Finally there is a way to really explore john sorensons book of mormon geography. Plausible locations in mesoamerica for book of mormon. Book of mormon places and locations mormonism to grace. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading book of mormon lands, cities, and ancient civilizations. A summary of several theories of book of mormon lands in. Civilizations of their magnitude and duration would be expected to leave extensive archaeological records.
Discussion regarding the historicity of the book of mormon often focuses on archaeological issues, some of which relate to the large size and the long time span of the civilizations mentioned in the book. Alma 51 names some of these cities, such as moroni, morianton, lehi, nephihah, omner, gid, mulek. Below is more detail about the above north american map of the book of mormon narrow pass. You will also see various cities change from nephite to lamanite control or vice. See my answers to questions about the book of mormon here.
Book of mormon lands, cities, and ancient civilizations. This long distance between the land northward and the land southward doesnt fit the setting of the book of mormon story. Interactive book of mormon map virtual book of mormon. Book of mormonplagiarism accusationsplace names from. Holy bible book of mormon doctrine and covenants pearl of great price study helps about the scriptures. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. Read the classic biography of the founder of the mormon church. 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 geographical setting of the book of mormon is the set of locations of the events described. So, the more eyes and brains working on this puzzle, the more likely we will find zarahemla or. Underwater archaeology and the book of mormon in sorenson. The scientific legacy of a quest to prove the book of mormon. This book was a common household reference in young joseph smiths time and place.
Mormons map gives a model that we can apply to stories from the record, shedding a new light on the influence of geography on nephite history, increasing our understanding of that book and its characters, and making events and places more concrete in our minds. The church and byu stay neutral in questions of exactly where the book of mormon took place. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia. This is one of a series of book of mormon visual maps.
Route 6, route 50, route 101, route 199 and route 395. Read more in a mormons unexpected journey, volume 2, chapter 16. Much of the book of mormon is a nephite record, so most of the prophets are nephites. We have discovered a very great city here in the heart of bountiful land, ferguson wrote. There was a book published in 1791 by john walker entitled, a key to the classical pronunciation of greek, latin, and scripture proper names. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other. Book of mormon in north america maps book of mormon evidence. The land of zarahemla is at a lower elevation relative to the land of nephi. Fast forward into the distant future, 150 years from now. Valley of lemuel from eye altitude of 4,051 kilometers wadi tayyib al ism, tabuk, saudi arabia. It conforms to the book of mormons requirement that the events took place. None to date have been independently identified because it is a work of fiction. The owner and employees of this site are members of the lds church and in good standing.
The book of mormon, with its saga of righteous, white nephites and wicked, darkskinned lamanites, echoed these ideas. When i think of the baja california peninsula, i think of the baja offroad race where people take lots of vehicles and cross the deserts in all sorts of vehicles. The cities along the river sidon were zarahemla as the furthest downstream. 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. 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.
The lamanite city jerusalem in the land of nephi was named by lehite migrants after the. Major city land city land jaredite city land wilderness nephite cities in mormon 25. Virtual book of mormon book of mormon maps and learning. An interesting correlation with mesoamerican geography see map below. The only information that you have about diamond bar is that it was a city in california and that it was. I arranged the cities and lands in more of a chronoligical manner so as stories progress, you move down the page. Book of mormon civilizations built humble homes and cities rather than the elaborate structures that might have survived until modern times.
Mormons in san bernardino county, california california. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon. Here is another version of the map with named cities in the land. Some major book of mormon figuressuch as captain moroni, ammon, pahoran, and. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. The lord could have removed all questions regarding the exact locations of these events but he did not. I still think there is a serious problem of imprinting a particular geographyeven an abstract onebut if the people involved accept the scripture on faith alone, they may never care about the realworld geography, so a mental abstract map is no problem.
At least eighty versions of a book of mormon map have been produced. In this book are a number of future book of mormon names, which appeared within alphabetized lists. The book of mormon mentions a number of cities that either existed or were built on or near the eastern coast of nephite lands, a coast that most book of mormon analysts consider to be in the country of belize. Land of helam, waters of mormon, hill cumorah, city of gid, land of antionum, city of omner, city of ammonihah, hermounts, land of jershon, city and land of manti, sea north, city of and land of morianton, land of desolation, angola, city of zeezrom, land o. The book of mormon is not specific if the weather system with the east wind comes from. Baja california peninsula the book of mormon online.
Arabia and precolumbian america kindle edition by nielsen, rocky k, nielsen, harold kriss. Book of mormon study map alma 127 the red headed hostess. The mormon corridor is the areas of western north america that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church, who are commonly known as mormons in academic literature, the area is also commonly called the mormon culture region. 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. Compare them to a map of palestine to view the correlations. Tolkiens lord of the rings names at least 279 locations. There have been some past, semiofficial locations indicated, including in south america and central america, but none have.
Another possible location for the book of mormon places and locations has been proposed. 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. Because of wickedness, the nephites and lamanites were swept off the land by a destruction that may have left little archaeological remains. Yet, it is placed on the book of mormon map based on the correlation which the critic wishes to prove. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. We cannot legitimately use the location of american cities to create a book of mormon map that we then use as evidence that the book of mormon used the location of american cities to construct its map.
Brigham young, the head of the mormon church, desired the establishment of a colony on the pacific coast, as an outfitting post for the church, and as a pacific port where european converts might be landed, mormons in san bernardino county, california read more. Significant natural forces, for baja california, earthquake hazard maps. Interstate 8, interstate 10, interstate 40 and interstate 80. Unfortunately, exploring and testing his geographic. How a mormon lawyer transformed archaeology in mexicoand. The purpose of constructing unbiased internal maps is to orient major lands, seas and landmarks mentioned in the text. Book of mormon charts 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. This is the city of aaron that is near nephihah and moroni alma 50. Clair river, andor land between lake st clair and lake erie detroit river, andor ew pass between lake erie and lake ontario near niagara falls, andor ew pass south of lake erie and north of the continental divide along the allegheny river near the narrow passage. In the year 1851 began the third period or chapter in the history of the sectionthat of mormon occupation. Get the book of mormon tickets for all california shows at the most affordable prices and with minimum fees. 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. Many other individuals can be found inside its covers, including both good women and men. Wilderness of akish wilderness of hermounts hill amnihu hill onidah south wilderness narrow strip hill riplah waters of mormon mt.
Joseph smiths book of mormon names at least 127 locations. However, the fatherson team of david and lynn rosenvall believe the baja peninsula south of california in mexicoits most famous city you may recognize is tijuana could be the location of book of mormon lands. Book of mormon civilizations built humble homes and cities rather than. The book of mormon also spoke of sprawling ancient cities. For that reason, our design team has chosen to develop an internal map that shows relational directions and approximate distances that match the. The book of mormon does not state into which sea the river sidon empties, so the mouth of the river is not shown. The following chronological list only details major prophets from the book of mormon. It postulates that the events in the book took place over north and south america, with the isthmus of panama as the narrow neck of land. It has also been referred to as the book of mormon belt, a cultural reference to the. Following are two of the most well known theories for book of mormon geography.
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. Such maps can be a useful introduction for those who are new to the book of mormon. These maps are not drawn to scale and are for illustration only. Holley is an antimormon who does not believe that the book of mormon is an ancient record. 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. Many accounts of significant lands and cities are given in the book of mormon. Site correlations more about these maps land northward. The main passage mentions the land of nephi bordering on the seas, a narrow strip of wilderness, the land of zarahemla, and the headwaters of the river sidon see alma 22. 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. This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon.
By no means do i expect this to be accurate in terms of geography. Are there any official lds maps, showing the physical places and locations described in the book of mormon. A contemporary mormon view is that these civilizations rose and fell in mesoamerica. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. After years of studying maps, mormon scripture, and spanish chronicles. Book of mormon verses taken from the 1990 independence edition, which is published by the church of christ. Are ruin sites on the yucatan peninsula related to the. Narrow neck baja california book of mormon geography. See more ideas about book of mormon, mayan ruins and lds art.
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