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  Book of Mormon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It asserts that it was abridged and compiled by the prophet/historian Mormon, and his son Moroni in the 4th century, for "the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God." Joseph Smith is said to have translated the record by divine inspiration with assistance from the Urim and Thummim.
The Book of Mormon is of prime importance to the church as one of the greatest differentiating factors of the church as well as a spiritual foundation.
The Book of Mormon’s significance was reiterated in the late 20th century by Ezra Taft Benson, Apostle and 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Book_of_Mormon   (6973 words)

  
 The following is a reprint of the pamphlet 'Archaeology and the Book of Mormon' by Hal Ho   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The following is a reprint of the pamphlet 'Archaeology and the Book of Mormon' by Hal Ho The following is a reprint of the pamphlet 'Archaeology and the Book of Mormon' by Hal Ho The following is a reprint of the pamphlet "Archaeology and the Book of Mormon" by Hal Hougey (revised Ed.
This in itself, of course, does not disprove the Book of Mormon; for not enough is yet known of the actual period of that record in ancient America, or of the origin of the American Indians, for a final judgment at this time, scientifically speaking.
Geography of the 'Book of Mormon' Joseph Smith 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.
www.skepticfiles.org /evo2/bomarche.htm   (4423 words)

  
 The following is a reprint of the pamphlet +quot;Archaeology and the Book of Mormon+quot;   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The numerous books and articles by Latter-day Saints over the years have shown that Mormons believe that the fruits of archaeological research may be properly applied to verify the 'Book of Mormon'.
The 'Book of Mormon' tells of the voyage of the Jaredites from the Tower of Babel to America, and later of the voyage of Lehi and his sons from Jerusalem.
Certainly if the 'Book of Mormon' lands are limited to southern Mexico and Guatemala, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is not nearly narrow enough to be called a "narrow neck of land," in relation to the size of the adjoining territories.
www.skepticfiles.org /atheist2/bomarch.htm   (3721 words)

  
 Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - FARMS Review
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon is a vintage Tanner publication.
Book of Mormon geography and the location of the Hill Cumorah are extensively discussed by the Tanners (pp.
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon is dealt with on pages 97-125, and "Updated Materials" on 125A to 125G; a comparison of the two volumes will show that nearly all of the material is substantially the same.
farms.byu.edu /display.php?table=review&id=126   (7183 words)

  
 Archaeology and the Book of Mormon -- The Kinderhook Plates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon -- The Kinderhook Plates
We learn there was a Mormon present when the plates were found, who it is said, leaped for joy at the discovery, and remarked that it would go to prove the authenticity of the Book of Mormon--which it undoubtedly will...
Sharp, the Mormon Elder, leaped and shouted for joy and said, Satan had appeared to him and told him not to go (to the diggings), it was a hoax of Fugate and Wiley's, but at a later hour the Lord appeared and told him to go, the treasure was there.
www.xmission.com /~country/reason/kinder.htm   (4750 words)

  
 Playing Second Stone
For a book such as the Book of Mormon it can be possible to prove that is not an ancient document.
We can continue to change our comprehension of the Book of Mormon from the mystical explainer of all native populations in the Americas to something closer to what a real document might be.
If we are to expect that the Book of Mormon is a representation of an ancient document (and we all differ on how it represents an ancient document) it must still hold to certain guidelines.
frontpage2000.nmia.com /~nahualli/LDStopics/2ndstone.htm   (1590 words)

  
 Reachout Trust - LDS Mormon - Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - Printer Friendly File
Many scholars see no support for the Book of Mormon in the archaeological records, since no one has found any inscriptional evidence for, or material remains that can be tied directly to, any of the persons, places, or things mentioned in the book (Smithsonian Institution).
The subject of Book of Mormon archaeology is fraught with difficulties for the Mormon apologist.
Kaminaljuhu is the foremost candidate for the Book of Mormon City of Nephi and provides additional evidence for the Mesoamerican setting for the lands of the Book of Mormon.
www.reachouttrust.org /articles/lds/ldsarchgy_pf.htm   (2306 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Book of Mormon conference Sept. 29 and 30
Book of Mormon conference Sept. 29 and 30
Organizers of an upcoming conference on archaeology and the Book of Mormon hope to draw additional participants this year by setting the event just before the opening day of the semiannual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Scholars from Brigham Young University and its Foundation for Ancient Research in Mormon Studies are presenting, along with archaeologist V. Garth Norman of the Ancient America Foundation, and Elder Ted E. Bremerton, an emeritus general authority with the LDS Church.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,605155156,00.html   (467 words)

  
 Changing World Chapter 5 Part 3
The claims Mormon missionaries have made are fallacious and misleading (Archeology and the Book of Mormon, by Hal Hougey, rev. ed., 1976, pp.4-6, 8, 9, 14).
It would therefore be sheer nonsense to imagine that the assertions of the Book of Mormon may after all have been true, but that through the lapse of time all traces of such a written language may have disappeared.
Although Joseph Smith once said that "the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding its precepts, than by any other book," he departed from many of its teachings and proclaimed doctrines that were in direct contradiction to it.
www.utlm.org /onlinebooks/changech5c.htm   (5129 words)

  
 THE BOOK OF MORMON COMPARED TO MORMONISM, COMPARED TO THE BIBLE
The Book of Mormon is one of the four canonized Scriptures (1) of the Mormon Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
Most Mormon missionaries, early in their lessons to prospective converts, will ask them to pray about the truth of the Book of Mormon.(5) It should be obvious that Mormon leaders think very highly of the Book of Mormon.
The Tanner's book, on page 17 of their text and page 26 of the photocopy of the Book of Mormon, discusses the change made to what is now 1 Nephi 11:32 (Chapter 3, page 26 of the original Book of Mormon).
www.bcmmin.org /bomsweb.html   (9047 words)

  
 Book of Mormon Problems
Roberts, a General Authority of the Mormon Church, did an analysis of this book and its possible relation to the writing of the Book of Mormon in 1921 at the request of the leadership of the Mormon Church.
The Mormon Church has had a policy of not annotating its changes in the Book of Mormon, thus its people are not generally aware that it has been changing the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon teaches that both the white and the dark races inhabiting the Americas spoke and wrote a mutually intelligible language based on Hebrew as late as A.D. 400, and also that the knowledge of Egyptian writing was current, though it had been reformed (Mor.
www.saintsalive.com /mormonism/bomproblems.htm   (7358 words)

  
 Horses in the Book of Mormon - FARMS Papers
The Book of Mormon mentions horses, yet these animals seem not to have been known to native Americans who greeted the Spaniards upon their arrival in the New World in the sixteenth century.
Moreover, the Book of Mormon never says that horses were ridden or used in battle, although some passages suggest that at times they may have been used by the elite as a draft animal (see, for example, Alma 18:9; 3 Nephi 3:22).
It is also possible that some Book of Mormon peoples coming from the Old World may have decided to call some New World animal species a "horse" or an "ass." This practice, known as "loanshift" or "loan-extension," is well known to historians and anthropologists who study cross-cultural contact.
farms.byu.edu /display.php?id=129&table=transcripts   (1810 words)

  
 Testing The Book Of Mormon
Some Mormon scholars are beginning to publicly admit that archeology does not furnish any significant evidence for the Book of Mormon.
The Mormon Church granted hundreds of thousands of dollars to this organization, but in the end, Thomas Stuart Ferguson admitted that although the Foundation made some important contributions to New World archaeology, all his work with regard to the Book of Mormon was in vain.
While there is no archaeological evidence to support the Book of Mormon's claim that there were Nephites in the New World, the existence of the Israelites in the Holy Land is verified by a great deal of evidence.
home.computer.net /~cya/cy00039.html   (989 words)

  
 Mesoamerican Archaeology, Metallurgy and the Book of Mormon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mesoamerican Archaeology, Metallurgy and the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon does not give specific details as to the location of sites, and even if it did, all but a few pre-Classic names in Mesoamerica are unknown to scholars today.
She goes on, "[If metals were used by Book of Mormon peoples in Mesoamerica] somewhere there should be the mining localities and their associated tools, processing localities and the remains of the metal objects that were produced" (p.
www2.ida.net /graphics/shirtail/mesoamer.htm   (1635 words)

  
 The Bible vs Book of Mormon: Archaeology Verifies Truth
A remarkable archaeological find which verifies the historicity of the book of Jeremiah, is the discovery in 1975 of the ancient clay Seal of Baruch, the son of Neriah (Jer.
According to The Book of Mormon, a group of Israelites emigrated in 600 B.C. from Jerusalem to America.
On the one hand, the unique portions of The Book of Mormon (which are not copied from the Bible) do not demonstrate that they are accounts of anything historical, and they are not at all corroborated by archaeology.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/8830/history.html   (3975 words)

  
 Does Archaeology Support the Book of Mormon?
The Book of Mormon describes the world of its inhabitants as an hourglass-shaped land mass made up of a "land southward" surrounded by water except for a "narrow neck" of land connecting it to a "land northward" (Alma 22:32).
For instance, while the Book of Mormon makes it clear that the rival Nephite and Lamanite civilizations were centered near the "narrow neck" of land (understood to be somewhere in Central America), it says that they agreed to meet for their epic final battle at the "hill Cumorah" (Mormon 6:1-6).
In order to remove these inherent improbabilities and protect the credibility of the Book of Mormon as authentic history, a number of LDS scholars have proposed a new approach to Book of Mormon geography called the "limited geography theory." The most influencial proponent of this view is Prof.
www.irr.org /mit/bomarch1.html   (2623 words)

  
 Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - The Christian Arsenal
Your recent inquiry concerning the Smithsonian Institution's alleged use of the Book of Mormon as a scientific guide has been received in the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology.
The Book of Mormon is a religious document and not a scientific guide.
Accurate information about the Smithsonian's position is contained in the enclosed "Statement Regarding the Book of Mormon," which was prepared to respond to the numerous inquiries that the Smithsonian receives on this topic.
www.christianarsenal.com /Apologetics/MormonArch.htm   (157 words)

  
 Amazon.com -zShops: Hunter, Milton R.: ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BOOK OF MORMON - Volume 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Amazon.com -zShops: Hunter, Milton R.: ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BOOK OF MORMON - Volume 1
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