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Etruscan Gold Book, dating to 600 BC via templestudy.com
Mormon 8:16
KnoWhy #407
February 13, 2018
Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon?
Seeking Christ. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Mormon 9:24
KnoWhy #522
June 26, 2019
Why Does Part of the Long Ending of Mark Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
Alphabet by Book of Mormon Central
Mormon 9:27
KnoWhy #234
November 18, 2016
Why Did Moroni Conclude His Father’s Record with 22 Commands?
Replica of the gold plates with reformed Egyptian characters via Church News
Mormon 9:32
KnoWhy #513
May 2, 2019
Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian?
Aztec Calendar. Photo by Don Bayley.
Mormon 9:32–34
KnoWhy #583
November 3, 2020
What Do We Know About Nephite Language?
The Sacred Grove by Greg Olsen
Mormon 9:36
KnoWhy #281
March 1, 2017
Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration?
Olmec Heads by Book of Mormon Central
Ether 1:18
KnoWhy #235
November 21, 2016
Why Does the Book of Ether Begin with Such a Long Genealogy?
Adobe Stock Image
Ether 2:3
KnoWhy #236
November 22, 2016
Where Does the Word “Deseret” Come From?
“Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish” by Antonius Wierix II via The Met Collection
Ether 3:2
KnoWhy #526
July 26, 2019
How Were Jonah and the Brother of Jared Able to Find Comfort?
I Knew Not, by Marcus Moore, submitted to the 2017 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Ether 3:15
KnoWhy #584
November 10, 2020
Why Did Jesus Say, “Never Have I Showed Myself unto Man”?
Brother of Jared Sees the Finger of the Lord by Robert T. Barrett
Ether 3:20
KnoWhy #237
November 23, 2016
Why Did Moroni Use Temple Imagery While Telling the Brother of Jared Story?
Replica made by David A. Baird, photo by Daniel Smith
Ether 4:5
KnoWhy #409
February 20, 2018
Is There Evidence That Joseph Smith Possessed a Urim and Thummim and Breastplate?
Mormon and Moroni with the Plates by Joseph Brickey
Ether 4:19
KnoWhy #239
November 25, 2016
Why Do So Many of Mormon’s Teachings Appear in Ether 4 and 5?
The Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Compilation retouching and colorization by Bryce M Haymond
Ether 5:4
KnoWhy #267
January 27, 2017
Why Were Three Key Witnesses Chosen to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
The Brother of Jared Sees the Finger of the Lord by Arnold Friberg
Ether 6:3
KnoWhy #240
November 28, 2016
Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Ether 6:9
KnoWhy #500
January 31, 2019
Is the Book of Mormon Musical?
Photograph of Rebecca Swain Williams
Ether 6:19
KnoWhy #612
July 27, 2021
Why Did Rebecca Swain Williams Defend the Book of Mormon?
Compilation of paintings of the book of Ether by James Fullmer
Ether 7:9
KnoWhy #241
November 29, 2016
Why Is The Book of Ether an Epic?
Adaptation of Tom Lovell Artwork
Ether 8:20
KnoWhy #242
November 30, 2016
Why Did Moroni Comment So Much Throughout Ether?
Cain and Abel by Palma il Giovane. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Ether 8:22
KnoWhy #585
November 17, 2020
Why Are Secret Combinations Associated with Cain and Getting Gain?
Photo of an aztec double headed serpent, turqoise chest ornament by Geni
Ether 9:30
KnoWhy #243
December 1, 2016
Why Did Snakes Infest Jaredite Lands During a Famine?
Riplakish by Jody Livingston
Ether 10:6
KnoWhy #244
December 2, 2016
Why Did Riplakish Construct a Beautiful Throne?
Guillaume Le Bloas via Adobe Stock
Ether 11:20–21
KnoWhy #245
December 5, 2016
Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Ether 12:6
KnoWhy #356
August 23, 2017
How Can Trials of Faith Lead to Spiritual Growth?
Book of Mormon Stories Collage
Ether 12:6
KnoWhy #246
December 6, 2016
Why Must a Trial of Faith Precede a Witness of Truth?
Excerpt from the Printer’s Manuscript via The Interpreter Foundation
Ether 12:25
KnoWhy #490
December 4, 2018
Does the Book of Mormon Really Have “Bad” Grammar?
Copies of the Book of Mormon. Image by Book of Mormon Central
Ether 12:25
KnoWhy #63
March 26, 2016
Why is the Book of Mormon a Classic?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Ether 12:27
KnoWhy #350
August 9, 2017
How Does Grace Help Us Overcome Weakness?
Ether 12:37, 12:39
KnoWhy #1
January 1, 2016
What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr?
Ether 12:37, 12:39
KnoWhy #1
January 1, 2016
What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr?
My Fathers House by Al Rounds
Ether 13:3–6
KnoWhy #247
December 7, 2016
Why Do the Prophets Speak of Multiple Jerusalems?
Battle Scene by Sebastiaen Vrancx. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Ether 14:21–23
KnoWhy #586
November 24, 2020
Why Were the Unburied Dead So Troubling to the Jaredites?