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- Alex Douglas “Afterword: The Old Testament and the Book of Mormon”
- Potential sources for the Allegory of the Olive Tree
- Zenos and the Allegory of the Olive Tree
- Angola as a placename in the Book of Mormon
- Charles Anthon's Proper Names and the Book of Mormon
- Joseph Smith January 4, 1833 letter to Noah Saxton formatted according to parallelistic patterns
- Early Mormonism and the Magic Worldview, D. Michael Quinn, footnote 108 on chiasmus
- Summarizing the best arguments against chiasmus as evidence of ancientness
- Columbus was mythologized in a popular 1828 biography
- Common religious issues being discussed in an 1824 publication also found in the Book of Mormon
- Errors represented across both 1611 and 1769 KJV
- Comparison of the Book of Mormon and 1769 King James Bible
- Archaeology of Cumorah
- Dan McClellan on better understanding the Book of Mormon by studying the 19th century literature
- Deficiencies in the Sam Brown model
- Dan McClellan on the documentary hypothesis and Book of Mormon historicity
- Does Haplogroup T indicate transoceanic contact?
- Excerpt: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation
- Other pre-1830 sources reminiscent of the Book of Mormon
- Ether 13:2 implies a worldwide flood
- LDS scholar Greg Prince on the Book of Mormon
- A short critique of pre-Columbian horses as evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon
- How could Joseph Smith have created the Golden Plates?
- Human Nature in its Fourfold State compared with Moroni 10:32--33
- Influence and inheritance are difficult to establish with certainty for ideas
- Izapa Stela 5 does not support the Book of Mormon
- Jaredite barges and submarines in the early 1800s
- Similarities between Dartmouth professor John Smith's writings and the Book of Mormon (astronatusaurus posts 1-10)
- Joseph Smith Sr. jailed with Eli Bruce, apparent murderer of William Morgan
- Colby Townsend on Joseph Smith’s Use of Adam Clarke in the Book of Mormon
- Scholar Survey: King James Version translation errors in Book of Mormon Isaiah passages
- 1825 Anti-theist rhetoric: “A Second Call to Unbelievers”
- Caricature or Critic? Rethinking Korihor as a Proxy for Modern Naturalism
- Abial Fisher, Jr., 1816 sermon: “The Existence of God.”
- Recent LDS Scholar observations favoring a modern origin for the Book of Mormon
- Legrand Richards in 'Your Fringe Benefits' compares secular research on the Americas to the history learned from the Book of Mormon
- The First Colesville Letter: Transcript and Biblical allusions
- The Second Colesville Letter: Transcript and Biblical allusions
- Book of Mormon parallels to 1800s thought
- Laundry List of Issues Regarding Moroni's Promise
- Who is doing the loan shifting?
- Solomon Spaulding 'Manuscript Found' box excerpt
- A short critique of discovered metal tablets as evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon
- The Book of Mormon as Mound Builder Mythology
- NHM (Nahom) as evidence for the ancientness of the Book of Mormon
- Comparison of the Narrative of Zosimus with the Bible
- Transcript: Narrative of Zosimus
- The New Testament in the Book of Mormon: Excerpts from Laura Hales's interview of BYU Religion Professor Nick Frederick
- Bill Davis: Evidence of Oral Revision during the Dictation of the Book of Mormon
- Palmyra was rich in books
- Book of Mormon parallels with Solomon Spalding's Oberlin Manuscript
- Place names near or somewhat near Joseph Smith
- The premortal existence in pre-1830's thought
- How likely was trito-Isaiah to have been avoided at random in the Book of Mormon translation?
- Problems with the expansionist model
- Moroni quotes sections of Mark that are of dubious origin
- Reasons to discount aspects of Emma's testimony of the creation of the Book of Mormon
- Response to LDS Living article on Evidence supporting the Book of Mormon
- Richard Bushman on 19th century phrasing and theology in the Book of Mormon
- Royal Skousen: cultural milieu dates to late 1600s
- Royal Skousen: Is the Book of Mormon English translation a literal translation of what was on the plates?
- Royal Skousen: Protestant concerns in the Book of Mormon
- Similarities between King Benjamin's speech and the early 1800s milieu
- Stephen Smoot acknowledges King James Version errors in the Book of Mormon
- Statements related to Book of Mormon geography
- Letter from Stephen Blanchard to Ethan Smith
- The Book of Mormon, the twelve points of Pelagianism, and Protestant thought in the early 1800s
- The context of Emma Smith's Book of Mormon witness
- Pre-1830 teachings of felix culpa (fortunate fall)
- “The Principles of Nature” Challenge
- Excerpt on Isaiah from Hardy's Reader's Guide
- The translation of [the plates] ... is correct
- Could Joseph have hidden material in his hat to draw upon during the dictation process?
- Could Joseph Smith have used the Bible during the dictation process?
- FairMormon Response: Has the Church tried to hide Joseph's use of a seer stone?
- The first part of the Book of Mormon was likely produced in an upstairs room of Peter Whitmer’s home
- How could Joseph Smith have composed the Book of Mormon?
- Hyrum Smith attended Moor's Indian Charity School
- Was Joseph Smith intellectually and educationally capable of authoring the Book of Mormon?
- McConkie and Ostler argue against the seer stone
- Brent Metcalfe: Joseph and Oliver were consulting the Book of Mormon manuscript
- Religious interest and capability suggested by Joseph Smith's 1832 statement and 1830 Colseville letters
- Eyewitnesses claiming the seer stone was used to translate the Book of Mormon
- Stephen Clarke's notes on Hyrum Smith at Moor's Charity School
- The Book of Mormon translation process in summary
- The BOM is true because it was written so quickly - VS - The Quran is true because it took so long to write
- Models for the creation of the Book of Mormon
- Asking experts about Miller et al. 2022
- View of the Hebrews and Book of Mormon: Textual Comparison (ChatGPT Analysis)
- When was 'repair' removed from Alma 39:13?
- William Davis on Early Modern English in the Book of Mormon
- 1838 Danite Manifesto
- 1846 Millenial Star Excerpt: Sketches of Notorious Characters, Martin Harris
- Chart of Book of Mormon Translation Witness Statements
- Excerpt from Letter to the Church in Caldwell County regarding the Three Witnesses
- Lucy Harris's Testimony
- Evaluating Zemnarihah's execution--is chopping down of the tree evidence favoring an ancient Book of Mormon?
- Early LDS testimony may be unreliable
- Light and Truth Response pt 1: Manipulation and Fallacies
- Light and Truth Response pt 2: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
- Light and Truth Response pt 3: Linguistic Evidence
- Sarah Allen's (dice1899) response to the CES Letter
- Examples to avoid or discourage consulting unapproved sources
- Five Key Facts: my conclusions
- Truth-claim summaries and apologetics
- The significance of the seer stone for LDS truth-claims
- Five Key Facts