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Subject Index to the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 1992-96

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Volume - 6, Issue - 1, Pages: 143–84
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Subject Index to the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 1992–96

    1 Nephi
      analysis of, 4/1:6–10
      contents of, 4/1:9–10
    2 Nephi, analysis of, 4/1:10–2
    3 Nephi
      analysis of, 4/1:28–30, 66–8
      as the American Gospel, 4/1:30, 49–50
      Mormon's purpose in writing, 4/1:50–1
      and Revelation, comparison of, 4/2:153–4
      teachings of, 4/1:60–4
    4 Nephi, analysis of, 4/1:30
    Aaron (Lamanite king), 3/2:107
    Aaronic Priesthood, restoration of, 4/1:273
    Abinadi
      as a Moses type, 5/1:90–1
      prophecies of, 1/1:60
      quotations of, 1/1:62
      role of, 2/2:66
      teachings of, 2/2:55, 66–7
      testimony of, 5/2:169
      trial of, 1/1:97–8
    abnormal hieratic documents, 5/1:166–70
    Abraham, book of, 5/2:69–75
    Abraham, sword of, 2/1:76
    academic credentials, lack of, 4/2:92
    academic freedom, 4/2:90–1
    Adam
      city of, 3/2:62–4
      fall of, 3/2:49 (see also fall of Adam)
      and knowledge of Jesus Christ, 5/1:160–1
      scepter of, 2/1:104
    adam, Hebrew word, meaning man, 3/2:58
    Adam and Eve cast out of Garden of Eden, 2/2:34
    adoption, promise of, 2/2:43
    adoptive covenant as basis for redemption, 2/2:39, 43
    Aeschylus (poet-playwright-theologian), 3/2:15
    afterlife
      Book of Mormon examples of, 2/1:2
      LDS teachings on, 2/1:1–2
      state of souls in, 2/2:29
    agency and democracy in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:227–9
    agency, Alma's discussion of, 5/1:144–5
    Ahaz, king of Judah, 4/1:197
    alienation, social, and pollution, 3/1:1
    allegories in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:106–8
    allegory of the tame and wild olive tree, 4/1:107–8
    Alma as male personal name in Bar Kokhba Letters, 2/2:199
    Alma, book of, analysis of, 4/1:22–5
    Alma the Elder
      escape of, with his people, 2/2:58–9; 5/1:99
      followers of, cast out, 2/1:143
      people of, 5/1:97
      teachings of, at waters of Mormon, 2/2:56–7
    Alma the Younger
      as individual writer within the Book of Mormon, 5/1:146
      conversion experience of, 4/2:110; 5/2:47
      near-death experience of, 2/1:3–9
      priesthood sermon of, 5/1:103
      reception of, by Amulek, 1/1:9
      teachings of, on life after death, 2/1:7–8
    Alter, Robert (biblical scholar), 3/1:42
    alternative explanations for foundational events, 2/2:13
    Amalekites
      definition of, 2/1:141 n. 2
      destroy Anti-Nephi-Lehies, 2/1:141
      lack of specific information on origin of, 1/1:30
    Amalickiah incites king of Lamanites, 2/1:141
    Americas, wealth of, 3/2:30–1
    Amlicites, 1/1:16
      and defection to the Lamanites, 4/2:133
    Ammaron and passing of sacred records to Mormon, 4/1:32
    Ammon
      and cutting off arms, 5/1:149
      imprisoned in King Limhi's territory, 1/1:9
      teachings of, 3/1:50
      unconsciousness of, 3/1:49
      at the waters of Sebus, 3/1:48
    Amnihu, hill, 1/1:148, 157
    Amulek's claim to be a Nephite, 1/1:9
    Amulek's testimony of Jesus Christ, 2/1:81–2
    Amulon, priests of, 5/1:97
    Amulonites, 5/1:97
      originating from twenty-four priests of Noah, 1/1:29
    anachronisms in the Book of Mormon, claims of, 2/2:4
    ancestral curse, theme of, 3/2:16
    ancient Near East, main events occurring in, 5/2:98
    Anderson, Lavina Fielding, and intellectual community, 2/2:159–62
    Anderson, Richard L., misrepresented by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, 2/2:187
    animals
      in the Americas, 3/1:21
      in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:193–5
      domestication of, 1/1:6
    Anthon transcript, 5/2:61 n. 5
    Anthon, Charles (professor), 5/2:60
      and his accounts of documents presented to him, 5/2:67–9
    Anti-Nephi-Lehies, converted Lamanites, 2/1:142
    apologists, 4/2:86
    apostasy
      from Christ's church, 2/2:19
      among the Nephites, 2/2:24; 3/2:28
      and rejection of a physical God, 2/2:75
      and restoration, 2/2:76
    Arabia, rivers in, 5/2:142
    Arabic, narrative style in, 5/2:91
    Arad, ostraca from, 5/2:161–2
    archaeological evidence and proof, nature of, 2/1:183–7
    archaeological knowledge of the Bible, 2/1:183–7
    archaeological support for the Book of Mormon, 2/2:153, 153 n. 72, 183
    ark and the Temple of Solomon, 1/1:74
    armor of the Nephites, 5/1:148
    Arthur, King, sword of, 2/1:44
    Ashment, Edward, 5/2:7, 10
    Assyria used by the Lord to chastise his people, 4/1:200
    āte
      Book of Mormon definition of, 3/2:17–8
      definition of, 3/2:13–4
    atonement, 3/2:42–3
      Abinadi's teachings on, 2/2:55
      infinite nature of, 3/2:40, 43–4
      King Benjamin's teachings on, 4/1:91–3
      prior effects of, 5/1:115–6
      required for redemption, 3/1:166
    authority, argument from, 2/1:195–7
    autobiography in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:85–6
    awake, Jacob's use of the term, 3/2:35
    Babylon, destruction of, 4/1:208
    baptism, 5/2:42–4
      of fire and of the Holy Ghost, 5/2:44–9
      infant, 5/2:53
      of Jesus Christ, 2/1:86–7; 2/2:18
      as a public witness of willingness to keep commandments, 5/2:42
      and repentance, doctrines of, 4/1:54
    baptism of little children
      case against, 4/1:71 disputations concerning, 3/2:98–9
    baptismal covenant
      duties associated with, 2/2:56
      renewal of, with sacrament, 2/2:60–1
    baptize, authority to, 5/1:129
    Barbour, Ian, studies of, on religious experience, 3/1:75
    Barkay, Gabriel (archaeologist), 3/1:204
    battle, ritual before and thanksgiving after, 4/2:126
    Beatitudes, Nephite parallel to, 4/1:157–9, 183
    Beckwith, Francis J. (philosophy lecturer), 5/2:12
    beginnings, new, as repetitions of cosmogony, 1/1:70
    Benjamin, King
      declining years of, 4/1:20–1
      vs. King Noah, 3/1:43–4
      as receptor of sacred records, 4/1:17
      speech of, 4/1:88–94; 4/2:112
        and adoptive redemption, 2/2:48–56
        and ancient Near Eastern parallels, 2/2:48–53
        ceremonial and covenantal components of, 1/1:106–8
        sacrifice of Christ central to, 2/2:52–3
      teachings of, on atonement, 4/1:91–3
    Benson, Ezra Taft, teachings of, on pride, 3/2:19
    Beowulf, swords of, 2/1:43
    Bethabara vs. Bethany for location of baptisms, 4/1:103, 182–3
    bias in historical accounts, 2/2:142
    Bible
      archaeological knowledge of, 2/1:183–7
      dual authorship theory of, 3/1:80
      historicity of, 2/1:185–7
      inerrancy of, 4/2:87–8, 5/2:2
      type-scenes in, 3/1:42
    biblical criticism
      as a means to understand Book of Mormon, 1/1:68
      based on literary analysis, 1/1:68
      principles of, applied to the Book of Mormon, 2/2:8
    biblical dictation, imitation of, 4/1:209
    biblical interpretation, Catholic report on
      based on human sciences, 5/2:20
      biblical texts within context of scripture as a whole, 5/2:19
      contextual approaches, 5/2:20–1
      fundamentalism, 5/2:21–2
      historical-critical method, 5/2:17–9
      literary analysis, 5/2:19
    biblical repetition, 3/1:42; 5/1:77–80
    biblical scholarship, trends and fads in, 2/2:8
    birth of Jesus Christ, 2/2:16; 4/2:149–50
    Bishop, Francis Gladden (Mormon dissident), writes of sword of Laban, 2/1:69–71
    blood guilt and its polluting taint, 1/1:123 n. 7
    blood of Christ as price of redemption, 2/2:53
    Bohn, David (political science professor), 5/2:8
    bondage
      antipathy toward, 4/1:242
      of Zeniffites, 2/2:57–8; 4/2:120
    Book of Mormon
      abridgment in, 4/1:46
      as an account of a restoration, 2/2:6
      advantages of intercity trade in, 2/2:86
      alleged anachronisms in, 2/2:4; 3/1:84–6
      allegories in, 4/1:106–8
      ancient divisions of, 2/2:95
      as an ancient text, 2/2:102; 3/1:104, 4/1:vii
      and it came to pass, 3/1:35–7
      animals of, 2/1:193–5
      archaeological support for, 2/2:153, 153 n. 72, 183
      assumptions about, 2/2:143
      autobiography in, 4/1:85–6
      battle for, based on nature of, 5/2:5
      beauty of expression in, 4/1:43–5
      colophons and headers in, 2/2:94–103
      coming forth of, 5/2:59
      comparison of chapter divisions in 1830 and 1981 editions of, 2/2:104–9
      compass directions in, 2/1:188–9
      as condensation of many historical records, 3/1:95
      covenant in, 2/2:47
      directions in, 1/1:145–6
      disguises in, 3/1:43
      divided into chapters and verses, 2/2:93 n. 6
      economic activity in, 2/2:84
      economic conditions in, 2/2:88
      editorial condensations of and omissions from, 2/1:22
      editorial guidelines of, 3/1:95
      events in relation to ancient Near Eastern occurrences, 5/2:101–35
      "exemplar historiography" in, 3/1:100–3
      exodus in, 3/1:187
      expansionist position on, 2/2:4
      as frontier fiction, 2/2:144
      function of, to teach and testify of Christ, 3/1:98
      genealogy in, 3/1:96
      "good guys" vs. "bad guys" in, 2/1:139, 139 n. 1
      grammar of the original text of, 3/1:29
      Hebraisms in the English text of, 3/1:113
      Hebrew expressions in, 4/1:216–7
      historicity of, 2/2:1, 3, 148
        related to Joseph Smith's prophetic truth claims, 2/1:197
      as a history of nations, 4/1:2
      as a history of unique peoples, 1/1:142
      homogeneity of religious ideas in, 3/1:90–2
      humanitarian notions of, 4/1:245
      hydrology, 1/1:144
      inspiration of, vs. historicity of, 2/2:3
      as inspiring historical fiction, 2/2:158–9
      iron and metals in, 2/1:189–91
      Isaiah chapters in, 4/1:146–50
      Jesus Christ, prophecies of, in, 5/1:159
      language of, 4/1:210–1
      language research on, 5/1:2
      lengthy, awkward sentence structures in, 5/2:82–97
      literal translation of, 4/1:46, 214
      literary patterns in, 5/1:51
      literary value of, 4/2:93
      as literature, 4/1:41–7; 4/2:94 n. 3
      multiple-similar narrations in, 4/2:104
      "no erasures" in, 5/2:95, 95 n. 20
      non-Mormon scholars' rejection of, 2/1:197
      not a modern economic commentary, 2/2:88–9
      origin of ungrammaticality in original text of, 3/1:31
      original language of, 3/1:114–5 n. 4; 4/1:225
      parallel episodes in, 3/1:43
      parallel structures in, 4/2:24
      peoples, possible remnants of, in Uto-Aztecan peoples, 5/1:36–41
      personal names in, 1/1:189; 5/2:147
      plants in, 2/1:191–3
      poetic features of, 1/1:165 n. 5
      possible origins of, 2/2:152
      as powerful American religious book of the nineteenth century, 4/1:42
      presence of Hebrew-like conditional clauses in, 3/1:34
      as preserver of knowledge for posterity, 3/1:100
      pronominal variation in, 3/1:130–5
      pronouns of address in, 3/1:118–9 n. 8
      and prophecies of Jesus Christ, 5/1:159
      prophetic language of, 1/1:181–3
      radical revisionist views on, 2/2:163 n. 103
      received as scripture, 2/2:153
      recurrence in, 5/1:81
      removal of non-English expressions from, 3/1:38
      repetitions from the Bible, 1/1:70
      RLDS views on, 2/2:142–3, 142 n. 36, 154–5
      as a sacred chronicle, 2/2:2
      scholarship, linguistic comparisons in, 5/1:7
      Sermon on the Mount in, 4/1:55–8
      simile curses compared to suzerain treaties, 2/1:136–7
      social issues in, 4/1:241–5
      specialized crafts in, 2/2:84
      Sidney B. Sperry's detailed analysis of, 4/1:1–40
      as stick of Ephraim, 4/1:40
      strings of -ing participles in, 5/2:93
      taxes in, 2/2:84
      testimonies of Christ, 3/1:97
      themes of, 3/1:94, 4/1:42–3
      Three Witnesses (see Witnesses, Three)
      title page of (see title page of the Book of Mormon)
      as translation literature, 2/2:5, 4/1:45–6
      translation of, 2/2:145, 206
        by Joseph Smith, 5/2:57
        evidence for, 4/1:211–5
      truth of, 5/2:5
      typology in, 2/2:63
      ungrammatical King James expressions removed from, 3/1:29
      universality of, 4/1:226–7
      word pairs in, 4/2:23, 23 n. 20
      as work of many editors, 2/1:22
      written language of, 5/2:156
    Book of the Law discovered in days of Josiah, 4/1:188–9
    Bountiful, description of, 5/2:137
    bow of fine steel, Nephi's, 2/2:83
    brass plates of Laban, Egyptian characters on, 5/2:156
    Brodie, Fawn, and report of sword of Laban, 2/1:60
    broken heart and contrite spirit, 5/1:132
    Brookbank, Thomas (author on Hebrew idioms and analogies), 3/1:113
    brother of Jared
      manifestation of Christ to, 4/2:132
      name of, 4/2:97
      and vision of Christ, 3/1:107–8
    Brown, Benjamin, visited by divine messengers, 2/2:169
    Burgess, Harrison, vision of, 2/2:170
    calamities and wickedness, 4/1:199
    calling upon the Lord for deliverance, 3/1:160–3
    Canaan, Israelite conquest of, 2/1:184
    canon, Catholic and Latter-day Saint, 5/2:14
    capitalism, 1/1:40, 52
      essential components of, 2/2:85
      nineteenth-century market, in the Book of Mormon, 2/2:80
    captivity and liberty, 3/2:45–6
    captivity/cry/deliverance, pattern of, 5/1:89
    caring
      attitude of, 1/1:42
      and concentration of income, 1/1:48–50
      and freedom of choice, 1/1:47–8
      and our natural resources, 1/1:50
      and specialization, 1/1:45–6
      and trading, 1/1:44–5
      and worker response, 1/1:46–7
    carved hieratic documents, 5/1:174–6
    caste system of India, 2/1:150–2
    cataclysmic events at Christ's crucifixion, 3/1:170; 4/1:51–2
    ceremonies, political and religious, participated in by Mosiah, 4/2:111
    chaos to order, pattern of, 3/1:105
    characters, empathy and antipathy for, 4/2:105
    charity, development of, 3/1:163–4 n. 13
    cherubim with flaming sword in Garden of Eden, 2/2:35
    chiasmus, 1/1:178
      in Alma's priesthood sermon, 5/1:105
      in the Book of Mormon, 4/2:24
      criteria for identifying
        aesthetics, 4/2:9
        balance, 4/2:8
        boundaries, 4/2:6
        centrality, 4/2:8
        climax, 4/2:8–9
        compatibility, 4/2:9
        competition with other forms, 4/2:6
        density, 4/2:6–7
        dominance, 4/2:7
        length, 4/2:6
        mavericks, 4/2:7
        objectivity, 4/2:5
        purpose, 4/2:5–6
        reduplication, 4/2:7–8
        return, 4/2:9
      definitions of, 4/2:2
      in Helaman 14:20–7, 3/2:86–91
      intentionality of, 5/1:105
        degree of chiasticity, 4/2:1, 11–2
        eye of the beholder, 4/2:13–4
        idea of intentionality, 4/2:12–3
      length of, 4/2:4
      reflecting Alma's near-death experience, 2/1:5
      rigor in identifying, 4/2:9–10
    children
      innocence of, 2/2:71
      Savior's blessing of, 4/1:57–8
    Christ. See Jesus Christ
    Christian teachings through the ages, 4/1:173–4
    Christianity open to all, 2/1:156
    Christ's coming, looking forward to, 4/1:199
    church of the devil, 2/2:28
    church of the Lamb of God, 2/2:28
    church, name of, 4/1:64
    circle, or compass, as a symbol of the cosmogony, 1/1:79
    city and land, Nephite and Israelite use of terms, 4/2:147–50
    city-building society requires specialization and exchange, 2/2:83
    civilization, definition of, 2/1:142
    civilizations, ruin of, 3/2:12–3
    clean vs. unclean, 3/1:18–21
    Cohen, Rudolph (archaeologist), 5/2:163
    colophon, title or header, 2/2:90
    colophons as Nephite literary practice, 2/2:94
    color vocabulary
      in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:26–7
      in the scriptures, 3/1:16 n. 23
    combination in sense of conspiracy, 1/1:184
    commandments, willingness to keep, 5/2:42
    communal societies, 2/2:86
    communism, 1/1:52
    compass directions in Book of Mormon, 2/1:188–9
    compass, or circle, as a symbol of the cosmogony, 1/1:79
    completion formula (finishing the work), 1/1:77
    construct state in Hebrew grammar present in Book of Mormon, 4/1:215–6
    controversial issues, scholarly position on, 4/2:88
    Coriantumr (last Jaredite ruler), 1/1:9; 4/1:267
      failure of, to repent, 3/2:25–7
    corn (maize), domesticated American crop, 1/1:5
    cosmogony, repetitions of, 1/1:70
    covenant
      in the Book of Mormon, 2/2:47
      ceremony of King Mosiah, 1/1:108
      of obedience necessary for redemption, 3/1:167
      relationship of God with his people, 2/2:39; 4/1:1, 239–40
      renewal ceremony, 1/1:59
      rituals
        affiliation of peoples, 4/2:116
        ceremonial response by the people, 4/2:115
        comparison of, 1/1:110–1
        deliverance motif of, 4/2:116
        religious reformation of, 4/2:116–7
        taking a new name, 4/2:115–6
      reminders of, 5/1:94
    covenants
      with God, 3/1:99, 110
      role of, in creating an adoptive relationship with the Lord, 2/2:61
    Cowdery, Oliver
      and reluctance to discuss Mormonism, 2/2:173–4 n. 33
      and testimony of Book of Mormon, 2/2:172–6
    created beings, types of, 3/1:106
    creation, biblical archetypes of, 1/1:82
    creation events, or foundational events, 1/1:69
    creation myths, 3/1:105
    critical methods, use of, in Book of Mormon studies, 4/2:86
    crucifixion, destruction at time of, 3/1:170; 4/1:51–2
    cult, definition of, 4/2:111 n. 4
    Cumorah
      existence of two, 2/1:177–9
      in New York, 4/1:268
      located in a land of many waters, 4/1:267–8
      location of, 4/1:260–8
    curse, ancestral, 3/2:16
    curse forms, ancient Near Eastern
      curse by gods, 2/1:125
      futility curse, 2/1:126
      simile curse in suzerain treaties, 2/1:127–8 (see also simile curse)
      simple malediction, 2/1:125–6
    curse of God, 3/2:22–3
    curse upon the land, 1/1:171 n. 14
    cycloides, 5/1:109
    darkness
      caused by volcanic ash, 2/1:113
      mist and vapor of, 2/1:110, 113
      three days of, 2/1:107; 4/1:29
    dark skin of Lamanites, 1/1:32
    Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), 2/2:117
    Day of Remembrance, Jewish, 2/2:113–5
    death
      as punishment for murder, 1/1:122
      inherited from Adam, 3/2:61
      of one man versus entire nation, 1/1:120, 134–7, 135–6 n. 41
      temporal and spiritual, 3/2:41–2
    defense as military strategy of Nephites, 1/1:112–3
    degeneracy, signs of, 3/1:23
    Dei Verbum, constitution of Vatican II, 5/2:14
    deliverance
      of Alma's people, 4/2:125
      through calling upon the Lord, 3/1:160–3
      of Limhi's people, 4/2:125
      promise of, to Limhi's people, 4/2:117–8
      terminology, 5/1:91
      theme, 4/2:123
    Deliverer vs. Redeemer, 2/1:84–6
    deluge, as type of creation, 1/1:80
    demotic, 5/2:158
    Derrida, Jacques (postmodernist), 5/2:8
    desire to do evil, 3/1:49
    destruction
      at time of the crucifixion, 3/1:170; 4/1:29
      in 3 Nephi, cause of, 2/1:108–9, 112
    Deuteronomy as "book of the covenant," 4/2:113
    Dionysiac worship, 2/1:147–50
    directions in the Book of Mormon, 1/1:145–6
    disciples, instructions to, 4/1:64
    discipline, church, 5/1:131
    disputations, avoiding, 5/1:134
    dissent, term, in Book of Mormon, 3/1:53
    dissent
      approached with spiritual revival plus civil defense, 3/1:66–7
      associated with evil, suffering, and destruction, 3/1:55–6
      development of, 3/1:69–70
      faithful blessed who suffer trials of, 3/1:70–2
      kinds of, 3/1:54
      response to, by community, 3/1:67–9
    dissenters
      hardening of hearts of, 3/1:56–7
      preaching of gospel to, 3/1:58–9
      repentance of, 3/1:57–8
      use of force against, 3/1:62–6
      using physical compulsion with, 3/1:60–2
    Documentary Hypothesis of the Pentateuch, 3/2:54–7
    documentary theory, 4/1:176
    doubts raised by education, 2/2:64
    Drewermann, Eugen (theologian), 5/2:20
    dry season, length and timing of, 2/2:209
    dual authorship theory of the Bible, 3/1:80
    earthquakes
      destructive nature of, 3/1:174–8
      location of, 3/1:172–3
    Eco, Umberto (Italian author and scholar), 5/2:23
    economic
      activity and conditions in the Book of Mormon, 2/2:84, 88
      conditions of the ancient Middle East, 2/2:78
      evils decried in Book of Mormon, 2/2:87
      prosperity dependent on spiritual condition of individuals, 1/1:36
      resources, 2/2:79
      theory, 1/1:35
    economies, planned or controlled, 1/1:40
    economy based on survival of the fittest, 1/1:52
    education, doubts raised by, 2/2:64
    Egyptian. See also reformed Egyptian
      alphabet and grammar project, 5/2:69–72
      characters on brass plates of Laban, 5/2:156
      knowledge of, 4/1:211
      language taught to Mosiah, 2/1:33
      magical papyri, 5/2:158
      possible remnants of, in Uto-Aztecan, 5/1:35
      scripts available in Lehi's day, 5/1:164
      writing systems of, 5/2:158
    Elephantine
      Jewish temple at, 2/2:198, 5/2:133
      Papyri, 2/2:197, 199
      Phoenician inscription from, 1/1:189
    Elijah's contest with priests of Baal, 1/1:172–4
    empathy, mutual, for successful human relationships, 1/1:42
    enallage
      in the Bible, 3/1:118–29
        applications of, 3/1:122–9
        five possible explanations for, 3/1:118–29
      in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:115, 145
        possible examples of, 3/1:136–45
      definition of, 3/1:113
    encyclicals, Catholic
      Divino afflante Spiritu, 5/2:15
      Providentissimus Deus, 5/2:14–5
      Veritatis Splendor, 5/2:11
    end of times, 4/1:285
    endowment, Brigham Young's definition of, 2/2:37
    enduring to the end
      as a principle of the gospel, 5/2:50
      in faith, hope, and charity, 5/2:49–54
    enemies of the Church, 2/1:198
    Enlightenment concepts, 5/2:7
    enmity, ancient concept of, 1/1:126–7 n. 15
    Enos, book of, analysis of, 4/1:14–5
    Ephraim and Manasseh, tribes of, 4/1:190
    epistle
      of Giddianhi to Lachoneus, 4/1:76–7
      of Moroni to Pahoran, 4/1:76
      of Pahoran to Moroni, 4/1:76
      prophetic, in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:73–4
    epistles
      pastoral, in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:69–73
      war, in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:74–7
    equity versus efficiency, 1/1:52–3
      conflict between, 1/1:40
      in economic theory, 1/1:40
    Erie Canal, 2/2:86
    Esau, sword of, 2/1:76
    escape, pattern of, 3/1:50
    Essenes, 2/1:159–60
    eternal life, 3/1:148; 5/2:54–6
      as greatest inheritance, 3/1:200
    eternal return, cycles of Golden Ages, degeneration, and regeneration, 1/1:69
    Ether (Jaredite prophet), 3/2:25
    Ether, book of
      abridged by Moroni, 4/1:257
      analysis of, 4/1:34–8
      content of, 4/1:123
      as history of Jaredites, 4/1:35
    Eusebius
      canons of, 2/2:91
      Onomasticon of, 2/1:165
    evil
      desire to do, 3/1:49
      as part of God's plan, 3/2:67–8
      problem of, 3/2:16
    excommunication, Alma's authority for, 2/1:34
    exegesis and hermeneutics, distinction between, 5/2:17
    exodus
      biblical, as a type and shadow, 3/1:187
      Book of Mormon, compared to Israelite exodus, 3/1:188–9
      in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:187, 190–1, 193–4; 3/2:123–6
      of Nephi, 5/1:85–6
      Nephite, as a conscious reenactment, 3/1:189–90
      of Zeniffites, 5/1:85–100
      significance of, 3/1:191–2
      and tabernacle construction as type of creation, 1/1:80
      theme
        in the Bible, 5/1:74–5
        modeled by black slaves, 5/1:82
        modeled by Puritans, 5/1:81
    extended alternate, 5/1:107
    factory system in Europe, 2/2:86
    faith and truth, use of terms, 3/2:114–7
    faith
      and actual events, 2/2:9
      Alma's discourse on, 2/1:143; 4/1:230–2
      compared to a seed, 2/1:95
      foundations of, 2/2:147
      in Jesus Christ, 2/1:80; 2/2:11; 5/2:27–33
      necessity for continuing, 5/2:32
      as a relationship of trust, 5/2:28
    faith events, 2/2:1–2
    faith, hope, and charity
      sermon on, 4/1:170–1, 184
      teachings on, 5/2:52–4
    fall of Adam, 3/2:39–41, 49
      biblical doctrine of, 3/2:53–7
      biblical references to, 3/2:58–72
      connected with fall of Satan, 3/2:58
      consequences of, 3/2:73
      fortunate aspects of, 3/2:75–6
      Lehi's interpretation of, 3/2:71–2
      Old Testament references to, 3/2:78–83
      preexilic and exilic texts relating to, 3/2:49–77
      results of, 3/1:150
    fall of Satan, 3/2:58
    family law administered by fathers, 1/1:95
    family, status of, 4/1:243
    Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), conservative views of, 5/2:6
    Farrell, John (journalist), 2/2:158
    Father, will of, 2/1:91
    Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), 2/2:117
    Feast of Trumpets (Rosh ha-Shanah), 2/2:117
      coincides with agricultural harvest, 2/2:111–2
      initiates Days of Awe, 2/2:111
    feeding the multitudes, sacramental overtone of, 5/1:135
    fighting, intergroup, 1/1:4
    fire and ash from volcanoes, 3/1:185–6
    First Presidency, RLDS, current thinking of, on Book of Mormon, 2/2:150–5
    first vision
      as historical occurrence, 2/2:2
      necessity of, 2/2:11
    flocks, keeping of, 1/1:5
    foods, permissible, 3/1:18
    foreign trade, ancient Oriental, 2/2:87
    fortification
      programs of Nephite kings, 1/1:91–2
      vocabulary, 4/2:143–6
    fortifications, 5/1:148
    Foundation for Research on Ancient America (FRAA), 2/2:133
      and RLDS Church, 2/2:148–50
    foundational events, or creation events, 1/1:69
    fountain
      of living waters, 2/2:15
      of pure water, 2/2:14
    freedom
      of choice and individual responsibility, 1/1:39, 47–8
      to choose life or death, 3/2:75
      religious, among Mosiah's people, 2/1:34
    Friedman, Richard E. (biblical scholar), 3/1:78–80
    fruit of tree of life, 2/2:34, 36
    fulfillment of the law, 4/1:159–61
    fundamentalism and "scientific truth," 5/2:3
    fundamentalist/modernist controversy, 5/2:6–7
    future, Nephi's vision of, 2/2:16
    gā'al, translated as redeem, 2/2:40
    Gadamer, Hans-Georg, hermeneutics of, 5/2:9
    Gadianton robbers, 1/1:184
      as outcasts, 2/1:144
    Gadianton, secret oaths and combinations of, 3/2:29
    Garden of Eden, 1/1:172
      Adam and Eve cast out of, 2/2:34
      diagram of, 2/2:34–7
      Old Testament references to, 3/2:68–9
      similarities of, to temples, 2/2:36
    gathering of Israel, 4/1:201, 279–80, 285
    gathering of Judah, 4/1:206
    genealogy, extended, in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:96; 4/1:117–8
    Genesis 3, origins of, 3/2:51–2
    geographical models, Book of Mormon
      based on assumptions, 1/1:143
      Hiltons' assumptions for, 1/1:145
    geographies, problems in reconstructing ancient, 2/1:162–70
    geography
      ancient Mesopotamian, 2/1:164
      ancient western Anatolian, 2/1:163
      archaeological knowledge of biblical vs. Book of Mormon sites, 2/1:162–70
    geography, Book of Mormon
      archaeological evidence for, 2/1:183–7
      best model for, 2/1:182–3
      Cumorah, location of (see Cumorah)
      directions in, 1/1:145–6
      Frederick G. Williams's statement on, 2/1:174, 180
      hemispheric geography model, 2/1:171–5
      internal, 1/1:142; 2/1:174
      LDS position on, 2/1:170–2, 181
      LDS works on, 2/1:171, 171 n. 34
      limited geography model, 2/1:171, 176–7, 180–1
      Mexico-Guatemala frontier, 1/1:144
      reconstruction of, 2/1:170
      South Arabian coast in, 5/2:137
    Gideon, 5/1:94, 96
      as deliverer, 4/2:120
      speeches of, 1/1:56
    Gideon, valley of, 1/1:148
    gifts of the Spirit, 4/1:166–70
    Gilbert, John H. (original printer of the Book of Mormon), 2/2:92
    God
      as agent of destruction, 3/2:20
      condescension of, 2/1:86; 2/2:17
      estrangement from, 1/1:169–70
      judgment of, 3/2:13
      justice of, 3/2:20–1
      love of, as it relates to Christ's birth, 2/2:18 n. 5
      man created in image of, 2/1:83
      manifestation of love of, 2/1:87–9
      plan of, 3/2:40
      as Redeemer, 2/1:84–5
      rejection of a physical, 2/2:76
      spirit of, 1/1:79
      as supreme creator, 2/1:199
    gods, weapons of, 2/1:46
    Golden Age of the Nephites, 2/2:82; 4/1:31, 248
    golden plates received on Feast of Trumpets (22 Sep. 1827), 2/2:111, 119
    Goliath, sword of, compared to sword of Laban, 2/1:48–53, 77
    good works, phrase, 3/1:153
    good, pronouncing work, 1/1:77
    Good Samaritan, parable of, 2/1:153–4
    gospel of Jesus Christ
      economic solutions of, 1/1:53
      fulness of, 5/2:56
      eternal nature of, 2/2:6
      pre-Christian, evidence of, 3/1:91
      six-point formula of, 5/2:26
    Gospels
      historicity of, 4/2:88
      as literature, 4/1:48–9
    gō'ēl basic duties of, 2/2:40
    grammar
      circumstantial clauses, 5/2:84–8
      circumstantial verb forms or conjugations in Coptic, 5/2:93
      conjunction and, 5/2:89–90
      conjunction-like particles in Arabic, 5/2:90
      Hebrew construct state present in Book of Mormon, 4/1:215–6
      independent and dependent clauses, 5/2:89
      -ing participial verb forms in Book of Mormon, 5/2:83, 97
      linking mechanisms of consecutive clauses, 5/2:88
      of original Book of Mormon text, 3/1:29
      plural suffixes in Uto-Aztecan, 5/1:11 n. 5
      primary subordinating conjunction in Tewa, 5/2:93
      pronouns in linguistic studies, 5/1:28–31
      subordinate clauses in Arabic, 5/2:90
      verbal nouns, use of, 5/2:87
      waw-consecutive in Hebrew, 5/1:31–2; 5/2:91
    Granger, Oliver, vision of, 2/2:169
    great and spacious building, 2/2:14–5, 19, 23, 27
    grief, expressions of, 1/1:171
    Guilding, Aileen, and study of reading the Law and Prophets, 3/2:120–2
    Hannah, cry of, to the Lord, 5/1:95
    Hanukkah, or Feast of Dedication, 3/2:121
    hard-heartedness, 1/1:43; 3/1:56–7; 3/2:21; 5/1:109; 5/2:40–1
    Harris, Lucy, reproved by an angel, 2/2:169
    Harris, Martin
      and testimony of the Book of Mormon, 2/2:176–81
      and loss of 116 manuscript pages, 4/1:6
      as presenter of translated characters, 5/2:60
      deathbed testimony of, 5/2:67
    Hebrew
      and Aramaic texts written in Egyptian characters, 5/2:160
      compound prepositions rendered literally in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:219–22
      and Egyptian scripts, commingling of, 5/2:162
      idioms in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:113; 4/1:218–25
      language family of, 5/2:158–9 n. 7
    Heidegger, Martin (philosopher), 5/2:17
    Helaman, book of, analysis of, 4/1:25–7
    Helaman, stripling warriors of, 2/1:142
    Hermeneutics
      in biblical studies, 5/2:22–3
      and exegesis, distinction between, 5/2:17
      necessity for, 5/2:25
    Herod, death of, 5/2:100, 100 n. 3
    hieratic, 5/1:174–6; 5/2:158
    hieroglyphic characters, 5/2:76 n. 58
    hieroglyphs, 5/2:158
    High Holy Days, Jewish, 2/2:117
    higher criticism of the Bible, 1/1:67
    historical accounts, bias in, 2/2:142
    historical-critical method, usefulness of, 5/2:24–5
    historical narrative in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:81–5
    historicity
      of the Bible, 2/1:135–7
      of the Book of Mormon, 2/2:1, 3, 148
    Hittite treaties, parts of, 2/1:129
    holy days, biblical, 2/2:110
    Holy Ghost
      as transmitter of spiritual truths, 5/2:49
      cleansing power of, 5/2:48–9
      power to bestow the gift of, 4/1:58; 5/1:129
      role of, in redemption, 3/1:166
    Homeric epics, formulas in, 4/2:19–20
    homicide
      capital, in Joseph Smith's community, 1/1:140 n. 49
      excusable, 1/1:121, 125–6, 129–31
      intentional, and negligent manslaughter, 1/1:131
      unpremeditated, categories of, 1/1:135–7
    hope, definition of, 2/2:76–7
    horses in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:194 n. 112
    House of Atreus, The (play by Aeschylus), discussion of, 3/2:15–7
    hubris
      derivation and meaning of, 3/2:14, 14 n. 4
      nature of, 3/2:21
      sin leading to, 3/2:14
    human nature, biblical doctrine of, 3/2:72–5
    humanitarian notions in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:245
    humility, faith, and repentance
      as prerequisite for redemption, 3/1:163–6
      in King Benjamin's people, 3/1:164–5 n. 14
    Husserl, Edmund, phenomenology of, 5/2:8
    Hyde, John (Mormon critic), 2/1:60
    hydrology of the Book of Mormon, 1/1:143–4
    hymn of the redeemed Zion, 4/1:206–7
    Iliad and Book of Mormon parallels, 5/1:147–9
    Independent Restoration branches of former RLDS, 2/2:134 n. 4
    India, caste system of, 2/1:150–2
    Indians, ethnic composition of, 1/1:8
    inerrancy of the Bible, 4/2:87–8; 5/2:2
    infallible magisterium, Catholic, and living prophets, 5/2:14
    iniquity, consequences of, 3/2:17, 24
    invasions by Assyria, 4/1:198
    investments, savings, and caring, 1/1:50–1
    iron and metals in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:189–91
    iron rod compared to test bridge of medieval vision literature, 2/1:15
    Isaiah 11
      fulfillment of, 4/1:276
      quotation of, by Moroni, 4/1:276–80
    Isaiah
      as an ancient text, 4/1:146–7
      call of, to the ministry, 4/1:197
      critical views on authorship of, 4/1:133–6
      in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:146–50, 180–1, 212–4
      lessons from, 4/1:193
      literary problem of, 3/1:86; 4/1:129–52
      literary unity of, 4/1:130–3, 178–81
        Book of Mormon support for, 4/1:137–8
        scholarly support for, 4/1:138–46
      quoted in 2 Nephi 12–24, 4/1:192–208
    Ishmael, 5/2:123
      burial of, 3/2:124–5
      identity of, 4/1:237
      lineage of, 4/1:236
    Ishmaelites, Lamoni and his people identified as, 1/1:25
    Israel's final restoration, 4/1:197
    Israel's gathering, 4/1:201
    Israel, branch of, 3/2:47–8
    Israelite conquest of Canaan, 2/1:184
    Israelite observances in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:7, 7 n. 10; 18
    Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 2/2:209
    Jacob, book of, analysis of, 4/1:12
    Jacob (Israel)
      birthright sword of, 2/1:76
      as slave to his uncle Laban, 5/1:96
    Jacob (son of Lehi)
      as a champion of woman, 4/1:14
      named after ancestor, 3/1:207
      ordination of, by Nephi, 3/2:37
      as possible replacement for Laman, 3/1:207
      teachings of, 3/2:34
        influenced by Lehi, 3/2:37–48
    Jared, brother of, 2/2:73; 4/1:240
    Jaredite battles, location of, 4/1:263–5
    Jaredite language, influence of, on people of Zarahemla, 1/1:19
    Jaredite record, 2/2:72
    Jaredites
      demographic growth of, 1/1:33
      downfall of, 3/2:24–7
      military history of, 1/1:88–9
      request of, for air and light, 3/1:107
      and stones of light, 3/1:108, 108–9 n. 9
      and Tower of Babel, 4/1:2
    Jarom, book of, analysis of, 4/1:15–6
    Jeremiah
      prophecies of, on plates of brass, 4/1:187
      testimony of, 5/2:169–70
    Jericho, excavations at, 2/1:183–4
    Jershon-Antionum area, 1/1:158
    Jerusalem
      Christ to be born in land of, 4/2:149–50
      shift in names of, 2/1:165–6
    Jesus Christ. See also Savior
      Abinadi's teachings on, 4/2:132
      Adam's knowledge of, 5/1:160–1
      Amulek's testimony of, 2/1:81–2
      appearance of, to the Nephites a Moody-type NDE, 2/1:14
      and association with outcasts, 2/1:154
      atonement of, 2/2:18, 33 (See also atonement)
      baptism of, 2/1:86–7; 2/2:18
      birth of, 2/2:16; 4/2:149–50
      Book of Mormon prophecies of, 5/1:159
      coming of, 4/1:199
      doctrines of, 4/2:131
      faith in (see faith in Jesus Christ)
      as Father and Son, 2/1:90–1; 2/2:66–7
      as God of Israel, 4/2:128
      King Benjamin's witness of, 2/1:81
      mercy and compassion of, 2/1:92
      ministry of, 2/2:18; 5/2:170
        among Nephites, 4/1:29, 49
      and nature of his person, character, and ministry, 2/1:80
      at Nazareth, 3/2:119
      redemptive power of, 2/2:62
      resurrection of, 2/2:2, 10–1
      second coming of, parallel to events from Nephite era, 4/2:152
      as Son of Elohim, 2/1:82
      as stem of Jesse, 4/1:277
      titles for, 4/2:129
      trials and temptations of, 2/1:92
      as true vine, 2/1:96
      uniqueness of, 2/1:82
      visit of, to American continent, 4/1:52–5
    Jewish High Holy Days, 2/2:117
    Job, book of, dating of, 3/2:65–7
    Joel, book of
      quotation of, by Moroni, 4/1:280–5
      referring to latter days, 4/1:282–5
    John the Baptist as an Elias or messenger, 4/1:271–3
    Johnson, Joel H.
      background of, 2/2:173 n. 31
      poem of, 2/2:172
    Johnson, Luke, as witness to Book of Mormon, 2/2:170
    Johnson, Lyman, apostasy of, 2/2:171
    Joseph (son of Lehi)
      as possible replacement for Lemuel, 3/1:207
      named after ancestor, 3/1:207
    Joseph and Judah, reuniting of, 3/2:121
    Joseph of Egypt, birthright of, 2/1:76
    joy vs. misery, 3/2:39–40
    Judah, gathering of, 4/1:206
    judge, office of, 1/1:93–8
    Judges, book of, possibly based on "Book of Saviors," 4/2:120
    judgment day, 2/2:30; 3/2:44–5
    judgment of God, 3/2:13; 4/1:194, 270
    justice, 3/2:14
    justice vs. mercy, 2/2:34
    juxtaposition with word pairs, 4/2:30
    Kadesh-Barnea, ostraca from, 5/2:162–3
    Keen, G. J., statement of, 2/2:173
    Kikawada, Isaac M. (biblical scholar), 3/1:78–80
    killing and stoning, 1/1:177
    King Ahaz. See Ahaz, king of Judah
    King Arthur, sword of. See Arthur, King, sword of
    King Benjamin, speech of. See Benjamin, King: speech of
    King James Version, borrowings from, in the Book of Mormon, 1/1:71
    King Lamoni. See Lamoni, King
    King Limhi. See Limhi, King
    King Noah. See Noah, King
    king-men, 1/1:17
    king
      as civil administrator, 1/1:98–100
      as civil servant, 1/1:93–103
      as guardian of the people, 1/1:87–93
      as judge or chief judge, 1/1:93–8
      as lawgiver, 1/1:100–3
      as mediator of covenant between God and the people, 1/1:105–8
      as military commander-in-chief, 1/1:87–90
      as religious leader, 1/1:103–12
      as teacher, 1/1:108–9, 112
      potential to become, 2/1:37
      relationship of, to subjects, 2/1:36–7
    kings
      building activities of, 1/1:90–3
      just men for, 1/1:86
      Nephite, as enforcers of God's laws, 1/1:114
      selfless service of, 1/1:114–8
      threefold functions of, 1/1:87, 112–8; 2/1:42
    kingship
      ambivalence toward, in King Mosiah's writings, 1/1:86
      argument against, 2/1:35
      complex pattern of, in Old World, 2/1:26
      divine
        allusion to, in Alma, 3/1:7
        rejected by Israelites, 1/1:85
      institution of, among the Lamanites, 1/1:29
      Israelite ideal of, 4/2:119
      in Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies, 1/1:85
      Nephite, lack of bureaucracy in, 1/1:113
      progression from, to judgeship in time of Mosiah, 4/2:122
      sacral aspects of, 1/1:104
      and swords, 2/1:47
      symbols of, 1/1:80
      unfavorable attitudes toward, 1/1:85
    Kirtland Egyptian Papers, 5/2:70, 80
    Knight, Joseph, journal accounts of, 5/2:65–6
    Korihor, 2/1:198
      dumbness of, 2/1:199
    Kuhn, Thomas, explanation of, on paradigm debate, 3/1:75
    Laban
      and false accusation of Laman, 1/1:136
      records of, 5/2:123
      slaying of, 3/1:45
        alternatives to, 1/1:132
        lack of witnesses to, 1/1:121
        legal principles pertaining to, 1/1:121
        less than culpable or capital homicide, 1/1:137–40
        making sense of, 1/1:141
        and Nephi's state of mind, 1/1:124–31
        nineteenth-century environment of little help in explaining, 1/1:140–1
        role of divine will in, 1/1:131–4
      sword of (see sword of Laban)
      visits to, 3/1:45
    Lamanites
      ancestry of, 4/1:246–50
      associated with ritual impurity, 3/1:22
      cursing of, 4/1:249
      dark skin of, 1/1:32
      destroy Nephites, 2/1:142
      faithfulness of converted, 4/1:252–3
      identified with those who rebel against God, 3/1:23
      inclusion of other people by, 1/1:27
      invasion by, 1/1:89–90
      and marriage covenants, 4/1:250–1
      mission to, by Mosiah's sons, 2/1:35
      more numerous than Nephites, 1/1:26
      more righteous than Nephites, 2/1:140
      vs. Native Americans, 2/1:179–80
      Nephite responses to, 4/2:133–4
      possibly joined by Nephites, 4/1:251–2
      preservation of, 3/2:47
      prisoners of, 3/2:104–6
      as scourge to the Nephites, 4/1:250
      and tradition of Nephite betrayal, 1/1:120
    lament
      communal, 1/1:168
      definition of, 1/1:163
      over the destroyed city of Moronihah, 1/1:167–8
    lament literature, 1/1:163
    lamentation by Mormon, 4/1:79–80
    Lamoni, King
      Ammon's teachings to, 3/1:48
      deathlike trance of, 3/1:49
      wife of, 3/1:49
    land of promise, 3/2:23
    land, choice, 3/2:47
    language
      proto- or parent, 5/1:10
      role of, 2/1:198
    languages
      ancient Near Eastern, 5/1:2, 4
      Native American, 5/1:4
        and relationship to Hebrew or Egyptian, 5/1:8–42
    large plates of Nephi as a secular history, 4/1:5
    latter days, conditions of, 4/1:195–6
    law of Moses, 2/2:51
      and claim that salvation comes by, 2/2:54
      read in the synagogues, 3/2:118
    Law, public reading of, 3/2:118
    learned man, 5/2:59
    Lehi
      contemporary of Ezekiel, 3/2:71
      daughters of, possibly marrying sons of Ishmael, 4/1:235–8
      departure of, from Jerusalem, 5/2:98, 122
      influence of, on Jacob's teachings, 3/2:37–48
      possible birth date of, 5/2:111
      prophets contemporary with, 5/2:121
      and his wealth, 2/2:82
    Lehi, book of, Mormon's abridgment of, 4/1:6
    Lehi's dream, 2/2:14
      basic interpretation of, 2/2:15
      given to teach about Christ, 2/1:93
      Nephi's interpretation of, 2/2:29
      parallels of, with otherworld journey literature, 2/1:14–6
      symbolism of, 2/1:16
    Lehi's party as exiles from the land of Jerusalem, 1/1:139
    lengthy sentence structures in Book of Mormon, 5/1:2
    Liahona
      artistic depiction of, 3/2:6
      functions of, 3/2:1–2
      as part of royal treasures, 2/1:28
      probable size of, 3/2:5
      spindles of, 3/2:3
        purpose of two, 3/2:6–11
      as a symbol of kingship, 1/1:79
      text on outside of, 3/2:4
      as a type for the word of Christ, 3/1:202
      workmanship of, 3/2:3
    liberty and captivity, 3/2:45–6
    lightning
      caused by electrical discharges in ash cloud, 2/1:113
      and fine volcanic ash, 2/1:110
      unaccompanied by rain, 2/1:107
    Limhi, King
      direct quotations of, 1/1:55
        formulaic elements of, 1/1:58
      as an individual, 1/1:54
      interrogates king of the Lamanites, 1/1:65
      kingdom conferred upon, by the people, 1/1:54
    Limhi, people of, 2/2:66
      assembly of, at temple of Nephi, 4/2:117–8
      bondage of, 2/2:57–8
      escape of, 5/1:97
    Lindsell, Harold (biblical scholar), 5/2:1
    linguistic scene, ancient, complexity of, 1/1:19
    literary and narrative theory, 5/1:50
    literature, qualities of great, 4/1:42–7
    literature and history, relationship of, 5/1:52–72
    logic
      best manuscript fallacy, 4/2:88
      fallacy of argument from authority, 4/2:88
      scholarly consensus as infallible guide to the truth, 4/2:90
    logical flaws of anti-Mormon attacks, 2/1:161
    Long, Charles (author about creation myths), 3/1:105
    Lord God, title of, 1/1: 172–3, 175 n. 24
      in worship contexts, 1/1:174–5
    Lord our God, the, 1/1:172
    Lord's Prayer, variations in, 4/1:161–4
    Lord's servants as strangers, sojourners, or wanderers, 3/1:194–8
    Lord, sudden appearance of, 4/1:270
    Lucifer, son of the morning, 4/1:208
    lunar vs. solar calendar, 2/2:208
    macuahuitl as a sword, 5/1:151–8
    Malachi 3 and 4, quotation of
      in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:181–2
      by Jesus Christ, 4/1:62–3
      by Moroni, 4/1:269–76
    manslaughter, unintentional, in the biblical period, 1/1:139
    Manti, city of, 1/1:143, 149–51
      and geographical relation to Zarahemla, 1/1:149–51
      captured by the Lamanites, 1/1:149
      military isolation of, 1/1:149
      modern candidate for, 1/1:162
    Manti, land of
      beyond south wilderness, 1/1:150
      modern candidate for, 1/1:157
    map
      and correspondence to spiritual realities, 2/1:32
      orb inscribed as a, 2/1:29–32
    market, chief, near garden of Nephi, 4/2:138
    marketplace in Mesoamerica, 4/2:138–41
    marriage practices, illicit, of the Nephites, 4/1:241
    Marsh, Thomas B., and interviews with Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, 2/2:174
    Mary, mother of Jesus, 2/1:82–3
    Melchizedek material in Alma 13 and Hebrews, 3/1:85
    Mesoamerican toponyms, severe discontinuity and rarity of, 2/1:167–8
    messenger to prepare the way of the Lord, 4/1:270–3
    Messiah testified of by Lehi, 2/1:84
    metal plates, use of, 3/1:204
    metal technology, Nephite, 1/1:92
    metals in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:189–91
    Metcalfe, Brent, use of narrative and literary theory by, 5/1:101
    Methuselah, sword of, 2/1:76
    metonymy
      in the Bible, 3/1:11–2
      in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:12–6
      as symbolic use of names, 3/1:1, 8–11
    Mexico-Guatemala frontier as site of Manti-Sidon-Zarahemla area, 1/1:162
    Micah, text of, in Book of Mormon, 4/1:181
    Middoni, land of, 3/1:49
    Midgley, Louis (professor of political science), 5/2:9
    mighty change of heart, 3/1:156–9
    military history of Jaredites, 1/1:88–9
    military manpower, Lamanite, 1/1:28
    military strategy of the Nephites, 1/1:112–3
    millennial era, 4/1:203–4, 278–9
    Minon, land of, 1/1:149
    miracles not an adequate basis for belief, 5/2:30
    missionary activities, account of, in Alma's record, 4/1:25
    missionary work, Moroni's call to, 4/1:70–1
    mists of darkness, 2/2:15, 23
    monarchy, perpetual, sanctioned by Mosiah, 1/1:118
    Mormon, book of, analysis of, 4/1:32–3
    Mormon (prophet/historian), 3/1:95
      abridgment by, 3/2:90–1, 111
      as ancient historian, 2/2:92
      church service of, 3/2:100–1
      as editor of Book of Mormon, 4/1:3
      editorial remarks and warnings of, 4/1:65–6
      epistles of
        chronological setting for, 3/2:94–113, 95 n. 1
        to Moroni, 3/2:94
      explanatory notes of, 4/1:4
      lamentation of, 4/1:79–80
      literary work of, 4/1:4
      memoirs of, 4/1:33
      military involvement of, 3/2:101–3
      ministry of, 3/2:30
      reception of sacred records by, 4/1:32
      refusal of, to command armies, 3/2:107–8
      sacred records of, delivered to Moroni, 3/2:108–11
    Moron, early seat of Jaredite government, near Desolation, 4/1:264
    Moroni
      as abridger of book of Ether, 4/1:257
      ambush by, 1/1:158–60
      appearance of, to Joseph Smith, 4/1:269
      call of, to the ministry, 3/2:96–8, 4/1:70–1
      ecclesiastical responsibilities of, 3/2:99-100
      instructions of, to future translator of his abridgment, 4/1:37
      literary work of, 4/1:4
      memoirs of, 4/1:34
      as wanderer, 4/1:255-9
    Moroni, book of, analysis of, 4/1:38–40
    Moroni 2-6 compared to 3 Nephi 18, 5/1:119
    Moronihah, city of, 1/1:167-8
    Moses, as author of the Law, 4/1:120
    Mosiah, book of,
      analysis of, 4/1:20-2
      associated with Deuteronomy, 4/2:113
      characteristics of assemblies of, 4/2:113–7
      deliverance theme in, 4/2:123–8
      exodus theme in, 5/1:84–100
      as history of the reign of Mosiah2, 4/2:107, 111
      kingship theme in, 4/2:118–23
      literary complexity of, 2/1:25
      possible compilers of, 4/2:108–9
      religious messages of, 4/2:112
      structure of, 4/2:111
      texts and sources referred to in, 2/1:23, 23–4 n. 3
      as treatise on good and bad government, 2/1:24
      triadic structure of, 4/2:111–7
      as a witness for Christ, 2/1:25
    Mosiah1
      as translator of Jaredite records, 4/1:16
      flight of, into wilderness, 2/1:25; 4/1:16
    Mosiah2
      comparison of, with King Noah, 2/1:34
      coronation of, 2/1:26; 4/1:88
      reign of, 4/1:21–2
      as a seer, 2/1:34
      sons of, missionary endeavors of, 2/1:35; 3/1:47
      was taught Egyptian language, 2/1:33
    mošia' or savior, traits of, 4/2:127–8
    Mount Sinai, 1/1:172
    mountain
      journey to, 1/1:72
      as place of holy communion with God, 1/1:73
    Muhammad, sword of, 2/1:48
    Mulek
      descendants of, in land of Zarahemla, 2/1:25
      party of, numerous descendants of, 1/1:17
    Mulekites not an ancient term, 1/1:14
    multiple nested embedding, linguistic concept of, 3/1:32
    multitudes gathering together symbolic of great and spacious building, 2/2:23
    murder
      command not to, 1/1:121
      punishment for, 1/1:122
    names
      functions of, 3/1:1
      giving of
        in the Old Testament, 2/2:42
        in Book of Mormon, 2/2:47
      and kinship, 3/1:3
      new, 2/2:39
      personal, in the Book of Mormon, 1/1:20
      and rites of passage, 3/1:2
      and ritual, 3/1:4–6
      secret, 3/1:3
      symbolic use of, 3/1:1
    narrative criticism
      background reading on, 4/2:95 n. 4
      implied author in, 4/2:96
      implied reader in, 4/2:96
      tools of, 4/2:97
    narratives, repetition in, 3/1:40
    narrow neck of land, 2/1:176
    narrow passage, 3/2:99 n. 6
    Native American languages, linguistic analysis of, 5/1:1
    natural man, 3/1:151
    naturalistic approach of scholars, 2/2:7
    near-death experiences (NDE)
      accepted by Western religions, particularly LDS Church, 2/1:1
      aftereffects of, 2/1:10–4
      of Alma both positive and negative, 2/1:3
      in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:10
      compared to ancient temple mysteries, 2/1:14
      compared to conversion accounts, 2/1:2–3
      cultural influence on, 2/1:14–7
      Stanislav and Christina Grofs' stages of
        cosmic engulfment, 2/1:6
        death-rebirth struggle, 2/1:7
        no exit, 2/1:6
      life review of Alma in, 2/1:8–9
      Raymond Moody's pattern for
        Being of Light, 2/1:6
        Elation, 2/1:5
        Forgiveness, 2/1:5
        Life Review, 2/1:5
        Light, 2/1:5
        Music, 2/1:6
        Nigh unto Death, 2/1:5
        Others, 2/1:6
        Rebirth, 2/1:6
        Reluctance to Return, 2/1:6
      opening-of-the-mouth rite experienced by Alma, 2/1:3
      positive and negative aspects of, 2/1:4, 4 n. 9
      religious behavior following, 2/1:11–2
      Kenneth Ring's tendencies for spiritual orientation, 2/1:11–4
      validity of, within Mormonism, 2/1:17–20
    Nephi
      descendants of, fate of, 2/2:20–9
      exodus of, 5/1:85–6
      name of, 1/1:189–91
      people of
        composition of, in Mosiah's reign, 4/2:111
        joined by peoples of Zeniff and Alma, 4/2:109
        reference to, 1/1:10
      plates of, 3/2:109–10 n. 10
      psalm of, 4/1:77–9; 4/2:125
      as receptor of right of the firstborn, 3/1:208
      sisters of, 4/1:237–8
      transfiguration of, 3/2:125–6
    Nephi2, prayer of, 4/2:138
    Nephi3, record keeping of, 3/2:84
    Nephite calendar, 2/2:207
    Nephite church, heresies in, 4/1:71
    Nephite history, golden era of, 2/2:82; 4/1:31, 248
    Nephite nation, depravity of, 4/1:72
    Nephite new year's day, 2/2:209
    Nephite practices related to Israelite customs, 2/2:48
    Nephite records and failure to mention other groups, 1/1:24
    Nephite social and religious development after coming of Christ, 4/1:242
    Nephite twelve
      baptism of, in water and with fire, 4/1:60
      names of, 4/1:58–9
    Nephites,
      ambitious, manipulating Lamanites, 2/1:140–1
      battles of, against Lamanites, 3/2:102–4
      generic name designating the nation, 1/1:12
      inhumane sacrifices of, 3/2:106
      iniquity of, 3/2:27–33
      Lamanite hatred toward, 1/1:89
      often more wicked than Lamanites, 2/1:140
      people of the, 1/1:12
        reference to, 1/1:10
      royal proclamations of, 1/1:101
      sociopolitical label, not ethnic or linguistic, 1/1:11
      Three (see Three Nephites)
      wickedness of, 3/2:107
    Netland, Harold A. (professor), 5/2:11
    New Jerusalem, location of, 4/1:61
    New Testament
      as history or myth, 5/1:69
      Nephite parallels with, 4/1:171–3
    Noah, King
      as antithesis of noble king-servant, 1/1:117
      reign of, contrasted with Mosiah's reign, 2/1:35
      similarities of, to Riplakish, 5/1:63
    “no erasures” in Book of Mormon, 5/2:95, 95 n. 20
    Norsemen, 2/1:163–4
    north and south seas in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:189
    Northern Kingdom, fall of, 3/2:63
    Novick, Peter, and objectivity, 5/2:9
    number switches in the Bible, 3/1:146–7
    obedience
      blessings from, 3/2:23
      and prosperity, 4/1:36
    offering in righteousness, 4/1:271, 273–4
    olive tree, allegory of tame and wild, 4/1:107–8
    Omer (Jaredite king) passing place of Nephite destruction, 4/1:262–3
    Omni, book of, analysis of, 4/1:16–7
    opposition
      doctrine of, 4/1:232–4
      in all things, 3/2:38–9
      law of, 2/1:33
      necessary for choice, 3/2:75–6
    oratory in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:87–94
    orb as symbol of royalty, 2/1:28–32
    other nations in Lehi's prophecy, 1/1:7
    other sheep, identity of, 4/1:56–7
    outcast, spirituality of, 2/1:140, 142
    Owen, Robert (British social reformer), 2/2:86
    Palette of Narmer, 1/1:57
    parable of rich man and Lazarus, 2/1:154
    parable of the Good Samaritan, 2/1:153–4
    parable of the vineyard, 4/1:196–7
    paradigm choice in religious matters, 3/1:77
    paradigm debate, nature of, 3/1:81
    paradigms of Mormon thought, 3/1:75
    paradise, 5/1:114
    parallel episodes and structures in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:43; 4/2:24
    parallel terms in Hebrew poetry, 4/2:17
    parallelism
      definition of, 4/2:15–6
      emblematic, 1/1:179
      of specification, 1/1:166, 168, 177, 178
      synonymous, 1/1:177
    parallels, modern and ancient, 2/1:144–57
    parents in Zion, responsibilities of, 2/1:37
    participation, church, 5/1:131–8
    past events as interpretive guides, 1/1:68
    patriarchal blessings in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:95–8
    padah translated as redeem, 2/2:40
    Pentateuch
      authorship of, 4/1:176–8, 187
      canonization of, 4/1:125
      Documentary Hypothesis of, 3/2:54–7
      as a historical record, 4/1:126
      Moses as author of, 4/1:121–2
      narrative element in, 4/1:121
      problem of, 4/1:119–28
      redactors of, 3/2:57
      views on authorship of, 4/1:127–8
    people of the Lord, covenants of, 2/2:59
    peoples
      non-Book of Mormon, presence of, 2/1:179–80
      presence of other, in the promised land, 1/1:1
    personal names in Book of Mormon, 1/1:189; 5/2:147
    Pharisees, 2/1:152–3
      ritual exclusivity of, 2/1:155
    place names
      indicating economic interaction, 2/2:84
      transformation of, 2/1:166
    plagiarism, accusations of, 4/2:144
    plain, Jacob's use of the term, 3/2:36
    plants in the Book of Mormon, 2/1:191–3
    plates and records used by prophets to teach from, 2/1:25
    plates of brass
      contents of, 4/1:185–91
      as possible scripture of the Ten Tribes, 4/1:190–1
      prophecies concerning, 4/1:191
    plates, twenty-four, discovery of, 4/1:266
    Pliny's letter to Tacitus about eruption of Vesuvius, 2/1:120–3
    plural marriage preference of the early Nephites, 1/1:3
    plural suffixes in Uto-Aztecan, 5/1:11 n. 5
    poetic features of the Book of Mormon, 1/1:165 n. 5
    political allegiance, 1/1:11
    poor
      command to support, 2/1:34
      v treatment of, 5/2:41–2
    poor in heart, 2/1:143
    Pope John Paul II, encyclical of, 5/2:11
    Popper, Karl (philosopher), 5/2:11
    population growth, Nephite, 1/1:1
    population size of Lamanites and Nephites, 1/1:1
    populations, other, in the promised land, 1/1:34
    positivism, 5/1:100
    posterity as a consequence of the fall, 3/2:75
    postmortal existence, Alma's teachings on, 5/1:141–2
    poverty often leads to true humility, 2/1:143
    prayer of indignation, sorrow, and comfort, 4/1:112–3
    prayer, language of, 3/1:130 n. 17
    prayers
      in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:108–14
      intercessory, 4/1:109–10
      ordinance, 4/1:113–4
      pagan, 4/1:111–2
      supplicatory, 4/1:110–1
    pre-Columbian contacts between the Old and New Worlds, 2/1:187
    premeditation, ancient concept of, 1/1:124–5
    pride
      among the Nephites, 3/2:32
      President Benson's teachings on, 3/2:19
      contributing to fall of Nephites, 2/2:24 n. 11
      as danger to the church, 3/2:33
      explanation of, 3/2:17
      and power, 3/2:20
    pride cycle, 2/1:143 n. 6, 157–8; 3/1:51
    priesthood
      concepts of, taught by Alma, 5/1:103, 112–3
      ordinations to, 5/1:129–31
      policies and practices in Moroni 2–6, 5/1:120
    primordial act, 1/1:69
    production and exchange, references to, 2/2:80–2
    promised land, 3/2:23
      conquering and partitioning of, 1/1:81
      journey to, 3/1:50
      populations in, 1/1:34
      as a “strange land,” 3/1:198–202
      as type of eternal life, 3/1:201–3
    pronouns in linguistic studies, 5/1:28–31
    pronouns of address in Book of Mormon, 3/1:118–9 n. 8
    prophecy
      David Wright's view on, 3/1:86–9
      of Samuel the Lamanite, 3/2:84
    prophet vs. fraud, 2/2:3
    prophetic dialogue in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:103–5
    prophetic discourse in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:86–7
    prophetic language
      announcement formula, 1/1:182
      messenger formula, 1/1:181
      oath formula, 1/1:182
      proclamation formula, 1/1:181–2
      revelation formula, 1/1:182–3
      woe oracle, 1/1:182
    prophetic narrative in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:101–3
    prophets
      biblical tests for, 3/1:87
      and Catholic infallible magisterium, 5/2:14
      completion of work of, 5/2:170
      revelations to, 2/2:5
      and shedding of blood, 1/1:138–9
      two, in latter days, prophecy of, 4/2:153
    prosperity
      contingent on obedience, 4/2:127
      dangers of, 3/2:32
    psalm of Nephi, 4/1:77–9, 4/2:125
    publicans, 2/1:152
    Pulsipher, Zerah, vision of, 2/2:169
    purification and judgment at Lord's coming, 4/1:270
    purity, biblical laws of, 3/1:1, 17–8
    Queen of Sheba, 5/2:141
    queen, potential to become, 2/1:37
    quest theme, 3/1:50
    Quetzalcoatl
      endowed with Christlike attributes, 2/2:122–3
      Toltec and Aztec god, 2/2:121
    Quinn, Arthur (biblical scholar), 3/1:78–80
    Quinn, D. Michael (liberal historian), 5/2:8
    quotation, sign of, 1/1:61
    Qur'an, Arabic, 5/2:88–9
    rain, strange absence of, 2/1:107, 109
    Ramah, hill, site of last Jaredite battles, 4/1:264
    Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal (Catholic scholar), 5/2:10
    record keeping, importance of, 4/1:62
    records and plates used by prophets to teach from, 2/1:25
    records passed from generation to generation, 4/1:19–20
    recurrence
      in the Book of Mormon, 5/1:81
      in history, 5/1:73–84
      in narrative, 5/1:74
    redeem, use of term, 2/2:41
    redeemer in ancient Israelite setting, 2/2:39
    Redeemer vs. Deliverer, 2/1:84–6
    redemption
      central Book of Mormon theme, 2/2:44–7
      central theme in Abinadi's teachings, 2/2:53
      divine prerequisites for, 3/1:159
      as entrance into the Lord's presence, 2/2:46
      from physical death, 2/2:45
      by power of the Holy Ghost, 3/1:168 n. 20
      preparatory, 5/1:114–6
      process of, 3/1:154–67
      from spiritual death, 2/2:45
      synonyms for, 3/1:155
      of the world, 2/2:75
    reductionism, 5/2:20
    reform of King Josiah, 4/1:189
    reformed Egyptian, 5/2:75–6 n. 57, 156
      and abnormal hieratic, 5/1:162–4
      alphabet, 5/2:72–6
      in Book of Mormon writings, 2/1:33
      and carved hieratic, 5/1:164–5
    refuge, cities of, 1/1:122–3, 139, 139 n. 46
    religious experience, ambiguity of, 3/1:89–90
    religious texts on metal plates in Jerusalem, 3/1:206
    renaming as element of covenant-redemption relationship, 2/2:43
    repentance, 5/2:33–42
      applicable in all periods of time, 5/2:36
      change required in, 5/2:34
      and close connection with baptism, 5/2:39
      and commitment to keep the commandments, 5/2:38
      desire for, 1/1:166
      of dissenters, 3/1:57–8
      doctrine of, 4/1:54
      as a narrow or strait gate, 5/2:37
      and necessity of confession, 5/2:37
      procrastination of, 3/2:30
      as a turning away, 5/2:38
    repetition
      in the Bible, 3/1:42; 5/1:77–80
      and contrast in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:40
      Kierkegaard's term, 1/1:68
      modern prejudice against, 1/1:71
      in Nephi's quest, 3/1:44–7
      purposes of, 3/1:40, 52
      relished by ancient writers, 1/1:67
      within scripture, 5/1:109–10
      of stories of origin, 3/1:104
    rest of God, 5/1:116–7
    restoration
      of Aaronic Priesthood, 4/1:273
      Alma's discussion of, 2/1:9
      preceded by apostasy, 2/2:76
    resurrection, 3/2:43–4
      age at, 2/1:17 n. 45
      of Jesus Christ, 2/2:2, 10–1
    Revelation and 3 Nephi, comparison of, 4/2:153–4
    rich, difficulty of, to be saved, 2/1:153
    riches
      as gift from God, 1/1:176
      use of, 4/1:241–2
    Ricoeur, Paul (philosopher), 5/2:17
    righteous, fate of, 2/2:31
    Rio Grijalva, southern end of, field study of, 1/1:143
    Riplakish, similarities of, to Noah, 5/1:63
    ritual in the ancient Near East, studies on, 1/1:173 n. 19
    river of filthy water, 2/2:14, 15, 23, 33
    RLDS Church
      liberalism of, 2/2:141
      shift in name of church for, 2/2:132 n. 1
      theological divisions in, 2/2:133–42
      understanding of the Book of Mormon in, 2/2:138–9 n. 22
      views on the Book of Mormon, 2/2:142–3, 142 n. 36, 154–5
      wealth of, 2/2:137
    Roberts, B. H., and Book of Mormon criticisms, 2/2:183–6
    Rockwood, Albert P., journal and letters of, 2/1:68–9
    rod
      passed through the patriarchs, 2/1:104
      as scepter, 5/2:149–50
      as source of support and weapon of defense, 5/2:152
      use of, to represent words or speech, 5/2:153
      used for correction and guidance, 5/2:149
    rod of iron, 2/2:14, 15, 19, 33
      as a symbol of ruling power, 5/2:148
    rod of Moses, 2/1:104
    Roman Catholic position on the Bible compared to Book of Mormon controversies, 5/2:24–5
    root of Jesse, 4/1:278–9
    Rosh ha-Shanah, 2/2:116. See Feast of Trumpets
    royal regalia
      passed from Benjamin to Mosiah, 2/1:26–32
      possession of, 1/1:105
      transfer of, in Nephite history, 2/1:57
    sacrament
      partaking of, unworthily, 5/1:137
      as renewal of baptismal covenants, 2/2:60–1
    sacrament prayers
      commitments in, 5/1:127–9
      comparison of texts of, 5/1:120–9
    sacred relics preserved for a wise purpose, 2/1:58
    sacred time, 1/1:69
    sacrifice, great and last, 2/1:105
    Sadducees, 2/1:152–3
    Salisbury, Catherine (sister of Joseph Smith), 2/1:59
    Sam (brother of Nephi), 5/2:164
      abuse of, by older brothers, 5/2:166
      departure of, with Nephi, 5/2:168
      as a holy and just man, 5/2:168
      Lehi's blessing of, 5/2:167
      Lehi's rejoicing for, 5/2:166–7
      righteous decisions of, 5/2:166
    Samuel (Old Testament) as deliverer, 5/1:95
    Samuel the Lamanite
      as a poet, 1/1:179
      calls Nephites to repentance, 2/1:142
      first lament of, 1/1:165–8
      laments of, 1/1:163
      predictions of, 4/1:62
      prophecy of, that many would arise from the dead, 3/2:84
      second lament of, 1/1:168–75
      sermon of, 1/1:163
    Samuel the Lamanite narrative
      anachronies in, 4/2:103
      characters of, 4/2:104–6
      delivery of, 4/2:102–3 n. 10
      events of, 4/2:100–4
      setting of, 4/2:99
    Sariah (wife of Lehi), 2/2:196
      lament of, to Lehi, 3/1:46
    Sariah, name of, found in Elephantine Papyri, 2/2:196–200
    Satan, fall of, 3/2:58
    save, use of term, 2/2:41
    Savior. See also Jesus Christ
      infinite and eternal, 2/1:82
      likened to tree of life, 2/1:94–6
      mortality of, 2/1:80
      provided for us, 2/1:37
      suffering of, 2/1:88–9
    scarcity as basic fact of economics, 2/2:79
    scholarly position on controversial issues, 4/2:88
    scholars
      academic credentials of, 4/2:86–7 n. 25
      naturalistic approach of, 2/2:7
    scholarship, current Protestant, 3/1:92
    scientific paradigms, definition of, 3/1:76
    Scott, Latayne C. (anti-Mormon), 5/2:12
    scribes to record all the official statements or acts of kings, 1/1:57
    scripture
      abridgment of, 3/1:9–10 n. 14
      critical approach to, 4/2:89
      likening to ourselves, 2/2:69
      missing, insertion of, by Nephi3, 3/2:90
      omission from, of Samuel's prophecy or fulfillment of prophecy, 3/2:84–91
      oral reading of, 4/2:113
      public readings of, 3/2:119
    second coming of Jesus Christ, 4/2:152
    secret combination, phrase of, 1/1:184–8
      in non-Masonic context, 1/1:186
    secret combinations, 3/1:51
    secret societies, nature and form of, 1/1:21
    seer, function of, 2/2:71–2
    Septuagint, 4/1:179
    Sermon on the Mount
      audience for, 4/1:155–6, 164–5
      differences in texts of, 4/1:156–65
      in 3 Nephi, 4/1:55–8, 153–65
      similarities in versions of, 4/1:165
    serpent worship, 2/2:124
      feathered, in Mesoamerica, 2/2:121
    serpents, fiery flying, 2/2:127–31
    servants, Lamanitish, 1/1:31
    service of God, 4/1:234
    service, necessity of rendering, 4/1:89–90
    sheep, other, prophecy of, 3/2:121–2
    shelem, Hebrew term for peace offering, 2/2:74
    Shelem, Mount, and brother of Jared, 2/2:74
    Sherem, accusations of, against Jacob, 4/2:130
    ship-building
      by Nephi, type of creation, 1/1:71
      divine pattern of, 1/1:72, 74
    Sidon River, 1/1:143
      description of, 1/1:151–2
      head of, 1/1:152–3
      modern candidate for, 1/1:153–6
      water flow of, 1/1:143
    sign, Korihor's seeking for a, 2/1:199
    Signature Books, publications of, 5/2:5–6
    silver plates from Jerusalem
      burial site of, 4/2:136
      translation of, 3/1:205–6
    simile curse
      accompanied by a ritual, 2/1:128
      articles dealing with, 2/1:124 n. 1
      Book of Mormon contexts of, 2/1:132–7
        prophetic curse, 2/1: 135
        in religious covenants, 2/1:132–5
        treaty curse, 2/1:132
      Old Testament contexts of, 2/1:129–32
        covenant curse, 2/1:129–30
        prophetic curse, 2/1:131–2
      as an oral tradition, 2/1:138
      parts of, 2/1:124
      passive curse, 2/1:130–1 n. 31
      ritual, 2/1:127–8
      in suzerain treaties, 2/1:127, 136
      unaccompanied by a ritual, 2/1:128
    sin, unforgivable, committed by individuals and nations, 3/2:18
    sin, unpardonable, 3/2:18
    sinfulness, universal, 3/2:56, 73–4
      in book of Job, 3/2:64
    sins, saved from, 2/1:86
    slavery and taxation, 5/1:92
    slavery of the Israelites, 5/1:98
    slayings sanctioned by God, 1/1:131–2
    slippery, becoming, 1/1:175–6
    small plates of Nephi
      contents of, 4/1:4
      special purpose for, 4/1:6, 8
      as a spiritual history, 4/1:5
    Smith, Adam (economist), 1/1:37–9; 2/2:85
    Smith, George D. (owner of Signature Books), 2/2:155–6
    Smith, Joseph
      descended from Joseph of Egypt, 2/1:75, 75 n. 4
      and effort required in translation process, 2/2:204
      engraving of, by Edward Stevenson, 2/1:60
      environment of, 2/2:146 n. 52
      and first vision (see first vision)
      Holy Ghost testifies of, 2/2:168 n. 15
      and inability to translate before Harris-Anthon meeting, 5/2:69
      nineteenth-century economic environment of, 2/2:78
      and nineteenth-century works, 2/2:190–3
      possibly identified with the “rod,” 4/1:203
      prophetic claims of, 2/1:197
      as rod out of the stem of Jesse, 4/1:276–8
      social issues in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:241–5
    Son of Righteousness vs. Sun of Righteousness, 4/1:181–2
    songs in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:114–7
    sons of Helaman, faith of, 4/1:75–6, 253
    sons of Levi, purification of, 4/1:270, 273–4
    souls, loss of, 1/1:177
    sound correspondences in linguistic studies, 5/1:16–28
    source identification, practice of, 2/2:91
    South Arabia
      excavations in, 5/2:144
      Iron Age contemporaries of, 5/2:143
    Spalding, Solomon, long conversations in narrative of, 1/1:65–6
    specialization, 1/1:37–8
      and exchange, 2/2:80, 84
    speech, boldness of, 3/2:38
    Sperry, Sidney B.
      100th anniversary of birth of, 4/1:v
      Carma deJong Anderson's memories of, 4/1:xviii–xx
      Richard Lloyd Anderson's tribute to, 4/1:xxi–xxiii
      bibliography of writings of, 4/1:287–96
      biography of, 4/1:x–xi
      Book of Mormon research of, 4/1:v–viii
      Ellis Rasmussen's tribute to, 4/1:xxv–xxvi
      as scholar and teacher, 4/1:xiii–xvi
    spirit of God, 1/1:79
    spirit prison, 5/1:114
    sryh as a male name in the Old Testament, 2/2:197
    state
      Alma's rewording with, 5/1:143–4
      Alma's use of word, 5/1:140–6
    Stela 3 at La Venta, 1/1:23
    stem of Jesse, identity of, 4/1:202, 277
    stenographer in Zeniffite court, 1/1:57–8
    Stevenson, Edward, and engraving of Joseph Smith with sword of Laban, 2/1:60
    stewardship, expansion of, 2/1:37
    stick of Ephraim, Book of Mormon as, 4/1:40
    stones of light, Jaredite, 3/1:108, 108–9 n. 9
    strait and narrow path, 2/2:14
    Sun of Righteousness vs. Son of Righteousness, 4/1:181–2
    supernatural, denial of, 2/2:7
    sword
      birthright, of biblical tradition, 2/1:73
      compared with famine or pestilence, 5/2:151
      giving of, as part of coronation ceremonies, 2/1:42
      Nauvoo military, of Joseph Smith, 2/1:68
      as object of war and ceremony, 2/1:40
      as symbol of power, 5/2:150–2
      two edges of, 5/2:154
      vs. Mesoamerican macuahuitl, 5/1:150
    sword at Vered Jericho, 2/2:194
    sword of Laban
      accounts of, in Joseph Smith's time, 2/1:59–72
      as birthright sword, 2/1:79
      Francis Bishop's account of, 2/1:70–1, 70–1 n. 103
      compared to sword of Goliath, 2/1:41, 48–53
      compared to Vered Jericho sword, 2/2:195
      description of, 2/2:194
      as evidence of an armaments industry, 2/2:83
      Helaman's possession of, 2/1:56
      Moroni's burial of, 2/1:58
      as a Nephite national treasure, 2/1:73
      as part of sacred relics, 2/1:41, 54
      passed on with records, 2/1:55 n. 65
      as pattern for swords in America, 2/1:53
      physical characteristics of, 2/1:73, 73 n. 1
      possible pre-Laban origin of, 2/1:75
      as a religious symbol, 2/1:54
      as a symbol of divine authority, 2/1:41
      as a symbol of power and rule, 2/1:26
      theories about, 2/1:40–1
      unsheathed, 2/1:64–8, 74
    swords
      ancient, significance of, 2/1:78–9
      disappearance of, 1/1:171 n. 14, 176
      heroic pattern of, 2/1:43–4
      kingly pattern of, 2/1:41–2
      Near Eastern, 2/1:45–8
      and office of recorder, 2/1:65 n. 55
      as part of royal regalia, 2/1:42, 45
      as symbol of divine authority and kingship, 2/1:45, 77
    symbolic prophecy in the Book of Mormon, 4/1:98–101
    symbols, function of, 3/1:83
    synonymia, 5/1:108–9
    Tanner, Jerald and Sandra (anti-Mormon writers), 2/2:164
      misrepresentation in writings of, 2/2:187–93
      Matthew Roper's response to, 4/2:142–6
    Taves, Ernest H. (anti-Mormon publicist), 2/2:156–8
    taxation and slavery, 5/1:92
    taxes in the Book of Mormon, 2/2:84
    tectonic plates, movement of, at time of crucifixion, 3/1:171
    temple
      destruction of, 5/2:127
      in the promised land, 1/1:73
    temple-building among the Nephites, 1/1:92–3
    temple imagery in the Jaredite narrative, 3/1:109–11
    Temple of Solomon and the ark, 1/1:74
    temple typology, 2/1:96–105
      earthly temple as counterpart of heavenly model, 2/1:98
      legitimizing political role, 2/1:103–5
      primordial hillock, 2/1:98–100
      sacral meal, 2/1:102–3
      temple central to economic structure of society, 2/1:101–2
      v temple as place of communion with God, 2/1:100–1
      temple as place of sacrifice, 2/1:105
      tree of life and the temple, 2/1:96–105
    temples outside of Jerusalem, 2/2:199
    temple work, 5/1:274–5
    Ten Commandments, 2/2:55; 3/1:117
      Lord God as author of, 1/1:173
    Ten Tribes, 4/1:57
    test bridge of medieval vision literature compared to Lehi's iron rod, 2/1:15
    testimonies of Christ in the Book of Mormon, 3/1:97
    textual criticism
      and the Book of Mormon, 4/1:175–84
      definition of, 4/1:175
    theory choice dependent on values, 3/1:77
    theory, influence of, on selection and significance of data, 3/1:80
    Thompson, Stephen E.
      raising of substantive issues by, 4/2:87–90
      views of
        on the Book of Mormon, 4/2:82
        on New Approaches to the Book of Mormon, 4/2:82–4
        on reviews of New Approaches, 4/2:84–92
    Three Nephites, 4/1:64–5
    tilling the earth, symbolic significance of, 3/1:106–7
    Timothy
      prophecies of, 4/2:152
      raising of, by Nephi, 4/2:153
      stoning of, 4/2:152
    title of liberty, 5/1:149
    title page of the Book of Mormon, 2/2:93; 4/1:3, 255–9
      description of, on coming forth of Book of Mormon, 3/1:97
      as introduction to Mormon's editorial guidelines, 3/1:94
      as postface or envoi, 3/1:94 n. 1
      writing of, 4/1:255–9
    titles for Jesus Christ, 4/2:129
    tools, loss of, 1/1:171 n. 14, 176
    Tower of Babel in the book of Ether, 4/1:123
    trades, necessity of, 1/1:38
    transfiguration of Nephi, 3/2:125–6
    transitions, including birth and death, 2/2:74
    translation
      appearance of words or sentences in English during, 2/2:203
      of the Book of Mormon, commencement of, 5/2:62 (see also Book
        of Mormon, translation of)
      with consecrated instrument, 2/2:203
      multiple correct possibilities arising from, 2/2:205
      process of, 2/2:201, 204–5; 5/2:79
      to represent accurately ideas in original, 2/2:205
      Joseph Smith's view of, 5/2:70
    translation, use of the word, 5/2:69, 69 n. 32
    transliterations, 5/2:159
    treasures, disappearance of, 1/1:176
    treaties
      ancient Hittite, standard parts of, 2/1:129
      and simile curses, 2/1:127–8 (see also simile curses)
    treaty ceremony, 2/1:124
    tree of life, 2/2:15
      compared with temple typology, 2/1:94
      features of, 2/1:106
      fruit of, 2/2:34, 36
      guardians of, 2/2:35
      interpretation of, 2/2:17, 17 n. 3
      in Lehi's dream, 2/2:14
      as a personification of Jesus Christ, 2/1:93
      as a symbol of eternal life, 2/1:93
      vision of, 5/2:148
    trial procedures, 1/1:58 n. 17
    Trojan War, 5/1:147
    trumpet, blowing of
      by Moroni, 2/2:117
      as symbol of revelation and redemption, 2/2:116
    trust in God transferred to material things, 2/1:36
    truth
      and claims of science and religion, 5/2:12
      and error, 3/2:38
      historical, 5/2:9
      knowledge of, 5/2:29
      notion of, 5/2:12
      in religion and science, 5/2:13
      teaching of, 4/1:229–30
    truth, Jacob's use of the term, 3/2:36
    truths, well-defined, in LDS Church, 2/2:12
    tsunamis, destructive force of, 3/1:178–80
    two ways, doctrine of, 2/1:33
    type-scenes in the Bible, 3/1:42
    typology in the Book of Mormon, 2/2:63
    unlearned man, 5/2:59
    Urim and Thummim, use of, 5/2:77–9
    Uto-Aztecan
      language family, 5/1:9
      languages, approximate locations of, 5/1:40
      peoples, possible remnants of Book of Mormon peoples, 5/1:36–41
      and similarities with Hebrew, 5/1:8
      and similarities with Semitic languages, 5/1:33
    validity of religious teaching, testing of, 4/1:231
    Vatican II, constitution of, 5/2:14
    Vered Jericho sword, 2/2:194
    Vesuvius, eruption of, 2/1:120–3
    vision of the tree of life, 5/2:48
    volcanic activity and severe seismic events, 2/1:111
    volcanic ash blocks sunlight, 3/1:173
    volcanic eruptions, 2/1:110
      location of, 3/1:172–3
      recent, 3/1:180–5
    voting of redundant strings, engineering principle of, applied to Liahona, 3/2:7–11
    wages received by government officials, 2/1:34 n. 16
    war
      purposes of, 5/1:149
      rules of, 1/1:137 n. 44
    water, filthy, 2/2: 32 n. 21
    water flow of Sidon River, 1/1:143
    waters of Mormon, 2/2:56–7
    waters of Sebus, 3/1:48
    waw-consecutive in Hebrew, 5/1:31–2; 5/2:91
    wealth of Americas, 3/2:30–1
    wealth of nations explained by specialization, trade, and freedom of choice, 1/1:37
    weapons
      of Gods, 2/1:46
      Nephite, 1/1:92; 5/1:148
      as symbols of authority and royalty, 2/1:39–40
    Webster's 1828 English dictionary, 4/2:144
    weights and measures, names of, 1/1:20
    Wesley, John, and beginnings of Methodism, 2/1:145–7
    wet season, length and timing of, 2/2:209
    Whitefield, George (associate of John Wesley), 2/1:145
    Whitmer, David, and testimony of the Book of Mormon, 2/2:181–3
    Whitmer, Mary Musselman, shown the plates, 2/2:170
    whole earth, interpretation of, 2/1:113–9
    wicked, fate of, 2/2:31
    Wijckmans, Armand (RLDS pastor in Orem, Utah), 2/2:147–8, 148 n. 57
    wilderness
      narrow strip of, 1/1:153
      south, near land of Manti, 1/1:150
    wind, lightning, and darkness, 3/1:173–4
    without beginning of days or end of years, phrase, 5/1:113–4
    witnesses
      additional, to the Book of Mormon, 2/2:167–8
      lack of, at Laban's slaying, 1/1:121
      law of, 3/1:41
    Witnesses, Three
      and ideas on translation process, 2/2:201–3
      promised to view sword of Laban, 2/1:62, 74
      and testimony of Book of Mormon, 2/2:166, 171
    woes, ten, patterned after Ten Commandments, 1/1:138
    word of God, 5/2:152–5
      equated with a sword, 2/1:43–4
      power of, 5/2:154
    word pairs in the Book of Mormon, 4/2:23, 23 n. 20
      anger//fierce anger, 4/2:33–5
      blessed//cursed, 4/2:35–6
      blood//burnt offerings, 4/2:36–7
      city//land, 4/2:37–8
      day//night, 4/2:38–40
      dead//dust, 4/2:40–1
      deliver//destroy, 4/2:41–2
      earth//darkness, 4/2:42–3
      earth//mountains, 4/2:43–4
      eyes//heart, 4/2:44–6
      favor//blessing, 4/2:46
      God//man, 4/2:46
      good//evil, 4/2:47–8
      hear//understand, 4/2:54–5
      hearken//give ear, 4/2:48–9
      hearken//hear, 4/2:49–50
      heart//soul, 4/2:51–4
      heavens//earth, 4/2:55–7
      highway//road, 4/2:57–8
      Jacob//Israel, 4/2:58
      knees//earth, 4/2:59
      lead//destroy, 4/2:59–60
      light//darkness, 4/2:60
      Lord//God, 4/2:61
      mountain//valley, 4/2:62–3
      nations//earth, 4/2:63
      old men//young men, 4/2:64
      people//Israel, 4/2:64–5
      place//land, 4/2:65–6
      possible explanations for, 4/2:25–9
      pride//wisdom, 4/2:66
      righteous//wicked, 4/2:67
      sea//earth, 4/2:68–9
      seen//heard, 4/2:69–70
      sin//righteousness, 4/2:70
      tell [publish]//declare, 4/2:71–2
      thousands//ten thousands, 4/2:72–5
      tree//waters, 4/2:75–6
      visions//dreams, 4/2:76–8
      walk//observe, 4/2:78–9
      way//law, 4/2:79–80
    word pairs in the ancient Near East
      earth//world, 4/2:21–2
      in parallel collocations, 4/2:30–3
      valiant//mighty, 4/2:22–3
    words and types, philosophy of, 2/2:64–5
    Words of Mormon, analysis of, 4/1:18–20
    Wright, David P.
      conversion experience of, 5/2:8
      critical approach of, 3/1:74
      homogeneity of arguments of, with Korihor, 3/1:91
      views of, on ancient Hebrew sacrifice, 3/1:82–3
    Yahweh
      as gō'ēl of Israel, 2/2:41
      Old Testament, as Redeemer of Israel, 2/2:39
    ye not necessarily plural in Book of Mormon, 3/1:138
    Young, Brigham
      citation of, used improperly, 2/2:165–8
      claims of, that Witnesses remained true to testimony of Book of Mormon, 2/2:166
      and story from Oliver Cowdery of unsheathed sword of Laban, 2/1:64, 74
    Zarahemla, city of, 1/1:146–9
      location of, 2/1:176
      modern candidate for, 1/1:157–8
    Zarahemla, land of, 1/1:143, 146–9, 152–3
      peoples in, 4/2:109
      sought by Limhi's people, 4/1:265–6
    Zarahemla, people of, 1/1:13; 4/1:16
      diversity of, 1/1:14–7
      language of, 1/1:18
    Zedekiah, 5/2:99
    Zeezrom and correlation with ezrom, 3/1:15–6
    Zelph story, 2/1:174–5
    Zeniff, people of, 4/1:17
      discovery of, 4/1:21
      exodus of, 5/1:85–100
      history of, 1/1:60, 4/1:21
      treaty with, by King Laman, 1/1:61
    Zimmerli, Walther, discussion of, on fall of Adam, 3/2:69–71
    Zion in the latter days, 4/1:201
    Zoram
      departure of, from Jerusalem, 1/1:132
      as Laban's servant, 3/1:46
    Zoramites
      Alma's reaction to, 2/1:12
      expelled poorer element, 1/1:12–3
      prepared to receive gospel, 2/1:142–3
      some considered brethren of the Nephites, 1/1:8

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