The 2018–2019 school year is fast approaching, and with that comes the study of Church History for Seminary and Institute teachers. At Book of Mormon Central, we wish to aid both teachers and students in their study of Church History this year, especially as it relates to the Book of Mormon.

To that end, Book of Mormon Central wishes to offer Seminary and Institute teachers a list of Church History-themed KnoWhys, in chronological order, from 1805–1844 (see attached document). We hope that you find these valuable resources in lesson preparation, and in classroom learning.

KnoWhys

1805

Who is the Servant of Isaiah 49/1 Nephi 21?
KnoWhy #24
1 Nephi 21:#; Isaiah 48:3

1819

How Can We Know What to Believe About Joseph Smith’s Personal Character?
KnoWhy #413
3 Nephi 8:1

1820

Why Are There Multiple Accounts of Joseph Smith’s and Alma’s Visions?
KnoWhy #264
Alma 36:6–7

1823

Why Did Moroni Deliver the Plates on September 22?
KnoWhy #193
Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith, JS—H 1:59

1828

Why Does Nephi Use Isaiah 29 as Part of His Own Prophecy?
KnoWhy #52
2 Nephi 26:16; Isaiah 29:4

What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose All of the 116 Pages?
KnoWhy #331
Words of Mormon 1:18; Mosiah 1:1

1829

Are There Mistakes in the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #3
Book of Mormon Title Page

Who Are the “Few” Who Were Permitted to See the Plates?
KnoWhy #54
2 Nephi 27:12–13

Why Was a Stone Used as an Aid in Translating the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #145
Alma 37:23

Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”?
KnoWhy #258
2 Nephi 31:3

Why Were Three Key Witnesses Chosen to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #267
Ether 5:4

How Important Was Oliver Cowdery in Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #270
2 Nephi 27:9

Why Did the Book of Mormon Come Forth as a Miracle?
KnoWhy #273
2 Nephi 27:33

Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize?
KnoWhy #279
3 Nephi 11:24–25

How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #291
2 Nephi 27:15

How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829?
KnoWhy #334
1 Nephi 3:19

Why Were the Plates Present During the Translation of the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #366
Mosiah 1:6

How Can We Be Strengthened by Lucy Mack Smith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #379
2 Nephi 27:14

How Did Emma Smith Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #386
2 Nephi 27:6

Why is David Whitmer’s Witness of the Book of Mormon So Compelling?
KnoWhy #395
Alma 27:27

Why Would God Choose an Uneducated Man to Translate the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #397
2 Nephi 27:19

Is It Possible That a Single Author Wrote the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #399
2 Nephi 27:13

Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable?
KnoWhy #403
Testimony of the Eight Witnesses

Why Were the Three Witnesses Shown the Liahona?
KnoWhy #405
Alma 37:38

Is There Evidence That Joseph Smith Possessed a Urim and Thummim and Breastplate?
KnoWhy #409
Ether 4:5

Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim?
KnoWhy #417
Alma 37:24

1830

Was the Book of Mormon Used as the First Church Administrative Handbook?
KnoWhy #72
3 Nephi 27:21–22

Where Does the Book of Mormon Declare the First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel?
KnoWhy #276
3 Nephi 27:20

Why Did the Lord Quote the Book of Mormon When Reestablishing the Church?
KnoWhy #282
3 Nephi 11:24

1831

Why is the Sabbath Day Needed?
KnoWhy #303
Mosiah 18:25

What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
KnoWhy #330
Alma 13:8

How Can Sally Conrad’s Witness of the Book of Mormon Strengthen Our Faith?
KnoWhy #385
Alma 37:23

1833

How Does the Book of Mormon Help Explain the Origins of the Word of Wisdom?
KnoWhy #321
Alma 55:16

1834

Who Was Zelph?
KnoWhy #336
Helaman 6:6

1835

Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings on the Family?
KnoWhy #285
3 Nephi 18:21

1836

Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Doctrinal Ideas About Christ?
KnoWhy #261
Mosiah 4:7

How Did the Book of Mormon Help the Early Saints Understand Spiritual Gifts?
KnoWhy #299
Moroni 10:8

Why Did Jesus Quote the Words of Malachi 3-4 in 3 Nephi 24-25?
KnoWhy #370
3 Nephi 25:5–6

1837

Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?
KnoWhy #290
2 Nephi 21:11

1838

Why Does the Lord Require People to Live the Laws of Tithing and Fasting?
KnoWhy #305
3 Nephi 24:10

1839

Why Bother Studying the Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #388
Words of Mormon 1:11

1840

Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From?
KnoWhy #342
3 Nephi 20:40

1842

How Do the Bible and the Book of Mormon Help Us to Understand the Sealing Power?
KnoWhy #348
3 Nephi 25:5–6

1844

What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr?
KnoWhy #1
Ether 12:37, 39

An Apostle's Witness
KnoWhy #2
2 Nephi 33:11

Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration?
KnoWhy #281
Mormon 9:36

What Did the Early Saints Learn about the Second Coming from the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #318
3 Nephi 29:2

How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like the Nephites Were?
KnoWhy #327
Helaman 13:5–6

Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
KnoWhy #33517
Alma 14:11

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