Latterday saints tend to have quite strong, and quite negative, feelings about antimormons. I understand the church spent large sums of money on. The book of mormon the book of mormon the book of mormon. Brent is generally a giant in mormon studies, and is a. Im a licensed southern baptist minister and i embrace the book of mormon. The nephites had kings to begin with, then judges, then a brief period of anarchy, then selfgovernance, initially led by the saviors teachings. For book of mormon people so far removed from jesus life on earth, many of these details would be only trivia. Elder mckinley is the district leader of the missionary headquarters read more pro members only join the stageagent community to read our character analysis for elder mckinley and unlock other amazing theatre resources. Brent metcalfe had formerly served as a missionary for the mormon church and.
This article is meant to give a list of book of mormon rulers, including kings and chief judges among the lamanites, nephites, and jaredites. One such source, patriarchal blessings book 1, preserves visions and blessings, intimate vignettes of key early mormon figures. Bruce redd mcconkie was a member of the quorum of the twelve apostles of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints from 1972 until his death. Timeline chronology for the jaredite culture from the book of ether in the book of mormon. The first quote, the one attributed to metcalf, is found in emd 2. Bh roberts on book of mormon historicity the mormon memo. Zelph in relation to book of mormon geography fairmormon. Book of mormon vocabulary and the priority of mosiah. What are your views about these books and how some. When brent metcalfe compiled a book of essays last year suggesting that mormonisms founding scripture wasnt the ancient history it purports. What are the 20 shortest verses in the book of mormon. Items do not represent the official views of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints or of book of mormon central. We elders thought this was powerful truth, to compliment the claims of the book of mormon, to convince the jew and gentile. My guess is that they might be our leastliked group the one that mormons would feel most reservations about allowing to speak at a library or teach at a high school standard indicators used to measure social tolerance in survey research.
However, it is still later than the book of mormon, and coming from different locations. Brent has become one of the foremost scholars in understanding the book of abraham. For such an investigator, to call the book of mormon demonically. The runaway hit will open at melbournes princess theatre in. Some had waited all of their lifetimes to read the book of mormon in afrikaans. The bible, the book of mormon, the doctnne and covenants, and the pearl of great price, including the book of commandments and the joseph smith translation of the bible.
The book of mormon the book of mormon is a satire musical conceived by south park creators trey parker and matt stone, with robert lopez. One of the four sons of king mosiah, and apparently the youngest, who went up to the land of lehinephi to minister among the lamanites, b. What does the book of mormon say, but that an angel named moroni delivered the testimony to joesph smith. Dont struggle with small print books when all you need is a book with large print. Ever since bh roberts writings about challenges facing the book of mormon were finally published in 1985, people have argued about whether or not he had lost faith. Popular mormon fiction books meet your next favorite book. Explorations in critical methodology this book which is already available in normal print through the above link is now out on a cdrom. Today, mormons use the book of mormon in much the same way that christians use and study the bible. Explorations in critical methodology brent lee metcalfe on. A dictionary of the book of mormonhimni wikisource, the. When we taught the book of mormon story, it was part of our presentation. Joesph smith didnt even stop at adding a full bible length book to the bible.
Restoration origins by brent metcalfe august 14, 2015 4 comments. Van wagoner took great liberties in writing the book including cherrypicking references. Translating the book of mormon, we discuss most of the major issues with the book of mormon including. Joseph smiths use of folk magic, the book of mormon translation process including the peep stone in the hat, book of mormon anachronisms, dna and race. Sheldon greaves eor faith faith crisis feminism feminist gay general conference gospel doctrine heavenly mother historical jesus homosexuality institute jesus jesus christ joseph smith laura root lgbt lgbtq love modesty mormon mormonism mother in heaven new. I was hoping you would have spoken more about the book of mormon and abraham. An examination of the two sources, however, demonstrates that both came from the same source. Comptons take was basically that farms needs to give up on. Mormon studies isnt available as a stitcher feed for some reason which makes it hard for me to listen to i. The brant gardner book of mormon megathread mormon. The shift occurs predominantly in the book of ether. Were just starting out, but for now you can take a look at.
Shelli gardner is the cofounder and ceo of stampin up. A challenge to origins of the book of mormon and joseph smith. The theology of alexander campbell, rigdons mentor, is sprinkled throughout the book of mormon. The text of the book of mormon manifests authorial awareness of the meanings of both names, playing on them in multiple instances. She is the author of the mormon question and the spirit of the law. The only real markers we have to build a working chronology from are firstly, the date of the dearth and megafauna extinction given in the narrative of heth ether 9. Upon reaching his destination and receiving his pay, greg headed towards. Ron did a good job but there are so many references to the lds lifestyle that a person not of the faith would have a hard time understanding much of it. Completely apart from the book of mormon, there is simply little information. She and her sister lavonne crosby started the company in 1988 for interaction and some needed extra cash. Book of mormon chronology timeline of jaredites mormon. There are several theories as to the origin of the book of mormon. John dehlin august 11, 2014 mormon stories 42 comments. The book of mormon jaredite king list gives only 7 exact dates lifespans and reigns for the jaredite chronology.
Sperry went on to argue that if the book or mormon should fail to make such corrections of the kjv bible and instead copy corruptions or errors which accumulated over the centuries, then it should be thrown. The book of mormon ambiguous fandom 7 avenue q lopezmarx 1 include characters kevin price 45 elder neeley book of mormon musical 45 elder connor mckinley 44 arnold cunningham 37 elder thomas book of mormon musical 37 elder church book of mormon musical 34 elder michaels book of mormon musical 23. Ask a mormon lesbian ask a mormon lesbian podcast book of mormon ces charity dr. Remembering a son of joseph and emma smith ronald e.
November 2017 2 october 2017 4 august 2017 1 december 2016 1 november 2016 1 october. A prelude to book of mormon exegesis, in new approaches to the book of mormon salt lake city. The letter presents these two quotes as coming from two different sources. The baptist version of the book of mormon by lynn ridenhour. The aftermath of the mark hofmann bombings, and brents excommunication for his research into the book of mormon, and. The book of mormon, a satirical musical about religion that sold out on broadway for 180 weeks in a row, is coming to australia. With the rest of his brothers, he was faithful in the performance of the labors of this great mission, and with them he returned at its close to his home in zarahemla.
Romig, 1 tanner lecture mormon women and the problem of historical agency catherine a. Conspicuously absent from the list are the alltime most important and influential worksthe lds standard works. New approaches to the book of mormon brent lee metcalfe, editor. It couldnt be more plain that the book of mormon should be considered accursed, along with all who have preached it. In june of 1834 during zions camp march to missouri, human bones were discovered in a mound by a few of the members of the march about a foot underneath the surface. In the early chapters of ether, therefore predominates. Near death experiences and me latterday commentary. Reviewed by kris wray for the association for mormon letters in 1858, mormon scout and ute interpreter levi gregory metcalf took a job guiding a wagon train from utah to fort garland, colorado. Thus the lds contends that the book of mormon is another testament of jesus christ. Yorgason begins this narrative by sharing his initial personal encounter with reading the book of mormon, as well as his own experience of reading the book, years later, on a long flight to the land where lehi and nephi begin their account. Six antimormonisms by common consent, a mormon blog. Deseret books collection of large print books makes it easy for you to read.
No, im not a convert to the mormon faith, nor am i a member of any particular spin. Our goal is to make interesting research on the book of mormon available for interested readers. The book is well written, uplifting, enjoyable, and very lds. But to brent lee metcalfe and a handful of other mormon researchers, the weight of linguistic, textual, archeological and other evidence places the origin of the. Dan vogelannotated edition of the first antimormon book 1834. The book of mormons most spectacular recorded event was a postresurrection appearance of jesus christ himself among the nephite people 3 nephi 11. The book of mormon tells the story of two young mormon missionaries who are sent to a remote village in northern uganda, where a warlord is threating the locals. This book is a great tribute to randy and a good followup to the message but doesnt add much to understanding ndes. In 1888, walter sidney rigdon sidney rigdons grandson said that his grandfathers role in fabrication of the book of mormon was a family secret.
Much contemporary research on the book of mormon focuses on historical claims at the expense of understanding the books message. Textual and theological evidence implicating rigdon. Besides his assertion that the book of mormon was far superior to the bible. Van wagoner is supposed to be a comprehensive study of mormon polygamy but it is not. Joseph smith stated that these were the bones of zelph, a white lamanite. Elder neeley book of mormon musical works archive of. Every one of us started as believing that the book of mormon was an ancient historical document translated from gold plates, and this is where weve come, said metcalfe, a technical editor in the computer industry. The book of mormon is an account of the former inhabitants of this continent that contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel. The translation of the glyphs shifted interested from central mexico to the maya because there was now an ability to learn more and it has been very instructive. In our 5part conversation with brant gardner about his new book entitled the gift and power.
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