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Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Metals/Further Reading
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Further reading
Further reading
FairMormon Answers articles
FairMormon web site
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Metal and metal plates FairMormon link
- Michael R. Ash, "Metals and Metallurgy" FairMormon link
- William J. Hamblin, "Steel in the Book of Mormon" FairMormon link
- Matthew Roper, "Right on Target: Boomerang Hits and the Book of Mormon" FairMormon link
External links
- Roy W. Doxey, "I Have A Question: What was the approximate weight of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?," Ensign (December 1986), 64. off-site
- John L. Sorenson, "Steel in Early Metallurgy," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15/2 (2006): 108–109. off-site wiki
Steel in an Old World context circa 600 B.C., and in a pre-Columbian context
Printed material
- John L. Sorenson, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book Co. ; Provo, Utah : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1996 [1985]),278–288.GospeLink (requires subscrip.)
- John L. Sorenson, "The 'Golden' Plates," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992), 275–277.
- John L. Sorenson, "Indications of Early Metal in Mesoamerica," University Archaeological Society Bulletin 5 (Provo, Utah, 1954): 1–15.
- John L. Sorenson, "Metals and Metallurgy relating to the Book of Mormon Text" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992).
- John L. Sorenson, "Preclassic Metal?" American Antiquity 20 (1954): 64.
- John L. Sorenson, "A Reconsideration of Early Metal in Mesoamerica," Katunob 9 (March 1976): 1-18.
- John W. Welch, "Lost Arts," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992), 101–103.GL direct link