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"Moroni Burying the Plates" by Tom Lovell
Thursday, December 6, 2018
2 Nephi 26:16; KnoWhy #491
How Are the Words of the Book of Mormon Like “One That Hath a Familiar Spirit”?
Excerpt from the Printer’s Manuscript via The Interpreter Foundation
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Ether 12:25; KnoWhy #490
Does the Book of Mormon Really Have “Bad” Grammar?
“The Hill Cumorah” by George Anderson, colorized by Katie Payne
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Mormon 6:6; KnoWhy #489
Where is the Location of the Hill Cumorah?
“Ploughing in Nevers” by Rosa Bonheur
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Alma 37:6; KnoWhy #488
The Simple Miracle That Helped the Whitmers Further the Book of Mormon
Image via The Odyssey Online
Thursday, November 22, 2018
2 Nephi 9:29; KnoWhy #487
What Role Should Scholarship Play in Studying the Book of Mormon?
"Joseph the Prophet Addressing the Lamanites" by H.R. Robinson via josephsmithpapers.org
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
2 Nephi 5:14; KnoWhy #486
Who Are the Lamanites?
Publishing of the Book of Mormon at Grandin Press via history.lds.org
Thursday, November 15, 2018
2 Nephi 21:12; KnoWhy #485
How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
Image of Christ via LDS Media Library
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
2 Nephi 25:26; KnoWhy #484
Why Is the Book of Mormon So Focused on Jesus Christ?
The Book of Mormon in Ukrainian
Thursday, November 8, 2018
2 Nephi 26:13; KnoWhy #483
The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon into Ukrainian
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Houston, Texas via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
3 Nephi 27:8; KnoWhy #482
Why Must Christ’s True Church Be Called after His Name?
“Jesus Sanando” by Jorge Cocco
Thursday, November 1, 2018
3 Nephi 10:18; KnoWhy #481
Why Is So Little Said about the Timing of Christ’s Temple Ministry?
“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?
“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?
“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?
"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?
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 . . .”?
Lehi Announces Departure by Owen Richardson
Thursday, October 11, 2018
1 Nephi 10:4; KnoWhy #475
When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem?
"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.?
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?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Mosiah 9:16; KnoWhy #472
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
"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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
“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?
“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?
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?
“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?
“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?