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Lecture on the History of the Text of the Book of Mormon

The cover of Part 4 of Volume 3 of the Critical Text Project: The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon. Photograph by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye.
Submitted by Scripture Central on January 10, 2020.
On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, Royal Skousen will be presenting a lecture on the history of the text of the Book of Mormon at Brigham Young University. Royal Skousen is a professor of Linguistics at Brigham Young University and has spent years studying the text of the Book of Mormon to look for variants and textual patterns. This lecture will particularly explore the King James Quotations in the...

Stephen Houston Talks about LiDAR, Maya Warfare at Inaugural John L. Sorenson Lecture

Lecture honoring John L. Sorenson, featuring Professor Stephen D. Housten.
Submitted by Neal Rappleye on November 20, 2019.
On October 28, 2019, Dr. Stephen Houston, one of the leading Maya archaeologists in the world, currently the Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University, gave the inaugural John L. Sorenson Lecture, sponsored by the BYU Department of Anthropology and Book of Mormon Central. Houston’s presentation, entitled, “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution and Ancient Maya Warfare...

Dr. Stephen Houston Speaking on Mayan Warfare at BYU

Stephen D. Housten, PhD. Image of Mayan ruins via Adobe Stock.
Submitted by Scripture Central on October 17, 2019.
On Monday, October 28 at 4 pm in the Hinckley Center assembly hall on BYU Campus, Dr. Stephen Houston, the Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University, will give the inaugural John L. Sorenson Lecture: “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution and Ancient Maya Warfare.” Dr. Houston, one of the leading Mayanists in the world today, will share the results of his first full...

Winners Announced for 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest, Father Lehi and Mother Sariah Award

Winning art pieces from the 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest
Submitted by Scripture Central on August 7, 2019.
The Art Contest has become a beloved tradition at Book of Mormon Central. We have seen it grow each year from its inception in 2016. Artists from all over the world and of all ages, both amateur and professional have submitted to our Art Contest. We had local artists and museum curators serve as our judges to determine pieces of merit for their technical skill, artistic expression, and relation...

Watch: How 9 Important Words from the New Testament Can Help You Better Understand the Book of Mormon

Image of Eric D. Huntsman presenting. Photo by Madeline Mortensen, BYU via KUER.
Submitted by Jonathon Riley on March 23, 2019.
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, the BYU New Testament Commentary committee put on a conference called, “In the Beginning Were the Words: A Closer Look at Key New Testament Terms.” The conference was held in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni Center at BYU in Provo, Utah. The free conference was held from 9 AM to 4 PM and featured presentations by many of BYU’s best New Testament scholars. Eric D...

Supplement your Come Follow Me study with this New Testament conference

Ancient oil lamp on open bible. Image by R. Gino Santa Maria via Adobe Stock
Submitted by Scripture Central on January 12, 2019.
In the Articles of Faith, we are told that the Bible is “the word of God as far as it is translated correctly” ( Articles of Faith 1:8 ). As you’ve read the New Testament, have you ever wondered if a word or phrase was translated correctly? Have you ever wished that you could understand more about the original language of the New Testament? The BYU New Testament Commentary is holding a conference...