Scholars go over evidence and discuss horses found in precolumbian times, chariots, and elephants. Dont fall for the, he must have meant this or that. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. Horses were present but their remains have not been found. Nor does the book of mormon text indicate that horses or chariots play any role in the many nephite wars despite a popular classic book of mormon painting by arnold friburg depicting helaman leading the. The foundation for ancient research and mormon studies farms, a major mormon apologetic powerhouse established in 1979, unabashedly promoted mesoamerican theories for book. The heartland model or heartland theory of book of mormon geography states that the book of mormon events primarily occurred in the heartland of north america. Miller and matthew roper w hen the book of mormon first appeared, skeptics said that references to horses, asses, elephants, and.
The matter is much too complicated to be treated here, but in that area it has been possible to show that the book of mormons statements about customs, the rise of cities, wars, climate, distances. Animals in the book of mormon byu studies quarterly. Another scholar pointed out several possibilities for mentions of horses. For many years, researchers have been carefully studying nephis account and comparing it with the known geography of ancient israel and the arabian peninsula. Appealing to those horses does not support the book of mormon because the pleistocene ended long before the earliest parts of the book of mormon. Matt roper, limited geography and the book of mormon. Although historians and archaeologists consider the book to be. Donors interested in supporting this work can do so through book of mormon central. Lost civilizations of north america documentary4, deborah bolnick on haplogroup x. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place.
Thus, they claim the term cattle may refer to mountain goats. Studies of the book of mormon is a collection of essays written at the beginning of the 20th century though not published until 1985 by b. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. Due to its commitment to faithful scholarship, farms has been a focus of some controversy within the mormon community. Just make sure the customs, culture and geography of your preferred area really do match the text of the book of mormon. An entirely new approach to the study of book of mormon geography. This here book says that horses is the same thing as deer and tapirs fer those ancient book of marmon times. Hes got footnotes and a bibliography and the whole 9 yards, so we can trust it without a doubt. Horses true book of mormon geography lands western new. Most of you believe that the book of mormon occurred in central america, right. For addition precolumbian dated horse bones, see miller and roper, animals in the book of mormon.
The author wrote in the preface to this 1959 book, for more than a hundred years there has been a need for a geography of the book of mormon. Mormon challenges are precolumbian horses in book of. I was reading about horses in the book of mormon at the farms mormon apologetics group website today. The fella who wrote about it is a professor man at the byu. This book introduces the reader to an authoritative hierarchy of internal and external witnesses beginning with the 36 prophecies and. Sorenson, the geography of biook sic of mormon events. Biblical lands and the book of mormon lands provides an important premise and solution for several geographical features and challenges noted in the book of mormon text. It is supposed that the bones of mastodons found here could not have belonged to less than one hundred distinct individuals, those of the fossil elephant e. New evidence for horses in america book of mormon central.
There were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of. The following is a partial rebuttal to the antimormon video bible vs. One of the more obvious anachronisms contained in the book of mormon is the presence of horses. The hill cumorah in ontario county ny is the hill where joseph smith found the golden plates and is the same hill where the civilizations of the nephites cumorah and the jaredites ramah fought their last battles. Joseph smith knew book of mormon geography book of.
Thus, the mention of horses in the americas during book of mormon times presents an anachronismsomething that doesnt fit the time frame for which it is claimed. Roberts 18571933, a general authority of the church of. In the wentworth letter which joseph stated was received by revelation joseph wrote i. Ted dee stoddard, in the issue of the word horse in the book of mormon, reminds us that horses existed at one time in the ancient. The book of mormon strongly implies that the hill cumorah is near the narrow neck of land morm. The book of mormon is a religious and chronological history of a fallen people who lived in the americas from 600 b. Hunting for elephants in the book of mormon meridian. Farms attempts to dismis this point by saying that what is called a horse in the book of mormon is truely a word used to describe another animal, like a deer. Official statement on book of mormon geography and its. The remnant of book of mormon peoples are the indians that now inhabit this country encyclopedia of jss teachings, deseret book, p. Since the publication of the book of mormon in 1830, mormon archaeologists have attempted to find archaeological evidence to support it. According to hunter and ferguson, the claim made by the book of mormon that horses were on this continent and used in ancient america for purposes similar to the uses we make of them today finds.
True book of mormon geography lands, western new york model. Anachronisms in the book of mormon religious studies center. Unconventional book of mormon geography theories mormon. There are at least two possible resolutions to the horse problem in the book of mormon. Conversely, joseph was very clear about where he knew the book of mormon to have occurred. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia.
The authorship of this and other articles related to book of mormon geography which appeared in the times and seasons during joseph smiths tenure as editor has been a point of dispute. Horses are mentioned in eight different book of mormon episodes that involve an ancient new world setting. Cumorah true book of mormon geography lands western. William hamblin illustrates this with the example of horses among the huns basic methodological problems with the antimormon approach to the geography and archaeology of the book of mormon. Miller author matthew roper when the book of mormon first appeared, skeptics said that references to horses, asses.
He is also associate professor of history at brigham young university, where he teaches american religious. Peruvian setting for the book of mormon mormon matters. The book of mormon geography book, a promised land, the land of promise, is one of our books at alpha publishing available for purchase at virginia elieson was inspired with this geography, while with her patriarch husband and mission president in dallas here organized into a book by peter covino, jr. John clark true book of mormon geography lands, western. Sorenson, an ancient american setting for the book of mormon salt lake city, ut. Book of mormon horses do not function anything like nineteenthcentury farm or field horses, nor are they utilized by either the nephites or lamanites as were the horses belonging to the farmers, explorers, or native americans in joseph smiths milieu. Statement on book of mormon geography page 7 general. Farms even publishes sorensons the geography of book of mormon events. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. Miller author matthew roper when the book of mormon first appeared, skeptics said that references to horses, asses, elephants, and other animals such as swine and cows were out of place. Its been over a year since someone posted something on book of mormon geography, so i think its about time. Some mormon apologists believe that the term cattle, as used in the book of mormon is more general and does not exclusively mean members of the genus bos. Animals in the book of mormon challenges and perspectives wade e.
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