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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

"Do ye not behold that the seed of Zedekiah are with us?" Mulek and the people of Zarahemla

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Nebuchadrezzar has Zedekiah's children killed before his eyes (Francois Xaview Fabre) When Nephi the son of Helaman prophesied to h...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Nephi Son of Helaman: A Prophet Like Moses

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The prophet Moses was often seen as the ideal prophet in Israelite history. Biblical writers often portrayed subsequent Israelite leaders a...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Swine and Peccary: Shift Happens

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Wild Pig The earliest reference to swine in the Book of Mormon text is among the Jaredites, where they are said to have been useful for ...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Was Aminadab a Zoramite?

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Nephi and Lehi Encircled By A Pillar of Fire (Ronald Crosby) One of the more remarkable narratives in the Book of Mormon is found in He...
Monday, August 10, 2020

"Irrefutable" and "Enormously Impressive": Michael Coe on the Diffusionist Work of John L. Sorenson

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Michael D. Coe When I first attended BYU as an undergrad in 1988-1989 I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant with Profess...

"There is no archaeological evidence for . . ."

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Kenneth Kitchen is Personal and Brunner Professor Emeritus of Egyptology and Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Cla...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Scimitars or "Cimeters" in the Book of Mormon and Precolumbian Times

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Curved Blade from the Codex Borgia (Wikipedia Commons) One of the weapons often mentioned in the war chapters of the Book of Mormon is ...