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October 2021

New Book of Mormon Evidence Video on the Prophetic Perfect

Illustration from Evidence Central's new video on the Prophetic Perfect. Artwork by Katie Payne.
Submitted by Scripture Central on October 21, 2021.
On some occasions, prophets in the Bible would speak of future events as if they had already transpired. Scholars sometimes refer to this manner of prophesying as the “prophetic perfect” because, grammatically speaking, it uses the past tense or past participle verb forms (present and past perfect tenses).

New Book of Mormon Evidence: Was An Ishmael Buried There?

Image of the "Ishmael" stela.
Submitted by Neal Rappleye on October 20, 2021.
Several years ago, around 2013–2014 (I confess, I do not remember exactly when), I was in one of those pointless online arguments we’ve all fallen trap to at one time or another. I do not really recall who it was with or what exactly it was about, but it must have had something to do with evidence for the Book of Mormon because I was rehearsing all the evidence (as I then understood it) for...

Experience Liberty Jail in a Chilling New Video

Image: 3D Reconstruction of Liberty Jail
Submitted by Scripture Central on October 18, 2021.
How can people better experience and understand events in Church history? Historical events can sometimes be difficult to picture because the modern world is so different from the world of the past. But recently, Casey Paul Griffiths and the Book of Mormon Central (BMC) video team came up with the idea to create a 3D model of Liberty Jail . This 3D model would provide an immersive experience to...

Brand New 360 Degree Tours and 3D Models

Google Street View of the interior of the Newel K. Whitney Store.
Submitted by Kirk Magleby on October 14, 2021.
In 2020, Book of Mormon Central (BMC) and the Church began preparing 360-degree tours of major Church History sites. BMC gathered 360 spheres from the Church History Department, the BYU Religion Department, third party groups and individuals, and our own footage. We commissioned a contractor to film footage at the Priesthood Restoration site in Harmony (now Oakland) Pennsylvania. In April and May...