Category: Evidence
Chrism, Temples, and Interesting Books and Texts
There are a few books I’d like recommend to serious LDS students of the Temple. Several time previously I’ve mentioned Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible by…
The Ojibway Metal Plate: An Intriguing Episode
Today I’m happy to share an article contributed by a Latter-day Saint in Wisconsin, Mark Treter. It relates to a common question about the Book of Mormon: Is there any…
A Temple Gone Dark: An Important New Slant on the Themes of Nephi’s Vision and Lehi’s Dream
Lehi’s famous dream and Nephi’s expanded version of the vision just became more meaningful, thanks to the insights offered by D. John Butler in his ebook, Plain and Precious Things:…
A New Twist on the Spalding Theory–And Sidney’s Amazing Voice Trick
For some critics, the story of the lost 116 pages in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon is utterly ridiculous. Some say it shows Joseph was just making…
What A Non-LDS Scholar Said about Chiasmus
I recommend reading http://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1131&index=1 to the scholarly book, Chiasmus in Antiquity, edited by John Welch. The full text of that intriguing book is available free online at the Maxwell Institute….
Textual Criticism and the Book of Mormon (Emphasis on 2 Nephi 26-27)
Robert F. Smith’s chapter, “Textual Criticism of the Book of Mormon” is one of many interesting sections in the book Reexploring the Book of Mormon by John W. Welch. Detailed…
More on Word Pairs and Hebraisms
My previous post linked to a significant 1997 article by Kevin Barney that revealed the presence in the Book of Mormon of a recently recognized traditional element of ancient Hebrew…
Two Paths in a Complex Book
In my last post, I discussed the issue of war in the Book of Mormon and the diverse experiences it covers. One reader commented that the Book of Mormon doesn’t…
Truer Than Ever: The Book of Abraham
One of the biggest challenges to my personal testimony of the reality of the Restoration came when I was serving as Bishop years ago. I was exploring one of the…
Away from the Heartland: Joseph Smith, John Lloyd Stephens, and a Mesoamerican Setting for the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon Archeology Foundation [Aug. 2024 update: the BMAF.org website recently became defunct, so links are to archived pages] has decided it’s time to speak out against what…
