Category: Book of Mormon Evidence
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The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque
A 200 page book discussing the art and writings found with Temple XIX at Palenque including translations. Interestingly passages S-7 and S-7 use variations of the common Book of Mormon phrase “it came to pass” David Stuart 2005 Stuart, David. The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque. San Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 2005. Read more
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Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages
Review of Brian D. Stubbs, Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan John S. Robertson 2017 John S. Robertson, Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages,Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): Read more
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Was There Hebrew Language in Ancient America? An Interview with Brian Stubbs
Brian Stubbs 2000 Stubbs, Brian (2000) “Was There Hebrew Language in Ancient America? An Interview with Brian Stubbs,”Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 9 : No. 2 , Article 9. Read more
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Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan
This book is full of technical details designed for a trained linguist. Brian Stubbs has toiled for decades as one of the foremost Uto-Aztecan linguists. His highly-acclaimed 2011 Uto-Aztecan: A Comparative Vocabulary is followed by this work. For many years he has been patiently gathering massive data that shows profound Semitic and Egyptian influences in… Read more
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Anachronisms in the Book of Mormon
Brant A. Gardner 2016 Brant A. Gardner, “Anachronisms in the Book of Mormon,” in A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History, ed. Laura Harris Hales (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016), 33-44. Read more
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The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5
Stephen D. Ricks 1994 Ricks, Stephen D. and Welch, John W., “The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5”(1994). Maxwell Institute Publications. 79. Read more
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188 Unexplainable Names: Book of Mormon Names No Fiction Writer Would Choose
Lehi, Nephi, Helaman, Shiblon, Moronihah, Amalickiah, Korihor, Pahoran, Lamoni, Zeezrom, Shiz—what strange names! Most are difficult to pronounce, remember, classify, and keep straight. And there are 188 of them. Joseph Smith claimed to have translated the Book of Mormon from ancient records that included authentic names, which he was not at liberty to change. Sharon Black and Brad… Read more
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CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF WARFARE IN THE MAYA WORLD
Archaeological studies worldwide have revealed a wide range of cultural contexts within which practices of violence and warfare have occurred. In Mesoamerica, ongoing studies have enriched our understanding of social contexts of violence and warfare in Maya societies. This expanding body of field data allows deeper exploration of the ways violence was intricately linked to… Read more
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CLASSIC MAYA WARFARE AND WEAPONS: Spear, dart, and arrow points of Aguateca and Copan
this article discusses spear, dart, and arrow points used by the Classic Maya elites at the rapidly abandoned fortified city ofAguateca, Guatemala, and their temporal and spatial distribution patterns in and around Copan, Honduras. Both the royal familyand elite scribes/artists at Aguateca used spear and dart points for intergroup human conflict as well as for… Read more