Abstract: While David is frequently held up as the standard for great kings in the Old Testament, examination of Nephis writings shows that he sought to imitate Moses the prophet rather than David th

Abstract: Some students of the Book of Mormon have claimed that chapter 36 of the book of Alma is structured as a chiasm. Some of the proposals depart from perfect symmetry, presenting elements of the

Abstract: The prophet Mormons editorial skill brings the narrative of the Zeniffites alive with a complex tumble of viewpoints, commentary, and timelines. Mormon seems to apply similar narrative stra

Review of Ronald V. Huggins, Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2022). 392 pages. $39.95 (hardback), $24.95 (paperback).

Abstract: This study builds upon Hugh Nibleys insightful observation that several Book of Mormon passages reflect the ritual embrace that consummates the final escape from death in the Egyptian fune

Abstract: While references to heaven in the Old Testament are sparse, non-explicit, and predominantly cosmological, the New Testament reveals a more complex concept of the afterlife that reflects a ra

Review of Avram R. Shannon and Kerry Hull, eds., A Hundredth Part: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Book of Mormon (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2023). 374

Abstract: This article examines the treatment of several personages identified as Hamites in the Book of Abraham. It proposes that, in contrast to traditional readings of the text, Hamites are feature

Abstract: Although Joseph Smith has been credited with approximately seven full school years of district schooling, further research supports that his education consisted of basic instruction in re

Abstract: Hints of a different and better world sometimes dimly remembered, often intuited, and commonly hoped for and of a glorious, mighty power behind the world in which we currently live, are