The Book of Mormon as an Ancient Israelite Temple - Nineteen Classic Temple Characteristics of the Book of Mormon

In 1984, one of Hugh Nibley's students, John M. Lundquist, wrote a paper in which he synthesized all that scholars had written about the nature and purposes of ancient temples. Lundquist unified their findings into nineteen generalizations about what constituted a temple in the ancient near east.

While the Book of Mormon is not a physical building, it still meets most of the nineteen criteria identified by Lundquist. This book will show the reader how the Book of Mormon can be like a portable, handheld temple for anyone who possesses it.