Studies of the book of mormon is a collection of essays written at the beginning of the 20th century though not published until 1985 by b. Conversely, joseph was very clear about where he knew the book of mormon to have occurred. It is supposed that the bones of mastodons found here could not have belonged to less than one hundred distinct individuals, those of the fossil elephant e. He is also associate professor of history at brigham young university, where he teaches american religious. Statement on book of mormon geography page 7 general. The author wrote in the preface to this 1959 book, for more than a hundred years there has been a need for a geography of the book of mormon. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. In the wentworth letter which joseph stated was received by revelation joseph wrote i. Miller author matthew roper when the book of mormon first appeared, skeptics said that references to horses, asses. The authorship of this and other articles related to book of mormon geography which appeared in the times and seasons during joseph smiths tenure as editor has been a point of dispute.
Mormon challenges are precolumbian horses in book of. Donors interested in supporting this work can do so through book of mormon central. One of the more obvious anachronisms contained in the book of mormon is the presence of horses. Biblical lands and the book of mormon lands provides an important premise and solution for several geographical features and challenges noted in the book of mormon text.
The following is a partial rebuttal to the antimormon video bible vs. Joseph smith knew book of mormon geography book of. Hes got footnotes and a bibliography and the whole 9 yards, so we can trust it without a doubt. Farms even publishes sorensons the geography of book of mormon events. The matter is much too complicated to be treated here, but in that area it has been possible to show that the book of mormons statements about customs, the rise of cities, wars, climate, distances. The remnant of book of mormon peoples are the indians that now inhabit this country encyclopedia of jss teachings, deseret book, p. Most of you believe that the book of mormon occurred in central america, right. Miller and matthew roper w hen the book of mormon first appeared, skeptics said that references to horses, asses, elephants, and. Thus, they claim the term cattle may refer to mountain goats. Animals in the book of mormon byu studies quarterly. Farms attempts to dismis this point by saying that what is called a horse in the book of mormon is truely a word used to describe another animal, like a deer. Although historians and archaeologists consider the book to be. Just make sure the customs, culture and geography of your preferred area really do match the text of the book of mormon.
Roberts 18571933, a general authority of the church of. There are at least two possible resolutions to the horse problem in the book of mormon. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. This here book says that horses is the same thing as deer and tapirs fer those ancient book of marmon times. Some mormon apologists believe that the term cattle, as used in the book of mormon is more general and does not exclusively mean members of the genus bos. Cumorah true book of mormon geography lands western. I was reading about horses in the book of mormon at the farms mormon apologetics group website today. The book of mormon strongly implies that the hill cumorah is near the narrow neck of land morm. Another scholar pointed out several possibilities for mentions of horses. Dont fall for the, he must have meant this or that. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. The heartland model or heartland theory of book of mormon geography states that the book of mormon events primarily occurred in the heartland of north america.
Anachronisms in the book of mormon religious studies center. Due to its commitment to faithful scholarship, farms has been a focus of some controversy within the mormon community. The hill cumorah in ontario county ny is the hill where joseph smith found the golden plates and is the same hill where the civilizations of the nephites cumorah and the jaredites ramah fought their last battles. Spencer fluhman is the executive director of the neal a. Its been over a year since someone posted something on book of mormon geography, so i think its about time. Unconventional book of mormon geography theories mormon. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place. The fella who wrote about it is a professor man at the byu. For addition precolumbian dated horse bones, see miller and roper, animals in the book of mormon. Sorenson, an ancient american setting for the book of mormon salt lake city, ut.
Horses are mentioned in eight different book of mormon episodes that involve an ancient new world setting. Sorenson, the geography of biook sic of mormon events. William hamblin illustrates this with the example of horses among the huns basic methodological problems with the antimormon approach to the geography and archaeology of the book of mormon. True book of mormon geography lands, western new york model. Miller author matthew roper when the book of mormon first appeared, skeptics said that references to horses, asses, elephants, and other animals such as swine and cows were out of place. There were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of. An entirely new approach to the study of book of mormon geography. Ted dee stoddard, in the issue of the word horse in the book of mormon, reminds us that horses existed at one time in the ancient. Nor does the book of mormon text indicate that horses or chariots play any role in the many nephite wars despite a popular classic book of mormon painting by arnold friburg depicting helaman leading the.
Peruvian setting for the book of mormon mormon matters. The book of mormon is a religious and chronological history of a fallen people who lived in the americas from 600 b. The foundation for ancient research and mormon studies farms, a major mormon apologetic powerhouse established in 1979, unabashedly promoted mesoamerican theories for book. According to hunter and ferguson, the claim made by the book of mormon that horses were on this continent and used in ancient america for purposes similar to the uses we make of them today finds.
Hamblin 1993, basic methodological problems with the antimormon approach to the geography and archaeology of the book of mormon, journal of book of mormon. Horses true book of mormon geography lands western new. Matt roper, limited geography and the book of mormon. Since the publication of the book of mormon in 1830, mormon archaeologists have attempted to find archaeological evidence to support it. Scholars go over evidence and discuss horses found in precolumbian times, chariots, and elephants. Appealing to those horses does not support the book of mormon because the pleistocene ended long before the earliest parts of the book of mormon. Lost civilizations of north america documentary4, deborah bolnick on haplogroup x. New evidence for horses in america book of mormon central. The book of mormon geography book, a promised land, the land of promise, is one of our books at alpha publishing available for purchase at virginia elieson was inspired with this geography, while with her patriarch husband and mission president in dallas here organized into a book by peter covino, jr. Thus, the mention of horses in the americas during book of mormon times presents an anachronismsomething that doesnt fit the time frame for which it is claimed. This book introduces the reader to an authoritative hierarchy of internal and external witnesses beginning with the 36 prophecies and. A source book 1992, which presents maps of where cities theoretically might be located, where battles took place, and so on. John clark true book of mormon geography lands, western.