The Book of Mormon Lesson 2: Historicity, Geography & Textual Transmission
Channel: Hurricane Utah Adult Religion Class
Date: 2023-09-15

The Hurricane Utah Adult Religion Class Book of Mormon lesson 2: Historicity, Geography & Textual Transmission of the Book of Mormon.

The Hurricane Utah Adult Religion Class meets on Thursday evenings between September and May to discuss the scriptures of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. If you live in or are visiting the Hurricane–St George area, I’d love to have you join us! (See links below.)

Please note that this YouTube channel and the class website are not official sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Hurricane Utah North Stake, or any other Church unit or department. The author alone is responsible for these sites and the materials on them.

Class website: https://www.huarc.org
Download lesson notes & slideshow: https://www.huarc.org/home/bm/week02
Course syllabus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L26GyM7o3Zk93REMZ7M0AcbYDeVs6rXb
Contact the instructor: https://www.huarc.org/home/info
BYU Virtual Scriptures Book of Mormon Conceptual Map: https://virtualscriptures.org/book-of-mormon-map/

Chapters:
00:00 Title slide & lesson intro
01:35 Moroni₂’s 1823 appearance to Joseph Smith
03:50 Historicity of the Book of Mormon
09:05 Book of Mormon geography
16:16 Hemispheric geographic theories
17:59 Limited geographic theories
22:29 The Church’s stance on BofM geography
23:38 BYU Virtual Scriptures BofM Conceptual Map
24:10 The translation process of the BofM
26:57 Book of Mormon manuscripts
28:35 Major printed editions of the BofM
31:03 Textual errors in the BofM
36:34 Editorial changes in the BofM
40:12 Outro & next lesson

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