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Journal of Book of Mormon Studies Volume 13 Number 1 Article 19 7-31-2004 Journal of Book of Mormon Studies Volume 13 Issue 1 Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Scholarship, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious (2004) "Journal of Book of Mormon Studies Volume 13 Issue 1," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 13 : No. 1 , Article 19. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol13/iss1/19 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. CONTENTS 3 Contributors 5 The Editor’s Notebook Feature Articles history 6 A Story on Canvas, Paper, and Glass: The Early Visual Images of the Hill Cumorah richard neitzel holzapfel and cameron j. packer Nearly a century of artwork and photographs captured the evolving aspect of “Mormon Hill” before it took on the appearance we are familiar with today. 24 “A Man Raised Up”: The Role of Willard W. Bean in the Acquisition of the Hill Cumorah david f. boone The LDS Church’s prospects of acquiring the Hill Cumorah were bleak until the redoubtable Willard Bean, aka “the Fighting Parson,” opened the way. 38 Encounters with Cumorah: A Selective, Personal Bibliography martin h. raish Since the early days of the Restoration, observers both sympathetic and otherwise have written of the Hill Cumorah and the sacred events associated with it. 50 Cumorah’s Cave cameron j. packer Whether actual or virtual, Cumorah’s cave of records and the experiences that Joseph Smith and others witnessed there are an instructive part of Latter-day Saint tradition. pageant 58 The Hill Cumorah Pageant: A Historical Perspective gerald s. argetsinger Today’s popular pageant in the “Cradle of the Restoration” is the result of many decades of inspired direction and steady improvement. 70 The Delights of Making Cumorah’s Music crawford gates He had done it once before—given his all to compose music to match the pageant’s singular message. Could he do it all over again 30 years later? 78 Designing Costumes for the Hill Cumorah Pageant rory r. scanlon Costuming a cast of 650 becomes a multi-tiered balancing act as directors and designers strive for an optimal blend of realism, visual storytelling, and functionality. 88 A New Beginning for the Pageant: 1948 to 1951 harold i. hansen No costumes, stages, props, seating, lighting, or sound. Reviving the pageant after World War II meant starting from scratch, with record crowds expected to attend. C O N T E N T S (continued) Feature Articles (continued) art 98 “Hail, Cumorah! Silent Wonder”: Music Inspired by the Hill Cumorah roger l. miller A rich corpus of musical works inspired by Cumorah’s prophetic history attests to the dramatic and emotional appeal of this hallowed landmark of Mormonism. 110 Look Once Again at Cumorah’s Hill: The Poets’ View louise helps To explore poetry inspired by Cumorah is to take a pilgrimage through a sacred and portentous history. 124 The Hill Cumorah Monument: An Inspired Creation of Torleif S. Knaphus allen p. gerritsen Crafted of granite and gold-leafed bronze, this enduring symbol of the Restoration also reflects the powerful testimony of a humble Norwegian convert. science 136 The Geologic History of Hill Cumorah michael j. dorais A retreating ice sheet formed both the hill that would conceal the gold plates as well as the fertile farmland that would encourage the Smith family to settle there. 144 Archaeology and Cumorah Questions john e. clark The New York hill where Joseph Smith recovered the Nephite record raises certain empirical questions that are best addressed through archaeology. Departments 152 What’s in a Word? cynthia l. hallen with josh sorenson Pairs and Merisms in 3 Nephi 158 What’s in a Name? paul y. hoskisson The Name Cumorah 161 A Reader’s Library don e. norton, sally t. taylor Reviews of Dennis L. Largey et al., Book of Mormon Reference Companion 167 Endnotes 2 VOLUME 13, NUMBER 1–2, 2004 CONTRIBUTORS Gerald S. Argetsinger is an associate professor in the Department of Cultural and Creative Studies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received a BA in theatre from Brigham Young University and a PhD in dramaturgy from Bowling Green State University. He has 25 years’ experience in directing outdoor drama, and his scholarly writings include two books on the father Gerald S. Argetsinger of Danish theatre, Ludvig Holberg. David F. Boone is associate professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. His research interests include the frontier American West, the historical Southern States Mission, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 20th century. David F. Boone John E. Clark is professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University and director of the BYU New World Archaeological Foundation. John E. Clark Michael J. Dorais received his PhD from the University of Georgia and is a research professor in the Department of Geology at Brigham Young University. He specializes in igneous petrology, geochemistry, and geo- archaeology and directs the Electron Microprobe Laboratory at BYU. Michael J. Dorais Crawford Gates graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in music and went on to earn an MA from Brigham Young University and a PhD from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. He also completed postgraduate studies in musical composition under the tutelage of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Ernst Toch. Dr. Gates has composed and published 110 musical works, many of which are featured Crawford Gates on six nationally distributed CDs. Allen P. Gerritsen received a BA in community health education from the University of Utah and an MA in healthcare administration from the University of Iowa. He serves as the family history specialist in his family’s Knaphus Family Organization. Allen Gerritsen Cynthia L. Hallen is associate professor of linguistics and English language at Brigham Young University. She specializes in the fields of lexicography, exegesis, and philology. Cynthia L. Hallen Louise Helps qualified as a medical doctor at the University of the Wit- watersrand in South Africa. She holds and has held a variety of elected positions within local and state PTAs. She writes poetry and fiction for pleasure and occasionally for publication. Louise Helps JOURNAL OF BOOK OF MORMON STUDIES 3 CONTRIBUTORS (continued) Journal of Book of Mormon Studies P.O. Box 7113, University Station Provo, Utah 84602 USA Richard Neitzel Holzapfel holds a PhD in history from the University of California, 1 (801) 422-9229 or 1 (800) 327-6715 Irvine. An associate professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young E-mail: [email protected] Web: farms.byu.edu University, he is also the photographic editor for BYU Studies and editor in chief of Fax: (801) 422-0040 the Religious Educator. VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1–2, 2004 EDITOR Richard N. Holzapfel S. Kent Brown Paul Y. Hoskisson, professor of ancient scripture, has taught at Brigham Young ASSOCIATE EDITORS University for 24 years. He did his graduate work at Brandeis University in Assyriology, Richard E. Bennett Donald W. Forsyth with an emphasis in ancient Semitic philology. The fruits of his work on the FARMS Cynthia L. Hallen Book of Mormon onomasticon project have appeared several times in this journal. Dana M. Pike PRODUCTION EDITOR Don L. Brugger Paul Y. Hoskisson EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Roger L. Miller is a member of the musicology faculty in the School of Music at Marilyn Arnold the University of Utah. He holds a PhD in musicology from Case Western Reserve Jill Mulvay Derr University and has done graduate work in Near Eastern languages and civilizations James E. Faulconer at the University of Chicago. A past member of the General Music Committee of Steve F. Gilliland the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he writes the program script for the Kenneth W. Godfrey Cheryl B. Mitchell Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s weekly broadcast of “Music and the Spoken Word.” Richard B. Stamps Roger L. Miller Wouter van Beek Don E. Norton retired as assistant professor in Brigham Young University’s art director & graphic designer Department of Linguistics and English Language in 2003. He earned his BA and Bjorn W. Pendleton MA degrees from BYU and did work toward a PhD at the University of Minnesota. Published by the Foundation for Ancient A professional editor for 45 years, he headed the Faculty Editing Service at BYU for Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) more than 20 years and edited several volumes in FARMS’s Collected Works of Hugh at Brigham Young University Nibley series. He is active in personal history work, especially oral history. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Don E. Norton Noel B. Reynolds DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS Cameron J. Packer received a BS in exercise physiology and an MA in religious Alison V. P. Coutts education from Brigham Young University. He has been employed by the Church ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS Educational System as a seminary teacher in the Utah Valley area for the past six Don L. Brugger years, and his current assignment is at the Orem Junior High School Seminary. EDITORIAL STAFF Paula W. Hicken Larry E. Morris Cameron J. Packer Jacob D. Rawlins Shirley S. Ricks Martin H. Raish is director of the David O. McKay Library at Brigham Young University–Idaho. He received an MA in library and information science from BYU and a PhD in pre-Columbian art history from the University of New Mexico.