Malline:BoMGeographyWiki

Book of Mormon Geography

• Book of Mormon geography
  • All proposed Book of Mormon geographies in table form
  • No official geography
  • Statements made by LDS leaders
    • Joseph Smith statements about geography
    • Office of the First Presidency Letter

Models and settings

• Old World
  • Nahom
  • Lehi's cave
• New World
  • New World geography models in table form
  • Hemispheric geography theory (HGT)
  • Limited geography theory (LGT)
    • Mesoamerica
      • Maya and Olmec as Book of Mormon peoples?
      • Plates to New York
    • Great Lakes geography?
      • Vernal Holley (1983) geography
      • "Heartland" (Meldrum, 2003) model
        • Burrows Cave
        • Michigan artifacts

Nineteenth century issues

• Borders of the Lamanites
• "Continents" in Joseph Smith's era
• Lamanites in the Doctrine and Covenants
• Joseph Smith statements about geography
• Book of Mormon and the Mound Builders
• Place names from Joseph's environment?
  • Comoros Islands and Moroni
• Zarahemla near Nauvoo, Illinois?
• Zelph
• Zion: location of Zion

Modern issues

• Archaeology, the Bible, and Book of Mormon
• DNA and geographic issues
  • Haplotype X2a?
• Demographics and Population sizes
  • Book of Mormon tribal affiliation
• "Disdaining" or "dismissing" Joseph's views?
• Historicity of Book of Mormon