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BOOK OF MORMON LANDS PROPOSALS

From the East to the West Sea: An analysis of John L. Sorensen's Book of Mormon Directional Statements  by Ted Dee Stoddard
Misguided Zeal and Defense of the Church statement by FAIR  click here to learn about FAIR
Revelatory Stewardship and the Book of Mormon  by Chris Heimerdinger  click here for a bio of author
A Summary of Several Theories of Book of Mormon Lands in Mesoamerica  by Stephen L. Carr  click here for sketch of author
Searching for Cumorah-All Over Again  by Chris Heimerdinger  click here for a bio of author
A Brief History of the Limited Geographic View of the Book of Mormon by  John A. Tvedtnes click here for a bio of author
Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place?by Michael R. Ash    To see a comment on this article by V. Garth Norman, click here.
Book of Mormon Civilizations in Space and Time  by  Ross Christensen

A Survey of Pre-1830 Historical Sources Relating to the Book of Mormon by David A. Palmer

A Lost Generation of Scholarship by Chris Heimerdinger  click here for a bio of author

MESOAMERICA MODEL

Joseph Smith and the Beginning of Book Of Mormon Archaeology by V. Garth Norman
EASTERN US (HEARTLAND) MODEL

“I Write unto All the Ends of the Earth”: The Need for Evidence of a High-Level Written Language in the New World  by Ted Dee Stoddard
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PROPHECIES and PROMISES by BRUCE PORTER and ROD MELDRUM  by Joe V. Andersen
Burned With Fire  by Ted Dee Stoddard
A Whole Bunch of Reasons Why Book of Mormon Geography Could Not Have Included North America by  John L. Sorenson   click here forbiographical sketch 
Joseph Smith and John Lloyd Stephens  by Ted Dee Stoddard
The Need for Evidence of a High-Level Written Language in the New World  by Ted Dee StoddardThe Hopewell Culture of Eastern North America by Douglas K. Christensen click here for a biographical sketch of author
Additional Insights Concerning the Book of Mormon by F. Richard Hauck  click here for a bio of author

GRIJALVA VS. USUMACINTA

"In 1980, one of F.A.R.M.S.' first projects was a slide show entitled "Lands of The Book of Mormon." The script identified Mesoamerica as the setting for the Nephite record, but was purposely ambivalent on the issue of the Grijalva or the Usumacinta as the River Sidon. Now, nearly 30 years later, we are in precisely the same position. There is general consensus among all serious Book of Mormon scholars that Mesoamerica is where the scriptural history took place, but both the Grijalva and the Usumacinta rivers have vocal cheering sections who sometimes advocate their respective positions with more zeal than knowledge. If we could settle this one geographical identification, it would go further than any other single issue toward resolving the conflicting Book of Mormon geography theories currently extant. I applaud The Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum for their bold attempt to shed light on this divisive question."  - Kirk Magleby  
"The Waters of Sidon":  The Grijalva or the Usumacinta?  by Joseph L. Allen, et al  click here for biographical sketch of author

JESUS CHRIST

IXTLILXOCHITL - QUETZALCOATL - JESUS CHRIST  by Milton R. Hunter  and Thomas Stuart Ferguson
Historic Parallels to the Destruction at the time of the Crucifixion  by  John A. Tvedtnes 
click here for a biograhical sketch of author

POPOL VUH

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

PLACES AND NAMES                    

Is Lago de Izabal in Guatemala a Book of Mormon Name?  by V. Garth Norman
All Book of Mormon Cities Examined  by Richard Averett   (click here for a biographical sketch of author)
      Aaron to Nephi
      Nephihah to Zeezrom

 

The Land of Nephi by  John A. Tvedtnes click here for a biographical sketch of author

"Higher Things" - Teotihuacan: City of the Birth of the Gods    by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Peterson
BEARDS

The Bearded Ones, a Context for Bearded Populations in Mesoamerica  by  F. David Lee  click here for a biographical sketch of author
Beards On Men of Mesoamerica  by  Alan C. Miner and Diane E. Wirth click here for a biographical sketch of author

Bearded Foreigners in Mesoamerica  by  V. Garth Norman click here for a biographical sketch of author


HORSES

The Issue of the word Horse in the Book of Mormon  by Ted Dee Stoddard
Indigenous Horses  by  Daniel Johnson  click here for a biographical sketch of author
Horses in the Book of Mormon   by Alan C. Miner click here for a biographical sketch of author


OLD WORLD PARALLELS


Paradise Themes by  Diane E. Wirth  (revised and expanded) click here for a biographical sketch of author


JAREDITES & OLMECS

Of Jaredites and Olmecs  by Douglas K Christensen click here for a biographical sketch of author
Jaredites and Serpents by Bruce W. Warren

PRE-COLUMBIAN TRANSOCEANIC TRAVEL
Lehi's DNA  by Michael DeGroote in Mormon Times
Ancient Voyages Across the Ocean to America by John L. Sorenson
Trans Oceanic Migrationby Captain Richard Rotheryh, rtd      
“The Whiteness of the Driven Snow”: An Evaluation of the Word "Snow" in the Book of Mormon by Ted Dee Stoddard click here for bio

The Seven Primordial Tribes of Mesoamerica by Diane E. Wirth
Mission Impossible by Hugh Nibley
Other Peoples in the Promised Land by  Stephen L. Carr  click here for a biographical sketch of author
Archaeology & Cumorah Questions by  John E. Clark  click here for a biographical sketch of author

Baptism at the Waters of Mormon  by V. Garth Norman and Alan C. Miner
Metal Weapons and Tools by Daniel Johnson click here for a biographical sketch of author
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   click here for a bio
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  click here for a bio of author
Swords and "Cimeters" in the Book of Mormon  by Mattew Roper


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