The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Book of Mormon Mormon's record

The Book of Mormon is the name of a book, or division, in the larger Book of Mormon. This book has been divided into nine chapters. According to the text, the first seven chapters were written by the prophet Mormon and the last two were written by his son Moroni. The book thus explains the alleged provenance of the Book of Mormon as an ancient record, mostly of the Nephites, compiled by Mormon and Moroni on Golden Plates. See also. Book of Mormon Mormon (pr ...

The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia II - Book of Mormon - Book of Mormon Editions The Book of Mormon is published today in the following forms: by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the expanded title The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ for the Community of Christ by Herald House as Book of Mormon - Revised Authorized Version (1966) and Book of Mormon - Authorized Version (1908) by the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates tak ...

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Book of Mormon - Origin of the Book of Mormon

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Book of Mormon - Role of the Book of Mormon in Mormonism

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Book of Mormon - Book of Mormon Editions

The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Bountiful Book of Mormon

In the First Book of Nephi in the Book of Mormon, Bountiful is a lush land in the south of the Arabian peninsula where Lehi and his party settle temporarily before building their ship. After the ship is completed, they depart Bountiful and sail to the Americas. Today, in Mormon culture, the most popular traditional location of Bountiful is Dhofar in modern Oman. This association is not widely disputed, th ...

The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Archaeology and the Book of Mormon

Supporters and critics alike have long attempted to use archaeology to support their respective views of the origin(s) of the Book of Mormon. Although the Book of Mormon is considered an inspired sacred text by the entire Latter Day Saint movement, not all Latter Day Saint scholars, or Latter Day Saints, accept the view that the Book of Mormon is an actual history of any Native American people. As a matter of faith, most Latter Day Saints have traditionally interpreted the book as an actual history of the Native American peo ...

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Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - Archaeological and Genetic problems for the Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Anti-Mormonism

Anti-Mormonism refers to affirmative opposition to Mormonism as an institution. In general usage, anti-Mormonism is more than mere criticism of or disagreement with Latter Day Saint doctrines or policies; rather, it also involves opposition to the religion's existence, usually by other Christians on grounds of faith, or by others on political or sociological grounds. The term anti-Mormonism is also used pejoratively (in a sense similar to anti-Semitism, although Mormonism is not an ethnicity) by some Latter Day Saints to ...

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Anti-Mormonism - Blind obedience

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Abinadi

In the Book of Mormon, Abinadi is a prophet who visits the court of King Noah at Lehi-Nephi, and pleads for them to repent of their iniquity. Abinadi gives Noah the message of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth in the flesh, to live among the children of men. Noah and the priests of Noah condemn Abinadi to death because Abinadi says the Lord will live among men, which they assert is a blasphemous teaching; Noah threatens Abinadi that if he doesn't recall all the words he has said against him and his priests, they will kill h ...

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Abinadi - Etymology

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Book of Abraham

The Book of Abraham is a text originally published by Joseph Smith, Jr., purporting to be a translation of the writings of Abraham. Some Latter Day Saint denominations, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accept the book as scripture. Other denominations, such as the Community of Christ, and many individuals, consider it to be a work of inspired (or even non-inspired) fiction. Book of Abraham - Origin. The work is based on a set of Egyptian papyri that Joseph Smith obtained in ...

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Zedekiah

Zedekiah or Tzidkiyáhu (צִדְקִיָּהוּ "Righteous of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Ẓidqiyyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣiḏqiyyāhû; BoM Arabic صدقيا Ṣidqiyyā) was the last king of Judah. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 597 BC-587 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 597 BC-586 BC. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, thus he was the brother ...

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Zedekiah - Life and reign

Zedekiah - Sources

Zedekiah - Book of Mormon

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Cumorah

The hill Cumorah (also called Mormon Hill or Ramah) is a place described in the the Book of Mormon where the Nephites were destroyed in a final battle with the Lamanites, and according to Joseph Smith, Jr., it was a place where many Nephite records and other artifacts were kept in a cave. The Book of Mormon identifies the hill Cumorah as the same hill called "Ramah" where the last Jaredite battle also took place. A drumlin near Smith's hometown of Manchester in Western New York was given this name by Smith ...

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Cumorah - Location of Cumorah

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Kolob

In Mormonism, Kolob is a star or planet mentioned in the Book of Abraham as being nearest to the throne of God. The literal existence and the exact nature of Kolob is a controversial topic in Mormon theology, as is the Book of Abraham. However, the idea of Kolob has had an influence in Mormon theology and culture, particularly within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kolob - Description of Kolob in the Book of Abraham. The first known reference to Kolob is found in the Book of Abraham, ...

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - David Whitmer

David Whitmer (1805–1888) is remembered in the Latter Day Saint movement as the most interviewed of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates. David Whitmer - Early Life. David Whitmer was born January 7, 1805 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — the fourth of nine children of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman. By the 1820s, the Whitmer family had moved to a farm in Fayette, in New York's Finger Lakes area. David Whitmer - Role in the early Latter Day Saint movement< ...

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Shunning

Shunning is the act of deliberately avoiding association with an individual or group. The historical punishments of ostracism and exile were forms of shunning. Today, shunning in an official, formalized manner is practiced by only a few religions, although it continues to be practiced informally in every sort of human grouping or gathering. Religious shunning is often applied to those who have been excommunicated (also v ...

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Shunning - Shunning in Christian denominations

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia - Harrowing of Hell

The Harrowing of Hell is the traditional English name in Christian theology for an event affirmed in the Apostles' Creed, which says Jesus "descended into Hell" (or Hades). Harrowing of Hell - In the creeds. Sometimes this is translated as "descended to the dead." The original Latin wording is descendit ad inferos, and in Greek it is κατελθοντα εις τα κατωτατα, ("katelthonta eis ta katôtata"). The Greek κατωτατα and the Latin inferos might best be ...

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The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia II - Book of Mormon - Content

Book of Mormon - Title Page. The title page, translated from the last of the golden plates, states: "The Book of Mormon - an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the Plates of Nephi "Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites — Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile — Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revela ...

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Bible conspiracy theory - The Bible as a lie

The Book of Mormon: Encyclopedia II - Book of Mormon - Origin of the Book of Mormon

See Linguistics and the Book of Mormon for additional information and analysis on authorship. Book of Mormon - Authorship. This is a much debated point. Many different parties have differing views on the origin of the Book of Mormon. If the book is what it purports to be then it is an ancient record, compiled and abridged by Mormon of the pre-Colombian Native Americans, recording the generations of his nation and the teachings of ancient Hebrews. If not, it was written by Joseph Smith and his associates.

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