an article from Inter-Ocean (23 September 1900), which tells of a discovery of nearly 2,000 human skeletons in Galveston, Texas. Scientists were of the opinion that the city was destroyed by a giant tidal wave. The Saints’ Herald article proposes that this occurred during the destruction at the time of Shiz and Coriantumr.

ID = [79045]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-10-24  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Smith, Joseph, Jr., and Fred Madison Smith, eds. “Another Testimony for the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 47 (11 July 1900): 445.
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Report and commentary on an article from the Denver Republican (9 June 1900), which told of a trip that E. S. Compston of Harvard University made to Central America. Compston reported that he saw many similarities to the Book of Mormon but believed that Joseph Smith learned about these ruins from a traveler; yet many of the places Compston visited had never been viewed before.

ID = [79051]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1900-07-11  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Smith, Joseph, Jr. “Correspondence.” Times and Seasons Vol. 4, no. 13: May 15, 1843: 194.
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A letter to the editor written by Joseph Smith in rebuttal to the allegation that the word “Mormon” was translated from a Greek word. Joseph interprets the word “Mormon” to mean “more good” He attests that the language from which the plates were translated was Reformed Egyptian. He reaffirms the divine intervention of God in the translation process.

ID = [80894]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1843-01-02  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:52
Smith, Joseph, Jr. Joseph Smith Tells His Own Story. Independence, MO: Price Publishing, 1985.
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A reprint of articles from the Times and Seasons

ID = [77940]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Smith, Joseph, Jr. The Parallel Book of Mormon: The 1830, 1837, and 1840 editions. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2008.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, editions and translations
ID = [81518]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2008-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Smith, Joseph, Jr. The Prophet Joseph Smith Tells His Own Story; A Brief History of the Early Visions of the Prophet. Independence, MO: Zion’s,n.d.
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An account of Joseph Smith’s history, written in 1838. A further history is added by an unknown author and includes a description of the organization of the Church, the Kirtland Temple dedication, the Saints’ persecution in Missouri, the trek to Illinois, the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum, and the move westward.

ID = [78623]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Smith, Joseph, Jr., and W. W. Blair, eds. “Second Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 35 (10 March 1888): 147-48.
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Reprint of an article from Inter-Ocean (30 January 1888) concerning two copper plates that Joseph Smith allegedly claimed to be genuine and relating to the Mormon faith. Smith put on his “magical spectacles” and translated the plates into the Second Book of Mormon. Included is a rebuttal to this article from the Times and Seasons (1 May 1843) that states the plates, known as the Kinderhook Plates, were shown to Smith, but then taken away before he could make a translation.

ID = [80154]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1888-03-10  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:10
Smith, Joseph, Jr. “Traits of the Mosaic History Found among the Azteca Nations.” Times and Seasons Vol. 3, no. 16: June 15, 1842: 818-20.
ID = [76444]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1842-06-15  Collections:  bom,old-test,smith-joseph-jr,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:38
Smith, Joseph, Jr. Visions of Joseph Smith the Seer. Plano, IL: RLDS Church, 1879.
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Provides the historical details of Joseph Smith’s First Vision and of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. It states the testimonies of the Eleven Witnesses, and then proceeds to give archaeological evidence of the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon. This evidence is comprised of Hebrew inscriptions found by the mounds built near Newark, Ohio.

ID = [78753]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1879-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Smith, Joseph, Jr. Visions of Joseph Smith the Seer; Discoveries of Ancient American Record and Relics, with the Statements of Dr. Lederer (Converted Jew) and Others. Lamoni, IA: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1879.
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Rehearses the Joseph Smith story. It contains a description of the Hill Cumorah and the visit of the angel Moroni. It gives an account of the Book of Mormon. Recounts the discovery of artifacts that had Hebrew inscriptions upon them. The testimonies of the Three Witnesses were substantiated by later affirmation.

ID = [78754]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1879-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Smith, Judy M. “Nephi Answered My Question.” Ensign, July 2014.
ID = [60660]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2429  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:40
Smith, Julie M. “An Analysis of Benjaminite and Markan Christology.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 26 (2017).
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The term Christology refers to the presentation of the life and nature of Jesus Christ. The purpose of this essay is to explore King Benjamin’s Christology (see Mosiah 3), to consider its similarities to that found in the Gospel of Mark, and to explore some implications of Benjamin’s Christology. Christology is often described as being on a continuum from low (which emphasizes the human nature of Jesus) to high (which emphasizes his divine nature). It is definitely the case that Benjamin’s description of Jesus contains elements of a high Christology since he begins by describing Jesus as “the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity” (Mosiah 3:5). Yet the very next line describes Jesus as “dwell[ing] in a tabernacle of clay” (Mosiah 3:5), which reflects a decidedly low Christology. This emphasis on the mortal nature of Jesus continues as Benjamin relates at length Jesus’s physical suffering (see Mosiah 3:7).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Smith, Julie M. New Rendition: The Gospel according to Mark. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2019.
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The New Rendition of the Gospel of Mark provides a modern English translation of Mark’s earliest known Greek texts. It is excerpted from The Gospel according to Mark by Julie M. Smith. There is no such thing as perfect translation, even theoretically. This Rendition reflects Julie Smith’s deliberate choice to translate as literally as possible in order to aid the reader in appreciating the literary features of Mark’s text. These include purposeful repetitions, awkward constructions, intentional word choices, and similar features. One exception to the principle of strictly literal translation is that the Greek idioms in Mark are translated with comparable English idioms. A second exception is for culturally specific expressions. For example, “the fourth watch” is translated as “when night was ending,” and “over three hundred denarii” is rendered as “over a year’s wages.” But aside from these two exceptions, the quest for authentic literalism is the overriding concern—even at the cost of smoothness and elegance. There is no doubt that this Rendition will strike the reader as infelicitous at first. But hewing closely to the source text outweighs, in this context, the benefits of attempting to improve the source. This New Rendition will sound a little foreign to LDS readers accustomed to the distinctive register of the King James Version—which strikes the modern reader as elegant, formal, and magisterial. But because the New Rendition more closely reflects the original tone of Mark’s text, readers soon experience this dynamic Gospel more as it would have sounded to a first-century audience: not antiquated, lofty, or reverent but rather common, plain, and impressive. This Rendition is part of the BYU New Testament Commentary series. This scholarly project aims to create a faithful modern English translation together with a full, in-depth, carefully researched commentary for each book on the New Testament. More of the New Rendition and commentary volumes will be added in coming months and years. As of 2019, volumes have been published on Mark, Luke, First Corinthians, and Revelation.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Smith, Julie M. “So Shall My Word Be: Reading Alma 32 through Isaiah 55.” In An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32, edited by Miller, Adam S. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81750]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:37
Smith, Julina. “A Discussion of the Inter-relation of the Latter-day Saints and the American Indians.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1932.
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Deals with the historical relations between the Mormons and the Indians, and gives a brief overview of the Book of Mormon, explaining how that and biblical prophecies have influenced relations between the Latter-day Saints and the American Indians.

ID = [78874]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1932-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smith, Larry K. “First Nephi: Study Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 3-5.
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Review of First Nephi: Study Book of Mormon (1998), by Zarahemla Research Foundation.

Keywords: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Scripture Study; Study Helps
ID = [213]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 5957  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:33
Smith, Larry K. “Overview of the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): 1-2.
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Review of Overview of the Book of Mormon (1991), by Zarahemla Research Foundation.

Keywords: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Study Helps
ID = [212]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 5309  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:33
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool, England: S. W. Richards, 1st edition, 1853.
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2nd edition, Plano, IL: RLDS Church, 1880. Deals with events in the lives of the author’s family members. She discusses her son Joseph and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and gives in detail historical facts about the origin and early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, including the events surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon and the 116 pages of lost manuscript.

ID = [77577]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Smith, Lucy Mack, and James Patrick McEwan. “The Book of Mormon—A Latter-day Missionary of the Restored Gospel.” Instructor 94 (July 1959): 254-55.
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Lucy Mack Smith relates the conversion of Mrs. and Rev. John P. Greene, Phineas Young, Brigham Young, Mrs. Murray, and the wife of Heber C. Kimball through a single copy of the Book of Mormon left with Rev. Greene.

ID = [80408]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1959-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:25
Smith, Lucy Mack. “History of the Prophet Joseph by His Mother, Lucy Smith: Chapters XXIV-XXVIII.” Improvement Era 5, no. 6 (1902): 401-421.
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These chapters of Lucy Smith’s history record that Joseph brought home the breast plate, the translation began, Mrs. Harris was opposed to the work, Martin Harris lost the 116-page manuscript, the Urim and Thummim was taken from Joseph Smith, and Oliver Cowdery wrote for Joseph as a scribe.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation, Harris, Martin, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76975]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1902-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:09
Smith, Lucy Mack. “Letter to Sister-In-Law Mrs. Mary Pierce.” N.p.,n.d.
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Hoffman forgery. A transcript of the letter was printed in Church News 52 (28 August 1982): 3.

ID = [77980]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Smith, Lucy Mack. “The Printing of the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Voice 69 (January/February 1990): 5-8.
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Reprinted from Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors. Historical narrative concerning Joseph Smith’s meetings with E. B. Grandin, Oliver Cowdery’s manuscript transcriptions, securing the copyright, and other details associated with the printing of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80608]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Nelson, Ted, Glen Scott, Lyle Smith, Brenda Trimble, and Linda Trimble. “Archaeology Alert.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 67 (Winter 1989): 15.
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Points out two different findings in Mexico that show how archaeology converges with the Book of Mormon. The two excavations uncovered a Maya Codex in a city close to San Salvador and a lost fort found in Guatemala.

ID = [79070]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, Lyle. “Chiasmus.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 65 (May 1989): 4-6.
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Chiasmus is a Hebrew literary style that renders words, phrases, or ideas in an intentional order then immediately repeats them. It is prevalent in the Book of Mormon. Includes examples.

ID = [79283]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1989-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Smith, Lyle. “Diving For Underwater Ruins.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 80 (Spring 1993): 8.
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Reports an expedition to Lake Peten Itza where manmade mounds lay at the bottom of the lake, in keeping with the Book of Mormon, which reports that cities sank at the crucifixion of Christ.

ID = [79379]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1993-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Nelson, Ted, Glen Scott, Lyle Smith, Brenda Trimble, and Linda Trimble. “La Mojarra: A Voice from the Dust.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 64 (February 1989): 4-6.
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A large engraved stone with hieroglyphics and a picture of a fully clothed man was discovered in the Acula River, southeast of Veracruz, Mexico in 1986. Many scholars believe the hieroglyphics represent an earlier version of the Maya language, probably Olmec.

ID = [79671]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1989-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, Lyle. “Maya Language and the Book of Mormon.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 70 (Fall 1990): 12-14.
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Finds parallels between Maya hieroglyphs and themes in the Book of Mormon to demonstrate the validity of Mesoamerica as the setting for Book of Mormon events.

ID = [79746]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1990-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, Lyle. “Mirror Images in Mesoamerica.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 66 (Fall 1989): 4-7, 10.
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Chiasmus is used so profusely in the Book of Mormon that this author examines the mirror image of chiasmus in other forms such as art and architecture. The article contains figures and photographs as examples.

ID = [79768]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1989-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Smith, Lyle, and Sherrie Kline Smith. “Palenque Tablet of 96 Glyphs.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 76 (Spring 1992): 10-14.
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“The Tablet of 96 Glyphs from Palenque provides a strong witness that the Maya knew about and utilized the same literary practices as Hebrew writers” The writers point out literary practices that appear in the Book of Mormon: the phrase “it came to pass,” chiasmus, and paired opposites.

ID = [79961]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1992-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, Lyle. “Royal Fifth.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 69 (Summer 1990): 14-15.
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Michael Coe has noted that the books of Mayan writing were reportedly very similar in appearance to Egyptian, thus vindicating the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80131]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1990-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:09
Smith, Lyle. “Teotihuac‡n: A City of Our God?” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 78 (Fall 1992): 10-14.
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Examines archaeological and religious history of the city of Teotihuac‡n between 100 b.c. and a.d. 400 to discover correlations with Book of Mormon cultural history.

ID = [80235]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1992-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Sainsbury, C. L., Lyle L. Smith, Forest Morrisett, and David L. Veal. “The ‘International Timeline’ and Mormon Theology.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14 (July-August 1988): 10-11, 15.
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Letters to the editor defend or condemn the advertising of a historical time chart containing biblical and Book of Mormon events. Some maintain that the events of the Book of Mormon do not represent a historical reality, while others believe that the events do represent reality.

ID = [80251]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:16
Welch, John W., and Miriam A. Smith. “Joseph Smith: ”Author and Proprietor”.” 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: Book of Mormon Copyright; Book of Mormon Translation; Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846); Smith; Joseph; Jr.
ID = [66486]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,smith-joseph-jr,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:38
Smith, Oliver R. “Low Out of the Dust.” Improvement Era 40, no. 10 (1937): 611, 631.
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This article discusses how the Hill Cumorah pageant, “America’s Witness for Christ,” was prepared from the Book of Mormon by H. Wayne Driggs. It depicts scenes from the Book of Mormon, which proclaims a solemn message of Christ.

Keywords: Hill Cumorah Pageant, Hill Cumorah, NY
ID = [76896]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:04
Olson, Camille Fronk, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. “Faith unto Repentance.” 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.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [36236]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 26287  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Olson, Camille Fronk, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment, eds. The Fulness of the Gospel: Foundational Teachings from the Book of Mormon. Proceedings of The 32nd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
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The 32nd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The first publication of the Book of Mormon was completed only a few days before the Church was organized. The Lord revealed that it “contains a record of a fallen people, and the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Before the revelation was received on the organization of priesthood quorums, before the vision of the three degrees of glory, before knowledge of vicarious work for the dead, and before Joseph Smith was instructed to begin an inspired translation of the Bible, the Book of Mormon was received as scripture for all members of the Church. As the “keystone” containing a “fulness of the gospel,” the Book of Mormon connects, enhances, and clarifies the other standard works. This volume was published to encourage all who read it to discover and rediscover for themselves that the Book of Mormon does indeed contain the fulness of the gospel. ISBN 9781590381885

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Articles

Williams, Clyde J. “‘Make Plain the Old Paths’ : The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths.” 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 = [36224]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:28
Johnson, Sherrie Mills. “‘Choose Eternal Life’ : Agency 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 = [36225]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:28
Richardson, Matthew O. “Vision, Voice, Path, and Rod : Coming to Partake of the Fulness.” 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 = [36226]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:28
Ball, Terry B., and Jeremy Daniel Wendt. “The Book of Mormon’s Message to the Gentiles.” 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 = [36227]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:28
Roper, Matthew P., and John Gee. “‘I Did Liken All Scriptures Unto Us’ : Early Nephite Understandings of Isaiah and Implications for ‘Others’ in the Land.” 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.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [36228]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Marsh, W. Jeffrey. “Greater Views on the Very Points of the Doctrine of Christ.” 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 = [36229]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Parker, Todd B. “The Fall of Man : One of the Three Pillars of Eternity.” 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 = [36230]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Eastmond, Mark Elbert. “Gethsemane and Golgotha : The Book of Mormon’s Illunimation on the Hours of Atonement.” 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 = [36231]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Millet, Robert L. “The Doctrine of Merit : The Book of Mormon on the Work of Grace.” 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 = [36232]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Skinner, Andrew C. “Jesus Christ as Father 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 = [36233]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Holbrook, Brett L. “Christ and Divine Parenthood 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 = [36234]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Tvedtnes, John A. “Captivity and Liberty 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 = [36235]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Olson, Camille Fronk, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. “Faith unto Repentance.” 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.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [36236]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 26287  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Judd, Daniel K. “Hedonism, Asceticism, and the Great Plan of Happiness.” 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 = [36237]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Wilson, Keith J. “Receiving Offense without Taking Offense : The Book of Mormon and the Power to Forgive.” 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 = [36238]  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 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
Marsh, David Brent. “Peace through Christ : The Book of Mormon’s Divine Perspective on War.” In The Fulness of the Gospel, eds. Camille Fronk Olson, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
ID = [36240]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Ray, Brian K. “‘That I Might Draw All Men unto Me’” In The Fulness of the Gospel, eds. Camille Fronk Olson, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty Smith, and Thomas A. Wayment. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003.
ID = [36241]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Matthews, Robert J. “For a Wise Purpose.” 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 = [36242]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:29
Smith, Paul Thomas. The Story of the Joseph Smith Transcript of Characters from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Author, 1980.
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Retells the story of Martin Harris’s visit to Anthon with the Book of Mormon characters. Also contains some primary sources and letters dealing with the characters.

ID = [78666]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Thompson, John S., and R. Eric Smith. “Isaiah and the Latter-day Saints: A Bibliographic Survey.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 445—509. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [67059]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/25/24 10:18:21
Smith, R. H. “Albino Zunis.” Juvenile Instructor 13 (1 April 1878): 81-82.
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Infers that albino Indians are a genetic reminder of an earlier lighter-skinned ancestry.

ID = [78963]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Smith, R. H. “Indian Traditions.” Juvenile Instructor 14 (15 February 1879): 46-47.
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Recounts missionary labors among the Pueblo and Zuni Indians, who recognized the message in the Book of Mormon as belonging to their ancestors.

ID = [79587]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-02-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, R.H. “Albino Zunis.” Juvenile Instructor 13, no. 7 (1878): 81-82.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Native Americans, Skin Color, Zuni
ID = [75896]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1878-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:08
Smith, R.H. “Indian Traditions.” Juvenile Instructor 14, no. 4 (1879): 46-47.
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Recounts missionary labors among the Pueblo and Zuni Indians, who recognized the message in the Book of Mormon as belonging to their ancestors.

Keywords: Missionary Work, Native Americans, Pueblo, Zuni
ID = [75905]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1879-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:09
Smith, Richard Pearson. “The Nephite Monetary System.” Improvement Era 57, no. 5 (1954): 316-317.
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This article provides a scholarly analysis of the monetary system of the Nephites used around 82 b.c. and described in Alma 11. The Nephite system was a slight modification of a binary system, where each unit would have twice the value of the next smaller one. The author also shows parallels with similar systems in Egypt and Macedonia.

Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East, Nephite Monetary System
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77067]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1954-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Welch, John W., Robert F. Smith, and Gordon C. Thomasson. “Abinadi and Pentecost.” 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: Abinadi (Prophet); Moses (Prophet); Pentecost; Psalms (Book)
ID = [66481]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Smith, Robert F. “Assessing the Broad Impact of Jack Welch’s Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 2 (2007): 68-73, 98-99.
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The attitude held by certain sectors of the anti-Mormon crowd has changed over the years, even to the point where some no longer deny the literary merit and beauty of the Book of Mormon. Although an assessment of the impact of Jack Welch’s work and writing on chiasmus may be premature, it is clear that his work on the subject incited the expansion of other literary analyses of the Book of Mormon and encouraged the publication of their results. Welch’s work influenced studies and analyses on chiasmus in Classic Mayan texts, and his publications have contributed much to the discipline of chiastic analyses.

Keywords: Chiasmus; Chiastic; Literary; Literature; Maya; Mesoamerica
ID = [3217]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 26425  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:32
Sorenson, John L., and Robert F. Smith. “Barley in Ancient America.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - North America; Archaeology; Barley
ID = [66479]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Smith, Robert F., ed. Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference. 3 vols. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1984-1987.
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Good for an overall view of the textual development of the Book of Mormon, but cannot be fully relied upon in specific instances. Its text is derived from a computerized 1830 edition, with changes based on visual examination of hard-to-read microfilms of the original and printer’s manuscripts. The apparatus lists a good many textual variants (but not all), again based on a visual examination of most of the significant editions of the Book of Mormon. The apparatus also contains biblical and other ancient parallels and commentary. The appendices provide a number of valuable but preliminary lists of archaisms, names, textual errors, and page headings, as well as a manuscript register and a chronology.

ID = [77601]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Smith, Robert F., ed. Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference. 3 vols. Second ed. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1986-1987.
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Good for an overall view of the textual development of the Book of Mormon, but cannot be fully relied upon in specific instances. Its text is derived from a computerized 1830 edition, with changes based on visual examination of hard-to-read microfilms of the original and printer’s manuscripts. The apparatus lists a good many textual variants (but not all), again based on a visual examination of most of the significant editions of the Book of Mormon. The apparatus also contains biblical and other ancient parallels and commentary. The appendices provide a number of valuable but preliminary lists of archaisms, names, textual errors, and page headings, as well as a manuscript register and a chronology.

ID = [77602]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Smith, Robert F. “Book of Mormon Event Structure: The Ancient Near East.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. Reprinted with permission from Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5/2 (1996): 98-147.
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Robert Smith works out a detailed chronology of events in Palestine and the surrounding area from 793-445 B.c. to show what was happening in the years prior to Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem and journey to and settlement of the New World. He also describes the topographical and climatic conditions of the land through which Lehi and his colony may well have traveled on their way to the Americas.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Chronology
ID = [8591]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Smith, Robert F. “Book of Mormon Event Structure: The Ancient Near East.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5 no. 2 (1996).
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The Book of Mormon annals open in an ancient Near Eastern context. The archaeological-historical context is carefully outlined here within a systematic chronology that is tied to fixed, absolute dates of recorded astronomical events—particularly those from cuneiform eponym calendars. The resultant matrix allows those early Book of Mormon events to be understood in a rational, familiar, and meaningful way—that is, in a biblical context. In addition, an excursus is devoted to understanding the Arabia of the Book of Mormon as the Lehite exiles must have known it. Throughout it is clear that the world depicted by the Book of Mormon dovetails remarkably well with what we know of the ancient Near East.

ID = [2936]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 107057  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:14
Thomasson, Gordon C., John W. Welch, and Robert F. Smith. “Dancing Maidens and the Fifteenth of Av.” 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: Amulonites; Ancient Near East; Calendar System; Daughters of the Lamanites; Festival; Holy Days; Jewish Calendar; Marriage; Priests of King Noah
ID = [66482]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Smith, Robert F. Egyptianisms in the Book of Mormon and Other Studies. Deep Forest Green Books, 2020.
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Three studies of the Book of Mormon: (1) Detailed analysis of the Egyptian characteristics of the Book of Mormon, (2) editorial markers in the Book of Mormon, and (3) a broad look at the realia of the Book of Mormon as evidences of historical authenticity.

ID = [81937]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:48
Smith, Robert F. “Epistolary Form in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review 22, no. 2 (2010): 125-135.
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The claim that a personal letter in the Book of Mormon mimics a form indicative of modern rather than ancient composition is critiqued. The majority of letters in the Book of Mormon follow the ancient Hittite-Syrian, Neo-Assyrian, Amarna, and Hebrew epistolary format in which the correspondent of superior rank is always listed first. Other clues to ancient composition are noted.

Keywords: Epistle; Language; Mormon (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Structure; Writing
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [658]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 29548  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:02
Smith, Robert F. “Evaluating the Sources of 2 Nephi 1:13-15: Shakespeare and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 22 no. 2 (2013).
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The early and persistent claim that Joseph Smith quoted Shakespeare in the Book of Mormon fails to take into account the broader context of sources. Much closer parallels than Shakespeare are available in the Bible as well as in ancient Near Eastern literature. Indeed, the constellation of ideas about death expressed in 2 Nephi 1:13–15 fits that ancient Near Eastern context in several powerful ways—ways that belie the claim that Joseph Smith plagiarized Shakespeare.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [3301]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2013-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 22648  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:37
Smith, Robert F. “The ”Golden” Plates.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Early Church History; Gold Plates; Metallurgy; Smith; Joseph; Jr.; Tumbaga
ID = [66524]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:40
Smith, Robert F. “‘If There Be Faults, They Be Faults of a Man’” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 8 (2014): 195-203.
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Review of John S. Dinger, ed., 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: Smith-Pettit Foundation/Signature Books, 2013); with foreword by Stan Larson; 418pp+ xxxvi; hardbound edition limited to 501 copies; ISBN 978-1-56085-233-9.

ID = [4325]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 15123  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:23
Smith, Robert F. “‘It Came to Pass’ in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1980.
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No abstract available.

Keywords: It Came to Pass; Language - Hebrew; Translation
ID = [1525]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 23464  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:55
Smith, Robert F. Jaredites & Manassites: The Ethnological Foundations of the Book of Mormon, vol. II. Deep Forest Green Books, 2022.
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This book explores the literate and advanced cultures of two very separate groups in the Book of Mormon, (1) the Jaredites described in the book of Ether, and (2) the members of tribal Manasseh who dominate the remainder of the Book of Mormon. The first group flourished during the millennia before the arrival of the second group in a nearby area, and became extinct as a civilization not long after the arrival of that second group. Within the New World, only one complex culture arose which was literate, built great cities, and had a large population, namely the Olmec of southern Mexico -- the \"mother culture\" of the five subsequent advanced cultures of Mesoamerica. This book demonstrates how the Mesopotamian Jaredites brought with them a Sumero-Akkadian culture to the New World. The linguistics of Sumero-Akkadian are not only found systematically within the Jaredite onomasticon, but a comparison of Sumero-Akkadian with reconstructed ancient Olmec (Proto-Mixe-Zoque) strongly suggests the ultimate origin of that people in Mesopotamia at least 5 thousand years ago. In the second section of the book, an offshoot of tribal Manasseh (Clan Lehi) demonstrates its pervasive influence through an onomasticon almost exclusively showing derivation from Manassite names known from the Bible and archeology, and which are collocated geographically with each other and with a set of names known biblically to be associated with transjordanian tribes and southern areas, such as Midian (where Clan Lehi first goes to make good its escape from Judah).

Keywords: Book of Mormon,Jaredites,Manassites,Sumero-Akkadian,Olmec
ID = [81936]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2022-12-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:48
Smith, Robert F. “The Land of Jerusalem: The Place of Jesus’ Birth.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient Near East; Bethlehem; Jerusalem (Old World); Jesus Christ; Birth of; Kingdom of Judea; Land of Jerusalem; Prophecy
ID = [66491]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:38
Smith, Robert F. “Lodestone and the Liahona.” 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: Compass; Liahona; Metallurgy; Nephi (Son of Lehi)
ID = [66455]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Smith, Robert F. “New Information about Mulek, Son of the King.” 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: Destruction of Jerusalem; Language - Hebrew; Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah)
ID = [66483]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Ricks, Stephen D., and Robert F. Smith. “New Year’s Celebrations.” 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: Amalickiah; Calendar System; Teancum (Nephite Captain)
ID = [66503]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:39
Sorenson, John L., Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith. “Old World Languages in the New World.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Anthropology; Language - Uto-Aztecan
ID = [66451]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Smith, Robert F. “Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 41-76.
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Abstract: Robert Smith makes the case that “poetic art in the Book of Mormon is highly developed” — you just need to have the eye to recognize it. Though many readers are aware of the stunning examples of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, thanks to the pioneering work by John W. Welch, fewer are acquainted with the other important forms of parallelism that pervade the text, often placed strategically to highlight the importance of a particular passage. Smith also shows why apocalpytic texts, sometimes thought to originate at a later period, can be found, for example, in the first chapter of the Book of Mormon.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.See Robert F. Smith, “Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon,” in “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson and Daniel C. Peterson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, 2017), 429–67. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/to-seek-the-law-of-the-lord-essays-in-honor-of-john-w-welch-2/.]

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Smith, Robert F. “The Preposterous Book of Mormon: A Singular Advantage.” Paper presented at the 2014 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2014.
ID = [32537]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2014-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:50
Smith, Robert F. “Shakespeare and the Book of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1980.
ID = [1523]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 28903  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:55
Smith, Robert F. “Table of Relative Values.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 46.
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This table compares Nephite weights and measures with Egyptian values and gives possible equivalents in grams and ounces.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Economics; Economy; Egypt; Nephite; Weights and Measures
ID = [3009]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 1729  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:19
Smith, Robert F. “Textual Criticism of the Book of Mormon.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Textual Criticism
ID = [66463]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Smith, Robert F., and John L. Sorenson. “Two Figurines From the Belleza and Sanchez Collection.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient Egypt; Archaeology; Transoceanic Contact
ID = [66447]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:35
Smith, Robert F., John W. Welch, and Gordon C. Thomasson. “What Did Charles Anthon Really Say.” 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: Anthon; Charles; Book of Mormon Translation; Harris; Martin; Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846)
ID = [66462]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Fox, David, Roger R. Keller, Bruce W. Warren, John W. Welch, Paul Y. Hoskisson, Deloy Pack, and Robert F. Smith. “Words and Phrases.” 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: Language; Wordplay
ID = [66526]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:40
Smith, Robert William. Miniature Model of the Gold Plates. Salt Lake City: Pyramid, 1938.
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Presents a paper and wood model of the gold plates.

ID = [78021]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1938-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Smith, Robert William, ed. The Mystery of the Ages Containing Information Regarding the Great Pyramid of Gizeh in Egypt and the Pyramids and Peoples of Ancient America. Salt Lake City: Pyramid, 1931.
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This booklet calls attention to the wonder of the Great Pyramid of Egypt and points out that ancient Americans show archaeological similarities to the ancient Egyptians. Smith discusses astronomy and geometry as related to the construction of these ancient structures and explores how Mayan ruins and the legend of Quetzalcoatl relate to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78595]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1931-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, Robert William. Other Sheep; a Saga of Ancient America. Salt Lake City: Pyramid, 1939.
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Using characters from the Book of Mormon, the author produces a fictitious story of the time surrounding Jesus’ visit to the people of ancient America.

ID = [78119]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1939-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Smith, Sara D. “Finding Answers in the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, January 2012.
ID = [59548]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7451  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:14
Smith, Sherrie D. “Chinese Civilization and the Book of Mormon.” Zarahemla Record 13-14 (Summer and Fall 1981): 1-4.
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Contains ” ‘evidences’ that the Jaredites went across Asia through China”—shows parallels between the Chinese dragon and Quetzalcoatl, and between a lighted stone in Chinese tradition and the stones used in the Jaredite barges. The real name of the brother of Jared was never given, a practice that is still a tradition in China.

ID = [79291]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Smith, Sherrie D. “Jade: Stones of Light.” Zarahemla Record 24-26 (Spring, Summer, Fall 1984): 4-5.
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Examines the criteria for the substance of the 16 Jaredite stones. The author argues that jade fits each criteria of the substance that was used.

ID = [79626]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Smith, Sherrie D. “Sacred Stones.” Zarahemla Record 24-26 (Spring, Summer, Fall 1984): 1-3.
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Contains a brief description of a trip that the author took to Central America to visit possible Book of Mormon locations. The author concluded that the Pi disks (circular jade disks found in a tomb at Monte Alban) and doughnut shaped objects represented the 16 Jaredite stones used for lighting the barges.

ID = [80134]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:09
Smith, Sherrie Kline. “Cop‡n Carvings Depict Nephite/Lamanite Warfare Methods.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 69 (Summer 1990): 12-13.
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After viewing carvings that depicted women as victims of war in Cop‡n, Honduras, the author better understood passages in Mormon and Moroni concerning the final destruction of the Nephites.

ID = [79332]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1990-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Smith, Sherrie Kline. “The La Mojarra Stela: Can It Be the Coriantumr Stone?” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 80 (Spring 1993): 4-8.
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Archaeologists consider the La Mojarra Stela, discovered in 1986, to be the most important key to understanding the spread of Mesoamerican writing and calendrical practices. Some Book of Mormon believers wonder if this is the stone of Coriantumr (Omni 1:35-40). Included are photographs of the stone.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
ID = [80498]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1993-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Smith, Lyle, and Sherrie Kline Smith. “Palenque Tablet of 96 Glyphs.” The Witness: Newsletter of the Foundation for Research on Ancient America 76 (Spring 1992): 10-14.
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“The Tablet of 96 Glyphs from Palenque provides a strong witness that the Maya knew about and utilized the same literary practices as Hebrew writers” The writers point out literary practices that appear in the Book of Mormon: the phrase “it came to pass,” chiasmus, and paired opposites.

ID = [79961]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1992-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Smith, T. C. The Book of Mormon and Mormonism. Denver: author, 1912.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. After giving a brief account of the Book of Mormon narrative, the author notes alleged anachronisms and absurdities in the book. Supports the Spaulding theory in order to account for its origin.

ID = [78358]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1912-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Smith, T. C. The Credentials of the Book of Mormon and Mormonism. Denver: Rev. T. C. Smith, 1912.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon. The author asserts that the idea that written records were ever kept on metal plates is improbable and absurd. He follows Riley’s explanation that Joseph may have been an epileptic. Most of the work is devoted to a criticism of the translation process. He further asserts that “the testimony of the spirit is never proof of material facts. To accept it as such is to abdicate reason, and enthrone credulity and superstition”

ID = [78463]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1912-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, T. C. The External Evidences of the Book of Mormon. Denver: author, 1912.
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A polemical work against the Book of Mormon. The author notes problems with the accounts and testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses, whose characters he asserts were unreliable and reprobate. He discusses the 1834 Anthon denial and problems with the translation of the Book of Mormon. He also describes what he feels are numerous anachronisms and absurdities in the Book of Mormon. He favors the Spaulding explanation of Book of Mormon origins.

ID = [78476]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1912-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Smith, T. J. “Objections to the Book of Mormon Answered By Its Own Evidence—Part 2.” Saints’ Herald 63-64 (13, 20, 27 December 1916, 3 January 1917): 1216-17, 1242-44, 1264-66, 9-11.
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Series of articles that offer “plain, simple and reasonable explanations” of difficult passages in the Book of Mormon. Most arguments deal with the events that occurred near the Hill Cumorah in New York state and the other events that transpired in Central America and attempt to explain these events in relation to the great distance between the two locations. Many evidences in the Book of Mormon sustain the fact that the United States was thickly inhabited by the Nephite people who had traveled northward both by land and in ships by sea.

ID = [79921]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1916-12-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Smith, Timothy B. “Celebrating the Season—Together.” Ensign, December 1999.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [54170]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1999-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1492  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:51:21
Smith, Timothy L. “Book of Mormon in a Biblical Culture.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 1:168. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: 19th Century American History, Holy Bible
ID = [74285]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom,old-test  Size: 7175  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:08:43
Hobby, Michael M., and Troy J. Smith. “The Narrow Necks of Panama.” Zarahemla Quarterly 2/3 (1988): 4-21.
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Hydrogeologist and geoarchaeologist Michael Hobby and geoarchaeologist Troy Smith recount experiences as they investigate the Panama region for possible evidence for the narrowest point in pre-Columbian times. This report includes maps and photographs.

ID = [80573]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:34
Smith, Troy J. The War Against Christianity: History and Geography of Ancient America in the Book of Mormon. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, Inc., 2015.
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In ancient America, one small band of Christians spent centuries on the brink of annihilation. This fascinating look at the geographical, political, and religious subcultures of the Book of Mormon shows how Nephite Christianity fared against the barbaric paganism that dominated that part of the world. Backed by scriptural evidence, this book will profoundly change the way you read the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [81519]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Smith, Walter Wayne, and J. A. Gunsolley. Book of Mormon and Zion’s Religio-Literary Society. Lamoni: Herald House, 1911.
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A manual of lessons for the “Religio-Sunday School,” divided into six courses of study, each containing a lesson plan, with diagrams, lectures, and Book of Mormon and biblical references and questions. Its subjects cover the Book of Mormon and its books, geography, and institutions, and Mormon history and the Zion’s Religio-Literary Society.

ID = [77589]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1911-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Smith, Walter Wayne. “The Book of Mormon, Its Translation and Publication.” Journal of History 14 (January 1921): 1-37.
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History of the manuscript of the Book of Mormon written by the Church Historian of the Reorganized church. It includes historical accounts by Oliver Cowdery, the testimony of the Three Witnesses, the Eight Witnesses, the copyright, and the preface to the first and subsequent editions. Photographs of the original manuscript are also reproduced.

ID = [80391]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1921-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:24
Smith, Walter Wayne. Outline Studies of the Book of Mormon. Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1930.
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A study guide/lesson plan for the Reorganized church with five parts and twenty-one lessons. Lessons deal with the book’s authenticity, authors, chronology, groups of people, doctrines, and social relations among the different people.

ID = [78131]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1930-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
McAllister, Duncan, and Wesley Smith. “Genealogical Records Relationship.” Improvement Era 23, no. 11 (1920): 962-966.
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This article argues that Book of Mormon accounts of Hagoth agree fully with Maori and Hawaiian traditions, legends, and genealogical records.

Keywords: Hagoth, Hawaii, Māori, Polynesia
ID = [76957]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1920-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Smith, Wilber R. “Book of Mormon Authenticity.” Saints’ Herald 89 (21 March 1942): 365.
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The epistles of Clement to the Corinthians are further proof that the Book of Mormon came from God. These two epistles were discarded from the Canon “because the legend of the ‘Phoenix Bird’ was used as an illustration,” and “because they taught the heresy that there were lands beyond the ocean”

ID = [79132]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-03-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Smith, Willard C. “In the Shadow of Solomon Spaulding.” Provo, UT: 1979.
ID = [77259]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Smith, William. “Evidences of the Book of Mormon.” Vol. 3, no. 4: January 1837: 433-35.
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Defends the Book of Mormon, drawing on proof texts found in Genesis 48-49, Psalm 85:11, and Ezekiel 37. Links truth and law with the descendants of Joseph, as found in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [76417]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1837-01-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:37
Smith, William.William Smith on Mormonism: A True Account of the Origin of the Book of Mormon.” Lamoni, IA: n.p., 1883.
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Personal account of the organizations of the LDS & RLDS churches as well as the coming forth and translation of the Book of Mormon. He relates first-hand experiences from the family of Joseph Smith and gives his personal testimony of the veracity of the book.

ID = [78790]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1883-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Smoot, Stephen O. “Apologetics and Antiquity: Book of Mormon Reception, 1830–1844.” Journal of Mormon History 48, no. 4 (Fall, 2022): 1-31.
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This article examines the early reception of the Book of Mormon and efforts by both believers and detractors to explain its origins. It specifically recounts the efforts of William W. Phelps, the pamphleteering of Parley and Orson Pratt, and the work of Stephens and Catherwood describing their explorations in Central America.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Book of Mormon, origins; Publications (Mormon), pamphlets; Book of Mormon; Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon
ID = [82027]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:53
Smoot, Stephen O. “Approaching Abinadi.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 257-260.
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Abstract: The recently released Abinadi: He Came Among Them in Disguise, a new book from Brigham Young University’s Book of Mormon Academy, offers readers multidisciplinary approaches to Mosiah 11–17 that highlight the literary, historical, and doctrinal richness of the story of Abinadi. Students and scholars of the Book of Mormon are sure to benefit greatly from this new volume.
Review of Shon D. Hopkin, ed. Abinadi: He Came Among Them in Disguise (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book, 2018), 404 pp. $27.99.
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Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3653]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 8263  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:05
Rappleye, Neal, and Stephen O. Smoot. “Book of Mormon Minimalists and the NHM Inscriptions: A Response to Dan Vogel.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 8 (2014): 157-185.
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Abstract: Biblical “minimalists” have sought to undermine or de-emphasize the significance of the Tel Dan inscription attesting to the existence of the “house of David.” Similarly, those who might be called Book of Mormon “minimalists” such as Dan Vogel have marshaled evidence to try to make the nhm inscriptions from south Arabia, corresponding to the Book of Mormon Nahom, seem as irrelevant as possible. We show why the nhm inscriptions still stand as impressive evidence for the historicity of the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [4322]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 62142  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:23
Smoot, Stephen O., and Kerry M. Hull. “Book of Mormon ‘Trinitarianism’ and the Nature of Jesus Christ: Old and New World Contexts.” 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 = [81589]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:29
Smoot, Stephen O. “The Divine Council in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua : The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies 12, no. 2 (January, 2014): 1-18.
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Keywords: divine council; Book of Mormon; Old Testament
ID = [82052]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Smoot, Stephen O. “The Divine Council in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 155-180.
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Abstract: The Book of Mormon purports to be a record that originates from the ancient Near East. The authors of the book claim an Israelite heritage, and throughout the pages of the text can be seen echoes of Israelite religious practice and ideology. An example of such can be seen in how the Book of Mormon depicts God’s divine council, a concept unmistakably found in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament). Recognizing the divine council in both the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon may help us appreciate a more nuanced understanding of such theological terms as “monotheism” as well as bolster confidence in the antiquity of the Nephite record.
“I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing beside him to the right and to the left of him” (1 Kings 22:19 NRSV).
“He saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God” (1 Nephi 1:8).

Keywords: Bible; Book of Mormon; Divine Council; Language - Hebrew; Old Testament
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [3667]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 63982  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:06
Smoot, Stephen O. “Et Incarnatus Est: The Imperative for Book of Mormon Historicity.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 125-162.
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Abstract: Some have come to insist that the Book of Mormon should be read as inspired fiction, which is to say that readers, including Latter-day Saints, should abandon any belief in the Book of Mormon as an authentic ancient text and instead should see it as an inspired frontier novel written by Joseph Smith that may act as scripture for those who follow his teachings. This paper provides reasoning to reject this proposition as not only logically incoherent but also theologically impotent.
It raises the objection that this position fundamentally undercuts the credibility of Joseph Smith. The Prophet’s direct claims concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon as well as how the Book of Mormon presents itself to the world do not easily permit any leeway for a “middle ground” on this matter.
The Book of Mormon must be read as an ancient,
not as a modern book. Its mission, as described by
the book itself, depends in great measure for
its efficacy on its genuine antiquity.
—Hugh Nibley.

ID = [3611]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64637  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:03
Smoot, Stephen O. “The Faith and Reason of Michael R. Ash.” FARMS Review 21, no. 2 (2009): 225-237.
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Review of Michael R. Ash. Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Supporting the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Apologetics; Book of Mormon; Early Church History; Evidence; Faith; Joseph; Jr.; Prophet; Smith
ID = [642]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 31624  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:00
Smoot, Stephen O. “Feasting on the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 143-150.
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Abstract: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship has recently published a new study edition of the Book of Mormon. Edited by Grant Hardy, the Maxwell Institute Study Edition (MISE) incorporates important advances in Book of Mormon scholarship from the past few decades while grounding the reader’s experience in the text of the Book of Mormon. The reformatted text presented in the MISE improves the readability of the Book of Mormon, while footnotes, charts, bibliographies, and short explanatory essays highlight the strides made in recent years related to Book of Mormon scholarship. The MISE is a phenomenal edition of the Book of Mormon that is representative of the sort of close attention and care Latter-day Saints should be giving the text.
Review of Grant Hardy, ed. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Maxwell Institute Study Edition (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University / Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2018). 648 pp. $35.00 (paperback).

ID = [3593]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 16139  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:00
Smoot, Stephen O. “The ‘Fiery Darts of the Adversary’ in 1 Nephi 15:24.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 18 (2016): 5-9.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [3774]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 11528  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:15
Smoot, Stephen O. “The Imperative for a Historical Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. October 20, 2013.
ID = [4811]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2013-10-20  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 64824  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:58
Smoot, Stephen O. “Is the Book of Mormon a ‘Translation’ or a ‘Revelation’?” Paper presented at the 2023 FAIR Defending the Book of Mormon Conference. September 22-23, 2023.
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Joseph Smith maintained throughout his life that he translated the Book of Mormon from ancient golden plates by “the gift and power of God.” Exactly what kind of a translation the Book of Mormon is, however, and the precise method of its production has long been debated in both academic and polemical literature. One of the questions still debated is what terminology best describes a text like the Book of Mormon. Is the book best understood as a “translation,” or should it perhaps instead be called a “revelation” given the peculiar method of its production? This paper will discuss how early Latter-day Saints understood revelation and translation to be synonymous or nearly synonymous categories that fell under the broader umbrella of seership. It will situate the language used by early Saints to describe the Book of Mormon in its historical context in order to address the question posed in this abstract. It will also thereby correct those who erroneously claim that it is only a recent phenomenon among Latter-day Saints to sometimes refer to the Book of Mormon as a “revelation” rather than a “translation.”

ID = [81873]  Status = Type = talk,website article  Date = 2023-09-22  Collections:  bom,fair-conference,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/25/24 10:20:32
Smoot, Stephen O. “Jacob — The Prophet of Social Justice.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 211-218.
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Review of Deidre Nicole Green, Jacob: A Brief Theological Introduction (Provo, UT: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2020). 148 pages. $9.99 (paperback).Abstract: Deidre Nicole Green, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, offers an analysis of the theology of the book of Jacob with her new contribution to the Institute’s brief theological introduction series to the Book of Mormon. Green focuses on the theology of social justice in Jacob’s teachings, centering much of her book on how the Nephite prophet framed issues of atonement and salvation on both personal and societal levels. Her volume offers some intriguing new readings of otherwise familiar Book of Mormon passages.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Book Reviews
ID = [3457]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 16668  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:49
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
Smoot, Stephen O. “Mormonism at Oxford and What It Signifies.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 241-245.
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Review of Terryl Givens and Philip L. Barlow. The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). 647 pp. + index. $150.00
Abstract: The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism is a welcomed addition to the current scholarly discussion surrounding the history, theology, and culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It should be read and studied by all interested students of Mormonism and signals that the scriptures, theology, and history of the Latter-day Saints are all increasingly being taken seriously in mainstream academia.

ID = [3765]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 10945  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:14
Smoot, Stephen O. “Notes on Book of Mormon Heads.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 263-282.
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Abstract: This paper looks at the two types of heads used in the Book of Mormon. It argues against a recent theory that these heads served as mnemonic cues that enabled Joseph Smith to extemporaneously compose and dictate the text. Instead, it argues that the function and form of heads in the Book of Mormon finds ancient precedent in Egyptian literary culture and scribal practice. A brief addendum on the ancient precedent for the chapter breaks in the original text of the Book of Mormon is also provided.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Ancient Texts > Egyptian Literature
Book of Mormon Topics > General Topics > Structure of the Book of Mormon
ID = [3475]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 42172  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:51
Smoot, Stephen O. “Reading A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 21 (2016): 291-301.
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Review of John Christopher Thomas, A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon: A Literary and Theological Introduction, Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2016. 448 pp. + bibliography. $24.95.

ID = [3740]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 25993  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:12
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon.” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 3, 2019.
ID = [4895]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-03  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8748  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:06
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 1).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 3, 2019.
ID = [4896]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-03  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8748  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:06
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 2).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 3, 2019.
ID = [4897]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-03  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 34742  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:06
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 3A).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 4, 2019.
ID = [4898]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 36058  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:06
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 3B).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 4, 2019.
ID = [4899]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-04  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 19229  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:06
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 3C).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 5, 2019.
ID = [4900]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 17569  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 3D).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 5, 2019.
ID = [4901]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6451  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 3E).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 5, 2019.
ID = [4902]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9805  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 4).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 5, 2019.
ID = [4903]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-05  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 12580  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 5).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 6, 2019.
ID = [4904]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-06  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 10629  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 6).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 6, 2019.
ID = [4905]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-06  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9243  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 7).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 7, 2019.
ID = [4906]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 1351  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 8).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 7, 2019.
ID = [4907]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6978  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Postscript).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 10, 2019.
ID = [4908]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2019-06-10  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 17212  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:13:07
Smoot, Stephen O. “Telling the Story of the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 19 (2016): 67-82.
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Review of MacKay, Michael Hubbard and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, From Darkness unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon, Provo, UT, and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University and Deseret Book, 2015. pp. 256 + xvii, including notes and index. $24.99
Abstract: The book From Darkness unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon by Michael Hubbard MacKay and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat is an outstanding resource for anyone interested in early Latter-day Saint history and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. It provides a compelling narrative about the recovery, translation, and publication of the Book of Mormon that utilizes the most cutting-edge historical scholarship available today.

ID = [3759]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 38994  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:13
Snell, James. “The New Covenant.” N.p.: n.d.
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At about the time Lehi left Jerusalem, Jeremiah propheised that a new covenant would be given to Israel. Discusses the “new covenant” between Lehi and the Lord and the restoration of that covenant in the latter days.

ID = [78604]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Snell, James, ed. An Open Book: The Book of Mormon. 37 issues. Kansas City: Snell’s Print Shop, 1970-1982.
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In answer to a question concerning Doctrine and Covenants 10, the author answers that the small plates of Nephi were not translated before June 1829, after the 116 pages were lost.

ID = [77530]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Snow, Edgar C., Jr. “John W. Welch and Doris R. Dant, The Book of Mormon Paintings of Minerva Teichert.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): Article 6.
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Review of The Book of Mormon Paintings of Minerva Teichert (1997), by John W. Welch and Doris R. Dant

ID = [303]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 11916  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:39
Snow, Edgar C., Jr. “Narrative Criticism and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 no. 2 (1995).
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This paper suggests the use of narrative criticism, a recent literary interpretive tool, as a favorable method of Book of Mormon interpretation. As an example of narrative interpretation, the narrative by Samuel the Lamanite in Helaman 13–16 is analyzed as a discrete narrative portion of the Book of Mormon for the exploration of the possibilities of a narrative critical approach to its text. Instead of focusing on the content of Samuel’s exhortations, lamentations, and prophecies in order to understand these passages, I interpret the surrounding narrative and find it serves as an impressive complement to the doctrinal content of Samuel’s discourse.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [2914]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 35353  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Snow, Edward. “Allan K. Burgess, Living the Book of Mormon: A Guide to Understanding and Applying Its Principles in Today’s World.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 41.
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Review of Living the Book of Mormon: A Guide to Understanding and Applying Its Principles in Today's World (1991), by Allen K. Burgess.

ID = [116]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 2481  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:28
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus.” Juvenile Instructor 3 (15 March, 1 April, 15 April, 1 May, 15 May, 1 June 1868): 43, 51, 58, 67, 79-80, 82-83.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

ID = [79532]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-03-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus, Chapter XIII.” Juvenile Instructor 3, no. 6 (1868): 43.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

Keywords: Crucifixion, Jesus Christ, Resurrection, Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [75801]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-03-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:03
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus, Chapter XIV.” Juvenile Instructor 3, no. 7 (1868): 51.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Birth of, Prophecy, Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [75802]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:03
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus, Chapter XV.” Juvenile Instructor 3, no. 8 (1868): 59-60.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

Keywords: Crucifixion, Destruction, Jesus Christ, Natural Disasters
ID = [75803]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-04-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:03
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus, Chapter XVI.” Juvenile Instructor 3, no. 9 (1868): 67.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

Keywords: Bountiful (Land of), Bountiful (Polity), Destruction, Jesus Christ, Resurrection
ID = [75804]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:03
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus, Chapter XVII.” Juvenile Instructor 3, no. 10 (1868): 79-80.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

Keywords: Baptism, Jesus Christ, Nephi the Disciple (Son of Nephi), Twelve Disciples
ID = [75805]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-05-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:03
Snow, Eliza R. “History of Jesus, Chapter XVIII.” Juvenile Instructor 3, no. 11 (1868): 82-83.
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Chronicles Jesus’ visit to the Lehites after the cataclysm.

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Sacrament, Twelve Disciples
ID = [75806]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1868-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:03
Snow, Erastus, and Benjamin Winchester. “An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) and Vicinity.” Times and Seasons Vol. 3, no. 1: November 15, 1841: 578-84.
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Part of an open letter proclaiming the message of the Restoration. Shows the Book of Mormon to be a fulfillment of prophecy. Addresses the objection concerning the anathema of adding to the book of Revelation. Quotes Parley P. Pratt regarding the Book of Mormon as a record of ancient America.

ID = [80887]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1842-01-15  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:52
Hardy, L. W., Erastus Snow, and John Taylor. “Remarks.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 19. 1878, 334–340.
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Discourses by Bishop L. W. Hardy, Elder Erastus Snow, President John Taylor, delivered at a Meeting Held in Nephi, on Wednesday Evening, May 15, 1878. Reported By: Geo. F. Gibbs.

ID = [29340]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1878-05-15  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,taylor  Size: 21731  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:26
Snow, Erastus. “The ‘Twin Relics,’ Slavery and Polygamy—Confounding of Polygamy With Bigamy, ‘Christian’ Statesmanship—Joseph Smith’s Proposition for the Abolition of Slavery—The Great Rebellion, Church Division—The Bible and Polygamy, Origin of Monogamy—The Work of God in the Latter Days, the Mission of Ephraim—The Ten Tribes and Scattered Israel, the Book of Mormon—Present Persecution and Future Prospects of the Saints.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 23. 1883, 294–302.
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Discourse by Apostle Erastus Snow, delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Saturday Morning (in General Conference), October 7, 1882. Reported By: Geo. F. Gibbs.

ID = [29520]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1882-10-07  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 28922  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:28
Snow, Erastus. “The United Order—Among the Nephites—Not Incompatible With Individual Responsibility or Stewardship—The Latter-day Saints Gather for Training—Home Manufacture Indispensable.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 19. 1878, 179–186.
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Discourse by Elder Erastus Snow, delivered at Provo, on Sunday Afternoon, June 3, 1877. Reported By: Geo. F. Gibbs.

ID = [29323]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1877-06-03  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 26116  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:26
Snow, Harold L. “Ancient Pictographs of Southern Utah.” Improvement Era 30, no. 2 (1926): 163-165.
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In this article, corresponding words in ancient near Eastern languages and those of American Indians is seen as evidence of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon because Latter-day Saints believe the book is a sacred history of ancient inhabitants of America who came from Jerusalem.

Keywords: Characters, Pre-Columbian American History, Writing System
ID = [76987]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1926-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:10
Snow, Leroi C. “Solomon Spaulding Manuscript.” Deseret Evening News 161 (26 May 1900): 1.
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Author compares the Spaulding manuscript with the Book of Mormon and concludes that no “sane person” would believe there was a connection between the two works.

ID = [80183]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1900-05-26  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:12
Snow, Leroi C. “When Queen Victoria Received a Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 40, no. 7 (1937): 417.
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This article describes how in 1842 Lorenzo Snow made the presentation of a richly bound Book of Mormon to Queen Victoria, Queen of England.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846), Missionary Work, Snow, Lorenzo
ID = [77092]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-07-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Snow, Steven E. “Book of Mormon Principles: The Sweet Fruits of Obedience.” Ensign, January 2004.
ID = [55910]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8972  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:51:32
Snuffer, Denver C., Jr. Removing the Condemnation: A Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City, UT: Mill Creek Press, LLC, 2010.
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Latter-day Saint religious commentary on certain chapters of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, critical text project; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon
ID = [81520]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Snyder, John Jacob. Glad Tidings. Kansas City: Truth Publishers, 1920.
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The Book of Mormon fulfills the words of the prophet Isaiah. It is an important book for the salvation of man, but the RLDS church condemns the Doctrine and Covenants and declares the “Mormon church” a stumbling block to the acceptance of the Book of Mormon. The witnesses to the book never denied their testimony.

ID = [77818]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1920-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Snyder, John Jacob. Truth: Number 2 (The Truth of the Book of Mormon). Salt Lake City: John Jacob Snyder, 1896.
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Snyder believes in and preaches Book of Mormon doctrines but rejects the teachings and authority of the LDS church. Believes Mormons have gone astray since the days of Joseph Smith.

ID = [78735]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1896-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Soares, Ulisses. “The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2020.
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The historical facts and the special witnesses of the Book of Mormon testify that its coming forth was indeed miraculous.

ID = [23287]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2020-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 12583  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:08
Soares, Ulisses. “The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, May 2020.
ID = [63462]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14683  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:58:43
Soares, Ulisses. “In Partnership with the Lord.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2022.
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Elder Soares teaches that as women and men work together in true and equal marriage partnerships, they will enjoy the unity taught by the Savior. The restored gospel of Jesus Christ proclaims the principle of full partnership between woman and man, both in mortal life and in the eternities.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [23476]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2022-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9530  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:10
Solomon, Sonola Oladapo. “Do You Believe in the Book of Mormon?” Ensign, March 2010.
ID = [58686]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2010-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2296  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:08
Sondrup, Steven P. “The Psalm of Nephi: A Lyric Reading.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 3 (1981): 357.
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Because by far the greatest portion of the Book of Mormon is narrative—though admittedly in several different ways—other literary modes embedded in the narrative flow are less obvious and consequently less easily identified and read in terms of their own unique generic conventions. One such passage occurs in the fourth chapter of 2 Nephi, verses 16 though 35, a passage that is often referred to as the “Psalm of Nephi,” at least since Sidney Sperry provided this formulation in his commentary on the Book of Mormon. The question to be discussed with reference to these verses is not whether they are a psalm in the biblical sense of the term but rather the nature and extent of their poetic qualities and some of the most central interpretive implications inextricably connected with their lyricism.

Keywords: 2 Nephi; Poetry; Psalm
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [9147]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-01-03  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 803  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:48
Sonne, Alma. “The Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 4, 1958.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [68119]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1958-05-04  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:55
Sonne, Alma. “Book of Mormon a Great Converter.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1953.
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This article is a brief summary of the missionary journey of Samuel Smith and his usage of the Book of Mormon, which resulted in the conversion of Rev. John P. Greene and others.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Missionary Work; Parley P.; Pratt; Samuel Harrison; Smith
ID = [26933]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1953-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 8010  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:11
Sonne, Alma. “The Book of Mormon: A Great Missionary.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (4 March 1958). Provo, UT: BYU Press, 1958.
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A man studying to be a Catholic priest reads the Book of Mormon and becomes convinced of its truth. He finds answers in the Book of Mormon that he could not find during in his biblical studies.

ID = [81088]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1958-03-04  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Sonne, Alma. “Book of Mormon—Builder of Faith.” Church News 32 (29 December 1962): 24.
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Excerpts from a conference address explains that the Book of Mormon’s “high and noble purpose” is to testify of Christ to both Jew and Gentile. Reminds readers that the Book of Mormon serves to “build faith and convert souls”

ID = [79253]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1962-12-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Sonne, Alma. “Read the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1961.
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The author writes concerning the value of reading the Book of Mormon. He adds his testimony to those of the Three Witnesses, Joseph Smith, and the book itself.

Keywords: Joseph; Jr.; Smith; Testimony; Three Witnesses
ID = [27464]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1961-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 6750  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:15
Sonne, Alma. “Truth Will Prevail.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1966.
ID = [27758]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1966-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 9238  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:17
Sonne, Alma. “‘Truth Will Prevail’” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1957.
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This article states that, in spite of an “avalanche of abuse and ridicule,” the Book of Mormon stands true and powerful. The Book of Mormon reveals many truths, the purposes of God, and the results of wrong doing; it also emphasizes the sanctity of the commandments, proclaims the deity of Christ, and confirms the teachings of the Holy Ghost.

Keywords: Another Testament of Jesus Christ; Book of Mormon; Testimony; Truth
ID = [27176]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1957-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 6803  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:13
Sonne, Alma. “Urim and Thummim.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 111, no. 4 (April 1949): 101, 127.
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Prophets of old used the Urim and Thummim. The claims made by Joseph Smith were not illogical. King Saul used the devices as well as Moses and others. Joseph Smith’s account of using them is not out of harmony with these accounts. They are defined as “lights” and “perfections”

ID = [81306]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1949-04-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:12
Sons of the Utah Pioneers. “People of the Book of Mormon: Musical Drama.” Salt Lake City: n.p., 1960.
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Advertisement for a musical drama with actors Bryce Chamberlain and Francis Urry starring as Nephi and Lehi, respectively.

ID = [78146]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sorensen, A. Don. “Lehi on God’s Law and an Opposition in All Things.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 107–32. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
ID = [36871]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 51826  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:00
Sorensen, A. Don. “The Problem of the Sermon on the Mount and 3 Nephi.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): Article 9.
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Review of William D. Russell. “A Further Inquiry into the Historicity of the Book of Mormon.” Sunstone, September–October 1982, 20–27.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [484]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 71494  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:49
Sorensen, David E. “Place the Book of Mormon in Your Heart—Not on Your Bookshelf.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 19, 2002.
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Make a commitment today that you will not leave this great university without having read the Book of Mormon at least once.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Podcast: Come; Follow Me
ID = [69314]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2002-03-19  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:47
Sorensen, David E. “‘Put Away Childish Things’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 20, 2003.
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For any among you who have made serious mistakes and are feeling spiritually scarred, remember the words of Isaiah: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

Keywords: Life
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [69365]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-05-20  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:47
Sorensen, Elaine Shaw. “Our Tree of Life.” Ensign, July 1990.
ID = [49612]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1990-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6034  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:22
Sorensen, Elaine Shaw. “Seeds of Faith: A Follower’s View of Alma 32.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
ID = [36784]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books  Size: 20048  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:55
Sorensen, Parry D. “Light Out of Darkness.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 99, no. 7 (18 February 1937): 103.
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The Book of Mormon is published in Braille, fulfilling the prophecy in Isaiah that “the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness”

ID = [81449]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-02-18  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:21
Sorensen, Parry D. “A Witness of Divine Truth.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 99, no. 27 (8 July 1937): 426-28.
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Martin Harris acted as Joseph’s scribe during the translation of the Book of Mormon. He became convinced of the authenticity of the translation upon showing a translation and copies of the original characters to two well-known experts. He was one of the Three Witnesses and never denied his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81451]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1937-07-08  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:21
Sorensen, S. K. “Alexander Campbell on the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 52 (13 September 1905): 879.
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An apologetic piece that responds to a pamphlet written by Alexander Campbell, who charged that Joseph Smith was the author of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78964]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1905-09-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Sorenson, Donna D. “America—A Choice Land.” Relief Society Magazine 27 (May 1940): 343-44.
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The Book of Mormon prophesied of Christopher Columbus and declares America to be “a choice land,” “a land of liberty” The fulfillment of this promise rests upon obedience to Jesus Christ by those who occupy the land.

ID = [78976]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Sorenson, John L. “Ancient America and the Book of Mormon Revisited.” Dialogue 4 (Summer 1969): 80-94.
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Notes shared patterns between ancient Mesoamerica and the Near East in the following areas: architecture, astronomy, calendrical systems, writing, burial practices, use of incense, figurines, sacrifice, ritual washing, sanek symbolism, tees, and kingship complex. These connections indicate that the Book of Mormon is an ancient text.

ID = [79020]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1969-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Sorenson, John L. “Ancient American Inscriptions: Plow Marks or History?” BYU Studies 33, no. 3 (1993): 639.
ID = [12217]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,sorenson  Size: 1463  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:11
Sorenson, John L. An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1985.
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A treatment of geography that settles on a “plausible” scene in Mesoamerica (the Grijalva River as the Sidon), treats the nature of “history” in the scripture, and discusses how scholars learn about the ancient world. Specific data from external studies are then used to shed light on the Nephite record book by book. This work is reviewed in W.058, and in A.079.

ID = [77508]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1985-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sorenson, John L. “Ancient Europeans in America?” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - North America; Transoceanic Contact; Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [66472]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Sorenson, John L. “Ancient Voyages Across the Ocean to America: From ‘Impossible’ to ‘Certain’” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 1 (2005): 4-17, 124-125.
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In the past, experts have assumed that primitive sailors would have found it impossible to cross the oceans between the Old World and the New. However, John Sorenson here concludes that the evidence for transoceanic contacts now drowns out the arguments of those who have seen the New World as an isolated island until ad 1492. Sorenson’s arguments are based on evidences from Europe, Asia, and Polynesia of the diffusion of New World plants and infectious organisms. His research identifies evidence for transoceanic exchanges of 98 plant species, including tobacco and peanuts. The presence of hookworm in both the Americas and the Old World before Columbus also serves as evidence to establish transoceanic contact.

Keywords: Contact; Isolation; New World; Old World; Transoceanic Voyage; Voyage
ID = [3154]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 58518  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:28
Sorenson, John L. “Animals in the Book of Mormon: An Annotated Bibliography.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992.
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This annotated bibliography compiled by John Sorenson makes accessible a range of information about animals in the Book of Mormon. It also includes an appendix of animal references in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Reviews and Bibliographies; Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient America - North America; Ancient America - South America; Animal Husbandry; Bibliography; Ecology; Elephants; Horses
ID = [8593]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Sorenson, John L. “Asia—North America Linguistic Tie-Up, a Review.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 14 (August 1953).
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Recent linguistic and archaeological comparisons support the idea of specific movements across Bering Strait. But linguistic studies, not attempted yet, may also show a connection to the Near East.

ID = [79080]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Sorenson, John L., and Robert F. Smith. “Barley in Ancient America.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - North America; Archaeology; Barley
ID = [66479]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Sorenson, John L., and Matthew P. Roper. “Before DNA.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12 no. 1 (2003).
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Critics of the Book of Mormon often cite genetic evidence in their attacks on the historicity of the text, saying that the lack of any Near Eastern–American Indian DNA links conclusively proves that no emigration ever occurred from the Near East to the Americas. Their simplistic approach—that the Book of Mormon purports to be a history of the entire American Indian race—is not supported by archaeological or Book of Mormon evidence. The authors pose and respond to questions about the geographical scene, the spread of Book of Mormon peoples, Latter-day Saint traditions about the scenes and peoples of the Book of Mormon, the terms Nephites and Lamanites, the possible presence of others in the land, ocean travel, Mesoamerican native traditions, languages of the Western Hemisphere, Old World peoples coming to the Americas, archaeological evidence, and ethnically distinct populations in ancient American art. These questions set out the social, cultural, and geographical contexts that are necessary for geneticists to understand before reaching major conclusions.

ID = [3108]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 104822  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:26
Sorenson, John L. “Bible Prophecies of the Mulekites.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Significant Articles from the Pages of the Improvement Era, eds. Doyle L. Green, and Marba C. Josephson, 229-37. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1959.
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Relates Ezekiel 17:22-24 to Mulek’s transplantation to America. A Mexican tradition of the arrival of an immigrant group by sea may also be related to Mulek.

ID = [81030]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:00
Sorenson, John L. “Bibliography of John Leon Sorenson.” Edited by Robert F. Smith., 2018.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Anthropology, Archaeology, Bibliography, Mesoamerica, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [75455]  Status = Type = other article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:47
Sorenson, John L. “The Book of Mormon as a Collectible.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 1 (2001).
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This article discusses the evolution of book collecting, particularly by Latter-day Saints. Although the circle of book collectors used to be small, it has since expanded, probably because of the spread of the Internet. Latter-day Saints throughout the world are now able to locate and purchase old and rare books within minutes. While this innovation can be productive and beneficial, the easy access can be risky. Because people are so anxious to buy these types of books, they have the potential to be deceived by those who create fraudulent products, and unlike the older, more experienced buyers, newcomers often do not inspect books closely for authenticity and condition before purchasing them. Because of these potential mistakes, it is essential that book collectors be more aware of the risks and take the necessary precautions to avoid them.

ID = [3058]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 30578  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:23
Sorenson, John L. “The Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican Codex.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 139 (December 1976): 1-9.
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Reprinted, Provo, UT: FARMS, 1981. Referring to Anthon’s statements that what he saw had a codex format, this piece discusses points that are compatible with an interpretation of the Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican codex.

ID = [80337]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1976-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:21
Sorenson, John L. “The Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican Record.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 391-521. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon Geography - Mesoamerica; Calendar System; Writing System
ID = [75480]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:48
Sorenson, John L. “Book of Mormon Geography in the Light of Ceramic Distributions.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 8 (November 1952).
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The sequence of pottery distribution around Guatemala City is suggested as alignable with Nephite culture history in that area.

ID = [79175]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1952-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Sorenson, John L. “Book of Mormon Peoples.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Amalekite (Nephite Apostate Group), Amlicite, Amulonite, Anti-Nephi-Lehis, Ishmaelite, Jacobite, Jaredite, Josephite, Lamanite, Lemuelite, Mulekite, Nephite, Order of Nehor, Zeniffite, Zoramite
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [74278]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom,sorenson  Size: 22191  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:08:43
Sorenson, John L. “The ‘Brass Plates’ and Biblical Scholarship.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 31-39.
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Reprinted, Provo, UT: FARMS, 1977. A detailed statement of what is known of the content, form, and history of the brass plates. The ways in which its contents differ from the Masoretic version are consistently parallel to those distinguishing the Elohist (E) version of “the Old Testament”

ID = [80247]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Sorenson, John L. “Centenary of a Giant.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 2 (2000).
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It has been 100 years since George Reynolds published his massive work, A Complete Concordance of the Book of Mormon. Reynolds worked on this project, begun while serving a prison sentence for polygamy, over 21 years of his life. He tabulated virtually every word used in the Book of Mormon except a few of the most common words, and gave a portion of the sentence in which each cited word appeared. He himself paid all the printing costs.

ID = [3045]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 16913  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:22
Sorenson, John L. “The Challenge of the Maya Mystery.” Improvement Era 54, no. 10 (1951): 712, 738, 740.
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Giving a history of the Gates Collection of Mayan literature located at Brigham Young University, this author hopes that the origin of the Mayan culture may be found through study and a greater understanding.

Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica, Archaeology, Codex, Language – Mayan, Native Americans – Maya, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [76899]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:05
Sorenson, John L. “Challenging Conventional Views of Metal.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 187-189. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Metallurgy
ID = [75682]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4822  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:57
Sorenson, John L. “A Collection of References to Trans-Oceanic Contacts with the Americas Before the Recognized Discoveries.” New-England Antiquities Research Association 67 (1971-72): 78-80, 38-40.
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A bibliography of transoceanic travels to America prior to Columbus. The work has been superseded with later works.

ID = [78863]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Sorenson, John L. “Comments on Nephite Chronology.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2 no. 2 (1993).
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Revisions of Nephite chronology in the Book of Mormon occur as scholarship on various issues improves.

ID = [2852]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 12551  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:09
Sorenson, John L. “Comparison of Fundamental Traits of the Book of Mormon and Ancient American Civilizations.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 4 (20 January 1952).
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A list of 23 traits considered by Steward as characteristic of early “formative” culture common to both Mesoamerica and the Andean region is compared with Book of Mormon culture. None of Steward’s elements are contrary to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79321]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1952-01-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Sorenson, John L. “Comparison of Fundamental Traits of the Book of Mormon and Ancient American Civilizations.” In Progress in Archaeology: An Anthology, edited by Christensen, Ross T., 108. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
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A list of 23 traits considered by Steward as characteristic of early “formative” culture common to both Mesoamerica and the Andean region is compared with Book of Mormon culture. None of Steward’s elements are contrary to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79320]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Sorenson, John L. “The Composition of Lehi’s Family.” In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 174-196. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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This second of two volumes of essays honoring Hugh Nibley includes scholarly papers based on what the authors have learned from Nibley. Nearly every major subject that Dr. Nibley has encompassed in his vast learning and scholarly production is represented here by at least one article. Topics include the sacrament covenant in Third Nephi, the Lamanite view of Book of Mormon history, external evidences of the Book of Mormon, proper names in the Book of Mormon, the brass plates version of Genesis, the composition of Lehi’s family, ancient burials of metal documents in stone boxes, repentance as rethinking, Mormon history’s encounter with secular modernity, and Judaism in the 20th century.
A microanthropological examination of what the text reveals regarding the composition and demography of Lehi’s party from the beginning of their sojourn in the Arabian wilderness to their arrival in the promised land.

Keywords: Family; Ishmael; Ishmael’s Wife; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Joseph (Son of Lehi); Laman (Son of Lehi); Lehi (Prophet); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Sam (Son of Lehi); Sariah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [2358]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,nibley,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:10:41
Sorenson, John L. “A Cultural Summary of Israelite Palestine at the End of the Middle Iron Age (7th Century b.c.).” Book of Mormon Working Paper, No. 1, September 1963.
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Photocopy. Lists features that hold potential value for an anthropological and archaeological comparison of Palestine with the New World.

ID = [78872]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1963-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Sorenson, John L. “‘A Day and a Half’s Journey for a Nephite’” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America–Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon Geography–Mesoamerica; Narrow Neck of Land
ID = [66496]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:38
Sorenson, John L. “The Decline of the God Quetzalcoatl.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 234-236. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Quetzalcoatl
ID = [75692]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4830  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:57
Sorenson, John L. “Digging into the Book of Mormon: Our Changing Understanding of Ancient America and Its Scripture.” Ensign, September 1984.
ID = [46808]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,sorenson  Size: 49245  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:50:10
Sorenson, John L. “Digging into the Book of Mormon: Our Changing Understanding of Ancient America and Its Scripture, Part 2.” Ensign, October 1984.
ID = [46832]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,sorenson  Size: 41592  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:50:10
Sorenson, John L. “Directions in Book of Mormon Geography.” Book of Mormon Working Paper, No. 3, September 1963.
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Photocopy. Ethnographic and documentary examples show the difficulties in matching a culture’s direction terminology to the modern world map.

ID = [79370]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1963-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Sorenson, John L. “Early Archaeological Sequences in Highland Guatemala, A Review.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 17 (January 1954).
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New details on archaeology of the area around Guatemala City in Book of Mormon times are given. Some features can be compared with the ancient Near East.

ID = [79390]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Sorenson, John L. “The Editor’s Notebook.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 2 (2000).
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The introduction to this issue is a discussion of the emphasis of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies as defined by the editors.

ID = [3037]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 5209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:21
Sorenson, John L. “The Elephant in Ancient America.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 4 (January 1952).
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Radiocarbon dating indicates early culture in Arizona was contemporaneous with mastodons in the vicinity of 4000 b.c. This may be the first serious evidence supporting the survival of this animal as late as the Jaredites. The book of Ether has “elephants” less than two millennia later.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [80454]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
Sorenson, John L. “An Evaluation of the Smithsonian Institution ‘Statement Regarding the Book of Mormon’” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1982.
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No abstract available.

Keywords: Anthropology; Archaeology; Folklore
ID = [1526]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 26468  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:55
Sorenson, John L. “Evidence for Tents in the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 135-138. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Mesoamerica
ID = [75671]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:56
Sorenson, John L. “Evidences of Culture Contacts between Polynesia and the Americas.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1952.
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Language and cultural traits of Polynesia and the Americas are compared under scores of headings. The abundant parallels indicate voyages as explanations but lack of geographical and chronological clustering leaves the picture unclear, and provides no good evidence for the LDS Hagoth-Polynesian supposition.

ID = [79428]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
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
Sorenson, John L. “Fortifications in the Book of Mormon Account Compared with Mesoamerican Fortifications.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 425-444. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Ancient America – Mesoamerica; Fortifications; Warfare
ID = [82146]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:00
Sorenson, John L. “Fortifications in the Book of Mormon and in Mesoamerica.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1989.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Fortifications; Mesoamerica
ID = [1524]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 34124  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:55
Sorenson, John L. “From the Vineyard.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7 no. 1 (1998).
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This department gives news updates on various topics related to Book of Mormon studies: evidence of Chinese voyagers in Mexico, publicity on an ancient skull of a Caucasian male discovered in Washington, excavation of an ancient basilica in Jordan, Egyptian figurines from El Salvador shown to be fakes, and the establishment of a new journal, Pre-Columbiana: A Journal of Long-distance Contacts.

ID = [2985]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 10180  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:17
Sorenson, John L. “Further on Authentication and Elucidation of the Book of Mormon.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 6 (May 1952).
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Comparison of Book of Mormon cultures with known New or Old World cultures can be directed toward authentication or elucidation. Little has been done toward shedding light on the scriptures. Almost all necessary work has only begun.

ID = [79474]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1952-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Sorenson, John L. “Further on Authentication and Elucidation of the Book of Mormon.” In Progress in Archaeology: An Anthology, edited by Christensen, Ross T., 147-48. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
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Comparison of Book of Mormon cultures with known New or Old World cultures can be directed toward authentication or elucidation. Little has been done toward shedding light on the scriptures. Almost all necessary work has only begun.

ID = [79473]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Sorenson, John L. “Gates of God.” New Era 5, no. 3 (1975): 18-25.
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The architecture of towers in the Book of Mormon may have been influenced by Old World structures such as the Tower of Babel. The idea that elevation was sacred is seen in the towers of Nephi, King Benjamin, and the Zoramites, but the towers may also have had political significance. Includes photos of Mesoamerican structures that could be interpreted as towers.

Keywords: Ancient America, Ancient Near East, Architecture, Mesoamerica
ID = [76624]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Sorenson, John L. “The Gates of God.” New Era 5 (March 1975): 18-25.
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The architecture of towers in the Book of Mormon may have been influenced by Old World structures such as the Tower of Babel. The idea that elevation was sacred is seen in the towers of Nephi, King Benjamin, and the Zoramites, but the towers may also have had political significance. Includes photos of Mesoamerican structures that could be interpreted as towers.

ID = [80470]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:28
Sorenson, John L. The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992.
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A comprehensive analysis of Book of Mormon geography. Sorenson gives a history and summary of all Latter-day Saints who have written on geography. He indicates what the text says, verse by verse, on geography and presents a trial map based on the text. Also presents problems of establishing distances and deciphering directional statements in the Book of Mormon. This work is reviewed in J.057.

ID = [78492]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Sorenson, John L. The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Sourcebook. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.
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By John L. Sorenson, Published on 01/01/90

ID = [6980]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 578760  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:37
Sorenson, John L. The Geography of the Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992.
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“Serious discussion of benefits for the individual reader of the scripture that could come from a solution to the geography conundrum has been suprisingly rare. Among obvious points that could be made are : (1) a heightened sense of concreteness or believability conferred on readers by their having specific, detailed knowledge of the setting of reported events; and (2) likelihood that giving the scriptural account definite spatial, historical and cultural dimensions will make its lessons-for-living clearer. Third, the matter of geography may have also been seen as a challenge : if Latter-day Saints have so far failed to examine ’the keystone of our [LDS] religion’ with sufficient care to set it into a definite place and concrete scene, does that not mean that we are treating a sacred matter superficially? That there are many hundreds of geographical statements and facts included in the record can be taken to indicate that we ought to pay attention to them. So while I do not consider this topic crucial, I believe it is significant. And for me personally it is interesting.” [Author]

Keywords: Historical geography; Book of Mormon; History, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ID = [81521]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Sorenson, John L. “Harold K. Nielsen, Mapping the Action Found in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 14.
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Review of Mapping the Action Found in the Book of Mormon (1987), by Harold K. Nielsen.

ID = [53]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,sorenson  Size: 5132  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:24
Sorenson, John L. “How Could Joseph Smith Write So Accurately about Ancient American Civilization?” In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Parry, Donald W., Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 261-306. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon Geography; Cement; Fabric; Language; Mesoamerica; Politics; Sheum; Warfare; Wine
ID = [75596]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 77569  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:51
Sorenson, John L. “I have heard that the sizes of the Nephite and Lamanite populations indicated in the Book of Mormon do not make sense. What do we know about their numbers?” Ensign, September 1992.
ID = [50664]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,sorenson  Size: 4519  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:46:13
Sorenson, John L. Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Mesoamerica
ID = [75425]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:45
Sorenson, John L. “In Memoriam, John L. Hilton.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 1 (2000).
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In memory of John L. Hilton and his contribution to Book of Mormon word-print studies.

ID = [3035]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 1002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:21
Sorenson, John L. “Incense-Burning and ‘Seer’ Stones in Ancient Mesoamerica: New Evidence of Migrations of Biblical Peoples to the New World.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 21 (July 1954).
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Summary of an unpublished, lengthy paper that emphasizes certain parallels in ideas and practices between the ancient Near East and Mesoamerica.

ID = [79581]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Sorenson, John L. “Incense-Burning and ‘Seer’ Stones in Ancient Mesoamerica: New Evidence of Migrations of Biblical Peoples to the New World.” In Progress in Archaeology: An Anthology, edited by Christensen, Ross T., 118-19. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
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Summary of an unpublished, lengthy paper that emphasizes certain parallels in ideas and practices between the ancient Near East and Mesoamerica.

ID = [79580]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Sorenson, John L. “Indications of Early Metal in Mesoamerica.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 5 (1954): 1-5.
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The first seriously documented challenge to the orthodox view that metals in Mesoamerica were only late. Cites a score of possible exceptions.

ID = [79591]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Sorenson, John L. “Instant Expertise on Book of Mormon Archaeology.” Brigham Young University Studies 16, no. 3 (1976): 429.
ID = [9377]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,sorenson  Size: 1187  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:50
Sorenson, John L. “Land of Promise.” New Era 5, no. 1 (1975): 20-29.
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A collection of photographs by James Christensen and Book of Mormon scriptures suggest possible Book of Mormon sites to help readers visualize the scriptures more fully

Keywords: Ancient America, Mesoamerica, Study Helps
ID = [76623]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Sorenson, John L. “The Land of Promise.” New Era 5 (January 1975): 20-29.
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A collection of photographs by James Christensen and Book of Mormon scriptures suggest possible Book of Mormon sites to help readers visualize the scriptures more fully.

ID = [80504]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Sorenson, John L. “Last-Ditch Warfare in Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 2 (2000): 44-53, 82-83.
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Warfare is a constant theme in the Book of Mormon. Conflicts with varying motivations erupted between the Nephites and Lamanites from the beginning of their sojourn in the New World. Ultimately, the Nephites as a sociopolitical group were exterminated in one climactic battle when hundreds of thousands died in a single day. Have Mesoamerican archaeologists detected an intensity and scale of warfare great enough to account for the extermination of a people like the Nephites? Yes, there is now good reason to believe that the period when the Nephites were being destroyed by their enemies was characterized in southern Mexico and Guatemala by widespread disruption rather than an orderly evolution in the Classic era that once was the standard claim of archaeologists. The process of the complete destruction of the Nephites and their culture agrees with a recurrent pattern in Mesoamerican history.

Keywords: Archaeology; Extermination; Lamanite; Mesoamerica; Nephite; Warfare
ID = [3043]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 56738  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:22
Sorenson, John L. “‘Latest Discoveries’” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Archaeology
ID = [66473]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Sorenson, John L., Lyle Fletcher, and Larry C. Porter. “Letters.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 21 no. 1 (2012).
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Letters praising the Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture and responding to articles published therein.

ID = [3271]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 4144  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:35
Sorenson, John L. “Lost Arts.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient Near East; Archaeology; Architecture; Artwork; Migration
ID = [66470]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Sorenson, John L. “Memorial: Max Wells Jakeman 1910-1998.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7 no. 1 (1998).
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Observations from Jakeman’s students honor this LDS scholar, who could be called the father of Book of Mormon archaeology.

ID = [2987]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 4250  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:17
Sorenson, John L. “A Mesoamerican System of Weights and Measures? Did the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica use a system of weights and scales in measuring goods and their values?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8 no. 2 (1992).
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Ancient Mesoamericans used some systems of weights and measures; items in the market, though, were usually sold by volume. The Mesoamerican weights and measures may coincide with the weights and measures described in Alma 11 of the Book of Mormon, but more research is necessary in order to make conclusive claims.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3010]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 27131  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:19
Sorenson, John L. “Mesoamericans in Pre-Spanish North America.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland; Mesoamerica; Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [66506]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:39
Sorenson, John L. “Mesoamericans in Pre-Spanish South America.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Book of Mormon Geography – Heartland; Mesoamerica; Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [66505]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:39
Sorenson, John L. “Metals and Metallurgy relating to the Book of Mormon Text.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992.
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The text of the Book of Mormon refers many times to metals, ores, and metal processing. John Sorenson provides an annotated bibliography of sources on archaeological finds of Old World and Mesoamerican metallurgy and metal specimens. He includes a summary of statements in the Book of Mormon text about metals, ores, and metal processing, with notes on Hebrew usage of metal-related terms.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Archaeology; Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient Near East; Archaeology; Bibliography; Language - Hebrew; Metallurgy
ID = [8594]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Sorenson, John L. Mormon’s Map. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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As the ancient prophet Mormon edited the scriptural texts that would become the Book of Mormon, he must have had a map in his mind of the places and physical features that comprised the setting for the events described in that book.
Mormon’s Map is Book of Mormon scholar John Sorenson’s reconstruction of that mental map solely from information gleaned from the text after years of intensive study. He describes his method; establishes the overall shape of Book of Mormon lands; sorts out details of topography, distance, direction, climate, and civilization; and treats issues of historical geography.
The resultant map will facilitate analysis of geography-related issues in the Book of Mormon narrative and also be of help in evaluating theories about where in the real world the Nephite lands were located.

ID = [7003]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 191946  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:37
Sorenson, John L. “Mormon’s Sources.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 20, no. 2 (2011): 2-15.
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How Mormon compiled Nephite records into the book that bears his name has never been carefully studied. This paper makes an attempt to understand that process as it details the limitations Mormon faced and the sources he would have used. Mormon’s framework depended primarily on the larger plates of Nephi, but this paper demonstrates that Mormon appears to have supplemented those plates with other sources from the Nephite archive of records. The restrictions of the plates of Nephi and the nature of the additional sources are discussed and evaluated.

Keywords: Compilation; Large Plates of Nephi; Mormon; Narrative; Scripture; Sources
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
ID = [3265]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 46372  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:35
Sorenson, John L. “The ‘Mulekites’” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 6.
ID = [10095]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,sorenson  Size: 419  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:55
Sorenson, John L. “Nephi Speaks to Our Day with Plain and Precious Prophecy.” Instructor 97 (September 1962): 309, 319.
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Nephi concentrated on the hopeful future—our day, when his family’s descendants are beginning to flourish—rather than ugly details of intervening history.

ID = [79879]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Sorenson, John L. “The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Alma (Book); Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Calendar System; Helaman (Book); Mosiah (Book); Nephite Calendar
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [66492]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:38
Sorenson, John L. Nephite Culture and Society: Collected Papers. Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Anthropology, Archaeology, Book of Mormon Geography - Mesoamerica, Brass Plates, Climate, Mesoamerica, Politics, Transoceanic Contact, Warfare, Weather
ID = [75424]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:45
Sorenson, John L. “Nephite Social Structure.” Book of Mormon Working Paper, No. 7, February, 1964.
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Duplicated by author. An analysis of the Book of Mormon text from a social anthropological viewpoint, which discusses how Nephite society was organized and functioned.

ID = [79889]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1964-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Sorenson, John L. “Nephi’s Garden and Chief Market.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Nephi (Son of Helaman); Zarahemla (Polity)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [66511]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:39
Sorenson, John L. “New Evidence of Migration of Biblical People to the New World.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 21 (2 July 1954).
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Current research shows many parallels in the use of incense in Old and New World religious rituals, and a connection is seen in the use of “seer stones”

ID = [79893]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-07-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Sorenson, John L. “New Light.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7 no. 1 (1998).
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The Smithsonian statement about the Book of Mormon has been revised to indicate that the “Book of Mormon is a religious document and not a scientific guide.” James E. Talmage correctly identified various Michigan relics as fraudulent.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [2986]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 8408  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:17
Sorenson, John L. “New Technology and Ancient Voyages.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 177-179. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Shipbuilding; Voyages
ID = [75680]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:56
Sorenson, John L. “Observations on Nephite Chronology.” Book of Mormon Working Paper, No. 8, 1970.
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Duplicated by author. Considers the 360-day “tun” year and other suggestions in attempting to settle beginning and ending points for Nephite chronology.

ID = [79922]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Sorenson, John L., Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith. “Old World Languages in the New World.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Anthropology; Language - Uto-Aztecan
ID = [66451]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Sorenson, John L. “Old World People in the New.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 248-252. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica
ID = [75695]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:57
Sorenson, John L. “Once More: The Horse.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Archaeology; Book of Mormon Anachronisms; Horses
ID = [66469]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:37
Sorenson, John L. “An Open Letter to Dr. Michael Coe.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 1 (2012): 91-109.
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Abstract: In August 2011 John Dehlin conducted a three-part interview with famed Mesoamericanist Michael Coe. Dehlin operates the podcast series Mormon Stories, which features interviews discussing the faith and culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This article examines a large number of dubious claims made in those interviews, providing clarifications, responses, and references to numerous sources dealing with those issues. Much more detail will be forthcoming in Dr. Sorenson’s new book, Mormon’s Codex.

ID = [4393]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,sorenson  Size: 37761  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:29
Sorenson, John L. “Out of the Dust: Steel in Early Metallurgy.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 2 (2006): 108-109, 127.
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During the 19th century, critics of the Book of Mormon claimed that steel was not known in the Near East or ancient America during the appropriate Book of Mormon times. This assertion, if true, would discredit the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. However, in more recent decades, proof that Mesopotamian peoples used steel has been revealed. This discovery means that steel was used well before the oldest Book of Mormon people lived. Further research regarding steel in ancient America is still necessary; however, it appears that five Mesoamerican proto-languages have a word for metal, suggesting that the people who spoke those languages were familiar with some form of metal.

Keywords: Anachronisms; Historicity; Language; Mesoamerica; Metal; Metallurgy; Steel
ID = [3198]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 10905  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:31
Crowell, Angela M., Allen J. Christensen, and John L. Sorenson. “Parallelism, Merismus, and Difrasismo.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Annals of the Cakchiquels; Language - Hebrew; Parallelism; Poetry; Popol Vuh; Structure
ID = [66464]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Sorenson, John L. “Plain and Precious Prophecy.” Instructor 97 (September 1962): 309-19.
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Nephi’s prophecies focused on people and principles, as he viewed the “sweep of history and God’s plan” Almost half of Nephi’s discourse about his vision was related to the influence of a book of scripture.

ID = [79972]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1962-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Sorenson, John L. “Possible ”Silk” and ”Linen” in the Book of Mormon.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Book of Mormon Anachronisms; Fabric; Linen; Silk
ID = [66488]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:38
Sorenson, John L., and Martin H. Raish. Pre-Columbian Contact with America across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography. 2 vols. Provo, UT: Research Press, 1990.
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More than 5,600 literature items in many languages are listed covering pro- and anti- positions, theory, and methodology. Detailed bibliographical data and annotations, some very detailed, are provided for most items, reporting how they relate to the topic. This work is reviewed in H.036.

ID = [78166]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Sorenson, John L. “Preclassic Metal?” American Antiquity 20 (July 1954): 64.
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Points out apparent exceptions in the professional literature to the assumption that metal use in Mesoamerica was only late. [J.L.S.]”

ID = [79983]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1954-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Sorenson, John L. “The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 2 (2000).
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Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

ID = [3047]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 57880  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:22
Sorenson, John L. “Prophecy Among the Maya.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Maya; Mesoamerica; Prophecy
ID = [66520]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:40
Sorenson, John L. “A Rare Gem.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 15-17.
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Review of Terryl L Given. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a New World Religion.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Doctrine; Historicity; Scholarship
ID = [421]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review,sorenson  Size: 6489  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:46
Sorenson, John L. “Reading Mormon’s Codex.” Paper presented at the 2012 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2012.
ID = [32502]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2012-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference,sorenson  Size: 43330  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:49
Sorenson, John L. “A Reconsideration of Early Metal in Mesoamerica.” Katunob 9 (March 1976): 1-8.
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Metals technology was present in Mesoamerica during Book of Mormon times, contrary to received opinion.

ID = [78921]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, eds. Rediscovering the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1991.
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New discoveries about the Book of Mormon made by LDS scholars. The essays show meaningful and complex patterns in the Book of Mormon—patterns of style, ideas, history, and actions. They also provide considerable evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. This work is reviewed in C.331 and in S.137.

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Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne. Rediscovering the Book of Mormon: Insights that you may have missed before. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1991.
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This book shares the exciting results of scholarly research on the Book of Mormon undertaken during the 1980s. As an ancient religious text and cultural artifact, the Book of Mormon rewards close analysis along many lines of inquiry. Twenty-three essays by prominent LDS scholars cover such topics as warfare, repentance, Exodus motifs, Hebraisms, kingship, politics, Isaiah, Mormon as editor, chiasmus, covenant renewal, and poetry.
These studies aim to demonstrate that the Book of Mormon contains complex patterns not previously recognized—that is, subtle patterns of style, ideas, history, and actions that, once made visible, shed much light on the power and beauty of the book and stimulate greater appreciation and respect for it.

Keywords: Chiasmus; Covenant; Daughters of the Lamanites; Hand Gesture; Imagery; Isaiah (Book); Nahom; Poetry; Politics; Remembrance; Repentance; Scholarship; Warfare
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Articles

Brown, S. Kent. “Nephi’s Use of Lehi’s Record.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 3-14. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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In many places in the Book of Mormon, the authors refer to writings known to them but not included in the book. One of these is the record of Lehi. Nephi reported that he made “an abridgment of the record of my father” (1 Nephi 1:17), which he included on his own original (large) plates. An English translation of that abridgment was included in the 116 pages of manuscript translation lost by Martin Harris in 1828. Someday we will have that record restored; meanwhile, we can discover some of what it contained because both Nephi and Jacob included parts from it in their records.

Keywords: Book of Lehi; Lost 116 Pages
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Hardy, Grant R. “Mormon as Editor.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 15-28. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Mormon’s choices are most revealing when the message of his editing seems to contradict the facts that he recorded. Mormon’s honesty as a historian sometimes forced him to include facts that did not exactly support the message he was trying to convey. This tension is frequent in the Book of Mormon as Mormon tried to make spiritual sense of historical events. For me at least, this tension is evidence that Mormon was an actual person, since we all face similar difficulties in making sense of our own lives.

Keywords: Historicity; Mormon; Narrative; Structure
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Tvedtnes, John A. “Mormon’s Editorial Promises.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 29-31. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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An author may promise in the course of writing to return to a subject later to supply further details. Actually keeping such a promise can prove difficult. Even with modern writing aids, memory can betray a person into failing to tuck in the corners of plot or information. Mormon, the editor of much of the Book of Mormon as we have it, made these types of promises at least seven times. In each case, he or his son Moroni followed through perfectly.

Keywords: Historicity; Mormon; Narrative
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [75619]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 5145  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:53
Tvedtnes, John A. “Colophons in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 32-37. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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In the heading before chapter 1 of 1 Nephi, we find Nephi’s outline of his record. It begins, “An account of Lehi and his wife Sariah, and his four sons,” and ends, “This is according to the account of Nephi; or in other words, I, Nephi, wrote this record.” Sometimes these signposts appear before a section to tell us what is to come. Other times, they appear at the end to explain, recap, or mark the end of what has been said. For lack of a better word, I call them colophons, though technically colophons are notes or guidelines after a text.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; 4 Nephi; Alma (Book); Colophon; Helaman (Book); Mosiah (Book); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Words of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
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Szink, Terrence L. “Nephi and the Exodus.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by , 38-51. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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One of the best-known sections of the Book of Mormon tells the story of the journey of Lehi and his family from Jerusalem to the new promised land in the American continent. Yet, since the small plates were intended to contain the “things of God” (1 Nephi 6:4), why was this account included on the small plates while other things that seem to be more the “things of God” (such as the “many things which [Lehi] saw in visions and in dreams”—1 Nephi 1:16) were left out? Quite probably, Nephi, the author of this section, consciously wrote his account of the wilderness journey in a way that would remind the reader of the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt. He did this to prove that God loved and cared for the Nephites, just as the Exodus from Egypt was proof of God’s favor for the children of Israel. Therefore, this story of the journey truly is about the things of God and does belong on the small plates.

Keywords: Exodus Motif; Narrative; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Small Plates
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75621]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 25003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:53
Tanner, John S. “Jacob and His Descendants as Authors.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 52-66. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The writings of Jacob and his descendants form part of the small plates, a section of the Book of Mormon that Mormon included intact, presumably without editing. Only on the small plates may Joseph Smith have found someone’s “handwriting” other than that of Mormon or Moroni. Speaking in the first person, Jacob and his descendants seem more individual, even in translation, than other writers whose words were more obviously edited by Mormon and Moroni. From Jacob through Omni, the record displays the complex variety one expects of a text written by many hands. The stylistic diversity of Jacob and his descendants is a powerful witness that we are dealing with material written by several ancient authors rather than by one person in early nineteenth-century New York.

Keywords: Abinadom (Son of Chemish); Amaleki (Son of Abinadom); Authorship; Chemish (Brother of Amaron); Enos; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Jarom; Omni; Recordkeeping; Words of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jarom
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [75622]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 30289  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:53
Goff, Alan. “The Stealing of the Daughters of the Lamanites.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., 67-74. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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A minor story in the Book of Mormon provides an example of how complex the task of reading the book can be. It also illustrates how much richer our understanding can be when we remember that the Book of Mormon is an ancient record with connections to other ancient records, particularly the Old Testament. In the book of Mosiah, a band of wicked priests hid in the wilderness and kidnapped some young women to be their wives (see 20:1-5). This story can be read as an adventure tale. If looked at carefully, however, it shows the kind of connections between the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament that demonstrate that the Book of Mormon is an ancient book.

Keywords: Amulonite; Daughters of the Lamanites; Historicity; Kidnapping; King Noah; Priests of King Noah; Womenhood
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75623]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 14241  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:53
Tvedtnes, John A. “The Hebrew Background of the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 77-91. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The English translation of the Book of Mormon shows many characteristics of the Hebrew language. In many places the words that have been used and the ways in which the words have been put together are more typical of Hebrew than of English. These Hebraisms, as I will call them, are evidence of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon—evidence that Joseph Smith did not write a book in English but translated an ancient text and that his translation reflects the Hebrew words and word order of the original.

Keywords: Hebraism; Historicity; Language; Language - Hebrew; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Goff, Alan. “Mourning, Consolation, and Repentance at Nahom.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 92-99. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The death and burial of Ishmael at Nahom (see 1 Nephi 16:34-39) can puzzle readers who are uncertain about how the story fits into Nephi’s overall account or uncertain about why the incident is included at all. This section, however, is one of those parts of the Book of Mormon that contain hints of a deeper meaning than what appears on the surface. At least one important meaning of the Nahom episode is connected with the word Nahom itself.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Arabia; Evidence; Historicity; Ishmael; Mourning; Nahom
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
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Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Poetry in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 100-113. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. Arranging this memorable thought from the Book of Mormon into two lines reveals its poetic character. Arranged in four lines, its neat structure is even more apparent. In this case, understanding the structure enhances our understanding of the meaning: the fall of Adam allows mankind to exist, and the potential destiny of mankind can bring ultimate joy. Rather than being an isolated example, this brief piece is just one of numerous poetic passages throughout the Book of Mormon, which are usually unrecognized as poetry because they are printed as prose. When arranged as verse, however, the poetic parts of the Book of Mormon are unveiled as having great beauty and power.

Keywords: Isaiah (Prophet); Poetry; Prophecy; Psalm of Nephi; Structure
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Welch, John W. “A Masterpiece: Alma 36.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 114-131. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Chiasmus is a style of writing known in antiquity and mused by many ancient and some modern writers. It consists of arranging a series of words or ideas in one order, and then repeating it in reverse order. In the hands of a skillful writer, this literary form can serve several purposes. The repeating of key words in the two halves underlines the importance of the concepts they present. Furthermore, the main idea of the passage is placed at the turning point where the second half begins, which emphasizes it. The repeating form also enhances clarity and speeds memorizing. Readers (or listeners) gain a pleasing sense of completeness as the passage returns at the end to the idea that began it. Identifying the presence of chiasmus in a composition can reveal many complex and subtle features of the text.

Keywords: Chiasm; Chiasmus; Historicity; Parallelism
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Rust, Richard Dilworth. “Book of Mormon Imagery.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 132-139. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Many Book of Mormon passages are given life by the pictures or images they awake in our minds. In Ether the power comes from referring directly to “mountain waves.” The memorable picture of King Noah is not so direct, being formed from a figure of speech: the ruler is like a “dry stalk” crushed under foot. Without their imagery, these verses would lose their beauty and vitality.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Seely, David Rolph. “The Image of the Hand of God in the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 140-150. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The image of the hand of God in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon stands for the Lord’s power to intervene in the affairs of men and the events of history. Comparison between the ways this image is used in the two scriptures supports what the Book of Mormon claims about its own origin.

Keywords: Deliverance; Imagery; Judgment; Mercy; Trial
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England, Eugene. “‘Means unto Repentance’: Unique Book of Mormon Insights into Christ’s At-one-ment.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 153-167. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Many Christians and their churches have seen the fall of Adam as a great mistake that ruined God’s plan and offended him. They have assumed that God was unhappy with humanity for what Adam did in Eden. This led to the idea that we must win back his love and favor. If we could not do that by our own actions, then it had to be by Christ’s suffering, as a kind of gift that would please God. But the scriptures are clear that God did not reject us; rather, mankind rejected him. We do not need to win back God’s love; he is always ready. Instead, we need to be reconciled to God.

Keywords: Atonement; Fall of Adam; Jesus Christ; Love; Reconciliation; Repentance
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Midgley, Louis C. “The Ways of Remembrance.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 168-176. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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Careful attention to one particular word used in the Book of Mormon yields some surprising dividends. For example, Lehi pled with his sons to remember his words: “My sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.” Such language may go unnoticed, or it may seem to be merely a request to recall some teachings. The word remember seems rather plain and straightforward. But when looked at more closely, the language about remembrance in the Book of Mormon turns out to be rich and complex, conveying important, hidden meaning.

Keywords: Covenant; Deliverance; Oath; Remembrance
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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
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Millet, Robert L. “The Gathering of Israel in the Book of Mormon: A Consistent Pattern.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 186-196. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The Book of Mormon is holy scripture. It is a key witness of the divine Sonship of Jesus Christ and a convincing testimony that salvation is to be found only through him. The Book of Mormon’s primary message, that Jesus Christ came to earth to redeem mankind, is closely tied to the history of the house of Israel. One of the primary purposes of the Nephite record, according to its title page, 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.”

Keywords: Covenant; Gathering of Israel; Pattern; Promise; Prophecy; Title Page
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Gileadi, Avraham. “Isaiah-Key to the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 197-206. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The Book of Mormon offers four keys essential for understanding Isaiah: (1) the spirit of prophecy or the Holy Ghost; (2) the letter of prophecy or the manner of the Jews; (3) diligent searching of Isaiah’s words; and (4) types, or the idea that events in Israel’s past foreshadow events in the latter days. When we apply these four keys to Isaiah’s writings, a message unfolds there that is immediately applicable and recognizable to Latter-day Saints. The developing spiritual and political shape of the world in which we live parallels precisely the prophetic scenario Isaiah drew up millennia ago.

Keywords: Holy Ghost; Isaiah; Prophecy; Scripture Study
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Ricks, Stephen D. “King, Coronation, and Covenant in Mosiah 1-6.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 209-219. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The first six chapters of Mosiah are remarkable in several ways. They contain King Benjamin’s farewell address, one of the most memorable sermons we have on record. They also give us a picture of how Mosiah succeeded his father, Benjamin, to the Nephite throne. Many features of the ceremony that was involved reflect the traditions of ancient Israelite culture. First is the significance of the office of king. Second is the coronation ceremony for the new king. The details of this ceremony have parallels in Israel and other ancient Near Eastern societies and even in other parts of the world. Finally, the order of events reported in these chapters reflects the “treaty-covenant” pattern well known in ancient Israel and the ancient Near East. My discussion of these three sets of features will show how faithfully the Book of Mormon reflects these Old World practices and beliefs.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Covenant; King Benjamin; King Mosiah; Kingship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Reynolds, Noel B. “Nephi’s Political Testament.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 220-229. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The great political question among Book of Mormon peoples was “Who has the right to rule?” Did Nephi’s descendants and those who followed them have a legitimate right to rule? Or should the right have belonged to Lehi’s oldest son Laman and his descendants? This quarrel is the cause of centuries of political and military struggle. But this was not the only problem. Even within Nephite society, an endless number of dissenters challenged the government. They often split away to join the Lamanites when they could not win control inside the Nephite system. These dissenters typically argued for the Lamanite view, in part because they thought they could line their own nests that way. By paying close attention to how this struggle was waged, we can see one of the reasons the Book of Mormon was written. Of course it is a witness for Christ and his teachings. But in addition, it provides reasons why we should believe that the tradition of the Nephites was just and correct. The two messages of the book are tied together in such a way that whoever accepts the teachings of Christ accepts that Nephi was a legitimate ruler, and vice versa.

Keywords: Jesus Christ; Kingship; Lamanite; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Nephite; Politics; Tradition
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Ostler, Blake T. “The Covenant Tradition in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 230-240. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The Book of Mormon displays examples of ceremony or ritual that accurately reflect the ritual tradition followed by the ancient Israelites. Many similarities are found, in addition to some differences. It is highly unlikely that any person could accurately write about Israel’s rituals and covenants without having been directly and intimately familiar with them.

Keywords: Covenant; Festival; Tradition
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Hamblin, William J. “Warfare in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne, 241-248. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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The wars and battles described in the Book of Mormon include some of the most detailed narratives of the book. Those accounts provide us with an excellent chance to examine how consistent and complex the text is. Joseph Smith lived in an age of warfare with guns, yet the Book of Mormon displays patterns of warfare that made sense only before gunpowder was used. This can be seen in both the general patterns and in the tiny details of the text. Descriptions of weapons and tactics in the Book of Mormon are definitely ancient. Furthermore, the warfare in the Book of Mormon differs from what we read about in the Bible. It differs in the same way that war in ancient Mesoamerica differed from biblical warfare.

Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Strategy; Warfare
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Sorenson, John L. “Seasons of War, Seasons of Peace in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 249-255. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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When we look carefully at what the Book of Mormon says about war, we find that the many military activities reported did not take place just anytime during the calendar year. Rather, they occurred according to a definite pattern. Certain months were war months while others were not. The complete consistency of this pattern reminds us of how many details the writers of this scripture kept straight.

Keywords: Calendar System; Chronology; Warfare
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Sorenson, John L. “Religious Groups and Movements among the Nephites, 200–1 B.C.” 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, 163-208. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
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Keywords: Alma the Elder; Alma the Younger; Mulekite; Nephite; Order of Nehor; Secret Combinations
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Sorenson, John L. “Review of Answers to Book of Mormon Questions, by Sidney B. Sperry.” Dialogue 3 (Spring 1968): 118-20.
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Book review.

ID = [80072]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1968-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Sorenson, John L. “Review of Book of Mormon Evidences in Ancient America, by Dewey Farnsworth.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 18 (25 February 1954): 2-5.
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Book review.

ID = [80076]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-02-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Sorenson, John L. “Review of Book of Mormon Evidences in Ancient America, by Dewey Farnsworth.” In Progress in Archaeology: An Anthology, edited by Christensen, Ross T., 103-6. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963.
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Book review.

ID = [80075]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Sorenson, John L. “Seasonality of Warfare in the Book of Mormon and Mesoamerica.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 445-477. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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Keywords: Warfare; Weather
ID = [82147]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:00
Sorenson, John L. “Seasons of War, Seasons of Peace in the Book of Mormon.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by Sorenson, John L., and Melvin J. Thorne, 249-255. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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When we look carefully at what the Book of Mormon says about war, we find that the many military activities reported did not take place just anytime during the calendar year. Rather, they occurred according to a definite pattern. Certain months were war months while others were not. The complete consistency of this pattern reminds us of how many details the writers of this scripture kept straight.

Keywords: Calendar System; Chronology; Warfare
ID = [75639]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 12664  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:54
Tvedtnes, John A., John L. Sorenson, and John W. Welch. “Seven Tribes: An Aspect of Lehi’s Legacy.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ishmaelites; Jacobites; Josephites; Lamanites; Lehi (Prophet); Lemuelites; Nephites; Tribe; Zoramites (Descendants of Zoram)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [66467]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Sorenson, John L. “The Significance of the Chronological Discrepancy Between Alma 53:22 and Alma 56:9.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.
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John Sorenson analyzes the extent and significance of the discrepancy between two reports of the same event in the Book of Mormon and explores how the two versions may have arisen. He looks at the scope of the problem and the fallibility of the historical record before analyzing the problem and offering a resolution. He also provides a reconciled chronology of the years in question and discusses some lessons we can learn from the discrepancy.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Chronology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [8595]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Sorenson, John L., and John W. Welch. “The Sobering Lesson of the Grolier Codex.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 296-298. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Codex; Gold Plates; Historicity; Mesoamerica; Writing
ID = [75708]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4414  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:58
Sorenson, John L. “Some Voices from the Dust: A Review of Papers of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures.” Dialogue 1 (Spring 1966): 144-49.
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Puts the Society for Historical Archaeology in context in the history of LDS thought about archaeology then evaluates papers by Jakeman, Tucker, Norman, Putnam, and others as sometimes displaying lack of currency and narrow range of methodology.

ID = [80191]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1966-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:12
Sorenson, John L. “Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wold Side of North American Prehistory.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4 (1992): Article 66.
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Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (1991), by Stephen Williams.

ID = [141]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review,sorenson  Size: 9217  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:29
Sorenson, John L. “The Submergence of the City of Jerusalem in the Land of Nephi.” Insights 22, no. 4 (2002).
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In touring southern Guatemala, many FARMS patrons traveled west of the capital city to visit Lake Atitlán, one of the most photogenic spots in Central America. Tour guides have told thousands that the beautiful “waters of Mormon” beloved by Alma and his people (see Mosiah 18:30) might well be Lake Atitlán. The Nephite record also tells us that a city called Jerusalem, which was constructed by Lamanites led by Nephite dissenters, was located “away joining the borders of Mormon” (Alma 21:1–2).

Keywords: Mesoamerican geography; Jerusalem; archaeology
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [66669]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2002-01-04  Collections:  bom,farms-insights,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:44
Sorenson, John L. “Teotihuac‡n Sequence Revised, A Review.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 14 (August 1953).
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A recap of recent elaboration of the ceramic sequences in central Mexico and highland Guatemala (including an indication of volcanism around the time of Christ). Implies that the highland areas were more advanced than the lowlands in Book of Mormon times, as the scripture suggests.

ID = [80234]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1953-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Sorenson, John L. “Traditions of Immigration by Sea in the Peopling of Meso-America.” In “Traditions of Immigration by Sea in the Peopling of Meso-America” Provo, UT: FARMS, 1955.
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Documents a variety of traditions that show that the idea that ancestors had arrived by sea was widespread.

ID = [80739]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1955-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:43
Sorenson, John L. “Traditions of Immigration by Sea in the Peopling of Meso-America.” El México Antiguo 8 (1955): 425-39.
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Documents a variety of traditions that show that the idea that ancestors had arrived by sea was widespread.

ID = [80740]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1955-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:43
Sorenson, John L. “The Trajectory of Book of Mormon Studies.” Paper presented at the 2007 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2007.
ID = [32447]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2007-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:49
Sorenson, John L. “Transoceanic Crossings.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, the Doctrinal Foundation, eds. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.
ID = [36904]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-bom,rsc-books,sorenson  Size: 43682  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:02
Sorenson, John L., and Martin H. Raish. Transoceanic Culture Contacts between the Old and New Worlds in Pre- Columbian Times: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography. Provo, UT: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.
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Superseded by Sorenson and Raish 1990.

ID = [78726]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Sorenson, John L. “True Arch.” University Archaeological Society Newsletter 17 (January 1954).
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An example of an unquestionable true arch is pointed out in the Maya area. Lack of this feature can no longer be used to argue against Old-New World contacts; rather, we must ask why, since they knew the idea, the Maya did not utilize it more.

ID = [80747]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1954-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:44
Sorenson, John L. “The Twig of the Cedar.” Improvement Era 60, no. 5 (1957): 330-331, 338, 341-342.
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This article relates Ezekiel 17:22-24 to Mulek’s transplantation to America. The author also feels that a Mexican tradition of the arrival of an immigrant group by sea may also be related to Mulek.

Keywords: Ezekiel (Book), Mexico, Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah), Mythology, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [77023]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1957-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Smith, Robert F., and John L. Sorenson. “Two Figurines From the Belleza and Sanchez Collection.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient Egypt; Archaeology; Transoceanic Contact
ID = [66447]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:35
Sorenson, John L. “Vive Zapato! Hurray for the Shoe!” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6, no. 1 (1994): 297-361.
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Review of “Does the Shoe Fit? A Critique of the Limited Tehuantepec Geography” (1993), by Deanne G. Matheny.

Keywords: Ancient America; Archaeology; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography - Limited Geography; Mesoamerica
ID = [172]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1994-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review,sorenson  Size: 116427  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:31
Sorenson, John L. “Was There Hebrew Language in Ancient America? An Interview with Brian Stubbs.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9 no. 2 (2000).
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In an interview with John L. Sorenson, linguist Brian Stubbs discusses the evidence he has used to establish that at least one language family in Mesoamerica is related to Semitic languages. Stubbs explains how his studies of Near Eastern languages, coupled with his studies of Uto-Aztecan, helped him find related word pairs in the two language families. The evidence for a link between Uto-Aztecan and Semitic languages, or even Egyptian or Arabic, is still tentative, although the evidence includes all the standard requirements of comparative or historical linguistic research: sound correspondences or consistent sound shifts, morphological correspondences, and a substantial lexicon consisting of as many as 1,000 words that exemplify those correspondences.

ID = [3044]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 28283  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:22
Sorenson, John L. “Was There Leprosy Among the Nephites?” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 231-233. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Ancient Near East; Disease; Mesoamerica
ID = [75691]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size: 4447  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:57
Sorenson, John L. “Wheeled Figurines in the Ancient World.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1981.
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John Sorenson offers a survey and interpretation of the evidence that the wheel was known in the New World before the arrival of European explorers in the early sixteenth century. He discusses Mesoamerican and Old World wheeled figurines, wheels and movement in Mesoamerican belief, and the similarities between figurines in the New World and the Old.

Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Wheels
ID = [1516]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 61911  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:54
Sorenson, John L. “When Lehi’s Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?” In Nephite Culture and Society: Collected Papers, 65-104. Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997.
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A number of statements in the Book of Mormon text indicate the presence in Lehi’s promised land of peoples other than those descended from Lehi’s party. Reasons the topic is not addressed more explicitly in the record include a focus on the Nephites (and not on other people), a generic treatment of Lamanites, an a desire not to waste space on something obvious or insignificant. Clear evidence for the presence of others in substantial populations is present in the Book of Mormon. The demographic or cultural history of Lehi’s literal descendants must take into account these other groups.

Keywords: Ancient America; Lehi (Prophet); Mesoamerica; Others in the Land; Population Size; Promised Land; Sailing; Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [2813]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,sorenson  Size: 87480  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:06
Sorenson, John L. “Where in the World? Some Views on Geography, Part 1.” Book of Mormon Working Paper, No. 2, September 1963.
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Basics later given in chapter 1 of An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80805]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1963-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:47
Sorenson, John L. “Winds and Currents: A Look at Nephi’s Ocean Crossing.” 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: El Niño; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [66457]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:36
Sorenson, John L. “Worth Repeating: ‘The Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican Record’” Insights 27, no. 5 (2007).
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The Nephite account is a record that resembles in form, nature, and functions—in scores of characteristics, in fact—what we would expect in an ancient Mesoamerican codex, a type of document that was utterly unknown to Joseph Smith.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Joseph Smith; American culture; political history
ID = [66869]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2007-01-05  Collections:  bom,farms-insights,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:53
Sorenson, John L. “Writing Systems Among the Book of Mormon Peoples.” New Era 7, no. 11 (1977): 48-50.
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A popular-level discussion of how Mesoamerican writing systems worked and points of similarity to what the Book of Mormon says about Nephite writing.

Keywords: Ancient America, Mesoamerica, Recordkeeping, Writing System
ID = [76632]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,sorenson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Sorenson, John L. “Writing Systems Among the Book of Mormon Peoples.” New Era 7 (November 1977): 48-50.
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A popular-level discussion of how Mesoamerican writing systems worked and points of similarity to what the Book of Mormon says about Nephite writing.

ID = [80840]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:49
Sorenson, John L. “The Years of the Jaredites.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1969.
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John Sorenson proposes a plausible chronology for the Jaredites based on what is known of ancient American cultures through archaeology.

Keywords: Archaeology; Chronology; Jaredite
ID = [1528]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports,sorenson  Size: 20212  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:55
Hallen, Cynthia L., and Josh Sorenson. “What’s in a Word?: Pairs and Merisms in 3 Nephi.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 13 no. 1 (2004).
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Cynthia Hallen invited students in her History of the English Language course to search for conjoined word pairs in the scriptures as a term project. They searched for pairs of words linked with conjunctions in order to better understand the meaning of selected set expressions in the King James Bible and the Book of Mormon. Hallen summarizes and comments on their research.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [3149]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 31770  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:28
Sorenson, Stephanie Dibb. “‘That They May Bear Testimony of Him’: Jesus Christ’s Communication to and about Prophets in the Book of Mormon.” In I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon, eds. Hilton, John, III, Nicholas J. Frederick, Mark D. Ogletree, and Krystal V. L. Pierce. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023.
ID = [81585]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:28
Sowell, Madison U. “Defending the Keystone: The Comparative Method Reexamined.” Sunstone 6 (May- June 1981): 44, 50-54.
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Discusses the theory that Joseph Smith gleaned ideas for the Book of Mormon from Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews. The writer reviews responses to this theory made by B. H. Roberts and Hugh Nibley, and concludes that the two books do contain some common features.

ID = [79356]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Sowell, Madison U. “Defending the Keystone: The Comparative Method Reexamined.” Sunstone 6, no. 3 (May 1981): 44, 50-54.
ID = [77245]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1981-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Sowell, Madison U. “Richard Dilworth Rust. Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): Article 7.
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Review of Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon (1997), by Richard Dilworth Rust.

ID = [278]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 9700  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:37
Spackman, Beth T. “In 3 Nephi 19, we read that some Nephites prayed to Jesus. Is it proper to pray to him?” Ensign, June 1988.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [48624]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2795  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:15
Spackman, Randall P. “Chronological Structure and Symbolism in the Small Plates of Nephi - Presentation Handout.” Paper presented at the 2018 FairMormon Conference. August, 2018.
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Keywords: Chronology; Recordkeeping; Small Plates of Nephi
ID = [32629]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2018-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 36482  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:50
Spackman, Randall P. “Interpreting Book of Mormon Geography.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 19-46.
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Review of John L. Sorenson. Mormon's Map.

Keywords: Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Mesoamerica; Mormon (Prophet)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mormon
ID = [422]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 59050  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:46
Spackman, Randall P. “Introduction to Book of Mormon Chronology: The Principal Prophecies, Calendars, and Dates.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
ID = [8596]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Spackman, Randall P. “The Jewish/Nephite Lunar Calendar.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 48-59, 71.
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Nephite record keepers were very meticulous in monitoring the passage of time. Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem in the reign of Zedekiah marks the beginning of one formal reckoning of time. The prophesied 600-year window to the birth of Christ could well have been measured in lunar years. Lehi must have drawn on familiar Israelite calendrical practices to establish his calendar. Lehi’s descendants likely used twelve lunar months for their calendar without adding an occasional thirteenth month to adjust for the length of a solar year, which would solve the chronological problem of dating Lehi’s departure 600 years before the birth of Christ.

Keywords: Birth of Christ; Calendar System; Chronology; Jewish; Lunar Calendar; Nephite; Record Keeper
ID = [2980]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 46216  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:17
Spackman, Randall P. “Thomas A. Moore, A Detailed Chronology of the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 1 (1998): Article 3.
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Review of A Detailed Chronology of the Book of Mormon (1995), by Thomas O. Moore

ID = [291]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 26582  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:38
Spackman, T. Benjamin. “Negative Questions in the Book of Mormon.” Insights 26, no. 4 (2006).
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Much research has been devoted to identifying and examining language patterns in the Book of Mormon that appear to reflect the book’s underlying Semitic character. One possible Hebraism in the Book of Mormon that has not received attention is the use of negative rhetorical questions when a positive meaning is intended. Some modern Bible translations now translate these negative questions in a positive or even emphatic way. This rhetorical device occurs in English, but it is stronger and more com-mon in biblical Hebrew.

Keywords: questions; Book of Mormon; criticism; examples
ID = [66821]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-04  Collections:  bom,farms-insights  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:51
Spain, Carolyn Y., and Eldred F. Spain. Studies in Mosiah. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1989.
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A study aid designed to assist individuals in their study of the book of Mosiah. Contains commentary and discussion questions.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [78294]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Spain, Carolyn Y., and Eldred F. Spain. Studies in Mosiah. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1989.
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A study aid designed to assist individuals in their study of the book of Mosiah. Contains commentary and discussion questions.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [78294]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Spalding, Bethany Brady, and Samuel J. Palmer. Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and His Descendants. Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1872.
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Includes a brief notice regarding Spalding/Rigdon and the origin of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78263]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1872-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Spalding, Franklin Spencer. Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator: An Inquiry Conducted by Rt. Rev. F. S. Spalding; with the Kind Assistance of Capable Scholars. Salt Lake City: Arrow, 1912.
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Presents the opinions of scholars that the translation of the Pearl of Great Price was a total failure, and Smith’s inaccurate translation of the Book of Abraham dismisses any accuracy of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77942]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1912-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Spaulding, Solomon. “Manuscript Found.” n. p. New Salem (now Conneaut), Ohio, 1812.
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Solomon Spaulding was born at Ashford, Connecticut, on 21 February 1761. He served in the Revolutionary War, graduated from Dartmouth College, preached as an ordained evangelist, and was involved in several unsuccessful business ventures. He died at age fifty-five in October 1816 in Amity, Pennsylvania, nearly fourteen years before the publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830. In about 1812, while living in New Salem (now Conneaut), Ohio, Spaulding wrote a fictional historical romance that he introduced as a translation from Latin of a portion of twenty-eight rolls of parchment he had found in a small cave near the remains of an ancient fort on the west bank of the Conneaut River. His novel has become known as “Manuscript Story” or “Manuscript Found.” It tells of a group of Romans in the days of Constantine (Roman emperor, A.D. 306–37) whose ship, blown off course by a fierce storm, carried them across the Atlantic Ocean to what is now the northeastern United States. The story contains an account of the history, wars, and religion of several groups of natives discovered by the Romans.

Keywords: Spaulding theory
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Spaulding, Solomon. Manuscript Found: The Complete Original “Spaulding Manuscript”. Edited by Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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This was the first-ever facsimile edition of Manuscript Found, which preserves the original unedited words, spelling, and punctuation of Spaulding’s handwritten text published. While Manuscript Found will undoubtedly never become a literary classic, modern readers will enjoy the charm, spontaneity, and subtle humor of its author. Spaulding’s novel provides an engaging view into one man’s fanciful reconstruction of Native American life. But it will not take long for readers to see that it bears no resemblance to the Book of Mormon. Nevertheless, this unique edition will be a useful reference for students of Latter-day Saint history and nineteenth-century American culture. ISBN 9781570082979

Keywords: Spaulding theory
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Articles

Reeve, Rex C., Jr. “What is ‘Manuscript Found’?” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Editor’s Introduction.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Introduction.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 1.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 2.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 3.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 4.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 5.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 6.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 7.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 8.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 8.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 9.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 10.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 11.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 12.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
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Jackson, Kent P. “Chapter 14.” In Manuscript Found, ed. Kent P. Jackson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1996.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > War
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Spaulding, Solomon. The “Manuscript Found” or “Manuscript Story” of the Late Rev. Solomon Spaulding. Lamoni, IA: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1855; Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1886.
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A fictional novel claimed by many to have been the basis used by Joseph Smith to create the Book of Mormon. It is a story of a group of Romans driven to the Americas by a tremendous storm in the third century a.d. The manuscript contains descriptions of the “natives” and the castaways’ dealings with them.

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Spaulding, Solomon. The “Manuscript Found”—The Solomon Spaulding Manuscript. Oberlin College Library, 1908.
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A fictional account of a Roman citizen who made his way to the American continent and there set up a colony among the natives. Includes an introductory letter by L. L. Rice, who found the manuscript, in which he concludes that this story was not the basis for the Book of Mormon.

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

Keywords: Spaulding theory
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Spaulding, Solomon. “The ‘Manuscript Found’: Manuscript Story.” Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1886.
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In 1884 L. L. Rice of Honolulu, Hawaii, discovered the Spaulding manuscript among some old antislavery documents in his possession. In the 1830s Rice had purchased Howe’s newspaper, The Painesville Telegraph, along with papers that had belonged to Howe. He apparently was unaware of the manuscript and its interest to Latter-day Saints and their detractors. Included with the manuscript was an affidavit written by Philastus Hurlbut, invoking the names of witnesses who knew the document to be the work of Spaulding. Rice donated the manuscript to James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, to be included in the college’s archival collection. It remains there today. In 1885 the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published the Spaulding manuscript, based on a copy made after it arrived in Oberlin. The following year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published it also, based on a copy Rice transcribed himself while the manuscript was still in his possession in Hawaii.

Keywords: Spaulding theory
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Spence, Robert S. “Signs of Christ’s Coming.” Contributor 4 (June 1883): 356-57.
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Using the text of Ezekiel concerning the “stick of Joseph,” the author examines Old Testament scriptures and Indian legends to establish that the coming forth of the “stick of Joseph,” the Book of Mormon, was a sign of Christ’s second coming.

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Spence, Robert S. “Signs of Christ’s Coming, VI. The Book of Joseph.” The Contributor 4, no. 9 (1883): 359.
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Using the text of Ezekiel concerning the “stick of Joseph,” the author examines Old Testament scriptures and Native American legends to establish that the coming forth of the “stick of Joseph,” the Book of Mormon, was a sign of Christ’s second coming.

Keywords: Promised Land, Stick of Joseph
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Spencer, David E. Captain Moroni’s Command: Dynamics of Warfare in the Book of Mormon. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, Inc., 2015.
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“Join the ranks and fight alongside Captain Moroni in this in-depth look at the wars, battles, and conflicts in the book of Alma war chapters. In this book, you’ll discover: what made the Nephites successful even when they were outnumbered; how the Nephites’ military strategies provide further proof of the Book of Mormon’s authenticity; why Mormon focused so much attention on the Alma war chapters; how Moroni follows the timeless principles of war; and why these wars transformed both Nephite and Lamanite societies.” [From back of book]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, evidence; Book of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Spencer, Edward B. T. “Notes on the Book of Mormon.” Methodist Review 65 (January 1905): 31-43.
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A polemical review of the Book of Mormon. The writer comments on poor grammar, reformed Egyptian, King James English, New Testament plagiarisms, Ziff, cureloms, and cumoms.

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Spencer, Geoffrey F. The Burning Bush: Revelation and Scripture in the Life of the Church. Independence, MO: RLDS Department of Education Herald Publishing House, 1975.
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A study guide that explores the importance of scriptures and revelation in the lives of RLDS church members. Provides references for background reading material on the Book of Mormon, commentary on historical facts, and work assignments to enlarge understanding of Book of Mormon messages.

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Spencer, James R. Beyond Mormonism: An Elder’s Story. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Chosen Books, 1984.
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A former Mormon gives a personal account of how he came to lose faith in Mormonism and the Book of Mormon and eventually reject Mormonism altogether.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Spencer, James R. Have You Witnessed to a Mormon Lately?. Old Tappan, NJ: Chosen Books, Fleming, Revell Co., 1986.
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Contains a warning to those who read and pray about the Book of Mormon. “God is not into burning bosom formulas” Spiritual experiences do not come in this way; it may be counterfeit and is very dangerous. The Book of Mormon is filled with plagiarized scriptures from the Bible intermingled with fraudulent material. The Book of Mormon is full of inconsistencies. The Spaulding theory is favored.

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Spencer, Joseph M. The Anatomy of Book of Mormon Theology, Volume Two. Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books, Inc, 2021.
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“Few scholars of the Book of Mormon have read this volume of scripture as closely and rigorously as Joseph M. Spencer. And of those, none have devoted as much time and effort as he to a theological reading of that sacred text—that is, as Spencer writes, ’how it might shape responsible thinking about questions pertaining to the life of religious commitment’ (p. 1:173). The Anatomy of Book of Mormon Theology divides into two volumes exploring and thinking about these pertinent questions. Whereas the first volume principally contains essays that deal with relatively traditional theological questions and concerns, the essays in this volume ask about what new worlds might be discovered in doing theological work on the Book of Mormon, focusing on what Spencer calls ’microscopic’ and ’macroscopic’ theological readings of the text. Essays in the first set examine no more than a verse of the Book of Mormon—more often just a single phrase or two—to see what theological implications lie within the details of the text. The second set of essays ask questions about the shape and intentions of the whole of the Book of Mormon, as this can be discerned through the ways it deploys biblical texts—and especially the writings of Isaiah. A third set of essays follows the two on microscopic and macroscopic styles of theology and are invitations to blur the boundaries that separate different styles of Book of Mormon scholarship. These final essays call on Book of Mormon scholars to move closer to theology and calls on theologians to move closer to the Book of Mormon.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Mormon thought, theology; Doctrine, Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon; Mormon thought
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Spencer, Joseph M. The Anatomy of Book of Mormon Theology: Volume One. Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books, Inc, 2021.
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“Few scholars of the Book of Mormon have read this volume of scripture as closely and rigorously as Joseph M. Spencer. And of those, none have devoted as much time and effort as he to a theological reading of that sacred text--that is, as Spencer writes, ’how it might shape responsible thinking about questions pertaining to the life of religious commitment’ (p. 1:173). The Anatomy of Book of Mormon Theology divides into two volumes exploring and thinking about these pertinent questions. Each concerns a different part of the defense of the claim that theology is and ought to be particularly important for Book of Mormon studies. In this first volume, Spencer gathers early essays in which he gestures toward theological interpretation without knowing how to defend it; essays about why theology is important to Book of Mormon scholarship and how to ensure that it does not overstep its boundaries; and essays that do theological work on the Book of Mormon in relatively obvious ways or with relatively traditional topics. The last category of essays divides into two subcategories: essays specifically on the central theological question of Jesus Christ’s atonement, as the Book of Mormon understands it; and essays on a variety of traditional theological topics, again as the Book of Mormon understands them.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Mormon thought, theology; Doctrine, Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon; Mormon thought
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 1: Nephi’s Text and Its Sources.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 2: Isaiah Appropriated.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 3: Isaiah Edited.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 4: Cross-References.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 5: Further Reading.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Kelling, Arno Schmidt Hans-Wilhelm, John Durham Peters, and Joseph M. Spencer. “The Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 28 (2019).
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If perhaps I am certain of nothing else, I am indeed certain of one thing: I cannot resist holy books. Understand me correctly, however. I regard all of them highly-the fiery bass voices of the Qur’an; Gautama’s all-tolerating claptrap of wisdom; the large compendium of Jewish cultural history called the Old Testament-but I refuse steadfastly to link the word “truth’’ with any of them. Whoever imagines that he possesses the truth has lost it in that very same instant. Truth has no meaning for us. Nothing would be more unfortunate than some kind of 5 percent clause of the Spirit, and nothing more ridiculous than when one prophet calls out another as a fanatic. Not one Church, but rather fundamentally Churches; not one Sacred Scripture, but rather numerous Sacred Scriptures. Hence, if you wish, a resigned-but in my experience quite therapeutic-agnosticism as foundation, yet at the same time a tireless hunt for one’s own mistakes and one’s own lack of knowledge-and, besides that, working diligently.

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Frederick, Nicholas J., and Joseph M. Spencer. “The Book of Mormon and the Academy.” Religious Educator Vol. 21 no. 2 (2020).
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
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Spencer, Joseph M. “The Book of Mormon as Biblical Interpretation: An Approach to LDS Biblical Studies.” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 8 no. 1 (2016).
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Recent years have witnessed a growing recognition in the academy that the Book of Mormon deserves closer attention than it has received. Not surprisingly, adherents to the various Mormon faiths have long read the book with some care. But larger numbers of believing and nonbelieving academics have come to recognize that, despite its often didactic style and relative literary artlessness, the Book of Mormon exhibits remarkable sophistication. This is perhaps nowhere truer than in those passages where the volume interacts—whether explicitly or implicitly—with biblical texts (always in or in relation to the King James rendering). Close reading of the Book of Mormon makes clear that Mormonism’s founding text models a profoundly inventive biblical hermeneutic that deserves a place in the burgeoning field of reception history. How does Mormon scripture understand and react to particular biblical texts, and what might be learned about the potential meanings of those biblical texts in light of such interactions?

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Biblical studies; religious scholarship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Becerra, Daniel, Amy Easton-Flake, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Book of Mormon Studies: An Introduction and Guide.” Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Where does one go to learn more about Book of Mormon studies? For those who do not regularly engage with scholarship, it’s hard to know how to begin. Currently there’s no general guide to Book of Mormon scholarship available to the public. Even with all that’s happened in the last few decades, and especially all that’s happening right now in Book of Mormon studies, this situation needs to be remedied. There has been no general guide to Book of Mormon scholarship available to the public—until now. This introduction breaks down Book of Mormon studies, from its history to the obstacles that will need to be overcome as it moves forward. Additionally, this introduction provides readers with resources that they can turn to for further information on Book of Mormon studies. ISBN 978-1-9503-0426-4

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Thomas, John Christopher, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Book Reviews.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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The unique role and function of the book of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon has rightly been of interest to a variety of readers, both scholarly and popular. A quick review of a portion of the literature reveals something of its ongoing appeal. For the most part, these studies have focused on explaining the reason for the extensive quotations of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon and/ or offering a rationale for the numerous differences between the text(s) of Isaiah cited in the Book of Mormon and the text(s) of lsaiah found in a variety of other places including the King James Version of the Bible. Often these studies have been related to the larger issue of Joseph Smith’s involvement in the production of the Book of Mormon. Though a number of these studies are fascinating and merit careful reading, what has been missing, in my estimation, is a sustained treatment of the topic from the perspective of a close theological reading of the text. In other words, most of these studies have focused on the production end of the question-What did Joseph Smith or Nephi use and what may be learned by the actions of the author?-while much less attention has been focused on the product end of the question-specifically, What theological role and function do the Isaiah quotes (and their variants) play in the Book of Mormon, and what might be learned by a careful literary and theological examination of them? Thanks to the work under discussion, considerable progress has been made toward filling this lacuna.

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Spencer, Joseph M. “The Book, the Words of the Book: What the Book of Mormon Says about Its Own Coming Forth.” Religious Educator Vol. 17 no. 1 (2016).
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
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Miller, Adam S., and Joseph M. Spencer, eds. Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
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The Book of Mormon’s Jacob chapter 7 focuses on a dramatic showdown between Sherem, a defender of the Mosaic tradition, and Jacob, a prophet who views the Mosaic law as dead in light of what he calls “the doctrine of Christ.” The papers collected in this volume offer theological readings of this Book of Mormon chapter that draw on Jacob 7’s structure and literary details to illuminate key themes like law, family, prayer, mourning, and messianic time. Includes contributions from Jana Riess, Kimberly M. Berkey, Adam S. Miller, Jacob Rennaker, Jeremy Walker, Joseph M. Spencer, Jenny Webb, and Sharon J. Harris.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Articles

Spencer, Joseph M. “Introduction.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
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Miller, Adam S., and Joseph M. Spencer. “Summary Report.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
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Riess, Jana. “‘There Came a Man’: Sherem, Scapegoating, and the Inversion of Prophetic Tradition.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
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Miller, Adam S. “Reading Signs or Repeating Symptoms.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
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Berkey, Kimberly M. “The Lord’s Prayer(s) in Jacob 7.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Rennaker, Jacob. “Divine Dream Time: The Hope and Hazard of Revelation.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
ID = [81822]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Spencer, Joseph M. “Weeping for Zion.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Christ and Krishna: The Visions of Arjuna and the Brother of Jared.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 (2014): 56-80.
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A series of striking parallels between the vision of Arjuna recorded in the Bhagavad Gita and the vision of the brother of Jared in the Book of Mormon suggests the need for comparative work to be done on these two volumes of world scripture. This paper works through three interrelated points of contact between the two visions. First, it considers the epic context of each vision, context that provides conditions for the possibility of religious revolution. Second, it looks in detail at the respective religious revolutions produced by the two visions: the Hindu shift toward devotion and the Jaredite shift toward faith. Third, it outlines the theological significance of the principal difference such similarities bring into focus—namely, that between the conceptions of incarnation at work in Hinduism and Mormonism. Where the incarnational logic associated with Arjuna’s vision suggests that embodiment is temporary and instrumental for the divine, the corresponding incarnational logic associated with the brother of Jared’s vision suggests that embodiment is permanent and essential for the divine. The striking parallels between the visions of Arjuna and the brother of Jared thus help to highlight crucial but subtle theological differences between the respective religions associated with those visions.

Keywords: Arjuna; Bhagavad Gita; Brother of Jared; Buddhism; Jesus Christ; Theology; World Religion
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Episode 19: Book of Mormon Theology.” Y Religion Podcast, BYU Religious Studies Center, November 2020.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Episode 57: Hugh Nibley’s Contribution to Book of Mormon Studies.” Y Religion Podcast, BYU Religious Studies Center, June 2022.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Faith, Hope, and Charity: Alma and Joseph Smith.” In An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32, edited by Miller, Adam S. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Kimberly M. Berkey. “‘Great Cause to Mourn’: The Complexity of The Book of Mormon’s Presentation of Gender and Race.” In Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, edited by Elizabeth Fenton, and Jared Hickman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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This chapter discusses gender and race in the Book of Mormon through the teachings of Samuel and Jacob, examining the way each prophet speaks to and about women and racial “others.”

Keywords: Race relations; Gender roles; Book of Mormon, women; Book of Mormon
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Introduction.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81832]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Spencer, Joseph M. “Introduction.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
ID = [81817]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:41
Spencer, Joseph M. “Is Not This Real?” BYU Studies Quarterly 58, no. 2 (2019): 87-105.
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The question at the heart of the exchange between Korihor and Alma in the Book of Mormon concerns knowledge, what Alma calls the real. This essay probes Korihor’s appraisal of the Nephite’s Christian devotion, sorting out the basic stakes of his argument, and then looks at how Alma slowly and belatedly develops a full response to Korihor. Deviating from traditional interpretations of the parable of the seed of faith, Spencer illustrates that Alma effectively displaces knowledge as a core value, arguing that faith not only is not lesser than knowledge but also goes beyond knowledge and produces something of infinitely more value. Although one can know the truth of Christ and know it perfectly, faith continues beyond knowledge because faith aims not at acquiring knowledge, but at eternal life.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Faith; Knowledge; Korihor; Parable
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Jared’s Two Daughters.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Nephi, Isaiah, and Europe.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81834]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Spencer, Joseph M. “On Signifiers and Signified: Terryl Givens and Twenty-First-Century Book of Mormon Studies.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 31 (2022): 56-74.
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“What I hope to accomplish in a few pages here is relatively simple. My aim is simply to make transparent the stakes of, the argument for, and the motivations behind the best-known claim that Terryl L. Givens makes in his breathtakingly brilliant 2002 book By the Hand of Mormon. I have reference here to the following lines, often quoted: ’Looking at the Book of Mormon in terms of its early uses and reception, it becomes clear that this American scripture has exerted influence within the church and reaction outside the church not primarily by virtue of its substance, but rather by virtue of its manner of appearing, not on the merits of what it says, but what it enacts. Put slightly differently, the history of the Book of Mormon’s place in Mormonism and American religion generally has always been more connected to its status as signifier than signified, or its role as a sacred sign rather than its function as persuasive theology.’ These lines are intrinsically interesting—which I think accounts for them having become the ones for which Givens’s book is best known. But what ultimately motivates my interest in them here is less the particular provocation they contain (although I’ll have much to say about that as I go along!) than the fact that they form part of the core argument of a book that, by all accounts, fashioned a field. By the Hand of Mormon, now twenty years old, more or less singlehanded created the discipline of Book of Mormon studies as we know it today. That’s more than enough reason to return to the promise of its provocations.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon; Mormon Studies (academic discipline); Mormon literature; Mormon thought
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Spencer, Joseph M. “On the Dating of Moroni 8-9.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 131-148.
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Abstract: Students of the Book of Mormon who have attempted to establish a rough (internal) date for the composition of Mormon’s two letters in Moroni 8–9 have come to different and inconsistent conclusions. Nonetheless, there seems to be evidence enough from the text to arrive at reasonably certain conclusions as to when the letters are supposed to have originated. At the same time, the fact that the text never bothers to state the exact circumstances under which the letters were produced is theologically suggestive. What might be the interpretive and especially theological implications that follow from the establishment of rough dates for the letters? This essay argues from textual evidence that the reader should understand the two letters to have been written at rather different times: Moroni 8 in the years 345–50, and Moroni 9 in the years 375–80. It then draws interpretive and theological conclusions about the import of these dates: principally that Moroni’s inclusion of the letters forces readers to recognize that Mormon’s history is inventive and theologically motivated.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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Spencer, Joseph M. “On Things Still to Come: Whole-Book Readings of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 32 (2023): 116-137.
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“These [comprehensiveness, materiality, strength, and reach], then, are the four criteria that I think might help decide whether a reading of the Book of Mormon rises to the level of a whole-book reading at all (the frist two criteria, both yes-or-no sorts of issues), and of whether a reading has the kind of gravity necessary to trigger a genuine transformation of the field of Book of Mormon studies (the last two criteria, both matters of judging where a project might fall on a spectrum of possibilities). If an aspiring whole-book reading of the Book of Mormon arises soon that proves able to satisfy the first two criteria and to sufficiently satisfy the last two criteria, then I suspect we will have witnessed the beginning of a new era in Book of Mormon studies. Such an era would be more polemical in nature than the past couple of decades have been, but, I suspect, polemical in a productive rather than a destructive fashion. All the kinds of studies that have been produced during the past two decades-- and even before that, all throughout the second half of the twentieth century-- can and should, of course, continue. But I sincerely hope they will find their places on a terrain that has been seismically altered by the emergence of something new: a compelling reading of the whole of the Book of Mormon.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Spencer, Joseph M. An Other Testament: On Typology. Second Edition. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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How should we read the Book of Mormon? And does the Book of Mormon itself have anything to say about it? Joseph Spencer follows the lead of Nephite prophets who interpreted Isaiah and other prophets typologically—according to “types” and “shadows”—in order to preach salvation through Jesus Christ. By focusing on history, memory, time, repentance, and conversion, An Other Testament explores what it means to believe God provided the Book of Mormon to change a person like you and a world like ours.

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Spencer, Joseph M. “The Past of Book of Mormon Studies: Introduction to a Roundtable Discussion.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 30 (2021): 36-40.
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“It is hoped that the investigations here help not only to clarify something of the past of a rapidly growing field as directly as possible, but also to provoke further studies of past Book of Mormon scholarship with a host of questions about its ongoing import. The field for which the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies aims to provide a kind of center stands to learn much as it continues to reflect on how it has arrived at the place it now occupies. The present grows directly out of the past, and the shape of the future will very much depend on how the past has been understood.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, importance of
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Prolegomena to Any Future Study of Isaiah in the Book or Mormon.” The Claremont Journal of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (May, 2011): 53-69.
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In this article, Spencer argues that understanding the important role of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon is essential to making sense of the Book of Mormon itself. He critiques what he calls “misguided approaches to Isaiah”, and from there he assesses Isaiah within the Book of Mormon and what his significance really is.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, miscellaneous; Book of Mormon, Bible and; Scriptures, textual criticism
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27. 2nd Edition. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Nephi’s adoration of the words of Isaiah has puzzled many readers of the Book of Mormon. What does Nephi’s reading and repurposing of the biblical prophet suggest about the nature of prophecy and scripture study? Six scholars of the Mormon Theology Seminar address these and other questions in Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah. By shedding new light on this particular scriptural text, these essays provide exemplary models for improved scripture study.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual parallels; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, commentaries
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Articles

Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Introduction.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Summary Report.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81833]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Spencer, Joseph M. “Nephi, Isaiah, and Europe.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81834]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Hardy, Heather, and Grant R. Hardy. “How Nephi Shapes His Readers’ Perceptions of Isaiah.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81835]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Webb, Jenny. “Slumbering Voices: Death and Textuality in 2 Nephi.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Frederick, Julie. “Seals, Symbols, and Sacred Texts: Sealing and the Book of Mormon.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Handley, George B. “On the Moral Risks of Reading Scripture.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Berkey, Kimberly M. “Works of Darkness: Secret Combinations and Covenant Displacement in the Book of Mormon.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81839]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:43
Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 1: Nephi’s Text and Its Sources.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81840]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:43
Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 2: Isaiah Appropriated.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 3: Isaiah Edited.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 4: Cross-References.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Appendix 5: Further Reading.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
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Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb, eds. Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: Reading 2 Nephi 26-27. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2011.
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This book makes public the results of a project sponsored by the Mormon Theology Seminar. The question driving the papers collected in this volume is the following: How does the Book of Mormon prophet Nephi read, rework, and repurpose the writings of the biblical prophet Isaiah? Each essay in this volume addresses an aspect of the complex relationship between Nephi and Isaiah, ranging from the question of what is at stake when one prophet retools the work of another to the question of how Nephi uses the words of Isaiah to outline the significance of the sealed gold plates to which he contributed. Opening the question concerning the relationship between the Bible and the Book of Mormon, this volume extends an invitation to each reader to continue the conversation. [Publisher]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual parallels; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, commentaries
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Frederick, Nicholas J., Kerry Hull, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Scholarly Notes on Helaman 13–16: Appendix.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Seams, Cracks, and Fragments: Notes on the Human Condition.” In A Preparatory Redemption: Reading Alma 12-13, edited by Bowman, Matthew, and Demos, Rosemary. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2018.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “The Self-Critical Book of Mormon: Notes on an Emergent Literary Approach.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 180-193.
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This essay examines the shared literary approach to the Book of Mormon in recent essays by Elizabeth Fenton and Jared Hickman. These two scholars use the literary tool of deconstruction to investigate ways in which the Book of Mormon not only presents a narrative but also offers an implicit critique of its own narrative. Each sees this selfcritical or deconstructive aspect of the Book of Mormon as central to the volume’s historical and political force, a means by which the book could subtly but powerfully work against major assumptions in nineteenth-century American culture. Although they share this methodology, Fenton and Hickman use it for slightly different aims or go to slightly different lengths with it. These differences help to clarify both the usefulness of and the potential dangers or temptations inherent to the deconstructive interpretation of the Book of Mormon.

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

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Study; Nibley, Hugh W.; Bible, use and influence; Book of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Spencer, Joseph M. “The Structure of the Book of Alma.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 26 (2017).
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Since John Welch discovered Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon fifty years ago, students of the volume have paid attention to textual structures. Unfortunately, little attention has yet been paid to book-length structures, structures organizing larger stretches of the Book of Mormon. Analysis of whole books within the Book of Mormon has largely remained in a preliminary phase.3 In this note, however, I lay out what appears to be the intentional organizational structure of the book of Alma.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81900]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:46
Spencer, Joseph M., and Jenny Webb. “Summary Report.” In Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: 2 Nephi 26-27, edited by Spencer, Joseph M., and Webb, Jenny. Sheffield, UK: Salt Press, 2016.
ID = [81833]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Miller, Adam S., and Joseph M. Spencer. “Summary Report.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
ID = [81818]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:41
Spencer, Joseph M. “Teaching The Book of Mormon at the University of Vermont: An Interview with Elizabeth Fenton.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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Elizabeth Fenton’s first book-Religious Liberties: Anti-Catholicism and Liberal Democracy in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture-appeared in 2011. The next year, she began presenting work on the Book of Mormon, first in a conference paper at the annual convention of C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, and then in an invited lecture at the University of Maryland titled “Why Americanists Should Read The Book of Mormon.” In 2013, she published her conference presentation from the previous year in J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists. The next year, Fenton organized a panel at C19 focused on the Book of Mormon, which drew the attention of Jared Hickman and opened the door to an important collaborative project, soon to come to fruition in the form of Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, a collection of essays by various scholars forthcoming from Oxford University Press. In 2016, Fenton presented again at C19 on the Book of Mormon (this time in a comparative study involving The Anarchiad), and she also published in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies a review essay focused on Grant Hardy’s Understanding the Book of Mormon. The past five or six years have, for Fenton, been focused in a remarkable way on literary study of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81906]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:46
Spencer, Joseph M. “The Time of Sin.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 9 (2014): 87-110.
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Abstract: This essay provides a close theological reading of Helaman 13, the first part of the sermon of Samuel the Lamanite. Beginning from the insight that the chapter focuses intensely on time, it develops a theological case for how sin has its own temporality. Sin opens up a disastrous future, deliberately misremembers the past, and complicates the constitution of the present as the past of the future.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [4306]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 45919  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:22
Spencer, Joseph M. The Vision of All: Twenty-five Lectures on Isaiah in Nephi’s Record. Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books, 2016.
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[2016 Association for Mormon Letters Finalist for Religious Non-fiction] “In The Vision of All, Joseph Spencer draws on the best of biblical and Latter-day Saint scholarship to make sense of the so-called “Isaiah chapters” in the first two books of the Book of Mormon. Arguing that Isaiah lies at the very heart of Nephi’s project, Spencer insists on demystifying the writings of Isaiah while nonetheless refusing to pretend that Isaiah is in any way easy to grasp. Presented as a series of down-to-earth lectures, The Vision of All outlines a comprehensive answer to the question of why Nephi was interested in Isaiah in the first place. Along the way, the book presents both a general approach to reading Isaiah in the Book of Mormon and a set of specific tactics for making sense of Isaiah’s writings. For anyone interested in understanding what Isaiah is doing in the Book of Mormon, this is the place to start.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Bible and; Book of Mormon, commentaries; Award Winner; Book of Mormon, importance of; Book of Mormon, narrative criticism; Book of Mormon
ID = [81526]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Spencer, Joseph M. “Weeping for Zion.” In Christ and Antichrist: Reading Jacob 7, edited by Miller, Adam S., and Spencer, Joseph M. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018.
ID = [81823]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:42
Spencer, Joseph M. “What Can We Do? Reflections on 2 Nephi 25:23.” Religious Educator Vol. 15 no. 2 (2014).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [38152]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 39989  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:19
Spencer, Joseph M. “Women and Nephite Men: Lessons from the Book of Alma.” 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 > T — Z > Women
ID = [34079]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 38452  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:22
Spencer, Marjorie Meads. “My Book of Mormon Sisters.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43804]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 22650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Spencer, Orson. “Letter of Orson Spencer.” Times and Seasons Vol. 4, no. 4: January 2, 1843: 49-59.
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Thoughtful description of the dynamics of the author’s conversion. After hearing negative things about the Book of Mormon, Spencer studied the book and was converted to Jesus Christ.

ID = [80895]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1843-05-01  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:52
Spencer, Orson. “Seventh Letter of Orson Spencer to the Rev. W. Crowel A. M.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 9, no. 17 (1 September 1847): 258-62.
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Discusses the Book of Mormon within the context of the establishment of the Latter-day kingdom of God, citing Isaiah 29 as a prooftext. Responds to perceived weaknesses in language by writing that “an uninspired man might as well attempt to originally compose the Old and New Testament” as the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80973]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1847-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:57
Spencer, Pearl. “The Peace Pipe and the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 35, no. 9 (1932): 545.
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The Indian legend concerning the peace pipe is one of great significance to the Book of Mormon. The pipe was a symbol of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. The account of Jesus’ visit to the Americas might help to explain this legend more fully.

Keywords: Jesus Christ, Titles of, Native Americans, Peace, Savior in America
ID = [76855]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1932-06-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:02
Spencer, Stan. “The Faith to See: Burning in the Bosom and Translating the Book of Mormon in Doctrine and Covenants 9.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 18 (2016): 219-232.
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Abstract: Doctrine and Covenants 9:7–9 is conventionally interpreted as the Lord’s description of the method by which the Book of Mormon was translated. A close reading of the entire revelation, however, suggests that the Lord was not telling Oliver Cowdery how to translate but rather how to know whether it was right for him to translate and how to obtain the faith necessary to do so. Faith would have enabled Oliver Cowdery to overcome his fear and translate, just as it would have enabled Peter (in Matthew 14) to overcome his fear and walk on water.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [4407]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,interpreter-journal  Size: 35701  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:30
Spencer, Stan. “Missing Words: King James Bible Italics, the Translation of the Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith as an Unlearned Reader.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 45-106.
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Abstract: Chapters from Isaiah quoted in the Book of Mormon use the King James Bible as a base text yet frequently vary from it in minor ways, particularly in the earliest text of the Book of Mormon. A disproportionate number of these variants are due to the omission or replacement of words italicized in the KJV. Many of the minor variants were eliminated by the printer for the 1830 edition or by Joseph Smith himself for the 1837 edition, but others remain. Some of the minor variants are easily explained as errors of dictation, transcription, or copying, but others are not so readily accounted for. While some are inconsequential, others negatively affect Isaiah’s text by confusing its meaning or violating grammatical norms. Most have no clear purpose. The disruptive character of these variants suggests they are secondary and were introduced by someone who was relatively uneducated in English grammar and unfamiliar with the biblical passages being quoted. They point to Joseph Smith, the unlearned man who dictated the Book of Mormon translation. Even so, it seems unlikely that a single individual would have intentionally produced these disruptive edits. They are better explained as the product of the well-intentioned but uncoordinated efforts of two individuals, each trying to adapt the Book of Mormon translation for a contemporary audience. Specifically, many of these variants are best explained as the results of Joseph Smith’s attempts to restore missing words to a text from which some words (those italicized in the KJV) had been purposefully omitted by a prior translator. The proposed explanation is consistent with witness accounts of the Book of Mormon translation that portray Joseph Smith visioning a text that was already translated into English. It is also supported by an 1831 newspaper article that describes Joseph Smith dictating one of the Book of Mormon’s biblical chapters minus the KJV’s italicized words. An understanding of the human element in the Book of Mormon translation can aid the student of scripture in distinguishing the “mistake of men” from those variants that are integral to the Book of Mormon’s Bible quotations.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Topics > Translation and Publication > KJV
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [3496]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 64499  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:53
Spencer, Stan. “Reflections of Urim: Hebrew Poetry Sheds Light on the Directors-Interpreters Mystery.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 14 (2015): 187-207.
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Abstract: In the early editions of the Book of Mormon, Alma refers to the Nephite interpreters as directors. Because director(s) elsewhere refers to the brass ball that guided Lehi’s family through the wilderness, Alma’s use of the term was apparently considered a mistake, and directors was changed to interpreters for the 1920 edition of the Book of Mormon. There are reasons, however, to believe that Alma’s use of directors was intentional. I present contextual evidence that Alma was actually using the Hebrew word urim, which was later translated into English as directors (for the interpreters) and director (for the brass ball), and biblical evidence that those translations are appropriate. Alma may have called the instruments urim to emphasize their sacred importance. As English prose, Alma’s discussion of these sacred instruments is wordy and at times confusing. As Hebrew poetry built around the word urim, it makes more sense. Alma’s apparent sophisticated use of this word suggests that he had a thorough understanding of the ancient connotations of urim and remarkable talent as a classical Hebrew poet.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [4259]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 51331  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:18
Spencer, Stan. “Seers and Stones: The Translation of the Book of Mormon as Divine Visions of an Old-Time Seer.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 24 (2017): 27-98.
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Abstract: Joseph Smith used the term the Urim and Thummim to refer to the pair of seer stones, or “interpreters,” he obtained for translating the Book of Mormon as well as to other seer stones he used in a similar manner. According to witness accounts, he would put the stone(s) in a hat and pull the hat close around his face to exclude the light, and then he would see the translated text of the Book of Mormon. By what property or principle these stones enabled Joseph Smith to see the translated text has long been a matter of conjecture among Mormons, but the stones have commonly been understood as divinely powered devices analogous to the latest human communications technology. An alternative view, presented here, is that the stones had no technological function but simply served as aids to faith. In this view, the stones did not themselves translate or display text. They simply inspired the faith Joseph Smith needed to see imaginative visions, and in those visions, he saw the text of the Book of Mormon, just as Lehi and other ancient seers saw sacred texts in vision. Although Joseph Smith also saw visions without the use of stones, the logistics of dictating a book required the ability to see the translated text at will, and that was what the faith-eliciting stones would have made possible. And now he translated them by the means of those two stones.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [3703]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:09
Spencer, Stan. “What Did the Interpreters (Urim and Thummim) Look Like?” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 223-256.
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Abstract: The interpreters were a pair of seer stones used by Book of Mormon prophets and provided to Joseph Smith for translating the Nephite record. Martin Harris described them as two white, marble- like stones that could be looked into when placed in a hat. Joseph Smith described them as spectacles with which he could read the record and later as two transparent stones set in the rim of a bow. Others described them as smooth stones, diamonds, or glasses. Reconciling these various descriptions and determining the actual appearance of the interpreters requires an assessment of the credibility of each source and an understanding of how the interpreters were used in translating. It also requires an understanding of how words such as glasses, transparent, and diamonds were used in Joseph Smith’s day, particularly in reference to seer stones. An assessment of the various descriptions of the interpreters in light of these factors lends support to both Martin Harris’s and Joseph Smith’s accounts. By these accounts, the interpreters were smooth, mostly white, perhaps translucent stones set in a long metal frame. Although they superficially resembled eyeglasses, the stones were set much too far apart to be worn as such. They were not clear like eyeglasses but were transparent in the sense that they, like other seer stones, could be “looked into” by a person gifted as a seer of visions.

Keywords: Early Church History; Nephite Interpreters; Seer stone; Translation; Urim and Thummim
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [3566]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64250  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:58
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Abraham’s Amen and Believing in Christ: Possible Applications in the Book of Mormon Text.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 49 (2021): 37-62.
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Abstract: Following the discovery of delocutive verbs and their likely usage in the Hebrew Bible, Meredith Kline proposed that the verb האמין (he’emin) in Genesis 15:6 — traditionally interpreted as a denominative verb meaning “he believed” — should be understood as a delocutive verb meaning “he declared ‘amen.’” Rather than reading Genesis 15:6 as a passive statement — Abraham believed in Yahweh — Kline argued that we should interpret this verse in the active sense, that Abraham vocally declared his amen in Yahweh’s covenantal promise. In this light, I have analyzed various passages in the Book of Mormon that utilize similar verbiage — “believe in Christ,” for example — to examine how their meanings might be enhanced by interpreting the verbs as delocutives rather than denominatives.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
ID = [6496]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 62016  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “And the One Pointed the Way: Issues of Interpretation and Translation Involving the Liahona.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 1-36.
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Abstract: In describing the operation of the spindles in the Liahona, Nephi’s statement that “the one pointed the way” in 1 Nephi 16:10 is frequently taken to mean that one of the two spindles indicated the direction to travel. However, Nephi’s apparent use of the Hebrew word האחד (ha’echad)
may imply a different mechanism in which the direction was being shown when both operated as one. If so, there may be added symbolism of unity and oneness inherent in Nephi’s and Alma’s descriptions of the Liahona. Additionally, I provide a detailed analysis of words and phrases used by Nephi and Alma to describe the Liahona which potentially reveal intriguing Hebrew wordplay in the text.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [3395]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64315  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:45
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Discipleship As the World Collapses Around You.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 319-330.
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Review of Adam S. Miller, Mormon: A Brief Theological Introduction (Provo, UT: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2020). 162 pages. $9.95 (paperback).
Abstract: Adam Miller has created a thoughtful and enlightening theological study of the book of Mormon. It is obvious from his textual commentary that Miller has given a significant amount of thought and effort into teasing out practical insights from the book’s original authors. Except for some clumsy distractions that occasionally appear in his text, I would highly recommend Miller’s analysis of Mormon’s and Moroni’s apocalyptic narratives.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [3409]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 24615  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:46
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Limhi’s Discourse: Proximity and Distance in Teaching.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 8 (2014): 1-6.
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Abstract: The author introduces a syntactic technique known as “enallage”—an intentional substitution of one grammatical form for another. This technique can be used to create distance or proximity between the speaker, the audience, and the message. The author demonstrates how king Limhi skillfully used this technique to teach his people the consequences of sin and the power of deliverance through repentance.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Samuel
ID = [4311]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 8238  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:22
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Now If This Is Boasting, Even So Will I Boast!” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 211-222.
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Abstract: When the sons of Mosiah were returning from their preaching among the Lamanites, Ammon was accused by his brother Aaron of boasting. This article demonstrates how Ammon’s response to this charge employed wordplay involving the Hebrew roots ה-ל-ל (h-l-l) and ש-מ-ח (s-m-ch). Identifying and understanding Ammon’s use of wordplay helps us to appreciate the complexity and conceptual richness of his message.

Keywords: Aaron (Son of King Mosiah); Ammon (Son of King Mosiah); Etymology; Language - Hebrew; Wordplay
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Topics > Literary and Textual Studies > Wordplay
ID = [3526]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 24083  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:55
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Rethinking the Encounter between Jacob and Sherem.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2022): 65-96.
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Abstract: The Book of Mormon story of Jacob and Sherem has been evaluated and interpreted from many different viewpoints over the years. In his retelling of the story, Jacob crafted a cautionary tale of religious hubris and self-importance that can serve as an important lesson for members of the church today. In this paper I use various methodologies to examine the interaction between Jacob and Sherem — including comparative scriptural analysis, semantics, and Hebraic syntax and structural elements — in an attempt to increase our understanding of the relationship between Jacob and Sherem.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Jacob; Sherem
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [81239]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 70041  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:08
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Say Now Shibboleth, or Maybe Cumorah.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 15 (2015): 33-63.
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Abstract: The Deseret Alphabet represents a bold but failed attempt by 19th century LDS Church leaders to revolutionize English language orthography. As 21st century members of the LDS Church, we can benefit from this less than successful experiment by studying the 1869 Deseret Alphabet Book of Mormon and learning how early church members most likely pronounced Book of Mormon names.

ID = [4242]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 53741  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:17
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Stained Swords: A Psalm of Redemption.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2022): 195-206.
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Abstract: The author proposes a novel ideal for understanding the stained swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies that involves repetition, parallelism, and metaphoric Hebrew wordplay.

Keywords: Anti-Nephi-Lehies; Book of Mormon; swords
ID = [81244]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 23755  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:09
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “There Is No Beauty That We Should Desire Him.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 1-30.
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Abstract: In two separate passages Isaiah appears to describe the mortal Messiah as lacking in physical beauty and perhaps as even having some type of physical disfigurement (see Isaiah 52:14 and 53:2–4). On the contrary, Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith — portrayed in the biblical text as physical saviors or deliverers of Israel — are represented as beautiful in form and appearance. In fact, their beauty seems to be a significant factor in the successful exercise of their power as physical saviors of Israel. Unlike Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith, Christ may have been foreordained to descend to his mortal state with a less than attractive physical appearance and as someone who experienced illness throughout his life so that “he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities” (Alma 7:12).

Keywords: Beauty; Christ; David; Esther; Isaiah; Joseph; Judith
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Leviticus
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Old Testament Scriptures > Esther
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [12587]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 67660  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:12
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. “‘Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273-298.
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Abstract: To the ancient Israelite ear, the name Ephraim sounded like or connoted “doubly fruitful.” Joseph explains the naming of his son Ephraim in terms of the Lord’s having “caused [him] to be fruitful” (Genesis 41:52). The “fruitfulness” motif in the Joseph narrative cycle (Genesis 37–50) constitutes the culmination of a larger, overarching theme that begins in the creation narrative and is reiterated in the patriarchal narratives. “Fruitfulness,” especially as expressed in the collocation “fruit of [one’s] loins” dominates in the fuller version of Genesis 48 and 50 contained in the Joseph Smith Translation, a version of which Lehi and his successors had upon the brass plates. “Fruit” and “fruitfulness” as a play on the name Ephraim further serve to extend the symbolism and meaning of the name Joseph (“may he [God] add,” “may he increase”) and the etiological meanings given to his name in Genesis 30:23–24). The importance of the interrelated symbolism and meanings of the names Joseph and Ephraim for Book of Mormon writers, who themselves sought the blessings of divine fruitfulness (e.g., Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob), is evident in their use of the fuller version of the Joseph cycle (e.g., in Lehi’s parenesis to his son Joseph in 2 Nephi 3). It is further evident in their use of the prophecies of Isaiah and Zenos’s allegory of the olive tree, both of which utilize (divine) “fruitfulness” imagery in describing the apostasy and restoration of Israel (including the Northern Kingdom or “Ephraim”).

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [3655]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 63193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:05
Spendlove, Loren Blake, and Tina Spendlove. “Turning to the Lord With the Whole Heart: The Doctrine of Repentance in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 20 (2016): 177-246.
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Abstract: Repentance is considered one of the foundational principles of the gospel. As demonstrated in this article, there is a harmony in how repentance is portrayed in the Old Testament, New Testament, and Book of Mormon. In all three books the principle of repentance is shown to be a two-part process of turning away from sin and returning to the Lord through good works. Just as faith has been called “active belief,” repentance could be called “active remorse,” and must be accompanied by good works to be effective in our lives. The goal and end result of sincere repentance is a turning to the Lord with the whole heart, enabling us to return to the presence of God. .

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > General Articles
ID = [3749]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 64475  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:12
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Understanding Nephi with the Help of Noah Webster.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 11 (2014): 97-159.
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Abstract: Dictionaries, especially Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, can be useful and informative resources to help us better understand the language of the Book of Mormon. This article compares definitions of words and phrases found in the book of 1 Nephi, using Webster’s 1828 dictionary and the New Oxford American Dictionary as references. By comparing these two dictionaries, we can see how word usage and meanings have changed since the original publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830. We can also gain a greater appreciation of the text of the Book of Mormon in a way that its first readers probably understood it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [4287]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64968  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:12:21
Spendlove, Loren Blake, and Tina Spendlove. “Turning to the Lord With the Whole Heart: The Doctrine of Repentance in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 20 (2016): 177-246.
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Abstract: Repentance is considered one of the foundational principles of the gospel. As demonstrated in this article, there is a harmony in how repentance is portrayed in the Old Testament, New Testament, and Book of Mormon. In all three books the principle of repentance is shown to be a two-part process of turning away from sin and returning to the Lord through good works. Just as faith has been called “active belief,” repentance could be called “active remorse,” and must be accompanied by good works to be effective in our lives. The goal and end result of sincere repentance is a turning to the Lord with the whole heart, enabling us to return to the presence of God. .

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > General Articles
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Sperry Symposium. The Book of Mormon: the Foundation of Our Faith. The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 1999.
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Talks

Seely, David Rolph. “Abinadi, Moses, Isaiah, and Christ: O How Beautiful Upon the Mountains Are Their Feet.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
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Millet, Robert L. “The Doctrine of Faith.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Skinner, Andrew C. “The Doctrine of God the Father in the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Skinner, Andrew C. “The Doctrine of God the Father in the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Draper, Richard D. “The First Coming of the Lord to the Jews: a Book of Mormon Perspective.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Smith, Brian L. “Lost and Found: The Plain and Precious Things.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Matthews, Robert J. “The Power of the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Woodger, Mary Jane. “The Restoration of the Doctrine of Angels in the Book of Mormon.” The 28th Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1999.
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Sperry Symposium, ed. The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 15th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. 1987 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Enhance your study of the New Testament with help from respected gospel teachers. the New Testament and the Latter-day Saints contains a collection of findings from BYU religion professors and other renowned scholars that is perfect for any student of the New Testament. Whether you use it for personal or family study, lesson or talk preparation, or to help you participate in the ongoing dialogue of world academicians, this is one book your gospel library can\'t do without.Inside you\'ll find:Susan Easton Black on New Testament WomenJoseph Fielding McConkie on Special Witnesses of the Birth of ChristMonte S. Nyman on the Stumbling Blocks of First CorinthiansAnd more!The New Testament contains some of the most personal details of our Savior\'s life on earth, and now you can increase your love for this book of scripture as you gain a deeper appreciation of its cultural setting, historical significance, and doctrinal insights by reading the New Testament and the Latter-day Saints.
Contents (first edition):

Preface
Contributors
1. The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints / John K. Carmack
2. Rhetoric versus Revelation: A Consideration of Acts 17, verses 16 to 34 / Richard P. Anderson
3. The New Testament Women: The Exemplars / Susan Easton-Black, Alan K. Parrish
4. The Doctrine of Justification and the Writings of the Apostle Paul / Edward J. Brandt
5. Seducing Spirits and Doctrines of Devils / Leland H. Gentry
6. The “I Am” Passages in the Gospels and in 3 Nephi / James R. Harris
7. The Beatitudes: Eight Qualities that Savor the Eternal Quest / Clark V. Johnson
8. The Book of Mormon, an Interpretive Guide to the New Testament / Dennis Largey
9. Isaiah as Taught By the New Testament Apostles / Victor L. Ludlow
10. We Have Found the Messiah, Which is the Christ / Robert J. Matthews
11. Special Witnesses of the Birth of Christ / Joseph Fielding McConkie
12. Jesus and Josephus Told of the Descruction of Jerusalem / Keith H. Meservy
13. Jude: A Call to Contend for the Faith / T. John Nielsen II
14. Is Any Sick Among You?: Anointing the Sick with Oil in Early Christian and Latter-day Thology and Practice / Walter A. Norton
15. The Stumbling Blocks of First Corinthians / Monte S. Nyman
16. Interpreting the New Testament / Chauncey C. Riddle
17. The Book of Romans: An Orthodox Description of Faith, Works, and Exaltation / Joseph B. Romney
18. Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed / Catherine Thomas
19. Joseph Smith and the Apocalypse of John / Rodney Turner
20. The Revelation / S. Michael Wilcox
21. Securing Divine Protection: Putting on the Armor of God / Clyde J. Williams
Index

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Articles

Carmack, John K. “The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Anderson, Richard P. “Rhetoric versus Revelation: A Consideration of Acts 17, verses 16 to 34.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82438]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Black, Susan Easton, and Alan K. Parrish. “The New Testament Women: The Exemplars.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82439]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Brandt, Edward J. “The Doctrine of Justification and the Writings of the Apostle Paul.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Gentry, Leland H. “Seducing Spirits and Doctrines of Devils.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82441]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Harris, James R. “The ‘I Am’ Passages in the Gospels and in 3 Nephi.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Johnson, Clark V. “The Beatitudes: Eight Qualities that Savor the Eternal Quest.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Largey, Dennis L. “The Book of Mormon, an Interpretive Guide to the New Testament.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Ludlow, Victor L. “Isaiah as Taught By the New Testament Apostles.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Matthews, Robert J. “We Have Found the Messiah, Which is the Christ.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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McConkie, Joseph Fielding. “Special Witnesses of the Birth of Christ.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Meservy, Keith H. “Jesus and Josephus Told of the Descruction of Jerusalem.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Nielsen, T. John, II. “Jude: A Call to Contend for the Faith.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82449]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Norton, Walter A. “Is Any Sick Among You?: Anointing the Sick with Oil in Early Christian and Latter-day Thology and Practice.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82450]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Nyman, Monte S. “The Stumbling Blocks of First Corinthians.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82451]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Riddle, Chauncey C. “Interpreting the New Testament.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82452]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Romney, Joseph B. “The Book of Romans: An Orthodox Description of Faith, Works, and Exaltation.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82453]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Thomas, M. Catherine. “Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
ID = [82454]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1988-01-01  Collections:  new-test,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:16
Turner, Rodney. “Joseph Smith and the Apocalypse of John.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Wilcox, S. Michael. “The Revelation.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Williams, Clyde J. “Securing Divine Protection: Putting on the Armor of God.” In The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints: Sperry Symposium 1987, edited by the Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1988.
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Sperry Symposium, ed. The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. 1986 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Randall Book, 1987.
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Contents:

Rooted and Built Up in Christ / Carlos E. Asay
The Old Testament: An Indispensable Foundation / George A. Horton
Noah, the Ark, the Flood: A Pondered Perspective / James R. Christianson
The Seed of Abraham in the Latter Days / Bruce A. Van Orden
Genesis 22: The Paradigm for True Sacrifice in Latter-day Israel / Andrew C. Skinner
Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith / S. Kent Brown
Kibroth-Hattaavah: The Graves of Lust / Jeff O’Driscoll
The Latter-day Significance of Ancient Temples / Richard O. Cowan
Joseph and Joseph: “He Shall Be Like Unto Me” (2 Nephi 3:15) / Ann N. Madsen, Susan Easton Black
“Has Thou Considered My Servant Job?” / John S. Tanner
Prophets: How Shall We Know Them? / Joseph F. McConkie
Jesus’ Commandment to Search the Words of Isaiah / L. LaMar Adams
A Latter-day Saint Reading of Isaiah in the Twentieth Century: The Example of Isaiah 6 / Paul Y. Hoskisson
Micah, the Second Witness with Isaiah / Monte S. Nyman
The Restoration of the Tribes of Israel in the Writings of Jeremiah and Ezekiel / Stephen D. Ricks
The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last / LaMar E. Garrard
Daniel: Ancient Prophet for the Latter Days / H. Dean Garrett
Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: A Latter-day Prophecy of Joel, Peter, and Moroni Examined / Alan K. Parrish
Malachi and the Latter Days / Rex C. Reeve Jr
Justification, Ancient and Modern / Chauncey C. Riddle
Ancient Hebrew “Psychology”: A Radical Option for Educators in the Latter Days / Neil J. Flinders, Paul Wangemann
The Restoration as Covenant Renewal / David Rolph Seely
Joseph Smith’s Use of the Old Testament / Grant Underwood
The Brass Plates: An Inspired and Expanded Version of the Old Testament / Robert L. Millet
The Old Testament: Voice from the Past and Witness for the Lord Jesus Christ / Robert J. Matthews

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
ID = [67016]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 25  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:00

Articles

Asay, Carlos E. “Rooted and Built Up in Christ.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 1–16. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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Strengthening testimonies of Christ by using Old Testament passages

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jesus Christ, the God of the Old and the New Testament
ID = [67065]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
Horton, George A., Jr. “The Old Testament: An Indispensable Foundation.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 17–33. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1986.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Old Testament: Overviews and Manuals
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Christianson, James R. “Noah, the Ark, the Flood: A Pondered Perspective.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 35–49. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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The historicity of the flood and speculations concerning ways to reconcile scientific findings with the biblical account

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Topics > Flood
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Van Orden, Bruce A. “The Seed of Abraham in the Latter Days.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 51–67. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
ID = [67067]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
Skinner, Andrew C. “Genesis 22: The Paradigm for True Sacrifice in Latter-day Israel.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 69–83. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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Abraham’s test

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Abraham and Sarah [see also Covenant]
Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
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Brown, S. Kent. “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 85–94. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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The Exodus was a means by which the Israelites developed faith

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Old Testament Topics > Faith
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O’Driscoll, Jeff. “Kibroth—Hattaavah: The Graves of Lust.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 95–109. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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Examples from Israelite history and modern times of looking beyond the mark in search of personal, prideful desires

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Numbers
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Cowan, Richard O. “The Latter-day Significance of Ancient Temples.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 111–24. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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Latter-day temples parallel ancient temples, especially those of the Israelites

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
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Madsen, Ann N., and Susan Easton Black. “Joseph and Joseph: ‘He Shall Be Like unto Me’ (2 Nephi 3:15).” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 125–40. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Topics > Joseph and Asenath
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Tanner, John S. “‘Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?’” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 141–57. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Job
ID = [67073]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
McConkie, Joseph Fielding. “Prophets: How Shall We Know Them?” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 159–75. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
ID = [67074]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
Adams, L. LaMar. “Jesus’ Commandment to Search the Words of Isaiah.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 177–92. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67075]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “A Latter-day Saint Reading of Isaiah in the Twentieth Century: The Example of Isaiah 6.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 193–210. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67076]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
Nyman, Monte S. “Micah, the Second Witness with Isaiah.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 211–23. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [67077]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:03
Ricks, Stephen D. “The Restoration of the Tribes of Israel in the Writings of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 225–32. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Old Testament Topics > Israel, Scattering and Gathering
ID = [67078]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Garrard, LaMar E. “The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 233–60. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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The offering of the gospel first to the Jews then to the Gentiles in ancient days and its latter-day offering first to the Gentiles and then to the Jews

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Israel, Scattering and Gathering
Old Testament Topics > Judah and the Jews
ID = [67079]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Garrett, H. Dean. “Daniel: Ancient Prophet for the Latter Days.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 261–76. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Daniel
ID = [67080]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Parrish, Alan K. “Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: A Latter-day Prophecy of Joel, Peter, and Moroni Examined.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 277–306. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
ID = [67081]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Reeve, Rex C., Jr. “Malachi and the Latter Days.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 307–21. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
ID = [67082]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Riddle, Chauncey C. “Justification, Ancient and Modern.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 323–42. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Justification
ID = [67083]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Flinders, Neil J., and Paul Wangemann. “Ancient Hebrew ‘Psychology’: A Radical Option for Educators in the Latter Days.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 343–56. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
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The implications of ancient Hebrew psychology including the divine origin of man and the responsibility for one’s actions

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: LDS Interpretation
ID = [67084]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Seely, David Rolph. “The Restoration as Covenant Renewal.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 357–80. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > Restoration and Joseph Smith
ID = [67085]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Underwood, Grant. “Joseph Smith’s Use of the Old Testament.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 381–414. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: LDS Interpretation
ID = [67086]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Millet, Robert L. “The Brass Plates: An Inspired and Expanded Version of the Old Testament.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 415–43. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Scripture Study
ID = [67087]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Matthews, Robert J. “The Old Testament: A Voice from the Past and a Witness for the Lord Jesus Christ.” In The Old Testament and the Latter-day Saints: The 14th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 445–59. [Salt Lake City]: Randall Book, 1987.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Jesus Christ, the God of the Old and the New Testament
Old Testament Topics > Scripture Study
Old Testament Topics > Teaching the Old Testament
ID = [67088]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1987-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:04
Sperry, Kip. Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
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Kirtland, Ohio, is of unique historical interest because of its roots in Church history and because so many Church members trace their ancestry there. This handy guide brings together a wealth of family history and historical sources to help genealogists, historians, and other researchers. The volume includes photographs of the Kirtland Temple and maps of the area. ISBN 0-8425-2600-5

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33322]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 15  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:30:59

Chapters

Sperry, Kip. “Front Matter.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35914]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 856  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Preface.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35915]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4658  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Acknowledgments.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35916]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4825  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Introduction to Kirtland Family History Research.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Family History
ID = [35917]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 29819  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Historical Background.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35918]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4613  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Chronology of Historical Events.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
ID = [35919]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 17353  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Kirtland Bibliography.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35920]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 166612  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Periodicals, Newsletters, and Newspapers.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35921]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 13060  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Computer Databases and Genealogical Collections.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35922]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 13623  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Appendix: Abbreviations.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35923]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 3928  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Appendix: Addresses.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35924]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6264  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Appendix: Internet Sites.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35925]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 8441  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Appendix: Geauga County Records.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35926]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 6059  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Appendix: Lake County Records.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35927]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 4462  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Kip. “Appendix: Kirtland Temple pulpits.” In Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005.
ID = [35928]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 2779  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:11
Sperry, Sidney B. “The American Gospel.” Deseret News Church Section (18 January 1947): 10, 12.
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Explains that the American gospel is the gospel taught by Jesus Christ when he administered to the Nephites on the American continent. Many of the principles Jesus taught were the same as he had taught in the Holy Land among the Jews.

ID = [80258]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-01-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:16
Sperry, Sidney B. Answers to Book of Mormon Questions. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1967.
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Resolves diverse questions about the Book of Mormon text as it relates to the Pentateuch, the writings of Isaiah, Shakespearean quotations, New Testament citations, domesticated animals, and others. This work is reviewed in S.511.

ID = [77552]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon and Textual Criticism.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 175-184.
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The text of the Book of Mormon contributes to the understanding of the Pentateuch and to a confirmation that Moses was indeed its author. The Book of Mormon also helps confirm that Isaiah was the author of the book of Isaiah. The Isaiah chapters quoted in the Book of Mormon are a better translation than the King James Version, as they are undoubtedly from an older version. The Book of Mormon quotes Micah and Malachi with clarification and augments selected New Testament scriptures.

Keywords: Authorship; Isaiah; Malachi (Book); Micah (Book); Moses (Prophet); Pentateuch; Textual Criticism
ID = [2880]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 21744  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon and the Problem of the Pentateuch.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 119-128.
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Many critics deny that the first five books of the Old Testament were written by Moses and consider them to be childish myths. However, when Nephi and Lehi examined the brass plates, they found them to contain “the five books of Moses.” And in the Book of Mormon, the Savior himself confirms their authorship. The book of Ether also offers confirmation of the Tower of Babel story.

Keywords: Authorship; Brass Plates; Five Books of Moses; Lehi (Prophet); Nephi; Pentateuch; Tower of Babel
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2906]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 21650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon and the Problem of the Sermon on the Mount.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 153-165.
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The Sermon on the Mount in 3 Nephi parallels the accounts in Matthew and Luke, although it is closer to Matthew. The sermon was addressed partly to a general audience and partly to the twelve disciples exclusively, although the crowd heard it. In many cases the account in 3 Nephi clarifies the New Testament accounts; in particular, the Joseph Smith Translation and Book of Mormon explain the Lord’s Prayer.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Jesus Christ; Joseph Smith Translation; Lord’s Prayer; New Testament; Sermon on the Mount
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [2908]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 25184  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon as Literature.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 41-47.
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What constitutes great literature? What is it about the literature of the Book of Mormon that has such a profound effect upon its readers? Although perhaps not beautifully written, the Book of Mormon’s message or theme justifies its classification as great literature and accounts for its profound effect on the lives of millions.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Impact; Literature; Narrative
ID = [2900]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 13908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon as Translation English.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 209-217.
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The Book of Mormon is a translation, containing details of the original language in which it is written. Very few of the writers would have had a working knowledge of Egyptian; the writing would more likely be a Hebraized Egyptian. The Book of Mormon contains many passages from Isaiah, more correctly translated than in the King James Version. Various examples of the Hebrew construct state are evident in Joseph Smith’s translation, together with direct translations of Hebrew idioms.

Keywords: Authenticity; Book of Mormon Authorship; Book of Mormon Translation; Intertextuality; Isaiah; Language; Reformed Egyptian; Translation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2883]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 19369  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Chronology. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.
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Written to correct minor errors in the chronology of the 1920 edition of the Book of Mormon. Book-by-book discussion of the given chronology, suppositions, and variant interpretations.

ID = [77594]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Compendium. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968.
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Thorough commentary on many aspects of the Book of Mormon. At least one chapter is devoted to each book of the Book of Mormon, plus chapters on the origin and translation, language and script, title page, witnesses, the Isaiah problem, the concept of God, teachings concerning death and the hereafter, and personal religion and brotherhood in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77598]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sperry, Sidney B. “Book of Mormon Lectures.” Los Angeles: n.p., 1952.
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A typescript of six lectures. The author presents a discussion on reformed Egyptian, the books of 2 Nephi, Alma, and 3 Nephi, and the question regarding Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77624]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Studies: Student Manual and Teacher’s Supplement. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union Board, 1947.
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A Sunday School manual for the study of the Book of Mormon. Each chapter of the Book of Mormon is outlined and a brief summary is provided. Sperry also gives scriptural references, along with other bibliographic material suitable for outside reading.

ID = [77649]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1947-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Testifies. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1952.
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The author analyzes each book in the Book of Mormon by giving its literary structure, purposes for writing, and content. The Book of Mormon is summarized in three main messages: a warning to the inhabitants of the American continent, the testimonies of Christ, and the Lord’s promises to Israel.

ID = [77659]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1952-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon’s Message on Brotherhood.” Ensign, March 1973.
ID = [41623]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10837  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:45
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Book of Mormon’s Message on Brotherhood.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 no. 1 (1995).
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The Book of Mormon exhibits the intimate relationship between God and his people. The brother of Jared’s experience is a fine example. The driving force of the prophets was moral and religious, rather than economic and political. Social injustice was condemned by Nephi, Jacob, Alma, and Captain Moroni. Although little is said about the status of the family, respect for women and family affection are standard. Workers were well treated and friendship was promoted between Nephites and Lamanites. The Book of Mormon displays a high caliber of personal religion and brotherhood.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2887]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 13583  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Concept of God in the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (25 January 1947): 10, 12.
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Sperry describes the nature of God as taught by the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80436]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-01-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:26
Sperry, Sidney B. “Did Father Lehi Have Daughters Who Married the Sons of Ishmael?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 235-238.
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Although the beginning of Nephi’s record only mentions sons, Joseph Smith says the record of Lehi in the 116 missing manuscript pages refers to at least two of Ishmael’s sons marrying Lehi’s daughters. Nephi himself mentions his sisters at the end of his record. As no mention is made of further births to Lehi and Sariah after Jacob and Joseph, the assumption can be made that these sisters are the daughters who married Ishmael’s sons.

Keywords: Daughters of Ishmael; Daughters of Lehi; Ishmael (Ephraimite); Lehi (Prophet); Snow. Erastus; Sons of Ishmael; Lost 116 Pages; Marriage
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [2886]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 7937  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Sperry, Sidney B. “Hebrew Idioms in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 218-225.
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Literal translations of Hebrew idioms are prevalent in the Book of Mormon, as are literal renditions of compound Hebrew prepositions. Parallels can be found in the Old and New Testaments, especially in the Hebrew translation of the Old Testament.

Keywords: Figurative Language; Hebraisms; Idiom; Language; Language - Hebrew; Linguistic Analysis; Translation
ID = [2884]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 13381  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Merrill, Harrison R., and Sidney B. Sperry. “An Interview on the Book of Mormon.” N.p.,n.d.
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A radio program made into a booklet, in which Merrill interviews Sperry about the Book of Mormon. Sperry speaks about the population problem, the horse, metals, and the Hebrew language.

ID = [77522]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sperry, Sidney B. “The ‘Isaiah Problem’ in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 129-152.
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Doubts as to the literary unity of the book of Isaiah are fairly recent. The late nineteenth century saw a division of Isaiah into three parts by critics, who categorized only 262 of the 1292 verses as the genuine product of Isaiah. These critics deny the prediction element of prophecy and highlight different literary forms and theological ideas. The Book of Mormon attributes two of these three sections to Isaiah by quotation; ancient scriptures as well give no hint of a division. Christ and the apostles themselves attribute the book to Isaiah. Internal evidences of the unity of the book include imagery, repetition, expressions peculiar to Isaiah, and song. Changes in style can be attributed to mood. The differences between the Book of Mormon and the King James Version support the authenticity and literary unity of Isaiah.

Keywords: Higher Criticism; Isaiah (Book); Isaian Authorship; Prophecy; Prophet
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [2907]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 52331  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “The ‘Isaiah Problem’ in the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 42, no. 9, September 1939, 524–25, 564–69.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [67512]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1939-09-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:25
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Isaiah Quotation: 2 Nephi 12-24.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. lecture.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [8598]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,farms-reports,old-test  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Isaiah Quotation: 2 Nephi 12-24.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 no. 1 (1995).
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Nephi quotes from the book of Isaiah because of its relevance to his people and to all men. He highlights the message of Christ’s appearance and atonement. The latter-day prophecies, both those which have been fulfilled and those that are yet to be fulfilled, are cited and explained. Israel will be restored in the latter days, but warnings accompany this glorious prophecy. The enemies of Zion will be confounded.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [2882]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 32131  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Sperry, Sidney B. Knowledge is Power. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1958.
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Chapters 12-20 deal with the Book of Mormon. Discusses the last years of Moroni’s life, Hebrew idioms in the Book of Mormon, the meaning of the Urim and Thummim, Lehi’s daughters, and the parallelistic features found in Isaiah and in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77958]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1958-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Lamanites Portrayed in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 246-254.
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The Lamanites in the Book of Mormon are descendants of the Nephite, Mulekite, and Lamanite peoples. They were a scourge to the Nephites to keep them faithful to the Lord. They survived because they observed the Lord’s commandments regarding marriage. When the elder Mosiah and his followers left, the remaining body of Nephites were probably either destroyed or became Lamanites. Once the Lamanites understood the Lord’s word, they were very faithful and renounced their previous living style. Out of this milieu came Samuel, the Lamanite prophet.

Keywords: Lamanites; Missionary Work; Native Americans; Scourge; White and Delightsome; Conversion; Culture; Lamanite; Missionary Work; Obedience; Prophet; Samuel the Lamanite
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [2888]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 16554  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Lecture on Omni and The Words of Mormon.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1984. lecture.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
ID = [8597]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 998  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Sperry, Sidney B. “Literary Problems in the Book of Mormon involving 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and Other New Testament Books.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 166-174.
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The literary problem caused by the parallels between Moroni 7–10 and 1 Corinthians 12–13 can be explained if one realizes that Moroni had access to the same teachings of Christ as Paul, and that both received revelation, so that the Lord himself might be the author of both dissertations. Different prophets might have had similar inspiration in dealing with the same topics.

Keywords: Charity; Faith; Gifts of the Spirit; Hope; Literature; Mormon (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2909]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 18200  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni Expounds Old Testament Scriptures.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 269-285.
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The prophecies given by Moroni to Joseph Smith come from Malachi, Isaiah, and Joel. The Malachi prophecies deal with the rise and restoration of the church, preparation for the millennium, and the significance of the sons of Levi. The Isaiah prophecies, explained in the Doctrine and Covenants, give a direct explanation of the millennium and Joseph’s own role in the preparation for it. The Joel prophecies have to do with the events just prior to the “great and terrible day of the Lord.”

Keywords: Isaiah (Prophet); Joel (Prophet); Malachi (Prophet); Millennium; Moroni (Son of Mormon); Old Testament; Prophecy; Prophet; Restoration; Second Coming; Sons of Levi
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2891]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 37727  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni the Lonely, The Story of the Writing of the Title-Page to the Book of Mormon.” In A Book of Mormon Treasury: Significant Articles from the Pages of the Improvement Era, eds. Doyle L. Green, and Marba C. Josephson, 122-26. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1959.
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Moroni was alone for thirty-six years. He finished the Book of Mormon, abridged the book of Ether, and wrote the title page.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [81027]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:00
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni the Lonely, The Story of the Writing of the Title-Page to the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era73, no. 11 (November 1970): 110-11.
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Moroni was alone for thirty-six years. He finished the Book of Mormon, abridged the book of Ether, and wrote the title page.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [81293]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-11-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 255-259.
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Moroni wandered alone for sixteen years before adding to the abridged record of his father. When he did make his additions, he also wrote the title page of the Book of Mormon, but in two stages, each stage necessitating a return to the Hill Cumorah. The second paragraph clearly follows his decision to abridge the book of Ether.

Keywords: Authorship; Cumorah; Ether; Hill Cumorah; Moroni; Title Page
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2889]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 10708  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title-Page to the Book of Mormon.” Improvement Era 47, no. 2 (1944): 83, 116, 118.
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This article discusses how Moroni was alone for thirty-six years. He finished the Book of Mormon, abridged the book of Ether, and wrote the title page.

Keywords: Abridgment, Cumorah (Land of), Ether (Book of), Hill Cumorah, NY, Moroni (Son of Mormon), Scribes, Title Page of the Book of Mormon
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [77062]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1944-02-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni’s Mission and the Bible.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 97, no. 38 (12, 19 September 1935): 594-95, 604-5.
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Describes the first visitation of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith, Joseph’s call to the ministry, and scriptures quoted and interpreted by Moroni. Emphasis is placed on prophecies of key events in the latter days.

ID = [81441]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1935-09-12  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:20
Sperry, Sidney B. “Nature and Origin of Modern Scripture.” Deseret News (23 November 1946): 10, 12.
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Describes the nature and origin of the Book of Mormon as well as the Doctrine and Covenants.

ID = [79866]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1946-11-23  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Sperry, Sidney B. Our Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1950.
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Simplifies the complex structure of the Book of Mormon by providing an overall synopsis of the text. He orders the fifteen books of the Book of Mormon into four divisions: (1) the small plates of Nephi, (2) Mormon’s explanatory notes, (3) the literary labors of Mormon, and (4) the literary labors of Moroni; he follows with a literary synopsis of each of the fifteen books. Several types of literature are identified, including “the American Gospel” (3 Nephi 1:4-21; 8-28, Jesus’ Nephite ministry), pastoral, prophetic, and war epistles, one psalm, one lamentation, memoir, prophetic discourse, oratory, patriarchal blessings, symbolic prophecy, prophetic narrative, prophetic dialogue, allegories, prayers, songs, and genealogies. More than fifty percent of the book is “historical narrative” Deals with the problem of biblical texts (Isaiah, the Sermon on the Mount, 1 Corinthians chapters 12 and 13) found in the Book of Mormon. This work is reviewed in N.096.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [78120]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sperry, Sidney B. “Personal Religion and Brotherhood in the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (1 February 1947): 10, 12.
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Explains that the Nephites had a personal relationship with God. This close relationship accounts for their noble ideas and modes of conduct. We can learn from Nephite views on riches, pride, power, inequality, authority, and the vain things of the world.

ID = [79968]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Sperry, Sidney B., and H. Grant Vest. “The Problem of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Church News 3 (16 September 1933): 3, 7.
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Addresses the problems raised by the Isaiah portions contained in the Book of Mormon, including the multiple authorship of Isaiah and resulting conflict in dates, and the similarities and differences between the King James Version wording and Joseph Smith’s translation. Cites the various Hebrew texts to support claims that the Book of Mormon translation is the most accurate.

ID = [80609]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1933-09-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Sperry, Sidney B. The Problems of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1964.
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Divides the “problems” of the Book of Mormon into two categories. The first are technical, doctrinal, and interpretive problems for members of the Church. The second relates to those raised by critics of the book and the Church. He addresses the nature of man, the problem of history, the use of the Urim and Thummim, the “Gentiles” of the Book of Mormon, the brass plates, Jesus as the Father and the Son, the Pentateuch, Isaiah, Sermon on the Mount, and more. The last five chapters answer criticism raised by apostate Arthur Budvarson.

ID = [78621]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1964-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Sperry, Sidney B. “Records of Judah and Ephraim: Explanation of term ‘Stick’” Deseret News Church Section (3 December 1932): 1, 4.
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A rebuttal to an earlier article (James H. Anderson, 20 February 1932) concerning the meaning of the term stick in Ezekiel 37:15-17. Sperry argues that the stick of Ephraim is the Book of Mormon and the stick of Judah is the Bible.

ID = [80050]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1932-12-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Sperry, Sidney B. Science, Tradition and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, MIA, 1973.
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A reference manual for the youth. Sperry talks of the migration of the Jaredites and Nephites, suggesting also some possible landing sites. He gives archaeological evidence that relics found in ancient China resemble those found in the ancient Americas. Many Indian legends tell of a sacred book that was taken away that would return to the earth, and Sperry compares this legend with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78227]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Sperry, Sidney B. “Some Contributions of Modern Revelation to the Understanding of the Bible.” Deseret News Church Section (24 August 1935): 2, 7.
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Gives several examples on how “modern revelation,” including the Book of Mormon, gives more understanding to the Bible. The Book of Mormon shows that the five books of Moses were indeed written by one author, Moses, instead of several authors as many scholars claim.

ID = [80186]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1935-08-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Some Problems of Interest Relating to the Brass Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 185-191.
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Most contemporary Old Testament scholars question whether Moses wrote the Pentateuch, but the Book of Mormon affirms Moses’ authorship. Questions arise as to how Jeremiah’s prophecies appeared on the brass plates and what the nature of the Book of the Law was. According to the brass plates, Laban and Lehi were descendants of Manasseh. How then did they come to be living in Jerusalem? The brass plates, on which may be found lost scripture, may have been the official scripture of the ten tribes.

Keywords: Brass Plates; Deuteronomy (Book); Jeremiah (Prophet); Laban (Custodian of Brass Plates); Pentateuch; Recordkeepers; Recordkeeping; Jerusalem; Lehi (Prophet); Lost Tribes; Manasseh (Tribe)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2881]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 15615  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Sperry, Sidney B. “Some Universals in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 226-234.
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A universal element is a succinct concept with comprehensive spiritual appeal to humanity; the Book of Mormon is itself a universal element. Among universals found in the Book of Mormon are concepts (1) that truth is given of God to all peoples; (2) of faith, in which good and evil are clearly defined in terms of opposition; (3) of the purpose of man’s existence in mortality; and (4) of the importance of service given to men and God.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Doctrine; Equality; Joy; Service; Universalism; Faith; Mortality; Opposition; Service; Truth; Universal Element
ID = [2885]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 18553  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:11
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Teaching Concerning Death, Judgment and the Hereafter in the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News (8 February 1947): 10, 12.
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The Book of Mormon clearly teaches God’s plan in respect to the afterlife. Death is necessary for all individuals (2 Nephi 2:22-25). This life is the time to prepare to meet God (Alma 34:32, 34-35). In the spirit world there is a division of people who await the resurrection (Alma 40:9-14). There will be a judgment and all will be given a just reward according to their actions and desires (Alma 41:3-5, 2 Nephi 9:14).

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80665]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-02-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:39
Sperry, Sidney B. “The Text of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, University of Chicago Divinity School, 1926.
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A detailed study of the parallels in Isaiah texts in the Bible and Book of Mormon. This study includes tables in both English and Hebrew showing the textual differences. The conclusions are that the text of Isaiah considered Deutero-Isaiah dates earlier than 600 b.c. when Lehi brought the plates of Laban to the American continent and that Joseph Smith worked independently from the King James Version.

ID = [80667]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1926-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:39
Sperry, Sidney B. Themes of the Restored Gospel. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1950.
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The majority of the book is devoted to “the spirit of modern scripture,” in which Sperry discusses modern scriptural doctrine, including teachings found in the Book of Mormon. He explores the concept of God, great personalities of the Book of Mormon, personal religion, brotherhood, the hereafter, judgment, and universal aspects of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78705]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Sperry, Sidney B. “Three Great Personalities of the Book of Mormon.” Deseret News Church Section (4 January 1947): 10, 12.
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Gives the “outstanding characteristics” of three great men in the Book of Mormon—Nephi, Jacob, and Enos. Nephi was faithful and a great spiritual leader, Jacob believed and defended the sanctity of the home, and Enos received “an unshakable faith” in God.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [80723]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1947-01-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:42
Sperry, Sidney B. “Three Outstanding Messages of The Book of Mormon to This Generation.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 113, no. 9-11 (September-November 1951): 202-3, 222, 226-27, 239, 245, 256-58, 265.
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The Book of Mormon is first a warning voice to our day and time. We must serve God or perish, and beware of secret combinations. Second, it is a testimony that Jesus is the Christ. The third outstanding message shows the Lord’s concern toward the house of Israel.

ID = [81311]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1951-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Allegories, Prayers, Songs, Genealogies.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 106-118.
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The most significant allegory in the Book of Mormon is the allegory of the tame and wild olive tree, which appears in Jacob 5. Six different types of prayers are found in the Book of Mormon. Perhaps the best example of a true song is “The Song of the Vineyard,” actually a quotation from Isaiah. There is only one example of an extended genealogy, that of Ether, the last Jaredite prophet.

Keywords: Allegory; Allegory of the Olive Tree; Genealogy; Horticulture; Jaredite; King List; Literature; Music; Prayer; Song; Song of the Vineyard
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2905]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 22183  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Epistles, Psalms, Lamentations.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 69-80.
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The Book of Mormon contains nine epistles—two pastoral, one prophetic, and six dealing with war. The “Psalm of Nephi” is the only psalm in the Book of Mormon, called such because it is a song of praise, betraying deep religious feeling. A good example of lamentation literature occurs in Mormon 6.

Keywords: Epistle; Lamentations; Literature; Pastoral Epistle; Praise; Prophet; Prophetic Epistle; Psalm of Nephi; Psalms
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Jeremiah/Lamentations
ID = [2902]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 22497  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Historical Narrative, Memoir, Prophetic Discourse, Oratory.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 81-94.
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Historical narrative in the Book of Mormon is written by laymen and is the truth as they see it. Of emphasis is the doctrine that blessings follow those who keep the commandments; they will prosper in the land. More than autobiography, the words of the writers could be described as memoirs. Benjamin delivered a wonderful oration that deserves detailed study and can be divided into three parts.

Keywords: Commandment; Doctrine; History; King Benjamin; Memoir; Narrative; Obedience; Oratory; Prophet; Prophetic Discourse; Sermon
ID = [2903]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 28272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: Patriarchal Blessings, Symbolic Prophecy, Prophetic Narrative, Prophetic Dialogue.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 95-105.
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The patriarchal blessings that Lehi bestows upon his children and grandchildren are filled with important doctrinal and historical details and contain many prophetic elements. Lehi and Nephi share the vision of the tree of life, a fine example of symbolic prophecy. Perhaps the finest example of prophetic literature in the Book of Mormon deals with the coming of Christ. The prophetic dialogue in the Book of Mormon can be divided into five parts.

Keywords: Jacob (Son of Lehi); Jesus Christ; Joseph (Son of Lehi); Laman (Son of Lehi); Lehi (Prophet); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Literature; Narrative; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Patriarchal Blessing; Prophecies of; Prophecy; Prophetic Dialogue; Sam (Son of Lehi); Symbolism; Zoram (Servant of Laban)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [2904]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 21171  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sperry, Sidney B. “Types of Literature in the Book of Mormon: ‘The American Gospel’” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 48-68.
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The American Gospel, found in 3 Nephi, differs from the Gospels of the New Testament in that Jesus is teaching as a resurrected, glorified, and exalted person. It includes details of the cataclysmic events at the time of the crucifixion and of the multiple appearances of the Savior to the Nephites. Jesus delivers sermons to the Nephites in general and also to the Nephite twelve. He heals the sick and institutes the sacrament. The depiction of prayer is perhaps the most powerful in all scripture. The Savior quotes the prophecies of Isaiah and Micah with regard to the New Jerusalem and the Gentiles. He emphasizes the importance of record keeping for the church, which should be called in his name.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Bountiful (Polity); Gospel; Isaiah; Jesus Christ; Micah; Ministry; Nephite; Prayer; Prophecy; Record Keeping; Scripture; Sermon; Temple
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [2901]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 41590  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “Were There Two Cumorahs?” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1984. Religion-622 March 31, 1964. A section of the chapter “The Book of Mormon,” reprinted with permission from Book of Mormon Compendium, 447-51. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968.
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Sidney Sperry discusses whether the Cumorah in New York is the only one or whether there is another Cumorah somewhere in Central America. He looks at evidence in the books of Ether, Mormon, Mosiah, and Omni, as well as various scholarly opinions about the matter. There is no explanation of how the Hill Cumorah in New York came to be called Cumorah or how, if there are indeed two Cumorahs, the plates were transported from one to the other.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [8599]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-reports  Size: 209  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:44
Sperry, Sidney B. “Were There Two Cumorahs?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 no. 1 (1995).
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No one doubts that the hill where Joseph Smith received the plates is known as Cumorah, but is the hill where the final battles between the Nephites and Lamanites took place another Cumorah? The book of Ether tells us that Omer traveled to this place of the last battles of the Nephites, and that the relatively short duration of this journey would not account for the three thousand miles from Middle America to New York. A similar journey was undertaken by Limhi’s men, of equally short duration. The description of the geographical features around the final battle site is also at odds with the topography of present-day Cumorah.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2890]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 20667  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “What Is the Meaning of the Urim and Thummim? And How Did the Instrument Function?” Improvement Era 43, no. 11, November 1940, 657, 690, 692–93.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Exodus
Old Testament Topics > Urim and Thummim
ID = [67517]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1940-11-01  Collections:  bom,improvement-era,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:26
Sperry, Sidney B. “What the Book of Mormon Is.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 no. 1 (1995).
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The records of the Nephite, Jaredite, and Mulekite peoples comprise the Book of Mormon, of which Mormon is the principal editor. Four divisions are evident—namely, the small plates of Nephi, Mormon’s explanatory notes, the literary labors of Mormon, and the literary labors of Moroni. The first division, the small plates of Nephi, is analyzed in this chapter.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2897]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 24301  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “What the Book of Mormon Is (Concluded).” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 28-40.
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An analysis of the text of 3 Nephi to Moroni. Third Nephi was written by Nephi, the son of Nephi, the son of Helaman. Fourth Nephi in turn was written by the son of Nephi3, also called Nephi, and Nephi’s son Amos and grandsons Amos and his brother Ammaron. The book of Mormon was principally inscribed by Mormon and Moroni. The book of Ether exposes the terrible end of a people persisting in wickedness. The book of Moroni shows his love for his enemies.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; 4 Nephi; Abridgment; Ammaron; Amos (Son of Amos); Amos (Son of Nephi); Ether; History; Mormon; Moroni; Nephite
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [2899]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 25705  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sperry, Sidney B. “What the Book of Mormon Is (Continued).” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 18-27.
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An analysis of the Words of Mormon to Helaman, including Mormon’s abridgment between the small and large plates of Nephi. The teachings of Benjamin, Mosiah, Abinadi, Alma, and his son, Alma the Younger. Helaman’s and Shiblon’s writings in the book of Alma are set forth. Alma the Younger is to the Book of Mormon as Paul is to the New Testament. The book of Helaman covers fifty years of Nephite history.

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Abridgment; Alma the Elder; Alma the Younger; Helaman (Son of Alma the Younger); King Benjamin; King Mosiah; Shiblon (Son of Alma the Younger)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [2898]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 11747  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:12
Sproat, Ethan. “Skins as Garments in the Book of Mormon: A Textual Exegesis.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 138-165.
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Traditional interpretations of the various-colored or cursed skins in the Book of Mormon have asserted variations of two basic perspectives: first, the Book of Mormon describes God as darkening the flesh pigmentation of some wicked peoples as a mark of a curse; or alternately, the descriptions of “white” skins and “dark” skins in the Book of Mormon are only metaphorical descriptions and not necessarily descriptions of flesh pigmentation. However, a careful textual analysis of all the relevant terms and passages in the Book of Mormon (and its closest literary analog, the King James Version of the Bible) strongly suggests that the various-colored skins in the Book of Mormon can be understood more coherently as a kind of authoritative garment. The relevant texts further lend themselves to associating such garment-skins with both the Nephite temple and competing Lamanite claims to kingship. Ultimately, this exegesis suggests that such garment-skins (as the mark of the Lamanites’ curse) can be understood as being self-administered, removable, and inherited in the same way that authoritative vestments in the King James Version are self-administered, removable, and inherited.

Keywords: Curse; Exegesis; Garments; King James Bible; Lamanite; Metaphor; Nephite; Skins; Temple
ID = [3324]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 68650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:39
Stafford, Harry Errald. The Early Inhabitants of the Americas. New York: Vantage Press, 1959.
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Uses archaeological evidence, legends, traditions, and myths of the native inhabitants, as well as historical accounts to show that the Book of Mormon coincides with ancient evidence and thus it must surely be the record of the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. Ties Book of Mormon migrations with specific locations and civilizations according to Book of Mormon texts.

ID = [78474]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1959-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Staker, Mark Lyman. “Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016): 183.
ID = [10760]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 7476  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:00
Staker, Susan. “Secret Things, Hidden Things: The Seer Story in the Imaginative Economy of Joseph Smith.” In American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, edited by Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe, 235-274. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002.
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“Those who associated with Joseph Smith during the spring and summer of 1829 remembered that he used a ’seer stone’ to dictate both the Book of Mormon and his early revelations. This fact orients Joseph Smith’s biography in crucial and important ways, pointing not only backward to his youthful career as glass-looker and treasure seer but forward as well to his emerging work as translator, prophet, seer, and Moses-like leader of a community of believers. This continuity was important for early believers, coming as they did from a world similar to Smith’s where the line between magic and religion was fluid and inspiring, not dangerous or degrading.

Keywords: Seer stones; Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82091]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2002-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:57
Stallings, Sandra. “Cham Nap.” New Era 16, no. 5 (1986): 38-39.
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A 14-year-old Cambodian boy struggled to read the Book of Mormon to strengthen his testimony and to learn English.

Keywords: Education, Scripture Study, Testimony
ID = [76603]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:48
Stallings, Sandra. “Cham Nap.” New Era 16 (May 1986): 38-39.
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A 14-year-old Cambodian boy struggled to read the Book of Mormon to strengthen his testimony and to learn English.

ID = [79279]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1986-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Stapley, Delbert L. “Beware of Conspiring Men.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1961.
ID = [27443]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1961-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 13903  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:15
Stapley, Delbert L. “Can Two Walk Together.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1958.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [27232]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1958-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 17708  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:13
Stapley, Delbert L. “Christ’s Visit to the Western Hemisphere Following His Resurrection.” Relief Society Magazine 40 (March 1953): 211-15.
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Christ’s visit to the American continent brought hope and assurance of eternal life. There had been ample evidence of his crucifixion and death as foretold by Samuel the Lamanite. Mormon considered this story of great importance to Jews and Gentiles of the latter days. The witnesses of the New World testified and supported the New Testament’s account of the Savior’s crucifixion and resurrection.

ID = [79294]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1953-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Stapley, Delbert L. “The Glorious Standard.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1963.
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This article recalls Book of Mormon prophecies that foretold the discovery and establishment of the promised land of America. There are blessings for those who keep God’s commandments and cursings for those who do not. The author claims that the constitution was divinely inspired.

Keywords: America; Promised Land; Prophecy; U.S. Constitution; United States
ID = [27598]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1963-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 20416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:16
Stapley, Delbert L. “Responsibilities to the Lamanites.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1956.
ID = [27113]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1956-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 17265  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:12
Stapley, Delbert L. “The Vision of Lehi.” Delivered at the Wednesday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1966.
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This article enumerates some of the lessons that can be learned from the record of Lehi’s vision of the tree of life. Prayer and humility are important to learning the truth by the power of the Holy Ghost. Temptation may come in attractive attire that blurs perception and weakens sensibility.

Keywords: Humility; Lehi (Prophet); Lehi’s Dream; Power of the Holy Ghost; Prayer; Tree of Life
ID = [27745]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1966-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 16451  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:17
Stark, Amy Carroll. “The Valley of Peace.” Improvement Era 36, no. 3 (1933): 136-138, 186-188.
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This article is a fictional story of Lehi’s family and the Exodus as seen from the eyes of Lemuel’s wife.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Fiction, Lehi’s Trail, Lemuel (Son of Lehi), Valley of Lemuel
ID = [77014]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1933-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Starks, Arthur E. Combined Concordances for the Scriptures. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1962, 1975.
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This volume comprises A Concordance Supplement for the Inspired Version of the Holy Scriptures, A Complete Concordance to the Book of Mormon, and A Complete Concordance to the Doctrine and Covenants. These concordances are based on the RLDS scriptures and use their chapter-verse divisions. Formatted alphabetically by words and key phrases.

ID = [77699]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Starks, Arthur E. Complete Concordance to the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1950.
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A concordance to the Book of Mormon published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Format is dictionary style, by words and key phrases with cross references.

ID = [77707]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Whittier, Charles H., and Stephen W. Stathis. “The Enigma of Solomon Spalding.” Dialogue 10 (autumn 1977): 70-73.
ID = [77251]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Whittier, Charles H., and Stephen W. Stathis. “The Enigma of Solomon Spaulding.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 70-73.
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Solomon Spaulding, born in Connecticut in 1761, wrote the romantic novel that is alleged to have provided the “historical” source of the Book of Mormon. It was a fictional novel about a ship of Roman soldiers “in the time of Constantine driven by storm to the New World” who became a part of the Indians. He was known to believe in the Hebrew origin of the Indians.

ID = [80457]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
Stayner, Charles W. Alleged “Objectionable Features” In The Religion of The Latter-day Saints. Liverpool: Albert Carrington,n.d.
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One of the most “objectionable features” of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Book of Mormon. The book is not a substitute for the scriptures.

ID = [77485]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Stebbins, Henry A. The Book of Mormon Lectures: Claims of the Book of Mormon Examined in the Light of History, Archaeology, Antiquity, and Science. Independence, MO: Ensign House, 1894, [R]1901.
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A series of nine lectures that begins with Stebbins’s testimony of the Book of Mormon followed by an overview of its history. Lectures deal with archaeology, geography, linguistics, the Biblical scriptures, and other items.

ID = [78382]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1901-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Stebbins, Henry A. “Indian Progress Towards Book of Mormon Fulfillment.” Saints’ Herald 50 (22 July 1903): 671-72.
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The recent progress of the American Indian fulfills Book of Mormon prophecy. Interest in the Indian by the U.S. government is making this fulfillment possible.

ID = [79585]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1903-07-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Stebbins, Henry A. Modern Knowledge of the Antiquities of America. Independence, MO: Ensign Publishing, March 1897.
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American antiquities support the claims of the Book of Mormon. Prior to the publication of the book extensive facts about the ancient Americans’ language, ancestry, and works were unknown to the world. Gives information about publication dates for works about American antiquities and when their use began in America.

ID = [78025]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1897-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Stebbins, Henry A. “Prehistoric America and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of History 6 (1913): 2-19.
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Archaeologists have uncovered great civilizations in America. The scattering from the tower of Babel led people “everywhere” on the earth and the Book of Mormon bears witness of that fact. The book supports the Bible both in history and doctrine. It teaches of Christ and the historians have recorded that American natives had knowledge of Christianity before the Spanish came.

ID = [79986]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1913-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Steck, Jamie Ann. “Cutting a Covenant: Making Covenants and Oaths in the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua : The Journal of the Student Society for Ancient Studies 4, no. 1 (April, 2005): 1-14.
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The Lord has always made covenants with his people to bless them and help them return to him. This restoration to the presence of God is the end goal of the Plan of Happiness that Christ made possible through his Atonement. A covenant is “an agreement enacted between two parties in which one or both make promises under oath to perform or refrain from certain actions stipulated in advance” (Mendenhall and Herion 1: 1179). In the Hebrew Old Testament, the word bryt (“covenant”) is almost always associated with the verb krt (“to cut”). These together mean “to make a covenant,” but the literal meaning of the idiom krt bryt suggests that some aspect of cutting is involved in making a covenant. This creates an interesting paradox, since a covenant is a binding agreement between two groups but the phrase has an underlying etymology of division. Though bryt in time came to refer to many kinds of oaths and covenants, certain covenants under the law of Moses reveal this connection with cutting as the rituals accompanying the covenants are performed: animal sacrifice, circumcision, and the rending of cloth. These ordinances and their corresponding covenants made after Christ’s condescension allow the believer to better see, in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon, how covenants relate to the ultimate goal of returning to the Father.

Keywords: Covenants; Oaths; Old Testament; Book of Mormon
ID = [82053]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-04-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Stecker, Alexander T. “Review of Since Cumorah, by Hugh W. Nibley.” Brigham Young University Studies 8, no. 4 (1968): 465.
ID = [80859]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1968-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 7162  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Stecker, Alexander T. Review of Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World, by Hugh Nibley. BYU Studies 8, no. 4 (1968): 465–68.
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [1030]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1968-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:26
Steed, A. Merlin. “The Dawning Day For The Lamanites.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 95, no. 21 (1 June 1933): 353-59, 363.
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Describes a time when Indian students visited the Alberta, Canada, Temple. They saw wall paintings that depicted Lehi offering a sacrifice after landing on American soil, and a picture of Christ administering the sacrament to a Lamanite at his coming after his resurrection.

ID = [81423]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1933-06-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:19
Steenblik, Gerrit M. “Demythicizing the Lamanites’ ‘Skin of Blackness’” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 49 (2021): 167-258.
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Abstract: Racial bias is antithetical to the Book of Mormon’s cardinal purpose: to proclaim the infinite grandeur of the atonement of Jesus Christ. The book teaches that the Lord welcomes and redeems the entire human family, “black and white, bond and free” — people of all hues from ebony to ivory. Critical thinkers have struggled to reconcile this leitmotif with the book’s mention of a “skin of blackness” that was “set upon” some of Lehi’s descendants. Earlier apologetics for that “mark” have been rooted in Old World texts and traditions. However, within the last twenty years, Mesoamerican archaeologists, anthropologists, and ethnohistorians have curated and interpreted artifacts that reveal an ancient Maya body paint tradition, chiefly for warfare, hunting, and nocturnal raiding. This discovery shifts possible explanations from the Old World to the New and suggests that any “mark” upon Book of Mormon people may have been self-applied. It also challenges arguments that the book demonstrates racism in either 600 bce or the early nineteenth-century.

ID = [6500]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64313  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Steinberg, Avi. The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2014.
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“Today the Book of Mormon, one of the most widely circulating works of American literature, continues to cause controversy -- which is why most of us know very little about the story it tells. Avi Steinberg wants to change that. A fascinated nonbeliever, Steinberg spent a year and a half on a personal quest, traveling the path laid out by Joseph’s epic. Threaded through this quirky travelogue is an argument for taking The Book of Mormon seriously as a work of American imagination. Literate and funny, personal and provocative, the genre-bending The Lost Book of Mormon boldly explores our deeply human impulse to write bibles and discovers the abiding power of story.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Book of Mormon, authorship; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81528]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Steinberg, Avi. The Lost Book of Mormon: A Quest for the Book That Just Might Be the Great American Novel. New York, New York: Doubleday, 2014.
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“Is The Book of Mormon a Great American Novel? Avi Steinberg thinks so. In this quirky travelogue—part fan nonfiction, part personal quest—he follows the trail laid out in Joseph Smith’s book. From Jerusalem to the ruined Mayan cities of Central America to upstate New York and, finally, to Jackson County, Missouri—the spot Smith identified as the site of the Garden of Eden—Steinberg traces The Book’s unexpected path and grapples with Joseph Smith’s demons—and his own. Literate and funny, personal and provocative, the genre-bending The Lost Book of Mormon boldly explores our deeply human impulse to write books, and affirms the abiding power of story.” [Publisher]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual parallels; Book of Mormon geography, South America; Book of Mormon, narrative criticism; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, American setting; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81527]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2014-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:25
Stendahl, Krister. “The Sermon on the Mount and Third Nephi.” In Reflections on Mormonism: Judaeo-Christian Parallels, ed. Truman G. Madsen, 139–54. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37140]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 37163  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Stenhouse, Thomas B. H. The Rocky Mountain Saints. New York: Appleton, 1873.
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A historical work on Mormonism written by a former Mormon. Chapters 2, 3, and 48 deal specifically with the Book of Mormon. The discussion of the Book of Mormon is highly polemical. Among the anachronisms set forth by the author are the account of the Jaredite barges, the description of desert life, the presence of various domesticated animals before Columbus, Christians before the time of Christ, and alleged plagiarisms from the New Testament.

ID = [78638]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1873-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “‘According to the Spirit of Revelation and Prophecy’: Alma2’s Prophetic Warning of Christ’s Coming to the Lehites (and Others).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 107-168.
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Abstract: Some students of the Book of Mormon have felt that while the coming of the Lord to the Lehites was clearly revealed to and taught by Nephi1, those prophecies having to do with the subject may not have been widely circulated or continuously preserved among the Nephites, while others have argued for continuity of knowledge about Nephi1’s prophecies among writers and their contemporary audiences. Reexamination of the Book of Mormon in light of these issues reveals that the teaching that Christ would appear among the Lehites was actually taught with some consistency by Alma2 and was, it would seem, common knowledge among the Nephites. It appears that the predicted coming was well established, even if the nature of it was not. Specifically, I argue that Alma2 often taught of the coming of Christ to the Lehites but in context with other events such as Jesus’s coming to the Jews and to others not of the known fold. To make this case, I concentrate on Alma2’s writings, especially those in Alma 5 (borrowing liberally also from Alma 7, 13, 16, 39, Helaman 16:4–5, 13–14, and 3 Nephi 8–10). Alma 5 houses many prophetic statements that urgently point to the coming of the Lord to the Nephite church. The value of this approach is to attempt to demonstrate that Alma 5 contains more than has been supposed and, in effect, challenges claims for discontinuity in the middle portion of the Nephite record. This approach should tend to renew our interest in the other nuanced teachings of the prophet Alma2 and others. Yea, thus sayeth the Spirit: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God cometh in his glory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion. Yea, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the [Page 108]Spirit sayeth: Behold the glory of the King of all the earth; and also the King of heaven shall very soon shine forth among all the children of men. (Alma 5:50)

Keywords: Alma; Book of Mormon; Christ
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [81230]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 162315  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:08
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Alma’s Attempt to Loose Corianton’s Mind from Zoramite Chains.” Religious Educator Vol. 21 no. 2 (2020).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
ID = [38334]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 42827  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:29
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [10766]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 52031  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:00
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Charity as an Exegetical Principle in the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 62, no. 1 (2023): 83.
ID = [81625]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2023-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:30
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “‘For a Wise Purpose in Him’: Alma 37’s Implications for Future Generations.” Religious Educator Vol. 23 no. 2 (2022).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [82016]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2022-01-02  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:52
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision: Apocalyptic Revelations in Narrative Context.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 4 (2012): 155.
ID = [10997]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 54380  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:01
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “‘This Great Mystery’: Gathering Still Other Sheep through the New Covenant of Peace.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 52 (2022): 145-182.
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Abstract: The Book of Mormon sheds light on a “great mystery” located in John 10:16 (D&C 10:64). In this paper, using a comparative method that traces intersecting pastoral imagery, I argue that John 10:16–18 (as opposed to merely John 10:16) not only refers to Jesus’s visit to the Lehites in Bountiful and the lost tribes of Israel (the standard LDS view), but that it has a scripturally warranted covenant-connection to the emergence and dissemination of the Nephite record. Specifically, the Book of Mormon, according to the Good Shepherd (3 Nephi 15:12–16:20), effectively serves as his recognizable voice to the inhabitants of the earth across time and space. The Nephite record has come forth so that the Lord’s sheep (those who hear his voice in and through that record in the final dispensation) may be safely gathered into the fold before he comes in glory to reign as a second King David. The Nephite record’s coming forth to eventually establish peace on earth was foretold by prophets such as Isaiah (Isaiah 52:7–10), Ezekiel (Ezekiel 34:23–25; 37:15–26), and Nephi (1 Nephi 13:34–37, 40–14:2; 1 Nephi 22:16–28). The value of this comparative approach is to recast our understanding of various passages of scripture, even as additional value is assigned to the Nephite record as the covenant of peace.
“And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.” (John 10:16)

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Isaiah; prophecy; rhetoric
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [12559]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,interpreter-journal,old-test  Size: 91445  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:12
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “‘Wherefore, for This Cause’: The Book of Mormon as Anti-type of the Brass Serpent.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 43 (2021): 291-318.
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Abstract: Nephi1 represents the sacred record that becomes the Book of Mormon as a new brass serpent to heal the nations. Nephi’s typological project is reasonable given that he self-identifies with Moses, his family’s scriptures and compass are made of brass, and he consistently describes reading as an act of seeing, looking, or believing. Nephi understands from Isaiah that the book he (Nephi) prepares — and that he has so much to say about — will become an ensign, or sign, that will be lifted up and heal the nations that have stumbled in blindness. Nephi’s project emerges most fully in 2 Nephi 25, the introductory material to an extended prophecy wherein he points the Jewish people to their Messiah, a figure he equates with Moses’s raised serpent and Jesus Christ.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [3430]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2021-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64045  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:48
Stephens, Trent D. “Evolution and Latter-day Saint Theology: The Tree of Life and DNA.” Paper presented at the 2003 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2003.
ID = [32385]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size: 39198  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:49
Meldrum, D. Jeffrey, and Trent D. Stephens. “Who Are the Children of Lehi?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 38-51, 116.
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By covenanting with Abraham, God promised him that through his seed all the families of the earth would be blessed—his seed would be as leaven within bread. This metaphor can likewise be applied to the children of Lehi, who introduced the Abrahamic covenant to the much larger indigenous Mesoamerican population. The larger gene pool with which the children of Lehi assimilated makes it very likely that no genetic evidence will ever substantiate an American–Middle Eastern link, although Native American populations show a strong affinity with Asian populations. The assumption that all modern-day Native Americans are descended exclusively from Book of Mormon peoples is not required by the scriptures. The genetic link, however, may be less important than the nongenetic transmission of memes, including ideas, behaviors, information, languages, and divine kinship.

Keywords: DNA; Genetics; Lineage; Abrahamic Covenant; Ancient America; Mesoamerica
ID = [3111]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 66416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:26
Meldrum, D. Jeffrey, and Trent D. Stephens. Who Are the Children of Lehi? DNA and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
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“In Who Are the Children of Lehi? Meldrum and Stephens, professors and researchers, provide a solidly scientific guide for the layperson, beginning with the basics. The scientific method works by proposing testable hypotheses and eliminating those that are incorrect. But the scientific method cant falsify untestable hypotheses (for example, is there a Lehite genetic marker in the Americas?) nor can it prove a negative (for example, if we cant find Lehite DNA, then it never existed). They also explain the fascinating process of genetic inheritance itself, illuminating technical points with easy-to-grasp examples and using their own family histories to show how DNA sequence data captures only a fraction of the 1,024 ancestral slots on a ten-generation pedigree chart. This discussion lays the foundation for a fascinating overview of DNA studies on existing Native American populations, which does indeed confirm Asian origins for most current Native Americans sampled by such methods. However, that discussion leads to a sober analysis of the genocide that swept Native American populations with the arrival of Europeans. In vivid historical examples and reports of contemporary studies, the authors explain how simplistic assumptions about DNA survival must be qualified by the often drastic effects of swamping out, bottlenec ks, founder effects, genetic drift, and admixture. The result is a rich and complex view of the realities of genetic transmission. They also offer diffusionism, a hypothesis with mounting evidence of numerous transoceanic contacts, as an alternative to the crossing the Bering land bridge paradigm.In their conclusion, they return to the foundations laid out in their introduction: The ultimate issues of the veracity of the Book of Mormon record as it relates to Native American ancestry lie squarely in the arena of faith and personal testimonybeyond the purview of scientific empiricism. In the end, Lehis legacy is one of kinship through covenant, rather than through bloodlines or genes.” [Abstract from book cover]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, controversies; Book of Mormon, miscellaneous; Native Americans, origins of; Native Americans, Mormon views of; Genetics; Book of Mormon, historicity
ID = [81491]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:23
Steuer, Robert R. “Book of Mormon Principles: Come unto Christ.” Ensign, December 2004.
ID = [56297]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2004-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5396  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:53:52
Stevens, Thelona D. “Book of Mormon Names in Indian Languages.” Saints’ Herald 115 (1 July 1968): 456.
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List based on research by Pearl Kinnaman demonstrating that names such as Laman, Nephi, Angola, Antipas, Anti, Kish, Moroni, Timothy, and Helaman appear in Indian languages.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [79199]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1968-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Stevens, Thelona D. Book of Mormon Studies. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1948, [R]1972.
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A lesson manual that works as a guide for reading the Book of Mormon supported by the Inspired Version of the Bible and the Doctrine and Covenants. Stevens gives an introduction to the Book of Mormon and then explores its contents. She discusses in detail the Jaredites, the Mulekites, the division of the Nephites and Lamanites, and Christ and his restored gospel.

ID = [77647]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Stevens, Thelona D. “Composition of the Plates of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 94 (27 December 1947): 1177-78.
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Biblical and archaeological evidence indicate that a wide variety of materials were used for record keeping, including papyrus, parchment, clay tablets, brass, and other metals. The Book of Mormon mentions plates of brass, of ore (gold, silver, and copper), and of pure gold.

ID = [79324]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1947-12-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Stevens, Thelona D. The Everlasting Covenant. Independence, MO: Foundation for Research on Ancient America, 1984.
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Discusses how the Book of Mormon was translated, and the phraseology in the book that identifies the everlasting covenant of salvation. The Book of Mormon uses different language than the Doctrine and Covenants and Bible with regard to the everlasting covenant.

ID = [78475]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Stevens, Thelona D. An Introduction to the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Foundation for Research on Ancient America, 1984.
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A booklet briefly setting forth a number of topics dealing with the Book of Mormon, including the language, translation, title page, manuscripts, archaeology, geography, witnesses, composition of the plates, and other items.

ID = [77524]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Stevens, Thelona D. “The Language of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 94 (6 December 1947): 1103-5.
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Discusses Nephi’s knowledge of Egyptian and Hebrew and how the Book of Mormon plates were only written upon by a distinct class of educated people. The Jaredites “presumably [spoke] the language of Adam,” but Moroni translated their record into reformed Egyptian using the Urim and Thummim. Argues that the brass plates were also written in Egyptian since it took less space than Hebrew, and Moses knew both languages.

ID = [80509]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1947-12-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Stevens, Thelona D. “Mexico: The Valley Shall Bloom Again.” Saints’ Herald 89 (22 August 1942): 1082-83, 1087.
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The peoples of the Book of Mormon were destroyed and their lands were not cared for. The Book of Mormon records this “sad fate” because of their iniquity, but in these latter days the land will again become fruitful if the people will serve the God of the land, Jesus Christ.

ID = [79763]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1942-08-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Stevens, Thelona D. Nephi, Son of Lehi. Independence, MO: Foundation for Research on Ancient America, 1986.
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Booklet has short essays about Nephi, addressing his role as a shipbuilder, his leadership qualities, his priesthood, and his interest in educating his people.

ID = [78096]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Stevens, Thelona D. “The Purposes of the Book of Mormon in the Divine Plan.” Saints’ Herald 88 (19 April 1941): 499-500.
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The primary purpose of the Book of Mormon is to provide the world with a second witness for Christ. Another purpose is to present the plan of salvation for all people.

ID = [80613]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1941-04-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Stevens, Thelona D. A Summary of the Book of Mormon: Book by Book. Independence, MO: Foundation for Research on Ancient America, 1984.
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A booklet that provides a concise historical summary of each of the fifteen books of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77463]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Stevenson, Bertha S. “The Third Witness.” Improvement Era 37, no. 8 (1934): 458-459.
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This article chronicles the final years of Martin Harris’s life and his journey to Utah. Harris spoke to congregations bearing his witness of the Book of Mormon. He died in July 1870 and was buried with a Book of Mormon in one hand and a Doctrine and Covenants in the other.

Keywords: Harris, Martin, Three Witnesses
ID = [77081]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1934-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Stevenson, E. “A Visit to David Whitmer.” Juvenile Instructor 22 (February 1887): 55.
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David Whitmer, the final surviving witness for the Book of Mormon, bore an undimmed testimony of the Book of Mormon and told of the visit of one of the three Nephites.

ID = [78946]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Stevenson, Edward. “Historical Scenes Around Cumorah Hill.” Utah Monthly Magazine 8 (April-May 1892): 242-46, 289-91.
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Describes the location and appearance of the Hill Cumorah, and then tells of the Jaredite and Nephite destructions that had occurred there. Stevenson then discusses America as a land of liberty and Moroni’s final act of burying the plates in the Hill Cumorah.

ID = [79530]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1892-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Stevenson, Edward. Reminiscences of Joseph the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: N.p., 1893.
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In presenting this pamphlet of Reminiscences to the public, the Author desires to explain the circumstances that induced him to issue it. While delivering a series of illustrated lectures in the various tabernacles and public halls throughout the Territory— and which were repeated on more than 200 different occasions— the Author was earnestly solicited to publish the lectures, including engravings of the paintings, in the form in which they now appear. Having become convinced from the great interest taken in the lectures, that they were productive of much good, the Author finally determined to submit the lectures to the public. The Author having been personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith, and having been with him in many of his trying experiences, desires to add his testimony to the truth of the work inaugurated by him, under instructions from the Almighty, and hopes that the incidents herein related will induce many to investigate this great and important work; for he that judgeth without investigation is unwise.

Keywords: Ancient America, Early Church History, Prophet, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Translation
ID = [75414]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1893-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:44
Stevenson, Edward. Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Edward Stevenson, 1893.
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The author presents his own and others’ eyewitness accounts of events in the life of Joseph Smith. This book gives the history of Joseph’s childhood through his martyrdom. Includes a description of Cumorah, speaks of its history, and gives descriptions of the things Joseph received with the golden plates.

ID = [78204]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1893-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Stevenson, Edward. “The Thirteenth Witness to the Book of Mormon.” Juvenile Instructor 24 (1889): 22-23.
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Briefly discusses Mary Musselman Whitmer, the wife of Peter Whitmer, as being the 13th witness to the gold plates. Describes her visit from Moroni to show her the plates

Keywords: Whitmer, Mary Musselman; Book of Mormon, witnesses
ID = [82032]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1889-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:53
Stevenson, Edward. “The Three Witnesses To The Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 48, no. 32 (31 May 1886): 341-43.
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As a witness who sat in the presence of the prophet Joseph and the Three Witnesses, this author presents his accounts of some of the occasions when testimonies were born. The author states that he was “deeply inspired” as he heard them many times testify of being in the presence of a heavenly messenger who talked with them and showed them the plates. They were shown the Urim and Thummim and told these seer stones were used by ancient prophets.

ID = [80990]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1886-05-31  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:57
Stevenson, Edward. “A Visit to David Whitmer.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 4 (1887): 55.
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David Whitmer, the final surviving witness for the Book of Mormon, bore an undimmed testimony of the Book of Mormon and told of the visit of one of the three Nephites.

Keywords: Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [75944]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:11
Stevenson, Edward. “A Visit to David Whitmer.” Juvenile Instructor 22, no. 4 (1887): 55.
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David Whitmer, the final surviving witness for the Book of Mormon, bore an undimmed testimony of the Book of Mormon and told of the visit of one of the three Nephites.

Keywords: Three Witnesses, Whitmer, David
ID = [76588]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1887-02-15  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Stevenson, Gary E. “The Greatest Easter Story Ever Told.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2023.
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Look at the Book of Mormon in a new light and consider the profound witness it bears of the reality of the risen Christ.

ID = [67402]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2023-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 2246  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:19
Stevenson, Gary E. “Hearts Knit Together.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 2021.
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Elder Stevenson teaches the importance of kindness, love, and respect, offering specific counsel to children, youth, and adults.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [23353]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2021-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 1784  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:09
Stevenson, Gary E. “Look to the Book, Look to the Lord.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 2016.
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Can you see the Book of Mormon as your keystone, your spiritual center of strength?

ID = [22693]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 2131  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:06
Stevenson, Gary E. “The Ongoing Restoration.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, August 20, 2019.
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The Book of Mormon is the engine that powers conversion and a change of heart, leading us closer to Jesus Christ.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Church Organization; Joseph Smith; Restoration; Collection: Joseph Smith the Prophet; Podcast: Come; Follow Me; Podcast: Joseph Smith; Podcast: Recent Speeches
ID = [70166]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2019-08-20  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:53
Stevenson, H. Lecture on Mormonism. Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Company, 1839.
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A polemical tract based on a lecture given to a Methodist congregation in Alston in 1838. The Book of Mormon is “a foolish and wicked forgery” that has no historical basis whatsoever. It is a book full of anachronistic statements, absurdities, and contradictions with the Bible.

ID = [77969]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Stevenson, Russell W. “Reckoning with Race in the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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Scholars of Mormonism have seen a deluge of race literature on the Book of Mormon flow over the past five years. Compared to the robust scholarship on the use of biblical literature in constructing race, Mormonism strikes one as the particularly colorful character who showed up late to the party. For a faith system that has started to imagine itself in global terms, the implications of this recent increase are profound and invite commentary from a variety of disciplines ranging from literary criticism to forensic anthropology. This review essay holds humble aspirations for itself: to trace the basic contours of racialization and deracialization in the Book of Mormon’s historiographical record, illustrating how the contestedness of the racial narrative reflects a variety of needs for Mormon reception of the Book of Mormon text. To close, I will speak to the Book of Mormon’s relevance as a point of entry for undermining Anglo-Saxon knowledge control.

ID = [81912]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2018-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:47
Stevenson, W. Fleming. “A City of Saints.” Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine 7 (April 1880): 406-16.
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Description of a visit to Salt Lake, with a report of conversations with LDS members. Tells about the Book of Mormon, and includes references to the Spaulding fabrication.

ID = [78862]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Heal, Kristian S., and Zach Stevenson. “How the Book of Mormon Reads Ancient Religious Texts.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 3 (2022): 103-121.
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“We live in a world awash with ancient religious texts. Among the most famous discoveries made since the publication of the Book of Mormon are (in order of discovery) the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, the Cairo Genizah, the Oxyrhyncus Papyri, the Ras Shamra tablets, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Nag Hammadi library. What is our responsibility as Latter-day Saints toward these other texts? How are we to read them? To answer these questions, we go back to the beginning, to the first and grandest ancient text of the Restoration, to the Book of Mormon. We look to the Book of Mormon to help determine four fundamental strategies that can guide our future engagement with ancient texts as a community of Saints. The Book of Mormon explains and enacts an ethic of reading that promises not only to enlighten but to redeem us from a misguided sense of sufficiency and to direct us to attend to the outpouring of light that followed in its wake. As we recognize this prompting, we begin to understand that God has spoken, does speak, and will continue to speak to his children through ancient religious texts.” [Authors]

Keywords: Scriptures, use and influence; Apocryphal literature; Book of Mormon; Scriptures; Scriptures, textual parallels
ID = [81945]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:48
Stewart, David G., Jr. “DNA and the Book of Mormon.” The FARMS Review 18, no. 1 (2006): Article 8.
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Stewart examines the DNA research applicable to Native Americans and how it relates to Book of Mormon peoples.

ID = [529]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 68062  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:52
Stewart, David G., Jr. “DNA and the Book of Mormon.” Paper presented at the 2006 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2006.
ID = [32425]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2006-08-01  Collections:  bom,fair-conference  Size: 63263  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:49
Stewart, David Grant. The Jaredites Were Black. United States: National Translator Certification Service, 1984.
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Written as a discussion between three friends. It is proposed that the Jaredites were descendants of Naphtahim, son of Mizraim, grandson of Noah who left Egypt shortly after the confusion of tongues. They were black and had no priesthood, but were highly blessed of the Lord. It is thought that they were Olmecs who occupied Mexico.

ID = [78524]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1984-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Stewart, F. L. Exploding The Myth About Joseph Smith, The Mormon Prophet. New York: House of Stewart Publications, 1967.
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Written in rebuttal to No Man Knows My History,

ID = [77785]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1967-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Stewart, J. Z. “Interesting Facts: The Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon Clearly Proved by Ancient Indian Records.” Juvenile Instructor 15 (1 March 1880): 50.
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The conquering Spaniards burned the histories of the Mexican natives, but a few survived and are in the Aztec museum in Mexico. The histories there as well as in Central and South America offer astonishing proof that the Book of Mormon is true.

ID = [79598]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Stewart, J.Z. “Interesting Facts: The Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon Clearly Proved by Ancient Indian Records.” Juvenile Instructor 15, no. 5 (1880): 50.
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The conquering Spaniards burned the histories of the Mexican natives, but a few survived and are in the Aztec museum in Mexico. The histories there as well as in Central and South America offer astonishing proof that the Book of Mormon is true.

Keywords: Ancient America, Mesoamerica
ID = [75913]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1880-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:09
Stewart, Margery S. “The Bright Warrior.” Improvement Era 56, no. 5 (1952): 326-327, 358-360, 362-363.
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This article is a fictional story of Samuel the Lamanite as might have been seen through the eyes of a Nephite boy named Nathan.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Fiction, Fiction, Prophecy, Samuel the Lamanite
ID = [76954]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1953-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:08
Puening, Ronald L., Barbara A. Hainsworth, Karen Galley, Philip Jackson, Matt Paulson, Marilyn Stewart, Scott J. Klemm, Thomas L. Faulkner, Louis Wilkins, Peter Vokac, Richard G. Belliss, W. D. Sanders, and John W. Miller. “Queries and Comments: More on the Nephites and the Book of Mormon.” Biblical Archaeology Review 14 (November—December 1988): 12, 14-18, 20.
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Letters responding to C. L. Sainsbury’s letter (July/August issue) seeking inclusion of Nephite history on an international timeline. Contributors contend that no archaeological evidence exists for the Book of Mormon, point out the book’s similarity to the Bible, and enclose the Smithsonian Institution’s statement concerning the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80034]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Stewart, Ora Pate. Branches Over the Wall. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1950.
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Retelling of the Book of Mormon in simplified language.

ID = [77666]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Stewart, Ora Pate. Dear Land of Home. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1960.
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Retells story of the people of Zeniff in the form of a fictionalized account that incorporates quotes from Book of Mormon text. Zeniff’s story is a warning, and it “presents a miniature of the whole Book of Mormon message”

ID = [77737]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Stewart, Ora Pate. Treasures Unearthed. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1953.
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Stewart discusses various Book of Mormon topics such as the Lamanite curse, the issue of white Indians, Nephi’s sisters, calendars, shipbuilding, organized crime, arts, industry, and prophecies concerning our day. The topics are in random order, and are written in the form of short articles.

ID = [78728]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1953-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Stice, Earl K. “Happily Ever After: Lessons from Joseph Smith, Lehi, and the Recent Accounting Scandals.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 27, 2003.
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We should not get discouraged when our careful plans and solutions don’t always lead to calm, clear sailing. Joseph Smith, Lehi, and even the Stice family have learned that “happily ever after” means pressing forward with faith, not discouragement.

Keywords: Happiness
ID = [69366]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2003-05-27  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:47
Stirling, Mack C. “Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, eds., Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Sperry Symposium.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 43.
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Review of Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Sperry Symposium (1992), edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top

ID = [160]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 39958  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:30
Stirling, Mack C. “Job: An LDS Reading.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 137-180.
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Abstract: Mack C. Stirling examines the well-known story of Job, one of the literary books of the Bible and part of the Wisdom literature (which is heavy in temple mysticism and symbols), and proposes the story follows the temple endowment to the T. Following Hugh Nibley’s lead in The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri, the temple endowment is not discussed. Stirling focuses only on Job’s story, drawing on analysis of literary genres and literary tools, like chiasms, focusing on the existential questions asked by the ancient author. Doing this, he concludes that Job’s is a story about a spiritual journey, in which two main questions are answered: “(1) Is it worthwhile to worship God for His own sake apart from material gain? (2) Can man, by coming to earth and worshipping God, enter into a process of becoming that allows him to participate in God’s life and being?” What follows is an easy to read exegesis of the Book of Job with these questions in mind, culminating with Job at the veil, speaking with God. Stirling then discusses Job’s journey in terms of Adam’s journey — beginning in a situation of security, going through tribulations, finding the way to God and being admitted into His presence — and shows how this journey is paralleled in Lehi’s dream in the Book of Mormon (which journey ends at a tree of life). This journey also is what each of us faces, from out premortal home with God, to the tribulations of this telestial world, and back to the eternal bliss of Celestial Kingdom, the presence of God, through Christ. In this way, the stories of Adam and Eve, of Job, and of Lehi’s dream provide a framework for every human’s existence.
[Editor’s Note: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article is reprinted here as a service to the LDS community. Original pagination and page numbers have necessarily changed, otherwise the reprint has the same content as the original.
See Mack C. Stirling, “Job: An LDS Reading,” in Temple Insights: Proceedings of the Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference, “The Temple on Mount Zion,” 22 September 2012, ed. William J. Hamblin and David Rolph Seely (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2014), 99–144. Further information at https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/temple-insights/.].

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Job
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Stirling, Mack C. “Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., The Book of Mormon: Helaman through 3 Nephi 8, According to Thy Word.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): Article 15.
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Review of The Book of Mormon: Helaman through 3 Nephi 8, According to Thy Word (1992), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [207]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 27128  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:33
Stirling, Mack C. “The Way of Life and the Way of Death in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 152-204.
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The Book of Mormon describes a great division in mankind between the few who walk in the way of life and the many who walk in the way of death. This division results from the response of each individual to Christ or to the voice of God during probation. Men either hearken to the voice of Christ and progressively acquire spiritual life or they hearken to the voice of the devil and progressively descend into spiritual death. Nine Book of Mormon texts reveal detailed teachings on life and death. A diagram illustrates the ideas of each text. The conception and portrayal of spiritual reality in terms of two mutually exclusive, progressively diverging, and correspondingly opposite ways of life and death are clearly demonstrated. This dualistic conception of reality underlies the entire Book of Mormon. An understanding of this paradigm is critical, in order both to assimilate the essential message of the Book of Mormon on life and death and to understand its theological relationship to the Doctrine and Covenants.

Keywords: Agency; Death; Division; Life; Theology; Two Ways
ID = [2961]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,farms-jbms  Size: 103862  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:16
Stocks, Hugh G. The Book of Mormon in English, 1870-1920: A Publishing History and Analytical Bibliography. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986.
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Examines the production and distribution of the Book of Mormon from 1870-1920. This article contains a description of each printing that took place during this period and the factors that determined the format, location of publication, and cost. A comparison is made between publication of the Book of Mormon and publications of the Seventh-day Adventists and Christian Scientists.

ID = [78378]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Stocks, Hugh G. “Book of Mormon Translations.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 1:213-14. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
ID = [75243]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 4171  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:35
Stocks, Hugh G. The Book of Mormon, 1830-1879: A Publishing History. Los Angeles: MLS Paper, University of California, 1979.
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Master’s thesis: this article is an analytical bibliography that traces the development of the Book of Mormon from its original printing—a 500-page manuscript with no punctuation or paragraphing—to the modern, mass-produced (English only) volumes of today. The historical circumstances that surrounded each printing and the technical facts that pertain are presented.

ID = [78407]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Stocks, Hugh G. “The Book of Mormon, 1830-1979: A Publishing History.” Master’s thesis, Los Angeles: University of California at Los Angeles, 1979.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon, editions and translations
ID = [81572]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:28
Stocks, Hugh G. “RLDS Publishing and the Book of Mormon, 1860-1910.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 9 (1989): 59-73.
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Keywords: Schisms, RLDS; Book of Mormon, editions and translations
ID = [81966]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:50
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Ted D. Stoddard, and T. Jeffery Cottle. Church History in Black and White: George Edward Anderson's Photographic Mission to Latter-day Saint Historical Sites. Volume 3 in the Occasional Papers Series. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
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Volume 3 in the Occasional Papers Series In 1907, when photography was still considered magical, George Edward Anderson set forth on a momentous journey across the United States. En route to a proselytizing mission in England, Anderson—arguably the most important photographer of Latter-day Saint historical sites to date—spent a year capturing vivid images of the sites of such transcendent events as the First Vision, the restoration of the priesthood, the publication of the Book of Mormon, and the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This volume assembles these photographs with Anderson’s 1907 diary, which allows reader to appreciate the photographs in their historical, cultural, and religious setting. ISBN 0-8849-4998-2

ID = [33365]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:02
Stoffel, Jerome. “Joseph Smith and the Mormon Dilemma.” N.p., 1970-71.
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A self-published history of Joseph Smith and the restoration of the Church, the coming forth of scriptural records, and the exodus of the Saints to Utah. Two chapters feature the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the internal character of the work. Author does not accept the Book of Mormon as scripture.

ID = [77931]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Stoker, Kevin, Kellene Ricks, and John H. Hart. “Aggression—Beginning of End.” Church News 58 (12 November 1988): 14.
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Tells how the Nephites started declining when they became the aggressors by attacking the Lamanites.

ID = [78959]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-11-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Stoker, Kevin. “The ‘Best Missionaries’” Church News 56 (7 December 1986): 16.
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An article in a magazine led Conley Smith to look for a copy of the Book of Mormon. He attributes his conversion to the “best missionaries”—Nephi through Moroni.

ID = [80246]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-12-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Stoker, Kevin. “Big Welcome for Prophet Deep in Heart of Texas.” Church News 58 (30 April 1988): 3, 5.
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President Benson calls on the members to read and teach the Book of Mormon. Elder Peterson urges the members to follow the examples of the prophets in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79106]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-04-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Stoker, Kevin. “Book of Mormon Being Shipped in Record Numbers.” Church News 56 (13 July 1986): 3.
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Update on quantities of Books of Mormon being distributed worldwide. The increased numbers are due mainly to President Benson’s emphasis upon the Book of Mormon and the heeding of this counsel.

ID = [79135]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1986-07-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Stoker, Kevin. “Book of Mormon: ‘Wave of Enthusiasm.’” Church News 58 (6 February 1988): 5.
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Reports that Daniel H. Ludlow raised a Book of Mormon in one hand and the Bible in the other and declared that a person cannot accept the Book of Mormon without accepting the Bible.

ID = [79247]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-02-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet Told, ‘We Prayed You Here’” Church News 58 (5 November 1988): 3, 13.
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President Benson said that the Book of Mormon was written for people today, and that members should study and teach it. “We have not been using the Book of Mormon as we should,” and “our homes are not as strong unless we are using it to bring our children to Christ”

ID = [80019]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1988-11-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet Urges Following in Savior’s Steps.” Church News 57 (14 February 1987): 3.
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President Benson told seminary and institute students that “wisdom is the proper application of true knowledge” and that all knowledge and truth are not of equal importance. Seeking knowledge and truth in the scriptures is of greatest worth. Understanding the value of worship in one’s life is best achieved by reading the Book of Mormon and following Moroni’s counsel.

ID = [80020]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-02-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet Visits Area of Father’s Mission.” Church News 57 (17 October 1987): 3-4.
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President Benson spoke at the Des Moines, Iowa Regional Conference, the same area where his father served a mission nearly 75 years earlier. He spoke about using the Book of Mormon correctly in our lives.

ID = [80021]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-10-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Stoker, Kevin. “Prophet’s Counsel Aimed At the ‘Rising Generation’” Church News 57 (21 February 1987): 3-4.
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At a regional conference, President Benson spoke to youth, stressing how vital the Book of Mormon is as a missionary tool in bringing people to Christ.

ID = [80024]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-02-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Stoker, Kevin. “Sent ‘Sacred Book’” Church News 57 (16 September 1987): 16.
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Revisiting the scenes of previous military service brought Normand Laub to the Philippines, where he found many people to whom he sent copies of the Book of Mormon. Because of his influence a new area was opened up for missionary work.

ID = [80158]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1987-09-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:10
Stokes, Adam O. “Mixing the Old with the New: The Implications of Reading the Book of Mormon from a Literary Perspective.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 25, no. 1 (2016).
ID = [3343]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2016-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 16652  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:41
Stokes, Adam O. “The People of Canaan: A New Reading of Moses 7.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 47 (2021): 159-180.
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Abstract: Moses 7 is one of the most famous passages in all of Restoration scripture. It is also one of the most problematic in regard to its description of the people of Canaan as black (v. 8) and as a people who were not preached to by the patriarch Enoch (v. 12). Later there is also a mention of “the seed of Cain,” who also are said to be black (v. 22). This article examines the history of interpretation of Moses 7 and proposes an alternative understanding based on a close reading of the text. In contrast to traditional views, it argues that the reason for Enoch’s not preaching to the people of Canaan stems not from any sins the people had committed or from divine disfavor but from the racial prejudice of the other sons of Adam, the “residue of the people” (vv. 20, 22) who ironically are the only ones mentioned as “cursed” in the text (v. 20). In looking at the implications of this passage for the present-day Restoration, this article notes parallels between Enoch’s hesitancy and various attitudes toward black priesthood ordination throughout the Restoration traditions, including the Community of Christ where the same type of hesitancy existed. This article argues that, rather than being indicative of divine disfavor toward persons of African descent, this tendency is a response to the racist attitudes of particular eras, whether the period of the Old Testament patriarchs or the post-bellum American South. Nevertheless, God can be seen as working through and within particular contexts and cultures to spread the gospel to all of Adam’s children irrespective of race.

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

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Book of Moses Topics > Chapters of the Book of Moses > Moses 6:13–7 — Enoch
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Stokes, Adam Oliver. “‘Skin’ or ‘Scales’ of Blackness? Semitic Context as Interpretive Aid for 2 Nephi 4:35 (LOS 5:21).” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018).
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Few verses in the Book of Mormon are as problematic and controversial as 2 Nephi 4:35 (LDS 5:21). Critics of the Book of Mormon have routinely pointed to this verse and its reference to Lamanites receiving a “skin of blackness” as evidence of racism and racist theology in Mormonism’s sacred scriptures. The verse has also failed to escape ridicule in pop-cultural depictions of Mormonism, as seen most recently in the hit Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon. The verse and its interpretation are of perennial interest to readers of the Book of Mormon, believing or not, since the racial stance of the volume seems to center around the interpretation of the passage.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Storror, A. A. “A Dream Come True.” Ensign, August 1984.
ID = [46779]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1984-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1319  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:50:09
Story, Ruth P. “The Book of Mormon and a Feather.” Restoration Witness 164 (August 1976): 11-14.
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The parents of a new convert accepted his conversion and received a Book of Mormon. Reading the book brought warm and wonderful experiences that bear witness of the book’s spiritual nature.

ID = [80315]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:19
Stott, Douglas W. “An Analysis of Possible Prophetic Techniques Employed by Mormon in Abridging the Nephite Record for Latter-day Readers.” N.p., 1982.
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Delineates the parts of the Book of Mormon worked on by Mormon. Discusses the lost 116 pages. Refers to the “types” or “situation symbols” from the Old World carried through the Book of Mormon. Points out relevant passages for today’s world.

ID = [77504]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1982-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Stott, Erma W. “I Handed Him the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, June 1992.
ID = [50541]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3725  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:46:06
Stott, G. St. John. “Amerindian Identity, the Book of Mormon, and the American Dream.” Journal of American Studies of Turkey 19 (2004): 21-33.
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“In 1829 William Apess (1798-1839) published his autobiography, Son of the Forest, in which he foresaw Native Americans flocking to accept Christianity and ’occupy[ing] seats in the kingdom’ before his white readers would (O’Connell 51). The following year—but without any knowledge of Apess’ work — Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-44) published the Book of Mormon, in which he foresaw the same, and indeed went further. As well as anticipating their conversion, Smith envisioned Native Americans both building an American New Jerusalem and acting as God’s scourge, executing divine judgment on an apostate United States (Stott “New Jerusalem” 75-76). Unlike those of his generation whose valuation of Indianness ’went hand in hand with the dispossession and conquest of actual Indian people’ (Deloria 182), Smith foresaw the dispossession and conquest of the whites. The work’s radicalism should not be exaggerated : it would mix eighteenth-century environmentalism with the covenant theology of the Old Testament, and Smith would have no qualms in reporting that the dark coloration of Native Americans was evidence of a curse. Nevertheless, that he made no attempt in his early thought to follow precedent and appropriate the Abrahamic myth for European Americans, but instead saw God working through the American Indian, is remarkable. It is fully understandable that Apess, a Pequot brought up by white families and converted to Methodism, would talk of Christianity as a means to the redemption of his people; less so that Smith would argue that the future of white America depended on the continent’s native population. In what follows I begin with the curse and move to the eschatology in order to explain Smith’s reasons for thinking so, and for believing — only fifty years after the Revolution — that the American Dream was morally bankrupt.” [Author]

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., Native Americans and; Book of Mormon, Native Americans and; Native Americans; Native Americans, Mormon views of
ID = [82056]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Stott, G. St. John. “A Conjectural Reading of The Book of Mormon.” Forum for Modern Language Studies 42, no. 4 (2006): 447-458.
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This article claims that, although the Book of Mormon provides an explanation for American Indian origins, it “was primarily concerned with defining the factors underlying social progress, not the historical events that made such progress possible.” [Author]

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., American setting; Book of Mormon, origins; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, American setting
ID = [82057]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2006-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Stott, G. St. John. “Joseph Smith’s 1823 Vision: Uncovering the Angel Message.” Religion 18 (October 1988): 347-62.
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Scott examines the different versions of the account of Joseph Smith’s 1823 vision, and he notes how the story was amplified over time. With these comparisons, Scott notes anachronisms that betray the falseness of the origins of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79652]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1988-10-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Stott, G. St. John. “The Seer Stone Controversy: Writing the Book of Mormon.” Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 19 (Summer 1986): 35-53.
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Not accepting Joseph Smith’s account regarding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon from the gold plates, the author attempts to find other explanations for the book’s existence.

ID = [80636]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:37
Stott, Graham St. John. “The Seer Stone Controversy: Writing the Book of Mormon.” Mosaic 19 (1986): 35-53.
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Keywords: Seer stones; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
ID = [82074]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1986-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:56
Stott, Graham St. John. “Talking to Angels; Talking of Angels: Constructing the Angelology of the Book of Mormon.” Religion & Theology 19, no. 1-2 (2012): 92-109.
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“Vision narratives report experiences that cannot be confirmed because they cannot be shared. Those who see angels can only receive confirmation and reassurance from the way that their testimony is accepted by others. Taking the publication of the vision reports found in the Book of Mormon (1830) as an example of a visionary’s concern for validation, the paper shows how Joseph Smith, Jr. (the book’s ’author and translator’) could rely on his readers confirming – by their tacit assent to what they read – the truth of what he held to be his own revelatory experience. However, as Smith thought of the ministry of angels as a relational rather than a referential term, and brought all instances of revelation under this heading, there could be a diffference between what was described (and assented to) and what was experienced.” [Author]

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., angelic visitations; Belief; Angels; Smith, Joseph, Jr., visions
ID = [82058]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Stout, Jarolyn Ballard. “The Promise of Our Future Together.” Ensign, August 2014.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [60672]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2014-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3495  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:40
Stout, Walter M. “The Book of Mormon Practical Geography.” Upland, CA: n.p., 1970.
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Contains maps of Book of Mormon geography that favor the Mesoamerican theory. Book of Mormon scriptural passages provide the criteria for this theory.

ID = [78394]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Stout, Walter M. Harmony in Book of Mormon Geography. Las Vegas: Chief Litho, 1950.
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A work that attempts to harmonize the geographical accounts contained in the Book of Mormon with the countries of Nicaragua and Costa Rica located in Central America.

ID = [77840]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1950-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Stout, Walter M. “Landing Places of Book of Mormon Colonies.” N.p., 196?.
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Provides hypothetical maps and tries to establish Book of Mormon geographical connections.

ID = [77962]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Stratford, Richard C. Truth. Chicago, IL: Northern States Mission, 1960?.
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Tract written by a mission president on various points of the Restoration, including information on the Book of Mormon, which “came forth into the world in a most miraculous manner”

ID = [78733]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1960-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Strathearn, Gaye, and Jacob Moody. “Christ’s Interpretation of Isaiah 52’s ‘My Servant’ in 3 Nephi.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 18, no. 1 (2009): 4-15.
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Many interpretations exist about who the “suffering servant” in many of Isaiah’s writings might be. Interpretations for this figure include Isaiah himself, the people of Israel, Joseph Smith, and Jesus Christ. Without arguing against these understandings of the servant, this paper claims that Christ, in 3 Nephi 20–23, personifies the servant as the Book of Mormon. Both the servant and the Book of Mormon are portrayed as filling the same “great and marvelous” works in the gathering of Israel, reminding the Jews of their covenants with God, and bringing the Gentiles to Christ.

Keywords: Covenant; Interpretation; Jesus Christ; Savior; Suffering Servant
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [3229]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2009-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms,old-test  Size: 39458  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:33
Strathearn, Gaye, and Charles Swift, eds. Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts. Proceedings of The 36th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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The 36th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Mark Twain reportedly said, “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” Perhaps a similar statement could be made regarding the Book of Mormon: the person who reads the Book of Mormon but does not follow its teachings is not much better off than the person who does not read it. The 2007 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, Living the Book of Mormon: “Abiding by Its Precepts,” focuses on how the Book of Mormon can immeasurably bless our lives as we strive to live what it teaches. In this volume are papers presented at the Sidney B. Sperry Symposium held on the Provo campus of Brigham Young University on October 26–27, 2007. This year the symposium takes its theme from Joseph Smith’s statement, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (introduction to the Book of Mormon). Topics of the 2007 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium include redemption through Christ, the “three Rs” of the Book of Mormon, and the divine precept of charity. Presenters include Elder Joe J. Christensen, Terry B. Ball, Richard O. Cowan, and Robert L. Millet. This symposium is distinctive in that it centers on the practical application of the precepts taught in the Book of Mormon—precepts that can help us draw nearer to God.—Elder Joe J. Christensen, emeritus member, First Quorum of the Seventy. ISBN 978-1-59038-799-3

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Christensen, Joe J. “‘Abiding by Its Precepts’” 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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I submit that anyone who reads the Book of Mormon and receives a testimony of its truthfulness by the power of the Holy Ghost will be motivated to live a life more consistent with the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. He or she will become a better person. The Book of Mormon is action oriented. It is motivational. As long as the Spirit continues to strive with such individuals, their consciences will not let them be completely at peace until they improve their lives. Abiding by the precepts, teachings, and commandments taught so clearly in its pages will help a person proximately in this life and ultimately in the life to come. As a result, I resonate positively to the theme of this symposium: “Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts.”

Keywords: Doctrine; Joseph; Jr.; Precept; Pride; Salvation; Scripture Study; Smith
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Williams, Clyde J. “Using the Book of Mormon to Meet Today’s Challenges.” 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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Prophets and apostles have counseled us how to use the Book of Mormon. In April 1986, President Ezra Taft Benson pleaded: “I would particularly urge you to read again and again the Book of Mormon and ponder and apply its teachings. . . . [One] who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.”

Keywords: Promise; Prophecy; Scripture Study
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
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Esplin, Scott C. “Getting ‘Nearer to God’: A History of Joseph Smith’s Statement.” 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 Prophet Joseph Smith’s statement, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book,” may be one of his most recognizable quotes. Millions of readers of the Book of Mormon find it in the sixth paragraph of the book’s introduction. Hundreds of thousands of general conference participants hear it cited repeatedly from the pulpit. Books, articles, and even entire symposia use it as a theme. However, how many people familiar with the quote understand its context? For example, why did Joseph say what he did regarding the Book of Mormon? Who were “the brethren” to whom he made the statement? What sparked the declaration? How has it been used over time? Answers to these important historical questions help us better appreciate the power and application of Joseph’s prophetic statement in our modern day.

Keywords: Doctrine; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Precept; Prophet; Smith
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
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Millet, Robert L. “‘The Most Correct Book’: Joseph Smith’s Appraisal.” 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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On November 28, 1841, the Prophet Joseph Smith met with the Nauvoo City Council and members of the Quorum of the Twelve in the home of President Brigham Young. History of the Church records that he conversed “with them upon a variety of subjects. Brother Joseph Fielding was present, having been absent four years on a mission to England.” It was in that setting, at the Sunday city council meeting in the Young’s residence, that Joseph Smith made what has come to be one of the most axiomatic and memorable statements in Mormon literature: “I told the brethren,” he said, “that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” In what follows, we will consider the possible meaning and implications of the various parts of this rather bold declaration about this extrabiblical document. We will consider the nature of the Book of Mormon’s correctness, how it is the keystone, the precepts it contains, the poignancy of those precepts, its importance to the world, and finally, its prophetic destiny as a book of holy scripture.

Keywords: Doctrine; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Keystone; Most Correct Book; Precept; Scripture Study; Smith
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
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Swift, Charles. “The Literary Power of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Although the Book of Mormon is composed of such literary elements as stories, poetry, symbolism, letters, archetypes, typology, and allegories, it is not just literature; it is sacred literature, and millions of people with open hearts have found the power behind the Prophet Joseph Smith’s inspired words that “a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (introduction to the Book of Mormon). For believers, there is no question that the Book of Mormon has the power to change the lives of those who are willing to let it. What believers may not so readily understand, however, is the powerful role that the book’s literary features play in changing their lives. These literary elements are not decorative add-ons included by the prophets merely to make reading the book more interesting. Often the literary nature of the Book of Mormon conveys the doctrine and other life-changing precepts in ways that help us better abide by them and experience their power in our lives.

Keywords: Allegory; Dialogue; Literature; Metaphor; Simile; Tragedy
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
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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
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Goodman, Michael A. “Laman and Lemuel: A Case Study in ‘Not Becoming’” 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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We can easily see Laman and Lemuel as being lost from the start. Almost like stock characters in a novel, they may appear to have little depth or complexity. This simplistic view makes it hard to identify the reasons behind, as well as the consequences of, Laman and Lemuel’s behavior. Consequently, if we do not look for deeper meaning in Laman and Lemuel’s story, we may fail to identify the necessary precepts to avoid the pitfalls they fell into and to which we are vulnerable today. Through a more contextual view of Laman and Lemuel’s lives, we are provided with a set of precepts to help us thrive spiritually in our day. As President Spencer W. Kimball taught, to be “forewarned is [to be] forearmed.” Ultimately, Laman and Lemuel’s lack of faith in and incorrect understanding of God led to their failure to become the righteous sons of God they were intended to be.

Keywords: Humility; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Prayer; Pride; Repentance; Scripture Study
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘We Are Not Cut Off’: Separation and Reconciliation through Sacred Covenants.” 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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Perhaps no theme in the Book of Mormon resonates so powerfully to modern readers as that of separation from and reconciliation with God. The sense of being cut off, isolated, or driven out is attested throughout the book. Similarly, messages from the Book of Mormon prophets of hope, reconciliation, and communion with God seek to alleviate the fears and depression that arise from loneliness or abandonment. This theme is particularly evident in Jacob’s great speech recorded in 2 Nephi 6–10 and the two “last” speeches from Moroni in Mormon 8 and Moroni 10. Jacob and Moroni both address separation from and reconciliation with God, providing a template for the reader to understand their own experiences. In particular, these prophets quote the words of Isaiah to teach how sacred covenants reconcile us to God.

Keywords: Covenant; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Reconciliation; Separation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
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Szink, Terrence L. “Writing the Things of God.” 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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Parker, Jared T. “Abinadi on the Father and the Son: Interpretation and Application.” 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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An important part of drawing nearer to God is coming to know and understand Him through the scriptures He has given us—especially the Book of Mormon, since it contains many plain and precious truths missing from our current Bible. Although most Book of Mormon passages are easy to understand, some are more difficult, such as Abinadi’s teachings about the Father and the Son in Mosiah 15:2–5. Yet Mormon’s inclusion of these words in his abridgment suggests that the Lord wants us to have these teachings and wants us to understand them. Accordingly, many have written about what Abinadi taught—that Jesus Christ is the Father and the Son—and have provided valuable insights and explanations. In these discussions, however, a satisfactory explanation of why Abinadi spoke this way appears to be unaddressed. Abinadi’s teachings can help us know God better and thereby draw nearer to Him if we (1) correctly interpret the why and what of his message and (2) apply his teachings in our study of the scriptures.

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Application; God the Father; Godhead; Jesus Christ; Prophet; Role; Title; Trinity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
RSC Topics > D — F > Elohim
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
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Perkins, Jerome M. “Alma the Younger: A Disciple’s Quest to Become.” 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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One of the key messages of the Book of Mormon is that the human soul must change, must progress, must become. The Book of Mormon is, in effect, a handbook of change, with the Lord seeking to motivate mighty change within us by using the lives and teachings of the Book of Mormon protagonists as the means to teach us how to become. At the heart of the Book of Mormon, in the books of Mosiah and Alma, Alma the Younger makes the subject of change, progression, and becoming the very essence of his life and sermons, and thus Alma the Younger becomes a quintessential standard of how to become like God.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Conversion; Discipleship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
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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
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Cowan, Richard O. “Restoration, Redemption, and Resurrection: Three R’s of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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We have long heard of the “three R’s” of elementary education—reading, ”riting, and ”rithmetic. Similarly, a set of interrelated doctrines might be referred to as the three R’s of the Book of Mormon—restoration, redemption, and resurrection. In fact, we might add a fourth R, repentance, which is essential for the first two to function. Material for this chapter is drawn primarily from two experiences recorded in the book of Alma. First, Alma and Amulek confront a group of antagonistic lawyers in the wicked city of Ammonihah. Amulek’s response to Zeezrom’s hostile questioning is recorded in chapter 11. Then, as Alma the Younger neared the end of his life, he took time to give instructions to his three sons. Notice how he spent the most time with, and gave particularly profound teachings to, his wayward son Corianton—recorded in chapters 39–42. Apparently Alma agreed with the principle President Boyd K. Packer later annunciated—that “the study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.”

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Amulek; Corianton (Son of Alma); Redemption; Restoration; Resurrection; Zeezrom
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
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Ball, Terry B. “Alma’s Reform of Zarahemla: A Model for Activation.” 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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Just as modern missionaries can learn much from the methods of the sons of Mosiah, we can learn much about strengthening wavering members from the example of Alma the Younger in his remarkable reform of the Nephites in Zarahemla. A careful study of Alma 4–16 shows that Alma the Younger models many important principles of activation that are helpful to us today. This study examines principles of activation derived from the account of Alma’s labors among the apostate Nephites, particularly in the city of Zarahemla in Alma 4 and 5.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Conversion; Missionary Work; Zarahemla (Polity)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Newell, Lloyd D. “‘All Are Alike unto God’: Equality and Charity in the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Equality and charity are two expressions of the same principle—both require humility and meekness; both are central to the message of the Book of Mormon. With distinct clarity, the Book of Mormon teaches over and over again that “all are alike unto God,” and this simple truth is the antidote for many of the pride problems that keep people from coming unto Christ and from extending service and love to all of His children. Whenever an individual or a nation achieves greatness in the Book of Mormon, it is because the people are free with their substance and treat each other as equals. In contrast, the many tragic pitfalls of pride that the Book of Mormon outlines can be traced to a person or persons withholding charity and thinking they are above another. Alma’s deep sorrow was because of the “great inequality among the people, some lifting themselves up with their pride, despising others, turning their backs upon the needy and the naked and those who were hungry, and those who were athirst, and those who were sick and afflicted”. In the kingdom of God, righteousness and devotion are what matter—not prestige, power, or possessions. Love, compassion, and abundance of heart characterize the real Christian, not acquisitiveness and selfishness. The Book of Mormon declares that the true Saints of God are those who put “off the natural man” and become “new creatures” in Christ—”submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love”.

Keywords: Charity; Equality; Jesus Christ; Pride
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
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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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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “How to Be Reclaimed from the Fall of Adam.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 223–36. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007.
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When Alma the Younger returned to Zarahemla following his mission to the Zoramites, “he caused that his sons should be gathered together, that he might give unto them every one his charge, separately, concerning the things pertaining to righteousness” (Alma 35:16). The Book of Mormon contains a significantly larger amount of counsel from Alma to his wayward son Corianton than to Helaman and Shiblon.
Within Alma’s teachings, we discover a concise explanation of the Fall of Adam and three elements necessary to reclaim each individual from the Fall, namely, death, the Atonement, and the Resurrection. This chapter will discuss the Fall of Adam and these three elements in Alma’s teachings to Corianton and also in the inspired teachings of modern apostles and prophets. This chapter will conclude that we can control only one of the three elements necessary to reclaim mankind from the Fall: whether we use the Atonement to repent of our sins and forgive others.

Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Virtue
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King, Michael L. “The Atonement of Jesus Christ—‘Glad Tidings of Great Joy’” 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 > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Fear, Michael J. “The Merits of Christ: Fallen Humanity’s Hope for 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.
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Understanding men and women’s inability to merit salvation through their own efforts can lead one to rely “alone upon the merits of Christ”. Nephi put it this way: “O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man”. Nephi had seen his weak and fallen condition and realized that without the strength of the Lord, he would not be able to overcome the world and his own personal struggles. When we see clearly that we are lost and that we need Him, we can be led to rely on His goodness and His grace in our lives. This reliance on the merits of Christ involves more than simply passive belief. It includes recognizing our fallen nature and finding access to grace through making and keeping sacred covenants.

Keywords: Atonement; Jesus Christ; Merits; Redemption; Righteousness
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
ID = [35818]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 17079  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:06
Ray, Brian K. “‘Proper Order’—A Powerful Precept of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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By definition, order means being in the proper relationship or arrangement. In a gospel context, order is found in enjoying a harmonious relationship with God. This chapter will examine what the Book of Mormon teaches about order, how students of the Book of Mormon can order their lives, and the related doctrines of ordination and ordinances.

Keywords: Authority; Order; Ordinances; Ordination; Precept; Priesthood; Relationship
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
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Kramer, Neal W. “Prophetic Principles for Building Zion.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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When we think of the doctrine of Zion as taught in the Book of Mormon, our minds often turn to 4 Nephi. The book describes in a few verses a society organized around the principles taught by the Savior to a righteous remnant of Nephites and Lamanites at the temple in Bountiful. Some important characteristics of this community of Christians were faith, family, hope, peace, security, and happiness. Indeed, Mormon powerfully asserts that “there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God”. Imagine that! They were happier than the citizens of the city of Enoch, happier than Mechizedek’s city of Salem. This Book of Mormon Zion had been foretold from the time Lehi and his family left Jerusalem. In preparation for that great day, crucial principles about Zion were regularly taught by prophets like King Benjamin and Alma the Elder. But the Book of Mormon was written for our day to assist us in preparing for the building of our Zion. And so the Book of Mormon calls us to come unto Christ and take upon His name by building Zion, which is founded on the principles of equality, unity, covenants, and priesthood organization.

Keywords: 4 Nephi; Covenant; Equality; Organization; Priesthood; Principle; Prophet; Unity; Zion
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
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Richardson, Matthew O. “‘The Pure Love of Christ’: The Divine Precept of Charity in Moroni 7.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Some may ask, Can you really go wrong with love—in any form? But Mormon taught that “if ye have not charity, ye are nothing” and that “whoso is found possessed of it [charity] at the last day, it shall be well with him”. Obviously, saying that charity is important is an understatement. But what if people understate charity and are left with a form that isn’t even the same charity Mormon spoke of? What if the present understanding of charity has already shifted from the divine precept taught in the Book of Mormon?

Keywords: Charity; Jesus Christ; Love; Mormon (Prophet)
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
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Strathearn, Gaye, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap, eds. The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture. Proceedings of The 39th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
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The 39th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Christians around the world look to the Sermon on the Mount for encouragement and guidance in developing the attitudes and behavior the Lord admonished us to have. The 2010 Sperry Symposium focuses on the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, Luke, and 3 Nephi. It will discuss in depth specific passages and textual variations in the different accounts of the Sermon, as well as the social and cultural context of the Sermon. Chapters will review the contributions that the Joseph Smith Translation makes to our understanding, as well as the use of the Sermon in later biblical and Book of Mormon teachings. Contributors include Richard D. Draper, Matthew J. Grey, Daniel K Judd, Jennifer C. Lane, Eric-John K. Marlowe, Robert L. Millet, Thomas A. Wayment, and John W. Welch. ISBN 978-1-60641-823-9

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
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Articles

Huntsman, Eric D. “‘Resist Not Evil’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Draper, Richard D. “The Sociocultural Context of the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Audience Astonishment at the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
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Ludlow, Jared W. “Israel’s Ancient Psalms.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Psalms/Proverbs/Ecclesiastes/Song of Solomon
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
ID = [35317]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 39643  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Salt and Light.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
ID = [35318]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 40480  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Grey, Matthew J. “The Six Antitheses.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
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Marlowe, Eric-Jon K. “‘What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let No Man Put Asunder’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
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Millet, Robert L. “‘Be Ye Therefore Perfect’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35321]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42982  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Bowen, Matthew L. “The Father in the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
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Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Kingdom of God.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Beholdest Thou. . .the Priests and the Levites’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
ID = [35324]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 79122  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
LeFevre, David A. “The Golden Rule.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35325]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 29864  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Wayment, Thomas A. “‘By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [35326]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 33134  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Welch, John W. “‘Thy Will Be Done’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
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Judd, Daniel K. “‘As Your Father Also Is Merciful’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
ID = [35328]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 45157  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Hardison, Amy Blake. “‘A Wise Man Built His House upon a Rock’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
ID = [35329]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 35426  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Triplet-Hitoto, Valerie. “The Sermon on the Mount in the Joseph Smith Translation.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [35330]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 35450  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Skinner, Andrew C. “How New Testament Variants Contribute to the Meaning of the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [35331]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 31611  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Richardson, Matthew O. “Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, eds. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
ID = [35332]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 67786  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:35
Belnap, Daniel L., Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson, eds. “The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision.” Proceedings of the 40th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
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The 40th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium A dark and dreary waste, a man in a shining robe, a rod of iron, and a tree of life—these symbols evoke powerful images in our minds and deepen our appreciation for the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. The 2011 Sperry Symposium volume explores the rich symbolism of Lehi’s dream and Nephi’s vision, placing such symbols as the mists of darkness, the great and spacious building, and the church of the Lamb of God in the context of the last days. By introducing new perspectives to a familiar account, this volume offers a stirring reminder of the implications for Latter-day Saints. ISBN 978-1-6090-8738-8

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Articles

Osguthorpe, Russell T. “The Power of Inspired Invitations.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temptation
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Hardy, Heather. “The Double Nature of God’s Saving Work: The Plan of Salvation and Salvation History.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
ID = [35259]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 53324  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:31
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The Church of the Lamb of God.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
ID = [35260]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 39283  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:31
Halverson, Jared M. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Apocalyptic Literature.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35261]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 41712  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:31
Driggs, Lori. “Nephi’s Vision and the Loss and Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
ID = [35262]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 56565  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:31
Pike, Dana M. “Lehi Dreamed a Dream: The Report of Lehi’s Dream in Its Biblical Context.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
ID = [35263]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 72073  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:31
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
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Schade, Aaron P. “The Strait and Narrow Path: The Covenant Path of Discipleship Leading to the Tree of Life.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Discipleship
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
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Easton-Flake, Amy. “Lehi’s Dream as a Template for Understanding Each Act of Nephi’s Vision.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Second Coming
ID = [35267]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 50650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Hardy, Grant R. “Prophetic Perspectives: How Lehi and Nephi Applied the Lessons of Lehi’s Dream.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Even as Our Father Lehi Saw’: Lehi’s Dream as Nephite Cultural Narrative.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35269]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 71043  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Bowen, Matthew L. “Not Partaking of the Fruit: Its Generational Consequences and Its Remedy.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
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Alford, Kenneth L. “‘Delivered by the Power of God’: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “What Nephi’s Vision Teaches about the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
ID = [35272]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 48026  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
King, Seth J. “Illuminating a Darkened World.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
ID = [35273]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 45751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Line, C. Robert. “Bitter and Sweet: Dual Dimensions of the Tree of Life.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temptation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
ID = [35274]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 27222  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Smith, D. Mick. “Sacrifice and Condescension: Types and Shadows for Latter-day Living.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > A — C > Consecration
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
ID = [35275]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 42002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Swift, Charles. “‘It Filled My Soul with Exceedingly Great Joy’: Lehi’s Vision of Teaching and Learning.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Education
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [35276]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 74205  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Michelle Vanegas Brodrick. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Used by Church Leaders.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [35277]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry,rsc-video  Size: 46416  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Skinner, Andrew C., and Gaye Strathearn, eds. Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book/Neal A. Maxwell Institute. 2012.
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If the Book of Mormon is considered the keystone of our religion, then perhaps Third Nephi could be considered the pinnacle of the Book of Mormon. Third Nephi provides a glimpse into those glorious moments when the Savior ministered to a group of Nephite people who trusted in his prophesied appearance. This collection of essays is compiled from lectures given during a two-day symposium on the book of Third Nephi held at BYU in 2008. The chapters investigate a variety of topics from both academic and doctrinal perspectives. The articles include discussions on what Jesus taught and did, as well as how Third Nephi fits into the larger purposes that are outlined in the Book of Mormon s title page: to show Israel what great things the Lord has done for their fathers that they may know the covenants of the Lord, and to convince both Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ.

Keywords: Jesus Christ; book; narrative; spiritual climax
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [76591]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2012-01-01  Collections:  bom,mi  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Stroem, Ake V. “Red Indian Elements in Early Mormonism.” Temenos 5 (1969): 120-68.
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Finds the Bible to be the main source for the Book of Mormon. Argues that the Mormon religion is visionary, similar to Islam in that it is based upon the visions of one prophet. “Mormonism differs from Christianity but is in accord with Red Indian religion” Theories of plagiarism concerning Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews and Spaulding’s manuscript are investigated, but found false.

ID = [80053]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1969-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Strom, Ake. “Red Indian Elements in Early Mormonism.” Temenos 5 (1969): 120-68.
ID = [77248]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Stuart, Joseph R. “Reading Race, Reading Scripture: Assessing Recent Historical Works on Race and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 28 (2019).
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Different approaches to reading The Book of Mormon have influenced the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ teachings from 1830 to the present day. Scholars have long recognized that the definition of “Lamanites,” one of the primary groups described in the book, has shaped missionary work, Church policy, and public outreach. Indeed, in the Doctrine and Covenants, Joseph Smith received a revelation sending four missionaries to preach “among the Lamanites,” perhaps the first justification for preaching among Indigenous peoples. Recent teachings have expanded the definition of Lamanite to include Native and Indigenous peoples on both American continents as well as Polynesians

ID = [81930]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2019-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,farms-jbms  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:48
Stubbart, J. M. “The Church in America Before Christ; Its Authority and Priesthood.” Saints’ Herald 76 (6 November 1929): 1349-51.
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Writes that the Nephite church before Christ had all the ordinances and authority necessary for salvation. He continues that the Book of Mormon leaders of the church before Christ held the Melchizedek Priesthood and could not have possessed the Aaronic Priesthood for they were not direct descendants of Aaron.

ID = [80428]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1929-11-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:26
Stubbs, Brian D. “Answering the Critics in 44 Rebuttal Points.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 37 (2020): 237-292.
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Abstract: After publishing several articles in peer-reviewed journals, the author published Uto-Aztecan: A Comparative Vocabulary (2011), the new standard in comparative Uto-Aztecan, favorably reviewed and heartily welcomed by specialists in the field. Four years later, another large reference work, Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan (2015), was also favorably reviewed but not as joyfully welcomed among specialists as its predecessor. While some saw it as sound, more were silent. Some disliked the topic, but no one produced substantive refutations of it. In August 2019, Chris Rogers published a review, but John S. Robertson’s response to Rogers’s review and my response in the first 24 items rebutted below shed new light on his criticisms. Following on the heels of Rogers’s review, Magnus Pharao Hansen, specializing in Nahuatl, blogged objections to 14 Nahuatl items among the 1,528 sets. Rogers’s and Hansen’s articles gave rise to some critical commentary as well as to a few valid questions. What follows clarifies the misconceptions in Rogers’s review, responds to Hansen’s Nahuatl issues, and answers some reasonable questions raised by others.
Editor’s Note: Critics of the Book of Mormon often argue that no evidence exists for contact between the ancient Near East and the Americas. Accordingly, proof of such contact would demolish a principal objection to Joseph Smith’s prophetic claims. If the thesis of Brian Stubbs’s works is correct, he has furnished precisely that proof. As might be expected, Stubbs’s efforts have drawn criticism from some, but not all, of his linguistic peers. This article represents a response by Stubbs to those criticisms. Stubbs’s works are admittedly complex and highly technical. They are, therefore, difficult, and it can take quite a bit of work for a reader to assimilate and understand the implications of his arguments. That very complexity and difficulty, though, precludes dismissal of Stubbs’s works out of hand. Has Stubbs proved the Book of Mormon true? No, but his data suggest that speakers of both Egyptian and a Semitic language came into contact with Uto-Aztecan speakers at roughly the same time as Book of Mormon events purportedly occurred and that a distinct Semitic infusion occurred at a different point. Stubbs’s work is important and it deserves careful, reasoned consideration by scholars and lay readers alike.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Topics > Criticisms and Apologetics > Reviews
ID = [3514]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,interpreter-journal  Size: 64193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:54
Stubbs, Brian D. “Changes in Languages from Nephi to Now.” Paper presented at the 2016 FairMormon Conference Conference. August, 2016.
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Keywords: Ancient America - Mesoamerica; Ancient America - North America; Language - Egyptian; Language - Phoenician; Language - Semitic; Language - Uto-Aztecan
ID = [32556]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2016-08-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,fair-conference  Size: 17319  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:48:50
Stubbs, Brian D. “Elusive Israel and the Numerical Dynamics of Population Mixing.” The FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 165-182.
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This article discusses how a population’s number of pure-blooded individuals can diminish drastically to only a few percent in a few hundred years. This information suggests that it is difficult and perhaps impossible to draw any definite conclusions concerning the genetics of Native Americans in relation to the people spoken of in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: DNA; Genetics; Native Americans
ID = [455]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2003-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 41686  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:48
Stubbs, Brian D. Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan. Provo, UT: Grover Publications, 2015.
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Believers and non-believers have both assembled their separate sets of misconceptions about the Book of Mormon. So as truth emerges, everyone gets to be surprised in some ways, including the author. Previous thoughts on Book of Mormon language have been tEthered to the text. As a linguist, knowledgeable in Egyptian and Semitic languages, and as a leading authority in a relevant Native American language family, the author brings togEther evidence for an enlightening line of language history from Nephi to Now. His studies in comparative Uto-Aztecan clarify a number of Book of Mormon language matters.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [75449]  Status = Type = book  Date = 2015-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:46
Stubbs, Brian D. “Hebrew and Uto-Aztecan: Possible Linguistic Connections.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America; Language; Language - Hebrew; Language - Uto-Aztecan
ID = [66525]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:01:40
Stubbs, Brian D. “A Lengthier Treatment of Length.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 2 (1996): 82-97.
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Book of Mormon language frequently contains lengthy structures of rather awkward English. Some may consider these to be instances of poor grammar, weakness in writing (Ether 12:23–26), or the literary ineptness of a fraudulent author; however, I see them as potentially significant support for a translation from a Near Eastern language in an ancient American setting. Many of these examples of awkward, lengthy structures in English parallel Semitic (and Egyptian) patterns, particularly the circumstantial or hal-clause. In response to critics of my previous proposal to that effect, this article is a lengthier treatment of these lengthy structures found in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Language; Length; Structure
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [2935]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 36341  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:14
Stubbs, Brian D. “Looking Over vs. Overlooking: Native American Languages: Let’s Void the Void.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5 no. 1 (1996).
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The time-depth of the Romance language family (ca. 2,000 years) yields an abundance of similarities among languages descended from Latin: Spanish, French, Italian, and so forth. The time-depth of Lehi is not much greater (2,600 years), yet no similar abundance of accepted linguistic evidence for Lehi’s presence in the Americas has emerged. Is this because of a lack of evidence or a lack of looking? We cannot know until we look. The relative absence of effort in Native American languages relevant to Book of Mormon research is a huge void in Latter-day Saint scholarly endeavor. This paper discusses the value of and need to void this existing void, and presents from one Native American language family an example of the possibilities.

ID = [2922]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1996-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 88129  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:14
Stubbs, Brian D. “A Short Addition to Length: Some Relative Frequencies of Circumstantial Structures.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 39-46.
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In previous articles I have discussed the nature and prominence of certain linguistic structures in the Book of Mormon that are typical of hal-clauses translated from Hebrew or Egyptian. This article compares the frequencies of those structures in three works produced through the instrumentality of Joseph Smith: the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, only the first of which is a translation from an ancient Near Eastern language. The results of this preliminary investigation into styles and these linguistic structures as found in these three works are worth noting.

Keywords: Length; Structure
ID = [2945]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1997-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,d-c,farms-jbms  Size: 16597  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:15
Stubbs, Brian Darrel. “Book of Mormon Language.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Hebraism, Language - Hebrew, Mesoamerica, Native American Language, Reformed Egyptian, Writing
ID = [74273]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 11656  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:08:43
Stucki, H. Bruce, and Jan Underwood Pinborough. Some Religious Literature and Prophetic History of America. New York: Vantage Press, 1981.
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Reprints the title page, lists (in order) the books of the Book of Mormon, and gives the account of Moroni’s visit that is also found in the Pearl of Great Price. Contains many excerpts from the book itself, with writings from Nephi, Isaiah, Jacob, King Benjamin, King Mosiah, Alma, Helaman, Captain Moroni, Pahoran, Mormon, and Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78258]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1981-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Sturgess, Gary L. “The Book of Mosiah: Thoughts about Its Structure, Purposes, Themes, and Authorship.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 2 (1995): 107-135.
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The book of Mosiah is a cultic history of the reign of Mosiah2, structured around three royal ceremonies in 124, 121, and 92–91 BC. On each of these occasions, newly discovered scriptures were read to the people, stressing the dangers of monarchical government and celebrating the deliverance of the people and the revelation of Jesus Christ. This book existed independently hundreds of years before Mormon engraved it onto the gold plates. The most likely occasion for the writing of such a book was in the aftermath of Mosiah’s death when Alma the Younger needed to undermine the Amlicite bid to reestablish the monarchy.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Amlici; Authorship; Ceremony; Government; History; Monarchy; Mosiah (Book); Purpose; Structure; Theme
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [2915]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 67527  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:13
Sudholt, Jonathan. “Unreadability Is the Reader’s Problem: The Book of Mormon’s Critique of the Antebellum US Public Sphere.” Radical Americas 2, no. 1 (2017): 1-34.
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This article reads The Book of Mormon as an attack on the incoherence of American nationalism – as, specifically, a book about the inevitability of its own irrelevance. That is, its primary objection is that in order for Joseph Smith to get any attention at all within the unruly public sphere of Jacksonian America, he had to write a book that would get him the wrong kind of attention – attention as a religious fanatic rather than as a critic of the culture that creates religious fanatics. Joseph Smith believed there was something rotten at the heart of America, but, being an uneducated farm boy from western New York, he had no way to express his anger in a manner that would allow him to be taken seriously. He could only be an ‘authority’ with regard to religion, and religious authority, being ubiquitous, was no authority at all. Smith tracks the way the American public sphere forced its marginalized persons to criticize it from a disadvantageous position, and the way those critiques were turned to the establishment’s advantage. For Joseph Smith, freedom of speech in America has always been a tool of the political elites to keep the poor from speaking effectively.

Keywords: Smith, Joseph, Jr., thought; Smith, Joseph, Jr., education; Book of Mormon, literary context; Book of Mormon, commentaries
ID = [82065]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2017-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:55
Sukys, Renata W. “Abinadi’s Teaching Style.” Ensign, April 1992.
ID = [50442]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1992-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4511  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:46:00
Sumsion, J. Bert. “The Book of Mormon: The Light of the Western Hemisphere.” Liahona 14 (1916-1917): 517-19.
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Touches on the attempts of “learned men” to account for the origins of the American natives, but suggests that the answer to their origin is found in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80401]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1916-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:24
Sundberg, Charles J. The Mysterious Book of Mormon. In Which the Author Asks the Question, ‘Does It Appear Truthful?’. Sandy, UT: C. J. Sundberg, 1917.
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Published in Swedish as Kyrklig forvirring gentemot Gudomligheten i naturen . . . Tillikamed en kortfattad granskning af den foreigifnaurkunden ‘Mormons Bok.’. A polemical work against the Book of Mormon. The writer deplores the secrecy with which the Book of Mormon came about; the idea that Lehi, a devout Jew, would record the scriptures in the language of corrupt Egyptians; the tiny colony of Lehi building a temple like Solomon’s; the Lamanite curse of dark skin; the Anthon denial; and other items pertaining to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78593]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1917-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Sunderland, LaRoy. Mormonism Exposed And Refuted. New York: Piercy and Reed Printers, 1838.
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A careful reading of the Book of Mormon exposes its “meanness” of diction, error in language, contradictions, and gross blasphemies. Any intelligent thinking person could not be deceived by such hypocrisy. The Book of Mormon is directly opposed to the Bible. The Book of Mormon is a book of plagiarism, filled with fraud. Favors the Spaulding theory.

ID = [78057]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1838-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sunstone. “Reframing the Book of Mormon.” Sunstone 131 (Spring, 2004): 19.
ID = [81983]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2004-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:51
Sutherland, George C. “Who Were the Builders of the Lost City of Nevada?” Improvement Era 28, no. 6 (1925): 529-534.
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This article is an examination of archaeological discoveries unearthed in the Moapa Valley of southern Nevada. The author compares the demise of the culture that built the Lost City to Book of Mormon descriptions of similar cultural deteriorations.

Keywords: Archaeology, Native Americans – Pueblo, Pre-Columbian American History
ID = [77055]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1925-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:03
Svensson, Sissa. “What Church at Home Taught Me about Meeting Together.” Ensign, COVID-19: Messages of Faith.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [63392]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2020-03-02  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3392  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:58:39
Swain, Monte R. “He Cares More About the Shoulder Than About the Wheel.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 27, 2008.
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He who is omnipotent really does not need us to move the wheel or to build anything for Him. It is not His ultimate objective to cover the world with chapels and temples. That is a means to His end, and I believe we can all easily quote that end, His ultimate objective: “For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” I believe that He cares more about the shoulder than about the wheel—that wheel is how we are moved to come home to Him. The wheel, the work, is a blessing to us. This is important. The work is a blessing.

Keywords: Adversity; Work; Collection: Overcoming Adversity; Podcast: Overcoming Adversity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Omni
ID = [69630]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 2008-05-27  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:54:49
Swanson, Vern G. “The Book of Mormon Art of Arnold Friberg: Painter of Scripture.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10 no. 1 (2001).
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Arnold Friberg is arguably the most influential artist on Latter-day Saint scriptural art. His depictions of the people and the landscape of the Book of Mormon are well known to Latter-day Saints. This article explains the genesis and completion of Friberg’s series of twelve Book of Mormon paintings and gives the author’s own observations on each painting.

ID = [3056]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2001-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-jbms  Size: 41940  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:22
Swartzell, William. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838. Pittsburgh: the author, 1840.
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Contains sensational lore concerning Joseph Smith and the plates and a section on “the Golden Bible” in the appendix.

ID = [78059]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1840-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sweat, Anthony. “Active Learning and the Savior’s Nephite Ministry.” Religious Educator Vol. 10 no. 3 (2009).
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [38281]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2009-01-03  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 28039  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:26
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
Sweat, Anthony. “Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects.” In Raising the Standard of Truth, ed. Scott C. Esplin. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
ID = [33957]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2020-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:16
Sweet, James Bradley. A Lecture on the Book of Mormon and the Latter-day Saints. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857.
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According to Sweet, the Book of Mormon “is a heap of trash, decked out with texts of Holy Scripture, which scripture it also frequently contradicts” It also contains various anachronisms.

ID = [77425]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1857-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Sweet, William Warren. The Story of Religion in America. New York: Harper, 1930.
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Pages 397-401 contain a brief discussion of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. Author notes that more recent critics of the Book of Mormon favor the environmentalist explanation over that of the Spaulding theory.

ID = [78663]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1930-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Swenson, C. A. Seek Ye the Old Path and Walk Therein. Independence, MO: True Church of Christ,n.d.
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The Book of Mormon is a pure book given in answer to prophecy. However, it is not being used properly and thus condemnation has come upon those who have failed in its proper use. The “revelations” in the Doctrine and Covenants do not agree with the Book of Mormon. Many beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are contrary to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78238]  Status = Type = book  Date = 0000-00-00  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Swift, Charles. “Episode 32: The Liminal Experience of the Brother of Jared.” Y Religion Podcast, BYU Religious Studies Center, May 2021.
ID = [39025]  Status = Type = podcast  Date = 2021-05-01  Collections:  bom,y-rel  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:35
Swift, Charles. “‘I Beheld a Tree’: Lehi’s Dream and Revelation.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
ID = [33824]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2022-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:08
Swift, Charles. “‘It Filled My Soul with Exceedingly Great Joy’: Lehi’s Vision of Teaching and Learning.” In The Things Which My Father Saw, eds. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Education
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > T — Z > Teaching the Gospel
ID = [35276]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2011-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 74205  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:32
Swift, Charles. “Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life: Understanding the Dream as Visionary Literature.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 2 (2005): 52-63, 74-75.
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One of the more striking and significant passages in the Book of Mormon is Lehi’s vision of the tree of life. It is often studied in terms of its content alone, with clarifying details illuminated by Nephi’s similar vision. However, exploring this vision against the backdrop of ancient visionary literature can lead to greater appreciation of its literary richness while affording insights into its interpretation. Many narrative components of Lehi’s vision match the characteristic elements of visionary literature identified by biblical scholar Leland Ryken, including otherness, reversal of ordinary reality, transcendental realms, kaleidoscopic structure, and symbolism. The relationship between symbolic aspects of Lehi’s vision and specific historical events more clearly recognized in Nephi’s account (e.g., Christ’s mortal ministry, the apostasy, Nephite history) is discussed. In addition, identifying the man in the white robe in Lehi’s vision as John the Revelator provides a natural narrative and structural link to Nephi’s vision that emphasizes the relatedness of the two accounts. Most elements of the vision point to Jesus Christ. Lehi’s vision comports well with the genre of ancient visionary literature, a form that biblical scholarship has shown to be worthy of serious scholarly attention.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Dream; Jesus Christ; John the Revelator; Lehi (Prophet); Literary; Literature; Nephi; Tree of Life; Vision
ID = [3172]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2005-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-jbms  Size: 43769  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:11:29
Swift, Charles. “The Literary Power of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Although the Book of Mormon is composed of such literary elements as stories, poetry, symbolism, letters, archetypes, typology, and allegories, it is not just literature; it is sacred literature, and millions of people with open hearts have found the power behind the Prophet Joseph Smith’s inspired words that “a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (introduction to the Book of Mormon). For believers, there is no question that the Book of Mormon has the power to change the lives of those who are willing to let it. What believers may not so readily understand, however, is the powerful role that the book’s literary features play in changing their lives. These literary elements are not decorative add-ons included by the prophets merely to make reading the book more interesting. Often the literary nature of the Book of Mormon conveys the doctrine and other life-changing precepts in ways that help us better abide by them and experience their power in our lives.

Keywords: Allegory; Dialogue; Literature; Metaphor; Simile; Tragedy
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
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Strathearn, Gaye, and Charles Swift, eds. Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts. Proceedings of The 36th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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The 36th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Mark Twain reportedly said, “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” Perhaps a similar statement could be made regarding the Book of Mormon: the person who reads the Book of Mormon but does not follow its teachings is not much better off than the person who does not read it. The 2007 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, Living the Book of Mormon: “Abiding by Its Precepts,” focuses on how the Book of Mormon can immeasurably bless our lives as we strive to live what it teaches. In this volume are papers presented at the Sidney B. Sperry Symposium held on the Provo campus of Brigham Young University on October 26–27, 2007. This year the symposium takes its theme from Joseph Smith’s statement, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (introduction to the Book of Mormon). Topics of the 2007 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium include redemption through Christ, the “three Rs” of the Book of Mormon, and the divine precept of charity. Presenters include Elder Joe J. Christensen, Terry B. Ball, Richard O. Cowan, and Robert L. Millet. This symposium is distinctive in that it centers on the practical application of the precepts taught in the Book of Mormon—precepts that can help us draw nearer to God.—Elder Joe J. Christensen, emeritus member, First Quorum of the Seventy. ISBN 978-1-59038-799-3

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Christensen, Joe J. “‘Abiding by Its Precepts’” 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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I submit that anyone who reads the Book of Mormon and receives a testimony of its truthfulness by the power of the Holy Ghost will be motivated to live a life more consistent with the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. He or she will become a better person. The Book of Mormon is action oriented. It is motivational. As long as the Spirit continues to strive with such individuals, their consciences will not let them be completely at peace until they improve their lives. Abiding by the precepts, teachings, and commandments taught so clearly in its pages will help a person proximately in this life and ultimately in the life to come. As a result, I resonate positively to the theme of this symposium: “Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts.”

Keywords: Doctrine; Joseph; Jr.; Precept; Pride; Salvation; Scripture Study; Smith
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Williams, Clyde J. “Using the Book of Mormon to Meet Today’s Challenges.” 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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Prophets and apostles have counseled us how to use the Book of Mormon. In April 1986, President Ezra Taft Benson pleaded: “I would particularly urge you to read again and again the Book of Mormon and ponder and apply its teachings. . . . [One] who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.”

Keywords: Promise; Prophecy; Scripture Study
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
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Esplin, Scott C. “Getting ‘Nearer to God’: A History of Joseph Smith’s Statement.” 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 Prophet Joseph Smith’s statement, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book,” may be one of his most recognizable quotes. Millions of readers of the Book of Mormon find it in the sixth paragraph of the book’s introduction. Hundreds of thousands of general conference participants hear it cited repeatedly from the pulpit. Books, articles, and even entire symposia use it as a theme. However, how many people familiar with the quote understand its context? For example, why did Joseph say what he did regarding the Book of Mormon? Who were “the brethren” to whom he made the statement? What sparked the declaration? How has it been used over time? Answers to these important historical questions help us better appreciate the power and application of Joseph’s prophetic statement in our modern day.

Keywords: Doctrine; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Precept; Prophet; Smith
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
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Millet, Robert L. “‘The Most Correct Book’: Joseph Smith’s Appraisal.” 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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On November 28, 1841, the Prophet Joseph Smith met with the Nauvoo City Council and members of the Quorum of the Twelve in the home of President Brigham Young. History of the Church records that he conversed “with them upon a variety of subjects. Brother Joseph Fielding was present, having been absent four years on a mission to England.” It was in that setting, at the Sunday city council meeting in the Young’s residence, that Joseph Smith made what has come to be one of the most axiomatic and memorable statements in Mormon literature: “I told the brethren,” he said, “that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” In what follows, we will consider the possible meaning and implications of the various parts of this rather bold declaration about this extrabiblical document. We will consider the nature of the Book of Mormon’s correctness, how it is the keystone, the precepts it contains, the poignancy of those precepts, its importance to the world, and finally, its prophetic destiny as a book of holy scripture.

Keywords: Doctrine; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Keystone; Most Correct Book; Precept; Scripture Study; Smith
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
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Swift, Charles. “The Literary Power of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Although the Book of Mormon is composed of such literary elements as stories, poetry, symbolism, letters, archetypes, typology, and allegories, it is not just literature; it is sacred literature, and millions of people with open hearts have found the power behind the Prophet Joseph Smith’s inspired words that “a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (introduction to the Book of Mormon). For believers, there is no question that the Book of Mormon has the power to change the lives of those who are willing to let it. What believers may not so readily understand, however, is the powerful role that the book’s literary features play in changing their lives. These literary elements are not decorative add-ons included by the prophets merely to make reading the book more interesting. Often the literary nature of the Book of Mormon conveys the doctrine and other life-changing precepts in ways that help us better abide by them and experience their power in our lives.

Keywords: Allegory; Dialogue; Literature; Metaphor; Simile; Tragedy
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
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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
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Goodman, Michael A. “Laman and Lemuel: A Case Study in ‘Not Becoming’” 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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We can easily see Laman and Lemuel as being lost from the start. Almost like stock characters in a novel, they may appear to have little depth or complexity. This simplistic view makes it hard to identify the reasons behind, as well as the consequences of, Laman and Lemuel’s behavior. Consequently, if we do not look for deeper meaning in Laman and Lemuel’s story, we may fail to identify the necessary precepts to avoid the pitfalls they fell into and to which we are vulnerable today. Through a more contextual view of Laman and Lemuel’s lives, we are provided with a set of precepts to help us thrive spiritually in our day. As President Spencer W. Kimball taught, to be “forewarned is [to be] forearmed.” Ultimately, Laman and Lemuel’s lack of faith in and incorrect understanding of God led to their failure to become the righteous sons of God they were intended to be.

Keywords: Humility; Laman (Son of Lehi); Lemuel (Son of Lehi); Prayer; Pride; Repentance; Scripture Study
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘We Are Not Cut Off’: Separation and Reconciliation through Sacred Covenants.” 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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Perhaps no theme in the Book of Mormon resonates so powerfully to modern readers as that of separation from and reconciliation with God. The sense of being cut off, isolated, or driven out is attested throughout the book. Similarly, messages from the Book of Mormon prophets of hope, reconciliation, and communion with God seek to alleviate the fears and depression that arise from loneliness or abandonment. This theme is particularly evident in Jacob’s great speech recorded in 2 Nephi 6–10 and the two “last” speeches from Moroni in Mormon 8 and Moroni 10. Jacob and Moroni both address separation from and reconciliation with God, providing a template for the reader to understand their own experiences. In particular, these prophets quote the words of Isaiah to teach how sacred covenants reconcile us to God.

Keywords: Covenant; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Reconciliation; Separation
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
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Szink, Terrence L. “Writing the Things of God.” 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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Parker, Jared T. “Abinadi on the Father and the Son: Interpretation and Application.” 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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An important part of drawing nearer to God is coming to know and understand Him through the scriptures He has given us—especially the Book of Mormon, since it contains many plain and precious truths missing from our current Bible. Although most Book of Mormon passages are easy to understand, some are more difficult, such as Abinadi’s teachings about the Father and the Son in Mosiah 15:2–5. Yet Mormon’s inclusion of these words in his abridgment suggests that the Lord wants us to have these teachings and wants us to understand them. Accordingly, many have written about what Abinadi taught—that Jesus Christ is the Father and the Son—and have provided valuable insights and explanations. In these discussions, however, a satisfactory explanation of why Abinadi spoke this way appears to be unaddressed. Abinadi’s teachings can help us know God better and thereby draw nearer to Him if we (1) correctly interpret the why and what of his message and (2) apply his teachings in our study of the scriptures.

Keywords: Abinadi (Prophet); Application; God the Father; Godhead; Jesus Christ; Prophet; Role; Title; Trinity
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
RSC Topics > D — F > Elohim
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
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Perkins, Jerome M. “Alma the Younger: A Disciple’s Quest to Become.” 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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One of the key messages of the Book of Mormon is that the human soul must change, must progress, must become. The Book of Mormon is, in effect, a handbook of change, with the Lord seeking to motivate mighty change within us by using the lives and teachings of the Book of Mormon protagonists as the means to teach us how to become. At the heart of the Book of Mormon, in the books of Mosiah and Alma, Alma the Younger makes the subject of change, progression, and becoming the very essence of his life and sermons, and thus Alma the Younger becomes a quintessential standard of how to become like God.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Conversion; Discipleship
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
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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
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Cowan, Richard O. “Restoration, Redemption, and Resurrection: Three R’s of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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We have long heard of the “three R’s” of elementary education—reading, ”riting, and ”rithmetic. Similarly, a set of interrelated doctrines might be referred to as the three R’s of the Book of Mormon—restoration, redemption, and resurrection. In fact, we might add a fourth R, repentance, which is essential for the first two to function. Material for this chapter is drawn primarily from two experiences recorded in the book of Alma. First, Alma and Amulek confront a group of antagonistic lawyers in the wicked city of Ammonihah. Amulek’s response to Zeezrom’s hostile questioning is recorded in chapter 11. Then, as Alma the Younger neared the end of his life, he took time to give instructions to his three sons. Notice how he spent the most time with, and gave particularly profound teachings to, his wayward son Corianton—recorded in chapters 39–42. Apparently Alma agreed with the principle President Boyd K. Packer later annunciated—that “the study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.”

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Amulek; Corianton (Son of Alma); Redemption; Restoration; Resurrection; Zeezrom
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
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Ball, Terry B. “Alma’s Reform of Zarahemla: A Model for Activation.” 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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Just as modern missionaries can learn much from the methods of the sons of Mosiah, we can learn much about strengthening wavering members from the example of Alma the Younger in his remarkable reform of the Nephites in Zarahemla. A careful study of Alma 4–16 shows that Alma the Younger models many important principles of activation that are helpful to us today. This study examines principles of activation derived from the account of Alma’s labors among the apostate Nephites, particularly in the city of Zarahemla in Alma 4 and 5.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Conversion; Missionary Work; Zarahemla (Polity)
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Newell, Lloyd D. “‘All Are Alike unto God’: Equality and Charity in the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Equality and charity are two expressions of the same principle—both require humility and meekness; both are central to the message of the Book of Mormon. With distinct clarity, the Book of Mormon teaches over and over again that “all are alike unto God,” and this simple truth is the antidote for many of the pride problems that keep people from coming unto Christ and from extending service and love to all of His children. Whenever an individual or a nation achieves greatness in the Book of Mormon, it is because the people are free with their substance and treat each other as equals. In contrast, the many tragic pitfalls of pride that the Book of Mormon outlines can be traced to a person or persons withholding charity and thinking they are above another. Alma’s deep sorrow was because of the “great inequality among the people, some lifting themselves up with their pride, despising others, turning their backs upon the needy and the naked and those who were hungry, and those who were athirst, and those who were sick and afflicted”. In the kingdom of God, righteousness and devotion are what matter—not prestige, power, or possessions. Love, compassion, and abundance of heart characterize the real Christian, not acquisitiveness and selfishness. The Book of Mormon declares that the true Saints of God are those who put “off the natural man” and become “new creatures” in Christ—”submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love”.

Keywords: Charity; Equality; Jesus Christ; Pride
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
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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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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “How to Be Reclaimed from the Fall of Adam.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 223–36. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007.
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When Alma the Younger returned to Zarahemla following his mission to the Zoramites, “he caused that his sons should be gathered together, that he might give unto them every one his charge, separately, concerning the things pertaining to righteousness” (Alma 35:16). The Book of Mormon contains a significantly larger amount of counsel from Alma to his wayward son Corianton than to Helaman and Shiblon.
Within Alma’s teachings, we discover a concise explanation of the Fall of Adam and three elements necessary to reclaim each individual from the Fall, namely, death, the Atonement, and the Resurrection. This chapter will discuss the Fall of Adam and these three elements in Alma’s teachings to Corianton and also in the inspired teachings of modern apostles and prophets. This chapter will conclude that we can control only one of the three elements necessary to reclaim mankind from the Fall: whether we use the Atonement to repent of our sins and forgive others.

Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Virtue
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King, Michael L. “The Atonement of Jesus Christ—‘Glad Tidings of Great Joy’” 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 > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Fear, Michael J. “The Merits of Christ: Fallen Humanity’s Hope for 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.
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Understanding men and women’s inability to merit salvation through their own efforts can lead one to rely “alone upon the merits of Christ”. Nephi put it this way: “O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man”. Nephi had seen his weak and fallen condition and realized that without the strength of the Lord, he would not be able to overcome the world and his own personal struggles. When we see clearly that we are lost and that we need Him, we can be led to rely on His goodness and His grace in our lives. This reliance on the merits of Christ involves more than simply passive belief. It includes recognizing our fallen nature and finding access to grace through making and keeping sacred covenants.

Keywords: Atonement; Jesus Christ; Merits; Redemption; Righteousness
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
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Ray, Brian K. “‘Proper Order’—A Powerful Precept of the Book of Mormon.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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By definition, order means being in the proper relationship or arrangement. In a gospel context, order is found in enjoying a harmonious relationship with God. This chapter will examine what the Book of Mormon teaches about order, how students of the Book of Mormon can order their lives, and the related doctrines of ordination and ordinances.

Keywords: Authority; Order; Ordinances; Ordination; Precept; Priesthood; Relationship
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
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Kramer, Neal W. “Prophetic Principles for Building Zion.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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When we think of the doctrine of Zion as taught in the Book of Mormon, our minds often turn to 4 Nephi. The book describes in a few verses a society organized around the principles taught by the Savior to a righteous remnant of Nephites and Lamanites at the temple in Bountiful. Some important characteristics of this community of Christians were faith, family, hope, peace, security, and happiness. Indeed, Mormon powerfully asserts that “there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God”. Imagine that! They were happier than the citizens of the city of Enoch, happier than Mechizedek’s city of Salem. This Book of Mormon Zion had been foretold from the time Lehi and his family left Jerusalem. In preparation for that great day, crucial principles about Zion were regularly taught by prophets like King Benjamin and Alma the Elder. But the Book of Mormon was written for our day to assist us in preparing for the building of our Zion. And so the Book of Mormon calls us to come unto Christ and take upon His name by building Zion, which is founded on the principles of equality, unity, covenants, and priesthood organization.

Keywords: 4 Nephi; Covenant; Equality; Organization; Priesthood; Principle; Prophet; Unity; Zion
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 4 Nephi
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
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Richardson, Matthew O. “‘The Pure Love of Christ’: The Divine Precept of Charity in Moroni 7.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, eds. Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.
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Some may ask, Can you really go wrong with love—in any form? But Mormon taught that “if ye have not charity, ye are nothing” and that “whoso is found possessed of it [charity] at the last day, it shall be well with him”. Obviously, saying that charity is important is an understatement. But what if people understate charity and are left with a form that isn’t even the same charity Mormon spoke of? What if the present understanding of charity has already shifted from the divine precept taught in the Book of Mormon?

Keywords: Charity; Jesus Christ; Love; Mormon (Prophet)
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
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Swift, Charles, ed. Samuel the Lamanite: That Ye Might Believe. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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This third volume by the Book of Mormon Academy at Brigham Young University is a study of the sermon of Samuel the Lamanite by means of four analytical lenses. The first, a prophetic lens, discusses the roles of prophets, the prophetic promise of “prolonged days,” and Samuel’s prophecies. The second lens is pedagogical, providing readers with a greater understanding of how to teach the sermon. Readers who take advantage of the third lens, which is cultural-theological, will discover a useful framework for comprehending the ethics of wealth in the sermon, witness how Samuel stands up to Nephite discrimination, and benefit from a detailed reading of the sermon that will enable them to grasp how spiritual death divides both Christ and human beings. Lastly, the fourth set of lenses, literary in nature, assists the reader in recognizing a newly identified type-scene, traces possible sources Samuel may have relied on, explores sources Mormon may have turned to as he abridged the work, and studies parallels between the ancient sermon and a form of early American speech known as the “jeremiad.” ISBN 978-1-9503-0410-3

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Shannon, Avram R. “Prophets and Prophecy in the Book of Mormon: The Case of Samuel the Lamanite.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Hull, Kerry. “‘In the Day of My Wisdom’: The Prolongation of Days among Israel.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Samuel the Lamanite and Prophecies Fulfilled.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Was It Not So?’ Remembering the Contributions of Samuel the Lamanite.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Becerra, Daniel. “Samuel the Lamanite and the Ethics of Wealth in the Book of Mormon.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Martin, Jan J. “Samuel the Lamanite: Confronting the Wall of Nephite Prejudice.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “Spiritual Death Divided and Dividing.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Swift, Charles. “Samuel the Lamanite: Key Prophet in the Returning Prophet Type-Scene.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Hilton, John, III, Sunny Hendry Hafen, and Jaron Hansen. “Samuel’s Nephite Sources.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘There Was One Samuel’: Possible Multiple Sources for the Samuel Narrative.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Frederick, Nicholas J. “Nephite Jeremiad or Lamanite Encomium? Helaman 13–15 and Lamanite Exceptionalism.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
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Frederick, Nicholas J., Kerry Hull, and Joseph M. Spencer. “Scholarly Notes on Helaman 13–16: Appendix.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
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Swift, Charles. “Samuel the Lamanite: Key Prophet in the Returning Prophet Type-Scene.” In Samuel the Lamanite, ed. Charles Swift. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.
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Swift, Charles. “‘The Lord slayeth the wicked’: Coming to Terms with Nephi Killing Laban.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 28 (2019).
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Many would agree that the most disturbing narrative in all of the Book of Mormon is that of Nephi being commanded to slay Laban. Few encourage their friends to turn to that passage when introducing the book. It is the rather detailed account of what appears to be an unconscionable act. Its closest parallel elsewhere in scripture is the story of Abraham and Isaac, with the all-important difference that, for Nephi, there was no ram in the thicket. How can we justify a man coming upon another man lying in a street, completely helpless, incapacitated because he is passed out from being drunk, and that first man decapitating the second man, stealing his sword and clothing, and then impersonating him so he could steal a most precious item from his treasury and lead one of his servants away from his household? On the surface, this is what appears to be happening. The fact that Nephi feels led by the Spirit to commit this act may be of little comfort to us as members of society since “few, if any of us, would want to live in a society where individual citizens are free to kill drunken fellow citizens-however guilty the drunk may be-because the citizen feels he has been constrained by God to do so.”

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Swift, Charles, and Nicholas J. Frederick, eds. They Shall Grow Together: The Bible in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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This fourth volume by the Book of Mormon Academy at Brigham Young University is a careful study of the intersections of two ancient texts: The Book of Mormon and the Bible. The authors approach the two books of scripture from within two fundamental frameworks. First, several of the essays explore the books in terms of the worlds from which they come with their related ideals, interests, and origins. Second, a number of the authors analyze topics based on the texts themselves, closely studying the two texts and helping readers better understand connections. ISBN 978-1-9503-0430-1

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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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.
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Seely, David Rolph. “The Rhetoric of Self-Reference in Deuteronomy and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Deuteronomy
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Hull, Kerry. “‘O God of Israel, Give a True Decision’: Lot Divination in Biblical Tradition and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Pierce, George A., and Krystal V. L. Pierce. “The Tower of Babel, the Jaredites, and the Nature of God.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Martin, Jan J. “The Prophet Nephi and the Covenantal Nature of ‘Cut Off,’ ‘Cursed,’ ‘Skin of Blackness,’ and ‘Loathsome’” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘They Did Fell the Tree’: The Hanging of Zemnarihah as a Ritual Resolution for Nephite Trauma.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Judd, Frank F., Jr. “The Good Shepherd and His Other Sheep in John 10 and 3 Nephi 15-16.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
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Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Language of Paul in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Hilton, John, III. “The Book of Mormon on the Bible.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Shannon, Avram R. “The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Swift, Charles. “‘I Beheld a Tree’: Lehi’s Dream and Revelation.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Spencer, Joseph M. “The Sticks of Judah and Joseph: Reflections on Defending the Kingdom.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
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Sharp, Ryan H. “‘Except Some Man Should Guide Me’: Studying Isaiah with Nephi and Jacob.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
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Sears, Joshua M. “Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: Latter-day Saint Approaches.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
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Pike, Dana M. “Passages from the Book of Micah in the Book of Mormon.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
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Frederick, Nicholas J. “Appendix: The Bible and the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature.” In They Shall Grow Together, eds. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.
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Swift, Charles. “Upon Mount Shelem: The Liminal Experience of the Brother of Jared.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records, ed. Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.
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Swift, Charles. “When Less Is More: The Reticent Narrator in the Story of Alma and Amulek.” Religious Educator Vol. 13 no. 1 (2012).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “1 Nephi Chapter 1 Through Verse 3, An Introduction.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 15, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “All We Can/Could Do Is Repentance (Alma 24).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 29, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “An Allegory of the Olive Tree Potpourri – Some Notes on Jacob 5.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 26, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
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Swift, Hales. “Alma 36: Christ as Turning Point.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 20, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “Alma 44: Just and Unjust War, Simile Curses, and Repentance.” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 11, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “Alma 55:4-9: Nephite and Lamanite Differences More about Sound than Look.” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 11, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “Alma’s Testimony of Christ’s Birth and Mission (Alma 7).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 1, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “The Application of the Law of Witnesses in 2 Nephi 27 and 28.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 24, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “Baptism as the Establishment of a Covenant Community (Mosiah 18).” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 5, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “Baptism Understood in Light of the Tree of Life Vision (2 Nephi 31).” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 17, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “Christ as Father and Son in Mosiah 15.” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 30, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Swift, Hales. “Cleansing One’s Garments (Jacob 1).” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 16, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Swift, Hales. “The Connection between Embodiment and Liberty in 2 Nephi 9:31-33.” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 12, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “Crying with One Voice in King Benjamin’s Address (Mosiah 4-5).” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 16, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
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Swift, Hales. “The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Words of Jesus (3 Nephi 27).” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 1, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “Healing Rifts among the Nephites (Alma 16).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 15, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “Jacob 2: Economics, Plural Marriage, and the New World.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 20, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [6458]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-03-20  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 14515  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Korihor and the Self-Refuting Argument (Alma 30).” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 6, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6474]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-06  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 4216  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Lehi’s Testimony to Joseph and Joseph of Egypt’s Life as Type for His Own Prophecy (2 Nephi 3).” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 7, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [6452]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-02-07  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6783  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “A Lucrative Pun on Zeezrom (Alma 10-11).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 9, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6470]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-09  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 3146  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Nephite Political Philosophy in Mosiah 29.” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 21, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6468]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-05-21  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 9749  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Nursing Grievances? (Mosiah 10).” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 23, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6464]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-04-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6215  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Prayer and Worship in Alma 32-34.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 16, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6475]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-07-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 5018  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Restoration in Alma 41.” The Interpreter Foundation website. July 30, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
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Swift, Hales. “The Role of Shared Stories in Becoming Unified (Mosiah 25).” The Interpreter Foundation website. May 16, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6467]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-05-16  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 4732  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “The Sacred Topology of the Vision of the Tree of Life (1 Nephi 8-10).” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 24, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6449]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 2858  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “The Stripling Warriors: Lessons for Our Day (Alma 56-57).” The Interpreter Foundation website. August 11, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6480]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-08-11  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 8751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Teaching the Gospel and Following the Spirit (Alma 18).” The Interpreter Foundation website. June 23, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [6472]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-06-23  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 4751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Thoughts on the Bows in 1 Nephi 16.” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 30, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
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Swift, Hales. “What are Hard Hearts in the Scriptures? (1 Nephi 15).” The Interpreter Foundation website. January 24, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [6450]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-01-24  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 6813  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “What Does King Benjamin Teach about Leadership? (Mosiah 2).” The Interpreter Foundation website. April 8, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [6462]  Status = Type = website article  Date = 2020-04-08  Collections:  bom,interpreter-website  Size: 3788  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:09:34
Swift, Hales. “Why Does Nephi Include So Much Isaiah (2 Nephi 11).” The Interpreter Foundation website. February 17, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
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Swift, Hales. “The Words of Mormon in the Context of the Loss of the 116 Pages.” The Interpreter Foundation website. March 30, 2020.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
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Swinburne, James K. Beneath The Cloak of England’s Respectability. London: Skeffington and Son, 1912.
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Polemic that denotes aspects of Mormon doctrine and practices a monstrous evil. The Book of Mormon is based on Manuscript Found, the Bible, and the birth story from the tales of the Monk Cyril and the Abbot Joachim. Martin Harris’s wife was able to destroy this so-called “revelation of God” The book contains mistakes such as the words of Shakespeare, swords made of steel, and horses.

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Mendenhall, Mark E., Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England, eds. Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
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Joseph and Hyrum Smith exemplified leadership as they worked together in organizing and operating the Church, teaching, speaking, and building temples and towns. As leaders, they held firm to their convictions, roused the hearts and minds of men and women in varied walks of life, and left legacies sufficient to stamp them as two of the most remarkable and influential men of the nineteenth century. The stories and examples of their shared leadership illustrate how they honored agency, exerted righteous influence, grew through adversity, forged bonds of obligation and love, governed conflict, and organized through councils. Their examples in this book can help us transform our personal perspective of leadership, lead with an eternal focus, heal and bless others through our leadership, learn and grow by asking authentic questions, share leadership in the home, and lead in the governmental arena. By incorporating these principles in our lives, we can foster more satisfying relationships in our homes, our Church service, and our professional lives. The book concludes with a call for each of us to carry on their legacy, which transcends time and place. Their lives and teachings are filled with lessons and skills we can easily apply today. ISBN 978-0-8425-2754-5

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
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Articles

Mendenhall, Mark E., and J. Bonner Ritchie. “‘They Were of One Heart and One Mind’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
ID = [35370]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 34376  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
O’Driscoll, Jeffrey S., and Hal B. Gregersen. “‘Persuasion and Love Unfeigned’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Agency
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
ID = [35371]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 42846  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Derr, C. Brooklyn. “‘I Will Yet Make Him a Polished Shaft in My Quiver’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
ID = [35372]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 31841  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Thompson, Michael. “‘Tuned to the Work’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35373]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 34240  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Thompson, Jeffrey Paul, and J. Stuart Bunderson. “‘Bound Together in the Cords of Everlasting Love’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
ID = [35374]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books  Size: 29287  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Romney, Alexander C. “In the Hands of the Potter.” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Adversity
ID = [35375]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 28081  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Mendenhall, Mark E., J. Bonner Ritchie, and Julie M. Hite. “‘For the Power Is in Them’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35376]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 18196  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
England, Breck. “An Undeviating Course.” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35377]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 35225  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Dollahite, David C., and E. Jeffrey Hill. “A House of God.” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > Q — S > Service
ID = [35378]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 35588  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Marshall, Elaine S. “The Power of God to Heal.” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
ID = [35379]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 37126  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Gregersen, Hal B., and Mark E. Mendenhall. “‘Let Him Ask of God’” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35380]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 36167  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Marsh, W. Jeffrey. “A Prophet-Statesman.” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Topics:    RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1820–1844
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
ID = [35381]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 49940  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Swinton, Heidi S. “And the End Is Not Yet.” In Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One, eds. Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
ID = [35382]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2010-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size: 35891  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:32:38
Swiss, Ralph E. “The Tame and Wild Olive Trees— An Allegory of Our Savior’s Love.” Ensign, August 1988.
ID = [48687]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1988-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13926  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:52:15
Switzler, William F. “The Book of Mormon 1879.” Ray County Mirror 6 (29 September 1979): 3-4, 6.
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Views Joseph Smith as a religious fanatic who used the unpublished work of Solomon Spaulding to create the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80309]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-09-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:19
Sykes, Egerton. “The Origins of the Book of Mormon.” New World Antiquity 24 (March-April 1977): 32-33.
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In response to a paper read by John Sorenson at the SEHA 23rd Symposium in 1973 the author notes that the LDS tradition in the Book of Mormon is the only perspective that has “reasonable historical background” that explains Mesoamerica and agrees with his own diffusion theory.

ID = [80593]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:35
Symes, Joseph. “The Best Attested of All Bibles.” Deseret Weekly 53 (25 July 1896): 180-81.
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While not accepting the supernatural, Symes argues that the Book of Mormon is the best attested, or has the greatest evidences attached to it, of all Bibles (sacred books) in the world. Refers to Joseph Smith’s account of the first vision and of the gold plates, as well as the testimonies of the Three and Eight Witnesses.

ID = [80273]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1896-07-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:17
Welch, John W., and Terrence L. Szink. “Benjamin’s Tower and Old Testament Pillars.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 100-102. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Architecture; King Benjamin
ID = [75665]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 4402  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:56
Szink, Terrence L. “Book of Mormon Scholar’s Digest.” FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 2 (2000): 45-50.
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Review of Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins (1997), edited by Noel B. Reynolds

Keywords: Authorship; Early Church History; Eight Witnesses; Historicity; Joseph; Jr.; Scholarship; Smith; Three Witnesses; Translation
ID = [358]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 14285  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:42
Szink, Terrence L. “Bruce W. Warren and Thomas Stuart Ferguson, The Messiah in Ancient America.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): Article 18.
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Review of The Messiah in Ancient America (1987), by Bruce W. Warren and Thomas Stuart Ferguson.

ID = [57]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1989-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 7220  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:24
Szink, Terrence L. “Jerusalem in Lehi’s Day.” The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): 149-159.
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Review of John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, eds. Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Jerusalem (Old World); Lehi (Prophet)
ID = [485]  Status = Type = review  Date = 2004-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-review  Size: 24228  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:50
Szink, Terrence L. “Josué Sánchez, trans. And ed., El Libro de Mormon ante la crítica.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5 (1993): Article 39.
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Review of El Libro de Mormon ante la critica (1992), by Josué Sánchez

ID = [156]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1993-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 19791  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:30
Szink, Terrence L., and John W. Welch. “King Benjamin’s Speech in the Context of Ancient Israelite Festivals.” In King Benjamin’s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom”, edited by Welch, John W., and Stephen D. Ricks, 147-223. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
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Keywords: Festivals; King Benjamin; Speech
ID = [75715]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1998-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 142800  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:58
Szink, Terrence L., and John W. Welch. “King Benjamin’s Speech in the Context of Ancient Israelite Festivals.” In King Benjamin’s Speech Made Simple, edited by Welch, John W., and Stephen D. Ricks, . Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: Festivals; King Benjamin
ID = [75729]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 70237  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:59
Szink, Terrence L. “Lehi.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
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Keywords: Lehi (Prophet)
ID = [74693]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1992-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,eom  Size: 7570  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:05
Szink, Terrence L. “Nephi and the Exodus.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by , 38-51. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
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One of the best-known sections of the Book of Mormon tells the story of the journey of Lehi and his family from Jerusalem to the new promised land in the American continent. Yet, since the small plates were intended to contain the “things of God” (1 Nephi 6:4), why was this account included on the small plates while other things that seem to be more the “things of God” (such as the “many things which [Lehi] saw in visions and in dreams”—1 Nephi 1:16) were left out? Quite probably, Nephi, the author of this section, consciously wrote his account of the wilderness journey in a way that would remind the reader of the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt. He did this to prove that God loved and cared for the Nephites, just as the Exodus from Egypt was proof of God’s favor for the children of Israel. Therefore, this story of the journey truly is about the things of God and does belong on the small plates.

Keywords: Exodus Motif; Narrative; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Small Plates
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [75621]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1991-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-books  Size: 25003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:53
Szink, Terrence L., and John W. Welch. “On the Right or Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 107-109. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: King Benjamin; Law of Moses; Laws; Legal
ID = [75667]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size: 4755  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:56
Szink, Terrence L. “The Personal Name ‘Alma’ at Ebla.” Religious Educator Vol. 1 no. 1 (2000).
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [38108]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 2000-01-01  Collections:  bom,rel-educ  Size: 5272  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:35:16
Judd, Frank F., Jr., and Terrence L. Szink. “The Restoration of Israel in the Book of Mormon.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 2 (1995): Article 7.
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Review of Mormons and Jews: Early Mormon Theologies of Israel (1992), by Steven Epperson.

ID = [216]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1995-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-review  Size: 33977  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:08:33
Welch, John W., and Terrence L. Szink. “Upon the Tower of Benjamin.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by Welch, John W., and Melvin J. Thorne, 97-99. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
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Keywords: King Benjamin; King Mosiah
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [75664]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1999-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:56
Szink, Terrence L. “Writing the Things of God.” 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.
ID = [35808]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 2007-01-01  Collections:  bom,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size: 23462  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:33:05
Szink, Terry L. “An Oath of Allegiance in the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 35-45. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
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“An important element in any military endeavor is the loyalty of the soldiers. Obviously, even the most brilliant military tactics will fail if the troops are unfaithful in fulfilling their duty. Often, to instill this loyalty, an oath of allegiance is administered to recruits. The well-known title-of-liberty episode in Alma 46 of the Book of Mormon includes an interesting example of just such an oath. This paper will examine that oath, drawing upon parallels from the ancient Near East for comparison.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, parallels with ancient Near East; Book of Mormon; Moroni (Book of Mormon figure)
ID = [82131]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1990-01-01  Collections:  bom,farms-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:59

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