Sorenson, an ancient american setting for the book of. Mormon s map is book of mormon scholar john sorenson s reconstruction of that mental map solely from. The current mar vista community councils map of the district. Mormon movement to montana scholarworks university of montana.
I have tremendous respect for the many book of mormon studies john sorenson has previously written. As the ancient prophet mormon edited the scriptural texts that would become the book of mormon, he must have had a map. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia. As mormon edited the book of mormon, he must have had a map in his mind of the places and physical features that were setting the events described in that book. Book of mormon geographymodelslimitedsorenson 1955. Map by automated geographic reference centerstate of utah. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other possible relationships of sites in the book of mormon, based on internal evidence. From the journals of escalante to the mormon pioneers, early records tell of the. Sorenson, wesley bayles, reed alder, roy wilkerson, and his son david. Unfortunately, exploring and testing his geographic model in. Original coal creek survey is in old map book, iron county. Mormon s map is book of mormon scholar john sorenson s reconstruction of that mental map solely from information.
Made popular by his 1985 publication an ancient american setting for the book of mormon, sorenson s geographic model for the book of mormon has withstood the test of time and remains the preeminent geographic model for book of mormon events. Utah centennial county history series iron county 1998 by utah. A history of wayne county, utah centennial county history series. Having been privileged to work with him on some of. As the ancient prophet mormon edited the scriptural texts that would become the book of mormon, he must have had a map in his mind of the places and physical features that comprised the setting for the events described in that book. Sorenson attempts to reconstruct that mental map mormon s map using information in the text. John sorenson, the geography of book of mormon events, pp. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other. John sorenson notes in his book, the geography of the book of mormon. I admit that my own model was tainted by preconceptions. An ancient american book see a video further down the page.
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