The city of zarahemla and surrounding area were not originally nephite. As there were two lands of nephi, the greater and the lesser, so, for exactly the same reasons, there were two lands of zarahemla. Zarahemla research foundation is a nonprofit, taxdeductible organization dedicated to book of mormon research. Amidst the hundreds of passages of potential geographic significance, alma 22. Passage to zarahemla is an adventure film directed and written by chris heimerdinger. His tennis shoes books are better but this story is still worth reading. A journey through the mythic lands of nephi, zarahemla, and kansas city, missouri kindle edition by steinberg, avi. This map charts out a possible understanding of the travels of alma the younger reported in alma 516. Charting the book of mormon is a collection of more than 175 visual aids that promote deeper understanding and appreciation of the book of mormon.
Book of mormongeographynew worldgreat lakes geography. Internal book of mormon geography focuses on the relationships between lands. The meaning of zarahemla from the book of mormon youtube. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other. Wilderness around zarahemla book of mormon geography. He began in zarahemla by calling the people to repentance in a powerful speech see alma 5. Compare them to a map of palestine to view the correlations. Early 1900s book of mormon mapszarahemla, land of nephi. With the river sidon identified, we can go on to identify the location of the city and land of zarahemla we may surmise that because the lamanites and robbers occupied the western seashore, the mulekites would have avoided them and ventured inland, no doubt following the buffalo river as they went there is a nice piece of land between the buffalo river and its middle fork cazenovia creek. Zarahemla was the name of the major nephite city as recorded in the book of mormon part of the official canon of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints.
Having names and dates for these wars can help read. Almas journeys in the land of zarahemla book of mormon. A dictionary of the book of mormonzarahemla wikisource. Missing indices indicate people in the index who are not in the book of mormon. Longterm nauvoo resident cal christensen shares his knowledge of the mississippi rivers des moines rapids from his own property on the rivers banks. According to the book of mormon, the nephite mosiah and his followers discovered that the people of zarahemla came out from. Mosiah and his refugee people presumably united with the people of zarahemla sometime between 279 and b. Finally there is a way to really explore john sorensons book of mormon geography. Book of mormon in north america maps book of mormon evidence. In this way the nephite and jaredite lands and cities are defined.
The book of mormon itself is the best source for understanding the geographical locations contained therein. I have listened attentively to his fireside presentation and watched in amazement as he almost mesmerized his audience with tall tales and misrepresentations of what the book of mormon. Interactive book of mormon map virtual book of mormon. This book has been made into a movie i havent seen. Membership is open to anyone interested in book of mormon research. Those that show cumorah in new york, and those that dont. A journey through the mythic lands of nephi, zarahemla, and kansas city. The name has also been adopted by zarahemla books, according to publisherowner christopher bigelow, because its instantly recognizable to any mormon insider, but its just an exoticsounding name to any outsider. He served as the director of the byu jerusalem center for near eastern studies from 1993 to 1996. The book of omni in the book of mormon tells how zarahemla and his people came to settle the land of zarahemla in the new world. Why did mormon give so many details about geography. This book locates everything from the narrow neck, to zarahemla, from cumorah, to the land of promise, bountiful, and more. Zeniff leads a group from zarahemla to possess the land of lehinephithe lamanite king permits them to inherit the land mosiah, chapters 922.
Help the current and future generations to avoid the confusion that comes from incomprehensible fantasy maps. A promised land, the land of promise uses the book to show the book of mormon geography evidence, land, map, dna, definitive, and true along with prophetic statements. Ridge between melek and zarahemla book of mormon geography. The book of mormon has excited very little enthusiasm outside of mormonism, but it is a uniquely american piece of writing that merits wider attention. The king james quotations in the book of mormon, the history of the text of the book of mormon. The titles of the maps, which indicate the drafters opinion of book of mormon lands, are entitled map of the world showing probable course of the ancient colonies across the ocean, map of the land of zarahemla and the northern portion of nephi, map of the southern portion of land of nephi, map of the lands of the jaredites, and map of. The next pin on the map is zarahemla, across the river from nauvoo. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the lost book of mormon. Orphans on the run kerra and brock mcconnell seek help from lds relatives in the small town of leeds, utah. The lord could have removed all questions regarding the exact locations of these events but he did not. Concerning this record, the prophet joseph smith, who translated it by the gift and power of god, said, i told the brethren that the book of mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to god by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book see the introduction at the.
These maps are not drawn to scale and are for illustration only. Less likely is hypothetical hebrew zeroemla arm of mercy, an english phrase used three times in the book of mormon, including once by jesus at 3 nephi 9. The book of mormon geography geography map, dna, lands. In addition to being scripture, the book of mormon is a history of real people who lived and died in the new world.
Book of mormon geography in north america wayne may. Lds book of mormon geography evidence land map dna definitive true. Where were famous book of mormon cities, like zarahemla and. This book is in contradiction to all other published books on the subject of geography.
For me, any map that doesnt put cumorah in new york is not useful or even relevant. A detailed map for the book of mormon has been produced by. Throughout the book of mormon we read of such features as the narrow neck of land which was a days and a halfs journey roughly 30 miles separating two great seas. Around 323 bc a nephite man named mosiah found the already built city. Charting the book of mormon, 1999 welch, welch, farms alma 4362 there are several major wars or periods of warfare documented in the book of mormon. Lessons from the zarahemla churches religious studies. Designed for multiple use as study guides, handouts, and masters for creating projectable images, the charts convey a wealth of information that will enrich personal study and teaching.
Joseph smith identified zarahemla as being in guatemala. Sutinen read mormon s map, he would have realised that no evidence is presented in favour of the book of mormon. We want to find the exact coordinates for zarahemla and are not interested in fables. Book of mormon evidence in american archaeology wayne may. The foundation is not associated with any specific religious organization. In the october 1986 general conference, president ezra taft benson said. Rod meldrum discusses the strategic importance of these rapids to the ancient civilizations of north america and how it relates with the book of mormon s heartland model. Wayne may true book of mormon geography lands western.
They remain woefully incomplete, but there is enough substance here to help many book of mormon students visualize the texts new world setting. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. The assumption that zarahemla, iowa is in the same location as the city of zarahemla of the book of mormon doctrine and covenants 125. Join us in the urgent cause to increase faith in the book of mormon and its liberating message. The term comes from the book of mormon account of the people who came to america from jerusalem at the time zedekiah was carried captive into babylon. These principal book of mormon lands are southward from the land northward mentioned in helaman 3. All opinions, speakers and presenters represent and express their own individual opinions, and not necessarily the opinions of firm foundation, book of mormon evidence, or its employees, and no information or opinions represent the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Zarahemla true book of mormon geography lands western. I found passage to zarahemla especially intriguing because the story takes place in southern utah leeds to be exact and deals with lee instruments where my sister got her violin. We must make the book of mormon a center focus of our study because it was written for our day. The maps below will evolve as new information comes to light. Practically since the book of mormon was published, its geography has been the subject of discussion and debate.
This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon. A journey through the mythic lands of nephi, zarahemla, and kansas city, missouri. Wayne may presents archaeological support of the book of mormon to a group in malad, idaho in february of 2017. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. The book and the map will not improve upon the sacred record, but it should certainly help to make the book of mormon story more understandable to the average reader.
Kent brown is a professor of ancient scripture at brigham young university and is the current director of ancient studies on campus. Land southward to land northward map animal migrations wayne may, book of mormon geography presentation, ancient american history conference, slc, april 1, 2011 wayne may says the land of nephi tennessee was a higher elevation than the land of zarahemla illinois. Academic research into linguistic, historical and scientific proof of the american setting of the biblical events depicted in the book of mormon. As latterday saints know, making the two meet is no easy task. Response to jonathan nevilles the lost city of zarahemla. We build enduring faith in jesus christ by making the book of mormon accessible. But i emphasize, thats because i think knowing the realworld setting is important. Each pointer on the map can be opened clicked on to obtain information regarding the specific site, artifact, or other. South of that was the land of zarahemla, which was separated from the land. A clip from the dvd book of mormon and new world dna produce by us at fair. The book of mormon also mentions a king named zarahemla.
Internal book of mormon geography focuses on the relationships between lands and other geographic features, independent of where they might be physically located on todays maps. The beginning of priestcraft and downfall of book of mormon people buy this book online prince malkijah the missing chapter of book of mormon. The book of mormon geography lands and map with dna evidence. I believe the location of zarahemla on a viable book of mormon map will satisfy these criteria. The church and byu stay neutral in questions of exactly where the book of mormon took place.
Despite the limited space on the plates, mormon as a historian and military. The capital city of zarahemla was located on the river sidon in the center of the land of zarahemla. Articles from the zarahemla record articles from the zarahemla record raymond c. A dictionary of the book of mormonzarahemla, land of. Zarahemla under monarchial rule the book of mormon online. Mark uses shelbys map in his byu book of mormon classes. The book of mormon west sea and east sea, on the other hand, are proper nouns that is, they are the actual names of bodies of water that situate on the west and on the east respectively, of the lands of zarahemla and nephi. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. Site correlations more about these maps land northward. However, the lamanites crossed the river sidon away up south beyond the borders of manti alma 16. Feb 23, 2017 where i explain the meaning of the name zarahemla omni 1.
See my answers to questions about the book of mormon here. New world geography location of the majority of the book of mormon narrative, in the promised landsomewhere in the western hemisphere. The book of mormon geography and map with dna evidence and the location of lands and cities such as zarahemla, cumorah, the narrow neck, mexico, caribbean sea, american indians, and true evidence are all here. But to begin, any discussion on book of mormon geography has to be couched in the context of the church and byus official statement that we dont push pins into the existing maps today, and so consequently. Maps moronis america the north american setting for. The map spans jaredite and nephitelamanite periods during which settlements changed over time. In my view, there are two categories of book of mormon maps. Find thousands of lds books, movies, music and more. The lost lands of the book of mormon bonneville books, 2003. This book locates everything from the narrow neck, to zarahemla, from cumorah, to the land of promise, bountiful. Chris heimerdinger breaks mormon cinemas mold, ambitiously transposing settings from the book of mormon into a stimulating actionadventure drama. But i emphasize, thats because i think knowing the realworld setting is. The precise meaning of the word zarahemla is not known.
You may also view pages from the annotated book of mormon now. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia. The beginning of priestcraft and downfall of book of mormon people buy this book online prince malkijah the missing chapter of book of mormon history, geography, and prophecy. Ive been thinking quite a bit about religious history lately for one reason or another, and i particularly have felt, this year, as though i needed to know a bit more about mormonism. Response to jonathan nevilles the lost city of zarahemla the contents of all bmaf publications are the sole responsibility of the individual authors and therefore do not necessarily represent the views of bmaf or the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Some of these maps are included in the annotated book of mormon. Book of mormon geography, lands, map, dna true evidence. Moronis americamaps edition 150 maps of the bofm in north. Zarahemla was the name of the major nephite city as recorded in the book of mormon part of the official canon of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints the city of zarahemla and surrounding area were not originally nephite. Why did alma need to establish the order of the church in zarahemla again. Jan 10, 2008 it soon became clear that there is an objective standard or model within the book of mormon to determine the correctness and consistency of the placement of at least the principal citieslands immediately surrounding and relative to zarahemla, regardless of where one places zarahemla on a geographical map.
Made popular by his 1985 publication an ancient american setting for the book of mormon, sorensons geographic model for the book of mormon has withstood the test of time and remains the preeminent geographic model for book of mormon events. The first map is the proposed map, constructed from internal comparisons in the book of mormon. Wayne may presents book of mormon evidence in north american geography, archaeology and historical records. Zarahemla and the nephite nation, hayriver press,colfax, wisconsin march 2002. According to the prophet joseph smith, the city of zarahemla was located south of the rio grande in guatemala and central america.
Otherwise, zarahemla might as well be in neverneverland. Book of mormongeographynew worldgreat lakes geography book of mormon. The land of zarahemla is at a lower elevation relative to the land of nephi. For this reason the average reader as well as the student will want to keep a copy of this book near his book of mormon for easy reference. The land of zarahemla is north of the land of nephi. Nephi, zarahemla, bountiful, cumorah, the sidon river, the narrow pass, desolation, moron. Virtual book of mormon book of mormon maps and learning. The greater land of zarahemla in white overlay was north of the narrow strip of wilderness in light. We are going to talk about book of mormon internal constraints. Largey was assistant professor of ancient scripture at brigham young university when this was published. Virtual book of mormon another testament of jesus christ.
Just a presentation of the internal grography of the volume. Zarahemla is the name of a region and a city mentioned in the book of mormon. It also means that we need to be able to do more than simply put the names of book of mormon cities, rivers, and seas on a map willynillythe stories and events that tell us about those places need to fit a realworld location. According to the book of mormon, the land of zarahemla popularly attributed to biblical hebrew. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Muleks party first arrived in the land north see helaman 6. In addition, sites and artifacts are also provided that give additional indirect support to the book of mormon story, such as evidence associated with other precolumbian hebrew travelers to the american continents. Book of mormon geography in nevillenevilleland book of. Book of mormon evidence, or its employees, and no information or opinions represent.
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