Bountiful (Book of Mormon)
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In the First Book of Nephi in the Book of Mormon, Bountiful is a lush land in the south of the Arabian peninsula where Lehi and his party settle temporarily before building their ship. After the ship is completed, they depart Bountiful and sail to the Americas.
Today, in Mormon culture, the most popular traditional location of Bountiful is Dhofar in modern Oman. This association is not widely disputed, though it is also not official specific doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
There is also a city on the American continent in the Book of Mormon called Bountiful. It is most important in the book as the place where Jesus is said to have visited to the people of the American continent after his resurrection. The exact location of this Bountiful is unknown, but John L. Sorenson believes it to have been in what today is the Mexican State of Tabasco.[1]
The present-day city of Bountiful, Utah is named for the Book of Mormon city.
[edit] References
- ^ Sorenson, John (1985). An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon. Deseret Book Company, pp. 43-44. ISBN 0-87747-608-X.
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