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Z.001    "Zarahemla."  TS 3 (1 October 1842): 927-28.  Identifies Guatemala as the area where Zarahemla was situated.  [D.M.]

Z.002    Zarahemla Research Foundation Staff.  "Mayan Glyphs Translated 'It Came to Pass.' "  In Recent Book of Mormon Developments, Articles from the Zarahemla Record, 2:32.  Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1992.  A short report on recent translations of Mayan glyphs that mean "it came to pass."  [B.D.]

Z.003    Zarahemla Research Foundation Staff.  "Why Bountiful?  Why Desolation?"  In Recent Book of Mormon Developments, Articles from the Zarahemla Record, 2:148.  Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1992.  See also ZR 52 (December 1990): 1.  According to Alma 6:8 (RLDS versification), the Nephites usually named places after the founder.  However, bountiful in Hebrew is tob and is a name given to a region in Palestine that was very fertile, and the word for desolation is samem, which means a land wasted by war or natural disaster.  Perhaps these names are given because the places were not cities but large areas.  [B.D.]

Z.004    "Zeniff."  Friend 20 (October 1990): 8-9.  Children's illustrated story of Zeniff and his people.  [M.R.]

Z.005    Zentgraf, Rochelle.  "Acting Out Can Cure Acting Up."  Ensign 18 (February 1988): 23.  A family teaches their children about Lehi's dream by having them act out the dream in a family play.  [L.D.]

Z.006    Ziegler, Wesley.  An Analysis of the Book of Mormon.  2nd ed.  Pasadena, CA: Publication Press, 1947.  A polemical work that asserts that the Book of Mormon was inspired by Satan.  [M.R.]

Z.007    Zimmerman, Dean R.  Book of Mormon Geography.  N.p., 1972?.  Counts and lists 119 geographical sites in the Book of Mormon, 103 of which the author believes are identifiable.  [D.M.]

Z.008    Zindler, Frank R.  "East Is East, Except When North."  American Atheist 30 (February 1988): 29-33, 40.  An anti-Mormon piece that argues that LDS scholars have changed the location of "the narrow neck of land" from the Isthmus of Panama to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, creating a problem with the "sea east" and the "sea west."  [J.W.M.]

Z.009    Zindler, Frank R.  "How Do You Lose a Steel Mill?"  American Atheist (January 1988): 27-31.  A satirical effort to educate Mormons concerning the mistakes of the Book of Mormon.  Topics include the American Indians as descendants of the Jews, steel making, cows, horses, and elephants, and wheel-drawn vehicles.  [J.W.M.]

Z.010    Zinser, Raymond D.  "Experiment upon My Words."  In Recent Book of Mormon Developments, Articles from the Zarahemla Record, 2:157-60.  Independence, MO: Zarahemla Research Foundation, 1992.  Zinser describes what he experienced while reading the Book of Mormon.  He received a profound testimony after reading the Book of Mormon in one month.  [B.D.]

Z.011    Zobell, Albert L.  "Early Cumorah Pageants."  IE 71 (June 1968): 24-27.  Discusses the history of the Hill Cumorah pageant, a dramatic production that depicts the people of the Book of Mormon who peopled America many years ago.  [L.D.]

Z.012    Zobell, Albert L.  "Some Facts Concerning the Book of Mormon."  IE 44 (September 1941): 520.  Discusses the first printing and subsequent editions of the Book of Mormon and identifies different formats the Book of Mormon has taken since its first publication.  [L.D.]

Z.013    Zobell, Albert L.  "Where Are the Original Manuscripts?"  IE 63 (November 1960): 802-3, 826, 828.  Traces the history of two Book of Mormon manuscripts—the original manuscript and the printer's manuscript.  Joseph Smith deposited the original manuscripts in the cornerstone of the Nauvoo House October 2, 1841.  It was recovered in 1882.  The printer's manuscript is now in the possession of the RLDS church.  [R.C.D.]

Z.014    Zobell, Albert L.  "Which Translation Did Your Ancestors Read?"  IE 64 (May 1961): 318-19.  Gives the dates that the Book of Mormon was translated into each language.  By May 1961 the Book of Mormon had been translated into 29 different languages.  [L.D.]

Z.015    Zobell, Albert L.  "Writing Paper for the Book of Mormon Manuscript."  IE 72 (February 1969): 54-55.  Recounts the contributions of R. Joseph Knight Sr. to Joseph Smith Jr. during the translation of the Book of Mormon.  Mr. Knight's aid was instrumental in the process by providing food and the paper that the translation was written on.  [B.W.J.]

Z.016    Zobell, Albert L., Sr.  "Jaredite Barges."  IE 44 (April 1941): 211, 252.  Also in A Book of Mormon Treasury, 167-69.  Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1959, 1976.  Passages relating to the Jaredites are used as a basis for examining different aspects of the Jaredite journey including the design of the barges, a possible route of their journey, and their qualifications as ship builders.  [A.T.]

Z.017    Zobell, Albert L., Sr.  "Romance of the Third Edition of the Book of Mormon."  IE 49 (September 1946): 548-49.  Also in A Book of Mormon Treasury, 63-66.  Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1959, 1976.  An account of the efforts of Ebenezer Robinson to arrange the printing of the third edition of the Book of Mormon.  Also mentions changes made since the second edition.  [A.T.]

Z.018    Zobell, Levi A.  Alma, Son of Alma: A Story of a Prophet Statesman among the Aboriginese of the Americas.  Salt Lake City: Vanity, 1937.  A biography of Alma the Younger, employing paraphrases from the Book of Mormon.  Includes a section containing the sayings of Alma.  [D.M.]

Z.019    Zohner, Marivene.  "Home Evening in Lehi's Tent (Almost)."  Ensign 19 (July 1989): 66-67.  In their family tent in their backyard, a family reenacts the story of Lehi's discovery of the Liahona in the desert.  [L.D.]

Z.020    "The Zoramites and the Rameumptum."  Friend 23 (September 1993): 8—10.  A series of pictures for children illustrating the mission of Alma and Amulek to the Zoramites.  [S.H.]

Z.021    Zuck, Roy B.  "Letter to a Mormon Elder."  Moody Monthly 72 (November 1971): 24-25, 78-81.  An open letter addressed to LDS missionaries showing opposition to the Book of Mormon.  Refers to the Egyptian characters, Professor Anthon, Jesus' birth at Jerusalem, darkness for three days after the crucifixion, the Smithsonian view on the Book of Mormon, and the Three Witnesses.  [D.M.]