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This chronology outlines the major events in the history of the Book of Mormon, according to the text. Dates given correspond to dates in the footnotes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) edition of the Book of Mormon and to a Jaredite timeline proposed by Latter-Day Saint scholar John L. Sorenson. [1] [2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Book of Mormon: . The Book of Mormon is a 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.
The Book of Mosiah (/ m oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə,-ˈ z aɪ. ə /), [1] translated by Joseph Smith in the early 19th century, is one of the books which make up the Book of Mormon. The title refers to Mosiah II , a king of the Nephites at Zarahemla .
The following prophets are those mentioned in Mormon's abridgement of the large plates of Nephi (Mosiah through Moroni, excluding Ether). Benjamin, known as King Benjamin, son of Mosiah 1, father of Mosiah 2, Helorum, and Helaman 1 (c. 120 BC). [13] Mosiah 2, eldest son of King Benjamin, father of Aaron 3, Ammon 3, Himni, and Omner (c. 154-91 ...
Based on a true story of an Indian chief's dream wherein he was told to search for a people who possessed a book containing a history of his ancestors. Recaps the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and emphasizes the ties between the American Indians and the Book of Mormon. The Worth Of Souls: 1961 27 min.
Mormon wrote the history of his people on the Golden plates before he died during a battle on the Hill Cumorah. His son, Moroni, added his own words and the Book of Ether to the record. Moroni hid and protected the Golden plates at the Hill Cumorah. For a possible map look at Image:Book of Mormon Lands and Sites2.jpg.
The theory of Mosiah priority argues that after the loss of the original 116-page manuscript, transcription continued in narrative order, beginning with Mosiah and continuing to Moroni. [5] Afterwards, the transcription process turned to replacing the beginning of the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi to Words), roughly corresponding to the material in ...
Names with superscripts (e.g., Nephi 1) are generally numbered according to the index in the LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon [1] (with minor changes). Missing indices indicate people in the index who are not in the Book of Mormon; for instance, Aaron 1 is the biblical Aaron, brother of Moses.