Book of Mormon geography/Models/Internal

From FAIRMormon

Model Name	Date Proposed	Scope	Narrow Neck	Land North	Land South	Cumorah	River Sidon	Nephi's Landing	Religion	Type of model
Tyler n.d.	n.d		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Lauritzen n.d.	n.d.		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Washburn/Washburn 1939	1939		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Ferguson 1947	1947		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Ludlow n.d.	1964		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Ludlow 1976	1976		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Nielson 1987	1987		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Proctor 1988	1988		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit

Table based on John L. Sorenson, The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book (Provo, Utah: FARMS, revised edition, 1992), 32. AISN B0006QHZWE. off-site with additions and corrections by FAIR Wiki editors.

Book of Mormon geography models in table form:

• By Author
  • All models by author name
  • LDS models
  • RLDS models
  • Models posited by critics
• By Date
  • All models by date of authorship
• By Scope
  • Hemispheric geography theory (HGT) models
  • Limited geography theory (LGT) models
• By Type
  • External (real world) models
  • Internal models - describes relationship between Book of Mormon places, but no attempt at real-world correlate

Book of Mormon Geography

• Book of Mormon geography
  • Statements made by LDS leaders
    • First Presidency Letter
  • Old World
  • New World
    • Hemispheric geography theory (HGT)
    • Limited geography theory (LGT)
      • Plates to New York
      • Great Lakes geography?
        • Vernal Holley (1983) geography
      • DNA and geographic issues
        • Haplotype X2a?
    • Demographics and Population sizes
    • Lamanites in the Doctrine and Covenants
    • Borders of the Lamanites
    • Book of Mormon and the Mound Builders
    • Zarahemla near Nauvoo?
    • Zelph
    • Place names from Joseph's environment?
      • Comoros Islands and Moroni
• New World geography models in table form
• Historicity of Book of Mormon
• Archaeology and the Bible