President Nelson taught, "Good inspiration is based upon good information." If you are a Latter-day Saint and haven't read Oliver Cowdery's 8 essays on Church history, including Letter VII, you need to read them to understand Church history, the Book of Mormon, and the related teachings of the prophets. “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." –Haruki Murakami
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Chief Midegah discusses Mesoamerica and other topics
In this portion of the interview, he discusses the how the Native American culture and population was destroyed by the Europeans and what that means today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niwKKRYYa80
Friday, May 24, 2024
Wayne May on Ancient American Archaeology - Scripture Notes
Excellent interview with Wayne at his home, including artifacts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJExWZW9avE
Here's another important presentation by Wayne that covers various Hopewell sites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcii9P3Zd5w
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Chief Midegah of the Ojibwe
Chief Midegah of the Ojibwe gave a fascinating interview that has been posted to YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF26MuCHsBs
partial transcript:
Monday, May 20, 2024
Corresponding chapters in each edition
It's not easy to find references in the 1830, 1837 and 1840 editions of the Book of Mormon because they were not divided in to the Chapter and verse we're used to today. Orson Pratt created the LDS versification for the 1879 edition. The RLDS editions instead retained the original chapters but divided the text into verses.
The Joseph Smith papers provides a useful reference, here:
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/back/corresponding-chapters-in-editions-of-the-book-of-mormon?p=1
As a reference, we'll include the table here in case the original link is ever deleted.
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Corresponding Chapters in Editions of the Book of Mormon
- 1
This versification first appeared in Latter-day Saint editions of the Book of Mormon in 1879.
- 2
This edition also includes eight pages of additional introductory material before the numbering begins on p. [i].
- 3
See “Essays on Leaves Acquired from the University of Chicago.”
- 4
See “Essays on Leaves Acquired from the University of Chicago.”
- 5
See “Essays on Leaves Acquired from the University of Chicago.”