John W Sorenson

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 1 (2012)

This is volume 1 (2012) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture by Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on diverse topics such as charity in defending the kingdom, Nephi's esoteric exchange with the Spirit in 1 Nephi 11, the cultural context of Nephite apostasy, a book review of Templ...

An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon

"Where did the Book of Mormon events take place?" Ever since the publication of the Book of Mormon, its readers have asked this question. And the book itself provides some intriguing clues. But only recently has enough information come to light to make it possible to place the book in a plausible ge...

John L. Sorenson's Complete Legacy: Reviewing Mormon's Codex (Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture Book 14)

Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book is unquestionably a monument to an impressive career defending, defining, and explaining the Book of Mormon. John L. Sorenson has been for the New World setting of the Book of Mormon what Hugh Nibley was for the Old World setting. From his earliest 1952 publi...

Mormon's Map

As the ancient prophet Mormon edited the scriptural texts that would become the Book of Mormon, he must have had a map in his mind of the places and physical features that comprised the setting for the events described in that book. Mormon’s Map is Book of Mormon scholar John Sorenson’s reconstructi...

Mormon's Codex: An Ancient American Book

from 60 years of academic study of ancient Mesoamerica and its relationship to the Book of Mormon. Here Sorenson reveals that the Book of Mormon exhibits what one would expect of a historical document produced in the context of ancient Mesoamerican civilization. He also shows that scholars discover...

The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book

Book of Mormon Geography Explained

Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life

Book by Sorenson, John L.

World Trade and Biological Exchanges Before 1492, Revised and Expanded Edition

World Trade and Biological Exchanges Before 1492, Revised and Expanded Edition postulates that 127 tropical and subtropical plants and animals were transported across oceans to and from tropical continents by early tropical mariners. This volume summarizes our research, opening up new avenues of res...

John L. Sorens

John L. Sorenson (born April 8, 1924) is an emeritus professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University (BYU) and the author of An Ancient American...

Rediscovering the Book of Mormon

Pre-Columbian Contact With the Americas Across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography

Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life

Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson

Mormon's Map

Pre-Columbian Contact With the Americas Across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography

Pre-Columbian Contact With the Americas Across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography

Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa