Articles about the Book of Mormon
This section lists all the articles about the Book of Mormon written by John A. Tvedtnes that are avilable in this website.
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
One of the most popular books in the world, after the Bible, is the Book of Mormon. Since it was first published in 1830, 78 million copies have been published in 94 languages. (Read more)
The Book of Mormon Helps Us Understand the Bible
One of the purposes of the Book of Mormon is to lend support to the Bible. About four centuries after the coming of Jesus Christ to visit the Nephites in the New World, Mormon wrote, "this [the Book of Mormon] is written for the intent that ye may believe that [the Bible]. (Read more)
The Book of Mormon and Other Ancient Documents
When the Book of Mormon was first published in English in 1830, it seemed rather an anomaly, despite its biblical tone. No one had ever heard of ancient books being written on metallic plates and hidden in stone boxes. Moreover, it claimed to have been originally written in a "reformed Egyptian" script by ancient Israelites. Critics were quick to ridicule these ideas. But all that changed in the mid-twentieth century. (Read more)
The Language of the Book of Mormon
Moroni, the last of the prophets who kept the record known as the Book of Mormon, wrote, "we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech. (Read more)
The Book of Mormon and Ancient Israel
According to the Book of Mormon, its authors were prophets descended from Israelites who came to the New World about six hundred years before Christ. When Lehi, their first prophet, left Jerusalem, Solomon’s temple was still in use. (Read more)
I received an inquiry from a gospel doctrine teacher who wanted to know who wrote 4 Nephi, i.e., was it Jesus’ disciple Nephi or his son, also named Nephi? (Read more)
Idolatry in the Book of Mormon
Describing the wickedness of his time, Mormon wrote that the Lamanites marched “against the city Teancum, and did drive the inhabitants forth out of her, and did take many prisoners both women and children, and did offer them up as sacrifices unto their idol gods. (Read more)
Has the fact that we have had the Book of Mormon with us for over a century and a half made it seem less significant to us today? Do we remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon? (Read more)
One of the most beautiful sections of the gospels is the sermon delivered by Jesus on a mountain beside the city of Capernaum. (Read more)