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The mother of Alma the Younger watches over him while he sleeps in this image from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
May 27, 2024
KnoWhy #733; Mosiah 27:18–19
Why Do So Many People in the Book of Mormon Fall to the Earth as if Dead?
Left, an image of a dragon from an alchemical text titled “Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et amplificatum” in The National Library of Israel. Right, a photo of an American crocodile in the Tárcoles River in Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon.
May 21, 2024
KnoWhy #732; Mosiah 20:11
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Dragons?
San Bartolo Accession scene drawn by Traci Wright.
April 30, 2024
KnoWhy #729; Mosiah 2:10
Why Does King Benjamin Deny Being More than a Man?
A granite monument depicting the god Amun, Ramesses II, & the goddess Mut from the Temple of Amun in Thebes. Image by Mark Cartwright, courtesy World History Encyclopedia, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
March 19, 2024
KnoWhy #723; 2 Nephi 31:21
Why Does the Book of Mormon Have Trinitarian-Sounding Statements?
Image generated via Midjourney.
February 13, 2024
KnoWhy #717; 2 Nephi 5:18
Why Did Nephi’s People Want Him to Be a King?
Collage of a photo of the Temple of the Bearded Man at Chichen Itza and a depiction of the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem by François Vatable.
February 9, 2024
KnoWhy #716; 2 Nephi 5:16
How Are Some Ancient American Temples Similar to the Temple of Solomon?
“There you shall meet them, on the East of the River Sidon” by Caleb Williams. Third Place Winner of the 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
August 4, 2020
KnoWhy 572; Alma 44:3–4
Why Did God Support the Nephites in Battle?
The Tree of Life by Kaitlin Acosta. Submitted to the 2018 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
July 14, 2020
KnoWhy 569; Alma 33:23
Why Did Alma Talk about Planting a Seed in the Heart?
"Coriantumr" by James Fullmer.
May 5, 2020
KnoWhy #560; Mosiah 12:6–7
Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind?
“Joseph with the Seer Stone” by Gary Ernest Smith via foursquareart.com
October 31, 2019
KnoWhy #538; 2 Nephi 27:26; Isaiah 29:14
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego via the Associated Press
September 6, 2019
KnoWhy #530; 3 Nephi 9:9
Is there evidence for great destruction in the land northward at the death of Christ?
“Map of the World”, Modified from Adobe Stock
January 8, 2019
KnoWhy #497; 2 Nephi 1:5
Where is the Land of Promise?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
October 2, 2018
KnoWhy #472; Mosiah 9:16
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
Labna Sacbe via voyagecirtuel.co.uk
September 25, 2018
KnoWhy #470; 3 Nephi 6:8
Is There Evidence for Book of Mormon Highways in Ancient America?
“The Resurrected Christ” by Wilson J. Ong
July 12, 2018
KnoWhy #449; Alma 19:29
What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?
Morphart via Adobe Stock
May 3, 2018
KnoWhy #430; Alma 51:17
Why Did Moroni Speak of Pulling Down Pride?
Simon Dannhauer via Adobe Stock
May 1, 2018
KnoWhy #429; 3 Nephi 9:7
Is There Evidence of Sunken Cities in Ancient America?
The First Presidency via lds.org
September 14, 2017
KnoWhy #364; 3 Nephi 5:1
Why Do We Need Prophets?
Stela from Quirigua from Latin American Studies
July 31, 2017
KnoWhy #346; Alma 29:4
Was Chiasmus Known to Ancient American Writers?
Alma's Captains by James Fullmer
June 19, 2017
KnoWhy #328; Jarom 1:7–8
What Does Archaeology Reveal about Warfare During Early Nephite Times?
Jesus Christ, Christus Statue via Flickr
April 3, 2017
KnoWhy #295; Alma 5:19
Why Did Alma Ask about Having God’s Image Engraven upon One’s Countenance?
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”?
The Road to Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey
December 21, 2016
KnoWhy #255; 3 Nephi 1:13
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date the First Christmas?
Newborn Sleeping via LDS Media Library
December 15, 2016
KnoWhy #253; Moroni 8:12
Why Did Moroni Include Mormon’s Condemnation of Infant Baptism?
Guillaume Le Bloas via Adobe Stock
December 5, 2016
KnoWhy #245; Ether 11:20–21
Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations?
Riplakish by Jody Livingston
December 2, 2016
KnoWhy #244; Ether 10:6
Why Did Riplakish Construct a Beautiful Throne?
Photo of an aztec double headed serpent, turqoise chest ornament by Geni
December 1, 2016
KnoWhy #243; Ether 9:30
Why Did Snakes Infest Jaredite Lands During a Famine?
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?
Olmec Heads by Book of Mormon Central
November 21, 2016
KnoWhy #235; Ether 1:16
Why Does the Book of Ether Begin with Such a Long Genealogy?
Siege of the Stripling Sons by Brian Hailes
November 15, 2016
KnoWhy #231; Mormon 6:14
How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah?