FAIR Study Aids/Book of Mormon Resources by chapter and verse/Introduction, Title Page, Witnesses' Testimonies; Historical Studies of its Coming Forth; and Miscellaneous Items of Interest

The Three and Eight Witnesses and Other Witnesses

• Robert L. Marrott, "Law of Witnesses" (Link)
• FAIR collection of articles on Book of Mormon Witnesses (Link)
• Keith W. Perkins, "David Whitmer" (Link)
• Susan Easton Black, and Larry C. Porter, ""Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time"" (Link)
• Larry E. Morris, "The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery" (Link)
• FAIR Entry: "Golden Plates" (Link)

Translation of the Book of Mormon

• John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, "How Long Did It Take to Translate the Book of Mormon?" (Link)
• John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, "Translation of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith" (Link)
• Stephen D. Ricks, "Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Matthew Roper, "Revelation and the Urim and Thummim" (Link)
• Stephen D. Ricks, "Joseph Smith's Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Paul Y. Hoskisson, "Urim and Thummim" (Link)
• Hugh Nibley, "Classics from the Past: Literary Style Used in Book of Mormon Insured Accurate Translation" (Link)
• Richard L. Bushman and Dean C. Jessee, "Joseph Smith" (Link)
• Richard E. Turley Jr., "Seer Stones" (Link)

Textual History of the English Translation of the Book of Mormon

• M. Gerald Bradford and Alison V.P. Coutts, "Uncovering the Original Text of the Book of Mormon (Collection)" (Link)
• Royal Skousen,"Fragments of Original Manuscript Discovered," (Link)
• FAIR Entry: "Book of Mormon Textual Changes" (Link)

Language

• FAIR entry on "Hebrew and Native American languages" (Link)
• FAIR entry on "Reformed Egyptian (Link)
• Brian Stubbs, "Looking Over vs. Overlooking: Native American Languages: Let's Void the Void" (Link)
• Paul Y. Hoskisson, "It Is OK Not to Have Every Answer: The Book of Mormon Onomastic Ending -(i)hah" (Link)

Title Page

• "Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites"
  • John L. Sorenson, "Mormon's Sources" (Link)
  • David B. Honey, "The Secular as Sacred: The Historiography of the Title Page" (Link)
• "And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men"
  • Royal Skousen, "The Original Book of Mormon Transcript" (Link)
• "Author and Proprietor" (1830 Title Page)
  • John W. Welch, and Miriam Smith, "Joseph Smith: "Author and Proprietor"" (Link)
• Authorship and Writing of the Title Page
  • Clyde J. Williams. "More Light on Who Wrote the Title Page" (Link)
  • Sidney B. Sperry, "Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Introduction

• "written on gold plates"
  • John Gee, "Egyptian Writing on Gold 'Plates'" (Link, URL for article doesn't work, click on PDF file to view article)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Etruscan Gold Book from 600 B.C. Discovered" (Link)
  • "More Gold Plates" (Link)
  • "Another Gold Book Found"(Link)(Link)
  • FAIR entry on "gold plates" (Link)
• "they are among the ancestors of the American Indians."
  • Daniel C. Peterson (Editor), "The Book of Mormon and DNA Research" (Link)
  • Michael F. Whiting, "The Book of Mormon at the Bar of DNA 'Evidence'" (Link)
  • FAIR Entry: "Relationship to Amerindians" (Link)

Structure and Composition of the Book of Mormon, Literary Elements

• Whole Book of Mormon
  • Donald W. Perry, "Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon: The Complete Text Reformatted" (Link)
  • Grant R. Hardy and Robert E. Parsons, "Plates and Records in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Daniel B. McKinlay, and Scot Hanson, "A Selective Bibliography of Book of Mormon Literary Features" (Link)

• Chiasmus and Other Particular Devices
  • Robert F. Smith, "Assessing the Broad Impact of Jack Welch's Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "The Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon: Forty Years Later" (Link)
  • Hugh W. Pinnock, "Finding Biblical Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Chiasmus in Antiquity (Collection)" (Link)

• Literary Qualities
  • Richard Dilworth Rust, "Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon (Collection)" (Link)
  • Donald W. Perry, "The Book of Mormon: Integrity and Internal Consistency" (Link)
  • Marilyn Arnold, "Unlocking the Sacred Text" (Link)
  • Richard Dilworth Rust, "Questions Answered: My Study and Teaching of American Literature and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Good and True" (Link)
  • Robert A. Rees, "Irony in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

• Biblical Style and Language
  • FAIR Entry: "Bible Plagiarism" (Link)
  • Royal Skousen, "Critical Methodology and the Text of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Brian D. Stubbs, "Language" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "October 1986 Ensign: I have a question (on Book of Mormon language)" (Link)

• Grammar and Hebraisms
  • Brian D. Stubbs, "A Lengthier Treatment of Length" (Link)
  • Brian D. Stubbs, "A Short Addition to Length: Some Relative Frequencies of Circumstantial Structures" (Link)
  • Larry G. Childs, "Present Participle Adjuncts in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Survey" (Link)

Historical Studies

• John W. Welch, "Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?" (Link)
• Daniel C. Peterson and Donald L. Enders, "Can the 1834 Affidavits Attacking the Smith Family be Trusted?" (Link)
• John W. Welch, "What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not" (Link)
• Warren P. Aston, "The Rings That Bound the Gold Plates Together" (Link)
• John W. Welch, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "What Did Charles Anthon Really Say?" (Link)
• John W. Welch, "View of the Hebrews: "An Unparallel"" (Link)
• Richard C. Roberts, "View of the Hebrews" (Link)
• Richard E. Bennett, ""A Nation Now Extinct," American Indian Origin Theories as of 1820: Samuel L. Mitchill, Martin Harris, and the New York Theory" (Link)
• Donald Q. Cannon, "In the Press: Early Newspaper Reports on the Initial Publication of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Matthew Roper, "Early Publications on the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Stephen Kent Ehat, "'Securing' the Prophet's Copyright in the Book of Mormon: Historical and Legal Context for the So-Called Canadian Copyright Revelation," (Extended Online Version)

Miscellaneous Items

• Stephen D. Ricks, "Studies of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• John W. Welch, "Roberts Affirms Book of Mormon Antiquity" (Link)
• John W. Welch, "No, Sir, That's Not History!" (Link)
• John L. Sorenson and John W. Welch, "The Sobering Lesson of the Grolier Codex" (Link)
• John W. Welch, "Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Marilyn Arnold, ""Words, words, words": Hugh Nibley on the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• John L. Sorenson, "Ancient Europeans in America?" (Link)
• Donald W. Parry, Jeanette W. Miller, and Sandra A. Thorne, "A Comprehensive Annotated Book of Mormon Bibliography" (Link)
• Paul Y. Hoskisson, and Michael D. Rhodes, "Ancient Semitic in Egyptian Pyramids?" (Link)

Topical Overview Articles

• John L. Sorenson, "Peoples of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Camille Fronk, "Prophecy in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• John W. Welch, "Religious Teachings and Practices in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Stephen D. Ricks, "The Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Link)
• Victor L. Ludlow, "Covenant Teachings of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Louis Midgley, "To Remember and Keep: On the Book of Mormon as an Ancient Book" (Link)
• John L. Sorenson, "Religious Groups and Movements among the Nephites, 200–1 B.C." (Link)
• John W. Welch, "Charting the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Mark Alan Wright and Brant A. Gardner, "The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy" (Link)
• FAIR Entry: "Book of Mormon Geography" (Link)

The Book of Mormon and Historicity

• Elder Dallin H. Oaks, "Worthy of Another Look: The Historicity of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Robert L. Millet, "The Book of Mormon, Historicity, & Faith" (Link)
• Hugh Nibley, "The Book of Mormon: A Minimal Statement" (Link)
• Terryl L. Givens, "Joseph Smith's American Bible: Radicalizing the Familiar" (Link)

The Book of Mormon in Other Languages and Cultures

• Hugh G. Stocks, "Translations of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Shinji Takagi, "Proclaiming the Way in Japanese: The 1909 Translation of the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Authorship Studies, Stylometry

• History and Context
  • FAIR Entry: "Authorship Theories" (Link)
  • Matthew Roper, "Myth, Memory, and "Manuscript Found"" (Link)
  • Matthew Roper, "The Mythical "Manuscript Found"" (Link)
  • Robert A. Rees, "The Book of Mormon and Automatic Writing" (Link)
  • Louis Midgley, "Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?: The Critics and Their Theories" (Link)
• Stylometry
  • G. Bruce Schaalje, Matthew Roper, and Paul Fields, "Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History" (Link)
  • Bruce A VanOrden, "Sidney Rigdon" (Link)
  • Matthew Roper, Paul Fields, and Atul Nepal, "Wordprint Analysis and Joseph Smith's Role as Editor of the Times and Seasons" (Link)
  • John L. Hilton, "On Verifying Wordprint Studies: Book of Mormon Authorship" (Link)
  • John L. Hilton, "Wordprints and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Wayne A. Larsen, and Alvin C. Rencher, "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints" (Link)
  • G. Bruce Schaalje, John L. Hilton, and John B. Archer, "Comparative Power of Three Author-Attribution Techniques for Differentiating Authors" (Link)
  • G. Bruce Schaalje, Matthew Roper, and Paul Fields, "Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History" (Link)
  • G. Bruce Schaalje, Matthew Roper, and Paul Fields, "Examining a Misapplication of Nearest Shrunken Centroid Classification to Investigate Book of Mormon Authorship" (Link)
  • Matthew L. Jockers, Daniela M. Witten, Craig S. Criddle, "Reassessing authorship of the Book of Mormon using delta and nearest shrunken centroid classification" ***Not freely available*** (Link)
  • G. Bruce Schaalje, Paul J. Fields, Matthew Roper, Gregory L. Snow, "Extended nearest shrunken centroid classification: A new method for open-set authorship attribution of texts of varying sizes" ***Not freely available*** (Link)

Isaiah in the Book of Mormon

• John A. Tvedtnes, "Isaiah Variants in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Donald W. Parry, and Stephen D. Ricks, "Worthy of Another Look: The Great Isaiah Scroll and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Donald W. Parry, John W. Welch (editors), "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (Collection) (Link)

The Temple in the Book of Mormon

• Don Bradley, "Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages" (Link)

Book of Mormon time keeping

• John L. Sorenson, "Comments on Nephite Chronology" (Link)
• John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman" (Link)
• Randall P. Spackman, "The Jewish/Nephite Lunar Calendar" (Link)
• FAIR article on "the week in the Americas" (Link)

Main Themes

• Warfare
  • William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks, "Warfare in the Book of Mormon" (article collection) (Link)
  • William J. Hamblin, "Warfare in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "Warfare" (Link)
  • Ray C. Hillam, "Secret Combination" (Link)
  • Ryan W. Davis, "For the Peace of the People: War and Democracy in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Women and the Book of Mormon

• Camille Williams, "Women in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• Camille Fronk, "Desert Epiphany: Sariah and the Women in 1 Nephi" (Link)