Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Article Title
Tents in the Book of Mormon
Keywords
ancient tents, Book of Mormon Studies, Mormon studies, Aztec tents
Abstract
Rerences to New World tents in the Book of Mormon raise legitimate questions about whether tents are known from scholarly sources on Mesoamerica. The earliest evidence comes from historical documents written around the time of the Spanish conquest in 1521, or more than one thousand years after the demise of the Nephite civilization. These records indicate that different kinds of tents and tent-like structures were in regular use by Aztec armies and that, when the Spaniards saw them, they immediately labeled them tiendas, "tents."
Recommended Citation
Sorenson, John L.
(1999)
"Tents in the Book of Mormon,"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 19:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol19/iss1/3