Item Detail
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9252
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32
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English
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The Zelph Story
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BYU Studies
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Spring 1989
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29
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31-56
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"When the twenty men who formed the vanguard of Zion's Camp left Kirtland, Ohio, on 1 May 1834, they could not know that one of their most lasting and intriguing contributions to Latter-day Saint history would take place, not on a Missouri battlefield but rather on top of a large mound in Illinois. There, on 3 June 1834, members of Zion's Camp located a few bones, including a broken femur and an arrowhead, approximately a foot below the earth's surface, and these remains became the catalyst for revelation to Joseph Smith regarding the skeleton's identity. Joseph called the land "the plains of the Nephites." They believed that the mounds had belonged to "that once beloved people," and they interpreted the mere fact that skulls and bones were readily found as evidence of the divine authenticity of the book." [Publisher's abstract]
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Apologetics and Antiquity: Book of Mormon Reception, 1830–1844
Basic Methodological Problems with the Anti-Mormon Approach to the Geography and Archaeology of the Book of Mormon
Before DNA
Between Pulpit and Pew : The Supernatural World in Mormon History and Folklore
Black, White, and Red All Over : Skin Color in the Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon Geography in the World of Joseph Smith
By the Hand of Mormon : The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion
Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
Documents, Volume 4: April 1834-September 1835
Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon
Hoea Te Waka ki Uta: Critical Kaupapa Māori Research and Mormon Studies Moving Forward
Imperial Zions: Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific
In Heaven as It Is on Earth : Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death
Joseph Smith and Egyptian Artifacts : A Model for Evaluating the Prophetic Nature of the Prophet's Ideas about the Ancient World
Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History
Mormon Parallels : A Bibliographic Source
On the Road with Zion's Camp : A Photographic Essay of the 1834 Missouri Expedition
On Zion's Mount : Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape
"President Joseph Has Translated a Portion": Joseph Smith and the Mistranslation of the Kinderhook Plates
Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity
Reinventing Lamanite Identity
Terrible Revolution : Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse
The Book of Mormon Reference Companion
The Geography of the Book of Mormon Events : A Source Book
The Kinderhook Plates, the Tucson Artifacts, and Mormon Archeological Zeal
The Search for the Seed of Lehi: How Defining Alternative Models Helps in the Interpretation of Genetic Data
The Treason of the Geographers : Mythical "Mesoamerican" Conspiracy and the Book of Mormon
Unavailable Genetic Evidence, Multiple Simultaneous Promised Lands, and Lamanites by Location?: Possible Ramifications of the Book of Mormon Limited Geography Theory
Vernacular Mormonism : The Development of Latter-Day Saint Apocalyptic (1830-1930)
"We Believe the Hand of the Lord Is in It" : Memories of Divine Intervention in the Zion's Camp Expedition
What is the Significance of Zelph in the Study of Book of Mormon Geography?
Wilford Woodruff and Zion's Camp : Baptism by Fire and the Spiritual Confirmation of a Future Prophet -
Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Has Mormon History Been Deliberately Falsified?
Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer
On the Potter's Wheel : The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith
The Reliability of Joseph Smith's History
Wilford Woodruff's Journals
Zion's Camp : Expedition to Missouri, 1834