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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: What are the Nephite interpreters? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph ever place the Nephite interpreters ("Urim and Thummim") into his hat? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What does the Church teach investigators and members regarding the method by which the Book of Mormon was produced? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Which method of translation was more "believable": seer stone or Nephite interpreters? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith use the Nephite interpreters to translate? Or did he use his own seer stone? (transclusion) (← 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" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith use his own seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← 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)" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the correct interpretation of Facsimile 3? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What have been the responses to Joseph's interpretations of Facsimile 3? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are there any known parallels between elements of Joseph's interpretation of Facsimile 3 with other ancient texts? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms regarding Joseph's interpretation of specific textual elements of Facsimile 3? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms related to Facsimile 3? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 show a hand, or does it show the wing of a second bird? (transclusion) (← links)
- Bell: "the questionable traces above the head of the Osiris figure are actually the remains of his right hand" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Should the restoration of Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 include a phallus? (transclusion) (← links)
- Bell: "there would not be enough available space to restore the hand of Anubis, the erect phallus of the Osiris, and the body and wings of Isis" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was the original head of the priest in Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 actually the jackal head of Anubis? (transclusion) (← links)
- Muhlestein and Gee: "It is now apparent that human sacrifice did indeed occur in ancient Egypt" (transclusion) (← links)
- Muhlestein: Sacrifice could be extended to foreigners who lived beyond the boundaries of Egypt (transclusion) (← links)
- Muhlestein and Gee: "Sacrifice was a penalty for desecrating the sacred house of an Egyptian god" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms related to Book of Abraham Facsimile 1? (transclusion) (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Joseph Smith’s explanations of the facsimiles of the book of Abraham contain additional earmarks of the ancient world" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What does the lion couch scene in Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 normally represent? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is Joseph Smith papyri Facsimile 1 common and similar to other such scenes? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Has the name Abraham ever been associated with an Egyptian "lion couch" scene? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the story of the attempted sacrifice of Abraham described in the Book of Abraham supported by any other sources? (transclusion) (← links)
- The Apocalypse of Abraham: "Go out from thy father Terah, and get thee out from the house, that thou also be not slain" (transclusion) (← links)
- Peterson: "the identification of a crocodile as the idolatrous god of Pharaoh...Unas’ pyramid texts, includes the following: 'The king appears as the crocodile god Sobek'" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Brigham Young confirm or expound on Joseph Smith’s first vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Wilford Woodruff (1855): "Joseph Smith, whom I did call upon by mine angels, my ministering servants, and by mine own voice out of the heavens" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Wilford Woodruff teach something other than the traditional story of the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Wilford Woodruff have knowledge of the First Vision prior to his 1855 remarks about an angel? (transclusion) (← links)
- Juncker (1994): "Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel....in antiquity the word 'angel' meant 'messenger'" (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Priesthood:Millennial Star 14:38:none are required to tamely and blindly submit to a man because he has a portion of the Priesthood (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Brigham Young:1862:JD 9:150:I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Brigham Young:1855:JD 3:43:I do not wish any Latter-day Saint...to be satisfied with anything I do (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is a 'Hebraism'? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Do Hebraisms exist in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Moses Thatcher:JD 23:203:The "Mormon" Priesthood dominates the affairs of the "Mormon" people upon the principles of righteousness and equity (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Matthias F. Cowley:Obedience:Talks on Doctrine:160-161:true obedience to the Lord's commands is an indication of moral courage (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:James E. Talmage:The Vitality of Mormonism:42:God has not established His Church to make of its members irresponsible automatons (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Walker:Joseph Smith's Introduction to the Law:129-130:Under New York law, being just thirteen, Joseph's testimony about the work he had performed was admissible only after the court found him competent (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Brigham Young:1855:JD 3:51:we know that he was an honorable man and dealt justly, we know his true character (transclusion) (← links)