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 Book of Mormon Lands Proposals

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
An Analysis of Joseph Smith’s Statements Associated with the Origins of the Aztecs in the Country of Aztlan   by Ted Dee Stoddard
High 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
A Lost Generation of Scholarship   by Chris Heimerdinger
"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 the Rocky Mountains were their ultimate destination; and did he know where Book of Mormon lands are?   by Douglas K. Christensen
Reformed Egyptian   by Jeff Lindsay

The Mesoamerica Model

Mesoamerican Locale for the Book of Mormon by Diane Wirth
Joseph Smith and the Beginning of Book of Mormon Archaeology   by V. Garth Norman
"The Whiteness of the Driven Snow"   by Ted Dee Stoddard
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
Tulan means Bountiful   by Edwin M. Wooley
Book of Mormon Traditions Found Only in Mesoamerica   by Diane Wirth
     Mesoamerica Model Analyses   by Joe V. Andersen
          Footprint of Zarahemla, Article One
          Footprint of Zarahemla, Article Two (The Narrow Strip of Wilderness)
          Location of City Bountiful
          Location of City Desolation
          Location of City Lib (Jaredite)
          Location of City Nephi
          Location of Hill Shim
          Location of River Sidon
      Mesoamerica Model Analyses   by F. Richard Hauck
           Pacific Coast Model
           Mapping the Salama Cuenca
           Additional Insights into the Book of Mormon
           Isthmus Model Map
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

Mesoamerica Alternatives

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

The "Heartland" Model

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 

 The Olmec/Jaredite Question

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

The River Sidon Question

Usumacinta River is the River Sidon by Joe V. Andersen
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

Book of Mormon Names and Places

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

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 

Old World Parallels

The Seven Primordial Tribes of Mesoamerica by Diane Wirth
Paradise Themes   by Diane Wirth
(We highly recommend the book Parallels by Diane Wirth, see a review at www.bmaf.org/node/24?q=node/25)

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

Miscellaneous Subjects

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. Clark   click 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

 
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