Article Title

Evidence for Tents in the Book of Mormon

Authors

John L. Sorenson

Keywords

Book of Mormon studies, tent dwelling, ancient Mesoamerica, Aztec armies, Nephites

Abstract

One of the minor points made in recent criticisms of the Book of Mormon is the claim that there is no evidence of a tent-making or tent-using tradition in Mesoamerica and no available material for making the tents that the Book of Mormon mentions. Actually, Mesoamericanist literature makes it clear that tents were in regular use by Aztec armies at the time of the Spanish conquest, and there is good reason to suppose that they were used by other peoples and in earlier times (including Nephite times) in Mesoamerica.

Recommended Citation

Sorenson, John L. (1994) "Evidence for Tents in the Book of Mormon," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 14: No. 3, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol14/iss3/3