By no means do i expect this to be accurate in terms of geography. Dr in 1983, vernal holley proposed a list of names and corresponding maps to prove the book of mormon setting was based on the great lakes region and therefore fictional. Possible relationships of sites in the book of mormon, based on internal evidence. New world geography location of the majority of the book of mormon narrative, in the promised landsomewhere in the western hemisphere. This book of maps, art, information and diagrams was inspired by the wonderful book by jonathan neville titled moronis america. They remain woefully incomplete, but there is enough substance here to help many book of mormon students visualize the texts new world setting. Tickets will be available at the adler theatre box office 6 e.
Mapping the events in the book of mormon does involve a lot of. In my book, i present two ancient maps that show the yucatan as an island see example below. You may also view pages from the annotated book of mormon now. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading book of mormon lands, cities, and ancient civilizations. Buy tickets online now or find out more with bloomington theater. The map spans jaredite and nephitelamanite periods during which settlements changed over time. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon. In this book are a number of future book of mormon names, which appeared within alphabetized lists. Book of mormon lands, cities, and ancient civilizations maps. This will give you the chapter summary and show you on the map where that chapters events occurred, what year or range of years they covered, and any traveling that took place. Find out how you can develop a closer relationship with him through the book of mormon. Dec 17, 2007 holley is an antimormon who does not believe that the book of mormon is an ancient record. I began to visualize the relative positions of cities, lands, and events.
But i emphasize, thats because i think knowing the realworld setting is. The book of mormon, like the bible, teaches about jesus. See the maps below permission to replicate the maps given by vernal holley. Students must depend, chiefly, upon existing natural monuments, such as mountains, rivers, lakes, or ocean beaches, and try to identify them with similar places mentioned in the book of mormon. The nine time tony award winner is still as outrageous as ever the book of mormon at the proctors theatre mainstage, schenectady, ny. Book of mormon geography, the near cumorah setting book. How a mormon lawyer transformed archaeology in mexicoand.
Buy tickets online now or find out more with new haven theater. Holley presented 29 modern place names as inspiration for locations in the book of mormon out of 86 unique book of mormon geographical names. Since this is true of the bible, what of the book of mormon. Siron, city of jordan, waters of ripliancum, city and land of noah, land of joshua, city of teancum, city of aaron, city of mulek, hermounts, city of nephi, land of antum, land of jershon, city of bountiful, city of gid, land of desolation, middoni, sea sou.
Valley of lemuel from eye altitude of 4,051 kilometers wadi tayyib al ism, tabuk, saudi arabia. The book of mormon geography lands and map with dna evidence. The book of mormon geography lds map and lands with dna evidence for zarahemla, cumorah, america, and indians and the narrow neck and mexico. There was a book published in 1791 by john walker entitled, a key to the classical pronunciation of greek, latin, and scripture proper names. We have had maps made by a variety of book of mormon scholars that showed general areas, but with very few precise locations pinpointed. After several months of intense careful study of the text i have put together the following proposed map, showing the relative positions of book of mormon lands, cities, rivers, etc. Also consider widtsoe, is book of mormon geography known. Holleys theory is that joseph smith authored the book of mormon and used the names of places in the new england area that he was familiar with to come up with names for the book of mormon. The book of mormon map described in alma chapter 22 has finally. Virtual book of mormon book of mormon maps and learning.
A summary of several theories of book of mormon lands in mesoamerica the contents of all bmaf publications are the sole responsibility of the individual authors and therefore do not necessarily represent the views of bmaf or the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. This book of mormon map along with a wall map are available for down loading in color and the book of mormon geography book a promised land, the land of promise with all the mormon maps and details is also available at alpha publishing at. I began from a byu produced map of book of mormon places which i. Buy tickets online now or find out more with schenectady theater. For that reason, our design team has chosen to develop an internal map that shows relational directions and approximate distances that match the. Arabia and precolumbian america kindle edition by nielsen, rocky k, nielsen, harold kriss. On pages 6667 of my book, the lives and travels of mormon and moroni, i offer a possible solution to this conundrum. City of jordan, nephite retreat maintained by mormon. This led me to study more to find the locations of the book of mormon cities.
With this map, you can see cities and lands in relation to other cities. Oct 02, 2014 finally there is a way to really explore john sorensons book of mormon geography. In this way the nephite and jaredite lands and cities are defined. As each new theory surfaces, we gain fresh hope of acquiring additional insights into it ancient location, but are all too often disappointed. For this reason the average reader as well as the student will want to keep a copy of this book near his book of mormon for easy reference. The nine time tony award winner is still as outrageous as ever the book of mormon at the shubert theater, new haven, ct. Map of book of mormon cities book of mormon, scripture.
Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 5633268522. The book of mormon records the visit of jesus christ to people in the americas following his resurrection. Until now, we have had maps made by a variety of book of mormon scholars which showed general areas, but with very few precise locations pinpointed. For me, any map that doesnt put cumorah in new york is not useful or even relevant. Posted on may 29, 2012 october 24, 2018 by shannon posted in book of mormon tagged alma, alma map, book of alma map, book of mormon, book of mormon map, book of mormon scripture study, scripture study, scripture study helps. City locations are relative and for discussion purposes only. Book of mormon, work accepted as holy scripture, in addition to the bible, in the church of jesus christ of latterday saints and other mormon churches. The scientific legacy of a quest to prove the book of mormon. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other possible relationships of sites in the book of mormon, based on internal evidence. Sorenson attempts to reconstruct that mental map mormons map using information in the text. Book of mormonplagiarism accusationsplace names from north. Book of mormon study map alma 127 the red headed hostess. Made popular by his 1985 publication an ancient american setting for the book of mormon, sorensons geographic model for the book of mormon has withstood the test of time and remains the preeminent geographic model for book of mormon events. The book of mormon contains the record of gods dealings with a branch of the tribes of joseph, who were divinely led to a country far away from the biblical promised land.
Are ruin sites on the yucatan peninsula related to the. The book of mormon geography and map with dna evidence and the location of lands and cities such as zarahemla, cumorah, the narrow neck, mexico, caribbean sea, american indians, and true evidence are all here. Basically, the two maps compare a proposed map constructed by vernal from the internal descriptions of the book of mormon and comments, over the years by latterday saint scholars, with a map showing actual place names on maps of the area around palmyra, new york, where the. Following are two of the most well known theories for book of mormon geography. City of kishkumen, wicked city destroyed at the crucifixion. May 20, 2011 where are these major book of mormon cities.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book of mormon cancelled at aucklands civic theatre. Book of mormon maps app seeks funding on kickstarter codyclark. This is the place for mormon references in city names, but. In a 1961 newsletter, ferguson predicted that although nothing had been found, the book of mormon cities would be found within ten years. Narrow neck of land, narrow strip of wilderness, narrow pass, oceans. You will also see various cities change from nephite to lamanite control or viceversa in chapters where that took place. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia. He said there was a book deposited written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang. I recently returned from 11 days in guatemala where i collaborated with bright people such as mark wright, diane wirth, dave gray, rick callister, van dunham, neal rappleye, stephen smoot, and rolando amado. I was first taught and inspired about the heartland theory by my great friend rod meldrum. New insights into book of mormon geography venice priddis on. The book of mormon closed april 26, 2020 san francisco buy tickets and see.
The nine time tony award winner is still as outrageous as ever the book of mormon at the indiana university auditorium, bloomington, in. This list is intended as a quick reference for locations mentioned in the book of mormon. Some of these maps are included in the annotated book of mormon. The maps below will evolve as new information comes to light. The churchs position on questions related to book of mormon geography. Book of mormon evidence, or its employees, and no information or opinions represent the church of.
Book of mormon geography, the near cumorah setting there have been numerous attempts to locate the long, lost lands of the book of mormon over the years. As they began to speak of different battles and different cities i would try to picture the described events and places. I arranged the cities and lands in more of a chronoligical manner so as stories progress, you move down the page. The book and the map will not improve upon the sacred record, but it should certainly help to make the book of mormon story more understandable to the average reader. Holy bible book of mormon doctrine and covenants pearl of great price study helps about the scriptures. Book of mormon geography, place names, cities, lands, etc. An interesting correlation with mesoamerican geographysee map below. Book of mormon in north america maps book of mormon evidence. Book of mormon timeline with dates and locations for events. Archaeological and historical evidence ancient book of. Totals some quick math shows utah cities and towns were named for at least five church presidents, 10 apostles, 11 stake presidents, nine bishops, two biblical figures and three book of mormon. Names in red represent towns not in existence at the time of the book of mormons publication. They are descriptions of actual places in the real world.
But i emphasize, thats because i think knowing the realworld setting is important. Broadwaysf golden gate theatre, san francisco view map. This is one of a series of book of mormon visual maps. It incorporates much of what i have learned since this journey began in august, 2011. Interactive book of mormon map virtual book of mormon. As mormon edited the book of mormon, he must have had a map in his mind of the places and physical features that were setting the events described in that book. Those that show cumorah in new york, and those that dont. Compare them to a map of palestine to view the correlations.
The book of mormon is a religious record of three groups of people who migrated from the old world to the american continents. Before 1841 the existence of ancient jungle cities was almost unknown outside of mesoamerica. If it really is another testimony of jesus christ, as joseph smith alleged, where are the ruins of nephite, lamanite, and jaredite cities. Book of mormon stories lds seminary lds books lds church church ideas geography map lds scriptures dna scripture study. This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon. According to the book of mormon, jesus christ appeared and preached to the nephites in the americas after his crucifixion. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other. Virtual book of mormon book of mormon maps and learning tools. It became apparent to me that the names and locations found in the book of mormon are not just part of a madeup story.
The map spans jaredite and nephitelamanite periods during which. One intriguing theory, known as the vernal holley theory after the man who proposed it, provides some interesting book of mormon maps, placing the books events in the great lakes area of north america. Arabia and precolumbian america kindle edition by nielsen, rocky k, bastian, valancy, nielsen, harold k. As you read its pages, you can find answers to lifes toughest questions. Ruins of early cities are also used as clues by the investigator. May 29, 2012 our maps have been updated and included in our book of mormon study guide found here. I want others to know that the spiritual messages of the book of mormon are far more important than the geography. Read the classic biography of the founder of the mormon churc. These maps are not drawn to scale and are for illustration only. The book is divided into smaller books that read as narratives. Internal book of mormon geography focuses on the relationships. That is, during most of the book of mormon times, the yucatan peninsula was an island. The world of the book of mormon has always fascinated me. Although the musical satirizes organized religion and the literal credibility of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, the mormons in the book of mormon are portrayed as.
Sep 19, 2017 in fact, ancient cities such as jericho have been unearthed in the same condition as the bible described them. The church and byu stay neutral in questions of exactly where the book of mormon took place. Maps moronis america the north american setting for. Moronis americamaps edition book of mormon evidence. The land of zarahemla is at a lower elevation relative to the land of nephi. These groups were led by prophets who recorded their religious and secular histories on metal plates. Many of the names and places didnt exist in the late 1820s, and they are in the wrong locations relative to one another. This book was a common household reference in young joseph smiths time and place. The book of mormon itself is the best source for understanding the geographical locations contained therein. We build enduring faith in jesus christ by making the book of mormon accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world. See my answers to questions about the book of mormon here. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations.
Book of mormon geography list of place names and scriptural. Charting the book of mormon is a collection of more than 175 visual aids that promote deeper understanding and appreciation of the book of mormon. The book of mormon closed april 26, 2020 san francisco. Yet, it is placed on the book of mormon map based on the correlation which the critic wishes to prove. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. Includes nephite, lamanite and jaredite place names and major features. Dec 02, 2016 to help with the increasing amount of new information, a blog site has been setup for research relating to the book of mormon lands in baja california. The book of mormon contains many religious themes, most notably those of faith and doubt. A summary of several theories of book of mormon lands in. The original idea behind this proposal was that joseph picked up these place names and locations from a map in order to create his book of mormon geography.
The lord could have removed all questions regarding the exact locations of these events but he did not. Book of mormon lands, cities, and ancient civilizations. Designed for multiple use as study guides, handouts, and masters for creating projectable images, the charts convey a wealth of information that will enrich personal study and teaching. The book of mormon and place names from the area around joseph smiths home summary. It was first published in 1830 in palmyra, new york, and was thereafter widely reprinted and translated. By 421 ad, moroni, having thought he would be long. No effort should be made to identify points on this map with any existing geographical location. In my view, there are two categories of book of mormon maps. Book of mormon timeline with dates and locations for.
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