Unlike with Lehi’s journey or the voyage of the Jaredites, the Book of Mormon gives no direct account of how Mulek and those with him got to the New World. However, a few key details can be gleaned regarding Mulek’s journey to the Americas.
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How Can We “Be of Good Cheer” in the Middle of so Much Anxiety?
3 Nephi describes the turmoil preceding the coming of Christ. Our day is similar. So how can we "be of good cheer" in the middle of so much anxiety?
Why Did Mormon Say That Many Prophets Prophesied of the Destructions in 3 Nephi?
One prominent feature in the natural disasters at Christ’s death was the great storm, or “great and terrible tempest,” which was accompanied by whirlwinds (3 Nephi 8:5–6, 12). Isaiah also suggested that this was another form of judgment that God could sometimes send.
Why Was Zemnarihah Executed by Hanging?
A few scholars, including John W. Welch and Daniel L. Belnap, have argued that the hanging of Zemnarihah in the Book of Mormon has roots in the Old Testament law and in Jewish tradition––particularly the idea of hanging as a shameful, cursed mode of punishment for violent criminals and political rebels.
How Did the Book of Mormon Get So Many Things Right About the Ancient Americas?
Since the Book of Mormon was published in 1830, much new research has come to light that has better illuminated what the book’s modern readers know about the ancient Americas and its peoples. Moreover, details found in the Book of Mormon that were considered to be strange or anachronistic have actually turned out to be authentic details to the early Americas.
Why Were the Secret Oaths of the Gadianton Robbers so Dangerous?
Beginning in the book of Helaman, readers are introduced to a new social, political, and perhaps even religious organization that, Mormon notes, “did prove the overthrow, yea, almost the entire destruction of the people of Nephi” (Helaman 2:13). This secret society was a “band of robbers and secret murderers” initially started by the murderer Kishkumen but eventually led and named after the master conspirator Gadianton.
What Caused the Famine in the Seventy-Third Year of the Reign of the Judges?
A branch of modern science known as paleoclimatology uses methods like studying stalagmites, tree rings, coral, and ice cores to approximate and reconstruct climate conditions in ancient times. Here are the insights paleoclimatology give us about the this famine described in the Book of Mormon.
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