Texts and Editions

Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference, vol. 3, Helaman–Moroni. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1987. See pp. 1108–73.

Dinger, John S., ed. Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon: The First Printed Edition Compared to the Manuscripts and to the Subsequent Major LDS English Printed Editions. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2013. See pp. 385–409.

Hardy, Grant, ed. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Maxwell Institute Study Edition. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2018. See pp. 548–80.

Parry, Donald W. The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted according to Parallelistic Patterns. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1992. See pp. 453–79.

Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. 2nd ed. 6 vols. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2017. See 6:3847–4027.

———, ed. The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009. See pp. 673–717.

———, ed. The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Extant Text. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2001. See pp. 528–53.

———, ed. The Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Entire Text in Two Parts. 2 vols. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2001. See 2:908–57.

Skousen, Royal, and Robin Scott Jensen, eds. Revelations and Translations, Volume 3, Part 2: Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Alma 36–Moroni 10. Facsimile edition. Part 2 of vol. 3 of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Ronald K. Esplin and Matthew J. Grow. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2015. See pp. 338–87.

Commentaries

Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007. See 6:139–328.

Hartshorn, Chris B. A Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald, 1966. See pp. 440–65.

McConkie, Joseph Fielding, Robert L. Millet, and Brent L. Top. Third Nephi through Moroni. Vol. 4 of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1992. See pp. 259–317.

Nibley, Hugh W. Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1993. See pp. 243–76.

Nyman, Monte S., and Charles D. Tate Jr. The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.

Reynolds, George, and Janne M. Sjodahl. Book of Ether: The Jaredites. Vol. 6 of Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1956.

Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Compendium. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968. See pp. 460–81.

Welch, Rosalynde Frandsen. Ether: A Brief Theological Introduction. Vol. 11 of The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, edited by Spencer Fluhman and Philip Barlow. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2020.

Records and Plates

Arts, Valentin. “A Third Jaredite Record: The Sealed Portion of the Gold Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11, no. 1 (2002): 50–59.

Axelgard, Frederick W. “More Than Meets the Eye: How Nephite Prophets Managed the Jaredite Legacy.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 26 (2017): 135–64.

Donaldson, Lee L. “The Plates of Ether and the Covenant of the Book of Mormon.” In Nyman and Tate, The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, 69–79.

Welch, John W. “Preliminary Comments on the Sources behind the Book of Ether.” FARMS Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1986.

Brother of Jared

Holland, Jeffrey R. Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1997. See pp. 13–29.

Jackson, Kent P. “‘Never Have I Showed Myself unto Man’: A Suggestion for Understanding Ether 3:15a.” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 71–76.

Mackay, Michael Hubbard, and Nicholas J. Frederick. Joseph Smith’s Seer Stones. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016. See pp. 89–110.

Spencer, Joseph M. “Christ and Krishna: The Visions of Arjuna and the Brother of Jared.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 (2014): 56–80.

Thomas, M. Catherine. “The Brother of Jared at the Veil.” In Temples of the Ancient World: Ritual and Symbolism, edited by Donald W. Parry, 388–98. Provo, UT: FARMS; Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 1994.

Thompson, John S. “The Jaredite Exodus: A Literary Perspective of a Historical Narrative.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 104–11.

Valetta, Thomas R. “Jared and His Brother.” In Nyman and Tate, The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, 303–22.

Ancient Connections

Bowen, Matthew L. “‘They Shall No More Be Confounded’: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1–13 and Moroni 10:31.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 91–104.

Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olivarria. “Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25–31.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 14 (2015): 227–39.

Gardner, Brant A. Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2015. See pp. 381–400.

Honey, David B. “Ecological Nomadism versus Epic Heroism in Ether: Nibley’s Works on the Jaredites.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 143–63.

Jones, Steven E., Samuel T. Jones, and David E. Jones. “Archaeometry Applied to Olmec Iron-Ore Beads.” BYU Studies 37, no. 4 (1997): 128–42.

Nibley, Hugh. Lehi in the Desert / The World of the Jaredites / There Were Jaredites. Provo, UT: FARMS; Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 1988.

Sorenson, John L. Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship; Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2013. See pp. 499–527.

Tvedtnes, John A. “Glowing Stones in Ancient and Medieval Lore.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 99–123.

———. “A Phonemic Analysis of Nephite and Jaredite Proper Names.” FARMS Occasional Papers. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1981.

Warren, Bruce W. “Secret Combinations, Warfare, and Captive Sacrifice in Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 225–36. Provo, UT: FARMS; Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 1990.

Devotional Approaches

Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In In Nyman and Tate, The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, 45–59.

Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Jaredite Zion Societies: Hope for a Better World.” In In Nyman and Tate, The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, 147–52.

Miscellaneous

Cazier, Donald Arthur. “A Study of Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Governmental Institutions and Policies as Portrayed in the Book of Mormon.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1972. See pp. 258–68.

Hadfield, M. Gary. “Neuropathology a­­nd the Scriptures.” BYU Studies 33, no. 2 (1993): 313–28.

Jolley, Elliott. “Gazelem the Jaredite.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 85–105.

LeBaron, E. Dale. “Ether and Mormon: Parallel Prophets of Warning and Witness.” In In Nyman and Tate, The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, 153–65.