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The following are additional topic areas related to Geography. If there is a bracket number after the topic, that number indicates how many actual articles there are related to that subject. If the link for the topic is not live, it simply means the topic is a 'planned area' for future growth.

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FAIR Resources

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Michael R. Ash, Were the Lehites Alone in the Americas?. This FAIR Brochure gives evidence that the Lehites were a small part of a pre-existing cultural mix.

Michael R. Ash, Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place?. This FAIR Brochure summarizes the case in favor of assuming Book of Mormon events occurred in Mesoamerica.

Encyclopedia of Mormonism

The resources listed below are articles available in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

John E. Clark, "Book of Mormon Geography," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 176-179

Ensign Articles

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Lynn M. Hilton and Hope A. Hilton, "In Search of Lehi's Trail, Part 1," Ensign, September 1976, 33. An investigation of the location of the trail Lehi's company used to travel across Arabia. While this research has been superceded by that of the Astons, it is still good reading.

Lynn M. Hilton and Hope A. Hilton, "In Search of Lehi's Trail, Part 2," Ensign, October 1976, 34-35. An investigation of the location of the trail Lehi's company used to travel across Arabia. While this research has been superceded by that of the Astons, it is still good reading.

Other Resources

The resources listed below are related items available on the Web that should be of interest. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

"Jesus' Birthplace and the Phrase "Land of Jerusalem"," (Provo, Utah: FARMS) FARMS research article on Jesus' Birthplace and the Phrase "Land of Jerusalem" in the Book of Mormon.

S. Kent Brown, "The Hunt for the Valley of Lemuel," JBMS (City Unknown: FARMS, 2007) Dr. Brown examines the possible candidates for the Book of Mormon's Valley of Lemuel, as well as the evidence from these Old World locations that parallel what we find in the Nephite record.

S. Kent Brown, The Place Which Was Called Nahom. chapter one of In the Footsteps of Lehi, online at the FARMS site. This confirmed ancient location and place name matches the Book of Mormon text remarkably well. The burden is on the critics to explain how Joseph Smith could possibly have fabricated the account about Nahom and the journey in the Arabian peninsula described in First Nephi.

John E. Clark, "Archaeology and Cumorah Questions," JBMS (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2004), 144-51 Is the Hill Cumorah near Palmyra, New York, the same as the one mentioned in the Book of Mormon? If not, then why do LDS refer to it as the "Hill Cumorah." Is there any evidence that suggests that upstate New York is not the land of the Nephites and Lamanites? John Clark answers these and other questions.

Jeff Lindsay, Bountiful and Nahom in the Arabian Peninsula . Critics have long argued that the places in the Book of Mormon don't exist. This article discusses the place called Nahom which appears in the Book of Mormon and still exists in the Arabian Peninsula exactly where the Book of Mormon says it is. It also talks about Bountiful and other elements of Lehi's trail that are difficult for the critics to refute.

John L. Sorenson, "When Lehi's Part Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, 1992), 1-34

Sidney Sperry, "Were There Two Cumorahs?," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, Spring 1995), 260-268

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