Category: Book of Mormon Evidence
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered
1992 Eisenman, R., & Wise, M. (1992). The Dead Sea Scrolls uncovered. Element. Read more
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The Nahom Maps
Several maps from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries support details of Lehi’s journey as recorded in the Book of Mormon. In 1751, the renowned cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D’Anville became the first to include Nahom (or Nehem), Ishmael’s burial place in the Book of Mormon, in his map of Asia. This map and a 1771 Read more
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The Nahom Convergence Reexamined: The Eastward Trail, Burial of the Dead, and the Ancient Borders of Nihm
For decades, several Latter-day Saint scholars have maintained that there is a convergence between the location of Nahom in the Book of Mormon and the Nihm region of Yemen. To establish whether there really is such a convergence, I set out to reexamine where the narrative details of 1 Nephi 16:33–17:1 best fit within the Read more
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Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants
References both the Frankincense trial or incense road and the summer monsoons of the Qura mountains in which Nephi’s bountiful is located. K. Hammer, J. Gebauer, S. Al Khanjari,A. Buerkert 2009 Hammer, K. & Gebauer, Jens & Al Khanjari, Sulaiman & Buerkert, Andreas. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Genetic Read more
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The Arrival of Strangers’: Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History
David Stuart 1990 Stuart, David. “’The Arrival of Strangers’: Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History.” Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs, 1990. Read more
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Some Working notes on the Text of Tikal Stela 31
David Stuart 2011 University of Texas Austin Read more
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In the Thirty and Forth Year: A Geologist’s View of the Great Destruction in 3 Nephi
Bart J. Kowallis 1998 BYU Studies 37:3 Read more
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Volcanic Destruction in the Book of Mormon: Possible Evidence from Ice Cores
Third Nephi 8 preserves a written account of a natural disaster at the time of Christ’s death that many assume to have been caused by volcanic activity. In a modern-day science quest, the author examines research done on glacial ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. Ice-core records can reveal volcanic gases and ashes that are Read more
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“The Great and Terrible Judgments of the Lord”: Destruction and Disaster in 3 Nephi and the Geology of Mesoamerica
Review of Jerry Grover’s Geology of the Book of Mormon: Over recent decades, several Latter-day Saint scholars and scientists have offered analysis and comparison to geologic events and the destruction recorded in 3 Nephi 8-9. Jerry Grover makes an important contribution to this literature as he provides background on geologic processes and phenomena, details the Read more
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A Modern Example of a Night without Darkness
A remarkable event recorded in the Book of Mormon was the night of Christ’s birth, at which time light remained even after sundown (see Helaman 14:3-4; 3 Nephi 1:8, 15). To some this seems impossible, totally unexplainable in scientific terms despite the fact that the Bible describes similar phenomena for the Israelite exodus from Egypt Read more