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The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies (often simply referred to as the BYU Jerusalem Center or BYU–Jerusalem, and locally known as the Mormon University [2] [3] [4]), situated on Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is a satellite campus of Brigham Young University (BYU), the largest religious university in the United States. [5]
The Book of Mormon prophet Ether taught that a remnant of the house of Joseph would build a holy city in the Americas. [14] Afterwards, there would be a New Jerusalem that would come down from heaven where the remnant would live. [15] When Jesus visited the Nephites [16] in the Americas, he taught that they were a remnant of the house of Joseph ...
The Book of Mormon shares some thematic elements with View of the Hebrews.Both books quote extensively from the Old Testament prophecies of the Book of Isaiah; describe the future gathering of Israel and restoration of the Ten Lost Tribes; propose the peopling of the New World from the Old via a long sea journey; declare a religious motive for the migration; divide the migrants into civilized ...
The understanding of Joseph Smith and of traditional Mormonism is that the Book of Mormon reveals that some or all “American Indians” (Native Americans) are descendants of the Lamanites, who descended from Lehi and are therefore a "remnant of the House of Israel," Israelites. Mormon researchers such as anthropologist Thomas W. Murphy and ex ...
Mormons believe in the Bible and other books of scripture, such as the Book of Mormon. They have a unique view of cosmology and believe that all people are literal spirit children of God. Mormons believe that returning to God requires following the example of Jesus Christ and accepting his atonement through repentance and ordinances such as ...
Some Mormon apologists believe that the term "cattle", as used in the Book of Mormon is more general and does not exclusively mean members of the genus Bos. Thus, they claim the term "cattle" may refer to mountain goats; llamas; or the ancestor of the American bison, Bison antiquus (of the subfamily Bovinae). [85]
[2]: 196 [3] There is no support from genetic studies and archaeology for the historicity of the Book of Mormon or Middle Eastern origins for any Native American peoples. [4] [5] [6] The founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, formed proselyting efforts among Native American tribes within six month of organizing his church in 1830 in upstate New York.
Part of harvest activities at the LDS Medford Pear Orchard, USA. Emergency Response is the part of the LDS Church's humanitarian efforts of which most people are aware. Funds and supplies in this area are used to help victims of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes, as well as other disasters such as wars or political unrest.