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Legal codes in the Book of Mormon
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Question
Do the legal concepts in the Book of Mormon better match Joseph Smith's day, or the ancient world?
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Endnotes
Template:Joseph Smith BoM beyond expectations
Further reading
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External links
- John W. Welch, "Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1/1 (1992): 119–141.*
Printed material
- John W. Welch, "Law and War in the Book of Mormon," in Warfare in the Book of Mormon, ed. Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990), 46–102. ISBN 0875793002.GospeLink
- John W. Welch, "Lehi's Last Will and Testament: A Legal Approach," in The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989), 61–82
- John W. Welch, "Law in the Book of Mormon: The Nephite Court Cases" (FARMS paper, 1996)
- John W. Welch, "'If a Man . . .': The Casuistic Law Form in the Book of Mormon" (FARMS paper, 1987).
- John W. Welch, "Series of Laws in the Book of Mormon" (FARMS paper, 1987)
- John W. Welch, "Judicial Process in the Trial of Abinadi" (FARMS paper, 1981).