by john | Sep 27, 2010
1 Nephi 2:5-9. The River Laman The Book of Mormon says that Lehi and his party camped out beside a river that flowed into the Red Sea (1 Nephi 2:5-9), yet there are no perennial rivers at all in the Arabian peninsula. This mistaken idea continues to be repeated by...
by john | Aug 20, 2013
Hebrew Words Reflected in the Book of Mormon John A. Tvedtnes And if our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection...
by john | Mar 19, 2010
Criticisms: 1 Nephi 1 Nephi 1:1. Mysteries of God The words “the mysteries of God” in 1 Nephi 1:1 were taken from 1 Corinthians 4:1, which, being in the New Testament, was unavailable to the Nephites, who left Jerusalem six centuries before Christ’s birth....
by john | Oct 20, 2008
Book of Mormon Geography Review of David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah: New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico, in Newsletter & Proceedings of the SEHA No. 149 (June 1982). Posted on the Ancient America Foundation web site. “The Land of...
by john | Jul 14, 2008
Unknown Book of Mormon Cities Unlike the Bible and other cultures, no Book of Mormon cities can be identified by name in anywhere in the New World. The question of identifying sites is a rather complex one, for both the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Only 55 percent of...
