Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon - Softcover

Allen, Joseph Lovell; Allen, Blake Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615221718 ISBN 13: 9780615221717

Publisher: Brigham Distributing, 2008

Synopsis

The second edition of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon is an all new presentation of the original LDS bestseller, featuring numerous developments and discoveries of the last twenty years regarding Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon. The text discusses the correlation of Stela 31 at Tikal as it relates to the decisive battle at Cumorah, a comparison of the Maya name Mormon with the Nahuatl name Tehuantepec, the discovery of the name of the Jaredite King Kish, including his date and place of birth, a comparison of Mesoamerican written languages and two high civilizations with the languages and civilizations of the Nephites and Jaredites, and much more. This exhaustively-researched, full-color publication includes numerous photographs and more than 140 maps that correlate Book of Mormon sites with current Mesoamerican geography.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Joseph Lovell Allen, educator, author and explorer, is a pioneer in the study of history and geography of Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon. He has spent almost fifty years in teaching, searching and researching the internal and external messages of that sacred history revered by millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide. Blake Joseph Allen is the president of Book of Mormon Tours and Research Institute, and a respected guide who has led thousands of visitors through Mesoamerica. His professional work has given him key insight into the language, archaeology, customs, history, and geography of the ancient inhabitants of Mesoamerica and how these items correlate with information in the Book of Mormon.

Review:

The Allens are among the most accomplished teachers and educators in the field of Book of Mormon history and geography. In our opinion, the second edition of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon will be the encyclopedia for the study of the Book of Mormon history and geography for years to come. --Thomas and Jennifer Ferguson

The first edition [of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon] was published in 1989 and has been an overwhelming success. It has sold over twenty-five thousand copies in fifteen printings and was the principal text used by Dr. Bruce Warren in his Brigham Young University course on archaeology and the scriptures. Its attention to detail and its descriptive maps and adherence to sound research principles have made it the authoritative reference on Book of Mormon geography, culture, and history for the past nineteen years. Yet even as the first edition was being published, new discoveries, insights, and ideas regarding the historical setting of the Book of Mormon were being presented. And although the final chapter on Book of Mormon culture will likely not be written for many years to come, the second edition of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly the most thorough text published on this subject to date. --Dr. Brent J. Allen

The first edition [of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon] was published in 1989 and has been an overwhelming success. It has sold over twenty-five thousand copies in fifteen printings and was the principal text used by Dr. Bruce Warren in his Brigham Young University course on archaeology and the scriptures. Its attention to detail and its descriptive maps and adherence to sound research principles have made it the authoritative reference on Book of Mormon geography, culture, and history for the past nineteen years. Yet even as the first edition was being published, new discoveries, insights, and ideas regarding the historical setting of the Book of Mormon were being presented. And although the final chapter on Book of Mormon culture will likely not be written for many years to come, the second edition of Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly the most thorough text published on this subject to date. --Dr. Brent J. Allen

About this edition

• Publisher: Brigham Distributing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0615221718
• ISBN 13: 9780615221717
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 919