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August 2017
Jeffrey R. Holland chiasmus Book of Mormon evidence
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gave a stirring address about the power of physical evidence in defending the gospel at the chiasmus conference sponsored by Book of Mormon Central and BYU studies. This conference, held on August 16, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. Elder Holland spoke as the concluding, and culminating speaker at the Chiasmus...
John W. Welch passport photo
Watch Book of Mormon Central’s new video about the discovery of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon in John W. Welch's own words: Chiasmus is a biblical literary form, where the writer lists certain key words or ideas in one order, and then goes back and repeats them in the opposite order. The first example of this found in the Book of Mormon is Mosiah 5:10–12: The Chiasm in Mosiah 5:10–12...