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Contents
Question
Do the legal concepts in the Book of Mormon better match Joseph Smith's day, or the ancient world?
Answer
- John W. Welch, "The Destruction of Ammonihah and the Law of Apostate Cities," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992), 176–178.
- John W. Welch, "Law and War in the Book of Mormon," in Ricks and Hamblin, eds., Warfare in the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990), 62–86.
Endnotes
Legal codes in the Book of Mormon
Further reading
External links
- John W. Welch, "Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1/1 (1992). [119–141] link
Printed material
- John W. Welch, "Law and War in the Book of Mormon," in Ricks and Hamblin, eds., Warfare in the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990), 46–102.
- John W. Welch, "Lehi's Last Will and Testament: A Legal Approach," in The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989), 61–82
- John W. Welch, "Law in the Book of Mormon: The Nephite Court Cases" (FARMS paper, 1996)
- John W. Welch, "'If a Man . . .': The Casuistic Law Form in the Book of Mormon" (FARMS paper, 1987).
- John W. Welch, "Series of Laws in the Book of Mormon" (FARMS paper, 1987)
- John W. Welch, "Judicial Process in the Trial of Abinadi" (FARMS paper, 1981).