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Book of Mormon Geography Commentaries
Book of Mormon Resources [2] by Kirk Magleby
Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon [3] by Alan Miner
John W. Welch Resources [4] by John W. Welch
Book of Mormon Onomasticon [5]
Book of Mormon Lands Proposals
Joseph Smith’s Actual and Verifiable Words as a Supreme Source of Book of Mormon Geography [8] by John Lund
Joseph Smith and the Question of Book of Mormon Geography [9] by Matthew Roper
General Authority Comments Regarding Book of Mormon Geography [10] by Stephen L. Carr
Hugh Nibley and Book of Mormon Geography [11] by Kirk Magleby
Book of Mormon Geography in Joseph Smith's Day [12] by Tyler Livingston
Directions in the Book of Mormon [13] by John Tvedtnes
Critical Criteria for Identifying the New World Lands of the Book of Mormon [14] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Origin of the Mesoamerican Model [15] by Edwin M. Woolley
Book of Mormon Statements with Mesoamerica and US Heartland Comparisons [16] by Stephen L. Carr
From the East to the West Sea: An Analysis of John L. Sorensen's Book of Mormon Directional Statements [17] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Summary of Several Theories of Book of Mormon Lands in Mesoamerica [18] by Stephen L. Carr
Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place? [19] by Michael R. Ash
Review of Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place? [20] by V. Garth Norman
Book of Mormon Civilizations in Space and Time [21] by Ross Christensen
Survey of Pre-1830 Historical Sources Relating to the Book of Mormon [22] by David A. Palmer
Metals and the Book of Mormon [23] by BMAF staff
"Mormon Times" articles about Book of Mormon Geography [24]
Revelatory Stewardship and the Book of Mormon [25] by Chris Heimerdinger
Being Here [26] by F. Richard Hauck
American Exceptionalism and Book of Mormon Geography [27] by Chris Heimerdinger
Review of A More Promising Land of Promise (Malaysia) [28] by BMAF Staff
The Two Cumorahs [29] by Edwin M. Wooley
Did Joseph know where Book of Mormon lands are? [30] by Douglas K. Christensen
Reformed Egyptian [31] by Jeff Lindsay
A Summary of Several Theories of Book of Mormon Lands in Mesoamerica [32] by Stephen L. Carr
Additional Insights into the Book of Mormon [33] by F. Richard Hauck
An Analysis of Joseph Smith’s Statements Associated with the Origins of the Aztecs in the Country of Aztlan [34] by Ted Dee Stoddard
The Mesoamerica Model
From the East to the West: The Problem of Directions in the Book of Mormon [36] by Brant A. Gardner
Implications of Radiocarbon Dating for the Credibility of the Book of Mormon and the Validity of Book of Mormon Geography Models [37] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Commentary on Ted Dee Stoddard's: Implications of Radiocarbon Dating for the Credibility of the Book of Mormon and the Validity of Book of Mormon Geography Models [38] by Kirk Magleby
Joseph Smith and the Beginning of Book of Mormon Archaeology [39] by V. Garth Norman
"The Whiteness of the Driven Snow" [40] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Are There Archaeological Correlations to the Book of Mormon? [41] by F.Richard Hauck
Criteria for Book of Mormon Lands and People [14] by Ted Dee Stoddard
What the Book of Mormon says about Cumorah’s location [42]by Edwin M. Wooley
Book of Mormon Criteria for the Hill Cumorah [43] by V. Garth Norman
Outcomes of Joseph Smith’s Reactions to the Writings of John Lloyd Stephens [44] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Geology in the Book of Mormon [45] by Tyler Livingston
Metals and Gold Plates in Mesoamerica [46] by Daniel Johnson
Measuring Mesoamerica by the Cubit [47] by V. Garth Norman
Columbus, the “Promised Land,” and the Restoration of the Gospel [48] by Richard L. Millett
Volcanism and Earthquakes in the Book of Mormon [49] by Stephen L. Carr
Book of Mormon Geophysics [50] by Firetag
Tulan means Bountiful [51] by Edwin M. Wooley
Book of Mormon Traditions Found Only in Mesoamerica [52] by Diane Wirth
The Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican Record [53] by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch
Mapping Book of Mormon Geography 101 [54] by Larry Poulsen
Mesoamerica "Speech" Scrolls [55] by Diane Wirth
The Name ‘Anti’ in the Book of Mormon [56] by Stephen L. Carr
Highways in the Book of Mormon [57] by John Tvedtnes
Paradise Themes-A Hypothesis [58] by Diane Wirth
Palenque Ruins exhibit the Mesoamerican Standard - Measure and Geometric Planning [59] by V. Garth Norman
The Maya Problem [60] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Response to Stoddard's "Maya Problem" by Joe V. Andersen [61]
Looking at the "Maya Problem" from a different Perspective [62] by David Swingler
Were the Lehites Big Fish in a Little Pond, or Little Fish in a Big Pond? [63] by Douglas K. Christensen
The Narrow Neck of Land and the Narrow Pass [64] by David G. Hennessey
Review of Jerry Ainsworth's "Lives and Travels of Mormon and Moroni" [65] by Joe D. Anderson
The Passage of the Late Pre-Classic into the Early Classic [66] by Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Debra S. Walker
Why "Three" is Important in MesoAmerica and in the Book of Mormon [67] by Diane Wirth
Response to George Potter's "Ten Reasons Mesoamerica is Not Book of Mormon Lands" [68] by BMAF Staff
Ruins in Georgia Mountains Show Evidence of Maya Connection [69] by BMAF Staff
The Book of Mormon and Mesoamerican travels “Northward” [70] by Tyler Livingston
Review of "Resurrecting Cumorah" by Ed Goble [71] by BMAF staff
Mormon's Map Puzzle Solved [72] by John P. Pratt
The Light Is Better Over Here [73] by Lawrence L. Poulsen
Analyzing “The Place Where the Sea Divides the Land”and the “Great City” of the Jaredites [74] by Ted Dee Stoddard and Lawrence L. Poulsen
Pacific Coast Model [75] by F. Richard Hauck
---Additional Insights into the Book of Mormon [33] by F. Richard Hauck
Isthmus Model Map [76] by F. Richard Hauck
Mapping the Salama Cuenca [77] by F. Richard Hauck
A Witness of Cumorah [78] by Edwin Goble
Cultural Considerations
Book of Mormon Literary Style in Mesoamerica “It Came to Pass” & Parallelism [80] by V. Garth Norman
The Olmec/Jaredite Question
The Jaredites and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec by Joseph L. Allen
Response to George Potter's "10 Reasons why Mesoamerica is not Book of Mormon Lands" [68] by BMAF Staff
The Geography of the Jaredites [81] by Joe V. Andersen
Ether and Coriantumr [82] by Chris Heimerdinger
Book of Mormon Geography and the Book of Ether [83] by Lawrence L. Poulsen
The City of Lib, Key to Book of Mormon Geography [84] by V. Garth Norman
The Book of Mormon's "Mother Culture" of the New World [85] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Analyzing The Place Where the Sea Divides the Land and the Great City of the Jaredites [74] by Larry Poulsen and Ted Dee Stoddard
How I Learned to Love the Book of Ether [86] by Grant Hardy
Jaredites and Serpents [87] by Bruce W. Warren
The Sacred Honey Bee [88] by Douglas K. Christensen
A Brief Survey of Ancient Near Eastern Beekeeping [89] by Ronan James Head
Nephites and the Epi-Olmecs [90] by Joe V. Andersen
The Geography of the Jaredites [91] by Joe V. Andersen
Ancient Histories and the Mulekites [92] by Alan C. Miner and Kirk Magleby
The River Sidon Question
The Waters of Sidon: The Grijalva or the Usumacinta? [93] by Joseph L. Allen, Blake J. Allen and Ted Dee Stoddard
Response to Allen's Article [94] by Jerry L. Ainsworth
River Sidon probably not the Grijalva River [95] by Joe V. Anderson
Usumacinta River is the River Sidon [96] by Joe V. Andersen
Book of Mormon Names and Places
Footprint of Zarahemla, Article One [98]
Footprint of Zarahemla, Article Two (The Narrow Strip of Wilderness) [99]
What's in a Name [100] by David Gray
Cancuen [101] by Daniel R. Johnson
Using Three-Dimensional Maps to Explore Book of Mormon Geography [102] by Lawrence L. Poulsen
Teotihuacan: City of the Birth of the Gods [103] by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Petersen
Mapping Book of Mormon Geography 101 [54] by Larry L. Poulsen
Cancuen, City on a Tributary (Rio Pasion) of the Usumacinta River [104] By Daniel R. Johnson
Names and Maya Glyphs [105] by Daniel R. Johnson
The Land of Nephi [106] by John Tvedtnes
Hernando Cortez, The Lord’s General [107] by Dennis O. Williams
All Book of Mormon Cities: Listed and Examined by Richard Averett
Aaron to Nephi [108]
Nephihah to Zeezrom [109]
Did the Maya predict the end of the world? [110] by Daniel M. Johnson
Horses and Bridles in the Book of Mormon [111] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Oxen in the New World [112] by John Tvedtnes
Ancient Metal Plates [113]
Land of Nephi [106] by John Tvedtnes
The Sacred Honey Bee [88] by Douglas K. Christensen
"Higher Things" - Teotihuacan: City of the Birth of the Gods [103] by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Peterson
Is Lago de Isabel a Book of Mormon Name? [114] by V. Garth Norman
Three Separate Lands Bountiful: Where Located? What Size? To which Bountiful did Christ initially appear? [115] by Joe V. Andersen
“The Land North” always means north of Narrow Strip of Wilderness [116] by Joe V. Andersen
Why City Nephi Could Not Have Been Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala [117] by Joe V. Andersen
Land Northward - Response to Hedges' Article: "Cumorah and the Limited Mesoanerica Theory" [118] by Joe V. Andersen
Why city “Lib” was not located at La Venta or anywhere on the Gulf Coast [119] by Joe V. Andersen
Why Hill Shim was not Near Misantla or Ramah/Cumorah [120] by Joe V. Andersen
Parallels Between the Book of Mormon Nephites/Lamanites and the Maya Civilization [121] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Geography of the Gadianton Robbers By Joe V. Andersen
Why City Bountiful was not located in the Yucatan, Peten or northern Belize [122] by Joe V. Andersen
Joshua Near the West Sea near Izapa, the Final Key [123] by Joe V. Andersen
Dragons in the Book of Mormon [124] by Diane Wirth
The Mulekites And The Phoenician Connection [125] by Ed Goble and Doug Christensen
Beards in the New World
Bearded foreigners in America [126] by V Garth Norman
Bearded Populations in Mesoamerica [127] by David Lee
Horses in the New World
Indigenous Horses [128] by Daniel M. Johnson
Horses in the Book of Mormon [129] by Alan Miner
The Issue of the word Horse in the Book of Mormon [130] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Ancient Horses and the Book of Mormon [131] by Daniel M. Johnson
Old World Parallels
The Seven Primordial Tribes of Mesoamerica [132] by Diane Wirth
Paradise Themes [58] by Diane Wirth
Parallels [133] by Diane Wirth
(We highly recommend the book Parallels by Diane Wirth, see a review at www.bmaf.org/books/parallels [133])
Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Travel
Ancient Voyages Across the Ocean to America [134] by John L. Sorenson
Lehi's DNA [135] by Michael DeGroote
Transoceanic Migration [136] by Captain Richard Rotheryh
Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Travel [137] by T. Michael Smith
The Great Lakes "Heartland" Model
Columbus in the Promised Land [138] by Joe V. Andersen
Columbus, the “Promised Land,” and the Restoration of the Gospel [48] by Richard L. Millett
DNA and the Book of Mormon [139] by David G. Stewart, Jr.
The Book of Mormon and the X haplogroup….again [140] by Tyler Livingston
Joseph Smith, John Lloyd Stephens, and the Times and Seasons [141] by David C. Handy
Often in Error, Seldom in Doubt: Rod Meldrum and Book of Mormon DNA [142] by Gregory L. Smith
Joseph Smith, Revelation and Book of Mormon Geography [9] by Matthew Roper
Looking for Artifacts at New York Hill Cumorah [143] by BMAF Staff
The New Excluvist "Movement" and the Book of Mormon [144] by Matthew Roper
A Whole Bunch of Reasons Why Book of Mormon Geography Could Not have Included North America [145] by John L. Sorensen
The Hopewell culture and The Book of Mormon: Do they match? [146] by Tyler Livingston
American Exceptionalism and Book of Mormon Geography [27] by Chris Heimerdinger
Misguided Zeal in Defense of the Church [147] Statement by FAIR
The Need for Evidence of a High Level Written Language in the New World [148] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Zelph in Relation to Book of Mormon Geography [149] by Tyler Livingston
Indications of Weather and Climate in the Book of Mormon [150] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Can the Mississippi River be the River Sidon? [151] by Joe V. Andersen
Distorted "Facts" about the Hill Cumorah [152] by Duane Dahlem
Review of Prophecies and Promises by Porter and Meldrum [153] by Joe V. Andersen
Burned With Fire [154] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Review of This Land: Zarahemla and the Nephite Nation by Wayne May [155] by Joe V. Andersen
Implications of the Terms "This Land" and "Promised Land" [156] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Volcanism and Earthquakes in the Book of Mormon [49] by Stephen L. Carr
Misguided Zeal in Defense of the Church [147] by FAIR
Where was Joseph Smith Between March 1, 1842 and November 15, 1842? [157] by John L. Lund
An Ancient Mesoamerican Document [158] by Douglas K. Christensen
Looking for artifacts at New York's Hill Cumorah [143] by BMAF Staff
New York Hill Cumorah Soils Test [159] by BMAF Staff
The Padilla Plates [160] by Ray Matheny
The Demise of One “Mormon Myth” about the Hill Cumorah [161] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One: An Alternate Reality [162] by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Two: False Messages in Stone [163] by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Three: Real Messages in DNA [164] by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
This Idea: The "This Land" Series and the U.S.-Centric Reading of the Book of Mormon [165] by Brant A. Gardner
Miscellaneous Subjects
Magleby's Gideon and Zarahemla are Misplaced [166] by Joe V. Andersen
Response to Magleby's Book of Mormon Model [167] by Joe V. Andersen
Katun Predictions and the Nephite Record [168] by Dave Gray
Did Chiasmus Appear in the Book of Mormon by Chance? [169] by Boyd F. Edwards [170]
Book of Mormon Parallels vs. Book of Mormon Convergences [171] by Tyler Livingston
Another Idea for Nephi's Ship [172] by Stephen L. Carr
Responses to "Another Idea for Nephi's Ship" [173]
Ixtlilxochitl - Quetzalcoatl- Jesus Christ [174] by Milton R. Hunter and Thomas Stuart Ferguson
Changes in the Book of Mormon [175] by BMAF Staff
Historic Parallels to the Destruction at the time of the Crucifixion [176] by John A. Tvedtnes
Translations of The Popol Vuh [177] by Adrián Recinos, Delia Goetz, and Sylvanus G. Morley
Popol Vuh and the Tree of Life [178] by V. Garth Norman
Was Joseph Smith Guilty of Plagiarism? [179] by John Tvedtnes
The Nature of Mormon's Word Processor [180] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Ancient Metal Plates [113] by Daniel Johnson
Plates of Gold [181] by Daniel Johnson
Mission Impossible [182] by Hugh Nibley
Other Peoples in the Promised Land [183] by Stephen L. Carr
Archaeology & Cumorah Questions [184] by John E. Clarkclick here [185] for a bio sketch
Baptism at the Waters of Mormon [186] by V. Garth Norman and Alan C. Miner
Metal Weapons and Tools [187] by Daniel Johnson
Earliest Mayan writing found in pyramid [188] by Bjorn Carey, LiveScience , Thurs., Jan. 5, 2006
Reply to Smithsonian Institution statement about Book of Mormon [189] by John L. Sorenson
Who Did Mormon and Moroni "Minister" To? [190] condensed from material by Alan C. Miner and Jerry L. Ainsworth
Was Mormon a Member of a Military Class? [191] by John A. Tvedtnes
Mormon: A Man Forbidden to Preach--Who Preached Anyway: [192]
Resolving a possible textual contradiction in the Book of Mormon [193] by Chris Heimerdinger
Swords and "Cimeters" in the Book of Mormon [194] by Mattew Roper
Hebraisms and other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon [195] by Don Parry, Phd
Some Book of Mormon "Hits" [196] by John Tvedtnes, PhD.
The Name 'anti' in the Book of Mormon [56] by Stephen L. Carr
The Relationship of the Interpreters - The Urim and Thummim - to the Record of the Brother of Jared [197] by Alan Miner
BMAF CONFERENCE TALKS
2012:
Kirk Magleby and Jack Welch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrG2CHCyQKk [200]
Daniel Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cHUxwDCq3g [201]
Brant Gardner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIvRV8FXsiI&List=UL [202]
2003:
Stela 31 from Tikal [203] by Ryan Williams
The King and the Tree of Life [204] by Diane Wirth, MA
Review of Literature on Book of Mormon Geography [205] Alan C. Miner
Hebraisms and other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon [195] Don Parry, Phd
Spiritual Meaning of the Book of Mormon [206] Joseph L. Allen, Phd
Round Table Discussion [207] F. Richard Hauck, V. Garth Norman and Joseph L. Allen
2005:
Heavenly Evidences and Earthly Remains [208], John Lund
Book of Mormon Events and Latter-day Parallels [209], Jack Marshall
Step by Step through the Book of Mormon [210], Alan Miner
81 Evidences of Lehi's Trail on the Arabian Peninsula [211], George Potter
The Covenant Codex and Coxca [212], Neil Steede
Creation, Garden of Eden, and Resurrection in Mesoamerican Thought [213], Diane Wirth
Ammon and the Mesoamerican Custom of Smiting off of Arms [214], Bruce Yerman
Hebrew Names in the Book of Mormon [215], John Tvedtnes
Round Table Discussion [216]
2010:
American Exceptionalism and Book of Mormon Geography [217] by Chris Heimerdinger
Book of Mormon Geography: Implications of the terms "This Land" and "Promised Land" from the Perspectives of the Mesoamerica Model and the Heartland Model [218] by Ted Dee Stoddard
Metal and Gold Plates in Mesoamerica [46] by Daniel Johnson
2009:
Mormon Times Articles [219]
Hebrew design in Mesoamerica: Temples Match
The Jaredites and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec [220] by Joseph L. Allen, PhD.