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1994-1995 Book of Mormon Bibliography Addendum: 1994-1995 Book of Mormon Bibliography Adams, Larry LaMar. Where Does the Two Cumorah Theory Stand? Spanish Fork, UT: the author, 1994. Adams, William J., Jr. “Lehi’s Jerusalem and Writing on Metal Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Spring 1994): 204-6. Adams, William J., Jr. “More on the Silver Plates from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 (Fall 1995): 136-37. Andersen, Verlan H. The Book of Mormon and the Constitution. Compiled by Hans V. Andersen, Jr. Orem, UT: Sunrise Publishing, 1995. Anderson, Kenneth W. “The Knowledge Hid Up Because of Unbelief.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, from Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 31-44. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995. Anderson, Lynn Matthews. The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion. Apple Valley, MN: Estes Book, 1995. Anderson, Lynn Matthews. “Toward a Feminist Interpretation of Latter-day Scripture.” Dialogue 27 (Summer 1994): 185-203. Asay, Carlos E. “Golden Threads of the Book of Mormon.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 201-12. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Aston, Warren P. In the Footsteps of Lehi: New Evidence for Lehi’s Journey across Arabia to Bountiful, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1994. Bagley, Pat. Norman the Nephite’s and Larry the Lamanite’s Book of Mormon Time Line. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995. Barney, Kevin L. “Enallage in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Spring 1994): 113-47. Barney, Kevin L. “Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 (Fall 1995): 15-81. Baron, Ross David. Review of “Book of Mormon Christology,” by Melodie Moench Charles. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 91-119. Bateman, Merrill J. “Lehi’s Tree and Alma’s Seed.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 16-31. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Barrus, Ezra McClain. Centered in God. Sacramento, CA: the author, 1994. Benson, Ezra Taft. “Joseph Smith: Prophet to Our Generation.” Ensign 24 (March 1994): 2-5. “Bibliography of the Writings of Sidney B. Sperry.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4 (Spring 1995): 287-96. Boehm, Bruce J. “Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Spring 1994): 187-203. Brewerton, Ted E. “The Book of Mormon: A Sacred Ancient Record.” Ensign 25 (November 1995): 30-31. Bringhurst, Newell G. “Joseph Smith, the Mormons, and Antebellum Reform—A Closer Look.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 14 (1994): 73-91. Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, from Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 45-59. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995. Brooke, John L. The Rener’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Brough, Monte J. “The Prophet Ether: Man of the More Excellent Hope.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 189- 94. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Bunker, Robert L. “The Design of the Liahona and the Purpose of the Second Spindle.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Fall 1994): 1-11. Burgess, Allan K. Timely Truths from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Bushman, Richard L. Review of Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record, by H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2 (1994): 122-33. Butler, John M. “The ‘Author’ and the ‘Finisher’ of the Book of Mormon.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, from Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 61-68. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995. Campbell, Les. Review of The Lands of Zarahemla, by E. L. Peay. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2 (1994): 139-45. Carmack, John K. “Pahoran: Wartime Statesman, Defender of Freedom.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 134- 44. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Carter, K. Codell, and Christopher B Isaac. Review of Refuting the Critics: Evidences of the Book of Mormon’s Authenticity, by Michael T. Grifth. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2 (1994): 114-17. Christensen, Joe J. “Captain Moroni, an Authentic Hero.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 128-33. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Christensen, Kevin. “A Response to David Wright on Historical Criticism.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Spring 1994): 79-93. Christensen, Kevin. Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/2 (1995): 144-218. Christiansen, Jack R. “Why We Need the Book of Mormon.” In Christiansen’s Be Strong and of Good Courage, 89- 99. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1994. Clark, John. Review of Christ in North America, by Delbert W. Curtis. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2 (1994): 79-113. Cobabe, Douglas L. “The Books of Daniel.” NE 25 (June 1995): 48-52. Condie, Spencer J. “Mormon: Historian, General, Man of God.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 168-79. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Cook, Gene R. “Moroni’s Promise.” Ensign 24 (April 1994): 12-16. Cook, Lyndon W. “David Whitmer: Faithful Dissenter.” This People 15 (Fall 1994): 10, 12, 15. Coutts, Alison V. P. Review of Recent Book of Mormon Developments: Articles from the Zarahemla Record, vol. 2, edited by Raymond C. Treat. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/2 (1995): 253-55. Cracroft, Richard H. Review of Daniel and Nephi, by Chris Heimerdinger; and Samuel, Moroni’s Young Warrior, by Clair Poulson. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2 (1994): 118-21. Crowell, Angela M. “The Hebrew Literary Structure of the Book of Mormon.” In Restoration Studies, edited by Paul M. Edwards and Darlene Caswell, 5:156-69. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1993. Davis, Garold N. Review of The Legacy of the Brass Plates of Laban: A Comparison of Biblical and Book of Mormon Isaiah Texts, by Clay H. Gorton. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 123-29. Decker, Ed. Decker’s Complete Handbook on Mormonism. Eugene: Harvent House, 1995. Dellenbach, Robert K. “The Translation Miracle of the Book of Mormon.” Ensign 25 (May 1995): 9-11. Donaldson, Lee L. “The Plates of Ether and the Covenant of the Book of Mormon.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, from Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 69-79. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995. Draper, Richard D. “Hubris and Ate: A Latter-day Warning from the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Fall 1994): 12-33. Eaton, Melanie. “The Reward is Worth the Effort.” Ensign 25 (May 1995): 93. England, Eugene. Review of Homecoming, vols. 1-5; A Storyteller in Zion: Essays and Speeches; and “An Open Letter to those who are concerned about ‘plagiarism’ in The Memory of Earth,” by Orson Scott Card. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2 (1994): 59-78. Eyring, Henry B. “Amulek: The Blessings of Obedience.” In Heros from the Book of Mormon, 106-11. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995. Faulconer, James E. “The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 347-66. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1994. Folsom, Marvin. Review of The Easy-to-Read Book of Mormon: A Learning Companion, by Lynn Matthews Anderson. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 13-18. Fowles, John L. “The Jewish Lectionary and Book of Mormon Prophecy.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Fall 1994): 118-22. Garrett H. Dean. “Light in Our Vessels: Faith, Hope, and Charity.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, from Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 81-93. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995. Gee, John. Review of “The Use of Egyptian Magical Papyri to Authenticate the Book of Abraham: A Critical Review,” by Edward H. Ashment. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 19-84. Gee, John. Review of Written by the Finger of God: Testimony of Joseph Smith’s Translations, by Joe Sampson. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 219-28. Gee, John, and Daniel C. Peterson. “Graft and Corruption: On Olives and Olive Culture in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 186-247. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1994. Godard, Linda F. Society and the Law: Comparing the Legal Environment in the Book of Mormon with the Litigious Trend of Today’s Society. B. A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1994. Goff, Alan. Review of “Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity,” by Brent Lee Metcalfe. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 170-207. Gorton, H. Clay. The Legacy of the Brass Plates of Laban: A Comparison of Biblical & Book of Mormon Isaiah Texts.
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