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Book of Mormon Geography Commentaries

 

Book of Mormon Resources  by Kirk Magleby 

Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon  by Alan Miner

 

John W. Welch Resources  by John W. Welch

Book of Mormon Onomasticon

 

 Book of Mormon Lands Proposals

 

Think Ancient  by David Swingler
Joseph Smith’s Actual and Verifiable Words as a Supreme Source of Book of Mormon Geography by John Lund
Joseph Smith and the Question of Book of Mormon Geography   by Matthew Roper
General Authority Comments Regarding Book of Mormon Geography   by Stephen L. Carr
Hugh Nibley and Book of Mormon Geography  by Kirk Magleby
Book of Mormon Geography in Joseph Smith's Day  by Tyler Livingston
Directions in the Book of Mormon   by John Tvedtnes
Critical Criteria for Identifying the New World Lands of the Book of Mormon   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Origin of the Mesoamerican Model by Edwin M. Woolley
Book of Mormon Statements with Mesoamerica and US Heartland Comparisons   by Stephen L. Carr
From the East to the West Sea: An Analysis of John L. Sorensen's Book of Mormon Directional Statements   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Summary of Several Theories of Book of Mormon Lands in Mesoamerica   by Stephen L. Carr
Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place?   by Michael R. Ash
Review of Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place?   by V. Garth Norman
Book of Mormon Civilizations in Space and Time  by Ross Christensen
Survey of Pre-1830 Historical Sources Relating to the Book of Mormon   by David A. Palmer
Metals and the Book of Mormon  by BMAF staff
"Mormon Times" articles about Book of Mormon Geography
Revelatory Stewardship and the Book of Mormon  by Chris Heimerdinger
Being Here  by F. Richard Hauck
American Exceptionalism and Book of Mormon Geography  by Chris Heimerdinger
Review of A More Promising Land of Promise  (Malaysia)  by BMAF Staff
The Two Cumorahs   by Edwin M. Wooley
Did Joseph know where Book of Mormon lands are?  by Douglas K. Christensen
Reformed Egyptian   by Jeff Lindsay
A Summary of Several Theories of Book of Mormon Lands in Mesoamerica by Stephen L. Carr
Additional Insights into the Book of Mormon  by F. Richard Hauck

An Analysis of Joseph Smith’s Statements Associated with the Origins of the Aztecs in the Country of Aztlan   by Ted Dee Stoddard
 

The Mesoamerica Model

 

Criteria for Book of Mormon Lands and People     by Ted Dee Stoddard
What the Book of Mormon says about Cumorah’s location   by Edwin M. Wooley
Book of Mormon Criteria for the Hill Cumorah   by V. Garth Norman
Outcomes of Joseph Smith’s Reactions to the Writings of John Lloyd Stephens   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Geology in the Book of Mormon   by Tyler Livingston
Metals and Gold Plates in Mesoamerica   by Daniel Johnson
Measuring Mesoamerica by the Cubit   by V. Garth Norman
Columbus, the “Promised Land,” and the Restoration of the Gospel   by Richard L. Millett
Volcanism and Earthquakes in the Book of Mormon  by Stephen L. Carr
Book of Mormon Geophysics   by Firetag
Tulan means Bountiful   by Edwin M. Wooley
Book of Mormon Traditions Found Only in Mesoamerica   by Diane Wirth
The Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican Record   by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch
Mapping Book of Mormon Geography 101   by Larry Poulsen
Mesoamerica "Speech" Scrolls   by Diane Wirth
The Name ‘Anti’ in the Book of Mormon  by Stephen L. Carr
Highways in the Book of Mormon    by John Tvedtnes
Paradise Themes-A Hypothesis   by Diane Wirth
Palenque Ruins exhibit the Mesoamerican Standard - Measure and Geometric Planning by V. Garth Norman
The Maya Problem   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Response to Stoddard's "Maya Problem"  by Joe V. Andersen
Looking at the "Maya Problem" from a different Perspective   by David Swingler
Were the Lehites Big Fish in a Little Pond, or Little Fish in a Big Pond?  by Douglas K. Christensen
The Narrow Neck of Land and the Narrow Pass  by David G. Hennessey
Review of Jerry Ainsworth's "Lives and Travels of Mormon and Moroni"  by Joe D. Anderson
The Passage of the Late Pre-Classic into the Early Classic  by Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Debra S. Walker
Why "Three" is Important in MesoAmerica and in the Book of Mormon  by Diane Wirth
 

 
Mesoamerica Alternatives

 

Response to George Potter's "Ten Reasons Mesoamerica is Not Book of Mormon Lands"  by BMAF Staff
Ruins in Georgia Mountains Show Evidence of Maya Connection   by BMAF Staff
The Book of Mormon and Mesoamerican travels “Northward” by Tyler Livingston
Review of "Resurrecting Cumorah" by Ed Goble   by BMAF staff
Mormon's Map Puzzle Solved   by John P. Pratt
The Light Is Better Over Here   by Lawrence L. Poulsen
Analyzing “The Place Where the Sea Divides the Land”and the “Great City” of the Jaredites   by Ted Dee Stoddard and Lawrence L. Poulsen
Pacific Coast Model    by F. Richard Hauck
---Additional Insights into the Book of Mormon   by F. Richard Hauck
Isthmus Model Map by F. Richard Hauck
Mapping the Salama Cuenca  by F. Richard Hauck
A Witness of Cumorah   by Edwin Goble

 

 Cultural Considerations

 

The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy   by Mark Alan Wright and Brant A. Gardner

Book of Mormon Literary Style in Mesoamerica “It Came to Pass” & Parallelism  by V. Garth Norman 

 

 The Olmec/Jaredite Question

 

The Jaredites and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec  by Joseph L. Allen
Response to George Potter's "10 Reasons why Mesoamerica is not Book of Mormon Lands" by BMAF Staff
The Geography of the Jaredites   by Joe V. Andersen
Ether and Coriantumr   by Chris Heimerdinger
Book of Mormon Geography and the Book of Ether   by Lawrence L. Poulsen
The City of Lib, Key to Book of Mormon Geography  by V. Garth Norman
The Book of Mormon's "Mother Culture" of the New World   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Analyzing The Place Where the Sea Divides the Land and the Great City of the Jaredites   by Larry Poulsen and Ted Dee Stoddard
How I Learned to Love the Book of Ether   by Grant Hardy
Jaredites and Serpents   by Bruce W. Warren
The Sacred Honey Bee   by Douglas K. Christensen
A Brief Survey of Ancient Near Eastern Beekeeping  by Ronan James Head
Nephites and the Epi-Olmecs  by Joe V. Andersen
The Geography of the Jaredites  by Joe V. Andersen
Ancient Histories and the Mulekites  by Alan C. Miner and Kirk Magleby

 
 

The River Sidon Question

 

The Waters of Sidon:  The Grijalva or the Usumacinta?   by Joseph L. Allen, Blake J. Allen and Ted Dee Stoddard
Response to Allen's Article   by Jerry L. Ainsworth
River Sidon probably not the Grijalva River  by Joe V. Anderson
Usumacinta River is the River Sidon by Joe V. Andersen
 

Book of Mormon Names and Places

 

Zarahemla, its Rise and Fall  by Joe V. Anderson
Footprint of Zarahemla, Article One
Footprint of Zarahemla, Article Two (The Narrow Strip of Wilderness)
What's in a Name  by David Gray
Cancuen  by Daniel R. Johnson
Using Three-Dimensional Maps to Explore Book of Mormon Geography   by Lawrence L. Poulsen
Teotihuacan:  City of the Birth of the Gods   by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Petersen
Mapping Book of Mormon Geography 101   by Larry L. Poulsen
Cancuen, City on a Tributary (Rio Pasion) of the Usumacinta River   By Daniel R. Johnson
Names and Maya Glyphs   by Daniel R. Johnson
The Land of Nephi   by John Tvedtnes
Hernando Cortez, The Lord’s General   by Dennis O. Williams
All Book of Mormon Cities: Listed and Examined   by Richard Averett
     Aaron to Nephi
     Nephihah to Zeezrom
Did the Maya predict the end of the world?  by Daniel M. Johnson
Horses and Bridles in the Book of Mormon   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Oxen in the New World   by John Tvedtnes  
Ancient Metal Plates
Land of Nephi by John Tvedtnes
The Sacred Honey Bee   by Douglas K. Christensen  
"Higher Things" - Teotihuacan: City of the Birth of the Gods   by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Peterson
Is Lago de Isabel a Book of Mormon Name?   by V. Garth Norman
Three Separate Lands Bountiful: Where Located? What Size? To which Bountiful did Christ initially appear?   by Joe V. Andersen
“The Land North” always means north of Narrow Strip of Wilderness  by Joe V. Andersen
Why City Nephi Could Not Have Been Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala  by Joe V. Andersen
Land Northward - Response to Hedges' Article: "Cumorah and the Limited Mesoanerica Theory"  by Joe V. Andersen
Why city “Lib” was not located at La Venta or anywhere on the Gulf Coast   by Joe V. Andersen
Why Hill Shim was not Near Misantla or Ramah/Cumorah   by Joe V. Andersen
Parallels Between the Book of Mormon Nephites/Lamanites and the Maya Civilization  by Ted Dee Stoddard
Geography of the Gadianton Robbers  By Joe V. Andersen
Why City Bountiful was not located in the Yucatan, Peten or northern Belize  by Joe V. Andersen
Joshua Near the West Sea near Izapa, the Final Key  by Joe V. Andersen
Dragons in the Book of Mormon   by Diane Wirth

The Mulekites And The Phoenician Connection  by Ed Goble and Doug Christensen

 

Beards in the New World
 

 

Bearded foreigners in America  by V Garth Norman
Bearded Populations in Mesoamerica   by David Lee

 

Horses in the New World

 

Indigenous Horses  by Daniel M. Johnson
Horses in the Book of Mormon  by Alan Miner
The Issue of the word Horse in the Book of Mormon   by Ted Dee Stoddard 
Ancient Horses and the Book of Mormon  by Daniel M. Johnson
 

Old World Parallels
 

The Seven Primordial Tribes of Mesoamerica by Diane Wirth
Paradise Themes   by Diane Wirth
Parallels  by Diane Wirth
(We highly recommend the book Parallels by Diane Wirth, see a review at www.bmaf.org/books/parallels)

Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Travel

Ancient Voyages Across the Ocean to America   by John L. Sorenson
Lehi's DNA   by Michael DeGroote
Transoceanic Migration   by Captain Richard Rotheryh
Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Travel  by T. Michael Smith
 

 

The Great Lakes "Heartland" Model

 

The Dangers of Gospel Hobbies by Larry Barkdull
Columbus in the Promised Land   by Joe V. Andersen
Columbus, the “Promised Land,” and the Restoration of the Gospel  by Richard L. Millett
DNA and the Book of Mormon   by David G. Stewart, Jr.
The Book of Mormon and the X haplogroup….again   by Tyler Livingston
Joseph Smith, John Lloyd Stephens, and the Times and Seasons  by David C. Handy
Often in Error, Seldom in Doubt: Rod Meldrum and Book of Mormon DNA   by Gregory L. Smith
Joseph Smith, Revelation and Book of Mormon Geography   by Matthew Roper
Looking for Artifacts at New York Hill Cumorah   by BMAF Staff
The New Excluvist "Movement" and the Book of Mormon   by Matthew Roper
A Whole Bunch of Reasons Why Book of Mormon Geography Could Not have Included North America   by John L. Sorensen
The Hopewell culture and The Book of Mormon: Do they match?    by Tyler Livingston
American Exceptionalism and Book of Mormon Geography   by Chris Heimerdinger
Misguided Zeal in Defense of the Church   Statement by FAIR
The Need for Evidence of a High Level Written Language in the New World   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Zelph in Relation to Book of Mormon Geography   by Tyler Livingston
Indications of Weather and Climate in the Book of Mormon   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Can the Mississippi River be the River Sidon?   by Joe V. Andersen
Distorted "Facts" about the Hill Cumorah   by Duane Dahlem
Review of Prophecies and Promises by Porter and Meldrum   by Joe V. Andersen
Burned With Fire   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Review of This Land: Zarahemla and the Nephite Nation by Wayne May   by Joe V. Andersen
Implications of the Terms "This Land" and "Promised Land"   by Ted Dee Stoddard
Volcanism and Earthquakes in the Book of Mormon   by Stephen L. Carr
Misguided Zeal in Defense of the Church   by FAIR
Where was Joseph Smith Between March 1, 1842 and November 15, 1842?   by John L. Lund
An Ancient Mesoamerican Document   by Douglas K. Christensen
Looking for artifacts at New York's Hill Cumorah   by BMAF Staff
New York Hill Cumorah Soils Test   by BMAF Staff
The Padilla Plates   by Ray Matheny
The Demise of One “Mormon Myth” about the Hill Cumorah    by Ted Dee Stoddard
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One: An Alternate Reality  by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Two: False Messages in Stone  by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick  The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Three: Real Messages in DNA  by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick  The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

This Idea: The "This Land" Series and the U.S.-Centric Reading of the Book of Mormon by Brant A. Gardner 

 

Miscellaneous Subjects


Magleby's Gideon and Zarahemla are Misplaced  by Joe V. Andersen
Response to Magleby's Book of Mormon Model  by Joe V. Andersen
Katun Predictions and the Nephite Record  by Dave Gray
Did Chiasmus Appear in the Book of Mormon by Chance? by Boyd F. Edwards
Book of Mormon Parallels vs. Book of Mormon Convergences   by Tyler Livingston
Another Idea for Nephi's Ship  by Stephen L. Carr
Responses to "Another Idea for Nephi's Ship"
Ixtlilxochitl - Quetzalcoatl- Jesus Christ  by Milton R. Hunter and Thomas Stuart Ferguson
Changes in the Book of Mormon   by BMAF Staff
Historic Parallels to the Destruction at the time of the Crucifixion by  John A. Tvedtnes
Translations of The Popol Vuh by Adrián Recinos, Delia Goetz, and Sylvanus G. Morley
Popol Vuh and the Tree of Life  by V. Garth Norman
Was Joseph Smith Guilty of Plagiarism?  by John Tvedtnes
The Nature of Mormon's Word Processor by Ted Dee Stoddard
Ancient Metal Plates by Daniel Johnson
Plates of Gold  by Daniel Johnson
Mission Impossible   by Hugh Nibley
Other Peoples in the Promised Land   by Stephen L. Carr
Archaeology & Cumorah Questions   by John E. Clarkclick here for a bio sketch
Baptism at the Waters of Mormon   by V. Garth Norman and Alan C. Miner
Metal Weapons and Tools by Daniel Johnson
Earliest Mayan writing found in pyramid  by Bjorn Carey, LiveScience , Thurs., Jan. 5, 2006
Reply to Smithsonian Institution statement about Book of Mormon by John L. Sorenson
Who Did Mormon and Moroni "Minister" To?   condensed from material by Alan C. Miner and Jerry L. Ainsworth
Was Mormon a Member of a Military Class?   by John A. Tvedtnes
Mormon: A Man Forbidden to Preach--Who Preached Anyway:
Resolving a possible textual contradiction in the Book of Mormon   by Chris Heimerdinger
Swords and "Cimeters" in the Book of Mormon  by Mattew Roper
Hebraisms and other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon by Don Parry, Phd
Some Book of Mormon "Hits"   by John Tvedtnes, PhD.
The Name 'anti' in the Book of Mormon  by Stephen  L. Carr
The Relationship of the Interpreters - The Urim and Thummim - to the Record of the Brother of Jared  by Alan Miner
 

 

BMAF CONFERENCE TALKS

2012:

Kirk Magleby and Jack Welch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrG2CHCyQKk
Daniel Johnson:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cHUxwDCq3g
Brant Gardner:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIvRV8FXsiI&List=UL

2003:

Stela 31 from Tikal by Ryan Williams
The King and the Tree of Life  by Diane Wirth, MA
Review of Literature on Book of Mormon Geography Alan C. Miner
Hebraisms and other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon Don Parry, Phd
Spiritual Meaning of the Book of Mormon Joseph L. Allen, Phd
Round Table Discussion F. Richard Hauck, V. Garth Norman and Joseph L. Allen

 

2005:

Heavenly Evidences and Earthly Remains, John Lund
Book of Mormon Events and Latter-day Parallels, Jack Marshall
Step by Step through the Book of Mormon, Alan Miner
81 Evidences of Lehi's Trail on the Arabian Peninsula, George Potter
The Covenant Codex and Coxca, Neil Steede
Creation, Garden of Eden, and Resurrection in Mesoamerican Thought, Diane Wirth
Ammon and the Mesoamerican Custom of Smiting off of Arms, Bruce Yerman
Hebrew Names in the Book of Mormon, John Tvedtnes
Round Table Discussion   

 

2010:

American Exceptionalism and Book of Mormon Geography  by Chris Heimerdinger
Book of Mormon Geography: Implications of the terms "This Land" and "Promised Land" from the Perspectives of the Mesoamerica Model and the Heartland Model  by Ted Dee Stoddard
Metal and Gold Plates in Mesoamerica  by Daniel Johnson

2009:

Mormon Times Articles
Hebrew design in Mesoamerica:  Temples Match
The Jaredites and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec  by Joseph L. Allen, PhD.