Several scholars have looked carefully at Mormon’s letter in Moroni 9 and tried to determine when he wrote it. Pioneering Book of Mormon scholar Sidney B. Sperry dated it to between AD 380–384. 1 More recently, two others, Alan Miner and Joseph Spencer, separately came to similar conclusions, placing this letter somewhere between AD 375–380. 2 The details supporting this dating were summarized in...

As we continue our study through 3 Nephi, we immerse ourselves in the light of Jesus Christ. We get to learn about our Savior in new and glorified ways. Two professors at Brigham Young University, John W. Welch and Camille Fronk Olsen, sit down and discuss some of their thoughts on this most sacred part of the Book of Mormon. In this first video, John W. Welch explores some of the emotional...

As the study and appreciation of chiasmus continues to expand and move forward, one of the very best examples deserves a more detailed analysis. First discovered in 1987 and published as a FARMS Update that year, this composition is remarkable in several ways. This text, which is the complete report and only information given about the 64 th year of the reign of the judges, is exceptional in many...

In 2011, John W. Welch presented a BYU Devotional entitled “Thy Mind, O Man, Must Stretch.” Welch explains, The title of my presentation, “Thy Mind, O Man, Must Stretch,” comes from the poignant letter dictated by Joseph Smith from the dungeon of Liberty Jail (that so-called temple-prison that was more often prison than temple). The Prophet revealed these words almost five months into his...