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“Moroni Writing on Gold Plates,” by Dale Kilborn
Come Follow Me 2024: Mormon 7–9
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Mormon 7–9

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Bibliography

Mormon 7

Mormon 7:3–10

Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.

Reynolds, Noel B. “’Come unto Me’ as a Technical Gospel Term.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 1–24.

Mormon 7:5

Volluz, Corbin T. “O Death, Where Is They Sting?” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 25, no. 6 (2005): 2–3.

Mormon 7:47

Hinckley, Gordon B. “Mormon Should Mean ‘More Good.’” General Conference October 1990.

Mormon 8

Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 255–259.

Thomas, Mark D. “Moroni: The Final Voice.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 88–99, 119-120.

Mormon 8:1–3

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Moroni Write So Many Farewells? (Mormon 8:1).” KnoWhy 233 (November 17, 2016).

Hales, Brian C. “Dissenters: Portraying the Church as Wrong So They can be Right Without It.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 77–121.

Walker, Steve. “Last Words.” In The Reader's Book of Mormon: Last Words: 4 Nephi – Moroni, edited by Robert A. Rees and Eugene England, vii-xxii. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Who Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (By Lineages).” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 17.

Mormon 8:3–8

Book of Mormon Central. “How Can the Book of Mormon Survivors Give Us Hope? (Mormon 8:3).” KnoWhy 393 (December 26, 2017).

Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.

Petersen, Mark E. “The Last Words of Moroni.” General Conference October 1978.

Mormon 8:16

Book of Mormon Central. “Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 8:16).” KnoWhy 407 (February 13, 2018).

Mormon 8:23

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Isaiah Passages Listed by Book of Mormon Reference.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 96.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Isaiah Passages Listed by Isaiah Reference.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 97.

Belnap, Daniel. “’We are Not Cut Off’: Separation and Reconciliation through Sacred Covenants.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, edited by Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 113–124. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University/Deseret Book, 2007.

Mormon 8:28

Bowen, Matthew L. “’See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up’: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109–143.

Mormon 8:35–37

Petersen, Mark E. “The Last Words of Moroni.” General Conference October 1978.

Bowen, Matthew L. “’See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up’: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109–143.

Mormon 9

Thomas, Mark D. “Moroni: The Final Voice.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 88–99, 119-120.

Van Orden, Bruce A. “Preach the Gospel to Every Creature.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 323–336. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995.

Mormon 9:1–14

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Consistent Elements in Nephite Declarations of Faith.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 43.

Mormon 9:22–25

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Does Part of the Long Ending of Mark Show Up in the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 9:24).” KnoWhy 522 (June 26, 2019).

Lindsay, Jeff. “The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 1.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 283–321.

Lindsay, Jeff. “The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 325–365.

Mormon 9:27

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Moroni Conclude His Father’s Record with 22 Commands? (Mormon 9:27).” KnoWhy 234 (November 18, 2016).

Mormon 9:30–37

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Who Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (Overview).” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 16.

Mormon 9:32–33

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian? (Mormon 9:32).” KnoWhy 513 (May 2, 2019).

Dale, Bruce E. “How Big A Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the Book of Mormon Plates.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 261–268.

Gee, John. “Two Notes on Egyptian Script.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 244–247. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Gee, John. “Epigraphic Considerations on Janne Sjodahl’s Experiment with Nephite Writing.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 25, 79.

Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.

Larsen, David. “Death Being Swallowed Up in Netzach in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 4 (2016): 123–134.

Ricks, Stephen D. “Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 237–243. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Book of Mormon Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 22–24, 79.

Smith, Robert F. “The ‘Golden’ Plates.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 275–278. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.

Stubbs, Brian D. “Book of Mormon Language.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

Stubbs, Brian D. “Hebrew and Uto-Aztecan: Possible Linguistic Connections.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 279–281. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Reformed Egyptian.” In The Most Correct Book: Insights from a Book of Mormon Scholar, 22–24. Salt Lake City: Cornerstone Publishing, 1999.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Inscribed Gold Plate Fits Book of Mormon Pattern.” Insights: A Window to the Ancient World 28, no. 1 (2008): 3.

Tvedtnes, John A., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Notes and Communications: Jewish and Other Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 2 (1996): 156–163.

Mormon 9:36

Book of Mormon Central. “Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration? (Mormon 9:36).” KnoWhy 281 (March 1, 2017).