The book of mormon also mentions a king named zarahemla. Literary and historical studies of the book of mormon provo, ut. In the book of mormon, zarahemla refers to 1 a man who led muleks colony, 2 a city named after him, 3 the land of zarahemla, or 4 the people who. Ivins, member of the first presidency, said in general conference. Below is more detail about the above north american map of the book of mormon. The most recent internal map of the book of mormon superimposed over peninsular siam. Book of mormon peoples the encyclopedia of mormonism. To the earlier nephites the whole of north america was known as the land of mulek, and south america as. The land of zarahemla encompasses the area south of the land of bountiful and north of the lamanite line of possession and is bordered by the seas east and west. The beginning of priestcraft and downfall of book of mormon people buy this book online prince malkijah the missing chapter of book of. Zarahemla, city of true book of mormon geography lands. Religious studies center, brigham young university, 1991. From the book of mormon record, we know the following. Land of zarahemla land of nephi lehinephi waters of mormon almas people escape attempt to find zarahemla limhis people escape search party led by ammon nephite group led by zeniff some nephites seek to reclaim the land of nephi land of helam 1 2 5 6 4 3 7 alma and his people depart overview of.
Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other. He began in zarahemla by calling the people to repentance in a powerful speech see alma 5. Ammon led a quest in search of a colony that had left the land of zarahemla in order to resettle a city named lehinephi. First, finding that living among the lamanites was becoming unbearable, mosiah leads a nephite migration from the land of nephi to the land of zarahemla.
Book of mormon geography in north america wayne may. Zarahemla was the name of the major nephite city as recorded in the book of mormon part of the official canon of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints the city of zarahemla and surrounding area were not originally nephite. In the destruction that accompanied the death of christ, the city was burned. Book of mormongeographynew worldgreat lakes geography. The land of zarahemla was the nephite capital for many years.
The book of mormon west sea and east sea, on the other hand, are proper nouns that is, they are the actual names of bodies of water that situate on the west and on the east respectively, of the lands of zarahemla and nephi. Wayne may presents the supporting evidence for the heartland model, that the book of mormon nephites and jaredites lived in north america. This is how the various nephi to zarahemla candidates measure up in ascending distance order. The intent of this revelation seems to have been to encourage obedience to josephs instructions, whether about the name of towns or the locations for settlement. But by the time we get to king benjamin, many of us arent quite sure why benjamin is in the land of zarahemla, limhi is in the land of nephi and how they both relate to mosiah1, mosiah2.
A journey though the mythic lands of nephi, zarahemla, and kansas city, missouri, by avi steinberg. I believe a viable model will show mean book of mormon land areas that fall within the size ranges typical of city states known to history. The beginning of priestcraft and downfall of book of mormon people buy this book online prince malkijah the missing chapter of book of mormon history, geography, and prophecy. The book of mormon geography geography map, dna, lands.
Much of this land was altered at the coming of jesus. The fight over book of mormon geography deseret news. This book locates everything from the narrow neck, to zarahemla, from cumorah, to the land of promise, bountiful. Books, lectures and even book of mormon lands tours abound. Zarahemla and the nephite nation, hayriver press,colfax, wisconsin march 2002. These principal book of mormon lands are southward from the land northward mentioned in helaman 3. The book of omni in the book of mormon tells how zarahemla and his people came to settle the land of zarahemla in the new world. The text is so explicit on the distance between nephi and zarahemla mosiah 23. Zarahemla was the name of the major nephite city as recorded in the book of mormonpart of the official canon of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints the city of zarahemla and surrounding area were not originally nephite. In the book of omni, readers are introduced to the people of zarahemla who came out from jerusalem at the time that zedekiah, king of judah, was carried away captive into babylon. Generally, in the book of mormon, zarahemla is considered a placethe capital city of the nephite nation. The lands of zarahemla and nephi are near an east and a west sea. As there were two lands of nephi, the greater and the lesser, so, for exactly the same reasons, there were two lands of zarahemla.
However, there was also a man named zarahemlaa descendent of mu. Howlers in the book of mormon matthew roper book of mormon conference 2017 duration. Zarahemla is the name of a region and a city mentioned in the book of mormon. The geographic size of the city and land of zarahemla depends on the time period being discussed in the book of mormon.
Book of mormon evidence in american archaeology wayne may. While a small group of limhis people were searching unsuccessfully for the land of zarahemla, they found 24 plates of gold with engravings in an unfamiliar language. Located on the northern portion of the land southward. Zarahemla the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Zarahemla, capital city of a land that is choice above all other. Zarahemla true book of mormon geography lands western. Less likely is hypothetical hebrew zeroemla arm of mercy, an english phrase used three times in the book of mormon, including once by jesus at 3 nephi 9. I have listened attentively to his fireside presentation and watched in amazement as he almost mesmerized his audience with tall tales and misrepresentations of what the book of mormon states. The capital city of zarahemla was located on the river sidon in the center of the land of zarahemla. These plates, which were eventually translated by king mosiah, told of a people known as the jaredites, who came to the promised land from the tower of babel and were eventually. The majority of book of mormon prophets lived in the land of zarahemla, so it is unsurprising that most scriptures regarding the geography and topography of the area describe zarahemla, rather than bountiful or the land of nephi. Alma traveled eastward to the city of gideon see alma 6.
The reasons come from a reading of the book of mormon as it relates to the movements of those ancient people as well as from the. The exodus pattern in the book of mormon religious. Around 323 bc a nephite man named mosiah found the already built city. Book of mormon lands were longer from north to south than from east. Kent brown, the exodus pattern in the book of mormon, in from jerusalem to zarahemla. Welcomed at first by the lamanites there, in time they found themselves forced to pay a high tax to their. Possible relationships of sites in the book of mormon, based on internal evidence. Clair river, andor land between lake st clair and lake erie detroit river, andor ew pass between lake erie and lake ontario near niagara falls, andor. Whatever cities were or could be rebuilt were again. We believe that there are good reasons to look on the west bank of the mississippi in lee county, iowa. If eds heartland geography were correct, then limhis search party sent out from the land of nephi 8 on a mission to find zarahemla 5, got lost in the wilderness, ended up in a land of many waters in the vicinity of cumorah 3, where the jaredites were destroyed, and there thought they had come upon the land of zarahemla 5. Notable book of mormon descendants of the leader zarahemla include ammon the venturer and coriantumr the dissenter. The history of this land, as told in the book of mormon, was not questioned by josephs contemporaries. Benjamins and mosiahs covenant ceremonies compared with old testament rituals.
Religious studies center, brigham young university, 1998, 7598. According to the book of mormon, the land of zarahemla popularly attributed to biblical hebrew. Mosiah, salvation only through christ, edited by monte s. War of gadianton the entire land, but centered in hel. The book of mormon geography lands and map with dna evidence. Mulekites land near nauvoo illinois book of mormon evidence. The article is the latest tactic being used in an attempt to prop up theories that the promised land of the book of mormon, which was prophesied to be a mighty 1 ne. Joseph smith identified zarahemla as being in guatemala lds. There is a great deal of talk about the geography of the book of mormon. Over the past twenty years of teaching the book of mormon ive found that many people get confused in the storyline about the book of omni.
A dynamic, interactive, webfriendly presentation of the book of mormon. In later years, an expedition under zeniff returns to lehinephi to. Yet not until the book of helaman do readers learn that mulek was a son. We know what happened to nephi, and jacob was his brother. Oct 7, 20 the book of mormon geography geography map, dna, lands zarahemla, cumorah, narrow neck, mexico, caribbean sea, american indians, and. With the river sidon identified, we can go on to identify the location of the city and land of zarahemla we may surmise that because the lamanites and robbers occupied the western seashore, the mulekites would have avoided them and ventured inland, no doubt following the buffalo river as they went there is a nice piece of land between the buffalo river and its middle fork cazenovia creek.
The storyline from omni to mosiah 25 john hilton iii. Be confident that when you travel to mexico, guatemala, and central america you are traveling in the lands where the primary american events of the book of. But something is rotten in zarahemla wherever it may be. The name zarahemla is used some 150 times in the book of mormon, overwhelmingly in regard to a geographical location. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia. The average area of lesser lands in the january, 2016 model is very consistent with mean city state land areas recognized by historical geographers in many parts of the world. A dictionary of the book of mormonzarahemla, land of. Book of mormon geography, fulfilled land prophecies, western new york pioneer history of the holland land purchase of western new york embracing some account of the ancient remains. Red dots are the proposed cities in this model, mostly based on. Book of mormon geography the encyclopedia of mormonism. The land is later conquered by the lamanites, and the remaining nephites flee to the land of zarahemla, home of the mulekites. Why should readers pay close attention to the mulekites. A narrow strip of wilderness divides the land of zarahemla from the southern land of nephi. Antionum land of bountiful city of bountiful land of east wilderness hill riplah jershon land of melek land of narrow neck of land sidon river seas east and west zarahemla city of zarahemla land of.
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