President Russell M. Nelson has said, “Because the Book of Mormon is a translation of a modified Hebrew language, it contains many Hebraisms.” 1 A new book by Dr. Donald W. Parry, Preserved in Translation: Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon (Deseret Book and BYU Religious Studies Center) provides numerous examples that support this claim. For more than 25...

John W. Welch has teamed up with Ed J. Pinegar for the first time to bring together an inspiring book on the dozens of questions Alma asks in Alma 5. Experiencing a Mighty Change of Heart: Alma’s Guide to a Deep, Lasting Conversion is sure to increase your appreciation and awe at Alma’s eloquence and prophetic guidance. Alma 5 contains Alma the Younger’s speech to the people in...

The Church Historian’s Press has announced the publication of a new volume in the Documents series of the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Under the editorship of historians Elizabeth A. Kuehn, Jordan T. Watkins, Matthew C. Godfrey, and Mason K. Allred, The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 10: May–August 1842 compiles papers dating to the summer of 1842 and “covers a time during which...

Slightly modified from the foreword to Insights into Joseph Smith’s First Vision Joseph Smith’s First Vision of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ occupies a foundationally important position in the lives and faith of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Successive generations of latter-day prophets and apostles have testified of the consummate significance...

Don Bradley’s highly anticipated book, The Lost 116 Pages: Reconstructing the Book of Mormon’s Missing Narratives , is now available from Greg Kofford Books in paperback and ebook. Many Latter-day Saints have wondered what is in the lost 116 pages since they first learned about the story in Primary. For Bradley, that childhood curiosity turned into a lifelong quest, bringing historical...

Book of Mormon Central’s second book, Knowing Why: 127 MORE Evidences that the Book of Mormon Is True is now available in stores and online at Deseret Book , Seagull Book , Amazon.com , and the BYU Store . The original Knowing Why book was a compilation of our popular KnoWhys providing insights into the first half of the Book of Mormon—from 1 Nephi to Alma 29. This second...

It is a sad reality that anti-Semitism, or hostility, prejudice, suspicion, and violence towards Jews, still rears its ugly head in modern society. As with other forms of racial, religious, and class prejudice, anti-Semitism needs to be confronted and combated by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Anti-Semitism has no place in our society,” read an official announcement...

A new volume of the Joseph Smith Papers Project has been published and is available for purchase from Deseret Book and other online retailers. Documents, Volume 9: December 1841–April 1842 , edited by Alex D. Smith, Christian K. Heimburger, and Christopher James Blythe, includes important documents and papers from the Prophet Joseph Smith that signify the many evolving roles the Prophet...

David Charles Gore, The Voice of the People: Political Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2019). 227 pp. $15.95 Mosiah 29–Alma 2 narrate a pivotal moment in Nephite history. This was the period when the Nephites switched from being a monarchy to being ruled by a hierarchy of judges. It was also the period that saw dissenters...

A new volume of the Joseph Smith Papers has been published by the Church Historian’s Press. The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 8: February–November 1841 is the latest volume in the documents series , which “present[s] in chronological order with historical introductions and annotation most of the extant (or surviving) documents owned, created, or authorized by [Joseph] Smith.”...