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“The Flight of the Prisoners,” by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Thursday, July 19, 2018
1 Nephi 2:13; KnoWhy #451
Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed?
Still Image from Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
1 Nephi 9:5; KnoWhy #452
What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?
“The Hill Cumorah” by George Anderson via history.lds.org
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Mormon 6:6; KnoWhy #453
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
Illustration of the Kinderhook plates and the Nauvoo Neighbor broadside. Image via Book of Mormon Central
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Mosiah 8:12-13; KnoWhy #454
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
“Mary Whitmer and Moroni” by Robert T. Pack
Thursday, August 2, 2018
2 Nephi 27:14; KnoWhy #455
What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?
Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
1 Nephi 8:20; KnoWhy #456
Is the Path to Eternal Life “Strait” or “Straight"?
Image via LDS Media Library
Thursday, August 9, 2018
1 Nephi 5:4; KnoWhy #457
What Did It Mean for Lehi to be a Visionary Man?
Still Image from “The Zoramites and the Rameumpton” via LDS Media Library
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Alma 31:25; KnoWhy #458
How is the Name Zoram Connected with Pride?
The Assumption of the Virgin by Botticini
Thursday, August 16, 2018
1 Nephi 1:8; KnoWhy #459
Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings?
Etching of Joseph Smith Climbing Fence from The Smith Family Farm
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Alma 19:6; KnoWhy #460
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
Ancient Records by James H. Fullmer
Thursday, August 23, 2018
1 Nephi 1:17; KnoWhy #461
Where Is the Narrative Transition in 1 Nephi?
“The Meeting of Esau and Jacob” by James Tissot
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
1 Nephi 2:22; KnoWhy #462
Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren?
“Jeremiah in Prison” by Robert T. Barrett
Thursday, August 30, 2018
1 Nephi 7:14; KnoWhy #463
How Could Nephi Have Known about Jeremiah’s Imprisonment?
Still Image from “Son of God”
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
1 Nephi 4:22; KnoWhy #464
Who Were the “Elders of the Jews” Mentioned by Zoram?
“Lehi’s Family Leaving Jerusalem” by Scott Snow via LDS Media Library
Thursday, September 6, 2018
1 Nephi 2:5; KnoWhy #465
How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land?
“The Olive Grove” by Nancy Andruk Olson
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
1 Nephi 10:12; KnoWhy #466
Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree?
Photograph taken by Daniel Smith
Thursday, September 13, 2018
2 Nephi 25:29; KnoWhy #467
Why Does the Book of Mormon Say We Must Worship God with Our Whole Soul?
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell. Image via LDS Media Library
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Alma 62:48-49; KnoWhy #468
How Does Chiasmus Teach Us to Reverse the Pride Cycle?
Painting by Robert T. Barrett. Image via LDS Media Library
Thursday, September 20, 2018
1 Nephi 1:11-12; KnoWhy #469
Why Are Lehi’s Visions Like Those of Other Prophets in His Day?
Labna Sacbe via voyagecirtuel.co.uk
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
3 Nephi 6:8; KnoWhy #470
Is There Evidence for Book of Mormon Highways in Ancient America?
"Ye Shall Have My Words" by Judith Mehr
Thursday, September 27, 2018
1 Nephi 11:2-3; KnoWhy #471
Why Can Nephi’s Vision Be Called an Apocalypse?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Mosiah 9:16; KnoWhy #472
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
Image via Pensacola Christian College
Thursday, October 4, 2018
1 Nephi 19:22; KnoWhy #473
Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Quote Long Passages of Scripture?
"Tree of Life and Rod of Iron" by Jerry Thompson via LDS Media Library
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
1 Nephi 8:4; KnoWhy #474
Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.?
Lehi Announces Departure by Owen Richardson
Thursday, October 11, 2018
1 Nephi 10:4; KnoWhy #475
When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem?
Stone Panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pilesar III via the British Museum
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
1 Nephi 1:1; KnoWhy #476
Why Does Nephi Begin by Saying “I, Nephi . . .”?
"Ultimas Paginas (2)" by Jorge Cocco
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Moroni 9:1; KnoWhy #477
When Did Mormon Write His Letter Recorded in Moroni 9?
“Homer Dictating to Scribes” by Aert de Gelder
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
3 Nephi 4:28; KnoWhy #478
Why Are Later Jewish Sources Relevant to Texts in the Book of Mormon?
“Christ Bearing the Cross” by a North Netherlandish Painter via The Met
Thursday, October 25, 2018
2 Nephi 2:10; KnoWhy #479
How is the Day of Atonement Understood in the Book of Mormon?
“Mormon Abridging the Plates” via LDS Media Library
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Moroni 10:27; KnoWhy #480
Why Is the Book of Mormon’s Historical Authenticity So Important?