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Introduction, Title Page, Witnesses' Testimonies; Historical Studies of its Coming Forth; and Miscellaneous Items of Interest
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Contents
- 1 The Three and Eight Witnesses and Other Witnesses
- 2 Translation of the Book of Mormon
- 3 Language
- 4 Title Page
- 5 Introduction
- 6 Structure and Composition of the Book of Mormon
- 7 The Testimony of the Three Witnesses
- 8 Historical Studies
- 9 Miscellaneous Items
- 10 Topical Overview Articles
- 11 The Book of Mormon and Historicity
- 12 The Book of Mormon in Other Languages and Cultures
- 13 Authorship Studies
- 14 Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
- 15 Book of Mormon time keeping
- 16 Main Themes
The Three and Eight Witnesses and Other Witnesses
- Robert L. Marrott, "Law of Witnesses" (Link)
- FAIR collection of articles on Book of Mormon Witnesses (Link)
- Keith W. Perkins, "David Whitmer" (Link)
Translation of the Book of Mormon
- John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, "How Long Did It Take to Translate the Book of Mormon?" (Link)
- John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, "Translation of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith" (Link)
- Stephen D. Ricks, "Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Matthew Roper, "Revelation and the Urim and Thummim" (Link)
- Stephen D. Ricks, "Joseph Smith's Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Paul Y. Hoskisson, "Urim and Thummim" (Link)
- Hugh Nibley, "Classics from the Past: Literary Style Used in Book of Mormon Insured Accurate Translation" (Link)
- Richard L. Bushman and Dean C. Jessee, "Joseph Smith" (Link)
- Richard E. Turley Jr., "Seer Stones" (Link)
Language
- FAIR entry on "Hebrew and Native American languages" (Link)
- FAIR entry on "Reformed Egyptian (Link)
- Paul Y. Hoskisson, "It Is OK Not to Have Every Answer: The Book of Mormon Onomastic Ending -(i)hah" (Link)
Title Page
- "Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites"
- John L. Sorenson, "Mormon's Sources" (Link)
- "And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men"
- Royal Skousen, "The Original Book of Mormon Transcript" (Link)
- "Author and Proprietor" (1830 Title Page)
- John W. Welch, and Miriam Smith, "Joseph Smith: "Author and Proprietor"" (Link)
Introduction
- "written on gold plates"
- "they are among the ancestors of the American Indians."
- Michael F. Whiting, "The Book of Mormon at the Bar of DNA 'Evidence'" (Link)
Structure and Composition of the Book of Mormon
- Grant R. Hardy and Robert E. Parsons, "Plates and Records in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Robert F. Smith, "Assessing the Broad Impact of Jack Welch's Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- John W. Welch, "The Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon: Forty Years Later" (Link)
The Testimony of the Three Witnesses
- Susan Easton Black, and Larry C. Porter, ""Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time" (Link)
Historical Studies
- John W. Welch, "Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?" (Link)
- Daniel C. Peterson and Donald L. Enders, "Can the 1834 Affidavits Attacking the Smith Family be Trusted?" (Link)
- John W. Welch, "What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not" (Link)
- Warren P. Aston, "The Rings That Bound the Gold Plates Together" (Link)
- John W. Welch, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "What Did Charles Anthon Really Say?" (Link)
- John W. Welch, "View of the Hebrews: "An Unparallel"" (Link)
- Richard C. Roberts, "View of the Hebrews" (Link)
- Richard E. Bennett, ""A Nation Now Extinct," American Indian Origin Theories as of 1820: Samuel L. Mitchill, Martin Harris, and the New York Theory" (Link)
- Donald Q. Cannon, "In the Press: Early Newspaper Reports on the Initial Publication of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Matthew Roper, "Early Publications on the Book of Mormon" (Link)
Miscellaneous Items
- Stephen D. Ricks, "Studies of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Royal Skousen,"Fragments of Original Manuscript Discovered," (Link)
- John W. Welch, "Roberts Affirms Book of Mormon Antiquity" (Link)
- John W. Welch, "No, Sir, That's Not History!" (Link)
- John L. Sorenson and John W. Welch, "The Sobering Lesson of the Grolier Codex" (Link)
- John W. Welch, "Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Marilyn Arnold, ""Words, words, words": Hugh Nibley on the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- John L. Sorenson, "Ancient Europeans in America?" (Link)
Topical Overview Articles
- John L. Sorenson, "Peoples of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Camille Fronk, "Prophecy in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- John W. Welch, "Religious Teachings and Practices in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
The Book of Mormon and Historicity
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks, "Worthy of Another Look: The Historicity of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Robert L. Millet, "The Book of Mormon, Historicity, & Faith" (Link)
- Hugh Nibley, "The Book of Mormon: A Minimal Statement" (Link)
- Terryl L. Givens, "Joseph Smith's American Bible: Radicalizing the Familiar" (Link)
The Book of Mormon in Other Languages and Cultures
- Hugh G. Stocks, "Translations of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Shinji Takagi, "Proclaiming the Way in Japanese: The 1909 Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
Authorship Studies
- G. Bruce Schaalje, Matthew Roper, and Paul Fields, "Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History" (Link)
- Bruce A VanOrden, "Sidney Rigdon" (Link)
- Matthew Roper, Paul Fields, and Atul Nepal, "Wordprint Analysis and Joseph Smith's Role as Editor of the Times and Seasons" (Link)
Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
- John A. Tvedtnes, "Isaiah Variants in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
- Donald W. Parry, and Stephen D. Ricks, "Worthy of Another Look: The Great Isaiah Scroll and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
Book of Mormon time keeping
- John L. Sorenson, "Comments on Nephite Chronology" (Link)
- John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman" (Link)
- Randall P. Spackman, "The Jewish/Nephite Lunar Calendar" (Link)
- FAIR article on "the week in the Americas" (Link)