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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: What was known about iron in ancient America? (← links)
- Question: What was known about steel in ancient America? (← links)
- Hamblin: "there are no references to Nephite steel after 400 B.C." (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "The Book of Mormon...does not claim that the peoples it describes were either the predominant or the exclusive inhabitants of the lands they occupied" (← links)
- Question: Why did the Church modify the introduction to the Book of Mormon from "principal ancestors" to "among the ancestors?" (← links)
- Question: Does the Church claim that Native Americans were the ''exclusive'' descendants of Lehi or Mulek? (← links)
- Question: Does the Church claim that Native Americans were the exclusive descendants of Lehi or Mulek? (← links)
- Southerton (2008/2014): "It's true that if a small group (say 10 people) entered a massive population (say 1 million), that it would be hard to detect their mitochondrial or Y chromosome DNA" (← links)
- Olson (2004): "People may like to think that they're descended from some ancient group while other people are not. But human ancestry doesn't work that way, since we all share the same ancestors just a few millenniums ago" (← links)
- Question: What is the origin of the modern horse in the New World? (← links)
- Question: Why are horses considered an anachronism in the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: In what context are elephants mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: In what context are chariots mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have utilized place names and locations from the region in which he lived to create the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: How valid are the names used in the Holley Map? (← links)
- Question: Are the names on the Holley Map in the correct locations relative to one another? (← links)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have acquired the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from a map of the Comoro archipelago off the coast of Africa? (← links)
- Question: Were the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" available on maps accessible to Joseph Smith? (← links)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have heard the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from American whalers? (← links)
- Question: Why was the name "Cumorah" originally spelled "Camorah" in the 1830 Book of Mormon? (← links)
- McGuire: "Anjouan, one of the Comoro islands, with an indicated anchorage identified as Meroni" (← links)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have acquired the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from stories of Captain Kidd that he read in his youth? (← links)
- Question: What is the relationship between Captain Kidd and the Comoro archipelago? (← links)
- Question: Was Captain Kidd "hanged for crimes allegedly committed in the vicinity of Moroni on Grand Comoro?" (← links)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have used Ethan Smith's ''View of the Hebrews'' as a guideline for creating the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: Was the ''View of the Hebrews'' theory of Book of Mormon origin advanced during the lifetime of Joseph Smith? (← links)
- Question: What did B.H. Roberts say about ''View of the Hebrews'' and the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: What are the similarities and differences between ''View of the Hebrews'' and the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: Has the book ''View of the Hebrews'' been readily available? (← links)
- Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of ''View of the Hebrews'', and Oliver Cowdery? (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Joseph Smith and his associates often used the term 'Urim and Thummim' to refer to the single stone as well as the interpreters" (← links)
- Question: What are the Nephite interpreters? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph ever place the Nephite interpreters ("Urim and Thummim") into his hat? (← links)
- Question: What does the Church teach investigators and members regarding the method by which the Book of Mormon was produced? (← links)
- Question: Which method of translation was more "believable": seer stone or Nephite interpreters? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith use the Nephite interpreters to translate? Or did he use his own seer stone? (← links)
- Ensign (Jan. 2013): "He...referred to it using an Old Testament term, Urim and Thummim...He also sometimes applied the term to other stones he possessed" (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith use his own seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- W.W. Phelps (1833): "through the aid of a pair of Interpreters, or spectacles—(known, perhaps, in ancient days as Teraphim, or Urim and Thummim)" (← links)
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality? (← links)
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork? (← links)
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork? (← links)
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications? (← links)
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity? (← links)
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey? (← links)
- Question: What is the correct interpretation of Facsimile 3? (← links)
- Question: What have been the responses to Joseph's interpretations of Facsimile 3? (← links)
- Question: Are there any known parallels between elements of Joseph's interpretation of Facsimile 3 with other ancient texts? (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms regarding Joseph's interpretation of specific textual elements of Facsimile 3? (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms related to Facsimile 3? (← links)