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**FAIR entry on "gold plates" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Metal_plates (Link)]
 
**FAIR entry on "gold plates" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Metal_plates (Link)]
 
*"they are among the ancestors of the American Indians."
 
*"they are among the ancestors of the American Indians."
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**Michael F. Whiting, "The Book of Mormon at the Bar of DNA 'Evidence'" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=23&num=2&id=334 (Link)]
 
  
 
===Structure and Composition of the Book of Mormon, Literary Elements===
 
===Structure and Composition of the Book of Mormon, Literary Elements===
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*John L. Sorenson, "Religious Groups and Movements among the Nephites, 200–1 B.C." [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=46&chapid=248 (Link)]
 
*John L. Sorenson, "Religious Groups and Movements among the Nephites, 200–1 B.C." [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=46&chapid=248 (Link)]
 
*John W. Welch, "Charting the Book of Mormon" [http://byustudies.byu.edu/januarybomcharts/browse.html (Link)]
 
*John W. Welch, "Charting the Book of Mormon" [http://byustudies.byu.edu/januarybomcharts/browse.html (Link)]
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===DNA===
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*Daniel C. Peterson (Editor), "The Book of Mormon and DNA Research" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=106 (Link)]
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*Michael F. Whiting, "The Book of Mormon at the Bar of DNA 'Evidence'" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=23&num=2&id=334 (Link)]
  
 
===The Book of Mormon and Historicity===
 
===The Book of Mormon and Historicity===

Revision as of 14:14, 29 September 2012

The Three and Eight Witnesses and Other Witnesses

  • Robert L. Marrott, "Law of Witnesses" (Link)
  • FAIR collection of articles on Book of Mormon Witnesses (Link)
  • Keith W. Perkins, "David Whitmer" (Link)

Translation of the Book of Mormon

  • John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, "How Long Did It Take to Translate the Book of Mormon?" (Link)
  • John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, "Translation of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith" (Link)
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Matthew Roper, "Revelation and the Urim and Thummim" (Link)
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Joseph Smith's Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "Urim and Thummim" (Link)
  • Hugh Nibley, "Classics from the Past: Literary Style Used in Book of Mormon Insured Accurate Translation" (Link)
  • Richard L. Bushman and Dean C. Jessee, "Joseph Smith" (Link)
  • Richard E. Turley Jr., "Seer Stones" (Link)

Textual History of the English Translation of the Book of Mormon

M. Gerald Bradford and Alison V.P. Coutts, "Uncovering the Original Text of the Book of Mormon (Collection)" (Link)

Language

  • FAIR entry on "Hebrew and Native American languages" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "Reformed Egyptian (Link)
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "It Is OK Not to Have Every Answer: The Book of Mormon Onomastic Ending -(i)hah" (Link)

Title Page

  • "Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites"
    • John L. Sorenson, "Mormon's Sources" (Link)
  • "And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men"
    • Royal Skousen, "The Original Book of Mormon Transcript" (Link)
  • "Author and Proprietor" (1830 Title Page)
    • John W. Welch, and Miriam Smith, "Joseph Smith: "Author and Proprietor"" (Link)

Introduction

  • "written on gold plates"
    • John Gee, "Egyptian Writing on Gold 'Plates'" (Link, URL for article doesn't work, click on PDF file to view article)
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "Etruscan Gold Book from 600 B.C. Discovered" (Link)
    • "More Gold Plates" (Link)
    • "Another Gold Book Found"(Link)(Link)
    • FAIR entry on "gold plates" (Link)
  • "they are among the ancestors of the American Indians."

Structure and Composition of the Book of Mormon, Literary Elements

  • Grant R. Hardy and Robert E. Parsons, "Plates and Records in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Robert F. Smith, "Assessing the Broad Impact of Jack Welch's Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "The Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon: Forty Years Later" (Link)
  • Donald W. Perry, "Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon: The Complete Text Reformatted" (Link)
  • Hugh W. Pinnock, "Finding Biblical Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Richard Dilworth Rust, "Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon (Collection)" (Link)
  • Donald W. Perry, "The Book of Mormon: Integrity and Internal Consistency" (Link)
  • Marilyn Arnold, "Unlocking the Sacred Text" (Link)
  • Richard Dilworth Rust, "Questions Answered: My Study and Teaching of American Literature and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Good and True" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Chiasmus in Antiquity (Collection)" (Link)

The Testimony of the Three Witnesses

  • Susan Easton Black, and Larry C. Porter, ""Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time" (Link)

Historical Studies

  • John W. Welch, "Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?" (Link)
  • Daniel C. Peterson and Donald L. Enders, "Can the 1834 Affidavits Attacking the Smith Family be Trusted?" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not" (Link)
  • Warren P. Aston, "The Rings That Bound the Gold Plates Together" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "What Did Charles Anthon Really Say?" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "View of the Hebrews: "An Unparallel"" (Link)
  • Richard C. Roberts, "View of the Hebrews" (Link)
  • Richard E. Bennett, ""A Nation Now Extinct," American Indian Origin Theories as of 1820: Samuel L. Mitchill, Martin Harris, and the New York Theory" (Link)
  • Donald Q. Cannon, "In the Press: Early Newspaper Reports on the Initial Publication of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Matthew Roper, "Early Publications on the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Miscellaneous Items

  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Studies of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Royal Skousen,"Fragments of Original Manuscript Discovered," (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Roberts Affirms Book of Mormon Antiquity" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "No, Sir, That's Not History!" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson and John W. Welch, "The Sobering Lesson of the Grolier Codex" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Marilyn Arnold, ""Words, words, words": Hugh Nibley on the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, "Ancient Europeans in America?" (Link)

Topical Overview Articles

  • John L. Sorenson, "Peoples of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Camille Fronk, "Prophecy in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Religious Teachings and Practices in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "The Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Link)
  • Victor L. Ludlow, "Covenant Teachings of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Louis Midgley, "To Remember and Keep: On the Book of Mormon as an Ancient Book" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, "Religious Groups and Movements among the Nephites, 200–1 B.C." (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Charting the Book of Mormon" (Link)

DNA

  • Daniel C. Peterson (Editor), "The Book of Mormon and DNA Research" (Link)
  • Michael F. Whiting, "The Book of Mormon at the Bar of DNA 'Evidence'" (Link)

The Book of Mormon and Historicity

  • Elder Dallin H. Oaks, "Worthy of Another Look: The Historicity of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Robert L. Millet, "The Book of Mormon, Historicity, & Faith" (Link)
  • Hugh Nibley, "The Book of Mormon: A Minimal Statement" (Link)
  • Terryl L. Givens, "Joseph Smith's American Bible: Radicalizing the Familiar" (Link)

The Book of Mormon in Other Languages and Cultures

  • Hugh G. Stocks, "Translations of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Shinji Takagi, "Proclaiming the Way in Japanese: The 1909 Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Authorship Studies

  • G. Bruce Schaalje, Matthew Roper, and Paul Fields, "Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History" (Link)
  • Bruce A VanOrden, "Sidney Rigdon" (Link)
  • Matthew Roper, Paul Fields, and Atul Nepal, "Wordprint Analysis and Joseph Smith's Role as Editor of the Times and Seasons" (Link)

Isaiah in the Book of Mormon

  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Isaiah Variants in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Donald W. Parry, and Stephen D. Ricks, "Worthy of Another Look: The Great Isaiah Scroll and the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Book of Mormon time keeping

  • John L. Sorenson, "Comments on Nephite Chronology" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman" (Link)
  • Randall P. Spackman, "The Jewish/Nephite Lunar Calendar" (Link)
  • FAIR article on "the week in the Americas" (Link)

Main Themes

  • Warfare
    • William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks, "Warfare in the Book of Mormon" (article collection) (Link)
    • William J. Hamblin, "Warfare in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • FAIR entry on "Warfare" (Link)
    • Ray C. Hillam, "Secret Combination" (Link)
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