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Battle Scene by Sebastiaen Vrancx. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
November 24, 2020
KnoWhy 586; Ether 14:21–23
Why Were the Unburied Dead So Troubling to the Jaredites?
Image of Sealed Document via John W. Welch.
April 21, 2020
KnoWhy #558; Mosiah 5:15
How Does Christ “Seal You His”?
Light Bearers by Annie Henrie Nader. Image via AltusFineArt.com
February 18, 2020
KnoWhy #550; 2 Nephi 13:16–17
Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion?
Replica of the gold plates with reformed Egyptian characters via Church News
May 2, 2019
KnoWhy #513; Mormon 9:32
Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian?
Stone Panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pilesar III via the British Museum
October 16, 2018
KnoWhy #476; 1 Nephi 1:1
Why Does Nephi Begin by Saying “I, Nephi . . .”?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
October 2, 2018
KnoWhy #472; Mosiah 9:16
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
“The Resurrected Christ” by Wilson J. Ong
July 12, 2018
KnoWhy #449; Alma 19:29
What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?
Lehi en el desierto by Jorge Cocco
June 28, 2018
KnoWhy #445; 1 Nephi 1:1
What Is So Good about Nephi’s Name?
Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob Utilizing the Plates. Images via lds.org
June 26, 2018
KnoWhy #444; 1 Nephi 19:4
How is the Phrase "Make a Record" an Evidence for the Book of Mormon?
The Bremner-Rhind Papyrus (305 BC) via The British Museum
June 21, 2018
KnoWhy #443; 1 Nephi 1:3
Why Did Book of Mormon Authors Use Colophons?
Morphart via Adobe Stock
May 3, 2018
KnoWhy #430; Alma 51:17
Why Did Moroni Speak of Pulling Down Pride?
Arco roto by Jorge Cocco
April 3, 2018
KnoWhy #421; 1 Nephi 16:23
Why Did Nephi Include the Story of the Broken Bow?
Mormon termina compendio by Jorge Cocco
March 13, 2018
KnoWhy #415; Alma 19:36
Why Did Nephite Authors Use Repetitive Resumption?
Etruscan Gold Book, dating to 600 BC via templestudy.com
February 13, 2018
KnoWhy #407; Mormon 8:16
Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon?
Photo by NASA on Unsplash
January 18, 2018
KnoWhy #400; 2 Nephi 2:22
Why Do We Have Three Different Accounts of the Creation?
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash
December 19, 2017
KnoWhy #391; 2 Nephi 26:33
Why Are So Few Women Mentioned in the Book of Mormon?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
July 16, 2017
KnoWhy #340; Alma 34:9
How Did Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Authors Use Chiasmus?
Image by Matthieu Comoy
July 10, 2017
KnoWhy #337; 1 Nephi 19:7
What Counts as Chiasmus?
Image by Reynold via Adobe Stock
June 5, 2017
KnoWhy #322; Alma 11:7
Why You Should Care About the Nephite Weights and Measures System
Two images of Wadi Tayyib al-Ism via lds.org
March 13, 2017
KnoWhy #286; 1 Nephi 2:6
Have the Valley of Lemuel and the River Laman Been Found?
Four Prophets by Robert T. Barrett via lds.org
March 8, 2017
KnoWhy #284; Helaman 13:4
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Prophets?
DNA via pixabay.com
February 27, 2017
KnoWhy #280; Introduction, 2013 edition of the Book of Mormon
Why Hasn’t Lehi’s DNA Been Found?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
February 22, 2017
KnoWhy #278; 2 Nephi 26:33
Why Did Nephi Say That All Are Alike Unto God?
The Destruction of the Leviathan by Gustave Dore
February 20, 2017
KnoWhy #277; 2 Nephi 6:17
Why Does Jacob Describe God as a Divine Warrior?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
February 1, 2017
KnoWhy #269; 2 Nephi 2:22–25
Why Did Lehi Teach that the Fall was Necessary?
Image by Jerry Thompson via lds.org
January 16, 2017
KnoWhy #262; 1 Nephi 6:5–6
Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received?
Joseph Translating by Anthony Sweat
January 6, 2017
KnoWhy #258; 2 Nephi 31:3
Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”?
Lehi's Sons Offering Riches to Laban by Jerry Thompson
January 2, 2017
KnoWhy #256; 1 Nephi 4:18
Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal?
Compilation of paintings of the book of Ether by James Fullmer
November 29, 2016
KnoWhy #241; Ether 7:9
Why Is The Book of Ether an Epic?
The Brother of Jared Sees the Finger of the Lord by Arnold Friberg
November 28, 2016
KnoWhy #240; Ether 6:3
Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones?