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Warfare in the Book of Mormon / edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin.

Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book Co. ; Provo, Utah : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, ©1990.

x, 534 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines.

Book of Mormon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

War -- Religious aspects -- Latter Day Saint churches

Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines.

Ricks, Stephen David, editor.

Hamblin, William James, editor.

Welch, John W. (John Woodland), contributor.

Phillips, R. Douglas (Robert Douglas), 1930-2012, contributor.

Rust, Richard Dilworth, contributor.

Szink, Terrence L., contributor.

Ricks, Stephen David, contributor.

Tvedtnes, John A., contributor.

Nibley, Hugh, 1910-2005, contributor.

Peterson, Daniel C., contributor.

Warren, Bruce W., contributor.

Hilton, Matthew M. F., 1954- contributor.

Flinders, Neil J., contributor.

Merrill, A. Brent, 1948-1988, contributor.

Hamblin, William James, contributor.

Hoskisson, Paul Y., contributor.

Sorenson, John L., contributor.

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies.

Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon (1989 : Brigham Young University)

"Papers presented at the Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon, held 24-25 March 1989 at Brigham Young University, under the sponsorship of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Why study warfare in the Book of Mormon? / John W. Welch -- Why is so much of the Book of Mormon given over to military accounts? / R. Douglas Phillips -- Purpose of the war chapters in the Book of Mormon / Richard Dilworth Rust -- An oath of allegiance in the Book of Mormon / Terrence L. Szink -- Law and war in the Book of Mormon / John W. Welch -- 'Holy war' : the sacral ideology of war in the Book of Mormon and in the ancient Near East / Stephen D. Ricks -- The sons of Mosiah : emissaries of peace / John A. Tvedtnes -- Warfare and the Book of Mormon / Hugh Nibley -- The Gadianton robbers as guerilla warriors / Daniel C. Peterson -- Notes on 'Gadianton Masonry' / Daniel C. Peterson -- Secret combinations, warfare, and captive sacrifice in Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon / Bruce W. Warren -- The impact of shifting cultural assumptions on the military policies directing armed conflict reported in the Book of Alma / Matthew M.F. Hilton and Neil J. Flinders -- Nephite captains and armies / A. Brent Merrill -- Book of Mormon tribal affiliation and military caste / John A. Tvedtnes -- Swords in the Book of Mormon / William J. Hamblin and A. Brent Merrill -- Scimitars, cimeters! We have scimitars! : Do we need another cimeter? / Paul Y. Hoskisson -- Notes on the cimeter (scimitar) in the Book of Mormon / William J. Hamblin and A. Brent Merrill -- The bow and arrow in the Book of Mormon / William J. Hamblin -- Armor in the Book of Mormon / William J. Hamblin -- Fortifications in the Book of Mormon account compared with Mesoamerican fortifications / John L. Sorenson -- Seasonality of warfare in the Book of Mormon and in Mesoamerica / John L. Sorenson -- The importance of warfare in Book of Mormon studies / William J. Hamblin.

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