Book of Mormon History Podcast

In Geology of the Book of Mormon , Jerry D. Grover Jr. utilizes his expertise as a professional engineer and geologist to investigate the physical catastrophes described in the scriptural record. The text focuses heavily on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and surrounding Mesoamerican regions, evaluating how plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, and seismic activity align with reported destructions. By a...

Ishmael died in the Book of Mormon and was buried in Arabia in a place named Nahom. Remarkably, archaeologists have discovered a funerary stela in the region of ancient NHM (Book of Mormon Nahom) with the name Ishmael inscribed on it.  The limestone stela has the name of Ishmael, dates to the correct time period and comes from the region of NHM.  The archaeological place of Nahom has well over 10...

The Book of Mormon was written by many different authors across hundreds of years.  Not surprisingly, within the text the authors have unique voices, phrases, and usage consistent with themselves but independent from all others. Professor John Hilton III helps break down the intratextuality and intertextuality of ancient Book of Mormon authors.  Using an incredible program called Wordcruncher, the...

Discussing NEW archaeological discovery of an ancient temple within 4 miles of Jerusalem with researcher from Book of Mormon Central Stephen Smoot.  Stephen provides his reasons for a scholastic approach to the Book of Mormon and outlines details from his article about both the archaeological site of Tel Moza [Motza] and how it provides another example of the cultural backdrop as explained by Neph...

Did Jesus Christ really live, die and resurrect by the Power of God leaving an empty tomb behind Him?  Did Joseph Smith really receive golden plates, translating them by the Power of God leaving an empty stone box in a hill in New York? This episode compares the historical evidences for the Risen Jesus as asserted by leading apologists like William Lane Craig, NT Wright, and Gary Habermas directly...

The Book of Mormon is one in a billion.  Actually, more accurately, it's one in one thousand billion, billion, billion, billion.  Through Bayesian statistical analysis, Distinguished Professor Bruce E Dale from Michigan State University explains the historical and ancient authenticity of the Book of Mormon with a direct response to critics and prescribing a real world geographical setting in...

Let's blow up our understanding of the rending of the rocks in the Book of Mormon.  Geologist, scientist, and researcher Jerry Grover opens our understanding of the destruction of 3rd Nephi and other shaking and quaking events in the Book of Mormon text.  From volcanoes to earthquakes, Jerry reviews the criteria from the text then applies it to a real world setting down to exact volcano locat...

Fly over the Book of Mormon lands and travel with Mormon unlocking key elements of the inside landscape and events.  How wide was the narrow neck?  Why does understanding city and battle locations matter?  Internal Book of Mormon map expert, PhD Tyler Griffin of BYU and Co-Director of VirtualScriptures.org lends his expertise in this captivating discussion. Support the show

Science, faith and reason - a balancing act for ages.  Believers love the Book of Mormon for spiritual content, but what is the value of studying the historical & academic side of the text?  President of The Church of Jesus Christ , Apostle Joel Gehly, gives his thoughts.  Book of Mormon History provides easy access to current research for further study. Support the show