Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon
The FARMS Updates of the 1990s
This book presents the FARMS Research Updates of the 1990s, plus some similar short notes from the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, in a new collection edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne. Aimed at a general audience, these updates are brief, easy-to-read reports of new research on the Book of Mormon. Each contributor offers intriguing ideas and developments that have emerged from exploring the Book of Mormon from many perspectives. Pressing Forward will interest all people who want to know what’s new in Book of Mormon research.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Four Suggestions on the Origin of the Name Nephi
Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri
Nephi's Jerusalem and Laban's Sword
The Workmanship Thereof Was Exceedingly Fine
Better that One Man Perish
Metal Plates and the Book of Mormon
Lehi's Jerusalem and Writing on Silver Plates
More on the Silver Plates from Lehi's Jerusalem
A Visionary Man
Rod and Sword as the Word of God
"The Lamb of God" in Pre-Christian Texts
Further Light on Enallage
Connections between the Visions of Lehi and Nephi
Exodus of Lehi Revisited
The Book of Lehi and the Plates of Lehi
Firstborn in the Wilderness
Sam: A Just and Holy Man
The Psalm of Nephi as a Post-Lehi Document
When Did Nephi Write the Small Plates?
Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs
Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: The Political Dimension
Sherem's Accusations against Jacob
The Hebrew Origin of Three Book of Mormon Place-Names
Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority
Upon the Tower of Benjamin
Benjamin's Tower and Old Testament Pillars
Unintentional Sin in Benjamin's Discourse
On the Right or Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat
Democratizing Forces in King Benjamin's Speech
As a Garment in a Hot Furnace
His Stewardship Was Fulfilled
Evidence for Tents
Revisiting the Land of Jerusalem
Blessing God after Eating One's Fill
The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics
Notes on Korihor and Language
Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness
Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon
Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon
Eyewitness Descriptions of Mesoamerican Swords
New Technology and Ancient Voyages
Rollercoaster Economics
Challenging Conventional Views of Metal
Secret Combinations Revisited
The Marketplace
Hebraic Conditionals in the Book of Mormon
"Thus Saith the Lord": Prophetic Language in Samuel's Speech
More on the Hanging of Zemnarihah
Word Groups in the Book of Mormon
Another Note on the Three Days of Darkness
Two Notes on the Lord's Prayer
Was There Leprosy among the Nephites?
The Decline of the God Quetzalcoatl
Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters
Two Notes on Egyptian Script
Old World People in the New
New Light on the Shining Stones of the Jaredites
By Land or by Sea? Revisiting the Bering Straits
Vikings, Iron, and the Book of Mormon
Droughts and Serpents
The "Decapitation" of Shiz
Fragments of Original Manuscript Discovered
Translation of the Book of Mormon
Revelation and the Urim and Thummim
Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?
Can the 1834 Affidavits Attacking the Smith Family be Trusted?
Roberts Affirms Book of Mormon Antiquity
What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not
The Sobering Lesson of the Grolier Codex
Publication Information
Subject: Book of Mormon
Publication Year: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 13: 978-0934893428
Page Count: 352
Price: $ 14.95
Imprint: FARMS