Item Detail
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29883
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English
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Multiply Exceedingly : Book of Mormon Population Sizes
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New Approaches to the Book of Mormon : Explorations in Critical Methodology
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Salt Lake City
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Signature Books
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231-267
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"In this essay I examine one possible problem in current LDS interpretations of the Book of Mormon. In the context of today’s much-publicized population explosion and from the perspective of an era accustomed to miracles in medicine, technology, nutrition, and transportation, I believe we have overlooked a fundamental difficulty in Book of Mormon population sizes. Assuming that Book of Mormon people were like us, we have accepted that the multitudes of Nephites and Lamanites reported in Mormon scripture sprang from two small bands of Palestinian emigrants, since they had hundreds of years in which to “multiply exceedingly.” However, an understanding of historical demography may challenge this traditional interpretation." [From Author]
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Critique of a Limited Geography for Book of Mormon Events
Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon
How Many Nephites? : The Book of Mormon at the Bar of Demography
Reinventing Lamanite Identity
Sounding Sacred: The Adoption of Biblical Archaisms in the Book of Mormon and other 19th Century Texts
The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith
The Search for the Seed of Lehi: How Defining Alternative Models Helps in the Interpretation of Genetic Data