Table of Contents Lecture Scriptural Reference Topics [Bracked Added by Editor] Page Semester 1 1 Introduction The Book of Mormon Like Nothing Else 1 [Greatest Miracle is the Sudden Appearance of the Written Word] [Few Ancient Documents Existed at the Time of Joseph Smith] [Book of Adam] 2 Introduction Introduction 7 Nephi's Heritage [Recurrent Scenarios] [Egyptian Language Evolves] [Nibley Summarizes Early History] 3 Introduction Geopolitics and the Rule of Tyrants 11 [Importance of 600BC] [Great Assembly of the Nation] 4 Introduction Setting the Stage, 600 B.C. 14 5 (Jeremiah) Insights from Lehi's Contemporaries: 18 Solon and Jeremiah 6 Lecture 6 Omitted by Editor 7 1 Nephi; Jeremiah The Days of King Zedekiah: 19 "There Came Many Prophets" 8 1 Nephi [Summary from Early Lectures] 24 [Mostly Omitted by Editor] 9 1 Nephi 1-3, 15 In the Wilderness 25 [Must Keep the Commandments to Prosper] [Lamanites are to Keep the Nephites in Remembrance] 10 (Dead Sea The Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea Scrolls 30 Scrolls) 11 1 Nephi 4-7 Scripture and Family 32
[The Serekh Scroll] [13 Steps before Nephi Killed Laban] [Zoram Joins Lehi s Family] [Old Testament Mostly Unavailable in Ancient World] [Lehi s Vision of the Tree of Life] 12 1 Nephi 8-11 [Coming of John The Baptist and the Messiah] 43 [Vision of the Tree of Life] [White and Delightsome Defined] 13 1 Nephi 12-14 Nephi's Vision 51 [Passion in the Book of Mormon] [Book of Mormon a Sad Story] [Wide Gulf Between Two Ways of Living] [Survey of History] [Only Two Churches] [Documents Buried at the Hand of the Lord] 14 1 Nephi 15-16 The Liahona and Murmurings in the Wilderness 62 [Liahona Discussed in Detail] [Nephi Replaces Steel Bow] [Death of Ishmael Causes Revolt] [Nephi Told to Construct a Ship] 15 1 Nephi 17-19, 22 Toward a Promised Land 70 [A Curse Always Comes With a Blessing] [The Lord has Nephi Overpower His Objectors] [Nephi Shown How to Build a Ship] [They Almost are Lost at Sea] [Prophet Zenos] [Isaiah Quoted with Small Changes] [Great and Abominable Church] [The Holy One of Israel will Unite All Nations] 16 2 Nephi 1-4 "Encircled... in the Arms of His Love": 79 Oneness with God and the Atonement [Various Theories of Atonement Reviewed] [Rabbinical Schools Deny the Temple and the Atonement] 17 2 Nephi 2 The Law and the Atonement 87 [There Must Be An Opposition in All Things] [Adam Fell That Men Might Be] [We Are Free to Choose Liberty & Eternal Life] 18 2 Nephi 3-8 Lehi's Family: Blessings and Conflict 94 [Name Joseph has Significance]
[Antiquity of the Written Word] [Lehi Blesses His Sons] [Nephites Separate Themselves from the Lamanites] [Isaiah Quoted] [They Lived After the Manner of Happiness] [Importance of the Atonement] [The Word Plan Missing from the Bible] 19 2 Nephi 9 Jacob's Teachings on the Atonement and Judgment 103 [Where There is No Law Given There is No Punishment] [Sin is Waste and Always Destroys] [ The Keeper of the Gate is the Holy One of Israel ] [The Lord Not Admit All who Knock at the Gate] [Ancient Custom of Shaking Garments] 20 2 Nephi 25 The Jews and Jerusalem 111 [Two Types of Prophecy] [Nephi Glories in Plainness] 21 2 Nephi 25-28 Nephi's Prophecy of Our Times 113 [Deadness of thelaw Without Christ] [Days of the Gentiles (Today) Described] [Speaking of the Future in the Present Tense] [Loss of the Spririt Without the Temple] [Growth of Secret Combinations & Priestcrafts] [Aspire, Accuse, Contend, Coerce] [Promise That Records Will be Preserved] 22 2 Nephi 29-31 Scripture and Canon 122 [Remember the Strengths of the Jews] [The Lord Speaks to Many Nations] [We Will Be Judged From What is Written in Books] [Record Keeping Required] [Become White and Delightsome When They Believe] [All Earthly Seals Shall Be Broken] [Satan Shall Have No More Power] [John The Baptist Baptizes Christ] 23 2 Nephi 32-33; Jacob 1-2 Rejecting the Word of God 129 [We Must Pray & Gain Knowledge From The Holy Ghost] [Nibley on How Prayer Unblocks Us] [The Words of Christ Tell Us All We Need to Know] [Difference Between Nephites and Lamanites is Political] [Nephi Bids an Everlasting Farwell if His People Do Not Repent] [Jacob Denounces the Love of Riches, Pride, Unchasity] 24 Jacob 3,4 Filthiness and the Atonement 137 [Lamanite Righteousness Exceeds That of the Nephites]
[Lamanites Have Only One Wife Unlike the Nephites] [Predestination Divides the Church Starting With St. Augustine] [The Atonement Brings You Back Home] [Truth is Things As They Really Are And Will Be] [The Olive Tree Story Will Show] How the Jews Obtain A Sure Foundation] 25 Jacob 5-7 Enos The Olive Tree; The Challenge of Sherem 145 [Modern Olive Culture Described] [Quoting Zenos on the Prophecy of the Olive Tree] [Sherem Denies Christ and Smitten of God] [Jacob Gives the Plates to Enos] [Enos Wrestles Before God] [Wrestle Defined] 26 Enos; Jarom; The Struggle of Enos 154 Omni [Enos Desires The Welfare of the Lamanites] [Lamanites Will Not Repent] [Jarom Writes To Benefit the Lamanites] [Mosiah Leads People to Zarahemla (Red City)] 27 Omni; Words of [Tower of Nimrod] 165 Mormon; [People of Zarahemla Come From Jerusalem] [Mosiah Appointed King of Zarahemla] The End of the Small Plates [Final Destruction is the Theme of the Words of Mormon] [Ancient Script Compared] The Coronation of Mosiah 28 Mosiah 1,2 [Proclamation Call to a National Assembly] 175 King Benjamin's Speech {Benjamin: a Different King of King] [God is the Real King] [Keep the Commands and You Will Prosper] [Benjamin Wants to Rid His Garments of Their Sins] [Importance of Complete Written Records by the Church] [An Angel Speaks to Benjamin] [Biblical Parallelism Described] [Theme of Fear and Trembling in Benjamin s Discourse] 29 Mosiah 3-5 King Benjamin's Speech 184 [King Benjamin s Speech in Three Parts] [Part One: Celebration of Good Times] [Part Two: Don t let Prosperity Change You]
[Part Three: Greed and Inequality Will Destroy You] [The Law of Moses Requires Also the Atonement of Christ] [Christ Will Come: They consider Him a Man] [ For behold are we not all beggars ] [I wouild that ye should impart of your substance to the poor. ] [Celebrate a Universal Birthday] Semester 2 30 Mosiah 6 [Great Assembly Common in Ancient World] 195 [600 BC Pivotal Year Result Migrations] [Geopolitics: Sea Power vs. Land Mass] [Book of Mormon Begins and ends with Destruction] [Racial Mix of People in Book of Mormon] [Macro or Micro Criticism of the Book of Mormon] [New Year Book of Life Covenants and Contracts] 31 Mosiah 7 [Book of Mormon Cf. Personal Greed Today] 202 The Search for the Lost Colony [Zarahemla a Lamanite Society] 32 Mosiah 8-10 Ammon and Limhi; 207 [A Seer is Defined] The Record of Zeniff 33 Mosiaha 10-11 War and Defenses 213 [The Lord Calls Upon One Man] [A Testimony is Our Best Defense] Lamanite Case Against the Nephites] [King Noah Supported by the People] [Abinadi in Disguise] 34 Mosiah 12-14 Abinadi's Message 222 [Abinadi s Literary Style] [Law of Moses] [Nephite Character Determined Their Fate] 35 Mosiah 15-16 The Fullness of the Gospel 230 [God Himself Shall Come Down] [Importance of the Son] [Breaking Through the Bands of Death] [First and Second Resurrection] Human Nature 36 Mosiah 16-18 Abinadi and Alma 240 [Death of Abinadi] [Alma Teaches the Basics of the Gospel] [Baptism Covenant Only Not for Remission of Sins]
37 Mosiah 10-20 [King Noah vs.men of Gideon] 246 [Peace Ceremony of Men of Gideon] The Daughters of the Lamanites [How to Deal With Your Enemies] [Lamanite Daughters Abducted] 38 Mosiah 20-23 [This is Not a Blessed Land Unconditionally] 253 [Possessors of This Land Must Serve God] [No Military Solution] [The Gift of Wine Permits Escape] [Alma Refused to be King] 39 Mosiah 23-26 Amulon and Alma 262 [Escape from Bondage Done by the Lord] [Seven Distinct Tribes] [Two Tests of Whether a Person is a Real Believer] 40 Mosiah 26-27 Believers and Apostates 271 [Alma Unaware of Apostasy] [Second Resurrection] [Equality is the Mother of Righteousness] [An Angel Appears to Alma the Younger] 41 Mosiah 27-29 [This World & the Real World] 280 [Alma the Younger s Conversion] [Visiting Angels from the Real World] [Ammon] [Urim and Thummim & Seer stone] [B of M given to us Today Because We are Very Sick] Mosiah's Translating 42 Mosiah 29, Alma 1 Treatise on Power 289 [Equality is the Mother of Liberty and Righteousness] [Elected Judges Rule] [Alma the Younger Becomes First Judge] [Priestcraft and Rhetoric] [Nehor Church Becomes Large] [Law of Consecration Lived by the Church] 43 Alma 1,2 [The Lord Forces Change when They Escape] 299 [Escapes Listed from the Beginning] [Earning of Wealth Qualifies You for the Next Test] [Power, Gain, Popularity, Lusts of the Flesh] [Nehor Church (Amlici) Takes Over]
44 Alma 2-3 Alma and Amlici 308 [A Mark is Cultural not Ethnic] [You Must Choose Which of Two Ways You Will Face] 45 Alma 4-5 Good and Evil 316 Foretelling Christ's Birth [Land of Jerusalem] [Guardian Angel Visits Alma] [Amulek s Lineage] [Amulek Sees an Angel] 46 Alma 5 [Festivals Give a Look at the Other World] 322 Rededication and Restitution The Atonement 47 Alma 5-10 Good and Evil 330 Foretelling Christ's Birth [Land of Jerusalem] [Guardian Angel Visits Alma] [Amulek s Lineage] [Amulek Sees an Angel] 48 Alma 10-12 Zeezrom and Lawyers 341 [Equity and Justice of Judges] [Atonement & Resurrection] [We are Tested in This World] 49 Alma 12-14 The Plan of Salvation 350 [Adam, The First Transgression] [Predestination & Prexistence] [Melchizedek] [Angels May Prepare the Way] [Alma & Amuilek Driven Out Later Put in Jail] [Wives & Children Cast into the Fire] 50 Alma 14-17 Alma, Amulek, and Zeezrom 358 [Alma, Amulek Broke the Bonds] [Earthquake Kills the Guards] Ammon among the Lamanites [Zeezrom Healed by Alma]
[Preaching Against Meanness or Inhumanity] [Lamanite Civilization Compared to Egyptians] [Sons of Mosiah & Ammon preach to the Lamanites] [Waters of Sebus Organized Game] 51 Alma 17-19 [Clausewitz on War] 367 [Waters of Sebus] Ammon and King Lamoni 52 Alma 19-22 [King Lamoni Passes Out] 373 [Delphic Oracle] [Other world experiences of the Lamanites.] [Lamanites Become More Virtuous Nephites less so] [Horses for Chariots and Kings Only] [Aaron Converts Lamoni s Father & household] 53 Alam 23-27 [Geopolitics: Sedentary & Mobile People] 382 [Lamanites Lay Down Weapons] [Anti-Nephi-Lehies Refuse to Murder] [Angelic Visitations] [Ammon s Mission Report on Success] [Anti-Nephi-Lehies Led to Safety] 54 Alma 30-31 [Two Types of Economy] 393 Alma and Korihor [Alma Testifies of Coming of Christ] [Kohihor Introduces Priestcraft] [Kohihor Demands a Sign and is Struck Deaf & Dumb] [Law Judged According to Crimes Not Speech] [Zoramites Put Kohihor to Death] [Mission to the Zoromites] 55 Alma 32-35 Mission to the Zoramites 403 [Two Zoramite Societies Described] [Nibley dissertation on faith] [Importance of Nourishing the Seed] [Universality of the Atonement in Past Cultures] [This Life is a Time for Preparation] 56 Alma 31-41` Alma Addresses His Sons 414 [Nibley on the Importance of Records] [Nibley on the Resurrection]