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- Source:Parry:Symbolic Action as Prophetic Curse:This prophetic symbolic action by Isaiah represented a prophetic curse that destruction and ruin would come upon the Egyptians
- Source:Revelations in Context:Word of Wisdom:The Word of Wisdom rejected the idea of a substitute for alcohol. “Hot drinks”
- Source:Ricks:'Holy War' in the Book of Mormon and the Ancient Near East:every conflict...was considered to be prosecuted under the divine direction of the gods or of God
- Source:Robert D. Hales:The Divine Law of Tithing:The First Presidency has written what the law of tithing is for us today
- Source:Robert F. Smith:Some 'Neologisms' from the Mormon Canon:Sheum
- Source:Roper:Eyewitness Descriptions of Mesoamerican Swords:the Mesoamerican weapon the macuahuitl fits the criteria for the Book of Mormon "sword"
- Source:Roper:Review of Books on the Book of Mormon:While apparently not used for the burnt offering, firstlings could and frequently were used along with other animals in the sacrificial peace offering
- Source:Roper:Right on Target: Boomerang Hits and the Book of Mormon:FairMormon Conference 2001:Sheum
- Source:Roper et al:Joseph Smith, the ''Times and Seasons'', and Central American Ruins:have applied the latest iteration of computer analyses to the unsigned editorials that appear in 1842 in the Times and Seasons
- Source:Roper et al:“If there be faults:BYU Studies 53:3:Nephi had been a Jew politically, but his ancestors were of Manasseh
- Source:Saints: Vol. 1 (2018): The Church's official history does not name the hill in which Joseph found the plates
- Source:Snow:An Experience of My Father’s:Improvement Era:1933:It was right here that the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me at the time of the death of President Woodruff
- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:289-290:Swine
- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:297-298:Elephants
- Source:Sorenson:Seasonality of Warfare in the Book of Mormon and in Mesoamerica:war was normally carried on by the pre-Columbian inhabitants during a short annual period
- Source:Sorenson:the Opata of northern Mexico used a drink made from native grapes
- Source:Stephen E. Robinson:1998:an often misunderstood concept: the great and abominable church of the devil
- Source:Steven E. Snow:Deseret News:9 Dec 2013:The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve both have been very supportive of this process
- Source:Stewart W. Brewer:JBMS:8:1:1999:Professor M. Wells Jakeman...claimed that the scene carved in bas-relief on the stone was a representation of Lehi's vision of the tree of life
- Source:Stick of Ephraim/Erastus Snow statement
- Source:Szink:An Oath of Allegiance in the Book of Mormon:Often, to instill this loyalty, an oath of allegiance is administered to recruits
- Source:Tertullian:Away with all attempts to produce a mottled Christianity of Stoic, Platonic, and dialectic composition!
- Source:The Church also addressed issues of Book of Mormon geography in the Gospel Topics essays available on the Church's official website
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Dec 1844:As to the original inhabitants of the continent of America, the Book of Mormon, backs up the description of immense "ruins" in central America
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Jan 1842:Christopher Columbus...the discovery of America—the land of Joseph—a land more blessed of the Lord than any other land
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Jul 1841:I have always thought that there had been a more enlightened people on this continent, than the present Indians
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Jun 1841:We feel great pleasure in laying before our readers the following interesting account of the Antiquities of central America
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Nov 1841:The bible was written by a people upon the Eastern continent, but the Book of Mormon by a people upon this continent
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Sep 1842:these wonderful ruins of Palenque are among the mighty works of the Nephites
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Sep 1842:we read in the Book of Mormon that Jared and his brother came on to this continent...and covered the whole continent from sea to sea
- Source:Times and Seasons:1 Jan 1842:Near Newark in the county of Licking, Ohio, is situated one of the immense works or fortifications of the ancient nations of America
- Source:Times and Seasons:1 Jan 1844:We have been informed by a gentleman who has traversed a large portion of the Indian country of Northern Texas...that there are vestiges of ancient cities and ruined castles or temples
- Source:Times and Seasons:1 Oct 1842:The city of Zarahemla, burnt at the crucifixion of the Savior, and rebuilt afterwards, stood upon this land
- Source:Times and Seasons:2 May 1842:The Book of Mormon gives an account of a number of the descendants of Israel coming to this continent
- Source:Walker:Joseph Smith's Introduction to the Law:129-130:Under New York law, being just thirteen, Joseph's testimony about the work he had performed was admissible only after the court found him competent
- Source:Walter Scott:1 May 1841:Having already shown that the Book of Mormon describes the christian religion as being on the Western Continent
- Source:Warren:Secret Combinations, Warfare, and Captive Sacrifice in Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon:The source of secret combinations in the Book of Mormon
- Source:Welch:Exemption from Military Duty:people of Ammon...the grant of this exceptional privilege was consistent with ancient Israelite law
- Source:Welch:The Destruction of Ammonihah and the Law of Apostate Cities:Alma effectively showed in the record that this fate befell them in accordance with divine law
- Source:Welch:Warfare in the Book of Mormon:even war cannot be conducted successfully in a total state of anarchy or chaos
- Source:Wilford Woodruff:13 Sep 1841:a flood of testimony in proof of the book of mormon in the discovery & survey of the city Copan
- Source:Winchester:1 Mar 1841:The antiquities of America spread from the great lakes of the North and the West to Central America, and the Southern parts of Peru on the South
- Source:Wright:Heartland as Hinterland:The core locations and events detailed in the text of the Book of Mormon took place in Mesoamerica, but many Nephites and Lamanites migrated and established settlements far northward
- Source: K. Codell Carter: "Epistemology" in Encyclopedia of Mormonism
- Source of the temple endowment
- Specific works
- Specific works/D. Michael Quinn
- Specific works/DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography (DVD)
- Specific works/DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography (DVD)/"Discounting" or "disdaining" Joseph Smith
- Specific works/DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography (DVD)/BYU criticized for teaching evolution