Category: Arabian Bountiful
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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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What’s in a name: Irreantum
Paul Y. Hoskisson Published 2002 A discussion of possible Semitic roots of the unique Book of Mormon word “Irreantum” Citation Hoskisson, Paul Y., Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee. “What’s in a Name? Irreantum.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies11, no. 1 (2002): 90-93, 114-15. Read more
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A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75–100
Author Alexander Militarev Published 2014 Found on pages 177-178 the Semitic root RWY seems to serve as the root of unique Book of Mormon word “Irreantum” with the provided translation of “many waters” Citation Militarev, Alexander. “A Complete Etymology-Based Hundred Wordlist of Semitic Updated: Items 75–100.” Journal of Language Relationship 11 (2014): 159–185. Moscow: Institute Read more
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Across Arabia with Lehi and Sariah
Warren P. Aston draws on his own research in Yemen and Oman as well as on the work of other scholars and researchers to explore two locations in the Book of Mormon account of Lehi’s journey through Arabia: Nahom and Bountiful. Preliminarily, Aston highlights Nephi’s own directional indications for each leg of the journey, considers Read more
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Through the Arabian Desert
Eugene England examines the route taken by the Book of Mormon emigrants from Jerusalem across Arabia to the sea, testing the hypothesis that Joseph Smith, or one of his contemporaries, made up the account of that journey on the basis of information available in the 1820s. Eugene England, “Through the Arabian Desert to a Bountiful Land: Could Joseph Read more
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An Archeologist’s View (Response to Near East Book of Mormon Studies)
Seasoned archeologist Jeffrey R. Chadwick responds to studies conducted by Warren Aston, Richard Wellington, George Potter, and KentBrown regarding the trail which Lehi and his family traveled through the Arabian Peninsula. Read more
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Identifying our Best Candidate for Nephi’s Bountiful
Warren P. Aston addresses alternative theories for the location of Nephi’s bountiful. He explains the possibilities and shortcomings of Khor Rori, Khor Kharfot, and Khor Mughsayl. Read more
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Arabian Bountiful Discovered? Evidence for Nephi’s Bountiful
Warren P. Ashton identifies Khor Kharfot in Yemen as a potential site of Nephi’s bountiful, being in the proper location and meeting the requirements laid out within the Book of Mormon Read more