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Mulekite Zarahemla
2 Nephi 1:9Ā mentions other people the Lord would bring out of the land of Jerusalem (the Mulekites). When he uttered this prophecy, Father Lehi was already in the Americas. The next to leave the Near...
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Book of Mormon Central just published the sixth video in its stellar Evidences series. This new production analyzes Book of Mormon names with interesting origins in ancient Semitic and/or Egyptian...
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Veils
A beautiful blog post by Jasmin Gimenez captures the essence of veil symbolism in the Temple and on a bride's wedding day. Recently married herself, Jasmin draws on scholarship by Lynne Wilson and deep...
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Why Only Male Authors in the Book of Mormon?
Many gifted writers are female as J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series demonstrates.J. K. Rowling's Ubiquitous Boy WizardIn Joseph Smith's America (1805 - 1844), women were recognized authors. The first...
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The Challenge the Book of Mormon Makes to the World
In a talk given at BYU in 1955, Elder Hugh B. BrownĀ (1883 - 1975, his middle name was also Brown), then an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve, laid the foundation for what would later be...
View Article124 Prophecies Fulfilled
Book of Mormon Central published KnoWhy #498 today and it is phenomenal. Entitled "How Does Prophecy Shape the Book of Mormon's Content and Structure?" this outstanding essay written by Ryan Dahle of...
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Book of Mormon Geography 101
This article introduces basic Book of Mormon geography based on the February, 2019 version of the Magleby-Tovar Book of Mormon Map. Kirk Magleby lives in Utah. Javier Tovar lives in Hidalgo. This map...
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What is the Great and Abominable Church?
Nephi saw in vision a great and abominable church 1 Nephi 13:6. It goes by many names in scripture:great church 1 Nephi 13:4; 1 Nephi 14:10; D&C 88:94church which is most abominable above all other...
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Light from Guatemala
Javier Tovar and I spent February 14th and 15th, 2019, in Guatemala City and Antigua. We visited Elder Clate and Sister Carol Mask who are currently serving an oral history mission. We visited with...
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Great New Book from Elder Callister
General Sunday School President Elder Tad R. Callister of the Seventy is well-known among Latter-day Saints as an author and engaging speaker.Elder Callister from ChurchofJesusChrist.orgHis titles The...
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Olmec Iron
The Book of Mormon mentions iron in a mineralogical context five times:2 Nephi 5:15 work in all mannner of iron, copper, brass, steel, gold, silver, precious ores ca. 590 BCJarom 1:8 exceedingly rich...
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Mesoamerican Speech Gesture
In Mosiah 12:2 Abinadi recounts his divine mandate to prophesy against King Noah and his wicked priests. What was the first thing the Lord instructed Abinadi to do? Open his mouth? Speak certain words?...
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Church Membership Growth
As part of the 189th Annual General Conference today, the Church released its statistical report for December 31, 2018. As of year end, total Church membership stood at 16,313,735 which is an increase...
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Moral Relativism
There was a demonstration at BYU on Friday, April 13, 2019, protesting the uneven way honor code violations are enforced.BYU Protest, Daily Herald Photo by Evan CobbWhile serving as Bishop of the BYU...
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Usumacinta Olmec
For years, people have talked about the Olmec "heartland" as a western Gulf Coast phenomenon anchored by the three major sites of San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes which all took their turn as...
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Komkom Vase
A shattered royal drinking vessel discovered in 2015 at Baking Pot, Belize bears a long Mayan inscription that originally consisted of 202 glyph blocks, about 60% of which are extant after...
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The River
The Book of Mormon mentions only one river, the Sidon, by name, and it is referenced more than 25 times (e.g. Alma 3:3). Almost all references call it "the river Sidon" (e.g. Alma 6:7). There is one...
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PreColumbian Honey Bees
We previously noted evidence that beekeeping and honey production were important economic activities in ancient Mesoamerica. See the articles "Titulo de Totonicapan" and "Komkom Vase". A scholarly...
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Las Vegas Odds
The father/son team of Bruce and Brian Dale, both PhD engineers, published a sensational 110 page article in InterpreterĀ on May 3, 2019 that uses Bayesian statistical analysis to demonstrate a) the...
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Many Waters
I had Jeffrey A. Faulkner from Phoenix in my office today. His study of the Nephite text convinces him the phrase "many waters" means salt water ocean. I took a look at the term "waters" back in 2014...
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