Item Detail
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28865
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English
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Refining the Spotlight on Lehi and Sariah
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Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
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2006
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15
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2
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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44-57, 116-120
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"Brown uses clues from the Book of Mormon account of Lehi's journey to piece together aspects of the party's travels. He gives a possible timetable for various parts of the eight-year journey through the desert. In contrast to other researchers' proposals, Brown believes that since Nephi first mentions childbirth in conjunction with events at Nahom, the group may have stayed in the Valley of Lemuel for only a few months and the subsequent trip to Nahom could not have taken longer than two years. The family would then have spent at least six years along the shorter eastward leg. This fact, he argues, along with hints from the Book of Mormon, may indicate that the party's travel was repeatedly delayed by hostile tribes and even indentured servitude or bondage before reaching the southern seacoast of modern Oman. While the author does not advocate a particular candidate for Bountiful, he acknowledges that the geographic features of the general area, including the presence of iron ore, fit with Nephi's description." [abstract provided]
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Desert Epiphany : Sariah and the Women in 1 Nephi
Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites
Lehi's Altar and Sacrifice in the Wilderness
Newly Found Altars from Nahom
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The Book of Mormon Reference Companion
Voices From the Dust : New Insights into Ancient America