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1970
Allen, Joseph L. “A Comparative Study of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered-Serpent God of Meso-America, with Jesus Christ, the God of the Nephites.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1970.
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A dissertation that draws on Spanish historical accounts, archaeological evidence, and the Book of Mormon scriptures. Draws parallels between Quetzalcoatl and Jesus Christ, suggesting that they may have been the same divine individual. Discusses the problems and possibilities of making the comparison.

ID = [78865]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Archambault, Hubert J. “The Book of Mormon and the Bible, Discourses Series VI.” Rock Island, IL: n.p., 1970.
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A tract claiming that the edition changes of the Book of Mormon have not damaged its message. Similarly, the biblical text experienced a number of changes.

ID = [78360]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Archambault, Hubert J. “The Truth About the Book of Mormon.” Rock Island, IL: n.p., 1970?.
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A pamphlet outlining positive aspects of the Book of Mormon, directed to individuals who do not believe its teachings.

ID = [78682]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Bankhead, Reid E., and Glenn L. Pearson. The Word and the Witness: The Unique Mission of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.
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Instructional aid to assist LDS missionaries in using the Book of Mormon. The majority of the work contains sample dialogues between a missionary and investigator.

ID = [78698]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Black, Susan Easton. “The Book of Mormon: A Witness of Christ.” N.p.: the author, 197?.
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An earlier manuscript draft of the author’s published work entitled Finding Christ through the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78419]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Boudinot, Elias. A Star in the West or A Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to Their Return to Their Beloved City Jerusalem. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1970.
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This is a reprint of Boudinot’s work, originally published in 1816. The work itself is an evangelical essay attempting to demonstrate that the American Indians are descendants of the lost ten tribes of Israel. The author examines elements of native American language, customs, habits, known religious rites and ceremonies of worship, and moral code and compares them with similar Hebrew elements described in the Old Testament and the law of Moses. Some Book of Mormon critics have suggested that this work was a source drawn upon by Joseph Smith while writing the Book of Mormon. Ethan Smith’s work View of the Hebrews quotes frequently from the earlier work of Boudinot.

ID = [77456]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Carmer, Carl. The Farm Boy and the Angel. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970.
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Chapters 1-7 of this work deal with the Book of Mormon. Discusses the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and points out the secretive nature under which the book came forth. Believes that Joseph Smith was ill-prepared for such a work and was given to grandiose imaginations. This work is reviewed in A.161.

ID = [78479]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Cheesman, Paul R. Great Leaders of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Promised Land Publications, 1970.
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Every major leader and character of the Book of Mormon is spotlighted with a short history, a poem, and a portrait.

ID = [77834]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Cheville, Roy A. They Made a Difference. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1970.
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Contains history and testimonies of early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had a signiicant impact on the restoration movement. Includes Joseph Smith, the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, those who were converted to the Church by the Book of Mormon, used it as a missionary tool, and supported and helped in its translation and publication.

ID = [78709]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Christ for the Cults. Book of Mormon Vs. the Bible (or common sense). San Juan Capistrano, CA: Christian Research Institute, 1970?.
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A polemical pamphlet that compares the Book of Mormon with the Bible in order to show the falsity of LDS religion.

ID = [77661]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Christensen, Ross T., ed. Transoceanic Crossings to Ancient America. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1970.
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Contains selected articles from the Newsletter and Proceedings of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology (SEHA) that pertain to transoceanic crossings prior to Columbus. Determines that the ancient inhabitants of the New World consisted of multi-races. Sees a Phoenician influence in the Americas. Archaeologists have found artifacts of many cultures including those of Mediterranean descent who knew Christianity.

ID = [78725]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Church of Christ (Temple Lot). This Is What We Believe and Teach. Independence, MO: Board of Publication, Church of Christ, 1970.
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A pamphlet that states that the above church believes that the Bible contains the word of God and the Book of Mormon is an added witness. Evidences and scriptures such as Ezekiel 37:19 and Genesis 49:22-26 are cited to support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78712]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jesus Christ Lives Today!. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970?.
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Pamphlet that explains that the Bible and the Book of Mormon bear witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ.

ID = [77921]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jesus Christ, Savior and Mediator of Mankind. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970.
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A pamphlet that declares that the Book of Mormon and the Bible bear witness of Christ’s mission in two hemispheres. A brief history of how the Book of Mormon came forth is given.

ID = [77923]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Message of the Book of Mormon: Indian Seminary Course of Study: Teacher Manual Course 9. Provo, UT: Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1970.
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A manual for Seminary teachers who teach American Indians. Seventeen lessons cover a variety of topics including, transmission of the Book of Mormon, faith, courage, obedience, and the destiny of the Indian.

ID = [78017]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Church Educational System(CES). The Book of Mormon Course of Study. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970.
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A kit containing two manuals and 36 folders for seminary teachers of the Book of Mormon. The manuals contain general instructions and ideas for teaching and the folders contain lesson outlines, devotional suggestions, topical resources, and creative ways to present the lesson.

ID = [78369]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
De Hoyos, Arturo. The Old and the Modern Lamanite. Provo, UT: Institute of the American Indian Services and Research, 1970.
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The term Lamanite applies to the native inhabitants (the Indians) of the American continent, the Eskimos, the Samoans of the Pacific Islanders, and other groups.

ID = [78608]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Deseret Sunday School Union. Living Truths from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970.
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[R] 1972. Contains forty-three Sunday School lessons designed for the student. Each lesson contains a commentary on several topics assigned from the reading for that section. Topics include the testimony of the witnesses, the plan of redemption, the allegory of the olive tree, and the abridgment and correlation of sacred records.

ID = [77994]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Dunn, Paul H. “A Look at the Book of Mormon.” N.p.: n.p., 197?.
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Provides a series of tables and outlines identifying Book of Mormon time frames and events; includes Book of Mormon references to many archaeological and doctrinal passages.

ID = [77426]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Gilberts, Helen. Sariah. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1970.
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A fictional book based upon the exodus of Lehi’s family from Jerusalem and their journey to the promised land, written from the perspective of Lehi’s wife, Sariah.

ID = [78226]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Ham, Wayne A. “Problems in Interpreting the Book of Mormon as History.” Courage 1 (1970): 15-22.
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Keywords: Book of Mormon
ID = [82069]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:56
Hanks, Marion D. Book of Mormon Lessons, First Half. Private, 197?.
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Provides an outline for studying the Book of Mormon from 1 Nephi through the Book of Alma. Gives a summary of each section and a list of “vital lessons” that may be learned, i.e., the mysteries of God, purpose of the Book of Mormon, tree of life, etc.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77626]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Hanks, Marion D. “Understanding and Explaining the Book of Mormon.” N.p.: n.p., 197?.
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A one-page handout that discusses different approaches to studying the Book of Mormon—relate the Book of Mormon to the Bible, study external evidences, consider the theology, and find the “life lessons” in the book.

ID = [78743]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hansen, Hans H. What the Book of Mormon Means to Me. Hammond, IN: Church of Christ, 1970.
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A tract in which the author bears testimony about the value of the Book of Mormon and provides comments about secret oaths and priesthood.

ID = [78768]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hawkes, John D. Four-hour Book of Mormon Digest Teaching and Study Text. Salt Lake City: Hawkes, 1970.
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Contains 1700 study questions with answers, thirty charts, maps, and illustrations, and a summary of the contents of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77800]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Hullinger, Robert N. “The Lost Tribes of Israel and the Book of Mormon.” Lutheran Quarterly 22 (1970): 319-29.
ID = [77235]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Hunter, Milton R. Great Civilizations and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.
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Deals with the Olmec civilization, Indian culture, the Maya civilization, Tikal, Copan, Uxmal, Kabah, Chichen Itza, Teotihuac‡n, and the origin of American Indians.

ID = [77832]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Johnson, Paul V. Could He Have Written It?. Gladbrook, IA: Vanity, 197?.
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A self-published tract arguing that Joseph Smith did not write the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77725]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Jones, Byron. “The Origin of the Book of Mormon.” N.p., 197?.
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A small pamphlet, highlighting chronological events related to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Remarks are made about the Three Witnesses and Emma Smith.

ID = [78611]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Maley, Thomas S. “Why I Believe in the Book of Mormon.” Minneapolis, MN: n.p., 197?.
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A brief statement on how the Book of Mormon answers vital questions.

ID = [78781]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Neal, Nellie W. A Song from the Dust: A Poetic Version of the Book of Mormon. Ogden, UT: by the author, 1970.
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Author rewrites in poetic version the entire Book of Mormon, employing both rhythm and rhyme.

ID = [77454]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.
ID = [688]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:05
Njeim, George A. “Insights into the Book of Revelation; as Illuminated by the Book of Mormon.” Lawrence, KS: n.p., 1970.
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A commentary on the book of Revelation written by a minister of the RLDS church. In spite of the title, the Book of Mormon is scarcely utilized.

ID = [77897]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Pearson, Glenn L., and Reid E. Bankhead. The Word and the Witness: The Unique Mission of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.
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An instructional aid that provides effective missionary techniques and gives directions on how to approach different types of people and controversial issues. It also provides a series of hypothetical door approaches that result in the contact reading the Book of Mormon with the missionary.

ID = [78699]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Romney, Marion G. “The Missionary and the Book of Mormon.” Salt Lake City: n.p., 1970?.
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A tract prepared for full-time missionaries that argues that the “Book of Mormon is the most effective piece of missionary literature we have”

ID = [78565]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
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
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
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
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
Tanner, Jerald, and Sandra Tanner. Mormon Scriptures and the Bible. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1970.
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The Book of Mormon was influenced by Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason. The LDS church and its Book of Mormon undermine the Bible, and in doing so will destroy the very foundation upon which the Book of Mormon rests. Evidence is presented that shows that modern archaeological finds such as the Dead Sea Scrolls prove the Book of Mormon false in its attack on the Bible.

ID = [78033]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Toinet, Paul. “Religions Sans Frontiers?” N.p., 19 May 1970.
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In French with an English translation by Roger L. Dock. With the idea of being objective, this article focuses on the Book of Mormon teachings concerning polygamy and Joseph Smith’s translation of the Book of Mormon. A comparison is made between biblical passages and Book of Mormon passages, pointing out the differences. Book of Mormon claims declaring America as the promised land are arrogant and chauvinistic.

ID = [78201]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Unattributed. Book of Mormon Believers. Independence, MO: Church of Christ, Nondenominational Bible Assembly, 197?.
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An essay claiming that the expansion of Isaiah 29 in the Book of Mormon and in the Inspired Version of the Bible has historical problems related to the “learned” and “unlearned” who would try to read the book.

ID = [77590]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Unattributed. Book of Mormon Supplement. USA: Deseret Sunday School Union, 1970.
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Lesson manual for teaching youth. Gives objectives, ideas to be taught, and learning activities to be used.

ID = [77654]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Unattributed. Concerning the Record of the Nephites. Independence, MO: Church of Christ with the Elijah Message, 197?.
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An introduction to the Book of Mormon, its people and records. 2 Nephi 28-30 presents what the Book of Mormon says concerning conditions today.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
ID = [77713]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Unattributed. Student Involvement Materials for R 121 ITV Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: BYU Printing Service, 1970.
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A workbook for university students to be used in conjunction with instructional television (ITV). The workbook coincides with television lectures in which individuals present materials dealing with the first half of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78288]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Unattributed. “An Invitation to Read the Book of Mormon.” Independence, MO: n.p., 1970?.
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A four-page tract recommending three methods of studying the Book of Mormon: (1) Read it from cover to cover; (2) read the chronological highlights; and (3) read selected doctrinal passages.

ID = [77529]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Welch, John W. “A Study Relating Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon to Chiasmus in the Old Testament, Ugaritic Epics, Homer, and Selected Greek and Latin Authors.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1970.
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Defines simple, compound, and complex chiasmus, surveys the use of chiasmus in Ugaritic epics, the Old Testament, Homer, and later Greek and Latin authors, and compares the appearance of chiasmus in those literatures with chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. The degree of use of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon is similar to that in the Old Testament.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > Literary Aspects
ID = [67945]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,welch  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:45
Weldon, Roy A. Book of Mormon Evidences Joseph Smith a Prophet. Independence, Mo.: Herald Publishing House, 1970.
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Keywords: Historic archaeology, Book of Mormon
ID = [81538]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:26
Weldon, Roy E. Book of Mormon Evidences Joseph Smith a Prophet. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1970.
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This pamphlet contains photographs of artifacts and archaeological evidence that the Book of Mormon described long before their discovery. Joseph Smith passes the biblical test of what makes a true prophet of God.

ID = [77610]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1970-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Jessee, Dean C. “The Original Book of Mormon Manuscript.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 3 (1970): 259-274.
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While much that has been said regarding the origin of the Book of Mormon is beyond the experience of the average searcher, only as he accepts or rejects the credibility of the earliest witnesses, the existence of the book itself provides a common ground for careful investigation. But beyond this, some surviving, badly weathered fragments of the original manuscript permit a consideration of the Book of Mormon from a paleographic standpoint. It is the purpose of this study to review the history, and consider the handwriting and composition of the remaining segments of the original manuscript for what they may contribute to the credibility of early witnesses regarding the Book of Mormon origin.

Keywords: Book of Mormon Translation; Early Church History; Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
ID = [9668]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 700  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Kimball, Stanley B. “The Anthon Transcript: People, Primary Sources, and Problems.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 3 (1970): 325.
ID = [9675]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 359  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Madsen, Truman G. “Guest Editor’s Prologue 10:3.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 3 (1970): 252.
ID = [9584]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-02  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 6358  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Porter, Larry C. “The Colesville Branch and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 3 (1970): 365-382.
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With the many branch, ward, and stake organizations which currently bedeck the international scene of Mormonism, it is understandable that the activities of a small branch of Saints at Colesville, Broome County, New York, could have been virtually forgotten with the passage of time. Yet, at the close of 1830, it was one of some five principal branches serving as focal points for the gathering of the faithful in the new Church. Fayette, Seneca County, New York, served as the headquarters of the Church, while other branches existed at Colesville; Kirtland and Mentor, Geauga County, Ohio; and Warrensville, Cayahoga County, Ohio. The Colesville Branch was personally inaugurated by the Prophet Joseph Smith and its membership played a significant role in the initial years of the new dispensation. Drawn by Joseph’s affirmation of communication with the heavens and the supportive evidences contained in the Book of Mormon, the Colesville Saints gave impetus to the missionary zeal of the Restoration and provided elements of needed leadership for the rapidly expanding faith. From the very inception of “Mormonism,” the Saints comprising the Colesville Branch linked their lives inexorably with the Restored Gospel and the volume which had inspired their conversion, the Book of Mormon. They relinquished family, friends, homes and material comforts in pursuit of their testimonies. The Prophet Joseph Smith was not unmindful of these sacrifices. On August 22, 1842, while making entries in the Book of the Law of the Lord, he paid tribute to certain of the Colesville membership, which might well be applied to them all.

Keywords: Colesville; Early Church History; Joseph; Jr.; Missionary Work; NY; Smith
ID = [9677]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 1080  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Rich, Russell R. “Where Were the Moroni Visits?” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 3 (1970): 255-258.
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This article deals with defining the exact date of Alvin Smith’s death which helps the author to pinpoint the visits of Moroni.

Keywords: Alvin; Angel Moroni; Early Church History; Smith
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [9667]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 127  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Porter, Larry C. “William E. McLellan’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 4 (1970): 485-487.
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In 1880 James T. Cobb, a graduate of Dartmouth and Amherst colleges and a resident of Salt Lake City, was making an attempt to establish the falsity of the Book of Mormon through an extensive examination of its origins. Among those to whom he directed letters of inquiry was William E. McLellan, whose close association with Joseph Smith and the witnesses of the Book of Mormon in the early years of the Church made him an appropriate subject for correspondence. William E. McLellan joined the Church in 1831. Although he became an early critic of Joseph Smith and other Church leaders, he nevertheless progressed to top leadership positions and on February 15, 1835, he was ordained as one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve. Yet due to his criticism of Church leadership he was excommunicated in 1838. The testimony reproduced in this article, written in reply to James T. Cobb’s inquiry, is significant because despite McLellan’s disillusionment with Joseph Smith, he nevertheless was unable to deny his conviction that the Book of Mormon was what it claimed to be.

Keywords: Apostasy; Early Church History; McLellin; Testimony; William E.
ID = [9659]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-03  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 1086  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Tvedtnes, John A. “Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Survey.” Brigham Young University Studies 11, no. 1 (1970): 50-58.
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Though the Book of Mormon expressly states that it is written in the “language of the Egyptians,” (1 Nephi 1:2), nevertheless, it quite clearly reflects a number of Hebrew idioms and contains numerous Hebrew words. This is no doubt due to the fact that the Nephites retained the Hebrew language, albeit in an altered form (See Mormon 9:35). Moreover, it is not impossible that the plates themselves contained Hebrew words, idioms,and syntax written in Egyptian cursive script (Moroni’s “reformed Egyptian”—see Mormon 9:32). In this present treatise, we will not be concerned so much with the methodology involved in the writing of the Book of Mormon as with the evidence for the use of Hebrew expressions, or of expressions akin thereto. Only the more important examples will be cited.

Keywords: Hebraism; Language - Hebrew; Language - Reformed Egyptian
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [9636]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 794  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Young, Fred L. “Question Time: Prophecy says that the Book of Mormon is to go to the Jews. Hasn’t it been taken to them already?” Saints’ Herald 117 (February 1970): 47.
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Parley P. Pratt and other missionaries have taken the Book of Mormon to the Holy Land, but all Jews should have an opportunity to hear the gospel.

ID = [80035]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Richards, A. LeGrand. “The Lamanites, A People of Promise.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (24 February 1970). Provo, UT: BYU Press.
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The promises of the Book of Mormon found in Alma and 2 Nephi are being fulfilled and the Lamanites are bearing witness of its truthfulness.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81085]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1970-02-24  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Church News. “This Is the Decade of the Seventies.” Church News 40 (28 February 1970): 3.
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Nearly 45,000 copies of the Book of Mormon have been placed in motels, hotels, and businesses. Some conversions have been reported but the total number of converts cannot be known.

ID = [80716]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-02-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:42
Haag, Eldon C. “By the Gift and Power of God.” Instructor 105 (March 1970): 82-83.
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The Lord did not need an educated man to translate the Nephite records, but one like Joseph Smith who would capture the spirit and message of the original document through divine aid.

ID = [79266]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Ettinger, Cecil. “A Testimony of the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Witness 8 (April 1970): 6-7.
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Bears a testimony that is not based on archaeological evidences connected to the Book of Mormon, but on the contents of the book.

ID = [78936]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Hunter, Milton R. “Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Monday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1970.
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This article shares histories produced by Native Americans during the colonial period of America contain accounts similar to those in the Book of Mormon. The Works of Ixtlilxochitl appears to be a Lamanite history. Four other books that may correspond with the Book of Mormon are The Annals of the Cakchiquels, Title of the Lords of Totonicapan, the Popul Vuh, and Anales de los Xahil.

Keywords: Annals of the Cakchiquels; Native Americans; Title of the Lords of Totonicapan; Works of Ixtlilxochitl
ID = [26345]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1970-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 8315  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:07
Peterson, Donald H. “Great Ministers of the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Witness 8 (April 1970): 10-14.
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Many Book of Mormon prophets delivered a sacred message to God’s people, including Lehi, Nephi, King Benjamin, Alma, and Moroni. When Christ visited the Nephites he revealed his own message and that of his Father.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79498]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Rector, Hartman, Jr. “From Weakness to Strength.” Delivered at the Monday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1970.
ID = [26346]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1970-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10492  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:07
Payne, David V. “Book of Mormon Defense Wins Law Class Mock Trial.” Church News 40 (4 April 1970): 4.
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Jack H. West legally defended the Book of Mormon in a court of law in 1931. The attorney gave credit to God for briefing the case, setting up the evidence, and selecting the witnesses.

ID = [79160]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-04-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Bennion, John W. “Book of Mormon Perspectives on Prosperity.” Improvement Era 73, no. 5 (1970): 14-15, 17.
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Points out that “prosperity can become a curse and lead to moral and spiritual decay.” Several scriptures are quoted and discussed to help teach the correct use of material wealth. “Prosperity in and of itself does not improve a man’s character.”

Keywords: Pride, Prosperity, Wealth
ID = [76972]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:09
Constance, Marguerite. “Shall I Read the Book of Mormon . . . Again?” Saints’ Herald 117 (June 1970): 11, 36.
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It is necessity to reread the Book of Mormon and gain a mature understanding of it.

ID = [80161]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:11
Church News. “Moments in History.” Church News 40 (6 June 1970): 2.
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David Whitmer traveled to Harmony, Pennsylvania, to return with Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Whitmer home where the translation of the Book of Mormon would be completed. Whitmer’s fears were allayed by the appearance of a man who told him he was going to Cumorah and then disappeared.

ID = [79780]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-06-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Church News. “Moments in History.” Church News 40 (13 June 1970): 2.
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Samuel Smith was the first missionary with copies of the completed Book of Mormon. He gave one copy to Rev. John P. Greene, who was converted, and he passed it on to the Young family, many of whom were also converted. It was also given to Heber C. Kimball.

ID = [79779]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-06-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Arrington, Leonard J. “Review of The Farm Boy and the Angel, by Carl Carmer.” Dialogue 5 (Summer 1970): 97.
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Book review.

ID = [80115]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Cheesman, Paul R. “The Ruins of Monte Alban.” Instructor 105 (July 1970): center insert.
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The ruins of Monte Alban (“sacred mountain”)

ID = [80626]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:37
Maxwell, Neal A. “An Ancient Record—with Relevancy.” Instructor 105 (July 1970): 240-41.
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Discusses the Book of Mormon as an ancient record that was predestined to come forth in this day and is a work relevant to our day.

ID = [79000]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Maxwell, Neal A. “The Book of Mormon is Relevant Today.” Instructor 105 (July, August, September, October, November 1970): 240-41, 306-7, 316-17, 370-71, 404-5.
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Five-part series showing how the Book of Mormon is relevant today: all generations need to learn from the past for it teaches of the sorrowing of the damned and the danger of unchastity. Author details some of the “magnificent miscellany” contained in the Book of Mormon, such as the erosion of spiritual experience, reason vs. inspiration, and the importance of two-way communication; shows how the Book of Mormon is congruent with the Bible; details some milestones for modern Christians found in the Book of Mormon in the areas of charity, prayer, and testimony.

ID = [80364]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:22
Leavitt, Carrick D. “Papyrus Boat Sails Ocean.” Church News 40 (18 July 1970): 15.
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Reports the Atlantic crossing by Thor Heyerdahl in his papyrus boat Ra 2. This achievement is seen as important support for Book of Mormon accounts that the Nephites, Jaredites, and Mulekites crossed the oceans on their way to the Americas.

ID = [79964]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-07-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Hullinger, Robert N. “The Lost Tribes of Israel and the Book of Mormon.” The Lutheran Quarterly 22 (August 1970): 319-29.
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Tells about Ethan Smith and his interest in writing the View of the Hebrews. “Joseph Smith adapted the Indian-Israelite theory for his American scripture. He made the Indian descendants of only one Israelite tribe— Joseph” Joseph Smith produced the Book of Mormon to prove the existence of God and other theological propositions against popular skepticism.

ID = [80531]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:32
Church News. “Twenty-five Books That Have Changed America.” Church News 40 (8 August 1970): 15.
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The Book of Mormon is listed in Robert Down’s Books That Changed America. Down draws parallels between the beginnings of early Christianity, early development of the Church and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80750]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-08-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:44
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Confirming Records of Moroni’s Coming.” Improvement Era 72, no. 9 (1969): 4-8.
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This article presents an analysis of the five published accounts of Moroni’s visits with Joseph Smith on the night of September 21-22, 1823. These accounts were dictated to secretaries with known record-keeping skills. The article carefully examines eight elements of the vision to create a composite description.

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Restoration, Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76743]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:56
Ham, Wayne. “Problems in Interpreting the Book of Mormon as History.” Courage: A Journal of History, Thought and Action 1 (September 1970): 15-22.
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In this environmentalist approach to the Book of Mormon the author believes that it is difficult to treat the Book of Mormon as an ancient historical document. Alleged problems extant in the Book of Mormon listed by the author include: the explicit mention of the name of Jesus Christ before Jesus’ ministry in Palestine, similarities with the Bible, the Deutero-Isaiah problem, anachronistic mention of synagogues, Greek names, pre-Christian baptism, domesticated animals, Old World crops in America, and textual changes. The writer therefore espouses a “nonliteral view of the Book of Mormon”

ID = [80005]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:02
Jones, Carl Hugh. “The ‘Anthon Transcript’ and Two Mesoamerican Cylinder Seals.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 122 (September 1970): 1-8.
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A comparison of the “characters” from the Anthon transcript with two Mesoamerican scripts. The author concludes that the characters are similar.

ID = [80245]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1970-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Njeim, George A. “The Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 117 (September 1970): 28-30, 54.
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Discusses the character of the Three Witnesses, saying that their apostasy from the early Church was “a blessing in tragic guise” since it validated their testimony of the Book of Mormon that they were able to leave the Church but not deny their eyewitness experience.

ID = [80681]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:40
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Trustworthiness of Young Joseph Smith.” Improvement Era 73, no. 10 (1970): 82-89.
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Keywords: Angel Moroni, Early Church History, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Smith, Lucy Mack, Smith, William, Vision
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76879]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:03
Christensen, Ross T. “Renewed Latter-day Saint Interest in the Phoenicians.” Improvement Era 73, no. 10 (1970): 12-15.
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This article shares new evidence that reveals Phoenician contact with the New World between 1000 to 500 B.C. Phoenician inscriptions record in remarkable detail the voyages of mariners, pinpointing both departure and arrival dates and places. Christensen hypothesizes that the guardian(s) of Mulek may have asked Phoenician friends to aid in their escape from the Babylonians.

Keywords: Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah), New World, Phoenicians, Pre-Columbian Contact, Sailing, Transoceanic Contact, Transoceanic Voyage
ID = [76878]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:11:03
Petersen, Mark E. “Who Was the Great White God?” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1970.
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This article discusses various native traditions of the Western Hemisphere and Pacific region that refer to a “Great White God.” Several sources are cited and their common points are discussed and compared to 3 Nephi 11. Jesus Christ was the Great White God referred to in all instances.

Keywords: 3 Nephi; Ancient America – Mesoamerica; Mythology; Polynesia; Quetzalcoatl
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [26385]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 15866  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:07
Richards, A. LeGrand. “God Moves in a Mysterious Way.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1970.
ID = [26365]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 15145  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:07
Romney, Marion G. “The Keystone of Our Religion.” Delivered at the Friday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1970.
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This article reaffirms that the purpose of the Book of Mormon is to bear witness of Jesus Christ.

Keywords: Book of Mormon; Keystone; Restoration
ID = [26356]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,general-conference  Size: 11965  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:07
Weight, G. Dale. “A Great Guide in Solving Problems.” Instructor 105 (October 1970): 362-63.
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Demonstrates Book of Mormon’s influence on youth. Stories of Alma the Younger, Enos, Ammon, Joseph Smith, and Jesus Christ are especially applicable; the Book of Mormon gives youth a “cause” with which to identify.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78886]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Wittorf, John H., ed. “Joseph Smith and the Prehistoric Mound-Builders of Eastern North America.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 123 (October 1970): 1-9.
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Shows that Joseph Smith never made a conclusive statement supporting the belief that mounds and the mound builders of Northeastern America represent the remains of Book of Mormon lands or peoples. Discusses the Enon mound, Zelph mound, Adena and Hopwell cultures, and the Kinderhook plates.

ID = [79643]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1970-10-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Jarrard, Jack E. “Old New World Similarities Told.” Church News 40 (17 October 1970): 5.
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Archaeologist Cyrus H. Gordon discussed the two-way traffic between the Old and New World before the Christian era.

ID = [79930]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1970-10-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Book of Mormon as a Mirror of the East.” Improvement Era 73, no. 11 (November 1970). 115–125.
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Originally printed as a 1948 Improvement Era article.
Book of Mormon proper names are related to Egyptian etymologies.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Ancient Near East
ID = [999]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1970-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era,nibley  Size: 39649  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:24
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
Richards, A. LeGrand. “‘God Moves in a Mysterious Way’” Improvement Era 73, no. 12 (1970): 69-71.
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This article speaks concerning God and Christ, and teaches that Old Testament prophets foretold of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Old Testament, Prophecy, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76735]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1970-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,improvement-era  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:55
Weldon, Clair E. “The Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.” Courage: A Journal of History, Thought and Action 1 (December 1970): 102-6.
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Written to tell readers that the Book of Mormon is an authentic and divine work. Readers can determine its authenticity trough personal study and prayer.

ID = [80445]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1970-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
1971
Backman, Milton V., Jr. Joseph Smith’s First Vision. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1971, [R]1980.
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Provides the accounts of Joseph Smith’s first vision. Also, contains a description of the religious and economical environment of Palmyra as a background for the first vision. Uses the Book of Mormon as a witness of Joseph Smith’s divine calling. A separate chapter gives a brief account of the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses.

ID = [77947]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Bickerstaff, H. George. Book of Mormon Stories for Children. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1971.
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Book of Mormon stories told on a child’s level of understanding. The stories tell of Joseph Smith, the brother of Jared and the shining stones, Lehi’s vision, and Nephi and the brass plates.

ID = [77641]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
BYU Religious Education. A Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations Concerning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormonism and Utah. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1971.
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The theses and dissertations are listed according to authors and titles. Subjects such as “Lamanites and Polynesians,” “Book of Mormon History,” and “Book of Mormon” can be found in the subject index.

ID = [77395]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Ceram, C. W. The First American: A Story of North American Archaeology. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
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Explains (pp. 204-5) that the Book of Mormon does not consider the ancient inhabitants of America to be from the lost ten tribes, but rather from the period of the Tower of Babel, and Israelites from 600 B.C.

ID = [78481]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Cheville, Roy A. Book of Mormon Speaks for Itself. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1971.
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Explores twelve separate aspects of the Book of Mormon, investigating such topics as how “the book speaks of God in history, the book centers on the universal Christ, and the book predicts the ministry of the Holy Spirit”

ID = [77639]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Crowther, Duane S. The Plan of Salvation and the Future in Prophecy. Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1971.
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Combines Book of Mormon passages with others from the standard works of the Church to outline the plan of salvation. Many Book of Mormon passages foretell future conditions.

ID = [78619]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Eaton, Valoy. “Day of the Lamanite, an oil painting.” Brigham Young University Studies 11, no. 2 (1971): 149.
ID = [9623]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 50  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Eaton, Valoy. “A Note on ‘Day of the Lamanite’” Brigham Young University Studies 11, no. 2 (1971): 150.
ID = [9624]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 2000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:52
Fletcher, Rupert J. “A Land Which Is Choice above All Lands.” Independence, MO: n.p., 1971.
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Finds that there is “ample proof in the Book of Mormon to identify the location” of the choice land. Both the Nephites and the Jaredites lived in the area of the United States of America.

ID = [77424]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Galbraith, Madelyn. There is a Book. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1971.
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A novel about an Indian’s search for his identity and his encounter with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78706]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Mannering, Effa L. “2000 Questions and Answers from the Book of Mormon.” Independence, MO: n.p., 1971.
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Large, homemade study guide for the benefit of RLDS members. Contains questions answered by citing the relevant verses directly. Used as a study guide.

ID = [77380]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Mesle, C. Robert. Review of Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World, by Hugh Nibley. Courage 2, no. 1 (1971): 331–32.
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley > Scholarship, Footnotes, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, CWHN, Editing > Book of Mormon
ID = [1032]  Status = Type = review  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:26
Milner, Winifred M. Light from the Dust, a Historical Novel. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1971.
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An imaginative novel, based on historical documents, about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77989]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Otten, Leaun G., and E. A. McKenna. Selected Statements from General Authorities Concerning Book of Mormon Passages. 3 vols. Provo, UT: BYU Press, 1971.
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A collection of statements made by General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints concerning Book of Mormon passages. Volume one begins with statements by Church leaders concerning 1 Nephi to Words of Mormon; volume two contains statements dealing with Mosiah and Alma; volume three with the books Helaman to Moroni.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [78243]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Riley, William L. “A Comparison of Passages from Isaiah and Other Old Testament Prophets in Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1971.
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Compares the Book of Mormon and the View of the Hebrews. The parallels have also been studied by B. H. Roberts and Hugh Nibley, who say that any connections that may be made are also found in the Bible. The emphasis of this paper is on passages from Isaiah that are common to all three books.

Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [67946]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:45
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
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
Tanner, Jerald, and Sandra Tanner. The Case Against Mormonism. 3 vols. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1967, 1968, 1971.
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These volumes repeat much of the material found in the Tanners’ Mormonism: Shadow or Reality. Volume 2 deals entirely with the Book of Mormon. Over 400 parallels between verses in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon are given. Contains a discussion of theories regarding the Hebrew origin of the American Indians that were common in the days of Joseph Smith. The authors believe that the Book of Mormon is a product of Joseph Smith’s environment.

ID = [78447]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Thomasson, Gordon C., ed. War, Conscription, Conscience, and Mormonism. Santa Barbara: Mormon Heritage, 1971.
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A collection of essays by recognized authorities and scholars of the Church that reflect individual opinions on the subjects of war, conscription, conscience, and Mormonism. Cites relevant Book of Mormon precedents, such as Anti-Nephi-Lehies.

ID = [78758]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Tvedtnes, John A. “For Your Information: The Language of my Father.” New Era 1, no. 5 (1971): 19.
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A combination Hebrew/Egyptian text was found at Arad, which may contain language similar to the “reformed Egyptian” in which the original Book of Mormon was written.

Keywords: Ancient Near East, Language - Hebrew, Reformed Egyptian
ID = [76594]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Cracroft, Richard H. “The Gentle Blasphemer: Mark Twain, Holy Scripture, and the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 11, no. 2 (1971): 119-136.
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Chapter Sixteen of Mark Twain’s Roughing It begins, “All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the ”elect’ have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it.” Conversely, all Mormons have heard of Twain’s caustic burlesque on the Book of Mormon, but none seems to have taken the trouble to demonstrate to Gentiles that Twain was obviously one of the multitude who had not read the book. Indeed, the four chapters in Roughing It(1872) devoted to the Mormons and their “golden Bible” continue to evoke hilarity from Latter-day Saints, not only because of the burlesque on sacred Mormon institutions, of which Twain was understandably but appallingly ignorant, but also because of the amusingly evident fact that if Twain read the Book of Mormon at all, it was in the same manner that Tom Sawyer won the Sunday School Bible contest—by cheating.

Keywords: Criticism; Mark Twain
ID = [9620]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 47377  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Impact of the First Preaching in Ohio.” Brigham Young University Studies 11, no. 4 (1971): 474-496.
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Specific plans to preach the restored gospel in the west matured during the second conference after Church organization, held late September, 1830. The missionary theme was prominent during the three-day duration of this conference. The official minutes summarize what was probably the first missionary farewell in LDS history: “Singing and prayer in behalf of Brother Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer, Jr., who were previously appointed to go to the Lamanites.” The Ohio labors of Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, and their companions doubled the membership of the Church and created a solid nucleus for rapid growth and a secure, if temporary, gathering location. One must assess the impact of these four men in four weeks with a certain awe.

Keywords: Cowdery; Early Church History; Mission to the Lamanites; Missionary Work; Oliver; Parley P.; Pratt; Rigdon; Sidney
ID = [9606]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-01-03  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 744  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Romney, Marion G. “Keystone of Our Religion.” Church News 41 (23 January 1971): 16.
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Tells that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of the LDS religion, and that Church members need to become familiar with its teachings.

ID = [79658]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-01-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Hullinger, Robert N. “Joseph Smith, Defender of the Faith.” Concordia Theological Monthly 42 (February 1971): 72-87.
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Rejecting the Spaulding and psychological explanations for the origin of the Book of Mormon, the author believes that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon in an attempt to defend belief in God “against the sectarianism and popular skepticism of the day” He provides several interesting examples from the Book of Mormon to show how they fit within the environmentalist framework of such a thesis.

ID = [79648]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-02-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Church News. “The Stone Box Story.” Church News 41 (6 February 1971): 16.
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Tells of different plates and records that were placed in stone boxes in order to preserve them.

ID = [80653]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-02-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Romney, Marion G. “The Role of the Indian.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (15 February 1971). Provo, UT, 1971.
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Discusses the establishment of Zion on the American Continent. The descendants of Joseph, through the lineage of Lehi, will be the builders of Zion with the assistance of the Gentiles. Several Book of Mormon scriptures show the role of the Lamanites in building Zion.

ID = [81086]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1971-02-15  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Church News. “Let’s Talk About . . . Book of Mormon.” Church News 41 (27 February 1971): 14.
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Quotes on the Book of Mormon from Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee, N. Eldon Tanner, LeGrande Richards, and Bruce R. McConkie.

ID = [79706]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-02-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Heslop, J. Melan. “Book of Mormon for Thais.” Church News 41 (27 February 1971): 4.
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Srilaksana Gottsche was commissioned to help translate the Book of Mormon into Thai.

ID = [79170]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-02-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Jarrard, Jack E. “‘Word’ Rolls Out in Many Languages.” Church News 41 (27 February 1971): 5.
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The Book of Mormon has been translated and printed in 24 different languages. It has also been translated but not printed into nine others.

ID = [78841]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-02-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Hinckley, Gordon B. “‘Except the Lord Build the House …’” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1971.
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Gordon B. Hinckley - I know of no single practice that will have a more salutary effect upon your lives than the practice of kneeling together as you begin and close each day. Somehow the little storms that seem to afflict every marriage are dissipated when, kneeling before the Lord, you thank him for one another, in the presence of one another, and then together invoke his blessings upon your lives, your home, your loved ones, and your dreams.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [13131]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1971-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10871  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:25
Lee, Harold B. “The Iron Rod.” Delivered at the Sunday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1971.
ID = [13133]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1971-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 19574  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:25
Church News. “In This Time of Tumult, Iron Rod of Gospel Needed.” Church News 41 (10 April 1971): 8.
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Harold B. Lee compares the present time to Lehi’s dream. “If there is any one thing we need in this time of tumult and frustration, it is the ‘iron rod’ of the gospel”

ID = [79578]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-04-10  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Church News. “Moments in History.” Church News 41 (17 April 1971): 2.
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In April of 1889 the Book of Mormon was first printed in the Maori language in New Zealand.

ID = [79782]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-04-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Pugh, Kaye Lynne. “Things They’re Saying.” New Era 1 (May 1971): 37.
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A future missionary decided the best way to learn German was to read the Book of Mormon in German. This experience helped strengthen his testimony of the book.

ID = [80715]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:42
Tvedtnes, John A. “The Language of my Father.” New Era 1 (May 1971): 19.
Display Abstract  

A combination Hebrew/Egyptian text was found at Arad, which may contain language similar to the “reformed Egyptian” in which the original Book of Mormon was written.

ID = [80508]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:30
Howard, Richard P. “Latter-day Saint Scriptures and the Doctrine of Propositional Revelation.” Courage: A Journal of History, Thought and Action 1 (June 1971): 209-26.
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Proposes that revelation is nonpropositional and does not reveal objective truths or doctrines.

ID = [79683]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Lee, Harold B. “The Iron Rod.” Ensign, June 1971.
ID = [40952]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19373  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:40
Brewerton, Denton Y. “His Languages Aid Spread of the Gospel.” Church News 41 (12 June 1971): 11.
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Tells the story of how Ermel J. Morton, who has a knowledge of several languages, translated the Book of Mormon into the Tongan language.

ID = [79523]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-06-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Ensign. “The Lamanites (Introduction).” Ensign July 1971.
ID = [41013]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1422  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:41
Burnett, M. Dallas. “Lamanites and the Church.” Ensign, July 1971.
ID = [41015]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7359  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:41
Gordon, Cyrus H. “America and the Ecumene of the Old Testament.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 125 (July 1971): 1-10.
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Shows many similarities between aspects of life in the Mediterranean world and ancient America, including linguistic similarities.

ID = [78971]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1971-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Kimball, Stanley H. B. “The Anthon Transcript: Egyptian, Mesoamerican or Phoenician?” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 126 (August 1971): 1-5.
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A look at the relationship of the characters in the Anthon transcript to ancient Egyptian, Mesoamerican, and Phoenician scripts. The author concludes that while there are similarities between the characters in the Anthon transcript and Semitic languages, little more has been done by scholars than to define the problems. Much research remains to be done.

ID = [80267]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1971-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:17
Church News. “Moments in History.” Church News 41 (14 August 1971): 2.
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In 1942 President McKay obtained proof sheets of the first edition of the Book of Mormon from Wilford C. Wood.

ID = [79781]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-08-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Mesle, C. Robert. “Review of Since Cumorah, by Hugh W. Nibley.” Courage 2 (September 1971): 331-32.
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Book review.

ID = [80103]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1971-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:07
Lee, Harold B. “Responsibilities of the Priesthood.” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1971.
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Harold B. Lee - “The Church has need of every member that all may be edified together.”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [13187]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1971-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 8013  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:25
Nibley, Hugh W. “Myths and the Scriptures.” New Era.
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Suggests that early mythology writers not only were aware of the parallels between religious stories and myths but often used wove parallels together to create their faith-promoting myths.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Ancient Texts > Myths
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Old Testament Topics > Scripture Study
ID = [1002]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1971-10-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:24
Royall, Paul F. “‘That Our Children May Know’” Ensign, October 1971.
ID = [40748]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11455  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:39
Tvedtnes, John A. “Linguistic Implications of the Tel-Arad Ostraca.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 127 (October 1971).
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Originally presented as a paper at the 20th annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures & Allied Fields, the article examines some of the sixth century Hebrew ostraca uncovered at Arad, with emphasis on a combination Hebrew/Egyptian text that may be similar to the “reformed Egyptian” in which the original Book of Mormon was written.

ID = [79715]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1971-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Church News. “Israel Cave, Mexican Plates Discussed at Meet.” Church News 41 (23 October 1971): 6.
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Professors meet to discuss the Khirbet Beit Lei (Lehi) Cave, which has “ancient inscriptions in the old Hebrew script” along with drawings of human figures and sailing vessels. Small gold plates were found in Mexico. Such archaeological discoveries support the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79616]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-10-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Warner, C. Terry. “Open Letter to Students: On Having Faith and Thinking for Yourself.” New Era 1, no. 11 (1971): 14-19.
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A person’s knowledge, says the author, is not like a picture of reality: instead, it is like a map, and maps come in different types—and they never show everything.

Keywords: Alma the Younger, Evidence, Faith, Knowledge, Korihor
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [76593]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Warner, C. Terry. “An Open Letter to Students: On Having Faith and Thinking for Yourself.” New Era 1 (November 1971): 14-19.
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Uses the story of Alma and Korihor to teach about faith and reasoning.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79013]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1971-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Wycherly, Carolyn. “Church Scriptures Being Translated by Immigrant.” Church News 41 (November 20, 1971): 11.
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An announcement that the LDS scriptures are being translated into Romanian by Dr. Emia F. Perry. She began the translation in 1951 before becoming a member of the Church.

ID = [79304]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1971-11-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
1972
Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People. London: Yale University Press, 1972.
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Dedicates about ten pages to Mormonism. Author rejects the Spaulding theory, but believes that the Book of Mormon was the result of Joseph Smith’s “responsiveness to the provincial opinions of his time” This work is reviewed in B.016.

ID = [77446]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Andersen, H. Verlan. The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil. Orem, UT: H. Verlan Andersen, 1972.
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Nephi and John the Revelator saw “the Great and Abominable Church of the Devil” that is operated by Satan, will eventually control every nation, and will make war on the Lord’s church in the last days. A division will occur between the devil’s church and the Lord’s church that will cuminate in war.

ID = [78508]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Butterworth, F. Edward. The Sword of Laban. 4 vols. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1969, [R]1972.
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A fictional narrative written especially for youth. The story of the exodus of Lehi and his company from Jerusalem is told to Moroni by his father, Mormon, during the final battle between the Nephites and Lamanites. [J.W.M.]

ID = [78669]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Cazier, Donald A. A Study of Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Governmental Institutions and Policies as Portrayed in the Book of Mormon. M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1972.
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Analyzes the Book of Mormon governmental institutions. Considers: “1. The governmental structure under which [the Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite] nations lived at different times in their history and the theoretical powers and duties of their oficers. 2. The laws that were enacted and domestic policies which were pursued. 3. The rights enjoyed by the citizens. 4. The ‘foreign policy’ of these nations, where applicable, including military policy. 5. The teachings of Book of Mormon prophets and secular leaders of the various types of government . . . and the lessons which can be drawn from the political experiences of the Book of Mormon peoples”

ID = [77459]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Cheesman, Paul R. Early America and the Book of Mormon: A Photographic Essay of Ancient America. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book , 1972.
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A photographic essay of Mesoamerica and the narrow coastal region and highlands of the Middle Andes, which includes Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

ID = [77764]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Book of Mormon Supplement. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1972.
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A teacher’s manual containing forty-two lessons to assist in teaching the Book of Mormon, providing “raw materials and suggested procedures out of which lessons may be built” Each lesson contains a main idea, supporting ideas, objectives, preassessment, ideas to be taught, learning activities, references, and teaching tools.

ID = [77653]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Living Truths from the Book of Mormon: Teacher’s Supplement. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1972.
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A teacher’s Sunday School manual containing forty- three lessons. The goal of the manual is to direct the attention of adult Church members to spiritual things. Each lesson contains a lesson plan and scriptural quotations relating to the topics being covered.

ID = [77995]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Crespo, Jose A. Andrade. Preguntas y Respuestas. Lincoln, NE: Biblioteca de Bolsillo “La Biblia Dice,” 1972.
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The Book of Mormon contains anachronisms, lacks the spirit of the Bible, and contains language from the “Westminster Confession” and the Methodist “Discipline”

ID = [78167]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Flint, B. C. The Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Church of Christ (Temple Lot), 1972.
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An evangelical tract explaining the purpose and teachings of the Book of Mormon, written by an apostle of the Church of Christ.

ID = [78347]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Gregson, Louise Clark. Gregson’s Book of Mormon Story and Color Book. Independence, MO: Gregson’s Storybooks, 1972.
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A children’s book that summarizes the story of the Jaredites from the Tower of Babylon to their destruction. Includes pictures that can be colored.

ID = [77838]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Hill, Marvin S. “Review of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, by Fawn M. Brodie.” Dialogue 7 (Winter 1972): 72.
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Book review.

ID = [80099]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:07
Maples, Evelyn. The Brass Plates Adventure. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1972.
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Short, illustrated storybook for children about the acquisition of the plates of brass.

ID = [78444]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Maples, Evelyn. Lehi, Man of God. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1972.
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Illustrated children’s storybook about Lehi.

ID = [77971]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Miller, Kenneth Dale. An Outline from Which a Course of Study of the Book of Mormon Can Be Written for the 9th and 10th Grade Lamanite Students of the Church Schools and Seminaries of the LDS Church. M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1972.
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Contains a proposed lesson guide for teaching the Book of Mormon to 9th and 10th grade Lamanite students. Appendix contains scripts for nine film strips and an activities manual.

ID = [77533]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Morley, Ray Gerald. “A Comparative Study of the Book of Mormon Secret Combinations and the American Mafia Organization.” M.R.E. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1972.
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Thesis consists of three parts: (1) an overview of secret combinations in the book of Moses and the Book of Mormon; (2) a history of the mafia in Sicily and America; (3) a comparison of practices of secret combinations in the Book of Mormon and America.

ID = [78866]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
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.

ID = [77851]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
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
Unattributed. Teacher Test Handbook for the Book of Mormon Student Manual. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Instruction and the Instructional Development Program, 1972.
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Recommendations for lessons and sample questions with answers for teachers of Book of Mormon classes.

ID = [78307]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Washburn, Jesse N. An Army with Banners: A Story from the Book of Mormon. New York: Carlton Press, 1972.
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A fictional account based on a series of incidents recorded in the Book of Mormon, Alma 46-62. Captain Moroni’s military campaigns are a significant part of the story line.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77512]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Wilcox, Orrin R. “Book of Mormon, Abridged in Rhyme, Part 1, the Exodus 600 B.C. to 545 B.C.” Mansfield, MO: n.p., 1972.
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A poetic rendition of the exodus of Lehi from Jerusalem.

ID = [77664]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Zimmerman, Dean R. “Book of Mormon Geography.” N.p., 1972?.
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Counts and lists 119 geographical sites in the Book of Mormon, 103 of which the author believes are identifiable.

ID = [77612]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1972-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Matthews, Robert J. “Notes on ‘Lehi’s Travels’” Brigham Young University Studies 12, no. 3 (1972): 312-314.
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No abstract available.

Keywords: Arabia; Lehi (Prophet)
ID = [9567]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1972-01-02  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 6850  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Arrington, Leonard J. “Oliver Cowdery’s Kirtland, Ohio, ‘Sketch Book’” Brigham Young University Studies 12, no. 4 (1972): 410-426.
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As a witness of significant events in the rise of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oliver Cowdery’s importance is superseded only by that of the Prophet Joseph Smith. With the exception of Joseph’s First Vision and the appearances of Moroni, Cowdery participated with the Prophet in the key events of the Restoration. The scope of his experiences include the translation of the Book of Mormon, the restoration of the Priesthood, the organization of the Church, the first extensive missionary work of the Church, and divine manifestations in the Kirtland Temple. The youngest of eight children, Oliver Cowdery was born 3 October 1806 in Wells, Rutland County, Vermont. In 1825 he moved to New York, where he worked successively as a clerk in a general store, as a blacksmith, and as a farmer. In 1828 he entered the teaching profession in Manchester, New York, where he first became acquainted with the religious claims of Joseph Smith. His entry into the mainstream of Mormon history occurred in April 1829 when he traveled to Harmony, Pennsylvania, to meet Joseph Smith, who was engaged in the translation of the Book of Mormon. Cowdery assisted Joseph as a scribe during the translation of the major part of that work, and his name appears in the Book of Mormon as one of the witnesses to the reliability of the claims of Joseph Smith regarding its origin and method of translation.

Keywords: Cowdery; Early Church History; Kirtland; Ohio; Oliver; Recordkeeping
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [9552]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1972-01-03  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 1403  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Cheesman, Paul R. “Ancient Writing in the Americas.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 1 (1972): 80-90.
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After approximately 140 years, public and scholarly opinion are finally beginning to concede the possibility that writing did indeed exist among the ancient Americans. While I have been waiting for this shift to occur among those who don’t have the Mormons’ axe to grind, I have been collecting every available evidence to support my belief in the existence of such writing. My own findings and the findings of others not only establish the fact that writing did exist in ancient America, but they also indicate that metal plates were frequently used as a medium for this writing and that the writings themselves often denote Old World, specifically Hebrew, origins.

Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Writing System
ID = [9543]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1972-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 666  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Lewis, Ben E. “The Most Correct Book.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (18 January 1972). Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1971.
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An admonitional speech encouraging individuals to regard the Book of Mormon with resolution. The stories relating Alma’s encounter with Korihor and Alma’s parting words to his three sons are recalled. The Book of Mormon is vital to our spiritual condition.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [81083]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1972-01-18  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Church News. “Projects Tell Gospel.” Church News 42 (29 January 1972): 10.
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Announcing two projects, supervised by the BYU Center for Specialized Language Study, one of which includes translating the Book of Mormon into three dialects of the Quechua language (spoken by Indians in South America).

ID = [80010]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-01-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:02
Welch, John W. “Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.” New Era 2 (February 1972): 6.
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Popular presentation of the discovery and significance of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, building on conclusions generally accepted by biblical scholars.

ID = [79286]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Young, S. Dilworth. “How Could Joseph Know?” Ensign, February 1972.
ID = [41172]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5076  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:42
Nibley, Hugh W. “Islam and Mormonism—A Comparison.” Ensign, March 1972, 55–64.
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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.
Not all the footnotes containing the citations for the supporting texts and explanations were published with this essay.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Islam
ID = [1003]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1972-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,nibley  Size: 27322  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:24
Dunn, Loren C. “Read, Ponder, Pray.” In BYU Speeches of the Year (7 March 1972). Provo, UT: BYU Press.
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The key to conversion and gaining a testimony of the mission and glory of Jesus Christ and the restoration of his gospel is found in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [81080]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1972-03-07  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:03
Church News. “Horses, Horses, Horses.” Church News 42 (25 March 1972): 16.
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Through the years people have insisted the Book of Mormon is wrong because of its reference to horses, claiming that horses were not on the continent until the Spanish arrived. This article presents evidence that there were horses on the continent as the Book of Mormon claims there were.

ID = [79538]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-03-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Ginat, Joseph. “The Cave of Khirbet Beit Lei.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 129 (April 1972): 1-5.
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A cave found in Israel contains ancient inscriptions in Old Hebrew and drawings of human figures and sailing vessels. It contains the name Lei that is an equivalent of Lehi.

ID = [80423]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1972-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:25
Pearson, Howard. “Answers in Book of Mormon.” Church News 42 (22 April 1972): 12.
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The Book of Mormon provides answers concerning the origin of the early inhabitants of America.

ID = [79054]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-04-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Wirsing, Whit. “Book of Mormon for South Africans.” Church News 42 (29 April 1972): 5.
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The story of how the Book of Mormon was translated into Afrikaans.

ID = [79169]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-04-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Church News. “New Leather Case for Original Manuscript.” Church News 42 (27 May 1972): 5.
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Announcing a new leather case made to hold the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. Includes a history of the original manuscript.

ID = [79900]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-05-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Esplin, Annie C. “Togetherness.” Ensign, June 1972.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [41283]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 420  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:43
Jakeman, M. Wells. “The ‘Star of David’ in Ancient America?” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 130 (June 1972): 1-10.
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A star of David, a relic of the Mayan civilization during the late classic period (650-950 C. E.), has been located at Uxmal in Yucatan. While the star “is not [a] direct evidence of an Old World origin of the ancient American civilizations, it does add to the evidence of occasional transoceanic voyages to the New World before Columbus”

ID = [80253]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1972-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:16
Lundstrom, Harold. “Bravos Highlight Oratorio Concerts.” Church News 42 (3 June 1972): 7.
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An oratorio concert focused on stories from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79261]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-06-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Benson, Ezra Taft. “Civic Standards for the Faithful Saints.” Ensign, July 1972.
ID = [41315]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15443  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:43
Hill, Marvin S. “Review of The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: Sidney Rigdon, Religious Reformer, by F. Mark McKiernan.” Dialogue 7 (Summer 1972): 54.
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Book review.

ID = [80117]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1972-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Brown, Harold C. “What Is a Lamanite?” Ensign, September 1972.
ID = [41403]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9322  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:43
Cheesman, Paul R. “Monuments of Vanished Peoples.” Ensign, September 1972.
ID = [41401]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7823  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:43
Christensen, Ross T., and Ruth R. Christensen. “Perspectives on the Route of Mulek’s Colony.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 131 (September 1972): 1-6.
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Proposes two possible routes for the transoceanic Mulekite journey: (1) The Mediterranean/North Atlantic route, or (2) the African/South Atlantic route. The irst choice is seen as the more likely.

ID = [79970]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1972-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Nibley, Hugh W. “Ancient Temples: What Do They Signify?” Ensign, September 1972, 45–49.
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Original article.
These are comments about the roles of ancient temples in general, with an emphasis on Mesoamerican temples as centers of religion, culture, the arts, and world view.

Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Temples > Ancient Temples
ID = [1004]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1972-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,ensign,nibley,old-test  Size: 15589  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:24
Church News. “Heritage of Book of Mormon Told Youth by Bishop Brown.” Church News 42 (2 September 1972): 13.
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Bishop Victor L. Brown told the youth at the Mexico Area Conference that they should be proud of their heritage and that they should honor their priesthood.

ID = [79520]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-09-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Church News. “You Fulfill the Scriptures.” Church News 42 (2 September 1972): 10-11.
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President Romney told the saints at the Mexico Area Conference that they fulfill the scriptures by using the Book of Mormon and teaching it to their seed.

ID = [80843]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-09-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:49
Church News. “Film Aids Scripture Story.” Church News 42 (16 September 1972): 12.
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A film released by Brigham Young University shows the background, history, and content of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79448]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-09-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Church News. “Moments in History.” Church News 42 (23 September 1972): 2.
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A list of important moments in Church history including a missionary giving a copy of the Book of Mormon to the King of Sweden in 1897.

ID = [79783]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1972-09-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Kimball, Spencer W. “Church Growth and Lamanite Involvement.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 7, 1972.
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Keywords: Church Growth
ID = [68340]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1972-11-07  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:08
Ord, Gayle Goble. “The Book of Mormon Goes to Press.” Ensign, December 1972.
ID = [41499]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 17189  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:44
Parsons, Robert E. “The Game’s in the Name.” Ensign, December 1972.
ID = [41501]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1972-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9288  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:44
1973
Anderson, Einar. Inside Story of Mormonism. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1973.
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A polemical book on Mormonism, wherein the author claims that Joseph Smith used the Spaulding manuscript as a primary source for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77896]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Barrett, Ivan J. Joseph Smith and the Restoration: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to 1846. 2d ed. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1973.
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Chapter 4, “Glad Tidings from Cumorah,” tells of Moroni’s visit and Joseph Smith’s first visit to the Hill Cumorah. Chapter 5, “Delivery and Translation of the Ancient Record” and Chapter 6, “Publication of the Book of Mormon,” deal specifically with the Book of Mormon. This work is reviewed in D.144.

ID = [77933]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Brodie, Fawn M. No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet. New York: Knopf, 1945; 2nd edition revised and enlarged 1973.
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A biography of Joseph Smith with some discussion of the Book of Mormon. Chapter 3, “Red Sons of Israel,” discusses environmental influences that Brodie feels Joseph Smith used in fabricating the Book of Mormon. Among these are speculations regarding Indian origins that are discussed in such books as View of the Hebrews, Moonbuilder Civilizations, and other works. Chapter 4, “A Marvelous Work and a Wonder,” discusses the Anthon episode, translation of the Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith, Sr.’s, dream of the tree of life; In Chapter 5, “Witnesses for God,” the author rejects the Spaulding theory in favor of an environmental explanation. She also notes various alleged anachronisms and problems in the Book of Mormon. These include the description of Jaredite boats, domesticated animals in America, Old World crops in America before Columbus, and others. This work is reviewed in H.259.

ID = [78105]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Butterworth, F. Edward. How to Mark the Book of Mormon, a Packet of Missionary Insert Materials with Instructions. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1973.
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Presents a method of marking the Book of Mormon by linking certain subjects together. Includes missionary inserts to be glued to the pages of the Book of Mormon where the subject is marked.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [77873]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Cheesman, Paul R. The Keystone of Mormonism: Little Known Facts About the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1973.
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A review of the “primary and secondary accounts which pertain to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon” The author’s goal is for readers to discover the divine literature of the Book of Mormon and to consider its historical and theological aspects.

ID = [78527]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Book of Mormon Reader for Youth. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
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Comprises sixteen different Book of Mormon stories, each illustrated with black and white drawings, captions, and an outline of each story.

ID = [77386]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Witnesses to the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
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A missionary tract containing the testimonies of Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, Emma Smith, and Lucy Mack Smith as they concern the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78794]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Youth and Young Adult Correlation Committee. Student Manual, Book of Mormon. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
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A manual for the use of college students.

ID = [78289]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Coe, Michael. “Mormons and Archaeology—An Outside View.” Dialogue 8 (Winter 1973): 40-48.
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Discusses the history of and demonstrates the fallacies of LDS attempts to establish the truth of the Book of Mormon through archaeological evidences. Cites the improbability of there existing horses, chariots, wheat, and metallurgy in ancient America, as the Book of Mormon claims.

ID = [79840]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Dunn, Loren C. “How to Gain a Testimony.” Ensign, January 1973.
ID = [41541]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9072  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:44
Green, Dee F. “Mormon Archaeology in the 1970’s: A New Decade, A New Approach.” Dialogue 8/2 (1973): 49-55.
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Reviews movements that have characterized LDS archaeological studies since the 1950s. During the 1970s, archaeological studies emphasized elementary historical questions less and anthropological issues more.

ID = [79798]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Hansen, Lorin K. “Feedback: Chiasmus Caution.” New Era 3, no. 1 (1973): 3.
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A letter to the editor points out that chiasmus was indeed known by English and German scholars before Joseph Smith’s time, but it is probable that Joseph Smith did not know of the form during his day.

Keywords: Chiasmus
ID = [76618]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:48
Hansen, Lorin K. “Chiasmus Caution.” New Era 1 (January 1973): 3.
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A letter to the editor points out that chiasmus was indeed known by English and German scholars before Joseph Smith’s time, but it is probable that Joseph Smith did not know of the form during his day.

ID = [79285]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Jenson, Janet. “Variations between Copies of the First Edition of the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 2 (1973): 214-221.
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Much has been written about changes between the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon (the first) and modern editions. But knowledge is less widespread about the variations that exist between different copies of the 1830 edition itself. We are now aware of 41 such changes, and there are certainly others that have not yet been discovered. Three-fourths of the 41 changes were picked up when Alfred Bush of Princeton University Library,using a Hinman collator, compared the 1830 edition copy in the Scheide Library with a copy from Brigham Young University and one from the Historical Department of the Church. Using this list of changes as a base, and adding other changes discovered by other people, 70 different copies of the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon have since been compared.

Keywords: 1830 Book of Mormon; Critical Text; Textual Analysis; Textual Changes
ID = [9534]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 787  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Kirban, Salem. Mormonism: Doctrines of Devils, No. 2: Exposing the Cults of Our Day. Chicago: Moody, 1973.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The writer asserts that the Book of Mormon blasphemously adds to God’s biblical word in direct contradiction to Revelation 22:18-19. He asserts that the book is full of gross anachronisms, such as the Jaredite barges, number of war casualties, the Lamanite curse, and pre-Columbian domesticated animals.

ID = [78075]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Nyman, Monte S. Two Sticks One in Thine Hand. Salt Lake City: Gen-Dex Press, 1973.
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“This treatise is an attempt to show how utterly false are the suppositions that the Church has its own Bible or that the Church fails to accept the Christian world’s Bible. It will further endeavor to show that the Church not only accepts the Bible but is much concerned that modern Christianity maintains its faith in this sacred volume of scripture” Author uses the Book of Mormon as a basis for examining Old Testament authorship, Bible history, text, and interpretation.

ID = [78739]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Pack, Melvin Deloy. “Possible Lexical Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon (Words of Mormon-Moroni).” MA thesis, Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1973.
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“This thesis has been a study of possible lexical Hebraisms occurring in the Book of Mormon in the sections entitled ’The Words of Mormon’ through ’Moroni.’ A Hebraism was defined as any word of phrase which appeared to be a literal rendering of a Hebrew lexicographic mode of speech, in that the English had a usage or connotation which was not normal; whereas, if translated literally into Hebrew it would represent standard usage. Nearly two hundred such items were found, some one hundred twenty of which were discussed in the body of the thesis. Of these, nouns contributed over sixty examples, verbs more than thirty and the remainder were distributed among the rest of the parts of speech. This accumulation of Hebraisms could be evidence either of Joseph Smith’s exceptional ability to recall biblical wording while under the influence of the Holy Spirit or evidence of Hebraic wording in the original coming through in Joseph Smith’s translation.” [Author]

Keywords: Book of Mormon, Hebrew and; Bible, Joseph Smith’s translation; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith’s translation of
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Words of Mormon
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [81569]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:28
Pratt, Parley P. Key to the Science of Theology. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1973.
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The western hemisphere rose, progressed, declined, and fell as is recorded by the Book of Mormon. In the latter days Joseph Smith restored the keys to the science of theology through the Book of Mormon and divine revelation.

ID = [77954]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Ricks, Eldin. Plan for a Daily Reading of the Four Standard Works. Salt Lake City: Mountain West, 1973.
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A booklet formatted to allow readers of the Book of Mormon to plan daily scripture study.

ID = [78159]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Royall, Paul F. Nephi in the Promised Land/Wilderness: A Book of Mormon Story Book to Color. 2 Vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1973-74.
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A children’s coloring book with a Book of Mormon story line.

ID = [78094]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sperry, Sidney B. Science, Tradition and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, MIA, 1973.
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A reference manual for the youth. Sperry talks of the migration of the Jaredites and Nephites, suggesting also some possible landing sites. He gives archaeological evidence that relics found in ancient China resemble those found in the ancient Americas. Many Indian legends tell of a sacred book that was taken away that would return to the earth, and Sperry compares this legend with the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78227]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom,sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Unattributed. The Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi—Alma 29. Historical and Doctrinal Exam Questions. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1973.
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A study aid that covers the first one-half of the Book of Mormon. Comprises approximately 206 historical questions, with scriptural references and approximately 167 doctrinal questions, also with scriptural references.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78415]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Vessels, Rodney J. The Book of Mormon Speaks. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1973.
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Analyzes the “rhetorical vision” in the Book of Mormon by looking at examples of discourse in the record, such as King Benjamin’s address and the missionary discussions given by the sons of Mosiah. Demonstrates how salvation is proclaimed through the spoken word.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Mosiah
ID = [78397]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Wallace, Arthur. Can Mormonism be Proved Experimentally?. Ann Arbor, MI: Edward Brothers, 1973.
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A partial revision of Evidence in Science and Religion

ID = [77676]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Weldon, Roy E., and F. Edward Butterworth. Criticisms of the Book of Mormon Answered. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1973.
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A response to “honest objections and sincere criticisms” against the Book of Mormon, including its origins (i.e., the Spaulding manuscript), the problem of biblical passages quoted verbatim, seeming literary errors, anachronisms, and changes in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77727]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1973-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Bush, Alfred L. “Hinman Collation of the First Edition of the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 4 (1973): 600.
ID = [12353]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:13:12
Nibley, Hugh W. “Review of Bar-Kochba: The Rediscovery of the Legendary Hero of the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome, by Yigael Yadin.” Brigham Young University Studies 14, no. 1 (1973): 115–26.
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Reprinted as “Bar-Kochba and Book of Mormon Backgrounds,” in The Prophetic Book of Mormon.
Points out that Yadin’s discoveries seem to show, among other things, that the presumably feminine name Alma was also used by Jews as a masculine name, just as it was in the Book of Mormon. Draws a number of parallels between the Bar Kochba artifacts and the Lehi colony. Compares materials in the Book of Mormon about Lehi, Captain Moroni, and the name Alma with Palestinian warfare and practices from the first century A.D.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > History > Jewish History > Bar Kochba
ID = [1089]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:29
Church News. “God Does Forgive.” Church News 43 (17 February 1973): 16.
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A scripture reference to Moroni 7:8 that shows that God forgives us if we have repented and sought forgiveness with real intent.

ID = [79482]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-02-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Hoppe, Edward W. “What We Learned from Our Book of Mormon Project: Report from the Field.” Ensign, March 1973.
ID = [41618]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3742  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:45
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
Backman, Milton V., Jr. “Review of A Religious History of the American People, by Sydney E. Ahlstrom.” Dialogue 8 (Spring 1973): 106.
Display Abstract  

Book review.

ID = [80068]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Dunn, Loren C. “A Second Witness for Christ.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1973.
ID = [13304]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 10508  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:26
Larson, Kenneth Lloyd. “UFO’s and Time of the End Patterns: Some Comments on the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” Flying Saucers 80 (Spring 1973): 14-24.
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Sightings of flying saucers in specified years are tied in with the advent of the Book of Mormon, the coming judgments, and the establishment of Zion.

ID = [80761]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:44
Louthan, Bruce D. “Belief in Transoceanic Influence Becomes Intellectually Respectable—Again.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 132 (April 1973): 1-7.
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Four separate books accept the theory of diffusion from the Old World in explaining the origin of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas. The first two books are anthologies, the other two books were authored by scholars Cyrus Gordon and Thor Heyerdahl.

ID = [79097]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Thomasson, Gordon C. “Righteousness As a Counterculture.” New Era 2, no. 4 (1972): 46-49.
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Most pre-Columbian cultures that archaeologists have discovered have been civilizations based on warfare, aggressive and competitive in nature. They are cultures familiar to Book of Mormon readers as having roots in societies that rejected the gospel. They result in blood sacrifice instead of the individual’s need for the personal sacrifice of a broken heart and contrite spirit.

Keywords: Ancient America, Apostasy, Broken Heart and Contrite Spirit, Mesoamerica, Warfare
ID = [76612]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:48
Thomasson, Gordon C. “Righteousness As a Counterculture.” New Era 2 (April 1973): 46-49.
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Most pre- Columbian cultures that archaeologists have discovered have been civilizations based on warfare, aggressive and competitive in nature. They are cultures familiar to Book of Mormon readers as having roots in societies that rejected the gospel. They result in blood sacrifice instead of the individual’s need for the personal sacrifice of a broken heart and contrite spirit.

ID = [80127]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:09
Church News. “Book of Mormon ‘Lives’” Church News 43 (7 April 1973): 14.
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Elder Loren C. Dunn said that the Book of Mormon is the “second evidence” of Christ’s resurrection (the Bible being the first).

ID = [79120]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-04-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Bennett, William S. “My Struggle With the Book of Mormon.” Restoration Witness (May 1973): 4-6.
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Recalls accepting the Book of Mormon in six stages—he first ignored the book, then opposed it, then tolerated it, followed by convicting it, and finally accepting it and using it as a “sword of the spirit” Bears testimony of the spiritual nature of the book.

ID = [79861]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Pfister, Lauren. “Is This Indian Really Jewish? An Introduction to Mormonism.” Magazine of Campus Christian Living 33 (May 1973): 22-25.
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A polemical article that emphasizes Mormonism’s deviations from conventional Christianity. Sees as problematic the Book of Mormon’s reference to Christ’s birth at Jerusalem, mention of steel, and the use of the word “adieu”

ID = [79613]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Ensign. “Church Welfare Agencies Brought Together as One.” Ensign June 1973.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [41718]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1811  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:46
Church News. “Jews and Mayans.” Church News 43 (16 June 1973): 16.
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Tells of a stone carving, found in Mayan ruins, which bears resemblance to similar carvings found among Jewish ruins. This suggests that ancient America had some connections with ancient Israel.

ID = [79637]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-06-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Ensign. “Angel Moroni Statue Placed on Spire of Washington Temple.” Ensign July 1973.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [41774]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3490  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:46
Dunn, Loren C. “A Second Witness for Christ.” Ensign, July 1973.
ID = [41745]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10412  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:46
Quinn, D. Michael. “The First Months of Mormonism: A Contemporary View by Diedrich Willers.” New York History 54 (July 1973): 317-33.
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A response to an attack on the Church by Willers, a minister of the German Reformed Church. This article contains important insights into the role of the Urim and Thummim in the translation of the Book of Mormon. Ten locations are cited as places for translation besides the Whitmer home.

ID = [80464]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:28
Urrutia, Benjamin. “Review of Early America and the Book of Mormon: A Photographic Essay of Ancient America, by Paul R. Cheesman.” Dialogue 8 (Summer 1973): 92.
Display Abstract  

Book review.

ID = [80082]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1973-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:06
Rea, Dorothy O. “BYU Library Gets Valuable Old Poster.” Church News 43 (21 July 1973): 4.
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BYU obtained an early advertisement for the Book of Mormon and is doing research on its origin.

ID = [79268]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-07-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Church News. “Treasure the Scriptures, Counsels Pres. Tanner.” Church News 43 (1 September 1973): 11.
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N. Eldon Tanner tells the members to study the scriptures, including the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80744]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:43
Ensign. “Learning Together: A Preview of the Year Ahead.” Ensign September 1973.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [41821]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4751  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:46
Ensign. “Possible Routes Suggested for Mulek’s Voyage.” Ensign September 1973.
ID = [41846]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3784  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:46
Ensign. “Lamanite Self-Help Programs: A Status Report.” Ensign September 1973.
ID = [41854]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2826  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:47
Hunt, Mildred T. “Moroni, My Son.” Ensign, September 1973.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [41835]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 760  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:46
Ludlow, Daniel H. “Why did the Lord command Adam and Eve to multiply in the Garden of Eden when they could not have children before the Fall? This is especially confusing when we have such scriptures as 1 Nephi 3:7.” New Era 3, September 1973, 13–14.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Old Testament Topics > Adam and Eve [see also Fall]
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
ID = [67681]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-09-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:35
Church News. “The Angel’s Visits.” Church News 43 (22 September 1973): 16.
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Celebrates the angel Moroni’s first visit to Joseph Smith and his delivering the plates to Joseph Smith.

ID = [80266]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-09-22  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:17
Brown, Victor L., Jr. “Our Youth: Modern Sons of Helaman.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1973.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [13362]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1973-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 12293  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:26
Jesclard, Paul Richard. “A Comparison of the Nephite Monetary System with the Egyptian System of Measure.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 134 (October 1973): 1-5.
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Argues that there is “a connection between the Nephite monetary system, as detailed in the Book of Mormon (Alma 11:3-19), and the Egyptian wedjat-eye system of measuring grain” The Nephites altered a pattern of measuring money from the Near East.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [78868]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1973-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Matthews, Robert J. “When the Prophet Joseph Smith intently studied the Bible and made his inspired translation, did he say anything concerning the various books of the Old Testament that would suggest either their special importance or lesser value?” Ensign, October 1973.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Bible: Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
ID = [41876]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1973-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 1193  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:47
Church News. “Role of Sunday School Defined.” Church News 43 (13 October 1973): 15.
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President Lee, in telling the role of Sunday School, emphasizes that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of the Church and the most correct book on earth.

ID = [80129]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-10-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:09
Church News. “Book of Mormon Appeals to Avid Readers.” Church News 43 (17 November 1973): 10.
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A conversion story of a man who believed the Book of Mormon was true after he read it in two days.

ID = [79129]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-11-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Church News. “An Unusual Mission.” Church News 43 (8 December 1973): 16.
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A story of a man who sought out the Three Witnesses and heard their testimony of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79015]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-12-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Lubben, Mary. “Chest Is ‘Storehouse’ of Mormon History.” Church News 43 (8 December 1973): 10.
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Tells of a chest that belonged to Frederick Kesler in which was his prize possession—one page of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. It has been donated to the LDS church.

ID = [79282]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1973-12-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
1974
Berrett, William Edwin. The Restored Church. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1974.
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Chapters 5-8 deal with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the Urim and Thummim, the facsimile taken to Professor Anthon, Grandin’s Press, the publication and distribution of the Book, and the witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Analyzes the effect of the book since its publication and the world’s opposition to it.

ID = [78636]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Bickerstaff, H. George. The Church Story: From Sacred Grove to Land of Zion. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1974.
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An illustrated book for children that retells church history concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon from the angel Moroni’s visit to its publication.

ID = [78457]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Bishop, Gary L. “The Tradition of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, BYU, 1974.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
ID = [29726]  Status = Type = article  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:29
Bishop, Gary Lyman. “The Tradition of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1974.
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“A textual and grammatical analysis of 52 passages of Isaiah as they are found in cave IV of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Masoretic Text, the Septuagint, the King James Version, and the Book of Mormon. The objective was to determine the relationship, if any, of those verses in the Book of Mormon with the other textual traditions. Based on the differences between the Book of Mormon text and the King James Version, and upon the confirmation of those Book of Mormon differences by the other traditions, it was concluded that the Book of Mormon follows its own tradition”

ID = [80684]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:40
Bradley, Ruth Olive. Great Themes from the Book of Mormon for Family Activities. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1974.
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The goal of this work is “to increase family interest and skill in using the Book of Mormon” with the hope that all will better understand “the influence of Jesus Christ upon all people” Includes a series of activities designed to open the way to better communication within family groups. Activities include planting a Book of Mormon garden, planning a family reunion, and making a family autograph book.

ID = [77836]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Bricherstaff, George. The Church Story: Book 1 . . . From Sacred Grove to Land of Zion. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1974.
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A storybook for young readers contains full-page colored illustrations. Chapters 2-6 relate the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78456]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Brown, Victor L., Jr. “Our Youth: Modern Sons of Helaman.” Ensign, January 1974.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [42034]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12188  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:48
Butterworth, F. Edward. Pilgrims of the Pacific. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1974.
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Discusses relations between the Jaredites and Polynesians, the story of Hagoth, and the route of Lehi out of Jerusalem.

ID = [78152]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Carter, Kate B., ed. Mormondom’s First Woman Missionary Louisa Barnes Pratt: Life Story and Travels Told in Her Own Words. Vol. 8 Salt Lake City: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1974.
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The Book of Mormon was introduced to Louisa Barnes Pratt and her husband by Louisa’s sister. Both were eventually converted, and Louisa became the irst woman missionary in the Church.

ID = [78037]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Cheesman, Paul R. These Early Americans: External Evidences of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1974.
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Presents numerous archaeological, anthropological and ethnological data to support ideas found in the Book of Mormon. Discusses such topics as Quetzalcoatl, the wheel, stone boxes, language, and ancient writing. This work is reviewed in S.517.

ID = [78707]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moroni: Prophet, Soldier, Scribe. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.
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A pamphlet that describes Moroni as a prophet, soldier, and scribe.

ID = [78090]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Book of Mormon Pavilion, ‘Ancient America Speaks’: An Exhibit by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Spokane: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.
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A pamphlet presented to visitors of the Book of Mormon pavilion that summarizes the contents of the Book of Mormon and beliefs of the Church.

ID = [78390]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Grey Owl and Little Pigeon. Cry of the Ancients. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1974.
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In this collection of articles Grey Owl, an Indian, tells that he holds sacred the message of hope given in the Book of Mormon to his people. It is their history, it may be read as you would read the wampum or listen to the traditions.

ID = [77728]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Heinerman, Jacob. Stories of Conversion through the Reading of the Book of Mormon. Manti, UT: Mountain Valley, 1974.
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A collection of journal extracts and writings that report the influence of the Book of Mormon in the lives of various individuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their conversion to the LDS faith. Includes the conversion stories of Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt.

ID = [78282]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Jensen, Elwin W. Captain Cook as the Fair God Lono. Bountiful, UT: author, 1974.
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At the time that Captain Cook landed in Hawaii the local people assumed that he was the god Lono. On other occasions and with different characters similar scenes occurred in Mexico and Peru. Such occurrences recall the story that Jesus would someday return to the peoples of the Americas.

ID = [77677]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Larson, Stanley R. “A Study of Some Textual Variations in the Book of Mormon Comparing the Original and the Printer’s Manuscripts and the 1830, the 1837, and the 1840 Editions.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1974.
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A horizontal columnar comparison of the original manuscript, the printer’s manuscript, corrections in the printer’s manuscript for the 1830, 1837, and 1840 editions. Also presents a review of the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon, and six appendices.

ID = [78931]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
McDonald, A. Melvin. The Day of Defense. Denton, TX: Alpha, 1974.
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Places the Book of Mormon in a hypothetical trial situation with a judge (Jewish rabbi), prosecutors (members of religious denominations), and defendants (LDS missionaries). The verdict is that the Book of Mormon was truly revealed of God.

ID = [78464]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Oaks, Stella Harris. Martin Harris—The Third Witness. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, August 1974.
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Relates Harris’s connection with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and his unfaltering testimony regarding seeing the gold plates and the angel.

ID = [78008]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Orme, Gilbert Charles. L.D.S. Scriptures. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1974.
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Teaching aid. Compilation of 1900 scriptural passages organized alphabetically under 300 subject headings.

ID = [77959]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Perry, L. Tom. “‘I Will Go and Do the Things Which the Lord Hath Commanded’” Ensign, January 1974.
ID = [42019]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 9141  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:48
Roberts, David L. The Nephite Record. Blacklick, OH: Vanity, 1974.
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The leader of the True Church of Jesus Christ Restored adapts this pamphlet on the contents and prophetic nature of the Book of Mormon from the series Rays of Living Light

ID = [78601]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Thayer, Douglas H. “Zarahemla.” Brigham Young University Studies 14, no. 2 (1974): 179.
ID = [9484]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 950  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:51
Unattributed. “Book of Mormon Course of Study: Inservice Insert Sheets for Released Time Seminary Teacher.” N.p., 1974-75.
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Helpful teaching aids for teachers of the Book of Mormon. Includes a list of course objectives, course outline, methods of teaching the students, scripture chase items, and other teaching tools.

ID = [77600]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Washburn, Jesse N. Book of Mormon Lands and Times. Bountiful: Horizon, 1974.
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Exploring the commentary, narrative, and setting of the Book of Mormon, Washburn applies scholarly and geographical theory to point out the consistency of detail. Such consistency helps establish its divine origin.

ID = [77622]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1974-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Christensen, Ross T., and Ruth R. Christensen. “Archaeology Reveals Old Testament History: Digging for the Truth.” Ensign, February 1974.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Archaeology
ID = [42083]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 23570  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:48
Nyman, Monte S. “It is interesting that prophets in both the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament warn against adopting a monarchy. Why didn’t a system of kings work out in the Old Testament period?” Ensign, February 1974, 39.
Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Samuel
Old Testament Scriptures > 1 & 2 Kings/1 & 2 Chronicles
Old Testament Topics > History
ID = [42070]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 2294  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:48
Friend. “Who Am I? A Book of Mormon Quiz.” Friend 4 (March 1974): 38-39.
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A quiz for children on different characters in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80811]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:47
Heslop, J. Melan. “He Found the Truth after Years of Study.” Church News 44 (2 March 1974): 4.
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Wilhelm Warlenier of Bonn, Germany was converted after years of pondering the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79509]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-03-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Holland, Jeffrey R. “What does Ether 3:15 imply about Adam and other earlier prophets who walked and talked with God?” Ensign, April 1974.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [42146]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3587  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:49
Vandenberg, John H. “Touchstone of Truth.” Delivered at the Friday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1974.
ID = [13372]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1974-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 12096  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:26
Church News. “Book of Mormon Is True Record.” Church News 44 (6 April 1974): 5.
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John H. Vandenberg proclaimed that the Book of Mormon is to bring all to Christ. The name Mormon as defined by Joseph Smith means “more good” The Bible is good and the Book of Mormon is an extension of the good of the Bible.

ID = [79189]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-04-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Anonymous. “Hugh Nibley: If He’s Got It All Together, Why Does He Stand All Alone?” BYU Today, May 1974, 12–13.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Hugh Nibley
ID = [728]  Status = Type = other article  Date = 1974-05-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:07
Vandenberg, John H. “Touchstone of Truth.” Ensign, May 1974.
ID = [42197]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:49
Barker, Clarence. “Husband and Wife Musician Team Finds Truth in Gospel.” Church News (25 May 1974): 14.
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Musicians Marvin and Nadina Bryan were converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ through the example of a young LDS member who read the Book of Mormon while his fellow workers played poker, and by reading the Book of Mormon themselves.

ID = [79557]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-05-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Douglas, Norman. “The Sons of Lehi and the Seed of Cain: Racial Myths in Mormon Scripture and Their Relevance to the Pacific Islands.” Journal of Religious History 8 (June 1974): 90-104.
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Discusses Mormon racial beliefs regarding polynesians and blacks and their relationship to the Book of Mormon and the book of Abraham.

ID = [80644]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1974-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Ensign. “Lamanite Youth Meet.” Ensign July 1974.
ID = [42332]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1493  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:50
Price, John A. “The Book of Mormon vs. Anthropological Prehistory.” The Indian Historian 7 (Summer 1974): 35-40.
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The Book of Mormon reflects common theories of the Hebrew origin of the Indian that were well known in the early nineteenth century. Many claims of the Book of Mormon are unsupported by evidence. Anachronisms are found in the Book of Mormon—the pre-Columbian presence of wheat, barley, domesticated animals, horses, and the use of the plow. View of the Hebrews may have been the source of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80387]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1974-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:23
Tyler, V. Lynn. “Marvelous Works and Wonders.” Ensign, July 1974.
ID = [42309]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1899  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:50
Church News. “Seed Planted Early, Grows To Testimony.” Church News 44 (6 July 1974): 5, 10.
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Personal conversion story. The Book of Mormon was pivotal in Russell Reed’s decision to join the Church.

ID = [80155]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-07-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:10
Anderson, Jack. “I have heard that Mormons are strong family people. What do you do to keep your families together, especially in this time of high divorce rates and other family problems?” Ensign, August 1974.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [42350]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2059  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:50
Christensen, Ross T., and Ruth R. Christensen. “Georgia Symposium Considers Transatlantic Contacts.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 135 (August 1974): 1-9.
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Petroglyphs in Georgia, the Metcalf stone, the Bahaman ruins, coins from the Mediterranean scattered throughout the eastern U.S., the Batcreek stone, Roman artifacts in Arizona, and runes in Oklahoma all indicate the existence of pre-Colombian transoceanic contact between the Old and New World.

ID = [79478]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1974-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Church News. “Those Gold Plates.” Church News 44 (17 August 1974): 16.
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A gold plate inscribed with Phoenician alphabet characters was found near Pygri, Italy. Gold plates were used in the ancient world.

ID = [80720]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-08-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:42
Friend. “A Peaceful Heart.” Friend 4 (September 1974): 7.
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A children’s story of the translation of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78912]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Tvedtnes, John A. “Composition and History of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 4, no. 9 (1974): 41-43.
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A brief explanation of the origin and transmission of the various records compiled by Mormon into the book that bears his name. Accompanied by a flow chart.

Keywords: Brass Plates, Large Plates of Nephi, Mormon (Prophet), Prophet, Redaction, Small Plates of Nephi
ID = [76622]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Tvedtnes, John A. “Composition and History of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 4 (September 1974): 41-43.
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A brief explanation of the origin and transmission of the various records compiled by Mormon into the book that bears his name. Accompanied by a flow chart.

ID = [79323]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Unattributed. “Joseph Smith’s 234 Pound Gold Plates?” Utah Christian Tract Society 9 (September-October 1974): 2.
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Claims that the gold plates may have weighed 234 pounds, making them far too heavy for a single individual to carry.

ID = [79653]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1974-09-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Church News. “The Evidence Mounts.” Church News 44 (14 September 1974): 16.
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Joseph Mahan of the Columbus (Ga.) Museum of Arts and Crafts sees evidence that people from the eastern Mediterranean have migrated to America since 2,000 B.C. A clay tablet containing Sumerian cuneiform has been discovered. This is further evidence that people should read the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80458]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-09-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
Church News. “It Is Verily True.” Church News 44 (21 September 1974): 16.
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It took a series of miracles to restore the Book of Mormon. Knowledge of the Book of Mormon has spread around the world.

ID = [79619]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-09-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Petersen, Mark E. “The Great Prologue.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 29, 1974.
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We Latter-day Saints must realize that the restoration of the gospel was a mighty drama, the first steps having been taken long before Joseph Smith. If God was going to restore the gospel in the last days, where would it take place and under what conditions?

Keywords: Missionary Work; Restoration
ID = [68399]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1974-09-29  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:12
Petersen, Mark E. “Eternal Togetherness.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1974.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [13430]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1974-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 3674  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:27
Cracroft, Richard H., and Neal E. Lambert. “Voices from Cumorah: The Personal Experience of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 4, no. 11 (1974): 16-21.
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Fictional account of the feelings and thoughts of Joseph Smith on the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Early Church History, Fiction, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
ID = [76621]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-11-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Petersen, Mark E. “Eternal Togetherness.” Ensign, November 1974.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [42436]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1974-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13006  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:51
Church News. “Students Enjoy Book of Mormon Read-a-Thon.” Church News 44 (30 November 1974): 13.
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Seminary students in Eisenhower Junior High participated in an all night Book of Mormon read-a-thon.

ID = [80211]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1974-11-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:13
Benson, Ezra Taft. “Jesus Christ—Gifts and Expectations.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, December 10, 1974.
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Keywords: Jesus Christ
ID = [68405]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1974-12-10  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:12
1975
Cheesman, Millie Foster. Book of Mormon Pioneers. Provo, UT: Promised Land Publications, 1975.
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Consists of poetry, each poem dedicated to one of the prophets or heroes in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77632]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Cheesman, Paul R. “Transatlantic Crossings: A New Look.” Ensign, January 1975.
ID = [42523]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7277  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:51
Cheesman, Paul R., and Millie Foster Cheesman. Early America and the Polynesians. Provo, UT: Promised Lands Publications, 1975.
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Through the employment of quotes from authorities of the Church, scientiic data, and photographic presentations of Polynesia, the author discusses the possibilities that the Polynesians were descendants of Lehi.

ID = [77765]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi through Alma 29, Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Supplement. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975.
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A manual containing forty- two lessons for teachers of adult Sunday School classes. Each lesson consists of: “(1) the object or purpose for which the lesson is taught, (2) lesson sections, each with a heading that indicates its content, and (3) suggested methods for presenting these sections” The manual contains charts and commentaries on selected passages.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77663]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read the Book of Mormon: It Can Change Your Life. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975.
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A missionary tract encouraging people to read the Book of Mormon. The tract briefly explains a number of doctrines including belief in God, the Fall of Adam, and the Atonement of Christ.

ID = [78192]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: North Western States Mission. Jesus Is the Christ. Portland, OR: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975.
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Reports concerning Jesus Christ’s visit to the Americas, and encourages those interested in the Bible and the life of Christ to study the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77924]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Crowther, Duane S. Reading Guide to the Book of Mormon. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1975.
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By dividing the reading of the Book of Mormon into twelve one-week periods, that book can be completely read in three months. Each major portion of the Book of Mormon is outlined, providing a preview for the reader. Also contains a doctrinal guide that references major doctrinal themes.

ID = [78194]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Gabbott, Mabel Jones. Heroes of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975.
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The author rewrites, on a child’s level, topics such as Lehi’s vision and journey into the wilderness, Nephi and the brass plates, Nephi building a ship, the faith of Jacob, Abinadi, Alma, Amulek, Ammon, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies, Helaman, Samuel the Lamanite, the brother of Jared, and Moroni hiding the brass plates.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [77849]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Galbraith, Madelyn. Village in the Sun. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1975.
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A novel set in Mexico, detailing the main character’s discovery of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78752]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hardy, Bud G. “A Study to Identify and Isolate the Principles and Lessons of the Book of Mormon Record as Inserted by the Writers and Abridgers.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1975.
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Maintains that the Book of Mormon contains key phrases, like “it came to pass” and “thus we see,” that point out the messages of the various Book of Mormon authors and abridgers. These phrases can be historical in nature, explaining events, or polemic, explaining teachings, or they can be direct statements to the reader. The author includes tables and summaries that list the phrases.

ID = [78935]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Hillam, Ray C. “The Gadianton Robbers and Protracted War.” Brigham Young University Studies 15, no. 2 (1975): 215-224.
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The Gadianton wars were different from most other wars in the Book of Mormon in that they were internal, often covert, and protracted. They included components of terrorism, assassination, insurgency, and other horrific aspects of war. We can trace similar characteristics from these ancient wars with the current conflicts that are occurring today, especially those in the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The story of seventy years of fighting with the Gadianton robbers is told using a modernized perspective that focuses specifically on the methods by which the robbers fought the wars—secret base areas, propaganda, guerrilla-type attacks—strikingly similar to modern events.

Keywords: Gadianton Robbers; Guerrilla Warfare; Insurgency; Warfare
ID = [9440]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 693  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:50
Layton, Melaine N. “I Pray that the Eyes of Your Heart May be Enlightened.” Wheeling, IL: n.p., 1975.
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This polemical treatise on Mormonism ventures into several issues, including the reported methods by which the Book of Mormon was translated, the changes that have been made in the book since 1830, and the King James language found in the book. The author sees a connection between the Book of Mormon and Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews.

ID = [77883]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Lewis, Gordon R. The Bible, The Christian, and Latter-day Saints. Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1975.
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A polemical work against Mormonism, where the author alleges that Protestant doctrines are contained in the Book of Mormon, such as monotheism, the trinity, and others. Other Book of Mormon problems dealt with include anthropological and archaeological difficulties, the Smithsonian statement, the Anthon denial, textual changes, King James English, plagiarism, problems with the testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses, environmental influence, Hebrew origin of Indians, anachronisms, absurdities, and alleged doctrinal problems.

ID = [78343]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Nibley, Hugh W. “Some Reasons for the Restored Gospel.” Talk given on the occasion of the visit to Brigham Young University of Professor Klaus Baer, 1975.
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Baer was an eminent Egyptologist and former teacher of Hugh Nibley, then teaching at the University of Chicago. From 1962 to 1975 letters were exchanged between the two friends. This copyrighted correspondence is part of the University of Chicago’s Klaus Baer Archives.
Nibley provides a listing of various reasons why one should give careful consideration to the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He deals with Joseph Smith’s version of the book of Enoch, with the Book of Abraham, various compelling elements of the Book of Mormon, and the role of prophetic warnings to the Saints.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Criticisms, Apologetics
ID = [1193]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:35
Pinegar, Ed J. You, Your Family, and the Scriptures. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975.
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Suggested program for studying the scriptures that provides a list of scriptural passages for studying with a specific subject in mind. Subjects include prayer, fasting, the value of the Book of Mormon, searching the scriptures, and keeping records and journals.

ID = [78800]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Priddis, Venice. The Book and the Map: New Insights into Book of Mormon Geography. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1975.
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A geographical investigation of Book of Mormon lands. Author believes that the Book of Mormon civilization inhabited western South America spanning the countries of Columbia, Equador, Peru, and Chile. Thirty-three maps and several illustrations are included. This work is reviewed in S.516.

ID = [78345]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
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
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
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.

ID = [78446]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
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
Unattributed. Read the Book of Mormon: It Can Change Your Life. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975.
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A tract encouraging people to study the Book of Mormon. Gives a brief overview of the book’s contents and supplies direct quotations on several different themes.

ID = [78193]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Unattributed. Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975.
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A tract addressed to those who do not belong to the LDS church dealing with the biblical law of witnesses, the Three Witnesses and Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Includes the statements of the witnesses.

ID = [78793]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Van Orden, Bruce A. “An Examination of the Strategies of Instruction Employed by Prophets and Teachers in the Book of Mormon and Their Potential Application to Current LDS Instructional Settings.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1975.
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A report on general philosophical principles of teaching and learning found in the Book of Mormon. Analysis of prominent figures such as Lehi, Nephi, Mormon, Alma, and Jesus Christ reveals their teaching preparation, purposes, and style, providing examples and principles of applications for current teachers in the LDS education system.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79003]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Warner, Ross W. The Fulfillment of Book of Mormon Prophecies. Salt Lake City: Hawkes, 1975.
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Believes that the Holy Ghost is the primary witness of the Book of Mormon but suggests that the reader’s testimony of the book will also be enhanced by understanding the fulfillment of Book of Mormon prophecies. Prophecies discussed pertain to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, Joseph the seer, America, the land of promise, the Gentiles, the Lamanites, the Jews, and the idea that there would be two churches only.

ID = [78488]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Weldon, Roy E. The Nephite Prophets Speak to Our Day. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1975.
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Book of Mormon prophets wrote to those who live in the New World and their prophecies are being fulfilled. Prophets, from Nephi to Moroni, saw the gulf of separation that divides the wicked and the righteous in our day. The last days are here with false prophets, anti-Christs, hysteria, irresponsibility, and rationalization. The Book of Mormon confounds false doctrine.

ID = [78600]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1975-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
H., J. M. “New Records.” Church News 45 (4 January 1975): 15.
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“Hallowed Journey” is a dramatic recreation of Lehi’s journey to the promised land.

ID = [79903]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-01-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Bethel, May. “Purpose of the Book of Mormon.” Saints’ Herald 122 (February 1975): 89.
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Testimony and conversion experience based on the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80031]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Mackenna, Irma de. “The Book of Mormon Taught Me to Read.” Ensign, February 1975.
ID = [42568]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3503  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:52
Carr, John E. “Question & Answer: ‘Do people still speak in tongues today?’” New Era 5, no. 3 (1975): 48-49.
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One evidence that people today speak in tongues is the translation of the Book of Mormon into the many languages of the world. Also presents other evidences.

Keywords: Foreign Language Translation, Gift of Tongues, Missionary Work
ID = [76626]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Carr, John E. “Q & A: Do people still speak in tongues today?” New Era 5 (March 1975): 48-49.
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One evidence that people today speak in tongues is the translation of the Book of Mormon into the many languages of the world. Also presents other evidences.

ID = [80032]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Cheesman, Paul R. “Question & Answer: ‘Is there anything that has been found among the archaeological evidences that would sustain or support the Book of Mormon?’” New Era 5, no. 3 (1975): 49-50.
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Proof of the Book of Mormon lies in the spiritual realm. However, there is evidence that supports it: architecture, cement, highways, weapons of war, metallurgy, medicine, and highly organized priesthood. There are many native legends that tell of a Christ-like god whose teachings resemble Christ’s.

Keywords: Ancient America, Archaeology, Architecture, Cement, Medicine, Mesoamerica, Metallurgy, Priesthood, Transportation, Warfare
ID = [76627]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Cheesman, Paul R. “Q & A: Is there anything that has been found among the archaeological evidences that would sustain or support the Book of Mormon?” New Era 5 (March 1975): 49-50.
Display Abstract  

Proof of the Book of Mormon lies in the spiritual realm. However, there is evidence that supports it: architecture, cement, highways, weapons of war, metallurgy, medicine, and highly organized priesthood. There are many native legends that tell of a Christ-like god whose teachings resemble Christ’s.

ID = [80033]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:03
Cheesman, Paul R. “Answers to Questions Regarding Archaeological Evidences of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 5 (March 1975): 49-50.
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Gives evidences of a high civilization in Meso and South America, including towers seen by Cortez, highways up to 9,000 miles in length that cross South America, and metallurgy including gold, silver, and copper all of which lend support to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79055]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Daines, Robert H. “The Globe-Trotting Sweet Potato.” Ensign, March 1975.
ID = [42621]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5470  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:52
Drummond, Peggy Ann. “One Good Conversion Deserves Another.” New Era 5 (March 1975): 43.
Display Abstract  

A story of a girl who was converted by the Book of Mormon and she in turn helped convert ten other people.

ID = [79936]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Drummond, Peggy Ann. “Missionary Focus: One Good Conversion Deserves Another.” New Era 5, no. 3 (1975): 43.
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A story of a girl who was converted by the Book of Mormon and she in turn helped convert ten other people.

Keywords: Conversion, Missionary Work
ID = [76625]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
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.
Display Abstract  

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
Unattributed. “Mormon Pseudo-Archaeology.” Utah Christian Tract Society 10 (March-April 1975): 2.
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Argues that the Book of Mormon is not supported by archaeological evidence.

ID = [79806]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1975-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
O’Neill, Michael. “Quetzalcoatl: Stories of Ancient American Messiah Linger as Part of Mexico’s Heritage.” California Intermountain News (27 March 1975): 2, 5.
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Reports a conversation the author had with a descendant of the Toltecs. Includes a description of and legends about Quetzalcoatl.

ID = [80041]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-03-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Featherstone, Vaughn J. “As If They Would Ask Him to Tarry a Little Longer.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 30, 1975.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon; Jesus Christ; Prophets; Spirituality; Collection: Jesus Christ; Our Savior and Redeemer; Podcast: Jesus Christ; Our Savior and Redeemer
ID = [68416]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1975-03-30  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:13
Bahlinger, Heidi. “A German Girl’s Prayer Answered.” New Era 5 (April 1975): 10-12.
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A story of a German girl who was converted to the Gospel by the Book of Mormon after praying to find out if it was true.

ID = [78882]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Benson, Ezra Taft. “The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1975.
ID = [13481]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1975-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 13132  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:27
Tanner, N. Eldon. “Christ in America.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1975.
ID = [13468]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1975-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 15755  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:27
Church News. “Saints Must Study.” Church News 45 (12 April 1975): 6.
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Ezra Taft Benson gave a speech saying that every member of the Church should make studying the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit.

ID = [80136]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-04-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:09
Church News. “Listen to the Lessons from History of Past.” Church News 45 (12 April 1975): 4.
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N. Eldon Tanner spoke on how Church members should heed the lessons of the past, especially those found in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79718]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-04-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Benson, Ezra Taft. “The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.” Ensign, May 1975.
ID = [42697]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13003  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:52
Christensen, Ross T. “Seven Lineages of Lehi.” New Era 5, no. 5 (1975): 40-41.
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Discusses the different “ites” of the Book of Mormon. The Nephites were divided into Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, and Zoramites, and the Lamanites were divided into Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites. Defines several terms, including five different definitions of the term “Lamanite.”

Keywords: Ishmaelite, Jacobite, Josephite, Lamanite, Lemuelite, Lineage, Nephite, Tribe, Zoramite
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76629]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Christensen, Ross T. “The Seven Lineages of Lehi.” New Era 5 (May 1975): 40-41.
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Discusses the different “ites” of the Book of Mormon. The Nephites were divided into Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, and Zoramites, and the Lamanites were divided into Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites. Deines several terms, including ive different deinitions of the term “Lamanite”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [80638]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:37
Romney, Marion G. “Discovering the Book of Mormon.” New Era (May 1975): 23.
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Shows that the Book of Mormon teaches faith, courage, and how to receive a forgiveness of sins.

ID = [79375]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Romney, Marion G. “Discovering the Book of Mormon.” New Era 5, no. 5 (1975): 23.
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Reprinted in Book of Mormon Talks by General Authorities, 205. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1990. Shows that the Book of Mormon teaches faith, courage, and how to receive a forgiveness of sins.

Keywords: Faith, Forgiveness, Repentance, Scripture Study, Testimony
ID = [76628]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Tanner, N. Eldon. “Christ in America.” Ensign, May 1975.
ID = [42684]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15614  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:52
Tvedtnes, John A. “Puzzlement: Identification.” New Era 5, no. 5 (1975): 50.
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A quiz to identify characters from the Book of Mormon and the Bible

Keywords: Scripture Study, Study Helps
ID = [76630]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Tvedtness, John A. “Identification.” New Era 5 (May 1975): 50.
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A quiz to identify characters from the Book of Mormon and the Bible.

ID = [79568]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Heaton, Alma. “Really Getting Together: Your Family Reunion.” Ensign, June 1975.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [42729]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11865  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:53
O’Neill, Michael. “Quetzalcoatl: Mythology Surrounds Life of ‘America’s Ancient Messiah.” California Intermountain News (24 July 1975): 10, 12.
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Recounts several myths about Quetzalcoatl, whom the later Mexicans identified with Jesus.

ID = [80040]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-07-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Church News. “Our Sacred Scripture.” Church News 45 (20 September 1975): 16.
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Nephi’s vision (1 Nephi 13) shows how parts of the Bible have been removed and that “many do stumble” because of it.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
ID = [79959]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-09-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Nibley, Hugh W. “Part 9.” In A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch series, Ensign, February 1977, 66–75.
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Addresses the dangers of oversimplifying the scriptures and attempts to look at the Book of Mormon without such oversimplification.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Pearl of Great Price > Book of Moses > Characters > Enoch
ID = [1016]  Status = Type = church article  Date = 1975-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,moses,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:25
Church News. “Valued Book of Mormon Copy and Quilt Are Special Gifts.” Church News 45 (15 November 1975): 4.
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Story of a first edition Book of Mormon given to President Spencer W. Kimball.

ID = [80768]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1975-11-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:45
Ensign. “The Church in the Lamanite World: Scanning the Special Programs Created to Meet Lamanite Needs.” Ensign December 1975.
ID = [42967]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 2762  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:54
Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach. “The ‘Golden Bible’” Friend 5 (December 1975): 11-13.
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Conversion story of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, taken from her autobiography and adapted for children. As a child she read the Book of Mormon and knew it was true.

ID = [80249]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:16
Johnson, Lane. “Who and Where Are the Lamanites?” Ensign, December 1975.
ID = [42966]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5629  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:54
Larsen, Dean L. “Mingled Destinies: The Lamanites and the Latter-day Saints.” Ensign, December 1975.
ID = [42965]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1975-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19159  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:54
1976
Allen, James B., and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.
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Authors present (on pages 31-46) an “introductory overview” of Moroni’s visit to Joseph Smith, and the subsequent translation and publication of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78667]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Christensen, Leon N. The Little Book: Why I Am a Mormon. Boston: Branden Press, 1976.
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The Book of Mormon played a great role in the conversion of the great leaders in the early Church. Its philosophical content established a way of life for peaceful, God-fearing people. Its doctrines, including baptism, sacrament prayers, mode of conducting meetings, and the precise way of bestowing the Holy Ghost, restores correct truths that had been lost to the world.

ID = [78547]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lamanites and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1976.
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A pamphlet addressed to native American Indians, explaining that their ancestors are the people of the Book of Mormon. Ezekiel 37:16-17 and John 10:16 are quoted as support for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77961]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Life of Jesus Christ. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1976.
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A pamphlet depicting scenes from the life and teachings of Christ.

ID = [78545]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Fox, Robert Barlow. Behold, I Am Moroni. Salt Lake City: Granite, 1976.
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A fictionalized work about Moroni, the Nephite scholar and prophet who on several occasions met with Joseph Smith.

ID = [77572]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Gregson, Louise Clark. Gregson’s Stories of the Scriptures of Ancient America for Young and Old, a Continuous Narrative of the Book of Mormon. 5 Vols. Independence, MO: Gregson’s Storybooks, 1972-1976.
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A series of five volumes that retell several hundred Book of Mormon stories in a brief, readable format especially suited for teaching children. The five titles are as follows: Jaredite Period, Migration, Reign of Kings, Reign of Judges, and Christ in America

ID = [77839]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Gruss, Edmond C. What Every Mormon Should Know. Denver: Accent, 1976.
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An evangelical booklet that claims that the Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible and contains false prophesies.

ID = [78762]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hilton, Lynn M., and Hope A. Hilton. In Search of Lehi’s Trail. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.
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An endeavor to discover Lehi’s trail in the Middle East. The authors attempt to identify such places as the Frankincense Trail, Lehi’s route from Jerusalem, the Valley of Lemuel, the place of the broken bow, and the land Bountiful.

ID = [77892]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Hogan, Mervin B. Freemasonry and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Research Lodge of Utah F. and A.M., 1976.
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Explains the Book of Mormon from several angles. Quotes liberally from Robert B. Downs who wrote Books That Changed America. Downs says: “Throughout the history of Mormonism, the Church’s most powerful and effective weapon has been the Book of Mormon. . . . The possession of their own scriptures . . . has proved to be the Mormons’ greatest missionary tract” Hogan presents an outline summary of the narrative of the Book of Mormon and a summary of its theological teachings, and he concludes by discussing the importance of being creative in interpreting symbolism in ancient scripture. [B.D.]

ID = [77802]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Hougey, Harold H. Archaeology and the Book of Mormon. Concord, CA: Pacific, 1976.
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There is, according to the author, no archaeological support for the Book of Mormon. Hougey refers to negative comments made by some Mormon scholars regarding the lack of archaeological finds relating to the Book of Mormon. He also points out the difference of opinion between various Mormon scholars regarding various points of Book of Mormon geography.

ID = [77555]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Jarvis, Wesley. “A Nation Born in a Day.” Provo, UT: n.p., 1976.
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A doctrinal treatise that attempts to show that the Japanese are descendants of the house of Israel, some of whom may be descended from Lehi, a Book of Mormon prophet.

ID = [77431]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Jensen, Margie Calhoun, ed. Stories of Insight And Inspiration. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1976.
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A compilation of testimonies by numerous authors indexed according to gospel topics. Those under the heading of “Book of Mormon” were written by Gregory G. Vernon, Barbara Gail Mikeska, Rex D. Pinegar, an unnamed author, and Gregg Weaver.

ID = [78283]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Johnson, Marjorie G. Book of Mormon Stories for Little Children. Bountiful: Horizon, 1976.
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Selected stories from the Book of Mormon for young children, with illustrations.

ID = [77643]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Lassetter, Courtney J. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision: A Look at Structure and Theme in the Book of Mormon.” Perspective: A Journal of Critical Inquiry (Winter 1976): 50-54.
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A challenge to the idea that the Book of Mormon is composed of discreet, unrelated episodes, but rather it is literarily unified. The vision of the tree of life, for example, unfolds themes that appear throughout the book. The symbolism of the tree of life as the love of God as manifested in Christ is seen dramatically through a chronological view of Jesus’ role on earth—from his condescension, to the crucifixion, to his personal visit to the Lehites.

ID = [79698]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Loving, Albert L. From the Tower of Babel to the Hill Ramah Cumorah in Mexico. Independence, MO: Author, 1976.
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Speaks concerning the Jaredites and the Lehites, with emphasis on the Tower of Babel and the dispersion. Claims that the Hill Cumorah is located in the state of Morelos in Mexico.

ID = [77808]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Ludlow, Daniel H. A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.
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A Book of Mormon study guide that includes a verse-by-verse commentary, five appendices, a number of charts and maps, and several expositions discussing the history behind the Book of Mormon, the purposes of the Book of Mormon, the major plates, a historical overview of biblical history preceding the Book of Mormon period, and a secular history of the peoples in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77402]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Martin, Walter. Mormonism. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany Fellowship, 1957, revised 1976.
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A polemical tract against Mormonism debunking Mormon history, doctrines, and the Book of Mormon. The book of Mormon “adds” to the word of God contradicting the divine warning of Revelation 22:18.

ID = [78040]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Matthews, Robert J. Who’s Who in the Book of Mormon?. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1964, [R]1976.
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A Who’s Who

ID = [78779]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Maxwell, Neal A. Looking Beyond the Mark. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Institute of Religion, 1976.
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A devotional address concentrating on Jacob’s observation of people who “miss the point” or “look beyond the mark”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [77996]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Numano, Jiro. “The Japanese Translation of the Book of Mormon: A Study in the Theory and Practice of Translation.” M. A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1976.
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Discusses theory of translation and applies it to the Book of Mormon. Argues that the Japanese translation of the book, although it is claimed to be colloquial, is too literal and hard to read. Considers the translation not sufficiently aware of Hebrew idioms or of the Jewish and Egyptian cultures from which the Book of Mormon originated.

ID = [80495]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:29
Pearson, Glenn L., and Reid E. Bankhead. Teaching with the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1976.
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A revised edition of A Doctrinal Approach to the Book of Mormon, containing the authors’ Book of Mormon study system. [C. W.]

ID = [78309]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Petersen, LaMar. Problems in Mormon Text: A brief study of certain changes in important Latter-day Saint publications including the Book of Mormon, Book of Commandments, Doctrine and Covenants, and History of the Church; with references to controversial aspects of the Restoration of the Priesthood and Mormon concepts of Deity. Concord, CA: Pacific Publishing Co., 1976.
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Doubts Joseph Smith’s ability to remember the exact words used by the heavenly personages who visited him several years before he made a written record. The accounts of these visitations do not harmonize. Clearly controversial language has been deleted in the History of the Church

ID = [78174]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Tanner, David S. Heaven and Earth: Past, Present and Future. A Correlation of LDS Scripture and Other Writings. Volume II. San Jose, CA: Davis S. Tanner, 1976.
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Covers the period of time from Solomon to Christ. Shows a comparative chronologically of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price, as well as early Church writings and writings of Joseph Fielding Smith.

ID = [77845]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Unattributed. The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1976.
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A pamphlet designed to introduce non-LDS to the Book of Mormon. Tells of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and of Jesus’ visit to the Nephites.

ID = [78352]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Unattributed. The Book of Mormon Picture Packet. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1976.
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A set of twelve Book of Mormon pictures by artist Arnold Friberg printed in color. The reverse side of each picture contains a description of the picture.

ID = [78392]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Unattributed. American Heritage News. Sampson Co., NC: Piney Green Press, 1976.
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A whimsical newspaper-like publication that describes Book of Mormon events as if they were happening today. Cartoon drawings are included.

ID = [77499]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Welch, John W. “The Lord’s Prayers.” Ensign, January 1976.
ID = [43013]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,welch  Size: 14442  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:43
Weldon, Clair E. The Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: RLDS Church, 1976.
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Deals with Book of Mormon origins and context, including Nephite culture, Jaredite history, and the ministry of Jesus Christ.

ID = [78353]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Weldon, Walter. The Purpose of the Book of Mormon. Winner, SD: Walter Weldon, 1976.
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The roles and identities of Gentiles, Lamanites, and the promised land as outlined in the Book of Mormon are discussed.

ID = [78627]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1976-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
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
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “The Book of Mormon and the American Revolution.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 1 (1976): 3.
ID = [9337]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-04  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 54879  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:50
Palmer, David A. “A Survey of Pre-1830 Historical Sources Relating to the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 1 (1976): 101-107.
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The Book of Mormon contains an interesting historical and religious record covering the period from before 2,000 B.C. to A.D. 400 Internal reconstruction of Book of Mormon geography shows that the specific events mentioned in the book probably took place in those parts of Mexico and Guatemala known as Mesoamerica; it was also in Mesoamerica that many of the great ancient American civilizations once flourished. Records were kept by the people of those civilizations, in addition to the book translated by Joseph Smith, and certain of the Prophet’s detractors claim that he had access to those records and “was familiar with the advanced state of the native civilizations in Central and South America as well as the relics of the early inhabitants of western New York because of the many books available on these topics,” further asserting that the Book of Mormon is simply a fanciful rewriting of already available material.The question having been raised, it is instructive to look at what substantial, authentic information on pre–A.D. 400. Mesoamerican history was available in western New York in 1829.

Keywords: Historical Sources; Mesoamerica
ID = [9343]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 1110  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:50
Wilson, William A. “The Paradox of Mormon Folklore.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 1 (1976): 40-56.
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In the 130 years since the word “folklore” was coined, folklorists have been trying unsuccessfully to decide what the word means. I shall not solve the problem here. Yet if we are to do business with each other, we must come to some common understanding of terms. Briefly, I consider folklore to be the unofficial part of our culture. When a Sunday School teacher reads to his class from an approved lesson manual, he is giving them what the Correlation Committee at least would call official religion; but when he illustrates the lesson with an account of the Three Nephites which he learned from his mother, he is giving them unofficial religion. Folklore, then, is that part of our culture that is passed through time and space by the process of oral transmission(by hearing and repeating) rather than by institutionalized means of learning or by the mass media.

Keywords: Folklore; Legends; Mormonism; Pop Folklore; Three Nephites
ID = [9340]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-01-04  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,byu-studies  Size: 866  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:50
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
Church News. “Book of Mormon Translated into Aymara.” Church News 46 (6 March 1976): 4.
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The story of the Book of Mormon’s translation into Aymara, the language spoken by Indians in Bolivia and Peru, and of the missionary work that has occurred in Bolivia and Peru.

ID = [79237]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-03-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Adams, William James, Jr., and Ray T. Matheny. “Archaeological and Cryptological Analyses of the Manti Inscriptions.” Utah Historical Quarterly 44 (Spring 1976): 133-40.
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The Manti Sanpete County, Utah, inscriptions include eight limestone tablets discovered in 1963, four additional tablets found in 1970, and small lead plates situated in a lead box discovered in 1977. The authors conclude that all three finds were “fraudulently manufactured”

ID = [79065]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Cullimore, James A. “The Book of Mormon.” Delivered at the Tuesday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1976.
ID = [13585]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 11563  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:28
Fyans, J. Thomas. “The Lamanites Must Rise in Majesty and Power.” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 1976.
ID = [13552]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 7031  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:27
Hancock, Ralph C. “The Summary of ’42, or Alma’s Reply to Ivan.” Tangents 4 (Spring 1976): 87-90.
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In Alma 42, Alma is explaining God’s just treatment of sinners. His explanation can be applied to modern questions regarding God’s justice, as in Alber Camus’s book The Rebel, wherein Dostoievski’s Ivan Karamazov thinks God is unjust not to save everyone and he (Ivan) refuses to be saved without the damned.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80660]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:39
Hoyt, Moroni. “Backgrounds of Mormon History, Church of Christ (Lukeite) Asks Some Interesting Questions: Attention Book of Mormon Believers.” Martin Miscellaneous 1 (April/May 1976): 11, 13.
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A statement from the Tiffany Monthly says that the gold plates were found using a “stone” dug from the well of Mason Chase. Another report states that none of the witnesses ever saw the plates. David Whitmer denied having seen an angel and the plates. Joseph never revealed the method of translation, but D&C 9 gives the real story, when all believed it was appearing word for word on the stone in the hat.

ID = [79087]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Vessels, Rodney J. “I Want to Be a Book of Mormon Missionary.” New Era 6 (April 1976): 6-8.
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Vessels tells of his experiences reading the Book of Mormon and lists five ways to become a Book of Mormon missionary.

ID = [79563]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Cullimore, James A. “The Book of Mormon.” Ensign, May 1976.
ID = [43193]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11440  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:44
Fyans, J. Thomas. “The Lamanites Must Rise in Majesty and Power.” Ensign, May 1976.
ID = [43160]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6956  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:44
Romney, Marion G. “America’s Fate and Ultimate Destiny.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 2, 1976.
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In God’s economy, America is now and has always been a choice and favored land. God has decreed for her a final, great, and glorious destiny.

Keywords: America; Podcast: Classic Speeches
ID = [68457]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1976-05-02  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:15
Linford, Richard W., and Merilynne Linford. “Spending Time Together.” Ensign, July 1976.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [43272]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1732  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Unattributed. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon.” Utah Christian Tract Society 10 (July-August 1976): 2.
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Disputes the view that the Book of Mormon is of divine origin, seeing it rather as a modern composition written by Solomon Spaulding, Sidney Rigdon, and Joseph Smith.

ID = [80819]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:48
Blumenschien, Marian. “America’s Legacy from Sumer.” Saints’ Herald 123 (August 1976): 476-79.
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Compares the studies of Samuel N. Kramer on the Sumerian culture at the time of the tower of Babel with the Jaredite culture as explained in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78974]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Ralston, Russell. “Challenged to Examine.” Restoration Witness 164 (August 1976): 7.
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An attempt to prove the Book of Mormon through external evidence led to a study of the book that opened the author’s mind to concepts that had previously been blind spots: the peace of God, prayer, and man’s relationship with God.

ID = [79278]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
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
Church News. “Nonmember Collector of Old Books Gives Early Edition of Book of Mormon to Church.” Church News 46 (14 August 1976): 12.
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Two Mormon missionaries were given a copy of the first edition of the Book of Mormon by Mrs. Merton Good.

ID = [79910]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-08-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Gold Plates and Printer’s Ink.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43345]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 26098  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Barberi, E. James. “Alma 32 Changed My Disposition—and My Life.” Ensign, September 1976.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [43338]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5340  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Bassett, Arthur R. “It Begins with a Family: Some Major Teachings in the First Half of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43335]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 25908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Bergin, Allen E. “Nephi, a Universal Man.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43344]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 21519  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Blumell, Bruce D. “Would you respond to the theories that the Book of Mormon is based on the Spaulding manuscript or on Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews?” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43347]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15119  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Craig, Marshall R. “Father Lehi: Prophet and Patriarch.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43343]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14299  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Heidenreich, John F. “It Taught Me the Bible.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43337]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 8463  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Hilton, Lynn M., and Hope A. Hilton. “In Search of Lehi’s Trail—Part 1: The Preparation.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43341]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 64149  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Daddy, Donna, and Nephi.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43334]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19799  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Holland, Jeffrey R. “How can I explain Nephi’s killing Laban to my nonmember friends? Some really reject it as scriptural.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43346]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5691  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Jones, Gerald E. “A South Dakota Swede and the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43336]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7905  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Larson, Stan. “Early Book of Mormon Texts--Textual Changes to the Book of Mormon in 1837 and 1840.” Sunstone 1, no. 4 (Fall, 1976): 44-55.
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A study of textual changes made in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, textual development
ID = [81960]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:49
Nyman, Monte S. “Why is the Book of Mormon the ‘most correct book,’ and how does it contain the fulness of the gospel?” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43348]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4102  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Pledger, Arthur G. “The W and I.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43339]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5732  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
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
Taylor, Robert. “The Most Unusual Book in the World.” Restoration Witness 164 (September 1976): 26-30.
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The final editors of the Book of Mormon, Mormon and Moroni, selected the message of the Book of Mormon under the inspiration of God. It was their intent to present a clear message by relating the events of their era to those who would live in the present era. The book is also a testimony of Christ.

ID = [80566]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:34
Unattributed. “Mormon ‘Revelation and Inspiration’” Utah Christian Tract Society 10 (September-October 1976): 2.
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Urges that Joseph Smith bore false witness by claiming to be the author of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79793]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Welch, John W. “They Came from Jerusalem: Some Old World Perspectives on the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, September 1976.
ID = [43340]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,welch  Size: 17483  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Kimball, Spencer W. “Marriage and Divorce.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, September 7, 1976.
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If two people love the Lord more than their own lives and then love each other more than their own lives, working together in total harmony with the gospel program as their basic structure they are sure to have this great happiness.

Keywords: Marriage
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68469]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1976-09-07  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:16
O’Neill, Michael. “After the Book of Mormon, What? An Introduction to the Works of Ixtlilxochitl.” California Intermountain News (23 September 1976): 4.
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Archaeologists have largely suppressed the writings of Ixtlilxochitl, considering them to be “baseless dreams of poetic fancy”

ID = [78958]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-09-23  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Condie, Spencer J. “How does one reconcile President Brigham Young’s statement that ‘it is natural for the child to be influenced by the Spirit of God’ with King Benjamin’s assertion that ‘the natural man is an enemy to God’?” Ensign, October 1976.
ID = [43363]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-10-01  Collections:  bom,brigham,ensign  Size: 5807  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Hilton, Lynn M., and Hope A. Hilton. “In Search of Lehi’s Trail—Part 2: The Journey.” Ensign, October 1976.
ID = [43365]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 96796  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
Kimball, Spencer W. “Our Own Liahona.” Delivered at the Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1976.
ID = [13634]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1976-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 11200  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:28
Larson, Stanley R. “Early Book of Mormon Texts: Textual Changes to the Book of Mormon in 1837 and 1840.” Sunstone 1 (Fall 1976): 44-55.
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Classifies and discusses the main types of textual changes in the 2nd (1837, Kirtland) and 3rd (1840, Nauvoo) editions of the Book of Mormon, including corrections of typos from the 1st (1830, Palmyra) edition, revisions by Joseph Smith for the 2nd edition, corrections in the 3rd edition by reference to the original manuscript, and accidental errors in both editions.

ID = [79391]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1976-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Warner, C. Terry. “Jacob.” Ensign, October 1976.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [43361]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 21801  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:45
O’Neill, Michael. “Teo Tlogue Nahuague: ‘The Universal God of All Things’” California Intermountain News (21 October 1976): 2.
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Excerpts from the writings of Ixtlilxochitl are used to discuss humanity’s first parents.

ID = [80232]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-10-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Church News. “Why Ancient Records?” Church News 46 (30 October 1976): 16.
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For many reasons the Lord commanded ancient peoples to keep records—to preserve language, to keep histories, and to teach the gospel. Another reason was to keep future generations from making the same mistakes.

ID = [80822]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-10-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:48
Kimball, Spencer W. “Our Own Liahona.” Ensign, November 1976.
ID = [43414]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 11149  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:46
Hales, Robert D. “Celestial Marriage—A Little Heaven on Earth.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 9, 1976.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Love; Marriage; Collection: Marriage and Love; Podcast: Marriage & Love; Inspiring Short: We' ll Ascend Together
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [68476]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1976-11-09  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:16
England, Eugene. “Benjamin, the Great King.” Ensign, December 1976.
ID = [43455]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1976-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 26316  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:46
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
O’Neill, Michael. “Ancient Mexican Myths Parallel Bible Stories.” California Intermountain News (30 December 1976): 5.
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States that the writings of Ixtlilxochitl contain biblical stories that parallel ancient Mexican myths, e.g., concerning original sin and the flood.

ID = [79036]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1976-12-30  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
1977
Ensign. “Thai Translation Printed.” Ensign January 1977.
ID = [43513]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 747  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:47
Andersen, Kent R. The Glowing Stones. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1977.
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An illustrated children’s book describing the experiences of the brother of Jared.

ID = [78496]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Bahner, Ann. “The Book of Mormon By?” Christian Contemporary 3 (1977): 4-5.
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A brief, newsy-type piece, raising the question of the Spaulding manuscript and the authorship of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80349]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:21
Card, Orson Scott. “Three Kings and a Captain: Nephite Leaders in the Land of Nephi.” Ensign, January 1977.
ID = [43505]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 23885  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:46
Cardall, Duane V. The Day of the Lamanite. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Institute of Religion, 1 April 1977.
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Shows how Book of Mormon prophecies concerning the Lamanites are beginning to be fulilled.

ID = [78465]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 23 Questions Answered by the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1977.
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A one page list of twenty-three questions concerning doctrine of the Church and God’s dealings with humanity followed by references from the Book of Mormon that provide the answers.

ID = [77381]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Book of Mormon, Alma 30 through Moroni 10, Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Supplement. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1977.
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A teacher’s manual for the adult Sunday School class written to enable the student “to become more familiar with the people, places, and events of the scriptures, [and] to feel more secure in using the scriptures to answer life’s questions”

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [77665]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Craig, Alison. “The Saints in Indonesia.” Ensign, January 1977.
ID = [43508]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 16530  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:46
Crowther, Duane S. Prophetic Warnings to Modern America. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1977.
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Refers to passages from the Book of Mormon that warn of perilous circumstances that will come to America, including the intrusion of secret combinations.

ID = [78186]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Crowther, Jean D. Book of Mormon Puzzles and Pictures of Young Latter-day Saints. Bountiful, UT: Horizon 1977.
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A book full of Book of Mormon games, puzzles and coloring pictures for children.

ID = [77635]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Curtis, Susan. Palmyra Revisited: A Look at Early 19th Century American Thought. Emerson, IA: by the author, 1977.
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Treats the Book of Mormon as a piece of literature written by Joseph Smith. Gives a summary of works supposed to be the basis of Joseph’s writings—View of the Hebrews, The Star in the West, and other publications reflecting thought that was prevalent in the 1820-1830 period regarding the origins of the American Indians.

ID = [78136]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  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
Eggenberger, Oswald. “Die Bibel und das Buch Mormon—Das Buch Mormon—eine Hilfe zum Verstþndnis der Bibel?” Bibel Report (1977): 6-7.
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A polemic written against the Book of Mormon and the idea that Jesus visited ancient America.

ID = [79368]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Farr, Beth Richards. Jesus Christ Visits the Americas: A Book of Mormon Story for Children. Salt Lake City: Little One’s Books, 1977.
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Large drawings designed for children illustrate the text of 3 Nephi, wherein Jesus visited the Nephites and blessed the children.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [77922]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Gabbott, Mabel Jones. “Circle of Fire.” Friend 7 (January 1977): 28-29.
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A children’s story of Nephi and Lehi who were protected by a circle of fire in a Lamanite prison and converted all the Lamanites who were present.

ID = [79306]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Hamby, Michelle, and Wayne D. Crosby. Donny Osmond Listens to Voices from the Dust, Part 1. Orem, UT: Osmond, 1977.
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A presentation of archaeological finds from North, Central, and South America. Artifacts presented include many from the Padre Carlo Cresa collection, the Metcalf Stone, the Bat Creek Stone, and the Tree of Life Stone.

ID = [77763]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Hinckley, Helen Jones. Columbus: Explorer for Christ. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1977.
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A short biography on Christopher Columbus in light of the prophecy written about him by Nephi.

ID = [77697]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Jensen, Elwin W. “Polynesians Descend from Lehi: According to Statements of the Prophets.” N.p., 1977.
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Provides numerous quotes by LDS prophets suggesting that Polynesian peoples may be descended from Lehi, a Book of Mormon prophet.

ID = [78164]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Jessee, Dean C. “Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon.” CES Church History Symposium. Provo, Utah: Church Educational System, 1977.
ID = [77262]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Kaiser, Edgar P. How to Respond to the Latter-day Saints. St. Louis: Concordia, 1977.
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A polemical work against Mormonism, attempting to instruct and inform Christians on how to respond to various Mormon questions. After a brief account of the Book of Mormon narrative, the writer notes what he feels are certain internal anachronisms in the book, such as Jaredite barges, use of King James English and New Testament material before Christ, and the number of people slain in battle. He feels that the book’s origin can best be explained as a product of Joseph Smith’s environment.

ID = [77874]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
LePoidevin, Cecil George. “Zion, Land of Promise: An Atlas Study of Book of Mormon Geography.” N.p.: n.p., 1977.
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An atlas containing numerous drawings of maps in which various geographical locations in the Book of Mormon are identified. Migration patterns, battle sites, missionary routes, and the paths of explorations are mapped. Relevant Book of Mormon verses are offered with some commentary.

ID = [78802]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Maxfield, Melvin Richard. “The Book of Mormon and the Conversion Process to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: A Study of Recent Converts.” PhD diss., Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1977.
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Keywords: Missiology; Book of Mormon, use and influence; Conversion experience
ID = [81562]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:27
McElveen, Floyd. The Mormon Illusion. Ventura: Regal Books, 1977.
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A polemical work against Mormonism that enumerates various criticisms against the Book of Mormon, such as changes in the Book of Mormon, translation through the seer stone, use of King James English, Book of Mormon witnesses, Anthon denials, use of Egyptian, and others.

ID = [78573]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Mitchell, William J. A Christian Looks at Mormonism. Mesa, AZ: William J. Mitchell, 1977.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The author notes what he feels are numerous “difficulties” in accepting the claims of the Book of Mormon, such as King James English, plagiarism, domesticated animals before Columbus, contradictions with the Bible, lack of archaeological evidence, and the mongoloid nature of native Americans.

ID = [77398]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Nibley, Hugh W. “Bird Island.” Dialogue 10, no. 4. 1977. 120–23.
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This satirical talk was read by Nibley perhaps as early as 1965.
“Bird Island” was a satirical lecture on some of the excesses and weaknesses of archaeology and theories of Book of Mormon geography. A version was submitted to a collection meant to be a bicentennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence. It was rejected by the editors.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics > Satire
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Humor, Satire
ID = [1094]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:29
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1977.
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A pamphlet that summarizes the origin and story of the Book of Mormon. States that the Book of Mormon is evidence that the Lord yet reveals his will to humanity in modern times.

ID = [78351]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Roberts, B. H. “Book of Mormon Difficulties.” N.p., 1977.
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Collection of unpublished papers defending the Book of Mormon. Discusses linguistics, the question of the origin of the native Americans, the literature available to Joseph Smith when he translated the Book of Mormon, similarities between the Book of Mormon and Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews, and the Christ figure in America. Roberts declares his faith in the Book of Mormon believing that in time God will vindicate it and all will know of its truthfulness though now they scoff.

ID = [77606]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom,roberts  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Robertson, LaRae Collett. You Can Be a Book of Mormon Expert in Five Minutes a Day. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1977.
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A study guide (instructional aid) that attempts to make the reader an expert on the Book of Mormon. The guide includes three parts—memorization of the basic contents of each chapter in the Book of Mormon, memorization of the reader’s fifty favorite scriptures, and knowledge of important verses about Jesus Christ.

ID = [78798]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Robison, Stanford. The Maya Legacy: A Sequel to the Book of Mormon. Las Vegas: Author, 1977.
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Robinson wishes to tell “the tragic story of the Maya Lamanite who was forsaken by the Lord. It tells of his past, his present, his future, and [the Latter-day Saints’] obligation to this neglected branch of Lehi’s family. It is a true story gleaned from historical, archaeological, and sociological facts, and is woven in and around the Book of Mormon narrative” Includes two fold-out maps.

ID = [78557]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Ropp, Harry L. Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable?. With revisions from Wesley P. Walters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1977.
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An earlier edition of The Mormon Papers: Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable? Wiith revisions from Wesley P. Walters

ID = [77561]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
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
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
Tanner, Jerald, and Sandra Tanner. Did Spaulding Write the Book of Mormon?. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1977.
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A critical appraisal of the research presented by Davis, Cowdery, and Scales (Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon,

ID = [77745]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Unattributed. “Jerald and Sandra Tanner’s Distorted View of Mormonism: A Response to Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?” Salt Lake City: n.p., 1977.
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Response to many of the criticisms raised by Mormon critics Jerald and Sandra Tanner, written by an anonymous LDS historian. Pages 43-62 deals with Mormon concepts of scripture, revelation, and translation. Although the Book of Mormon frequently quotes biblical scripture, it does so in much the same way as Jesus and other New Testament writers quote from the Old Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Apocryphal writings.

ID = [77918]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Unattributed. “The ‘Eleven Witnesses’ to the Book of Mormon.” Utah Christian Tract Society 11 (January-February 1977):2.
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Argues against the reliability of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon and expresses concern over textual changes in the book.

ID = [80248]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Unattributed. A Topical Guide to the Scriptures of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1977.
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Six hundred forty topics are alphabetically listed, including Book of Mormon references. References include a line of the scripture for easier identif,cation.

ID = [77468]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Washburn, Jesse N. “Book of Mormon Geography for Sunday School Teachers and Others.” N.p., 1977.
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An intensive study of Book of Mormon geography for Sunday School teachers. The author includes six maps and a list of all the Book of Mormon passages dealing with geography. His conclusions are general—placing Book of Mormon locations in Central America or southern Mexico.

ID = [77613]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1977-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Bassett, Arthur R. “Alma the Elder.” Ensign, February 1977.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [43516]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 20492  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:47
Watt, Ronald G. “‘Had You Stood in the Presence of Peter’: A Letter from Oliver Cowdery to Phineas Young, 1846.” Ensign, February 1977.
ID = [43540]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4827  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:47
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Alma, Son of Alma.” Ensign, March 1977.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [43588]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 24745  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:47
Jakeman, M. Wells, and Bernhart Johnson. “Israelite-Phoenician Commercial Relations and the Voyage of Mulek to the New World.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 140 (March 1977): 1-9.
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During the Solomonic period and after, Israel enjoyed international trade alliances with the Phoenicians. The Phoenician infiuence is found in the architecture of Israel as well as religious symbols. The authors conclude that Mulek, the son of King Zedekiah, fied Israel with Phoenicians to the New World. There are several artifacts in the New World of Phoenician origin.

ID = [79617]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1977-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Johnson, Bernhart, and M. Wells Jakeman. “Israelite-Phoenician Commercial Relations and the Voyage of Mulek to the New World.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 140 (March 1977): 1-9.
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Summarizes “extensive evidence, both literary and archaeological, of long and close . . . relations between ancient Israel and Phoenicia,” resulting in a “partial ‘Phoenicianization’ ” of the Israelites. Thus Book of Mormon Israelites in the New World must have had many Phoenician traits in their culture. Moreover it is likely that a Phoenician ship carried Mulek and his group to America.

ID = [79618]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1977-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
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
Techter, David. “Who Wrote the Book of Mormon.” Fate Magazine 30 (March 1977): 38-46, 73-77.
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Briefly tells of the origin and story of the Book of Mormon. Outside of the circle of Mormonism, scholars cannot share the enthusiasm. Martin Harris’s approach to Professor Anthon reveals a “country bumpkin” whose claims are spurious. D. P. Hurlburt alleged that the manuscript was based on Spaulding’s writings. The author claims the Mormons get around any sensible claims by way of their “extravagant tale” and their witnesses. Lists James E. Talmage’s five “proofs” of authenticity, and then claims that three of these are proof that the Book of Mormon is an intentional fraud.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80820]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:48
Bennion, Francine R. “Encounter in Ammonihah.” Ensign, April 1977.
ID = [43604]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 16142  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:47
Friend. “Jesus Lives and Loves Us All.” Friend 7 (April 1977): 40-41.
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A story for children about Christ’s ministry to the Nephites after his resurrection.

ID = [79632]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Read, Lenet Hadley. “Can you give me some keys to help me understand the parable of the tame and wild olive tree that Jacob tells?” Ensign, April 1977.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [43606]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5293  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:47
Church News. “Book of Mormon Printed in Indonesian.” Church News 47 (16 April 1977): 6.
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After seven and a half years of work the Book of Mormon was translated into the official dialect of Indonesia and 5,000 copies were made.

ID = [79210]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-04-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Ensign, Kathy. “One Thing I Remember from the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, Kathy New Era 7 (May 1977): 41.
Display Abstract  

A young woman was touched by Alma 34:28 as she read it to a group of deaf visitors to Temple Square who had requested that she read it. It speaks of those who turn away the needy and warns that their prayers are in vain.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [79939]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Rees, Robert A. “Ammon.” Ensign, June 1977.
ID = [43714]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 20628  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Plowman, Edward E. “Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?” Christianity Today 21 (8 July 1977): 32-34.
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Contains a brief discussion of the work of Davis, Cowdery, and Scales in attempting to demonstrate a connection between the Spaulding manuscript and the writing of the “unknown scribe” in the Book of Mormon manuscript. The writer notes further that archaeologists have generally scoffed at the historical sections of the book, and they say there never has been such a language as “reformed Egyptian”

ID = [80816]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-07-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:47
Plowman, Edward E. “Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?” Christianity Today 21 (8 July 1977): 32–34.
ID = [77238]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-07-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Unattributed. “Mormon Mystery.” Time 110 (11 July 1977): 69.
Display Abstract  

A brief article describing attempts to demonstrate a connection between the handwriting of Solomon Spaulding and the unknown scribe who wrote several pages of the Book of Mormon manuscript.

ID = [79805]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-07-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Read, Lenet Hadley. “King Lamoni.” Ensign, August 1977.
ID = [43778]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18271  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Jessee, Dean C. “‘Spalding Theory’ Is Re-examined.” Church News 47 (20 August 1977): 3-5.
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The theory that Soloman Spalding wrote a novel that was the basis for the Book of Mormon was a fabrication of Philastus Hurlbut who wanted revenge due to his excommunication from the Church.

ID = [78832]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-08-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
New Era. “Youth ‘On Mission’ with Book of Mormon.” New Era 7 (September 1977): 8-12, 14.
Display Abstract  

The Book of Mormon has a message for our day. The responsibility of parents to teach is equaled by the responsibility of youth to learn from their parents, to know for themselves through the witness of the Holy Ghost, and to prepare for the future by studying the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80848]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:49
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “‘By the Gift and Power of God’” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43807]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 28690  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
Bassett, Arthur R. “‘Now Abideth These Three’” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43791]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 24299  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Bush, Lester E., Jr. “The Spaulding Theory Then and Now.” Dialogue 10 (autumn 1977): 40–69.
ID = [77233]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Card, Orson Scott. “Dissent and Treason.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43802]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 25504  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Card, Orson Scott. “Spaulding Again?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43811]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6295  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
Day, Afton J. “Then I Could Touch People’s Hearts.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43805]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5000  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
England, Eugene. “Moroni and His Captains: Men of Peace in a Time of War.” Ensign, September 1977.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [43794]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 32908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Goates, Claudia T. “Converted after Years of Membership.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43801]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10868  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Hartman, Adrienne. “Nephi’s Ship.” Friend 7 (September 1977): 23.
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A story for children about Nephi building a ship to cross the seas to the promised land. Illustrations included.

ID = [79886]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Howard, Richard P. “Beating Solomon Spaulding’s Poor, Dead Horse One More Time.” Saints’ Herald124 (September 1977): 37.
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Writes concerning three California researchers who claim to have discovered new evidence that Joseph Smith used the Spaulding manuscript to write the Book of Mormon. Presents “three compelling evidences [that] negate” their theory.

ID = [79090]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Larson, Stan. “Textual Variants in Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Dialogue 10 (autumn 1977): 8-30.
ID = [77246]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Larson, Stan. “Chronological dates are recorded at the bottom of the pages in the Book of Mormon. How reliable are these dates? Are there any that need to be corrected?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43796]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4546  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Litster, Allen E. “How many languages has the Book of Mormon been translated into and how many copies have been distributed in the years since it was first printed?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43795]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4981  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
McCormick, Marjorie A. “‘You Bring Them and I’ll Read Them’” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43806]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 4342  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Moss, James R. “Six Nephite Judges: A Study in Integrity.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43803]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 21894  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Riddle, Chauncey C. “Korihor: The Arguments of Apostasy.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43793]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 16217  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
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
Tanner, N. Eldon. “The Inevitable Choice.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43790]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 16146  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Thomas, Darwin L. “Being Parents, Being Children.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43792]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18973  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Thomas, Darwin L., and Kim Thomas. “Youth and the Book of Mormon.” New Era 7, no. 9 (1977): 8-12, 14.
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The Book of Mormon has a message for our day. The responsibility of parents to teach is equaled by the responsibility of youth to learn from their parents, to know for themselves through the witness of the Holy Ghost, and to prepare for the future by studying the Book of Mormon. See “Being Parents, Being Children,” a companion article on the role of parents in the Book of Mormon in the September 1977 Ensign, p. 13.

Keywords: Family, Parenthood, Scripture Study, Testimony
ID = [76633]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
Thomasson, Gordon C. “‘What exactly does the word Lamanite mean?’” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43797]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7635  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Unattributed. “Book of Mormon Authenticity Hit.” Moody 78 (September 1977): 17.
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Claims that Solomon Spaulding wrote some of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79134]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Waters, Max L. “How is it possible for a whole society to be righteous? Can we in the Church become such a righteous society?” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43799]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6908  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
Welch, John W. “A Book You Can Respect.” Ensign, September 1977.
ID = [43800]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,welch  Size: 17050  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:48
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
Forster, John A. “Book of Mormon: Worldwide Impact Felt for 150 Years.” Church News 47 (24 September 1977): 4.
Display Abstract  

Bears testimony as to the importance and the impact of the Book of Mormon in modern history and the LDS church.

ID = [79251]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-09-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
New Era. “That They May Know.” Vol. 7, no. 10 (1977): 35-37.
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A new proselytizing method is to put your testimony in the front cover of the Book of Mormon along with your picture. Examples are given.

Keywords: Conversion, Missionary Work, Testimony
ID = [76631]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:49
New Era. “That They May Know.” New Era 7 (October 1977): 35-37.
Display Abstract  

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

ID = [80244]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Bush, Edna K. “And It Came to Pass.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 139-42.
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Analyzes the modern English edition of the Book of Mormon called the “reader’s edition,” published in 1966 by the RLDS church.

ID = [79040]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Bush, Edna K. “Review of The Book of Mormon (RLDS).” Dialogue 10 (Fall 1977): 139.
Display Abstract  

Book review.

ID = [80112]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:08
Bush, Lester E., Jr. “The Spaulding Theory Then and Now.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 40-69.
Display Abstract  

A scholarly review of the Spaulding theory and its importance today. The author concludes that due to imprecise evidence, the Spaulding theory is not conclusive. Included are extensive notes and references on the subject.

ID = [80651]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Larson, Stanley R. “Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon Manuscripts.” Dialogue10 (Autumn 1977): 8-30.
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Examines fifty textual changes found in the currently published Book of Mormon in contrast with the original hand-copied printer’s manuscript. There are three categories of variations: (1) corrections within the manuscripts themselves, (2) transcription errors, and (3) differences between the manuscript version and the printed copy.

ID = [80243]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:15
Nibley, Hugh W. “Bird Island.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 120-23.
Display Abstract  

Satirical lecture on some of the excesses and weaknesses of archaeology and theories of Book of Mormon geography.

ID = [79109]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Petersen, Mark E. “It Was a Miracle!” Delivered at the Saturday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1977.
ID = [13809]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1977-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 12153  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:28
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
Whittier, Charles H., and Stephen W. Stathis. “The Enigma of Solomon Spaulding.” Dialogue 10 (Autumn 1977): 70-73.
Display Abstract  

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
Watt, Ronald G. “Long Search Ends.” Church News 42 (8 October 1977): 20.
Display Abstract  

A conversion story of a man who was interested in the gospel when he heard Oliver Cowdery testify that he did see the gold plates and the angel.

ID = [79723]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-10-08  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Church News. “Expert’s Report Quells Attack on Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.” Church News 47 (15 October 1977): 14.
Display Abstract  

The claim by three researchers that Soloman Spaulding wrote part of the Book of Mormon was refuted by a handwriting expert.

ID = [79433]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-10-15  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Plowman, Edward E. “Mormon Manuscript Claims: Another Look.” Christianity Today 22 (21 October 1977): 38-39.
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A sequel to his previous article (8 July 1977), the writer describes setbacks in Davis, Cowdery, and Scales’s work on the Spaulding connection. Several handwriting experts felt they had been misrepresented by the researchers. He also notes the recent criticisms of their work by Jerald and Sandra Tanner. [M R.]

ID = [79803]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-10-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Fisher, David G. “Mormon.” Moody Monthly 78 (November 1977): 4, 6.
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An article in the September issue of Moody Monthly reported that analyses of the manuscript of the Book of Mormon and the Spaulding manuscript confirm that they were written by the same person. In this letter to the editor, Fisher exhorts the publishers to report the evidence on both sides of the issue. He mentions that Henry Silver, one of three handwriting analysts, withdrew from involvement after stating that he had been misrepresented in published statements. In response the editor refers to an extensive article on the subject in the November issue.

ID = [79791]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Merrill, David. “Behind the Spaulding Controversy.” Sunstone 3 (November, December 1977): 28-29.
Display Abstract  

Gives a report on the attempt of Howard Davis, Warren Cowdrey, and Donald Scales to validate the Spaulding theory by soliciting the services of handwriting experts.

ID = [79094]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Petersen, Mark E. “It Was a Miracle!” Ensign, November 1977.
ID = [43846]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 12018  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
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.
Display Abstract  

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
Wall, Gary L. “Book of Mormon Authenticity Battle Still Rages.” Moody Monthly (November 1977): 10-11.
Display Abstract  

Three researchers claim that the Book of Mormon was written by Solomon Spaulding rather than Joseph Smith.

ID = [79133]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Best, Brian. “Nephi, Lehi, and Samuel the Lamanite.” Ensign, December 1977.
ID = [43898]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1977-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 32170  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
Tvedtnes, John A. “A Phonemic Analysis of Nephite and Jaredite Proper Names.” Society for Early Historic Archaeology Newsletter 141 (December 1977): 1-8.
Display Abstract  

Originally presented as a paper at the 22nd annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures & Allied Fields, the article analyzes the sound system of the Nephite and Jaredite languages, using transliterations of names from these languages found in the English Book of Mormon. The author concludes that the Nephite names reflect the phonology of the Hebrew language, while the Jaredite names have a different origin.

ID = [78913]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1977-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Church News. “President Benson Tells of God’s Gifts.” Church News 47 (17 December 1977): 4.
Display Abstract  

President Benson lists several gifts with which the Lord has blessed mankind—one of them is the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79992]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1977-12-17  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
1978
Ensign. “Elder Alma Sonne Dies.” Ensign January 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [43937]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3146  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
Arnold, Marilyn. “The Nephi We Tend to Forget.” Ensign, January 1978.
ID = [43936]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13137  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
Bingman, Margaret. Encyclopedia of the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1978.
Display Abstract  

An encyclopedic work attending to a number of Book of Mormon topics. Entries deal with biography, history, and doctrine.

ID = [77775]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Charlesworth, James H. “Messianism in the Pseudepigrapha and the Book of Mormon.” In Reflections on Mormonism: Judaeo-Christian Parallels, ed. Truman G. Madsen, 99–137. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
ID = [37139]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test,rsc-books  Size: 92154  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Cheesman, Paul R. Book of Mormon Lands: A Photographic Essay. Salt Lake City: Blaine Hudson Printing, 1978.
Display Abstract  

A photographic essay of Book of Mormon lands. “With a little effort the reader will become immersed in the beauty of the ancient citadels and landscapes and sense their relationship to the spirit of the scriptures [the Book of Mormon]” This work is reviewed in U.014.

ID = [77623]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Cheesman, Paul R. The World of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1978.
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Discusses many subjects concerning external evidences of the Book of Mormon, including the relevance of the bearded white God to Jesus Christ, geography of the Book of Mormon, ancient ruins from Central and South America, ancient writing, stone boxes, the wheel, horses, and medicine. This work is reviewed in I.005.

ID = [78703]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Book of Mormon Daily Student Manual. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1978.
Display Abstract  

Written to assist youthful readers of the Book of Mormon in gaining a greater understanding of the Book of Mormon. Contains charts, stories, games, puzzles, maps, and biographies of Book of Mormon characters.

ID = [77604]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Book of Mormon Stories for Beginning Readers. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1978.
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Contains colored drawings of scenes from the Book of Mormon with a short caption located below each picture.

ID = [77640]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Fisk, Samuel. Answering the Book of Mormon’s Challenge. La Mesa, CA: Utah Christian Tract Society, 1978.
Display Abstract  

A tract that argues against Moroni’s admonition to read the Book of Mormon (Moroni 10:4-5) and warns people against reading the book. The Book of Mormon is not doctrinally correct and its teachings do not accord with the Bible.

ID = [77551]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Flake, Chad J., ed. A Mormon Bibliography 1830—1930; Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Broadsides Relating to the First Century of Mormonism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1978.
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An indexed bibliography of works dealing with the LDS church. References concerning the Book of Mormon are included.

ID = [77429]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Folsom, Marvin H., and Alan F. Keele. Learn German through the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1978.
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Contains nine lessons for learning German using the German translation of the Book of Mormon as the text. Each lesson contains different rules of grammar plus exercises.

ID = [77968]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Fraser, Gordon H. Joseph and the Golden Plates: A Close Look at the Book of Mormon. Eugene, OR: Industrial Litho, 1978.
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A revised version of Fraser’s 1964 work, What Does the Book of Mormon Teach?

ID = [77928]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Fraser, Gordon H. A Manual For Christian Workers: A Workshop Outline For the Study of Mormonism. Hubbard, OR: Fraser, 1978.
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The author asserts the gold plates of the Book of Mormon never existed because gold was not used in America until the eleventh century. The Indians are of mongoloid origin and not Hebrew. Joseph Smith plagiarized the Bible, Book of Mormon witnesses did not really see the plates, and there is no archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77427]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Fraser, Gordon H. Are the Navajos Lamanites?. La Mesa, CA: Utah Christian Tract Society, 1978.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon. The author asserts that the Navajo Indians are “pure mongoloid” and therefore not of Hebrew origin.

ID = [77562]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Ghormley, Pearl. This Book. St. George, UT: Rupegy, 1978.
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While attempting to determine the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon the author asked many questions, including, “Is the Bible incomplete?” “Was the book of Revelation to be the final word?” “Did the biblical prophets prophesy of the Book of Mormon?” “Are the testimonies of the Three Witnesses true?” Ghormley answers these and other questions.

ID = [78711]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hemingway, Donald W. An Introduction to Mormon: A Native American Prophet. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1978.
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A biographical treatise on the prophet Mormon (b. approx. A.D. 311). Includes details surrounding his compilation of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated, his personal teachings and sermons, and other historical events surrounding his life.

ID = [77523]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Judd, Ella Mae. “Sunday Afternoon Workbook for Study of the Book of Mormon.” 3 vols. Phoenix: n.p., 1978.
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A Book of Mormon workbook designed for children 9-16 years of age. Contains questions, fill in the blanks, and charts.

ID = [78302]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Marquardt, H. Michael. “The Use of the Bible in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Pastoral Practice 2/2 (1978): 95- 117.
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A polemical article attempting to show that the Book of Mormon uses biblical material anachronistically and that the Book of Mormon plagiarizes biblical material. Numerous examples are listed. The writer also suggests that many Book of Mormon events are patterned after events in the Bible.

ID = [80696]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:41
Martin, Walter. The Maze of Mormonism. Santa Ana: Vision House, 1978.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The author discusses numerous elements that he sees as anachronistic, including contradictions with the Bible, Christian teachings before Christ, and alleged plagiarisms from the New Testament.

ID = [78558]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Mattson, Vernon W., Jr. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Important Discoveries. Brandon, FL: Buried Records, 1978.
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A compilation of quotations by different people on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient records. The author ties the archaeological discoveries in both hemispheres to the Book of Mormon and retells the story of the gold plates from Joseph Smith’s point of view.

ID = [78466]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Nibley, Hugh W. Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless: Classic Essays of Hugh Nibley. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978. xxviii + 323 pp.
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Original version of this book.
The essays in this volume, including four on today’s world, were selected by a panel of Hugh Nibley’s colleagues. They are singular in their penetration, their originality, and their vitality. Reaching from the apocalyptic visions of original “treasures in heaven” down to the climax of history, they are more than mind-stretching. The delight of Nibley’s brilliant and sometimes biting prose style imparts a sense of the agelessness of what he calls the “three-act play” of human existence. Written specially for this book, the author’s own “intellectual autobiography,” together with his introductory paragraphs for the various chapters, complete the work of making the book a fitting and permanent record of one of the past outstanding historians

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Criticisms, Apologetics
ID = [692]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:05
Nibley, Hugh W. Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless: Classic Essays of Hugh W. Nibley. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
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The essays in this volume, including four on today’s world, were selected by a panel of Hugh Nibley’s colleagues. They are singular in their penetration, their originality, and their vitality. Reaching from the apocalyptic visions of original “treasures in heaven” down to the climax of history, they are more than mind-stretching. The delight of Nibley’s brilliant and sometimes biting prose style imparts a sense of the agelessness of what he calls the “three-act play” of human existence. Written specially for this book, the author’s own “intellectual autobiography,” together with his introductory paragraphs for the various chapters, complete the work of making the book a fitting and permanent record of one of the past outstanding historians. The text available here is from the 2nd edition published in 2004. It is available only in PDF format. ISBN 0-8849-4338-0

Keywords: Abraham (Prophet); Adam (Prophet); Ancient Near East; Angel; Apocalypse of Abraham; Apocrypha; Biography; Cain; Christianity; Combat of Adam; Creation; Curriculum; Deliverance; Didache; Divine Council; Doctrine; Dominion; Early Church History; Education; Enoch (Prophet); Enuma Elish; Expanding Gospel; Gospel; Intelligence; Isaac; Israel; Joseph; Jr.; Knowledge; Language; Law of Substitution; Moses (Prophet); Name; Noah (Prophet); Opposition; Ordinance; Plan of Salvation; Prophet; Qumran; Resurrection; Revelation; Ritual; Sacrifice; Satan; Scripture; Sermon; Smith; Suffering Servant; Temple; Translation; Treasure; Veil; Wilderness; Wisdom; Writing; Zeal
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [33399]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  abraham,bom,nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 15  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:31:04

Chapters

Gillum, Gary P. “Hugh Nibley : Scholar of the Spirit, Missionary of the Mind.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37145]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Madsen, Truman G. “Foreword to the First Edition.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37146]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “An Intellectual Autobiography : Some High and Low Points.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37147]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “To Open the Last Dispensation : Moses Chapter 1.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37148]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Expanding Gospel.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37149]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “Treasures in the Heavens.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
ID = [37150]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,old-test,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “Subduing the Earth : Man’s Dominion.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37151]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “Genesis of the Written Word.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37152]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Sacrifice of Isaac.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37153]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:16
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Book of Mormon : A Minimal Statement.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37154]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Churches in the Wilderness.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37155]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “The Haunted Wilderness.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37156]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Their Portrait of a Prophet.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37157]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Educating the Saints.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37158]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:17
Nibley, Hugh W. “Beyond Politics.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1978.
ID = [37160]  Status = Type = book chapter  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  nibley,rsc-books  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:34:17
Phillips, R. Douglas. “Why is so much of the Book of Mormon given over to military accounts? Do we know why this material is supposed to be important to us?” Ensign, January 1978.
ID = [43922]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5501  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:49
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1978.
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The Book of Mormon stands with the Bible and the Doctrine and Covenants to testify that God works among all people in all places. This pamphlet tells the story and origin of the Book of Mormon. It points out its uses and issues an invitation to heed its inspired message.

ID = [77579]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
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
Tanner, Jerald. “An Examination of ‘Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?’” N.p., August 1978.
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Tanner refutes the theory in Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?

ID = [77515]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Unattributed. “What about Archaeology and the Book of Mormon?” Utah Christian Tract Society 11 (January-February 1978): 2.
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Refers to the Smithsonian position of the time on the Book of Mormon and asserts that the Book of Mormon cannot be proven through archaeology.

ID = [80789]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:46
Wallace, Arthur, ed. America’s Witness for Jesus Christ: The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Utah Publishers Press, 1978.
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An abridged version of the Book of Mormon with an emphasis on Christ-related material. Also includes an index of name-titles used in the Book of Mormon to describe Christ.

ID = [77495]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Walters, Wesley P. “The Spaulding Manuscript (or Affair).” The Journal of Pastoral Practice 2 (1978): 133-44.
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Reports that three newspapers had recently published the news that a portion of the Book of Mormon has been “positively identified as having been written by the hand of Solomon Spaulding”

ID = [80647]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:38
Wirth, Diane E. Discoveries of the Truth. Santa Clara, CA: Vanguard Graphics, 1978.
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Gives evidence to support her theory that the white and bearded god Quetzalcoatl is Jesus Christ. Issues discussed include Phoenician seafarers, cranial deformations, trepanning, cement, cotton, the wheel, arch, the horse, star of David, and the tree of life.

ID = [77747]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1978-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Larson, Stan. “Conjectural Emendation and the Text of the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 18, no. 4 (1978): 563.
ID = [9268]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies  Size: 704  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:49
Church News. “The Promised Land.” Church News 48 (7 January 1978): 16.
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The December 1977 issue of National Geographic told of a group of Irish monks who set out in a leather boat to find the “Promised Land of the saints” in about A.D. 600. We do not know how they knew about the Promised land.

ID = [80612]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-01-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:36
Bassett, Arthur R. “The Shepherd and His Other Sheep.” Ensign, February 1978.
ID = [43961]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19436  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:50
Bassett, Arthur R. “Jesus’ Sermon to the Nephites.” Ensign, February 1978.
ID = [43962]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18214  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:50
Broadfoot, Raymond R. “Indians of the Americas: A Racial Puzzle, Part I.” Saints’ Herald 125 (February 1978): 80-82.
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Discusses the similarities and differences between native Americans and “mediterranean type people” Concludes that “for the person with an open mind there exists evidence which shows that mediterranean type people lived in the New World in the past and that their physical characteristics have been transmitted to today’s Indians” (p. 82).

ID = [79589]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Powelson, Shawna R. “A Special Togetherness.” Ensign, February 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [43963]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1955  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:50
Treat, Raymond C. “Classic Maya Population: An Example of Convergence.” Zarahemla Record 1 (February 1978): 5.
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Considers archaeological evidence that shows Classic Maya population levels to be concurrent with those found in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79308]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Broadfoot, Raymond R. “Indians of the Americas: A Racial Puzzle, Part II.” Saints’ Herald 125 (March 1978): 152-53.
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Writes that the Jaredites may have had mongoloid type peoples among them. Remnants of the Jaredite culture with mongoloid characteristics may have intermarried with the Lamanites and this would explain how the Lamanites became dark skinned.

ID = [79590]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Mormon: The Man and the Book, Part 1.” Ensign, March 1978.
ID = [43977]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15670  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:50
Durham, G. Homer. “The Christ of the Book of Mormon.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 7, 1978.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Book of Mormon; Jesus Christ
ID = [68520]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1978-03-07  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:19
Holland, Jeffrey R. “Mormon: The Man and the Book, Part 2.” Ensign, April 1978.
ID = [44038]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14627  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:50
Petersen, Mark E. “‘Evidence of Things Not Seen’” Ensign, May 1978.
ID = [44078]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-05-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13493  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:50
Church News. “More Gold Plates.” Church News 48 (6 May 1978): 16.
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Nineteen golden plates were discovered in South Korea in 1965. These contain the records of Buddhist scripture. Archaeologists also confirm that this is how most ancient records were kept.

ID = [79787]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-05-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Ballard, M. Russell. “You—The Leaders in 1988.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, May 16, 1978.
Display Keywords
Keywords: Leadership; Preparation
ID = [68525]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1978-05-16  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:19
Durham, W. Cole, Jr. “Moroni.” Ensign, June 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [44122]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-06-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 21871  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Church News. “‘Do It’ Is a Prophet’s Plea at Conference.” Church News 48 (24 June 1978): 3, 7.
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President Kimball emphasizes that knowing what is right is not enough, you have to do right. Reading the Book of Mormon is the best way to avoid adopting the evils that plague the world.

ID = [78821]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-06-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Black, Susan Easton [as Susan Ward Easton]. “Names of Christ in the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, July 1978.
ID = [44159]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 7310  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Eyring, Henry B. “The Brother of Jared: An Expert at Learning.” Ensign, July 1978.
ID = [44160]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 15150  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Forbis, Dianne Dibb. “Ether Woke Us Up.” Ensign, July 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44157]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 5294  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Church News. “Geography Problems.” Church News 48 (29 July 1978): 16.
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It is difficult to find various landmarks of the Book of Mormon because there is not enough information. If the Lord wanted people to know where they were he would inspire prophets to tell them. Why not keep hidden what the Lord wanted hidden?

ID = [79477]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-07-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Anderson, Lavina Fielding. “From a Book of Mormon Notebook.” Ensign, August 1978.
ID = [44179]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 19576  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Maxwell, Neal A. “Three Jaredites: Contrasting Contemporaries.” Ensign, August 1978.
ID = [44177]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 20612  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Nibley, Hugh W. “Self-Portrait: An Intellectual Autobiography by Hugh Nibley.” BYU Today, August 1978, 11–13.
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Reprinted from Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (1978), xix–xxvii. When sent a copy of this item, Fawn M. Brodie indicated that she “found the mini-autobiography fascinating in every way. This man surely had a touch of genius, and a great linguistic talent. What a pity that he was emotionally trapped by his allegiance to Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. The final paragraph of the ‘Self-Portrait’ suggests to me that there must be grave deterioration in Nibley at the moment. But it may be that he is not really much changed from what he has been all through the years. What a pity that we never sat down and talked to each other.” Letter from Fawn M. Brodie to Everett Cooley, dated 23 August 1978, Brodie Papers, Box 4, Folder 6B, Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Autobiographical
ID = [1097]  Status = Type = other article  Date = 1978-08-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:29
Woodford, Robert J. “Book of Mormon Personalities Known by Joseph Smith.” Ensign, August 1978.
ID = [44178]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13334  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Madsen, Truman G. “José Smith—Disertación 1: La Primera Visión y sus consecuencias.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, August 22, 1978.
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Al registrar los sentimientos que tuvo al salir de la Arboleda y en los días subsiguientes, José dejó registrada esta oración: “Mi alma se llenó de amor, y por muchos días pude regocijarme con gran gozo, y el Señor estaba conmigo, pero no pude encontrar a ninguno que creyera mi visión celestial”.

Keywords: Joseph Smith
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [68532]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1978-08-22  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:19
Hartley, William G. “Every Member WAS a Missionary.” Ensign, September 1978.
ID = [44217]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-09-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 18412  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Treat, Raymond C. “Wheat and Barley: Problem or Opportunity.” Zarahemla Record 2 (September 1978): 7-8.
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Because of scarcity of evidence, lack of interest, and faulty research design evidence of wheat and barley in the New World prior to the 1500s has not been located. With new technology, phytoliths (fossilized plant cells) will show the presence of these grains during Book of Mormon time periods.

ID = [80797]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:46
Treat, Raymond C. “The Book of Mormon and Mesoamerican Outlines Compared: Beginning, Highpoints, and Endings.” Zarahemla Record 2 (September 1978): 1-2, 6.
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Compares the Jaredites to the Olmec people and states that the archaeological evidence shows that the Olmec civilization began, had its high point, and ended at times that match the Jaredite civilization. Also compares the Mulekites, Nephites, and Lamanites with the Classic Maya.

ID = [80322]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:20
Gardner, Marvin K. “Getting—and Keeping—the Family Together.” Ensign, October 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44236]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13868  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Ibarguen, J. Henry. “Review of ‘The World of the Book of Mormon,’ by Paul R. Cheesman.” Dialogue 11 (Autumn 1978): 92-94.
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Book review.

ID = [80066]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Petersen, Mark E. “The Last Words of Moroni.” Delivered at the Sunday Morning Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [14115]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1978-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 11052  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:29
Peterson, H. Donl. “In the Book of Mormon, the word Lord generally refers to Christ, but there are other times when it seems to refer to God the Father. How can one distinguish the meaning in a particular case?” Ensign, October 1978.
ID = [44240]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 6205  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:51
Gilberts, Helen. “Mulek’s Ship.” Saints’ Herald 125 (November 1978): 696-97.
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A fictional story for a popular audience. The young Mulek learns about boat building from the prophet Jeremiah. He must learn this to someday build a fieet to sail to the American continent.

ID = [79856]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Meservy, Keith H. “Discoveries at Nimrud and the ‘Sticks’ of Ezekiel.” SEHA Newsletter 142 (November 1978): 1-10.
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The word for “stick” in Ezekiel 37 (Hebrew etz) is normally translated “wood” The word corresponds to the Babylonian is le’u, referring to a writing tablet. Etymologically and culturally, it is likely that Ezekiel wrote about joining the tablets of Judah and Joseph to form what would eventually be called the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79371]  Status = Type = newsletter article  Date = 1978-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Petersen, Mark E. “The Last Words of Moroni.” Ensign, November 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [44289]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10865  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:52
Church News. “Historic Print Shop Site Is Purchased by Church.” Church News 48 (18 November 1978): 7.
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The Church has purchased a building in Palmyra, New York, where the first edition of the Book of Mormon was printed on March 26, 1830.

ID = [79527]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-11-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Gardner, Marvin K. “Family Councils: Making Decisions Together.” Ensign, December 1978.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44324]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-12-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10002  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:52
Magleby, Kirk. “Four Peruvian Versions of the White God Legend.” New Era (1978).
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Many native tribes in the Western Hemisphere preserve oral traditions about the ancient appearance of a white god who came down from heaven to instruct and organize his people. Some of the most interesting versions of this tradition come from Peru, where this legendary deity is known by different names. A number of Spaniards, attempting to preserve the history and traditions of the conquered Incan empire, wrote accounts of this white god that they gathered from the wisemen and noblemen of the Incas. Synthesizing elements from various Peruvian versions of the story, an interesting portrait of the white god emerges—one that correlates rather closely with the account of the resurrected Christ to America as recorded in the Book of Mormon.

Keywords: Ancient America, History, Mesoamerica, South America
ID = [76592]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-12-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:47
Magleby, Kirk A. “Four Peruvian Versions of the White God Legend.” New Era 8 (December 1978): 14-17.
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Chronicles recorded shortly after the Spaniards reached South America describe Peruvian legends of a great white god. Author parallels four prominent versions of the white god legend with the account of Christ’s visit to the Nephites shortly after his resurrection.

ID = [79459]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1978-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Treat, Raymond C. “Classic Maya Subsistence: Another Example of Convergence.” Zarahemla Record 3 (December 1978): 5, 8.
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Examines Classic Maya food to show a convergence between Mesoamerican archaeology and the Book of Mormon. Archaeologists are learning that population levels were too high to be supported by slash-and-burn agriculture.

ID = [79309]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1978-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Unattributed. “Archaeology Says Spaulding Manuscript Claim Was Fake.” California Intermountain News(21 December 1978): 8.
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Reports the conclusions of Samuel E. Shepley, who points out that Spaulding’s manuscript pretended to be an imaginative novel concerning a boatload of Roman Christians sailing to the Americas. Its premise has no archaeological support as does the Book of Mormon. It lacks Hebrew idioms such as “it came to pass,” but it includes modern phrases like “bite the dust”

ID = [79074]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1978-12-21  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
1979
Boyd, Theo E. Poetic Reflections from the Dust. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1979.
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Reprints selected Book of Mormon passages in a form that makes them appear more poetic, including 1 Nephi 1:1-2, 1 Nephi 3:27- 37, 2 Nephi 1:25-39, and Jacob 2:34-43. (Verses are numbered according to RLDS.)

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 1 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [78162]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
BYU Church Educational System, ed. The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants. 1979 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
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Contents:

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

ID = [67009]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 18  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:02:00
1980

Articles

Matthews, Robert J. “Some Relationships Between Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible and the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82342]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
McConkie, Bruce R. “This Generation Shall Have My Word through You.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82343]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Woodford, Robert J. “A Survey of Textual Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82344]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Otten, Leaun G. “Applying the Doctrine and Covenants to Daily Life.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82345]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Nelson, William O. “Ten Questions on the Law of Consecration and the United Order.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82346]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Parkin, Max H. “A Preliminary Analysis of the Dating of Dection 10.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82347]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Doxey, Roy W. “How Latter-day Prophets Help Us Understand the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82348]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Caldwell, C. Max. “The Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82349]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:10
Holland, Jeffrey R. “The Lord’s Preface.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82350]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Cook, Lyndon W. “The Far West Record and the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82351]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Warner, Paul R. “How the Doctrine and Covenants Inspires Me to Be a Better Teacher.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82352]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Rasmussen, Ellis T. “Some Contributions of the Doctrine and Covenants to Our Understanding of the Bible.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82353]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Porter, Larry C. “Historical Background of the Fifteen Harmony Revelations.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82354]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Godfrey, Kenneth W. “Marriage, the Family and the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82355]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Whittaker, David J. “A Covenant People.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System, 196–216. Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1980.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
ID = [39722]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  old-test,rsc-books,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:40:38
Cowan, Richard O. “Revelations Continue.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82356]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Berrett, William E. “Unique Doctrines from the Doctrine and Covenants.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82357]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
Brown, Kenneth J. “Early Nineteenth Century Health Views and the Word of Wisdom.” In The Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants, edited by the BYU Church Educational System. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980.
ID = [82358]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1980-01-01  Collections:  d-c,rsc-sperry  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:16:11
1979
Cracroft, R. Paul. A Certain Testimony: A Mormon Epic in Twelve Books. Salt Lake City: Epic West, 1979.
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Presents an epic poem based upon the Book of Mormon story. The preface points out that America would not be what it is without the Book of Mormon nor could Mormonism be what it is without America.

ID = [77396]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Hinckley, Gordon B. Truth Restored. Salt Lake City: LDS Church and Deseret Book, 1979.
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A history of the LDS church that includes the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Photographs of historical events and places are included.

ID = [78734]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hunt, C. J. Sacred Scriptures, and Urim and Thummim Evaluated. Independence, MO: by the author, 1979.
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Calls the Book of Mormon “the Stick of Joseph” and the Bible “the Stick of Judah” Examines Ezekiel 37 and Isaiah 29, finding that the Book of Mormon fits the descriptions found therein. The Urim and Thummim were a necessary part of the translation process due to the complex nature of the written text and the ignorance of the translator.

ID = [78222]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Johnson, Marjorie G. The Prophets Tell About Jesus. Salt Lake City: King, 1979.
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A fictional story designed for children wherein Lamanite parents tell their children about Book of Mormon prophets who taught about the mission of Christ.

ID = [78625]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Krueger, John R. An Analysis of the Names of Mormonism. Bloomington: Selbstverlag Press, 1979.
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A study of the proper names extant in the Book of Mormon. Author notes that over 140 biblical names occur in the Book of Mormon, while over 188 Book of Mormon names are nonbiblical. After a technical analysis the writer suggests that efforts “should be directed towards linking up the non-biblical names with names found in post-biblical literature, Talmudic materials, other Semitic languages; and particularly, in materials about South American and North American proto-languages”

ID = [77507]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Magleby, Kirk. “A Survey of Mesoamerican Bearded Figures.” Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1979.
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No abstract available.

Keywords: Ancient America; Facial Hair; Mesoamerica
ID = [1529]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,farms-reports  Size: 74132  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:55
Marquardt, H. Michael. “Early Nineteenth Century Events Reflected in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Pastoral Practice 3/1 (1979): 114-36.
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A polemical article that attempts to enumerate numerous modern environmental factors that influenced the Book of Mormon such as anti-Masonic influences, theories regarding Indian origins, and money digging. The 1826 trial of Joseph Smith, Anthon episode, Book of Mormon witnesses, lack of archaeological evidence, and plagiarisms from the Bible are also discussed.

ID = [79392]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Marquardt, H. Michael. The Use of the Bible in the Book of Mormon and Early Nineteenth Century Events Reflected in the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Company, 1979.
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Two articles reprinted from the Journal of Pastoral Practice

ID = [78689]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Nibley, Hugh W. “Testing the Book of Mormon.” Talk given at a Portland Institute Symposium held in Portland, Oregon, in 1979.
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Portions of this essay are reprinted as a supplement to the essay entitled “The Book of Mormon: True or False?” in The Prophetic Book of Mormon, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 8, no. 29. 232–42.

Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Book of Mormon > Criticisms and Apologetics
ID = [1200]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:35
Norwood, Scott M. “A Bibliographic Essay of Works Concerning the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Columbia: University of Missouri, 1979.
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A historical study of the the translation and compiling the Book of Mormon and its contents there of.

Keywords: Book of Mormon, bibliographies; Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon, historicity; Book of Mormon, authorship
ID = [81568]  Status = Type = thesis  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:15:28
Petersen, Mark E. Those Gold Plates!. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1979.
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Addresses the issue of the authenticity of the gold plates delivered to Joseph Smith. Author gives many examples of inscribed plates, and a list of 62 such findings. He also presents the testimonies of the Three and Eight Witnesses and their contemporaries.

ID = [78713]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Powelson, Shawna R. “A Special Togetherness.” Ensign, January 1979.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44368]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1957  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:52
Ransom, Ira T. Is Mormonism Based on the Book of Mormon?. Sacramento, CA: United Missionary Fellowship, 1979.
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A polemical tract against Mormonism and the Book of Mormon, attempting to demonstrate that the Book of Mormon contradicts many Mormon teachings.

ID = [77908]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Revelation and Scripture. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1979.
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Revelation is the transmitting of God’s love and purposes for individuals or mankind. There are a multitude of ways in which revelation is received—through study and meditation or on an intuitive or emotional level. Thus, the honest may feel disagreement concerning interpretation of

ID = [78212]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
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
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, 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
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
Tanner, Jerald, and Sandra Tanner. Examination of B. H. Roberts’ Secret Manuscript. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1979.
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Examines B. H. Roberts’s unpublished manuscript, “A Book of Mormon Study,” and concludes that Mr. Roberts believed that the Book of Mormon was of human origins, and had been influenced by Priest’s Wonders of Nature and Providence. Shows photographs of the unpublished manuscript.

ID = [77782]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Thomas, Mark D. “Listening to the Voice from the Dust: Moroni 8 As Rhetoric.” Sunstone 4 (January/February 1979): 22-24.
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Rhetoric is a tool to understanding; it is an approach to literature that attempts to discover how the writer presents his vision to the reader. There are three types of letters in the Book of Mormon—war epistles, narratives, and doctrinal. This article focuses on a letter Mormon wrote to his son Moroni on infant baptism.

ID = [79719]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Thomsen, Blaine C. The Ammonite. Independence, MO: Herald House, 1979.
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A fictional story of Jothan, an iron worker of King Lamoni’s court who fashioned an important sword, and of Ammon who became a shepherd for Lamoni. This work is reviewed in S.085.

ID = [78329]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Treat, Raymond C. “Massive Guatemala Site Shows Great Promise.” Zarahemla Record 7 (Winter 1979-1980): 1-2, 7-8.
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Documents the history of archaeological work at El Mirador in Guatemala and suggests that this was a city abandoned by the Nephites about A.D. 300 (concurrent with the archaeological record).

ID = [79742]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Walters, Wesley P. An Examination of B. H. Roberts’ Secret Manuscript. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Co., 1979.
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Seeks to prove that Roberts believed the Book of Mormon was of human origin and influenced by View of the Hebrews.

ID = [77516]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Walters, Wesley P. “The Origins of the Book of Mormon.” The Journal of Pastoral Practice 3/3 (1979): 123-52.
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The author discusses two unpublished manuscripts written by B. H. Roberts dealing with the Book of Mormon, one entitled “Book of Mormon Difficulties” and the other “A Book of Mormon Study” The first manuscript discusses alleged anachronisms found in the Book of Mormon, and the second describes modern environmental factors that may have assisted Joseph Smith in producing the Book of Mormon. Walters considers that Roberts’s arguments are just as valid now and asserts that Roberts may have lost faith in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80594]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:35
Weldon, Roy E., and F. Edward Butterworth. Book of Mormon Deeps; a Comprehensive Text of Known Information Relative to the Internal Evidences of the Book of Mormon. 4 vols. Weldon and Butterworth, 1977-1979.
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Designed for group study, this philosophical approach shows that Book of Mormon statements of concepts and beliefs are consistent with a high degree of civilization with modern philosophies and life styles. Its moral values apply to our day. Faith is noted as properly coming under the heading of philosophy. The parallels in ancient America and modern America are striking concerning rebellion, politics, and the sexual revolution. The prophetic role of the Book of Mormon transcends the role of science. The Book of Mormon adds those plain and precious things that have been taken from the Bible and bears witness of its truthfulness. Includes testimonies that go beyond intellectual reasoning. It is a book of fine literature.

ID = [77605]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Wunderli, Earl M. “The Book of Mormon Speaks on Its Own Origin.” Stamford, CT: n.p., March 1979.
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There is little internal evidence in the Book of Mormon to support Joseph Smith’s claim of its origin. The distribution of words and phrases rather leads to the conclusion that there was one writer, Joseph Smith, who wrote about events that he knew about in his own time.

ID = [78398]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1979-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Madsen, Truman G. “B. H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon.” Brigham Young University Studies 19, no. 4 (1979): 427.
ID = [9221]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-01-03  Collections:  bom,byu-studies,roberts  Size: 706  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:12:49
O’Neill, Michael. “Mexico’s Ancient Messiah: Solving the Bible’s Unsolved Messianic Scripture.” California Intermountain News (25 January 1979, 8 February 1979): 3, 4-5.
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Relates Mexican data concerning Quetzalcoatl to the messianic concept of the Old Testament and ultimately to Jesus.

ID = [79764]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-01-25  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Ensign. “Book of Mormon Stories for Beginning Readers.” Ensign February 1979.
ID = [44406]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-02-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 1650  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:53
Church News. “Foreign Languages Taught By Using Book of Mormon.” Church News 49 (3 February 1979): 14.
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A learning system developed by two BYU professors teaches language using the Book of Mormon. This system stresses similarities in languages and uses familiar context to teach foreign languages such as German, French, and Spanish.

ID = [79457]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-02-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Melton, J. Gordon. “The Book of Mormon, of Smith, or of Whom?” Christianity Today 23 (16 February 1979): 38-40.
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A discussion of three polemical works written against Mormonism and the Book of Mormon: Wayne Cowdery, Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?; Harry Ropp, The Mormon Papers; and Floyd McElveen, Will the “Saints” Go Marching In?

ID = [80392]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-02-16  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:24
Ballard, M. Russell. “You—the Leaders in 1988.” Ensign, March 1979.
ID = [44451]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 25979  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:53
Gardner, Marvin K. “Serving a Mission Together.” Ensign, March 1979.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44422]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-03-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 23086  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:53
Benson, Ezra Taft. “In His Steps.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, March 4, 1979.
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We follow a perfect leader—not just one who tells us to do what he thinks we should do, but the only one who can say that we should be as He is in everything. In the Book of Mormon, the Lord asked the question, “What manner of men ought ye to be?” And then He answered by saying, “Verily I say unto you, even as I am.”

Keywords: Jesus Christ; Self-Improvement; Podcast: Classic Speeches; Podcast: Come; Follow Me
ID = [68558]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-03-04  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:21
Nibley, Hugh W. “Gifts.” in Approaching Zion, The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 9, 85–117.
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Republished in Approaching Zion, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley vol. 9.
Nibley interviews himself on the moral advice contained in the Book of Mormon.

See also: “4: Gifts” (1989)
Topics:    Hugh W. Nibley Topics > Zion, Babylon > Wealth, Law of Consecration
ID = [1199]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-03-13  Collections:  bom,nibley  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 10:09:35
Badger, Wanda West. “The Family That Writes Together.” Ensign, April 1979.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44477]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-04-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 799  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:53
Lesh, Ralph F. “Lehi in the North Pacific: An Alternative to the Equatorial Route.” Zarahemla Record 4 (Spring 1979): 3-4, 10.
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A challenge to the view taken by the Committee on American Archaeology, appointed by the RLDS conference in 1894, that Lehi’s ocean route was along the equator. Author argues for a route north of the equator, the Kuroshio or Japan Current, and believes that Lehi sailed north of Hawaii. The voyagers eventually landed in Guatemala or El Salvador.

ID = [79692]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Treat, Raymond C. “Transoceanic Contact: Another Example of Convergence.” Zarahemla Record 4 (Spring 1979): 1-2, 12.
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Mesoamerican archaeology is gradually converging with the pattern presented by the Book of Mormon. Article discusses recent evidence of ancient transoceanic contacts between the New and Old Worlds.

ID = [80741]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:43
Treat, Raymond C. “Book of Mormon Tour Guide: Teotihuacán—City of the Gods.” Zarahemla Record 4 (Spring 1979): 5-8.
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Gives a history of archaeological work and Book of Mormon correlations. Suggests that Teotihuacán is a city of the “land northward” spoken of in Alma and Helaman.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [79235]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Matthews, Robert J. “The Bible and Its Role in the Restoration.” Ensign, July 1979, 40–45.
Topics:    Old Testament Topics > Restoration and Joseph Smith
ID = [44580]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-07-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,old-test  Size: 20621  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:54
Moorman, Donald R. “Review of A Mormon Bibliography, 1830-1930: Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Broadsides Relating to the First Century of Mormonism, edited by Chad Flake.” Dialogue 12 (Summer 1979): 133.
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Book review.

ID = [80067]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:05
Robbins, James H. “Readers’ Research: The Question of Lehi’s Lineage.” Zarahemla Record 5 (Summer 1979): 3-4.
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Suggests that Lehi’s ancestors may have defected from the Northern Kingdom (2 Chronicles 11:16) and were assimilated into the tribes of the Southern Kingdom as an explanation to Book of Mormon critics that all Israelites knew their lineage and Lehi found his only by reading the brass plates.

ID = [80047]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Treat, Raymond C. “Mesoamerican Archaeology and the Book of Mormon.” Zarahemla Record 5 (Summer 1979): 1-2, 6-8.
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Through illustrated outlines, the article compares the major points of the Mesoamerican and Book of Mormon cultural histories. The evidence and correlations presented support the authenticity of Book of Mormon cultural history.

ID = [79755]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Whitmers: A Family That Nourished the Church.” Ensign, August 1979.
ID = [44615]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 29173  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:54
Zirker, Ronald J., and Sherri Zirker. “How We Lead Our Family Together.” Ensign, August 1979.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [44604]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-08-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 14162  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:54
Poelman, Ronald E. “Companions from the Scriptures.” Devotional, Brigham Young University, August 5, 1979.
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Keywords: Scriptures
ID = [68573]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-08-05  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:22
Unattributed. “What Is the Book of Mormon?” Utah Christian Tract Society 12 (September/October 1979): 2.
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Contains several criticisms of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80793]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:46
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
Benson, Ezra Taft. “A Witness and a Warning.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1979.
ID = [14313]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference  Size: 13420  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:30
Cheesman, Paul R. “Ancient Writing on Metal Plates.” Ensign, October 1979.
ID = [44674]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 3060  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:54
Haight, David B. “Joseph Smith the Prophet.” Delivered at the Saturday Afternoon Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1979.
ID = [14300]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-10-01  Collections:  bom,general-conference,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 10569  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:14:30
Pratt, R. Steven. “The Five Sons of Jared and Charity Pratt.” Ensign, October 1979.
ID = [44677]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-10-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 25266  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:54
Treat, Raymond C. “A Book of Mormon Tour Guide: Monte Alban.” Zarahemla Record 6 (Fall 1979): 2-7.
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Contains pictures, maps, site description, and Book of Mormon connections to of the ruins at Monte Alban. Author concludes that Monte Alban was possibly a Jaredite city as well as a possible Lamanite, Mulekite, or Nephite city.

ID = [78853]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1979-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Hart, John L. “First Convert in Thailand.” Church News 49 (20 October 1979): 13.
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Srilaksang Gottsche, the first convert in Thailand, helped translate the Book of Mormon into Thai.

ID = [79450]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-10-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “Book of Mormon Study.” Christian Century 96 (24 October 1979): 1031.
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A brief article describing the work of Wayne A. Larson and Alvin C. Rencher on Book of Mormon wordprints.

ID = [79227]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-10-24  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Walker, Ronald W. “Books Arrive.” Church News 49 (27 October 1979): 16.
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Missionary work began in Turkey in 1884, but progress was slow because of a lack of printed materials. In 1906 the Book of Mormon was available in Turkish, and 250 copies arrived but were impounded for two years by the government. They were released upon intervention by the U.S. Secretary of State.

ID = [79259]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-10-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Benson, Ezra Taft. “A Witness and a Warning.” Ensign, November 1979.
ID = [44711]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 13306  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:55
Haight, David B. “Joseph Smith the Prophet.” Ensign, November 1979.
ID = [44707]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign,smith-joseph-jr  Size: 12007  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:55
Hinckley, Gordon B. “‘An Angel from on High, the Long, Long Silence Broke’” Ensign, November 1979.
ID = [44701]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-11-01  Collections:  bom,ensign  Size: 10254  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:49:55
Larsen, Wayne A., Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton. “Multiple Authorship of the Book of Mormon.” New Era 9 (November 1979): 10-13.
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Results of the author’s use of statistical analysis to determine how many individuals authored the Book of Mormon. Results: “The odds against these books being the work of one author exceeded 100 billion to one!” Also compares Book of Mormon authors with Joseph Smith’s contemporaries, specifically men suggested as having been authors of the Book of Mormon. Result: “None of the wordprints of the modern authors resembled the Book of Mormon wordprints at all” Also did cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and classification analysis. A brief description is given of each with the results.

ID = [79857]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-11-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Hinckley, Gordon B. “Joseph Smith: ‘Praise to the Man’” Devotional, Brigham Young University, November 4, 1979.
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Joseph Smith did not write the Book of Mormon. Rather, “by the gift and power of God” he translated the writings of many authors who wrote at different times and under various circumstances.

Keywords: Joseph Smith; Collection: Joseph Smith the Prophet; Podcast: Joseph Smith
ID = [68582]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1979-11-04  Collections:  bom,byu-speeches,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:03:22
Friend. “A Prophecy Come True.” Friend 9 (December 1979): 39.
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A children’s story: the prophecy of Samuel the Lamanite came true, for during the night it was like day and the people knew that Christ was born.

ID = [78918]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1979-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
O’Neill, Michael. “Mexican Calendar Tells Birth Date of Quetzalcoatl.” California Intermountain News (20 December 1979): 3-4.
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Ancient American calendars indicate that Quetzalcoatl was born on April 6, about the same year that Jesus was born.

ID = [79761]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-12-20  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Church News. “1829, A Momentous Year.” Church News 49 (29 December 1979): 3.
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In 1829 the Book of Mormon was translated, the priesthood was restored, and Joseph Smith received fourteen revelations.

ID = [78843]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1979-12-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15

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