Anachronisms: Accidental Evidence in Book of Mormon Criticisms — Chapter 9: Concluding Observations

[Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present chapter 9 from a book entitled Anachronisms: Accidental Evidence in Book of Mormon Criticisms. It is presented in serialized form in this volume of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. This is immediately followed by a selected bibliography for the book.]

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 — Book of Mormon Animals

Chapter 2 — Warfare in the Book of Mormon

Chapter 3 — Metals and Metallurgy

Chapter 4 — Ancient Culture

Chapter 5 — Book of Mormon Names

Chapter 6 — Old World Journeys by Land and Sea

Chapter 7 — Records, Writing, and Language

Chapter 8 — Events in Third Nephi

Chapter 9 — Concluding Observations

Bibliography

Chapter 9: Concluding Observations

During the fourteen years of the first phase (1830–1844), 102 items in the Book of Mormon were alleged to be anachronistic. By the end of that period, seven of these had been confirmed as accurate textual features, two had been partially confirmed, while ninety-three remained unconfirmed (see figures 64 and 65). By the end of the second phase (1845–1965), a period of 120 years, the total number of claimed anachronisms had increased to 168, of which thirty-six were confirmed as accurate textual features, ten were partially confirmed, and 122 were unconfirmed (see figures 66 and 67. During the last fifty-eight years, which constitute the third phase (1966–2024), the total number of claimed anachronisms increased to 226, of which 174 have been confirmed as accurate cultural, historical, or linguistic features, thirty-one partially confirmed, and twenty-one unconfirmed (see figures 68 and 69).

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Figure 64. Total Book of Mormon anachronism claims (1830–1844).

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Figure 65. Total Book of Mormon anachronism claims (1830–1844, continued).

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Figure 66. Total Book of Mormon anachronism claims (1845–1965).

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Figure 67. Total Book of Mormon anachronism claims (1845–1965, continued).

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Figure 68. Total Book of Mormon anachronism claims (1966–2024).

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Figure 69. Total Book of Mormon anachronism claims (1966–2024, continued).

[Page 246]Notably, while the number of alleged anachronisms increased during each of the three periods, so did the number of confirmations. Not only did they increase, but they increased exponentially. Whereas 90.2% of the items remained unconfirmed in 1844, today that figure has dropped to a meager 9.29%. Thus, the key finding of this study is that, over time, allegedly problematic features of the Book of Mormon text have strongly trended towards confirmation or partial confirmation, especially in the past fifty-eight years.

The results of this survey elicit several brief observations. First, I would stress that this data only represents an evaluation of the status of anachronisms as framed by critics and does not consider other kinds of evidence that might conceivably be marshaled for or against the claims of the Book of Mormon. It provides a useful, albeit limited, picture of evidence. It also should be understood that there has been little attempt to address how anachronisms may measure up against specific interpretive models of the geography of the text, something far beyond the scope of this study. Future researchers may perhaps wish to explore more specific applications of this approach as they pursue potential future correlations of the text with ancient civilizations. My purpose in this survey is less ambitious—that is, to highlight how the currents of arguments about anachronisms have shifted since 1830.

Second, it should be abundantly clear that perceived anachronisms are susceptible to refutation over time as new information is made available through additional research, interpretation, and discoveries. Kenneth Kitchen, in speaking of archaeology and the Bible, warns against the tendency of some readers to say,

“we did not find it, so it never existed!” instead of the more proper formulation: “evidence is currently lacking; we may have missed it or it may have left no trace; particularly when 5 percent of a mound is dug, leaving 95 percent or more untouched, unknown, and so, not in evidence.”[1]

Similar caution should be taken when discussing the Book of Mormon.

Third, items that may seem problematic in the Book of Mormon can often generate good questions that lead to fresh research, new discoveries, and textual insights. As Hugh Nibley noted,

Long experience has shown that the Latter-day Saints only become aware of the nature and genius of their modern scriptures when relentless and obstreperous criticism from the outside forces them to take a closer look at what they [Page 247]have, with the usual result of putting those scriptures in a much stronger position than they were before.[2]

What at first appear to be “negative items,” writes archaeologist John E. Clark, “may prove to be positive ones in hiding. ‘Missing’ evidence focuses further research, but it lacks compelling logical force in arguments because it represents the absence of information rather than secure evidence.”[3] Furthermore, certain kinds of questions require specific types of tools and information to answer. Anyone can generate questions or express doubt or disbelief. Getting reliable answers, on the other hand, often requires that we do rigorous work and research to investigate the truth.

Fourth, when believers in the Book of Mormon’s authenticity examine its many so-called anachronisms with a view of their trajectory over time, it can encourage them to approach challenging questions that remain with greater optimism and patience. As Clark puts it,

deficiencies of negative evidence persist, for the most part, but they should not distract attention from the scores of other unusual items mentioned in the book which have been confirmed through archaeology—nor from the possibility that missing evidence may someday be found.[4]

The evidence presented in this book is consistent with his conclusion that while many questions remain “today, current science is more supportive because many claims made in the book have been substantiated,” and “as seen by science, the Book of Mormon is stronger today than it was in 1830, 1844, 1950, or even 2000, so I expect it will continue to become stronger in the future.”[5]

Finally, the confirmation of many items that were once considered problematic can encourage current and future readers of the Book of Mormon to take its historical claims seriously. If the text truly is authentic and ancient—which I certainly believe to be so—then the deepest and most complete understanding of its content will only come as readers diligently assess the book in light of its ancient historical contexts in both the Old and New Worlds. If the current trend holds, many more exciting and faith-promoting discoveries may be right around the corner. Only time will tell, but in this particular area, time seems to favor the Book of Mormon.

[Page 248]1. Kenneth A. Kitchen, “New directions in Biblical Archaeology: Historical and Biblical Aspects,” in Biblical Archaeology Today, 1990: Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, June–July 1990, ed. Avraham Biran, Joseph Aviram, and Alan Paris-Shadur (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1993), 48.

2. Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Abraham (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2010), 40.

3. John E. Clark, “Archaeological Trends and Book of Mormon Origins,” BYU Studies 44, no. 4 (2005): 94, scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3732&context=byusq.

4. Clark, “Archaeological Trends,” 95.

5. Clark, “Archaeological Trends,” 95.

[Page 249]Selected Bibliography

This bibliography provides a selection of some of the sources—general and relevant to each chapter—that I have found useful in the compilation of this work. It is not exhaustive, but merely intended to provide the interested reader a convenient list of resources should they wish to pursue further study of so-called anachronisms in the Book of Mormon.

I first examine general resources relative to anachronisms, and then provide a section for resources specific to each chapter in the book.

General Resources

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[Page 250]Duran, Diego. The History of the Indies of New Spain. Translated by Doris Heyden. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.

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Fuentes, Patricia de. The Conquistadors: First-Person Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico. Translated and edited by Patricia de Fuentes. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.

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Miller, Mary Ellen, and Megan E. O’Neil. Maya Art and Architecture, 2nd ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.

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[Page 251]Orellana, Sandra. The Tzutujil Mayas: Continuity and Change, 1250–1630. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984.

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Chapter 1: Animals

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Chapter 2: Ancient Warfare

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Chapter 3: Metals and Metallurgy

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Welch, John W. “Narrative Elements in Homicide Accounts.” Jewish Law Association Studies 27 (2017): 206–38.

Welch, John W. The Legal Cases in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press; Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2008.

Welch, John W. “The Temple in the Book of Mormon: The Temples at the Cities of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Bountiful.” In Temples of the Ancient World, edited by Donald W. Parry, 332–34. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994.

Wilke, Carolyn. “The Ancient Origins of Glass.” Knowable Magazine, 18 November 2021.

Woods, Michael, and Mary B. Woods. Ancient Machine Technology: From Wheels to Forges. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books, 2011.

Zeitlin, Solomon. “The Names Hebrew, Jew and Israel.” Jewish Quarterly Review 43, no. 4 (1953): 365–79.

Chapter 5: Book of Mormon Names

Ahituv, Shmuel. Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period. Jerusalem: CARTA, 2008.

Avigad, Nahman. Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1997.

Bowen, Matthew L. Name as Key-Word: Collected Essays on Onomastic Wordplay and the Temple in Mormon Scripture. Orem, UT: Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2018.

Bowen, Matthew L. Ancient Names in the Book of Mormon: Toward a Deeper Understanding of a Witness of Christ. Orem, UT: Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2023.

Bowen, Matthew L. “‘O Ye Fair Ones’—Revisited.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 315–44.

[Page 273]Bowen, Matthew L. “Alma: Young Man, Hidden Prophet.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343–53.

Bowen, Matthew L. “‘Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker’: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 164–68.

Bowen, Matthew L. “He Knows My Affliction: The Hill Onidah as Narrative Counterpart to the Rameumptom.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 195–220.

Deutsch, Robert, and Michael Heltzer. New Epigraphic Evidence from the Biblical Period. Tel Aviv: Archaeological Center Publication, 1995.

Garsiel, Moshe. Biblical Names: A Literary Study of Midrashic Derivations and Puns. Ramat Gan, Israel: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1991.

Hess, Richard S. “Hypocoristic Names.” In Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, edited by Geoffrey Khan. Leiden: Brill, 2013.

Nibley, Hugh. Lehi in the Desert / The World of the Jaredites / There Were Jaredites. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.

Nibley, Hugh. “Proper Names in the Book of Mormon.” In Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.

Oaks, Dallin D., Paul Baltes, and Kent Minson. Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming: Names, Identity, and Belief. New York: Routledge, 2023.

Schade, Aaron P., and Matthew L. Bowen. “‘To Whom Is the Arm of the Lord Revealed?’” Religious Educator 16, no. 2 (2015): 91–111.

Rappleye, Neal, and Allen Hansen. “More Evidence for Alma as a Semitic Name.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 62 (2024): 415–28.

Ricks, Stephen D., Paul Y. Hoskisson, Robert F. Smith, and John Gee. Dictionary of Proper Names and Foreign Words in the Book of Mormon. Orem, UT: Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2022.

Sawyer, John. “What Was a Mošiaʿ?” Vetus Testamentum 15 (1965): 475–86.

Szink, Terrence L. “The Personal Name ‘Alma’ at Ebla.” Religious Educator 1 (Spring 2000): 53–56.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Names of People: Book of Mormon.” In [Page 274]Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, edited by Geoffrey Khan, 2:787. Boston: Brill, 2013.

Tvedtnes, John A., John Gee, and Matthew Roper. “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 40–51, 78–79.

Chapter 6: Old World Journeys by Land and Sea

Abbasi, Iftikhar A. “Geological Assessment of the Khor Kharfot Sediments, Western Dhofar Region, Sultanate of Oman.” SQU Journal for Science 21, no. 1 (2016): 16–25.

Alsaleh, Mohammed Abdullah. “Natural Springs in Northwest Saudi Arabia.” Arabian Journal of Geosciences 10, no. 15 (2017): 1–13.

Aston, Warren P. Lehi and Sariah in Arabia: The Old World Setting of the Book of Mormon. Self-pub., Xlibris, 2015.

Aston, Warren P. “The Origins of the Nihm Tribe of Yemen: A Window into Arabia’s Past.” Journal of Arabian Studies 4, no. 1 (2014): 134–48.

Aston, Warren P. “Into Arabia: Lehi and Sariah’s Escape from Jerusalem.” BYU Studies Quarterly 58, no. 4 (2019): 117–25.

Aston, Warren P. “A Research Note: Continuing Exploration and Research in Oman.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 255–64.

Aston, Warren P. “The Origins of the Nihm Tribe of Yemen: A Window into Arabia’s Past” Journal of Arabian Studies: Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea 4, no. 1 (2014): 134–48.

Aston, Warren P. “A History of NaHoM” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 2 (2012): 78–98.

Aston, Warren P., Godfrey J. Ellis, and Neal Rappleye. Into Arabia: Anchoring Nephi’s Account in the Real World. Orem, UT: Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 202.

Brown, S. Kent, and Peter Johnson. Journey of Faith: From Jerusalem to the Promised Land. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2006.

Brown, S. Kent. “New Light from Arabia on Lehi’s Trail.” In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 55–125. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.

Brooks, Charles Wolcott. “Report of Japanese Vessels Wrecked in [Page 275]the North Pacific Ocean, from the Earliest Records to the Present Time.” Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 6 (1875): 9, 12.

Braden, Wythe E. “On the Probability of Pre-1778 Japanese Drifts to Hawaii.” Hawaiian Journal of History 10 (1976): 78.

Clark, David L. “Lehi and El Niño: A Method of Migration.” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 1–7.

England, Eugene. “Through the Arabian Desert to a Bountiful Land: Could Joseph Smith Have Known the Way?” In Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 143–56. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1982.

Evans, Clifford, and Betty J. Meggers. “Transpacific Origin of Valdivia Pottery on Coastal Ecuador.” In XXXVI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, España, 1964, edited by Alfredo Jiménez Núñez, 66. Sevilla: ECESA, 1966.

Goy, Julie, Michele Degli Esposti, Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud, and Anne Benoist. “Archaeometallurgical Research on Iron Age (1250–300 BCE) Copper Production in the Northern Hajjar Mountains (Oman Peninsula).” In Mining for Ancient Copper: Essays in Memory of Beno Rothenberg, edited by Erez Ben-Josef, 366–84. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2018.

Jett, Stephen C. Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2017.

Kehoe, Alice Beck. Traveling Prehistoric Seas: Critical Thinking on Ancient Transoceanic Voyages. New York: Routledge, 2016.

Larson, Bradley R. “Finding Nephi’s Ore.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 63 (2025): 297–322.

Maximenko, Nikolai, Jan Hafner, Masafumi Kamachi, and Amy MacFadyen. “Numerical Simulations of Debris Drift from the Great Japan Tsunami of 2011 and Their Verification with Observational Reports.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 132 (2018): 5–25.

Nibley, Hugh. Lehi in the Desert / The World of the Jaredites / There Were Jaredites. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988.

Phillips, W. Revell. “Metals of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 2 (2000): 36–41, 82

[Page 276]Potter, George, and Richard Wellington. Lehi in the Wilderness. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2003.

Pritchard, James B. The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1958.

Rappleye, Neal. “An Ishmael Buried near Nahom.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 48 (2021): 33–48.

Rappleye, Neal. “The Place—or the Tribe—Called Nahom? NHM as Both a Tribal and Geographic Name in Modern and Ancient Yemen.” BYU Studies 62, no. 2 (2023): 49–72.

Rappleye, Neal. “The Nahom Convergence Reexamined: The Eastward Trail, Burial of the Dead, and the Ancient Borders of Nihm.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 60 (2024): 1–86.

Reynolds, Noel B. “Lehi’s Arabian Journey Updated” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 379–89. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.

Riley, Carroll L., J. Charles Kelley, Campbell W. Pennington, and Robert L. Rand, eds. Man across the Sea: Problems of Pre-Columbian Contacts. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971.

Sittig, Otto. “Compulsory Migrations in the Pacific Ocean.” In Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, July 1895, 519–35. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1896.

Smith, Robert F. “The Land of Jerusalem: The Place of Jesus’ Birth.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, edited by John W. Welch, 170–72. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

Sorenson, John L., and Carl L. Johannessen. “Biological Evidence for Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Voyages.” In Contact and Exchange in the Ancient World, edited by Victor H. Mair, 238–97. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006.

Sorenson, John L., and Carl L. Johannessen. World Trade and Biological Exchanges before 1492. Self-pub., 2013.

Sorenson, John L. “Ancient Voyages across the Ocean to America: From ‘Impossible’ to ‘Certain.’” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 1 (2005): 4–17, 124–25.

Thomasson, Gordon C. “Revisiting the Land of Jerusalem.” In [Page 277]Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 139–41. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.

Chapter 7: Records, Writing, and Language

Bowman, Raymond A. “An Aramaic Religious Text in Demotic Script.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 3, no. 4 (1944): 219–31.

Calabro, David. “The Hieratic Scribal Tradition in Preexilic Judah.” In Evolving Egypt: Innovation, Appropriation, and Reinterpretation in Ancient Egypt, edited by Kerry Muhlestein and John Gee, 77–85. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2012.

Carter, Nicholas P., and Jeffrey Dobereiner. “Multispectral Imaging of an Early Classic Maya Codex Fragment from Uaxactun, Guatemala.” Antiquity 90, no. 351 (2016): 711–25.

Davila, James R. “The Treatise of the Vessels (Massekhet Kelim): A New Translation and Introduction.” In Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Non-Canonical Scriptures, edited by Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, and Alexander Panayotov, 1:404–5. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.

FARMS Staff. Martin Harris’ Visit with Charles Anthon: Collected Documents on the Anthon Transcript and Shorthand Egyptian.” FARMS Papers. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1990.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Paulist Press, 1992.

Foster, Mary LeCron. “The Transoceanic Trail: The Proto-Pelagian Language Phylum.” Pre-Columbiana: A Journal of Long-Distance Contacts 1, nos. 1–2 (1998): 88–113.

Hamblin, William J. “Reformed Egyptian.” FARMS Review 19, no. 1 (2007): 31–35.

Hamblin, William J. “Sacred Writing on Metal Plates in the Ancient Mediterranean.” FARMS Review 19, no. 1 (2007): 37–54.

Hull, Kerry, “War Banners: A Mesoamerican Context for the Title of Liberty,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24, no. 1 (2015): 84–118.

Kister, Menahem. “Psalm 20 and Papyrus Amherst 63: A Window to the Dynamic Nature of Poetic Texts.” Vetus Testamentum 70, fasc. 3 (2019): 1–32.

[Page 278]MacKay, Michael Hubbard, Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, and Robin Scott Jensen. “The ‘Caracters’ Document: New Light on an Early Transcription of the Book of Mormon Characters.” Mormon Historical Studies 14, no. 1 (2013): 131–52.

Schade, Aaron P. “The Kingdom of Judah: Politics, Prophets, and Scribes in the Late Preexilic Period.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 315–19. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.

Smoak, Jeremy D. The Priestly Blessing in Inscription and Scripture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Snijders, Ludo, Tim Zaman, and David Howell. “Using Hyperspectral Imaging to Reveal a Hidden Precolonial Mesoamerican Codex.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 9 (2016): 143–49.

Sorenson, John L. Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2013.

Stuart, David. “A Foreign Past: The Writing and Representation of History on a Royal Ancestral Shrine at Copan.” In Copan: The History of An Ancient Maya Kingdom, edited by E. Wyllys Andres and William L. Fash. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 2005.

Stubbs, Brian D. Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan. Provo, UT: Grover Publications, 2015.

Stubbs, Brian D. Changes in Languages from Nephi to Now. Blanding, UT: Four Corners Digital Design, 2016.

Thompson, John S. “Lehi and Egypt.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely, 259–76. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.

Thompson, John S. “Looking Again at the Anthon Transcript(s).” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 63 (2025): 353–66.

van der Toorn, Karel. “Eshem-Bethel and Herem-Bethel: New Evidence from Amherst Papyrus 63.” Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 128, no. 4 (2016): 668–80.

van der Toorn, Karel. Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019.

[Page 279]Chapter 8: Events in Third Nephi

Blong, R. J. The Time of Darkness: Local Legends and Volcanic Reality in Papua New Guinea. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982.

Caldcleugh, Alexander. “Some Account of the Volcanic Eruption of Coseguina in the Bay of Fonseca, Commonly Called the Bay of Conchagua, on the Western Coast of Central America.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 126 (1836): 28.

Gasperini, Luca, Enrico Bonatti, and Giuseppe Longo. “The Tunguska Mystery: 100 Years Later.” Scientific American, (June 2008).

Jordan, Benjamin R. “‘Many Great and Notable Cities Were Sunk’: Liquefaction in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 38, no. 3 (1999): 119–22.

Jordan, Benjamin R. “Volcanic Destruction in the Book of Mormon: Possible Evidence from Ice Cores.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 78–87, 118–19.

Kowallis, Bart J. “In the Thirty and Fourth Year: A Geologist’s View of the Great Destruction in 3 Nephi.” BYU Studies 27, no. 3 (1997–1998): 136–90.

Ross, T. “Narrative of the Effects of the Eruption from the Tamboro Mountain, in the Island of Sumbawa, on the 11th and 12th of April 1815.” Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 8, no. 10 (1816): 14.

Galindo, Juan. “Eruption of the Volcano Coseguina.” American Journal of Science and Arts 28 (July 1835): 332.

Macias J. L., J. M. Espíndola, A. Garcia-Palomo, K. M. Scott, S. Hughes, and J C. Mora. “Late Holocene Pelean-Style Eruption at Tacana Volcano, Mexico and Guatemala: Past, Present, and Future Hazards.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 112, No. 8 (2000): 1234–49.

Plunket, Patricia, and Gabriela Uruñuela. “Social and Cultural Consequences of a Late Holocene Eruption of Popocatépetl in Central Mexico.” Quaternary International 151 (2006): 22–24.

Plunket, Patricia, and Gabriela Uruñuela. “Mountain of Sustenance, Mountain of Destruction: The Prehispanic Experience with Popocatépetl Volcano.” Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 170 (2008): 111–20.

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Ritner, Robert K., and Nadine Moeller. “The Ahmose ‘Tempest Stela,’ Thera and Comparative Chronology.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 73, no. 1 (2014): 1–19.

Sheets, Payson D. “The Effects of Explosive Volcanism on Ancient Egalitarian, Ranked, and Stratified Societies in Middle America.” In The Angry Earth: Disaster in Anthropological Perspective, edited by Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna Hoffman, 36–42. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Simkin, Tom, and Richard Fiske. Krakatau 1883: The Volcanic Eruption and Its Effects. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983.

Sorenson, John L. Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2013.

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