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Learn more about Ancient Near East elements of the Book of Mormon
FAIR links
  • Ben Spackman, "Negative Questions in the Book of Mormon FAIR link
  • Matthew Bowen, "'Semitic Semiotics: The Symbolic, Prophetic, and Narratological Power of Names in Ancient Scripture'," Proceedings of the 2017 FAIR Conference (August 2017). link
  • Robert F. Smith, "The Preposterous Book of Mormon: A Singular Advantage," Proceedings of the 2014 FAIR Conference (August 2014). link
Online
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Modern Near East Archaeology and the Brass Plates," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 52/4 (8 July 2022). [111–144] link
  • John Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Survey," Brigham Young University Studies 11 no. 1 (Autumn 1970), 50–60.off-site
  • Brian J. Baird, "Understanding Jacob's Teachings about Plural Marriage from a Law of Moses Context," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25/10 (2 June 2017). [227–238] link
  • David E. Bokovoy, "'Thou Knowest That I Believe': Invoking The Spirit of the Lord as Council Witness in 1 Nephi 11," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 1/1 (31 July 2012). [1–24] link
  • Matthew L. Bowen, "Shazer: An Etymological Proposal in Narrative Context," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33/1 (12 July 2019). [1–12] link
  • David M. Calabro, "Lehi's Dream and the Garden of Eden," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 26/6 (25 August 2017). [269–296] link
  • Kevin Christensen, "Prophets and Kings in Lehi's Jerusalem and Margaret Barker's Temple Theology," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 4/11 (3 May 2013). [177–194] link
  • Taylor Halverson, "Deuteronomy 17:14–20 as Criteria for Book of Mormon Kingship," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 24/1 (24 February 2017). [1–10] link
  • Lyle H. Hamblin, "Proper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 60/11 (1 March 2024). [409–444] link
  • Jared T. Marcum, "Withstanding Satan's Siege through Christ's Iron Rod: The Vision of the Tree of Life in Context of Ancient Siege Warfare," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58/1 (11 August 2023). [1–18] link
  • David M. Belnap and Nalini M. Nadkarni, "Trees and the Love of God," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 60/9 (16 February 2024). [313–366] link
  • Neal Rappleye, "Learning Nephi's Language: Creating a Context for 1 Nephi 1:2," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 16/8 (14 August 2015). [151–160] link
  • Neal Rappleye, "Lehi the Smelter: New Light on Lehi's Profession," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14/11 (13 March 2015). [223–226] link
  • Neal Rappleye, "The Deuteronomist Reforms and Lehi's Family Dynamics: A Social Context for the Rebellions of Laman and Lemuel," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 16/5 (24 July 2015). [87–100] link
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "A Backstory for the Brass Plates," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53/12 (21 October 2022). [199–254] link
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Lehi and Nephi as Trained Manassite Scribes," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50/10 (4 March 2022). [161–216] link
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "The Last Nephite Scribes," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53/7 (30 September 2022). [95–138] link
  • Collin Charles Russell, "Meeting Zoram," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 24/2 (3 March 2017). [11–26] link
  • Stephen O. Smoot, "Notes on Book of Mormon Heads," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40/10 (30 October 2020). [263–282] link
  • Stephen O. Smoot, "The Divine Council in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27/9 (3 November 2017). [155–180] link
  • Stephen O. Smoot, "The 'Fiery Darts of the Adversary' in 1 Nephi 15:24," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18/2 (18 December 2015). [5–10] link
  • Matthew Scott Stenson, "'Wherefore, for This Cause': The Book of Mormon as Anti-type of the Brass Serpent," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 43/5 (12 March 2021). [291–318] link
  • Jeffrey Thayne, "Understanding Covenants Anew: Using Ancient Thought to Enrich Modern Faith," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44/9 (16 April 2021). [307–314] link
  • A. Keith Thompson, "Apostate Religion in the Book of Mormon," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25/9 (26 May 2017). [191–226] link
  • A. Keith Thompson, "Nephite insights into Israelite Worship Practices before the Babylonian Captivity," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 3/7 (1 February 2013). [155–196] link
  • Kevin L. Tolley, "To 'See and Hear'," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18/10 (22 January 2016). [139–158] link
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Tree of Life, Tree of Healing," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42/8 (1 February 2021). [171–194] link
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Review of Little Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon by Brenton G. Yorgason," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2/1 (1990). [258–259] link
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Hebrew Background and the Book of Mormon," in Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Co.; Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991), 77–91.
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