Book of Mormon Authorship
The question of the record's ancient prophet-authors and its translation origin.
269 documents · 9 libraries · 1977–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 54 documents in 2020
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- Scripture Central144 documents
- Interpreter66 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies34 documents
- BYU Studies13 documents
- General Conference4 documents
- Religious Educator4 documents
- BYU Speeches2 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Liahona Articles1 document
Latest
Scripture Central
Bayesian Analysis of The Maya (opens in a new tab)
Jan 2026
Interpreter
Jeff Lindsay · 2026
Interpreter
A Comparative View of Causative Constructions in the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Stanford Carmack · 2026
Religious Educator
Probing the Evidence That the Small Plates Went Missing in Nephite History (opens in a new tab)
Brian J. Baird · 2026
Scripture Central
Historical vs. Fictional Names (opens in a new tab)
Sep 2025
Scripture Central
Wordplay on Flattering Words and Slippery Things (opens in a new tab)
Aug 2025
Interpreter
Adam Clarke and Isaiah in the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Kent P. Jackson · 2025
Liahona Articles
An Author’s Perspective on the Translation of the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Margot Hovley · Aug 2024
BYU Studies
Book of Mormon Grammar and Translation (opens in a new tab)
Stanford Carmack · 2024
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Black, White, and Red All Over: Skin Color in the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Jeremy Talmage · 2019
Earliest
General Conference
It Was a Miracle! (opens in a new tab)
Mark E. Petersen · Oct 1977
Most frequent voices
- Stanford Carmack8 documents
- Brant A. Gardner6 documents
- Brian C. Hales6 documents
- Jeff Lindsay6 documents
- Robert A. Rees5 documents
- Daniel C. Peterson4 documents
- Stephen O. Smoot4 documents
- Benjamin L. McGuire3 documents
- John Gee3 documents
- Matthew Roper3 documents
- Boyd F. Edwards and W. Farrell Edwards2 documents
- Brian D. Stubbs2 documents
People with the most documents on this topic.
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