Book of Mormon Central Archive

KnoWhy #5 - Did Lehi Use the Poetry of the Ancient Bedouin? (1 Nephi 2:9-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #9 - Why Would Lehi Offer Sacrifices Outside of Jerusalem? (1 Nephi 7:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #14 - What was the Great and Terrible Gulf in Lehi’s Dream? (1 Nephi 12:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #23 - How Might Isaiah 48–49 be “Likened” to Lehi’s Family? (1 Nephi 19:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #26 - Did Lehi Quote Shakespeare? (2 Nephi 1:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #28 - What Are The Origins Of Lehi's Understanding Of The Fall? (2 Nephi 2:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #29 - Should 2 Nephi Chapters 1–4:12 Be Called the “Testament of Lehi”? (2 Nephi 3:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #30 - Was Nephi’s Psalm Really a Psalm? (2 Nephi 4:16-17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #31 - Did Ancient Israelites Build Temples Outside of Jerusalem? (2 Nephi 5:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #33 - When Does the Book of Mormon First Talk about the Plan of Salvation? (2 Nephi 9:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #38 - What Vision Guides Nephi’s Choice of Isaiah Chapters? (2 Nephi 11:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #41 - Has the Prophecy of the Lord’s House Established in the Mountains been Fulfilled? (2 Nephi 12:2; Isaiah 2:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #43 - Why Did Lehi “Suppose” the Existence of Satan? (2 Nephi 24:12; Isaiah 14:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #45 - Did Interactions with “Others” Influence Nephi’s Selections of Isaiah? (2 Nephi 24:1; Isaiah 14:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #46 - What Do Nephi and Isaiah Say about the End Times? (2 Nephi 23:6; Isaiah 13:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #48 - How Does Nephi use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #52 - Why Does Nephi use Isaiah 29 as Part of His Own Prophecy? (2 Nephi 26:16; Isaiah 29:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #53 - Why Would a Book be Sealed? (2 Nephi 27:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #57 - What Does it Mean to be a White and Delightsome People? (2 Nephi 30:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #63 - Why is the Book of Mormon a Classic? (Ether 12:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #73 - Why Did Sherem Die? (Jacob 7:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #76 - Why Were Genealogies Important to Book of Mormon Peoples? (Jarom 1:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #84 - Why Were Benjamin and Mosiah Such Beloved and Effective Leaders? (Mosiah 6:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #89 - Why Would Noah’s Priests Quiz Abinadi on Isaiah? (Mosiah 12:20–21; cf. Isaiah 52:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #98 - Why did the Lamanites Break Their Treaty with King Limhi? (Mosiah 20:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #101 - Why does the Book of Mosiah Talk So Much About Priesthood Authority? (Mosiah 23:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #108 - Why did Nehor Suffer an “Ignominious” Death? (Alma 1:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #110 - Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Discourage Nephite-Lamanite Intermarriage? (Alma 3:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #111 - Why Did Alma Add “Chains of Hell” to Abinadi’s Phrase “Bands of Death”? (Alma 5:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #112 - Why Did Alma Ask Church Members Fifty Probing Questions? (Alma 5:14-15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #122 - Why Did the People of Sidom Go to the Altar for Deliverance? (Alma 15:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #123 - Why was the City of Ammonihah Destroyed and Left Desolate? (Alma 16:9-11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #125 - Why Did the Servants Present Lamoni with the Arms of His Enemies? (Alma 17:39). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #126 - What is the Nature and Use of Chariots in the Book of Mormon? (Alma 18:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #128 - What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”? (Alma 20:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #131 - Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies? (Alma 23:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #133 - Why Did Ammon Borrow So Much from Tradition in Alma 26? (Alma 26:8; cf. Psalm 106:47; Nehemiah 9:5; Daniel 2:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #134 - Why Was Jershon Called a Land of Inheritance? (Alma 27:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #138 - Why Was Korihor Cursed with Speechlessness? (Alma 30:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #139 - Why Did Alma Repeat the Lord’s Name Ten Times While in Prayer? (Alma 31:26). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #143 - Why Was The Zoramite Defection So Disastrous? (Alma 35:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #156 - How Did Democracy Help the Nephites Withstand Their Enemies? (Alma 48:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #158 - What Was the Nature of Nephite Fortifications? (Alma 50:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #159 - Why Would Pahoran Not Allow the Law to Be Amended? (Alma 51:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #160 - Why Did Teancum Slay Amalickiah On New Year’s Eve? (Alma 51:37). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #161 - How Old Were the Stripling Warriors? (Alma 53:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #162 - Why was Ammoron Determined to Avenge the Blood of His Brother? (Alma 54:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #163 - Why Did Moroni Change His Mind about Exchanging Prisoners with Ammoron? (Alma 55:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #164 - How Realistic are Nephite Battle Strategies? (Alma 56:30). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #165 - Why Did the Stripling Warriors Perform Their Duties “With Exactness”? (Alma 57:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #167 - How Did Helaman’s Army Maintain Faith While Being Cut Off from Provisions? (Alma 58:37). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #169 - Why Did Moroni Refer to Vessel Impurity in Condemning the Central Government? (Alma 60:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #170 - Why Was Teancum Captured and Killed? (Alma 62:36). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #172 - How Was a Void in Leadership Dangerous for the Nephites? (Helaman 1:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #173 - Why was Helaman’s Servant Justified in Killing Kishkumen? (Helaman 2:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #174 - When Did Cement Become Common in Ancient America? (Helaman 3:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #176 - Why Did Helaman Compare Christ to a Rock? (Helaman 5:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #177 - Why was Chiasmus Used in Nephite Recordkeeping? (Helaman 6:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #179 - Why Did Nephi Appeal to So Many Earlier Testimonies of Christ? (Helaman 8:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #180 - Why Was Seantum Convicted Without Any Witnesses? (Helaman 9:35-36). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #186 - Why Did Samuel Say the Lord “Hated” the Lamanites? (Helaman 15:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #190 - Why was Giddianhi So Polite? (3 Nephi 3:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #191 - Why Did the Gadianton Robbers Wear a Lamb Skin? (3 Nephi 4:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #192 - Why Did the People Cut Down the Tree after Hanging Zemnarihah? (3 Nephi 4:28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #194 - Why Did Mormon Introduce Himself in 3 Nephi 5? (3 Nephi 5:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #198 - Why Did Jesus Tell All People to Sacrifice a Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit? (3 Nephi 9:19-20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #204 - Why Is the Lord’s Prayer Different in 3 Nephi? (3 Nephi 13:9; Matthew 6:9; cf. Luke 11:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #207 - Why Did Jesus Say That There Were “Other Sheep” Who Would Hear His Voice? (3 Nephi 15:21; cf. John 10:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #218 - Why Did Jesus Give the Nephites Malachi’s Prophecies? (3 Nephi 24:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #225 - Why Did the Peace Last So Long in 4 Nephi? (4 Nephi 1:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

Why is the Lord's Prayer Different in 3 Nephi?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #226 - What Do We Know about Mormon’s Upbringing? (Mormon 1:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #228 - Why is the 10-Year Peace Treaty Important? (Mormon 3:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #229 - Why did the Lamanites Sacrifice Women and Children to Idols? (Mormon 4:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #231 - How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah? (Mormon 6:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

The Genealogy from Jared to Ether. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #232 - How Did Mormon React to Seeing His People Slain? (Mormon 6:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #233 - Why Did Moroni Write So Many Farewells? (Mormon 8:1). Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #234 - Why Did Moroni Conclude His Father’s Record with 22 Commands? (Mormon 9:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #235 - Why Does the Book of Ether Begin with Such a Long Genealogy? (Ether 1:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #236 - Where Does the Word “Deseret” Come From? (Ether 2:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #238 - Why Should We Take the Time to Give Thanks to God? (Mosiah 24:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #241 - Why is The Book of Ether an Epic? (Ether 7:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #250 - Where did Moroni Get the Sacramental Prayers From? (Moroni 4:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #256 - Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal? (1 Nephi 4:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #258 - Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”? (2 Nephi 31:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #261 - Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Doctrinal Ideas About Christ? (Mosiah 4:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #262 - Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received? (1 Nephi 6:5-6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #263 - Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way? (1 Nephi 3:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #265 - How Did Enos Liken the Scriptures to His Own Life? (Enos 1:27). Salt Lake City: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #268 - Why Is Lehi Depicted as Similar to Moses? (2 Nephi 3:9-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #269 - Why Did Lehi Teach that the Fall was Necessary? (2 Nephi 2:22-25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did Lehi Teach That The Fall Was Necessary?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #277 - Why Does Jacob Describe God as a Divine Warrior? (2 Nephi 6:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #280 - Why Hasn’t Lehi’s DNA Been Found? (Introduction, 2013 edition of the Book of Mormon). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #284 - What Does The Book Of Mormon Teach About Prophets? (Helaman 13:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #285 - Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings On The Family? (3 Nephi 18:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #286 - Have The Valley Of Lemuel And The River Laman Been Found? (1 Nephi 2:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #287 - Why Did Lehi Teach About the “Two Ways”? (2 Nephi 2:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did Lehi Teach About the “Two Ways”?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #291 - How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 27:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #296 - Why Are Ordinances So Important? (Alma 13:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #319 - Why Did Lehi Divide His People Into Seven Tribes? (Jacob 1:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #320 - Why Did the Nephites Practice Baptism? (Mosiah 18:8-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did the Nephites Practice Baptism? (Mosiah 18:8-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #322 - Why You Should Care About The Nephite Weights And Measures System (Alma 11:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #325 - Why Did Lehi Quote From A Psalm Of Repentance In His Dream? (1 Nephi 8:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #331 - What If Martin Harris Didn’t Lose All Of The 116 Pages? (Words of Mormon 1:18-Mosiah 1:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #334 - How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829? (1 Nephi 3:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #336 - Who Was Zelph? (Helaman 6:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #337 - What Counts as Chiasmus? (1 Nephi 19:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #340 - How Did Biblical And Ancient Near Eastern Authors Use Chiasmus? (Alma 34:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #341 - What Can We Learn From The Savior’s First Words At Bountiful? (3 Nephi 11:10-11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

What Can We Learn From The Savior’s First Words At Bountiful? (3 Nephi 11:10-11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #342 - Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From? (3 Nephi 20:40, Isaiah 52:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #353 - How Was Chiasmus Discovered in the Book of Mormon?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #355 - What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? - Part 3. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #357 - How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West? (1 Nephi 2:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #358 - Does Chiasmus Prove Anything about the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 11:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #360 - Why Does God Sometimes Send Angels to Help People? (Alma 24:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #361 - What Does It Really Mean to Have Charity? (Moroni 7:45, 47-48). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #365 - How Can Honest Labor and Self-Reliance Bring Lasting Happiness? (2 Nephi 5:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #374 - What Can We Learn From Abish’s Member-Missionary Work? (Alma 19:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #375 - Why Did Nephi Connect Isaiah’s Prophecies with Joseph Who Was Sold into Egypt? (2 Nephi 25:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #378 - What Does the Book of Mormon Say about the Armor of God? (2 Nephi 1:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #381 - How Can We Stop the Cycle of Revenge? (Mosiah 21:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

KnoWhy #382 - What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Families? (Mosiah 25:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #384 - How Can We Be Thankful During Times of Hardship? (1 Nephi 2:6-7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #390 - What Impact Do My Actions Have on Others?(Alma 39:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #393 - How Can the Book of Mormon Survivors Give Us Hope? (Mormon 8:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #400 - Why Do We Have Three Different Accounts of the Creation? (2 Nephi 2:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #401 - What Was the Sword of Laban Like? (1 Nephi 4:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #402 - Why Do We Still Have to Cling to the Iron Rod Even Though the Path is Strait? (1 Nephi 8:13-14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #404 - What Does an Ancient Book About Enoch Have to Do With Lehi’s Dream? (1 Nephi 12:16-17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #405 - Why Were the Three Witnesses Shown the Liahona? (Alma 37:38). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #410 - What Parts of the Old Testament Were on the Plates of Brass? (1 Nephi 5:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #411 - Why Was the Sword of Laban So Important to Nephite Leaders? (Words Of Mormon 1:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #416 - How Was Nephi Similar to Joseph of Egypt? (1 Nephi 18:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #418 - How Lehi Likened the Scriptures to Himself (2 Nephi 3:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #422 - Why the Book of Mormon’s Depiction of a Loving God Fits with the Old Testament (2 Nephi 26:24). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #424 - How the Law of Moses Teaches about the Atonement (Alma 34:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #427 - How Are Rod and Sword Connected to the Word of God? (1 Nephi 11:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #428 - How is the Use of Deuteronomy in the Book of Mormon Evidence for its Authenticity? (1 Nephi 4:34). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #429 - Is There Evidence of Sunken Cities in Ancient America? (3 Nephi 9:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #434 - Why Should Readers Pay Close Attention to the Mulekites? (Omni 1:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #435 - Did "Others" Influence Book of Mormon Peoples? (Jacob 3:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #438 - Why Do Biblical Psalms of Lament Show Up in the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 8:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #441 - Who Were the “Many Prophets” in Jerusalem During Lehi’s Time? (1 Nephi 1:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #442 - Why Did Nephi Want to Know the Mysteries of God? (1 Nephi 2:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #443 - Why Did Book of Mormon Authors Use Colophons? (1 Nephi 1:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #446 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Warn that a Lake of Fire and Brimstone Awaits Sinners in the Afterlife? (2 Nephi 9:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #448 - Why Did Nephi Clarify That the Messiah Was the Savior of the World? (1 Nephi 10:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #451 - Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed? (1 Nephi 2:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #452 - What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #453 - How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used? (Mormon 6:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #457 - What Did It Mean for Lehi to be a Visionary Man? (1 Nephi 5:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #458 - How is the Name Zoram Connected with Pride? (Alma 31:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #459 - Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings? (1 Nephi 1:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #461 - Where Is the Narrative Transition in 1 Nephi? (1 Nephi 1:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #462 - Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren? (1 Nephi 2:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #464 - Who Were the “Elders of the Jews” Mentioned by Zoram? (1 Nephi 4:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #465 - How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land? (1 Nephi 2:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #466 - Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree? (1 Nephi 10:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #467 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Say We Must Worship God with Our Whole Soul? (2 Nephi 25:29). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #469 - Why Are Lehi’s Visions Like Those of Other Prophets in His Day? (1 Nephi 1:11-12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #474 - Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.? (1 Nephi 8:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #475 - When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem? (1 Nephi 10:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #478 - Why Are Later Jewish Sources Relevant to Texts in the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 4:28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #479 - How is the Day of Atonement Understood in the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 2:10) . Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #486 - Who Are the Lamanites? (2 Nephi 5:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #487 - What Role Should Scholarship Play in Studying the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 9:29). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #492 - Why Were Lehi and Nephi Guided by Angelic Escorts in Their Visions? (1 Nephi 11:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #495 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Talk about a “Land of Jerusalem”? (1 Nephi 3:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #502 - Is the Book of Mormon Like Any Other Nineteenth Century Book?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #503 - How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith? (Words of Mormon 1:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #504 - What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages? (Helaman 12:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #507 - Was Joseph Smith the "Author" of the Book of Mormon? (Title Page). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #513 - Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian? (Mormon 9:32). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #514 - Why Did Martin Harris Consult with Scholars like Charles Anthon? (2 Nephi 27:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #517 - What Does It Mean to Love God with “All Thy Mind”? (Matthew 22:37-38). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #524 - The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese (2 Nephi 30:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #529 - Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show up in the Book of Mormon? Part 3: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as a Source (Alma 7:9 cf. Matthew 3:2-3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #530 - Is there evidence for great destruction in the land northward at the death of Christ? (3 Nephi 9:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #541 - Why Was the Heavenly Book Sealed with Seven Seals? (Revelation 5:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #544 - Why Did Lehi and Jeremiah Find Themselves in a Dark and Dreary Wilderness? (1 Nephi 8:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #545 - What Sacrifices did Lehi Offer to God in the Wilderness? (1 Nephi 7:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #546 - What is the Significance of the Great and Spacious Building? (1 Nephi 12:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #553 - Why Did Jacob Highlight Nephi’s Role as a Protector? (Jacob 1:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #554 - Why Did Jacob Include the Case of Sherem? (Jacob 7:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #557 - Why Did the Nephites Preserve Some Items as “National Treasures”? (Mosiah 1:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

Book of Mormon Central Staff. "Because There Was No Darkness" - The Birth of Christ: A Book of Mormon Perspective. 2nd ed. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021.

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