7 wonders of the Book of Mormon

Donald W. Parry, a BYU professor of Hebrew Bible studies, translates

the familiar passage of Isaiah 29:14 not as "I will proceed to do a

marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder,"

but as "I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder."

"And the Book of Mormon does that," Parry said at the

Book of Mormon Lands Conference on Saturday. "It has wonder upon wonder

upon wonder. And the people who are humble enough to read it and

research it will see the wonder upon wonder. Some of them are physical

evidences; others are internal or external evidences. But certainly the

most important are the spiritual evidences."

Parry presented several of these "wonders" at the conference —

most dealing with his area of expertise in translation and biblical

Hebrew.

1. Book of Mormon names

For 130 years critics ridiculed the name "Alma" being used for a

man in the Book of Mormon. According to Parry, the critics said

it was a girl's name and obviously stolen from Latin as in "Alma mater."

Parry projected a picture of an ancient land deed from the "Cave

of the Letters" in Israel. The land deed, as translated by the Jewish

archaeologist Yigael Yadin mentions "Alma the son of Judah."

Other Book of Mormon names that Parry says have been found in

ancient Hebrew documents include Hagoth, Sariah, Aha, Ammonihah,

Chemish, Himni, Isabel, Jarom, Josh, Mathoni, Mathonihah, Muloki and

Sam.

2. Translation speed