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English: An illustration of the Book of Mormon scene in which those in power in a city called Ammonihah gather together the city's Christian minority and burn them alive. This was included as an original illustration in George Reynolds's The Story of the Book of Mormon. John Held is specified as the artist in the illustrations list (page xiv).
In the Book of Mormon, Laman and Lemuel (/ ˈ l eɪ m ə n ... ˈ l ɛ m j uː l /) [1] are the two eldest sons [2] of Lehi and the older brothers of Sam, Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph. According to the text, they lived around 600 BC. They were notable for their rebellion against Lehi and Nephi, becoming the primary antagonists of the First and ...
The Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is one of the primary religious texts of Mormonism, [2] also known as the Latter Day Saint movement. [3] Founder Joseph Smith said that an angel of the Christian God directed him to uncover metal plates inscribed with the history of an ancient American people and that by miraculous means he translated the ...
The Gadianton robbers (/ ˌ ɡ æ d i ˈ æ n t ən /), [1] according to the Book of Mormon, were a secret criminal organization in ancient America. Their use of murder and plunder to destabilize society and overthrow the extant government makes them similar to the Sicarii .
According to the Book of Mormon, Sariah (/ s ə ˈ r aɪ ə /) [1] was the wife of Lehi, and the mother of Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. She traveled with her husband from Jerusalem, into the wilderness, and eventually, across the ocean to the "promised land" (the Americas ).
The Testimony of Eight Witnesses was first published at the end of the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon and has been printed in nearly every edition since, although most subsequent editions moved the statement to the front of the book and included minor grammatical corrections.
In 1996, Latter-day Designs launched a line of Book of Mormon action figures, sold for $4.99 each, which included figures portraying the stripling warriors and their commander, Helaman. [20] According to Deseret Book retail figures reported in 1998, the Helaman figure was among the fastest selling in the line.
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.