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116 lost pages 21, 27, 30—1, 64, 78, 114
1879 edition of Book of Mormon 85, 261
1826 trial of Joseph Smith Jr. 26
1830 edition of Book of Mormon 4, 7, 19, 21, 33, 35, 45, 52, 84, 87, 101—2, 141, 142—5, 245, 388
1832 autobiography of Joseph Smith Jr. 24—5, 26, 29
1839 autobiography of Joseph Smith Jr. 24—5, 29
Aaronic Priesthood, restoration of 32, 43, 44
Abinadi 211, 428, 459
abnormal psychology of Joseph Smith Jr. See psychological explanations of Joseph Smith Jr.
Abraham, book of 124
abridgment
of Book of Mormon 212—3, 221—2, 319, 320, 405, 407, 420—1, 444
of Jaredite record 256
accounts
Alma's conversion 12—3, 197, 208, 311—21
of eyewitnesses of events 145, 180—1, 312, 320, 388
of Joseph Smith Jr. See Smith, Joseph, Jr.
of origin and recovery of Book of Mormon. See alternative theories of origin; origin of Book of Mormon divine; recovery of Book of Mormon
personal, variations in 311—21
of Book of Mormon recovery 1, 19—20, 22, 24—5, 36
Paul's, of vision of Christ 12, 312
of warfare 533, 535
of witnesses of plates of gold 22, 39—60, 61, 62
accuracy of wordprints 225—6, 227—8, 229
Adam, fall of 298—9, 305—6, 347, 360, 370, 428
adieu in the Book of Mormon 146—7
An Address to All Believers in Christ 48, 82
Advertiser and Telegraph (newspaper) 22
agriculture of Book of Mormon 183, 184, 527—8
Aho, James, on religion and ancient warfare 537
Albright, William F.
on Near Eastern elements in Mesoamerica 448, 457
on Bethlehem in Amarna letters 156
Alma as man's name 145—6, 167n. 10
Alma, book of
chiasms in 207, 208, 204, 210, 211, 220
wordprints from 239—43, 243, 253n. 21
Alma1
on conducting warfare 470
preaching of 467
and record keeping 465
Alma2
account of angelic encounter of 12—3, 311—21
blessing/teachings to Helaman2 208, 212, 315, 317, 319—20,
conversion accounts of 12—3, 197, 208, 311—21
on Jesus' birthplace 155
preaching of 69, 417, 423, 467
prophecies of 409, 428, 474, 475
and record keeping 215, 423, 453, 465
on time and immortality 360
writings of 302
Alter, Robert, on literary parallelisms 295, 306—7
alternating parallel lines 12, 295, 301—6
alternative theories of origin 4, 5, 7—8, 9—10, 19, 23, 33, 36, 97, 99—100, 102—39, 159—63, 391
Amalickiah, spelling of in original manuscript 79—83
Amarna letters 156, 172n. 45
American Indians. See Indians
Amlicite insurrection 279—80, 423
Ammon2 319, 404, 405, 434
Ammonihah 313, 417, 474
Ammoron 421, 424, 433
Amulek 423, 450
anabasis 298, 186
anachronisms 166—7n. 7
in Book of Mormon 8, 104, 145—59, 266
analysis, textual. See textual studies
An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon 259
ancient origin of Book of Mormon. See authenticity of Book of Mormon; origin of Book of Mormon divine; evidence for antiquity
ancient texts
compared to one another 214—5
histories biased in 129—35
and population figures 256—60, 282, 287
compared to Book of Mormon 15, 213—4, 323—74, 376—7, 391—521
See also records
ancient trade routes 381—2, 524
ancient warfare 15, 377, 526—39. See also warfare
Anderson, Richard Lloyd, on witnesses of plates of gold 5—6, 20, 39—60, 162
angelic encounter(s) 326—72
Alma's 12—3, 311—21
of Book of Mormon witnesses 33, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 53, 57, 58n. 5
of Lehi 331, 334, 339
of Nephi 331, 338—9
of Smith, Joseph, Jr. 24—5. See also origin of Book of Mormon divine: Joseph Smith Jr.'s claim of
of sons of Mosiah 312—3
of Zosimus 326, 331, 339, 342—3. See also Narrative of Zosimus
angels, voice of 313, 314—5, 316, 319
animals
and warfare 524, 528—9, 530, 531, 538
in Book of Mormon 149—50
The Annals of the Cakchiquels 149, 432, 439, 448, 457
The Ante-Nicene Fathers 326
Anthon, Charles
and transcription of characters from Book of Mormon 29, 64, 414—7, 454, 457—8, 491, 496
on Mesoamerican geography 398
anti-Masonry 23, 116
anti-Mormon criticism. See criticism of Book of Mormon
antiquity, evidence for 1—17, 99—100, 121, 145—59, 182—9, 192n. 21, 537
chiasmus as 10, 196, 214, 221
apocryphal works. See Narrative of Zosimus
Arab conquests 523, 528
Arabian peninsula 14—5, 376
geography of 376, 379—89
Joseph Smith Jr.'s knowledge of 379
Lehi's journey through 13—4, 148, 183, 379—89
Arad temple 154
Arbaugh, George, on Solomon Spaulding and Book of Mormon story 113
archaeology
and the Bible 257
and Book of Mormon 148, 152, 153, 170—1n. 38, 184, 259, 260, 262, 263, 376, 394, 414
and Mesoamerica 184, 431
as a discipline 394, 482—7
armor/weaponry 183, 411, 526, 529, 530, 531, 532, 538
artistic quality of Book of Mormon 205—6
Ashment, Ed, on teachings of Book of Mormon 126
Aston, Warren P. and Michaela Knoth, on Lehi's journey through Arabia 14, 148, 376, 379—83
astrology, astronomy, and divination 402, 407, 410, 469, 471—3, 502—3n. 78, 464—5, 516—7n. 185, 520n. 212, 539
authenticity of Book of Mormon 1—17, 19—20, 95—100, 102, 129—30, 145, 164, 179—81, 188—9, 195—7, 486
Mormon belief in 1—5, 193n. 22
scholarship supports 2—4, 8, 121, 193n. 22, 195—7, 255—6
witnesses affirm 5—6, 50, 54, 98, 99. See also Eight Witnesses; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three Witnesses
See also origin of Book of Mormon divine; evidence for antiquity; Smith, Joseph, Jr.: as supposed author
author identification. See wordprint studies
authorship, multiple 10—1, 196, 198, 210—1, 221, 226, 234, 241, 307, 375
Aztecs
history, rewriting of 430, 431
language 436, 515—6n. 179
origin 262, 489n. 9
prophets 463—5
records 401, 413, 437, 496n. 51
destruction of 412, 425
writing 445
Babylonian rule of Judah 156—7, 449
baptism 32, 155, 159, 297—8
baptism for the dead 158
barley in ancient America 149, 184, 191n. 15
battle casualty rates and population 279—80, 293n. 55, 532, 535
battle narratives in Book of Mormon 533
beauty of Book of Mormon text, literary 201, 205—6, 221
beheading of Shiz 147
Benjamin, King 208
acension of 279
coronation of son (Mosiah2) 426—7
on returning to Christ 365
speech of 184, 206, 209, 210—1, 212, 406, 418, 466
reign and life of 405, 411
on understanding other languages 441, 442—3, 452, 466
prophecies of 428
Bennett, James Gordon, on Mormonism 36
Benson, Ezra Taft, on Book of Mormon witnesses 56—7
Beowulf 152
Berkeley Group (on wordprint studies) 225—6, 232—5, 248n. 1, 251n. 13
Bernal, Ignacio, on Mesoamerican religion 467
Bethlehem 154—8, 191n. 16, 172n. 45
bias (ethnic) in ancient texts 429—35
Bible 23, 87, 104, 105, 115, 125, 148, 154, 164, 167n. 7, 200, 207, 214, 235, 256, 393, 407
Christ's birthplace recorded in 171n. 41
historical content of 256—9, 266
Joseph Smith Jr.'s knowledge of 155, 171n. 41, 218
populations of 187, 257—8
proving 259
quotations from 235, 249n. 4
use of in early church 393
warfare in 183, 529, 531
See also Gold Bible
Bible, Hebrew 215, 537
biblical literary forms 12, 186, 191n. 18
chiasmus 200, 207, 214, 217, 221
parallelisms 12, 218, 306, 308n. 2
biblical proof archaeology 259
birthplace of Jesus 154—8, 171n. 41, 191n. 16
Blass, Frederich, on detecting forgeries 180—1
blessing of Alma2 to Helaman2 208, 212
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 149
Bloom, Harold, on religious value of Book of Mormon 129
book of Abraham 124
Book of Mormon compared with other ancient texts 13, 15, 213, 323—74
Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference 246
Book of Mormon manuscripts. See original manuscript; printer's manuscript
Book of Mormon peoples
and ancient civilizations 260—4
and calendar 473—6
See also Ishmaelites; Jaredites; Lamanites; Lehites; Nephites; Mulekites
The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns 12
Book of Mormon witnesses. See Eight Witnesses; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three Witnesses; translation process: witnesses of
"Book of Pukei" 108
Book of the Dead 403
books
in Book of Mormon, use of 398, 400—1, 403—12, 414—8. See also Jaredites; Lamanites; Ne-phites; records
in Mesoamerica, use of 15, 377, 398, 399—400, 401—3, 405, 412—4. See also Mesoamerica
Bountiful, location of 14, 183, 376, 380, 381, 382—7
criteria for 382—3
in New World 422
brass plates 406, 418, 423—4, 427, 435, 442, 449—53, 455
learning needed to understand 442—3
Lehi's genealogy on 427
Breaking the Maya Code 484
breastplate 33, 135n. 50
Bright, John, on history of Judah 157
Brodie, Fawn M.
on alternative theories of origin 33, 113, 121, 128, 133n. 31
on Joseph Smith Jr. as supposed author 111—2, 113—22, 129, 163
on psychology of Joseph Smith 7
psychobiography of Thomas Jefferson 119
scholarly background of 114, 115, 135—6
Brooke, John, on alternative theories of origin 33
brother of Jared 264, 422, 428, 441, 470
Brotherston, Gordon, on kinds of Maya records 402
Browning, L. K., on extant pieces of original manuscript 245
burial practices 403, 410—1
burial site of Ishmael (Nahom) 14, 380—2, 388
Bush, Lester E., Jr., on Solomon Spaulding and Book of Mormon story 160
Bushman, Richard Lyman 4, 5
on Book of Mormon witnesses 19—20
on Joseph Smith Jr. as supposed author 111
on Lamanite history 504—5n. 97
on recovery of Book of Mormon 4—5, 21—38
on translation process of Book of Mormon 188
calendar
and Book of Mormon peoples 407—10, 452, 473—6, 520n. 212
and Mesoamerican peoples 402, 407, 409, 457, 471—3, 475—6
See also divination, astronomy, and astrology
Campbell, Alexander
on Joseph Smith Jr.'s story 108—9, 119
on Spaulding Theory 132n. 18
CAMSIM demographic simulation model 273—7, 292n. 51
candidates for authorship. See Cowdery, Oliver; Rigdon, Sidney; Smith, Ethan; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Spaulding, Solomon
Cannon, George Q., on setting for Book of Mormon 261
Canon of Nicephorous 325
Captain Moroni. See Moroni1
captivity of the fathers 315—6
Carmack, Robert
on Mesoamerican civilizations 483
on sacred emblems of power 502—3n. 78
Carrasco, David
on contents of Mesoamerican documents 405, 437
on destruction of Mesoamerican documents 435
Carroll, Lewis, on wordprint studies 248n. 1
Carter, George F., on cylinder seals 448, 495n. 48, 510—1n. 152
casualty rates, battle, and population figures 279—80, 293n. 55
censuses 187, 257—8, 288n. 5
Central America
and Nephite geography 264 , 392, 395—6, 491n. 12
writing/records in 399
ceremonies 369—71, 406—7
burial 410—1
Israelite coronation 184
Maya 402
changes made in Book of Mormon 142—5
during translation process 61—93
character
of Joseph Smith Jr. 25—6, 106—10, 114, 118, 161—2. See also Smith, Joseph, Jr.: as a fraud
of witnesses of plates of gold 162—3
characters copied from plates of gold 28—9, 63, 415—6
characteristics of authors, chiasmus reveals 207—11
chariots in warfare 528—9, 531, 541
Charlesworth, James H.
on scholarly study of Book of Mormon 482, 487
on Narrative of Zosimus 324, 328
Chase, Willard, on Joseph Smith Jr.'s discovery of seer stone 26
Chaucer, Geoffrey 152
chiasmus 438—9
criteria 199—200, 223
need for 200, 202—3, 216—7
definition 438
in Book of Mormon 10, 186, 196, 199—224, 404, 443—4
Chilam Balam of Chumayel 444
Chilam Balam of Tizimin 464
children of Israel 266, 428
China 277, 525, 528
Chinese script in New World 447—8
Christ.
Alma's testimony of and plea to 312, 317
atonement 298—9
baptism of 155
birth and life of 269, 361, 474
birthplace 154—8, 171n. 41, 191n. 16
Book of Mormon's testimony of 165
crucifixion 303—4
as God 143—4
gospel of 1, 9, 44, 56, 102, 114, 158—9, 164, 295, 314
Joseph Smith Jr.'s first vision 312
ministry 56
name/title of 52, 300, 331
Paul's vision of 12, 312
possible lost teachings of 368
prophecy of coming of 313
returning to 297, 298, 365
Son of God 326, 327, 331, 342, 343, 361
as source of Book of Mormon teachings 122, 123, 125
visit to Nephites 261, 407, 428, 525, 532
See also Jehovah; Son of God
Christ, Church of 35, 111, 127, 316
Christensen, Ross, on Ishmael's burial site 380
Christenson, Allen J., on chiasmus in Mesoamerica 439
Christian texts 13, 165, 367
Christianity 164, 325, 523
in Mesoamerica 431, 472, 489n. 9, 517n. 190
chronology, Book of Mormon 407—8, 475—6, 494—5n. 43
chronology of recovery of Book of Mormon 21, 22, 37n. 10
Chu-Hsien, Wei, on Chinese script in Mesoamerica 447
Church of Christ 35, 111, 127, 316
Clark, John, on hero myths in Mesoamerica 428
Clemens, Samuel. See Twain, Mark
cliffs in Arabia 383, 386, 388
climactic forms in literature 12, 295, 296—9, 305—6, 309n. 5
climate and warfare 527—8
clothing representing purity 338—9, 342, 360, 371
codices, Mesoamerican 402, 403, 413, 414, 417, 437—8, 480—1, 484—6
Coe, Michael D.
on authenticity of Grolier Codex 484—6
on books in Mesoamerica 399
on destruction of Maya records 430—1
on Maya funerary rituals 403, 410
on Maya warfare 149
on ancient writing systems 444—5
coinage, Nephite 152
Cole, Abner (Obadiah Dogberry)
on Book of Mormon copyright violation 34, 107
on character of Joseph Smith Jr. 107—8, 110, 114
colonization as population control 271, 292n. 48
colophons, Mormon2's use of 319, 320
comparisons with other ancient texts 13, 213—4, 215—6, 323—374, 376—7, 391—521
complexity of Book of Mormon 5, 7—9, 12, 98, 100, 105—6, 109, 111, 116, 121, 128, 137, 179—93, 204—5, 209, 217—9, 221, 227, 228, 230, 287, 382, 536
compromise on Book of Mormon issues 7, 122, 126—8
computers and wordprint studies 233, 235, 245, 249n. 3, 253n. 22
consistency of Book of Mormon, internal 9—10, 13, 179—81, 189, 220—1, 392, 526—7
content and form of Book of Mormon 206—8, 222
conversion accounts 12—3, 197, 208, 311—21
copper in Arabia 386
copyright, application for Book of Mormon 21, 33
copyright violation, Book of Mormon 34, 107
Corianton 69
Coriantumr2 147, 422, 434, 460, 461
Joseph Smith's spelling of 76, 90
Cowdery, Oliver
attempt to translate plates 73
correspondence with David Whitmer 46
excommunication 43, 47
as a historian 31
on leaving the Church 42, 43
on printing of Book of Mormon 34
rebaptism of 43
on recovery of Book of Mormon 22, 31, 32
as supposed author 226, 241, 253n. 22
on translation process 66
as translation scribe/secretary 23, 31, 32—3, 34, 42, 66, 67—73, 86—7, 88—9, 217
as witness of plates of gold 33, 41, 42—4, 50, 55, 57n. 1, 58n. 5
wordprints of 226, 236, 241, 243, 247, 253n. 22
See also angelic encounter(s): of Book of Mormon witnesses; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three Witnesses
criteria
for location of Bountiful 382—3
for chiasmus 199—200, 223
need for 200, 202—3, 216—7
criticism of Book of Mormon 19—20, 101—39, 141—77, 195, 255—6, 387, 388, 391—3
refuting 3—4, 7—8, 11, 12, 15, 100
Croft, D. James, on wordprint studies 234
cultural Mormons 121
culture
in Book of Mormon 8, 98, 185, 260, 375, 391—4, 394, 397—9, 401, 414, 433—5, 439—44, 532
changes in 213
of Mesoamerica 392, 397, 398, 431
and warfare 525, 533, 536—7
See also Nephites: culture of; Lamanites: culture of
Cumorah 285—6, 289n. 17
battle(s) at 284, 285—6, 375, 393, 401, 410, 425, 462, 470, 495n. 43
Cumorah, hill 260, 264, 285, 289n. 17, 393, 470
customs, Israelite kingship 184. See also rituals; ceremonies
cylinder seals 413, 448—9, 457—8, 495—6n. 48, 511n. 152
dating systems 9, 181
Dead Sea Scrolls 157
death, Maya handling of 403
Decker, Ed, on changes in Book of Mormon 143—5
Delusions 119
demographics
in Book of Mormon 11—2, 186—7, 196, 197, 255—93, 532
of Greeks 258, 270—1
models of 11, 259, 260, 273—7, 284, 286, 292n. 51
of Romans 258
world 266—72, 538
demotic 453, 512n. 162. See also Egyptian
Derrett, J. Duncan M., on Jewish origin of Narrative of Zosimus 373n. 9
description of plates of gold 41, 57, 58n. 3, 135n. 50, 150, 417
Deseret News (newspaper) 44
desert or wilderness 327, 331, 333, 367, 380—2, 388. See also journey of Lehites to promised land
destruction
of ancient records 412, 417, 425—6, 430—2, 435
Jaredites' 354, 428
of Jerusalem 326, 327, 343, 354, 428
Nephites' 394, 401, 473, 474—5
detecting forgeries 98—9, 180—2, 195, 228, 249n. 3
Dever, William, on biblical proof archaeology 259
DeVoto, Bernard
on abnormal psychology of Joseph Smith Jr. 117—8
on criticism of Book of Mormon 104—5
Dhofar coast (suspected location of Bountiful) 376, 384, 386
disease
and population dynamics 269, 270
war and the spread of 524
divination, astrology, and astronomy 402, 407, 410, 502—3n. 78, 464—5, 516—7n. 185, 520n. 212, 539
divine origin of Book of Mormon. See alternative theories of origin; origin of Book of Mormon divine
Doctrine and Covenants 35, 43, 57, 73, 158, 216
doctrine in Book of Mormon, LDS 8, 158—9, 181
Dodd, William, wordprints on 247
Dogberry, Obadiah (Abner Cole)
on Book of Mormon copyright violation 34, 107
on character of Joseph Smith Jr. 107—8, 110, 114
dreams/visions
of Lehi 88, 329, 369, 366, 367. See also Lehi: dreams/visions of: tree of life dream
of Nephi 331, 327
of Zosimus 13. See also Narrative of Zosimus
DŸtting, Dieter, on Mayan language 429, 436—7
early Christianity 325
texts from 325
early New World civilizations 260
ecology and warfare 527—9
economics of warfare 531—2
Edmonson, Munro S.
on Maya history 409—10, 472, 475
on translating the Popol Vuh 437
Eggington, William, on language in Book of Mormon 401
Egypt
census of 257—8
collapse of civilization of 528
exodus from 257, 288n. 5, 315, 451
records 403
scribes of 209
trade routes 511n. 155
Egyptian (language/script) 41, 150—1, 445—6, 448—59, 507n. 121, 516n. 179
Egyptian, reformed 150—2, 415, 441, 443, 454
Eight Witnesses 5—6, 19—20, 33, 39—42, 49, 50—7, 162—3
elephants 150, 528—9
elite class
and literacy 400
priests part of 400, 470
and record keeping 423—4, 451—3, 459
and warfare 183, 377, 524—5, 532, 537, 539
Emerson, Hannah, Martin Harris's testimony to 45—6
England, Eugene, on Lehi's journey through Arabia 14, 376
English
as language Joseph Smith Jr. saw when translating 62, 64, 65, 87
text of Book of Mormon 203, 206, 218, 219—20
English translations, wordprints of 236—7
engravings on plates of gold 41, 50, 497n. 56
Enos 208, 406, 425
Ensign 380
environment and warfare 527—9
establishment of the Church 316
eternal progression 158—9
Ether 421—2
Ether, book of 422, 460
ethnic bias in ancient texts 429—35
events, broader context of historical 259—60
evidence for antiquity 1—17, 99—100, 121, 145—59, 182—9, 192n. 21, 537
chiasmus as 10, 196, 214, 221
evidence for Israelite origin 213—5, 217, 218. See also origin of Book of Mormon divine
evidence for translation process 61—93. See also translation process
exodus
from Egypt, Israelite 257, 288n. 5, 315, 451
from Jerusalem, Lehites 13, 14, 272, 276, 279, 324, 331, 354, 367, 369, 371, 379, 408, 421, 424
explanations for similarities with other texts 366—71
Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars 4
external evidence 15, 182—5, 189, 391—9, 481. See also evidence for antiquity
eyewitnesses of events, accounts of 145, 180—1, 312, 320, 388
faith 120, 121, 123—4, 138n. 73, 159, 200, 226, 297, 298, 327, 331
of B. H. Roberts 163—4
fall of Adam 298—9, 305—6, 347, 360, 370, 428
families, founding 11, 272, 273—8, 265, 281, 283, 292n. 52
famine and population dynamics 270, 277
Feast of Tabernacles 426
Federalist Papers 230—1
Feldman, Lawrence H., on lineage records in Mexico 419
Ferguson, Thomas Stuart, on Near East script in Mesoamerica 448
fertile lands in Arabia 382, 384—5, 388
fertility rates and population 271, 278, 281—2
fiction, Book of Mormon as 105, 114, 123, 124, 163, 481
figurines 456, 510n. 151
Firmage, Edwin, Jr., on Book of Mormon as fiction 124
first vision, Joseph Smith Jr.'s 7, 22, 41, 312
Fisher, Vardis, on Fawn Brodie's work 115
Flinders, Neil J., on patterns of warfare 536
flint in Arabia 383, 387
forces, military 284—6, 293n. 57, 525, 531—5, 539
forgeries, detecting 180—2, 249
Forscutt, Mark H.
David Whitmer's testimony to 49
on John Whitmer's testimony 55
fortifications in warfare 530, 531, 533
Foster, Lawrence, on criticism of Book of Mormon 127
founding families of Book of Mormon 11, 272, 273—8, 265, 281, 283, 292n. 52
fraud, Joseph Smith Jr. as a 6, 7, 30, 103—4, 108, 112, 116—7, 122, 123, 124, 127, 129, 155, 159, 161. See also character of Joseph Smith Jr.
fraudulent document 249n. 3
Book of Mormon as 11, 14, 36, 98—9, 103—6, 107, 111, 123, 126, 127, 164, 487. See also fiction, Book of Mormon as
Grolier Codex as 486
See also forgeries, detecting
Freedman, David Noel, on literary beauty of Book of Mormon 206
French in Book of Mormon 146—7
funding warfare 526, 531—2, 539
funerary texts 403, 410—1
Furst, Jill Leslie, on puns in Mixtec codices 436
Gadianton robbers 161, 534
Gadianton (the name) 461—2
Gaechter, Paul, on teaching forms 212
Gee, John, on fake figurines 456
Gem (newspaper) 22
genealogy
and Book of Mormon 406, 420—9, 426, 427, 432, 450
and Mesoamerica 402, 413, 418—20, 432—3
spelling of, in original manuscript 77—8
geography
Arabia 183, 379—89
Book of Mormon 9, 13—5, 98, 148, 153, 182—3, 255, 260—5, 375—6, 388, 391—9, 422—3
hemispheric view 15, 183, 260—4, 393—4, 396
Mesoamerica. See Mesoamerica: as setting for Book of Mormon
Near East 376
and warfare 527, 538
Giddianhi 404, 425, 461
Gilbert, John, insertions of in 1830 edition 70
God, Son of. See Christ; Son of God
Gold Bible (Book of Mormon) 103, 106, 107, 108, 111, 118
golden plates. See plates of gold
Gonz‡les, Miguel Angel, on Mesoamerican figurines 456
gospel of Jesus Christ 1, 9, 44, 56, 102, 114, 158—9, 164, 295, 314
Gospel of John 204
gradation 296, 298, 299. See also climactic forms in literature
Graham, John, on hieroglyphic writing 448—9
Grandin, Egbert (Book of Mormon printer) 33, 34, 35
Greek language 218, 257, 325
as basis for Narrative of Zosimus 13, 197, 325, 326, 328—9
Greek texts 232, 326
Greeks
colonization of 292n. 48
demographics of 258, 270—1
Greenacre, Phyllis, on character of Joseph Smith Jr. 118, 135n. 50
Greenstein, Edward, on literary climax 299
Grolier Codex 484—6
guerrilla warfare 534
gunpowder weapons 526, 529, 530, 532, 538
Hadfield, M. Gary, on the beheading of Shiz 147
Hale, Emma. See Smith, Emma
Hale, Isaac (Emma's father) 24, 26
Hale, Reuben, as translation scribe 28
Hamblin, William J., on warfare in Book of Mormon 15, 183, 377, 523—43
Harris, Lucy (Martin's wife), efforts to see plates of gold 24, 30
Harris, Martin
angelic encounter of 46
loan to Joseph Smith Jr. 28
and lost 116 pages 27, 30, 64
on printing and sale of Book of Mormon 34—5
rebaptism of 45
on recovery of Book of Mormon 22, 28
request for revelation 33, 35
role in early church 28
on translation process of Book of Mormon 63—4, 65—6
as translation scribe 30, 31, 64, 65
visit to Charles Anthon 29, 30, 64, 414—7
as witness of plates of gold 22, 33, 45—6, 50, 55
See also angelic encounter(s): of Book of Mormon witnesses; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three Witnesses
Harris, Martin, Jr., boarded father 45
Hebrew
basis of the Narrative of Zosimus 325
elements in Book of Mormon 88—90, 144—5, 187, 213, 215, 218, 219—20, 221, 222. See also parallelisms
language/script 441, 450, 453, 456—7
Nephite use of 150—1, 449, 453
literary structures of 12, 196
literature and chiasmus 215
poetic structures 12
Hebrew Bible 215, 537
Heinemann, Sol, on cylinder seals 495n. 48
Heinlein, Robert, wordprints on 228, 247
Helaman, book of, chiasms in 207
Helaman2 (son of Alma2) 319—20, 461—2
Alma2's blessing/teachings to 208, 212, 315, 317
as a hero figure 405
and stripling warriors 538
hemispheric view 15, 183, 260—4, 393—4, 396. See also geography: of Book of Mormon
hieratic 453, 512n. 162. See also Egyptian
hill Cumorah 27, 260, 264, 285, 289n. 17, 393, 470
Hill, Marvin S., on compromise on Book of Mormon issues 122—3, 127
Hilton, John L., on wordprint studies 10—1, 196, 225—53
Hilton, Lynn and Hope, on Lehi's journey through Arabia 376
Hilton, Matthew M. F., on patterns of warfare 536
Hindu influence on Maya writing 509n. 139
historians, treatment of Book of Mormon 4, 7, 8, 26, 95—7, 127. See also LDS treatment; secular and sectarian treatment
historical content of Book of Mormon 8, 127, 211, 256
historical demography. See demographics in Book of Mormon
historical events
in Book of Mormon 255—6
broader context of 259—60
historical setting of Book of Mormon 260. See also Mesoamerica: as setting for Book of Mormon
historical texts. See also lineage histories; records; ancient texts
bias in 429—35
population sizes in 256—60, 282, 287
historicity of Book of Mormon. See authenticity of Book of Mormon; antiquity, evidence for
histories
in Book of Mormon, rewriting of 425—6, 433—5
and calendar 409—10, 471—6
of Judah 156—7
in Mesoamerica
and calendar 409—10, 471—6
of lineages in 15
records kept of 101—2
rewriting of 429—33
Hobbes, Thomas, wordprints on 11
Holley, Vernal, on Book of Mormon place-names 488n. 3
Holy Ghost 159, 297, 298
Homer, William H., influence on Martin Harris 45
Homeric epics 206, 537
hope 297, 298
horses 150, 528—9
Horton, George, on changes in Book of Mormon 142
Howe, Eber D., on criticism of Mormonism 22, 109—10, 112, 114
Hunt, Eva, on Mesoamerican religion 467
Hurlbut, Philastus, on character of Joseph Smith Jr. 22, 110, 112—3, 114, 116
Hutchinson, Tony, on religious value of Book of Mormon 123, 125, 126
idea units 205. See also structure of Book of Mormon
ideas, repetition of 216, 295. See also parallelisms
implausibilities 145—59
Inca 262
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan 395
income, war as a source of 525
Indians
viewed as uncivilized 395, 397, 431
as Israel's lost tribes 104, 116
as Lamanite descendants 15, 114, 260, 262, 263, 391, 394, 397
origin of 115, 487n. 1, 489n. 1
industrialization, effects of on warfare 526, 532
influences on Joseph Smith Jr. See nineteenth-century influences; Smith, Joseph, Jr.
internal consistency 9—10, 156, 179—81, 189, 220—1, 526—7
internal evidence 8—9, 13, 109, 185—8
interpreters 5, 30—1, 62, 64, 65, 66, 73, 82, 83, 90, 103, 426, 441, 470, 498n. 57, 503n. 78. See also Urim and Thummim; seer stone
iron-ore in Arabia 383, 386
Isaiah in Book of Mormon 29, 104
Ishmael 272, 451, 511n. 155
descendants of 421, 429
burial site of (Nahom) 14, 380—2, 388
Ishmaelites 421, 428, 429, 501n. 72
Islam, spread of 523
Israel/Israelite
beliefs of 410
census of 257—8
children of 266, 428
demographics of, like Nephites 287
exodus from Egypt 257, 288n. 5, 451
history of 156—7
kingship customs of 184
literary culture of 366
lost ten tribes of 104, 116, 134n. 43, 487n. 1
origin of Book of Mormon, evidence of 213—5, 217, 218
salvation of 44
scattering of 326, 354, 359, 366
temples in 153—4
use of chiasmus 213—4
and warfare 536, 538
(the word) 266
Isthmus of Darien (Panama) and Book of Mormon 260, 261
Itzcoatl 412, 425, 430—1
Jacob1, decendants of. See children of Israel
Jacob2
on definition of Nephite 265, 272, 275—6
on difficulty of Nephite writing 440—1
and ethnic bias in Book of Mormon 434
follower of Nephi1 272
ministry of 275
prophecies of 428
and record keeping 273, 274, 452, 459, 465
Jairazbhoy, R. A., on Near East influence on Mesoamerica 456
James, M. R., on Narrative of Zosimus 326, 328
Jared (founder of Jaredites) 421—2, 428
Jared, brother of 264, 422, 428, 441, 470, 506n. 120
Jaredites 262, 263, 264
battles of 147
geographical location of 262, 264, 397, 405
language of 462
records or writing of 14, 398, 418, 441, 460—2, 506n. 120
lineage histories 420, 421—2, 428
Nephites abridged 256
relation to other peoples 428, 514n. 178
tribute/tax system 411
Jefferson, Thomas, Brodie's psychobiography of 119
Jehovah 144. See also Christ
Jenkins, Kenneth D., on wordprint studies 235, 248
Jeremiah 324, 326, 354, 368
Jerusalem 327, 328, 375, 380
destruction of 326, 327, 343, 354, 428
as Jesus' birthplace 154—8, 191
Lehite exodus from 14, 15, 272, 276, 279, 315, 324, 331, 354, 367, 369, 371, 379, 408, 424
temple of 154
Jesus Christ. See Christ
Jew/Jewish
on Egyptian language 150—1
law and warfare 536
scholars 218, 233
Jewish origin argued 150—1, 325, 374
Jewish origin of Narrative of Zosimus 323, 324, 325, 367, 373n. 9
John the Baptist 32, 43, 44, 155
Johnson, Samuel, wordprints on 228, 247
Jones, Carl Hugh, on Anthon transcript 457—8
Joseph of Egypt 450—1, 453—4, 455
Josephus, Flavius, on census of Roman Egypt 258
journey to promised land 13—4, 183, 380, 418, 427, 428
joy vs. pain/remorse 210, 313, 317—8, 319
Judah, history of 156—7
Judeo-Christian apocalyptic literature 324
Justeson, John S., on forgery of artifacts 486
Kansas City Journal (newspaper) 83
Kelley, David H.
on cylinder seal from Mexico 448
on Near East influence on Mesoamerica 456—7
Khor Kharfot (supposed location of Bountiful) 384—7
King Benjamin. See Benjamin, King
King Lamoni 434, 501n. 72, 529
Kirkham, Francis W., on recovery of Book of Mormon 22
Knight, Joseph
accounts about Joseph Smith Jr. (in "Recollection") 27—8
on Martin Harris's sale of Book of Mormon 35
providing food for Smiths 31
on recovery of Book of Mormon 22
revelation for 32
on translation process 65
Knorosov, Yuri, on treatment of his work in Maya hieroglyphics 484—6
Kugel, James, on literary parallelisms 296
Kunich, John, on truth of Book of Mormon 126
Laban 450, 451, 511n. 155
Laban, sword of 33
Lachoneus 404, 408, 424, 461
Laman 272, 380, 424, 500n. 71
Lamanites 265, 279, 280, 282, 285, 410, 411, 428
burial ceremonies of 410—1
and calendar 410, 476
conversion to Nephites 283, 313, 319
culture of 391, 397, 401, 414
definition of 272, 273
geography for 15, 261, 391, 393—4
history of 491n. 12, 504—5n. 97
Indians as descendants of 15, 260, 391, 394, 397
interactions with other peoples 264
conflicts with Nephites 272, 280, 285, 293n. 55, 393, 433—5, 470, 475
joined by 280, 401, 421
language and script of 458—9, 466
literacy of 401
population sizes 12, 277, 279, 282, 283. See also founding families
records 398, 400—1, 421, 424—6
destruction of 425—6, 431, 435
religion of 468
revival of civilization of 428
Lamoni, King 421, 434, 501n. 72, 529
land of Nephi 213, 215, 219. See also Nephites: geography for
land of promise 13, 182, 264, 315, 326, 327, 354, 359, 369, 392. See also geography: of Book of Mormon
land of Zarahemla, population of 279—83, 422—3, 424, 434
language
of Book of Mormon 8, 98, 146—7, 150—2, 187, 208—9, 439—44, 515n. 179
French 146—7
Hebrew 187
reformed Egyptian 150—2, 415, 441, 443, 454
of Mesoamerica 429, 435—9, 515—6n. 179
Larsen, Wayne A. See Larsen-Rencher-Layton team
Larsen-Rencher-Layton team 10, 225, 232—4, 250n. 11
Latin 145—6, 257, 516n. 179
law and warfare 535—6
Lawrence, Samuel (a conjurer), Joseph Smith Jr.'s warning to 27
Layton, Tim. See Larsen-Rencher-Layton team
LDS doctrine 8, 158—9, 181
LDS treatment of Book of Mormon 1—4, 7, 22—4, 101—2, 120—4, 195, 216—7, 394—6
legitimacy of right to rule, Nephite 419, 424—7, 429
Lehi 127, 272, 283
angelic encounter of 331, 334, 339, 343
cultural background 329, 368—9, 410, 418, 449—51, 450—1
descendants 11, 14, 263, 264, 424, 427, 428, 450, 452, 455
dreams/visions of 88, 329, 367, 369
tree of life dream 327, 331, 334—5, 337, 339, 343, 347—8, 366, 368, 373—4n. 14
genealogy 406, 427, 428
influence on Nephi1 329
journey to promised land 300—1, 427
exodus from Jerusalem 13, 14, 272, 276, 279, 331, 367, 371, 408, 424
arrival in New World 261, 264, 265, 393
through Arabia 14, 148, 183, 376, 379—89, 418
no contact with Old World 367
records 78, 418, 435
similarities to tree of life dream 13
teachings of 127, 347, 452
on learning other languages 442—3
warning to Jerusalem Jews 474
Lemuel/Lemuelites 380, 429
letters in ancient texts 402
Leviticus, chiasmus in book of 207, 215, 219
Liahona 382, 426, 503n. 78
Lindsay, Kendra L., on wordprint studies 232
lineage histories.
in Book of Mormon 406, 420—9
in Mesoamerica 418—20
See also records; genealogy
linguistics. See language
Linn, William Alexander, on criticism of Book of Mormon 113
literacy
and Book of Mormon peoples 208—9, 400—1
and Mesoamericans 399—400
literary beauty of Book of Mormon 201, 205—6
literary forms in Book of Mormon 10, 12, 185—6, 191n. 18, 195—6, 199—224, 295—309
literature
ancient 185, 213—5, 222, 438—9, 524, 537. See also ancient texts
divine, chiasmus in 216
Hebrew and chiasmus 215
Mormon 216
wordprints on 226
Livi-Bacci, Massimo, on world demographics 269
Loayza, Francisco, on Chinese script in Mesoamerica 448
Lord 219. See also Christ
lost 116 pages 21, 27, 30—1, 64, 78, 114
lost ten tribes of Israel 104, 116, 134n. 43
Lowe, Gareth, on Nephite calendar 520n. 212
Lowth, Robert, on biblical parallelisms 308n. 2
Madison, James, wordprints on 230
magic
in ancient societies 400, 520n. 212
Joseph Smith Jr.'s involvement in 107, 108, 113, 114
Man across the Sea 456
manuscript
original, of Book of Mormon 20, 61, 62, 64, 67—72, 75, 83—93
printer's, of Book of Mormon 34, 64, 68—71, 76, 85, 86—7, 88
Spaulding 103. See also Manuscript Found
Manuscript Found 160
Marshall, Elihu, agreement to publish Book of Mormon 34
Masonry 23, 50, 104, 161. See also anti-Masonry
Matheny, Deanne, on truth of Book of Mormon 126
Maya
and Book of Mormon peoples 169n. 20
and calendar 409
demographics of 269—70
funerary texts 403
history of, little known about 260
origin of 262
Quich≥ 418—9, 432, 438, 463, 500n. 71, 501n. 76, 502n. 78
warfare of 148—9
writing/glyph system 402—3, 429, 436, 445—6, 509n. 139
of Yucatan 402—3, 412, 427, 445—6, 462—4, 472, 475
Mayan language 436
McLellin, William E., on reforming Mormonism 52
McMurrin, Sterling M.
on divine origin of Book of Mormon 96—7, 121—2, 126
on Fawn Brodie's work 115
Melchizedek Priesthood, restoration of 22, 43, 44
M≥luzin, Sylvia, on Maya writing 445, 447
memories, retellings of 12—3, 311—21
Merrill, A. Brent, on military troops in Book of Mormon 535
Mesoamerica
archaeology in 395, 397
barley in 149, 184
books/records in 15, 377, 398, 401—3, 405, 406, 412—4, 418—20
codices 402, 403, 412, 413, 414, 417, 437—8, 480—1, 484—6
destruction of 412, 430—2
similarities to Book of Mormon. See books: in Book of Mormon, use of
calendar 407, 409, 471—3
culture of 392, 397, 398
language of 429, 435—9
lineage histories of 418
metals in 150, 414
peoples of 262. See also Aztecs; Book of Mormon peoples; Inca; Indians; Mayas; Olmec
priesthood in 462—5
record keeping in 462—5
rewriting of history 429—33
as setting of Book of Mormon 9, 14—5, 148, 182—3, 260—4, 377, 392, 396—7
Spaniards in 399, 401—2, 431—2, 435, 439, 472, 492n. 21
warfare in 15, 148, 184, 377, 530—1, 537, 538
writing in 377, 413
Messenger and Advocate (newspaper) 31
metals 386
in Arabia 383
and Book of Mormon 102, 150, 152, 184, 411, 417. See also brass plates; plates of gold
in Mesoamerica 150, 414
and weaponry 530, 531
Metcalfe, Brent, on teachings of Book of Mormon 126
Mexico. See Central America; Mesoamerica
Middle East, place-names of 381
Midgley, Louis C., on alternative theories of origin 6—8, 97, 99—100, 101—39
migration 270, 524
in Book of Mormon 181, 375, 405—6, 427, 529
in Mesoamerica 402, 419
militarization of ancient societies 524—5
military.
conquest 523—4
forces 284—6, 293n. 57, 525, 531—5, 539
oaths 536, 538
operations/organization 286, 530, 532—5, 538—9
tactics 526, 527, 530, 531, 532, 533
See also warfare
Miller, Mary Ellen, on Maya warfare 149
Mirador, codex from 403
mirrors and divination in Meso-america 464—5, 502—3n. 78
mission of sons of Mosiah2 to Lamanites 313, 319, 320
Mitchell, Samuel L.
on origin of Indians 489n. 1
on transcript of Book of Mormon characters 29
Mixtec documents 413, 436, 437
models
for Book of Mormon events 260
for population studies 11, 259, 273—9, 284, 286, 292n. 51
modern origin of Book of Mormon. See alternative theories of origin; authenticity of Book of Mormon; origin of Book of Mormon divine; evidence for antiquity; nineteenth-century influences
modern warfare 15, 377, 524, 526, 532, 537
money digging 26, 27, 28, 108, 109, 113—4, 118, 131n. 14
money, Nephite 152—3
Morgan, Dale E., on character of Joseph Smith Jr. 117—8, 119
Mormon2 260
abridgment of records 212—3, 221, 319, 320, 404, 405, 407, 420—1, 444
ancestry of 406, 427
descended from Nephi1 256, 266, 283, 420
and Book of Mormon geography 396, 397
editing practices of 12—3, 212—3, 319—21
and record keeping 399, 401, 414, 425, 439, 460, 481
historical references of 404, 428, 501n. 77
on Nephite demographics during wartimes 283—6
prophecies of 428
Mormon doctrine in Book of Mormon 8, 158—9
Mormonism 22, 50, 52, 101, 103, 126, 135n. 46, 158, 163, 195, 391, 486
reformed 45, 52
Mormonism Unvailed 22, 109—10, 132
Mormons, population growth of 282
Moroni1 , Captain 423, 433—4, 466
on title of liberty 144, 534
on warfare 531, 534
Moroni2 1, 16, 475, 534
on destruction of Nephites 169n. 20
on difficulty of Nephite language 439—41, 453—4, 455, 462
Joseph Smith Jr.'s vision of 4, 24—5, 520n. 212
Oliver Cowdery's reference to 58n. 5
and plates of gold 260, 393
on public readings of government documents 466
mortality rates and population 271, 273, 277—82
Morton, Rev. A. Q., on wordprint studies 11, 231—2, 235, 244
Moses 371, 428
Moses, book of 418
Mosiah1 (father of Benjamin)
ascension of 279, 421, 426
charges priests with record keeping 423
joined people of Zarahemla 279, 281
language of 458
use of interpreters 460
Mosiah2 (son of Benjamin)
ascension of 184, 279, 406, 426—7, 469
on public reading of records 427
and record keeping 405, 453
use of interpreters 470
use of writing 462, 466
Mosiah2, sons of
angelic encounter of 312, 313
mission to Lamanites 313, 318, 319, 320
Mosiah, book of, chiasmus in 206—7, 209—10, 220
Mosteller, Frederick, on wordprint studies 230—1, 232
Mound Builders 114, 116, 134n. 43, 260, 391
mountains in Arabia 383, 384, 385—6, 388
Mulek (son of Zedekiah) 219, 263, 279, 281
Mulekites (people of Zarahemla) 279—84, 421, 423, 425, 426, 428, 460—1, 501n. 72
multiple authorship 10—1, 98, 196, 210—1, 221, 226, 234, 241, 307, 375
Murphy, John, on David Whitmer's testimony 47—8
myths 428, 432—3
Nagao, Debra, on Mesoamerican rewriting of history 430
Nahom (Ishmael's burial site) 14, 376, 380—2, 384
names
translator gave spelling of 63, 65, 75—82, 87, 90, 459, 513—4n. 173
Alma as a man's name 145—6
Narrative of Zosimus 13, 197, 323—74
Native Americans. See Indians
naturalism. See sectarian and secular treatment
Near East
camels in 167n. 7
geography of 376
influence on Book of Mormon 8, 10, 155—6, 191n. 16, 329, 367, 372, 414, 418, 449, 469
influence on Mesoamerica 413, 448, 456—7
as origin of Lehite record 324
warfare in 183—4, 530—1, 536, 537, 538, 539
Negev, Avraham, on ancient religious structures 154
Nehem 380—2, 384. See also Nahom
Nephi (the office) 459, 500n. 71
Nephi1 53, 283, 375
account of 209, 323—74
on Bountiful 376
cultural/ linguistic background of 157, 208, 418, 442
descendants of 265—6, 281, 405, 427, 450, 455
Mormon2 256, 266, 283, 420
faith of 473
as founder of Nephites 272, 273—5
legitimate right to rule 424—6
life and reign of 272, 273, 405
on metals for tools 386
physical records of 283, 360, 375, 418, 420
prophecies of 428
script of 459
temple of 153—4, 170—1n. 38, 273
vision of 327, 331, 338—9, 343, 347, 348, 366, 368, 373—4n. 14
on voice of angel 314
writings of 39, 197, 301, 329, 338, 366, 371, 375, 421, 424, 427
about journey to promised land 369, 379, 380—1, 382, 384, 388
Nephi3, records of 424
Nephi, books of, wordprints from 239—43, 252—3n. 21
Nephi, land of 313, 315, 320. See also Nephites: geography for
Nephites
and calendar 360, 407—10, 473—6
Christ's visit to 261, 407, 428, 525, 532
conflict with Lamanites 272, 284, 393
coronation ceremonies of 426—7
culture of 13, 179, 211—3, 221, 391—3, 397—8, 401, 414, 433—5, 439—44, 532
definition of 264, 265—6, 272—3, 281, 284
destruction of 394, 401, 473, 474—5
fortifications 531, 532
founding families of 272, 273, 275, 277, 281, 283, 292
geography for 13—5, 261, 391—9, 491n. 12
Joseph Smith Jr.'s view of 392—4, 395, 397—8
language and writing 151, 401, 439—44, 449—62, 518n. 198
legitimacy of right to rule 424—7, 435
literacy of 401, 518
money of 152—3
Mormon2's records of army sizes of 284—6, 293n. 57
and other ancient peoples 264, 361, 367
population dynamics and sizes 12, 196—7, 255—93
records 1, 149, 212, 256, 398, 400—1, 403—12, 417—8, 420—9, 465—9
destruction of 417, 425—6, 435
Neum 304
New Approaches to the Book of Mormon 125—6
New Testament 214, 232
New York Morning Courier and Enquirer (newspaper) 36
Nibley, Hugh
on ancient trade routes 381
on authorship of Book of Mormon 163
on Book of Mormon populations 263—4
on complexity 8—9, 121, 137, 179, 180—2
on criticism 8—9, 119—20
on demographics 284
on Fawn M. Brodie's work about Joseph Smith Jr. 7, 115
on finding sources for ideas 135n. 45
on Joseph Smith Jr. unlikely as author 111, 163
on location of Book of Mormon cites 376
on patterns in ancient texts 371
on scholarly study 2
on warfare 525, 539
nineteenth-century influences
attempts to identify 99, 102, 104, 114—6, 129, 134n. 45, 145, 163
Bible 23, 88, 109, 115, 155, 171n. 41, 218
beliefs of Joseph Smith Jr. 26, 107—8, 109, 163
knowledge 104, 108—9, 115, 134n. 43, 188, 217—8, 260—2, 289n. 19, 391, 392
local environment 23, 104, 109, 115, 134n. 43, 188, 217
Masonry 23, 104, 161
persons 104, 108
probabilities against 10, 188—9
translation process 62, 160
nineteenth-century influences (continued)
warfare 183, 377
wordprints contradict 11, 196
See also origin of Book of Mormon divine; Smith, Joseph, Jr.: as supposed author
No Man Knows My History 113, 115, 119, 120, 122
Noah, King 411, 459
noncontextual words, use of. See wordprint studies
North America and Book of Mormon geography 260—2, 393
writing/records in 399
See also geography: Book of Mormon
Numbers, census counts in book of 257, 288n. 5
oaths in Book of Mormon, military 536, 538
O'Dea, Thomas F., on criticism of Book of Mormon 133n. 31, 222
Old Testament 144, 151, 214, 215, 257, 347
Olmec 262, 514n. 178
Oman 14, 376, 380, 381, 383—8. See also journey to promised land, Lehite
operations/organization, military 286, 530, 532—5, 538—9
oral transmission of information 400—1
orderliness of Book of Mormon 204, 220, 221
organization (structure) of Book of Mormon 204—5, 209—10, 224
origin of Book of Mormon divine 1, 5, 6, 13, 19, 33, 95—6, 97, 102, 164, 189, 216, 221—2, 324, 481—2
accounts of 22, 97, 99
Joseph Smith Jr.'s 1, 7, 8, 19, 22, 24, 26, 36, 57n. 2, 61—2, 97, 99—100, 161
alternative theories of 4, 5, 7—8, 9—10, 23, 36, 102—39, 99—100, 159—63
as ancient record 5, 13, 56, 98, 102, 103, 181, 189, 221
Israelite 213—5, 217, 218
attempt to prove 33. See also proving the Book of Mormon
basic assumption of LDS scholars 1, 8, 95‑6, 99—100, 102, 216
claim of, Joseph Smith Jr.'s 7, 19, 96—7, 98, 99—103, 106, 108, 109, 180, 189, 196, 220—2, 388, 393, 399
claims for modern origin 123, 163. See also nineteenth-century influences on Book of Mormon
faith testifies of 226
recovery and translation, divine intervention in 5, 6, 33, 40, 73—4, 95—8, 102, 180, 189, 388
witnesses affirm 5—6, 39—60, 98, 99. See also Eight Witnesses; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three Witnesses; translation process: witnesses of
See also authenticity of Book of Mormon; evidence for antiquity; nineteenth-century influence; recovery of Book of Mormon
original manuscript 20, 61, 62, 64, 67—72, 73, 83—93, 220, 245
Page, Hiram, as Book of Mormon witness 52—3
Pahoran 70, 459, 532
pain/remorse vs. joy 210, 218, 219, 317—8, 319
Palmer, David, on causes of war 536
Palmyra Reflector (newspaper; also Reflector) 107—8
Panama and Book of Mormon 260, 261
parallel lines, alternating 12, 295, 301—6
parallelisms 220
in ancient literature 438—9
biblical 12, 218, 306, 308n. 2
in Book of Mormon 12, 209, 220, 295—309, 438—9
definition of 295, 308n. 2
synonymous 12, 295, 300—1
parallels with other ancient texts 13, 15, 323—74, 391—521
Parkin, Tim, on demographics 258—9
Parry, Donald W.
on parallelistic patterns 12, 295—309
on textual studies 196
Paul 12, 232, 312
peace 524, 536
Pearl of Great Price 216, 253n. 22
people of Zarahemla (Mulekites) 279—84, 421, 423, 425, 426, 428, 458, 460—1, 501n. 72
Peterson, Daniel C.
on refuting critics 8, 100
on warfare 534
plants 149—50, 524
plates of gold 1, 25—6, 27, 63, 64, 66, 111, 150, 393, 415—6, 417, 440, 454—5, 462, 521n. 221
description of 41, 57, 58n. 3, 135n. 50, 150, 417
Emma never seeing 24
Joseph Smith Jr.'s receipt of 21, 22, 26, 31, 289n. 17, 520n. 212
local interest in 28, 32
Lucy Harris tried to see 24, 30
returned to angel 30—1
translation of 30, 32, 33, 62, 64, 83, 415. See also translation process
witnesses of 5—6, 19—20, 33, 39—60, 111, 162—3
See also Nephites: records
plural marriage 27, 48, 49, 272
poetry in Book of Mormon. See literary forms in Book of Mormon
politics
in Book of Mormon 9, 405—6, 424—6, 433—5
in Mesoamerica 402, 420, 429—33
and warfare 533, 535—6
polygamy 27, 48, 49, 272
Popol Vuh 149, 418—20, 432, 436—7, 438—9, 483—4, 502n. 78
population control 270—1
population dynamics
Nephite 196, 226—7, 270, 271—87
patterns of 11, 266—72
and war 270—2
See also population studies
population sizes 255—93
population studies
of ancient texts 256—60
of Book of Mormon 11—2, 187, 196—7, 255—93
models for 11, 259, 284, 273—9, 286, 292n. 51. See also population dynamics
power (rulership) 419, 425—6, 430, 431, 462, 465, 470, 501n. 72, 502—3n. 78, 525
Pratt, Orson
account of 58n. 3
and chapter system for 1879 edition 85
on Joseph Smith Jr. as prophet 122
on setting for Book of Mormon 260—1, 395
prayer 297, 300, 327, 328, 331, 334, 360—1, 366, 370, 371
pre-Columbian peoples 262, 263, 289n. 19. See also Aztecs; Book of Mormon peoples; Indians; Mayas; Mesoamerica;
pretechnical (pre-Modern) warfare 526—7, 530—1, 532, 534, 537. See also ancient warfare
Priest, Josiah, on influence on Book of Mormon 489—90n. 9
priesthood
and Book of Mormon 407—9, 428, 465—75, 480
and Mesoamerica 402, 462—5, 472, 480, 517
restoration of 22, 32
priests and record keeping 419, 423—4, 432, 462—71
printer's manuscript of Book of Mormon 34, 64, 68—71, 76, 85, 86—7, 88, 245
printing of Book of Mormon 21, 33—5
probabilities and Book of Mormon 9—10, 188—9, 192n. 21, 217, 221, 252—3n. 21, 275—6
promised land 13, 182, 264, 315, 326, 327, 354, 359, 369, 392. See also geography: of Book of Mormon; Mesoamerica: as setting for Book of Mormon
prophets and prophecy
in Book of Mormon 407—9, 428, 469, 470, 473—5
about Christ's birthplace 154—8
in Mesoamerica 402, 405, 463—5, 471—3, 517n. 190
and war 525, 538
proving the Bible 259
proving the Book of Mormon 3, 16, 33, 97, 180, 188—9, 192—3n. 22, 222—3, 226, 259—60, 263
psychological explanations of Joseph Smith Jr. 7, 23, 103, 104—5, 115, 117—8, 128, 129, 133, 135n. 50, 163, 391
publication of Book of Mormon 21, 33—5
purity 360, 538, 539
and clothing 338—9, 342, 360, 371
Quetzalcoatl 489n. 9
Qumran and Narrative of Zosimus 373n. 9
rapid population growth in Book of Mormon 266—7, 270
Rathbone, Tim, on translation process 23, 87
Rechab/Rechabites 360, 368—9, 370
"Recollection" ( by Joseph Knight) 27—8
record keeping
in Book of Mormon 423—4, 465—71
in Mesoamerica 462—5
records
ancient 256—60. See also ancient texts; books; histories
Book of Mormon 9, 377, 400, 417, 418. See also books: in Book of Mormon, use of; Jaredites; Lamanites; Nephites; record keeping: in Book of Mormon
destruction of 412, 417, 425—6, 430—2, 435
of early Church 42
Mesoamerican 15, 377, 398, 399—400, 401—3, 405, 412—4, 418—20. See also books: in Mesoamer-ica, use of; Mesoamerica: books/records in; record keeping: in Mesoamerica
See also ancient texts; books
recovery of Book of Mormon 1, 19—20, 21—38, 95, 102, 106—7. See also origin of Book of Mormon divine
Red Sea 375, 428
Reflector (newspaper; also Palmyra Reflector) 34
reformed Egyptian 150—2, 415, 441, 443, 453—4
refuting criticism 3—4, 7—8, 11, 12, 15, 100
religion and war 183, 377, 525, 533, 537—8, 539
religious value of Book of Mormon 103, 105, 121—7
remorse/pain vs. joy 210, 218, 219, 317—8, 319
Rencher, Alvin C. See Larsen-Rencher-Layton team
repentance 297—8, 314, 318, 354
repetition of ideas 216, 295. See also parallelisms
response to Book of Mormon publication 4, 22, 35—6, 106
restoration
Book of Mormon evidences 5
of Aaronic Priesthood 32, 43, 44
of Melchizedek Priesthood 22, 43, 44
restored gospel of Jesus Christ 1, 9, 44, 56, 102, 114, 158—9, 164, 295, 314
retellings of spiritual experiences 12—3, 311—21
variations in 311
Reynolds, Noel B.
on Lehi's journey through Arabia 14, 183, 376, 379—89
on Nephite right to rule 424
on the word gospel 159
rhyme in Book of Mormon 295, 307
Richards, Samuel W.
Oliver Cowdery's testimony to 44
on translation process 66
Ricks, Stephen D.
on Israelite kingship 184
on religion and ancient warfare 538
Rigdon, Sidney, as supposed author 7, 103, 105, 112, 113, 119, 128, 132—3n. 25, 132n. 18
right to rule 419, 424—7, 429, 502—3n. 78
Riley, Isaac Woodbridge
on psycholgocial explanation of Joseph Smith Jr. 133
on Solomon Spaulding and Book of Mormon story 113
Riplakish 411
rituals 369—71. See also customs; ceremonies
Roberts, B. H.
on complexity of Book of Mormon 190n. 5
faith in Book of Mormon 163—4
on setting for Book of Mormon 262—3
Robinson, J. R., on Narrative of Zosimus 326
Rochester Daily Advertiser (newspaper) 36
Rome 258, 286, 292n. 51, 525
rulership, right to 419, 424—7, 429, 502—3n. 78
Sadovszky, Otto, on linguistic development 515n. 179
sailing winds near Araiba 383, 387, 388
sale of Book of Mormon 35
Sam (brother of Nephi1) 272
Samuel the Lamanite, prophecy of 407, 408—9, 428, 474, 475
Sanders, William
appraisal of scholarship of 504n. 87
on Mesoamerican rewriting of history 430
Santley, Robert, on Maya demographics 270
Sariah (wife of Lehi) and journey to promised land 301
Savior. See Christ
Schele, Linda, on Maya warfare 149
scholarly study of Book of Mormon 2—4, 8, 16, 99, 121, 129, 148, 162, 164—5, 185, 188—9, 191, 192—3, 195, 220, 222, 232—5, 391—2, 482, 486
Schweich, Geo W. (scribe for David Whitmer), on David Whitmer's testimony 49
science, purpose of 16, 96, 97, 169n. 29
scribes
ancient 209, 399, 412
for translation process. See translation scribes
scripts 399, 400, 413, 435—43, 444—62, 479, 508—9. See also writing
seasonality 183, 527—8
sectarian and secular treatment 4, 23—4, 33, 96, 99—100, 104—6, 107, 109, 113, 119, 120, 122
seer stone 5, 6, 26, 32, 62, 65, 114, 135n. 50
seers
in Book of Mormon 469—70
in Mesoamerica 463—5
See also prophets and prophecy
Semitic 146, 380, 387
setting of Book of Mormon, geographical 9, 14—5, 148. See also Central America and Nephite geography; geography: of Book of Mormon; Meso-america: as setting for Book of Mormon; South America and Book of Mormon geography
ship building 14, 379, 383, 385, 387, 388, 531
Shipps, Jan
on Book of Mormon origin 103
on religious value of Book of Mormon 129, 135n. 46
Shiz 147, 434
similarities with other ancient texts 13, 15, 323—74, 376—7, 391—521
Sjodahl, Janne, on Indians as descendants of Lehi 263
Skousen, Royal
on critical edition of Book of Mormon 142—3
on translation process 6, 20, 61—93, 497—8n. 57
Smith, Emma
on Book of Momron recovery 22
and Brigham Young 27
marriage to Joseph Smith 26, 27
on unlikelihood of Joseph Smith as author 23, 27, 159—60
on never seeing plates of gold 24
as scribe for translation process 27, 28, 32, 64, 65, 76
on support of Joseph Smith Jr. 27
on translation process 22, 64, 65, 73—4, 76, 78
Smith, Ethan (author of View of the Hebrews), and Book of Mormon story 23, 115, 116, 160—1
Smith, Hyrum
arrest and imprisonment of 50—1
on Book of Mormon copyright violation incident 34
Joseph Smith Jr. receives revelation for 32
and printing of Book of Mormon 34
testimony of Book of Mormon 51
as witness of plates of gold 50—1
Smith, James E., on Book of Mormon demographics 11—2, 186—7, 196—7, 255—93
Smith, John, on Martin Harris's excommunication 59n. 8
Smith, Joseph F., on David Whitmer's testimony 40
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
1826 trial of 26
accounts of 161—2
1832 autobiography 24—5, 26, 29
1839 autobiography 24—5,29
of first vision 312
of recovery and origin 1, 22, 24, 26, 36, 96, 97, 98—9, 196. See also origin of Book of Mormon divineof Moroni's appearance (1832) 4, 24—5
character of 25—6, 106—10, 114, 118, 161—2
as a fraud 6, 7, 30, 103—4, 108, 112, 116—7, 122, 123, 124, 127, 129, 155, 159, 161.
on copyright violation incident 34
first vision of 7, 22, 41, 312
on geography of Book of Mormon 15, 183, 387—8, 392—4, 395, 397—8, 399, 488n. 3
on Harris-Anthon incident 29, 415—6, 498n. 63
ignorance of facts
on ancient world 13, 185, 188, 287
on Bible 155—6, 171n. 41, 219on chiasmus 216, 217—9on demography 287on Hebrew 187on warfare 184—5, 526lack of education 6, 8, 27, 29, 52—3, 66, 76, 105—6, 110—1, 287marriage to Emma Hale 26, 27money digging 26, 27, 130n. 14Moroni's 1832 appearance to 4, 24—5, 520n. 212plates of goldon description of plates of gold 41, 57, 58n. 3receipt of 21, 22, 31, 520n. 212as a prophet 114, 117, 128, 129psychological explanations of 7, 23, 103, 104—5, 115, 117—8, 128, 129, 133, 135n. 50, 163, 391revelations ofopposition to 43, 45, 49for other people 32on origin and recovery of Book of Mormon 1, 22, 24, 26, 36, 57n. 2, 95response to publication 4, 35, 36as supposed author 5—8,10—1, 12, 15, 20, 23, 27, 61, 91, 98, 113—20, 159—63, 188, 189, 196, 221, 241, 253n. 22, 377, 387—8, 391, 398—9, 481, 487, 488n. 3, 496n. 51Book of Mormon too complex 105—6, 110—1, 116, 179—81, 188, 287, 397See also complexity of Book of Mormon; Smith Theoryand translation process 5, 6, 9, 53, 61—93, 459, 497—8n. 57spelling out words 63, 65, 66, 75—82, 87, 90, 459as a scribe for 73as translator 1, 5, 6, 9, 23, 28—9, 30—1, 32—3, 46, 54, 61—93, 102, 126, 146—7, 220, 226, 241, 375—6use of seer stone 5, 26, 32, 62, 114as witness of Book of Mormon 20, 33, 40, 41wordprints of 226, 236, 241, 243, 247Smith, Joseph, Sr. (father of Prophet)
as Book of Mormon witness 42on copyright violation incident 34and money digging 26on sale of Book of Mormon 35Smith, Lucy (mother of Prophet)
on lost 116 pages 30on opposition to Book of Mormon printing 34—5on recovery of Book of Mormon 22Smith, Samuel, as Book of Mormon witness 42
Smith Theory 103—11, 113—20, 128—9. See also Smith, Joseph, Jr.: as supposed author
Solomon's temple 153—4, 171n. 38
Son of God 326, 327, 331, 342, 343, 361. See also Christ
sons of Mosiah2
angelic encounter of 312, 313, 318, 319, 320mission to Lamanites 313, 319, 320Sorenson, John L.
on animals and plants 149on geography of Book of Mormon 182, 264on Mesoamerica as Book of Mormon setting 15, 148, 182, 377and warfare 527—8Sorenson, John L. (continued)
on inhabitants of Mesoamerica 264on metal in Book of Mormon 150on proving the Book of Mormon 259—60on scholarly study 2on similarities to Mesoamerican records 15, 376—7, 391—521sources of Book of Mormon ideas. See nineteenth-century influences
South America and Book of Mormon geography 260—2, 393, 395. See also geography: Book of Mormon; Mesoamerica: as setting for Book of Mormon
writing/records in 399Spackman, Randall P.
on chronology in Book of Mormon 407—8, 476on Nephite calendar systems 452Spalding, Solomon. See Spaulding, Solomon
Spalding Theory 103, 111—3, 119, 120, 128, 132n. 25. See also Spaulding, Solomon: and Book of Mormon story
Spaniards in Mesoamerica 399, 401—2, 431—2, 435, 439, 472, 492n. 21
Spaulding, Solomon (also Spalding)
Manuscript Found 160manuscript of 103, 105, 112, 160and Book of Mormon story 7, 24, 105, 112—3, 119, 120, 128, 132n. 25, 160, 241, 253n. 22wordprint of 226, 241, 243, 253n. 22Sperry, Sidney B., on scholarly study of Book of Mormon 2
spelling of names, Joseph Smith Jr.'s 6, 63, 65, 66, 75—82, 87, 90, 459
spies in ancient warfare 534
spiritual experiences, retellings of 12—3, 311—21
spiritual value of Book of Mormon 103, 105, 121—7
statistics applied to Book of Mormon studies 10—1, 162, 196. See also wordprint studies
Steinhauer, Harry, wordprints on 247—8
Stendahl, Krister, on scholarly study of Book of Mormon 482, 487
Stephens, John Lloyd
on archaeology in Central America 490—1n. 11, 491n. 12on Mesoamerican geography 395—6Stevenson, Edward, influence on Martin Harris 45
Stone, Andrea, on Mesoamerican rewriting of history 430
stone, writings in 399, 400, 412, 413, 418
sacred 502—3n. 78. See also seer stonesZosimus's tablets 326, 327, 365, 371story retellings, variations in 311—21
structure of Book of Mormon 204—5, 209—10, 224
structures, literary. See literary forms in Book of Mormon
study of Book of Mormon
scholarly 2—4, 16, 99textual 6, 10—1, 12—3, 195—7wordprint 10—1Sumerian 452
supernatural. See divination, astrology, and astronomy; magic; origin of Book of Mormon divine
sword of Laban 33
synonymous parallelisms 12, 295, 300—1
Syriac language as basis for Narrative of Zosimus 13, 197, 325, 328—9, 367
Szink, Terrence L., on oaths in ancient warfare 536
tablets or plates of stone 399, 400, 412, 413, 418
Zosimus's 326, 327, 365, 371tactics, military 183, 526, 527, 530, 532, 533
tax records in ancient texts 402, 411
teachings, Mormon. See doctrines of Book of Mormon
techniques for wordprint studies 228—30, 236—7, 244—8
technology and warfare 183, 524, 530—1, 537. See also ancient warfare; pretechnical warfare
temple
Arad 154of Nephi 153—4, 170—1n. 38, 273rituals of 159of Solomon 153—4, 171n. 38ten tribes of Israel, lost 104, 116, 134n. 43, 487n. 1
testimony of Christ
Alma's 312Book of Mormon as 365textual analysis. See textual studies
textual changes 8, 142—5
textual studies 6, 8, 10—3, 14—5, 195—7, 199—224, 296
textual units 205, 221
theories of origin, alternative 4, 5, 7—8, 9—10, 19, 23, 33, 36, 97, 99—100, 102—39, 159—63, 391
Thomas, Mark, on teachings of Book of Mormon 126
Thompson, J. E. S. (Sir Eric)
on chiasmus in Mesoamerican documents 439, 444on parallels in Maya transcriptions 438on scholarship 521n. 223on the Grolier Codex 484—6Thorne, Melvin J., on complexity of Book of Mormon 9, 100, 179—93
Three Witnesses 39—50, 56, 162—3
Tiffany's Monthly (newspaper) 28
Times and Seasons (newspaper) 395
title of liberty 144, 534
Toltecs 419, 431, 483, 498—499n. 66
Torah 219, 426
trade routes 381—2, 511n. 155, 524
traditions 368—71
translation process 5, 6, 8—9, 21, 22, 23, 32—3, 61—93, 102, 106, 130, 160, 188, 217, 220—1
witnesses of 5—6, 50, 54, 98See also translation scribestranslation scribes
Cowdery, Oliver 23, 31, 32—3, 66, 67—73, 75—83, 86—7, 88—9, 217Hale, Reuben 28Harris, Martin 30, 31, 64, 65Smith, Emma 28, 32, 64, 65, 76Smith, Joseph, Jr. 73Whitmer, John 53Whitmers 32, 64translations and wordprints 226, 236—7, 241, 251—2n. 17, 252n. 18
transoceanic influence 367, 368—9, 447—9, 457, 481, 489n. 9, 495n. 44, 495—6n. 48, 509n. 138, 515—6n. 179. See also Near East
transportation of diseases, plants, and animals 524
treatment of Book of Mormon
LDS 1— 4, 7, 22—4, 101—2, 120—4, 195, 216—7, 394—6sectarian and secular 4, 23—4, 33, 96, 99—100, 104—6, 107, 109, 113, 119, 120, 122tree of life
Lehi's dream of 13, 331, 334—5, 337, 339, 343, 347—8imagery of 324, 327, 346—7trial in 1826, Joseph Smith Jr.'s 26
tribes of Israel, lost ten 104, 116, 134n. 43, 487n. 1
troops, military 284—6, 293n. 57, 525, 531—5, 539
Tucker, Pomeroy, on Book of Mormon recovery 22
Tvedtnes, John A.
on Alma's conversion accounts 12—3, 197, 311—21on Hebrew literary patterns 187on warfare 532, 536Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)
and Book of Mormon style 215wordprints of 228, 246units of ideas in Book of Mormon 205, 221. See also structure of Book of Mormon
Urim and Thummim 6, 28, 33, 62, 63, 415, 470, 503n. 78
ushabtiu figurines 456
value of Book of Mormon, religious 103, 105, 121—7
Van Blerkom, Linda Miller, on Egyptian and Mayan compared 445—6
variations in story retellings 311
View of the Hebrews 23, 115, 160
vision of Christ
Joseph Smith Jr.'s first 22, 41, 103, 312Paul's 12, 312visions 26, 326—72. See also angelic encounter(s). See also under individual names.
Vogel, Dan
on Book of Mormon teachings 126on origin of Indians 487n. 1voice of angels 313, 314—5, 316, 319
Von Kleist, Heinrich, wordprints of 248
Wadi Sayq 384, 387
Wallace, David L., on wordprint studies 230—1, 232
Walters the Magician (Luman Walter), influence on Joseph Smith Jr. 108, 131n. 15
warfare
accounts of 533, 535ancient 15, 377, 526—39animals used in 524, 528—9, 530in Book of Mormon 15, 148—9, 161, 183—4, 270—2, 279—80, 284—6, 377, 404—5, 470, 523—43and culture 211, 525, 536—7and divination 470and environment 527—9funding for 526, 531—2in Mesoamerica 184, 377, 420, 465, 537, 538, 539and population growth 270—2, 277, 279—80as a source of income 525See also military; weaponry/armorWarren, Bruce W., on religion and Mesoamerican warfare 538
water in Arabia, drinkable 383, 384, 385
Watson, Wilfred, on literary climax 299
Wayne Sentinel (newspaper) 22, 23, 35, 106
weaponry/armor 183, 411, 526, 529, 530, 531, 532, 538
Weed, Thurlow (printer), on refusal to print Book of Mormon 34
Welch, John W.
on Benjamin's speech 427—8on chiasmus in Book of Mormon 10, 186, 196, 199—224, 404, 443—4comparison with an ancient text (Narrative of Zosimus) 13, 197, 323—74comparison of View of the Hebrews 60—1on law and warfare 536on Nephite record keeping 452on translation process 23, 87Wentworth, John, and description of plates of gold 40—1
Western Hemisphere as setting of Book of Mormon 15, 182—3, 260—4, 393—4, 397. See also geography: of Book of Mormon
Whitmer, Catherine (wife of Hiram Page, a Book of Mormon witness) 52
Whitmer, Christian, as Book of Mormon witness 42
Whitmer, David
angelic encounter of 47as Book of Mormon witness 22, 40, 41, 42, 46, 57interest in plates of gold 32on leaving the church (excommunication) 13, 42, 52on Book of Mormon recovery 32on reforming Mormonism 52testimony of Book of Mormon 48, 50on transcription of Book of Mormon characters 415; 455; 497nn. 54, 56; 498nn. 63on translation process 32, 66, 76—7, 82—as witness of plates of gold 33, 40, 41, 46—50, 55, 56, 57n. 2See also angelic encounter(s): of Book of Mormon witnesses; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three WitnessesWhitmer, Jacob, as Book of Mormon witness 42
Whitmer, John
as Book of Mormon witness 53—7on leaving church (excommunication) 42, 43, 52, 54on reforming Mormonism 52on sale of land in Missouri 47, 54as translation scribe 53Whitmer, Peter, Jr., as Book of Mormon witness 42
Whitmer, Peter, Sr., on sheltering translators 32, 46, 53
Whitmers as translation scribes 32, 64
Widtsoe, John A., on Book of Mormon geography 396
Wieland, Christoph M., wordprints on 248
wilderness or desert 327, 331, 333, 367, 380—2, 388. See also journey to promised land
winds for sailing near Arabia 383, 387, 388
Wing-Sou, Dennis Lou, on Chinese script in Mesoamerica 448
witchcrafts 410. See also divination, astrology, and astronomy; magic
witnesses. See Eight Witnesses; eyewitnesses of events, accounts of; plates of gold: witnesses of; Three Witnesses; translation process: witnesses of
woe oracle 301
wood for ship building 383, 385, 386
Wood, Wilford, on reprint of 1830 edition of Book of Mormon 142, 245
Wooley, Leonard, on cylinder seals 495n. 48
wordprint studies 225—53
accuracy of 225—6, 227—8, 229of Book of Mormon 10—1, 196, 225, 226, 232—5, 239—41history of 230—5and translations 236—7, 251—2n. 17, 252n. 18world population growth 266—72, 291n. 41. See also population studies
Wright, David P., on religious value of Book of Mormon 125—6
writing
Book of Mormon 208—9, 377, 400—1, 439—44Mesoamerican 377, 399—400, 435—7, 444—9, 509n. 139See also books; literacy; records; scriptsYadin, Yigael, on the name Alma for a man 145—6
Yemen 376, 380, 381, 382. See also journey to promised land
Young, Brigham and Emma Smith 27
Young, Kimball, on psychology of Joseph Smith Jr. 118
Zarahemla, Chief 279, 406, 421, 426
Zarahemla
land of 279, 422—3, 424, 434people of (Mulekites) 279—84, 421, 423, 425, 426, 428, 458, 460—1, 501n. 72Zedekiah 219, 156—7
Zemnarihah 406—7
Zeniff 293n. 55, 434
Zeniffites 411, 424, 427, 459
Zenock 75, 303
Zenos as witness of Christ 303
Zoram 272, 421
Zosimus (the man) 13, 324, 326, 372n. 3. See also Narrative of Zosimus
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