Robert F. Smith

Bibliography

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  • Cited in: CUMORAH, PAANCHI, KOLOB, MORMON, ALMA, LEHI, NEPHI, LAMAN, LAMONI, DESERET, SIDON, ISHMAEL, JARED, JAH-OH-EH, GNOLAUM, MORON, MORONI, SHAUMAU, SHAUMAHYEEM, SHEUM
• “Ramses II BYU Exhibit: Supplementary Comments on the Artifacts,” FARMS Preliminary Report, SMI-86 (Provo: FARMS, 1986), online at https://tuxdoc.com/download/ramses-ii-byu-exhibit-supplementary-comments-on-the-artifacts-farms-preliminary-_pdf .
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• “New Information About Mulek, Son of the King.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 142-44. Provo: FARMS/Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.
• "Old World Languages in the New World." In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 29-31. With John L. Sorenson, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Brian D. Stubbs.
• “Oracles & Talismans, Forgery & Pansophia: Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Renaissance Magus,” Typescript draft, August 1987, p. 52, n. 6.
  • Cited in: CUMORAH
• "Egyptianisms in the Book of Mormon," unpublished draft, p. 6. [see below]
  • Cited in: PACHUS, PACUMENI, PAHORAN
• “Barley in Ancient America,” FARMS Update, December 1983 and December 1984, reprinted in John W. Welch, ed., Reexploring the Book of Mormon: The F.A.R.M.S. Updates, 130-132. Provo: FARMS/SLC: Deseret Book, 1992. With John L. Sorenson.
  • Cited in: SHEUM
• “The Preposterous Book of Mormon: A Singular Advantage,” lecture, August 8, 2014, at the annual FAIRMORMON Conference, Provo, Utah, online at http://www.fairmormon.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PREPOSTEROUS-BOOK-OF-MORMON.pdf ,
  • Cited in: ONTI, LIMNAH, EZROM, SHUM, AMNOR, ANTION, ANTIONUM, ANTIONAH, SENUM, SENINE, SHIBLON, SHIBLUM, LEAH, SEON, IRREANTUM, RABBANAH, RAMEUMPTOM, MULEK, PAANCHI, PAHORAN, -IHAH
• “Reuse of Jaredite Names Among the Mulekites, Lamanites and Nephites,” in Paul Y. Hosikisson, ed., Book of Mormon Onomasticon of The Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies. BYU Maxwell Institute, 2015- , online at https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Reuse_of_Jaredite_Names_Among_the_Mulekites,_Lamanites_and_Nephites .
• “Which is the oldest organization of the world?” Quora, May 16, 2018 (updated June 10, 2021), online at https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-oldest-institution-organization-that-exists-today/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .
• “Why does Egypt have 3 names: Egypt, Kemet and Misr?” Quora, Feb 17, 2019, online at https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Egypt-have-3-names-Egypt-Kemet-and-Misr/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .
• “Is there any ancient Canaanite text/inscription that is referring to the land of Canaan as ‘Peleset’, and if so, what territory is it talking about and from which period is it?” Quora, Oct 16, 2019, online at https://qr.ae/TZ30F3 .
• “Do any modern Egyptian place names have their origins in Ancient Egyptian?” Quora, Jan 20, 2020, online at https://www.quora.com/Do-any-modern-Egyptian-place-names-have-their-origins-in-Ancient-Egyptian/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .
• “Is there a Hebrew translation of the Book of Mormon, and if so, does the pattern of language sit better in Hebrew than its English manifestation?” Quora, Jan 23, 2020, online at https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-Hebrew-translation-of-the-Book-of-Mormon-and-if-so-does-the-pattern-of-language-sit-better-in-Hebrew-than-its-English-manifestation/answer/Bob-Smith-3106?__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=6498944955 .
  • Cited in: GADIANTON, GADDIANTON, GIDDIANHI, JERSHON, BOAZ
• “Where does the name Samuel come from?” Quora, Jan 25, 2020, online at https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-name-Samuel-come-from/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .
• “If the Lamanites in the Book of Mormon were already wicked and loathsome, why did they need a curse of black skin to make them not enticing to the white and delightsome people? Wouldn’t being loathsome self-select and mark them as not enticing?” Quora, Feb 18, 2020, online at https://www.quora.com/If-the-Lamanites-in-the-Book-of-Mormon-were-already-wicked-and-loathsome-why-did-they-need-a-curse-of-black-skin-to-make-them-not-enticing-to-the-white-and-delightsome-people-Wouldn-t-being-loathsome-self-select-and/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .
• “Who was the ‘place of Mormon, waters of Mormon and forest of Mormon’ named after in Mosiah 18:30?” Quora, May 18, 2020, online at https://qr.ae/pNy5ot .
• “Was the Tabernacle of Moses an imitation of the tabernacles back in Egypt?” Quora, May 25, 2020, online at https://qr.ae/pNySRZ .
• A Myriad of Questions Answered. Provo: Deep Forest Green Books, 2020. Online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zvyu8Wek6sBt3IvrDMAeAbdbeJIsjfky/view?usp=sharing .
• Egyptianisms in the Book of Mormon and Other Studies. Provo: Deep Forest Green Books, 2020. Online at https://www.google.com/books/edition/EGYPTIANISMS_IN_THE_BOOK_OF_MORMON_AND_O/W-kUEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=9781736176115&pg=PA105&printsec=frontcover .
• “It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan. What were the problems faced that caused a journey that would normally take a few weeks to 40 years?” Quora, Feb 3, 2021, online at https://qr.ae/pNzjB2 .
• “Why has the khopesh not (never) been used since ancient Egypt (war, weapons, ancient Egypt, history)?” Quora, Feb 21, 2021, online at https://qr.ae/pNE0pX .
• “How do you say ‘Yah's power’ in Hebrew?” Quora, May 17, 2021, online at https://qr.ae/pGrIFL .
• “What did the Ancient Egyptians call the planet Jupiter, if at all?” Quora, July 7, 2021, online at https://qr.ae/pG4mX9 .
• “In the Book of Mormon, why would the Nephite General Gidgiddoni have a name that showed up on cuneiform texts from the late Assyrian empire--the same Assyrians who conquered and humiliated the Nephites' Israelite ancestors?” Quora, Mar 10, 2022, online at https://www.quora.com/In-the-Book-of-Mormon-why-would-the-Nephite-General-Gidgiddoni-have-a-name-that-showed-up-on-cuneiform-texts-from-the-late-Assyrian-empire-the-same-Assyrians-who-conquered-and-humiliated-the-Nephites-Israelite/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .
• Stephen D. Ricks, Paul Y. Hoskisson, Robert F. Smith, and John Gee. Dictionary of Proper Names & Foreign Words in the Book of Mormon. SLC: Eborn Books, 2022. ISBN 9781890718169.