Tag: Book of Mormon
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 Meal in Shanghai Can Teach Us about the Book of Mormon
This post follows up on my previous post about “The Grainsayers.” This week I enjoyed a wonderful conversation and some great food at Shanghai’s best and healthiest bakery (IMHO), Nancy’s…
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….
Off to a Great Start: The Mormon Interpreter and Nephi’s Encounter with the Divine
The painful void that will be left at the Maxwell Institute is already being filled with the launch of the very promising new Mormon Interpreter. Check out the new scholarly…
Beware a Hacked Site Related to John Sorenson’s Open Letter to Michael Coe
“An Open Letter to Michael Coe” by John L. Sorenson is an outstanding reminder of the dangers of taking a casual approach in confronting the Book of Mormon. Yes, it’s…
Coming Soon: A New Book of Mormon Origins Movie Starring Sidney Rigdon–as the Angel Moroni
I’ll soon be reviewing one of the best and most thoughtful anti-Mormon books I’ve read. It’s one of the very few that recognize that there has been interesting scholarship on…
Not That Simple: Book of Mormon Geography and Dating
Those with interest in either supporting or attacking the Book of Mormon using science can make a host of unintentional errors. Sometimes the errors come from misreading or misapplying the…
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…
Our Semitic Book of Mormon: Hebraic Word Pairs (and Question on Mosiah 7:11)
Kevin Barney’s impressive article, “Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon” published by the Maxwell Institute is a must-read for those interested in the issue of…
