Is it possible that a single author wrote the book of mormon. While the bible is written by and about the people in the land of israel and surrounding areas and takes place from the creation of the world until shortly after the death of jesus christ. Lehonti at camp on the mount of antipas book of mormon central. The revelation of john presents modern readers with a dizzying array of animals, characters, kingdoms, and symbols that can be hard to decipher. This guide is provided to assist the reader and is not intended as an authoritative source on how these names were pronounced originally. Today in power in the book of mormon, a comparison of amalickiah and satan, and some important lessons for our day. The commander of the nephite forces in the extreme southwest, during the war with amalickiah and ammoron. The book of mormon uses the biblical name of antipas and builds on it to form these book of mormon names. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other possible relationships of sites in the book of mormon, based on internal evidence. Mormon is allegedly a prophethistorian who was the native american believed by mormons to have written the book of mormon the main religious text of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints mormonism. The name anti in the book of mormon book of mormon.
And that is one of the greatest tragedies in all the book of mormon. Clips from the book of mormon musical on 60 minutes youtube. More names are created by adding such endings as hah. Following are suggestions for pronouncing book of mormon names and terms. None to date have been independently identified because it is a work of fiction. At first, like the fictions of mahommed, the contemptible absurdities of joe smiths book found but few gullible, or knaves enough in his particular craft, to pretend to believe them. Antipas, cotabato, a municipality in the philippines. A dictionary of the book of mormonantipus wikisource, the. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the. Remember the battle of antipas from the book of mormon.
Nov 18, 2012 over time the nephites and lamanites carve out their own turf. Paraphrasing him, he said that the book of mormon is as current as the. An account written by the hand of mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. Herod antipas, an ancient leader of galilee and perea. A dictionary of the book of mormonantipus wikisource, the free. Book of mormon central teamed up with artist katie payne to create a beautiful and engaging video called the plates of mormon. According to christian tradition, john the apostle ordained antipas as bishop of pergamon during the reign of the roman emperor nero. The search for the lands of the book of mormon has been an object of interest and conjecture ever since it was published in 1830.
A dictionary of the book of mormonantipus wikisource. Thankfully, the book of mormon can help guide us through some of the gospel truths found in this important new testament revelation. No effort should be made to identify points on this map with any existing geographical location. I also took into account the transliterations with all occurrences of vowels and the letter j removed. Top ten books the lds mormon church doesnt want you to. To the inside front cover are affixed four clippings of descriptions of different versions of first edition copies of the book of mormon and of an 1854 edition of the doctrine and covenants, along with a clipping describing the origin of the text of the book of mormon and a bookplate of the shepard book company of salt lake city, utah. They received the book of mormon as a revelation from god and joe smith as his prophet, and therefore received the name of mormons. The book of mormon is the word of god, like the bible. These maps are not drawn to scale and are for illustration only.
It, therefore, is an important geographical indicator. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. Book of mormon sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. Jul 25, 2008 10 and it came to pass that when it was night he sent a secret embassy into the mount antipas, desiring that the leader of those who were upon the mount, whose name was lehonti, that he should. Valley near mount antipas book of mormon geography. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other. Antipater the idumaean, the founder of the herodian dynasty, father of herod the great, and grandfather of herod antipas. Lehonti assembled his forces on a mount called antipas, and there awaited the arrival of the royal troops. Instead, consider the many book of mormon names or words that involve anti. Each reads very much like the bible in type and breadth of thematic concerns and literary forms history, law, psalm. He fought stubbornly for several years, against great odds, and was at last slain in battle with the lamanites, in the wilderness north of the city of judea b.
Using only the text of the book of mormon as the narration, get a glimpse of the fatherson relationship between mormon and moroni, as they strive to pass the plates along so we today can cherish the book of mormon. All lds students of book of mormon geography who have worked systematically with the problem in recent decades have come to agree on this sorenson 1985, 2930. The traditional account goes on to say antipas was martyred during the reign of nero 5468, by burning in a brazen bullshaped altar for casting out demons worshiped by the local population. Antinephilehi, antiomno, antion, antionah, antionum, antiparah and antipus. Jun 11, 2012 clips from the book of mormon musical on 60 minutes from cbs. According to the book of mormon, mount antipas was located in or near onidah in the greater land of nephi alma 47. Alma 47 the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. I have heard a very fair discourse from one of their nauvoo elders, on eph. Satan is the great antichrist among spirit beings, and cain is the great antichrist among mortals because they rejoice and glory in their wickedness.
A dictionary of the book of mormon wikisource, the free. Mount antipas, gathering place for lehonti and the peaceful lamanites land of antum nt. The book of mormon spooky mormon hell dream lyrics by azmad202. Mount antipas is a location mentioned only in the book of mormon. Antipas tribe, one of several jivaroan peoples indigenous to the upper amazon. Mormon view we consider the bible, book of mormon, book of doctrine and covenants, pearl of great price and sayings of joseph, the seer, our guides in faith and doctrinea compendium, by apostle f.
Regarded by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints as holy scripture detailing gods revelation to joseph smith. Antipas of pergamum, martyred bishop of the early christian church. The book of mormon contains some names which appear to be greek, some of which are hellenizations of hebrew names e. Antipas antipus variant book of mormon onomasticon.
Top 10 embarrassments of the mormon religion listverse. Waters of mormon nc mount antipas nc east sea near the narrow neck ny you can now. And it came to pass that they had gathered themselves together upon the top of the mount which was called antipas, in preparation to battle. Melech in the bible becomes melek in the book of mormon.
Many christian traditions, according to the commentary on the apocalypse of andreas of caesarea, believe saint antipas to be the antipas referred to in the book of revelation, revelation 2. Items do not represent the official views of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints or of book of mormon central. There was a battle, but it was not one of swords and cimeters it was a battle of will and sophistry. Note the greek city name antipatris, belonging to antipater, a city built by herod. Antipas, archeantus, esrom, ezias, jonas, judea, lachoneus and zenos. For the twelve million members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints worldwide six million in the united states. A dictionary of the book of mormonlehonti wikisource, the free. Mount antipas, a place mentioned in the book of mormon. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon. Lehonti into peacetalks, if you will, near the top of mount antipas. Accept antipas as the name of the mount in alma 47. Other greek names are nonbiblical and their presence in the book is puzzling to both believers and skeptics, since neither smith nor the nephites spoke greek. Though the book of mormon contains political movements, the purpose of mormon moronis abridgment was not to present the political history of a people.
Book of mormon, 1837, page 375 the joseph smith papers. Book of mormon central archive lehonti at camp on the mount of antipas. Lehonti at camp on the mount of antipas book of mormon. Note the greek city name antipatris, belonging to antipater, a city built by herod the great in memory of his father. If you look in the index for the book of mormon under antipus you will find the description.
Compare them to a map of palestine to view the correlations. And that is one of the greatest tragedies in book of mormon history. The book of mormon another testament of jesus christ, a companion scripture to the bible and a record of gods dealings with the peoples who lived in the ancient americascontains. For analyzing book of mormon names, i used the book of mormon pronunciation guide to get the transliterations and suggested phonetic pronunciations of a comprehensive list of book of mormon names. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. Antipater the idumaean, the founder of the herodian dynasty, father of herod the great. Both books contain gods guidance as revealed to prophets, as well as religious histories of different civilizations. Book of mormon, 1830, page 354 the joseph smith papers. I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where satans seat is. This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon.
Antipas hill cumorah hill shim hill ephraim moron zarahemla land of first inheritance nephi lehinephi bountiful key major cityland cityland jaredite cityland wilderness nephite cities in mormon 25 r i v e r s i d o n. Mar 25, 2017 the increasing interest taken in the study of the book of mormon and in the history of the peoples whose origin, progress and destruction it narrates, encourages the author of this little work to think that this addition to the literature of the subject will not be like one born out of due time, but will be received as an acceptable aid to the study of its sacred pages. Items do not represent the official views of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints or of book of mormon central. Antipas of pergamum, martyred bishop of the early christian church, referred to in the biblical book of revelation. Mormonism is a religion less than two centuries old, but in this short time it has managed to accrue a long list of embarrassments which the church leaders would prefer were kept.
Anianti, antiomno, antion, antionah, antiparah, antipas, antipus. The one and only river mentioned in the entire book of mormon is called the sidon. I said in my previous post that, when the enemy approached, there was no battle. Power in the book of mormon the most important battle never. Aug 08, 2012 the latterday saint canon consists of four books. From wikisource book of mormon sites in relation to each other possible relationships of sites in the book of mormon, based on internal evidence. The map spans jaredite and nephitelamanite periods during which settlements changed over time.
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