Article Title

Journal Looks at Enigmatic Tree of Life Stone

Authors

Keywords

Tree of Life Stone, Mormon Studies, M. Wells Jakeman, Izapa Mexico, Izapa Stela 5

Abstract

In the early 1950s archaeologist M. Wells Jakeman claimed that a carved stone monument unearthed in Izapa, Mexico, in 1941 depicted Lehi's vision of the tree of life as reported in the Book of Mormon. As is true for any archaeological find, the accuracy of that initial assessment of the stone dubbed Izapa Stela 5 will either stand or begin to fall in light of further evidence and study, though a definitive determination regarding the stela may simply not be possible.

Recommended Citation

(1999) "Journal Looks at Enigmatic Tree of Life Stone," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 19: No. 7, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol19/iss7/2