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KnoWhy topical index — I and J — Book of Mormon Central


Book of Mormon Central, a wonderful resource for all types of Book of Mormon information, has a series of articles dealing with various topics in the Book of Mormon.  They are referred to as ‘KnoWhy’ articles.  These articles can be referenced at ‘bookofmormoncentral.org‘.  Following is a topical index of articles starting with the letters I and J.

Index One – topical index  – I and J                                                                                                      Click here to return to the Scriptures index page

  • Ignominious:  Why did Nehor suffer an ‘ignominious’ death? —  #108, May 28, 2016
  • Image of God, created in the:  Why were man and woman created in the image of God? — #627, January 11, 2022
  • I, Nephi:  Why does Nephi begin by saying, “I, Nephi…”? —  #476, October 16, 2018
  • Infant baptism: Why did Paul teach that children are holy? —   #798, June 24, 2025
  • Intercessory prayer of Jesus: — How does Jesus’ Intercessory prayer point us to the temple?  — #64, April 18, 2024
  • Interracial marriage: Why did Book of Mormon prophets discourage Nephite-Lamanite intermarriage?  — #110, May 30, 2016
  • Irreantum:  Why did Nephi call the great ocean ‘Irreantum’ ? — #20, January 27, 2016
  • Isaiah:  Did Nephi’s interaction with ‘others’ influence Nephi’s selection of Isaiah? — #45, March 2, 2016
  • Isaiah:  What do Nephi and Isaiah say about ‘the end of time’? — #46, March 3, 2016
  • Isaiah:  How does Nephi help us understand Isaiah? — #47, March 4, 2016
  • Isaiah:  How does Nephi use Isaiah to teach us to avoid pride?  — #48, March 7, 2016
  • Isaiah:  Why does Nephi quote a temple psalm while commenting on Isaiah? — #51, March 10, 2016
  • Isaiah:   Why does Nephi use Isaiah 29 as part of his own prophecy?  #52, March 11, 2016
  • Isaiah:  Why would Noah’s priests quiz Abinadi on the teachings of Isaiah?  #89, April 28, 2016
  • Isaiah:  Why did Isaiah prophesy of the ‘daughter of Zion’? — #550, February 18, 2020
  • Isaiah:  Why did Isaiah refer to the heavenly hosts as ‘seraphim’? — #645, September 6, 2022
  • Isaiah:  How did Isaiah prophesy of the Savior? — #647, September 20, 2022
  • Isaiah:  Why did Isaiah prophesy of a suffering Messiah? — #648, September 27, 2022
  • Isaiah:  Why is ancient Near Eastern history helpful for understanding Isaiah’s writings? — #720, February 27, 2024
  • Isaiah 11:  Why did Moroni quote Isaiah 11 to Joseph Smith?  — #50, March 9, 2016
  • Isaiah 48-49:  How might Isaiah 48-49 be ‘likened’ to Lehi’s family? — #23, February 1, 2016
  • Isaiah 49:  Who is the servant described in Isaiah 49 and 1 Nephi 21? — #24, February 2, 2016
  • Isaiah 61:1-2:  Why does Jesus announce that Isaiah 61:1-2 is fulfilled? — #656, January 31, 2023
  • Isaiah chapters:  What vision guides Nephi’s choice of Isaiah chapters? — #38, February 22, 2016
  • Isaiah chapters:  Can textual studies help readers understand the Isaiah chapters in 2 Nephi? — #39, February 23, 2016
  • Isaiah chapters:  How did Nephi read Isaiah as a witness of Christ’s coming? — #40, February 24, 2016
  • Ishmael:  Who called the burial site of Ishmael ‘Nahom’? — #19, January 26, 2016
  • Ishmael:  Why did Nephi mention the place of Ishmael’s burial by name? — #713, January 30, 2024
  • Israel:  Why were women important in ancient Israel? — #639, July 26, 2022
  • Israelite history:  Why did Stephen rehearse Israelite history? — #679, July 11, 2023
  • Israelites:  Why did ancient Israelites raise their arms in praise? — #638, July 19, 2022
  • Israelite writing style:  How does the Book of Mormon text reflect a 7th-century B.C. Israelite writing style? — #635, June 28, 2022
  • Jacob:  Why does Jacob quote so much from the Psalms? — #62, March 25, 2016
  • Jacob:  Why does Jacob call his record the ‘plates of Jacob’? — #65, March 29, 2016
  • Jacob:  Why did Jacob share the allegory of the olive tree? — #66, March 30, 2016
  • Jacob:  Why did Jacob condemn ‘deliberately’ killing? — #549, February 13, 2020
  • Jacob:  Why did Jacob highlight Nephi’s role as a protector? — #553, March 11, 2020
  • Jacob:  Why did Jacob include the case of Sherem in the scriptural record? — #554, March 17, 2020
  • Jacob:  Why is Jacob’s distinctive voice significant? — #725, April 2, 2024
  • Jacob, people of:  How did the people of Jacob and the people of Ezekiel respond to being exiled? — #719, February 20, 2024
  • Japanese:  The miraculous translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese — #524, July 12, 2019
  • Jared, brother of:   Why did Jesus say to the brother of Jared, “Never have I showed myself unto man?”  #584, November 12, 2020
  • Jared, brother of:   — Why did the Lord give the brother of Jared two stones to store with his record? — #763, November 14, 2024
  • Jaredites:  What did the Jaredites have to do with the reign of the Judges?  — #106, May 26, 2016
  • Jaredites:   Why were the unburied dead so troubling to the Jaredites? —  #586, November 20, 2020
  • Jeremiah and Lehi:  Why did Lehi and Jeremiah find themselves in a dark and dreary wilderness? — #544, January 3, 2020
  • Jeremiah and Lehi:  How did Jeremiah’s and Lehi’s ministries reflect one another? — #650, October 20, 2022
  • Jeremiah’s imprisonment:  How could Nephi have known about Jeremiah’s imprisonment? —  #463, August 30, 2018
  • Jerusalem:  Were there walls surrounding the city of Jerusalem? — #7, January 8, 2016
  • Jerusalem:  Why did Lehi live in Jerusalem? — #708, January 9, 2024
  • Jerusalem Council:   Why was the Jerusalem Council important?  —  #680, July 18, 2023
  • Jerusalem destroyed:  Why did some in Lehi’s time believe that Jerusalem could not be destroyed? — #451, July 19, 2018
  • Jerusalem destroyed:  Why did the Lord allow Jerusalem to be destroyed? — #637, July 12, 2022
  • Jerusalem fortress and Laban:  Who was Laban? — #709, January 11, 2024
  • Jesus:  Why does the Father say “Hear Ye Him”? —  #578, September 15, 2020
  • Jesus:  How did Isaiah prophesy of the Savior? — #647, September 20, 2022
  • Jesus:  Why was Jesus proclaimed as Son of God at this baptism? — #655, January 24, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why does Jesus announce that Isaiah 61:1-2 is fulfilled? — #656, January 31, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why does Jesus compare himself to a brazen serpent? — #657, February 6, 2023
  • Jesus:  How can Jesus provide the ‘water of life’ to all people? — #658, February 14, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why did Jesus use Passover imagery in His Bread of Life sermon? — #664, March 28, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why does John portray Jesus as the ‘way of the temple’?  —  #668, April 18, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why did Peter deny knowing Jesus? —  #673, May 30, 2023
  • Jesus:  What might Jesus have taught his apostles for forty days? — #678, July 3, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why did Jesus preach to the dead? — #700, November 21, 2023
  • Jesus:  Why does Jesus invite all to ‘come unto Him’? — #758, October 20, 2024
  • Jesus:   Why did Jesus say to the brother of Jared, “Never have I showed myself unto man?”  #584, November 12, 2020
  • Jesus’ birth:  Why do we have multiple accounts of Jesus’ birth? — #654, January 10, 2023
  • Jesus bleeding from every pore:  Did Jesus really bleed from every pore? — #520, June 13, 2019
  • Jesus and miracles:  Why did Christ perform miracles? — #508, March 28, 2019
  • Jesus Christ:   Why did Jesus Christ compare himself to a hen? —  #200, October 3, 2016
  • Jesus Christ:  Why is the Book of Mormon “Another Testament of Jesus Christ”?  — #494, December 18, 2018
  • Jesus Christ:  How did the Nephites recognize Jesus Christ as having been sacrificed for the world? — #759, October 29, 2024
  • Jesus Christ:  How did the Saints in Kirtland testify of Jesus Christ’s resurrection?  —  #787, April 8, 2025
  • Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon:  Why is the Book of Mormon so focused on Jesus? — #484,  November 13, 2018
  • Jesus’ intercessory prayer: — How does Jesus’ Intercessory prayer point us to the temple?  — #64, April 18, 2024
  • Jesus, multiple names:  Why did Benjamin give many names for Jesus when Mosiah assumed the throne? — #536, October 10, 2019
  • Jesus, multiple names:   Why does Jesus have so many names in the Doctrine and Covenants? —  #780, February 25, 2025
  • Jewish elders:  Who were the elders of the Jews mentioned by Zoram? — #464, September 4, 2018
  • Jewish sources:  Why are later Jewish sources relevant to texts in the Book of Mormon? — #478, October 23, 2018
  • Jews:  Why do early Nephite prophets speak about the scattering of the Jews? — #42, February 26, 2016
  • Job, the book of:  How can the book of Job teach us about the temple? —  #640, August 2, 2022
  • Joel:  Why did Moroni quote from the book of Joel when he appeared to Joseph Smith? —  #651, November 8, 2022
  • John, gospel of:   How does the Gospel of John reflect the day of Atonement?  —  #675, April 18, 2024
  • John, the apostle:  Why did John state that the Beast’s number was 666? —  #666, April 11, 2023
  • John, the Apostle:  Why does John portray Jesus as the way of the temple? —  #668, April 18, 2023
  • John, the apostle:  How do John’s seven letters reflect the ancient temple? — #702, December 5, 2023
  • John, the apostle:  Who was the Angel in Heaven with the everlasting gospel that John saw? — #703, December 12, 2023
  • Join, easy to join:  Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day?  —  #589, January 11, 2021
  • Jonah:  How were Jonah and the brother of Jared able to find comfort? — #526, July 26, 2019
  • Jonah:  What is the sign of Jonah? — #652, November 23, 2022
  • Joseph:  How does Nephi connect the name ‘Joseph’ to prophecies of the latter days? — #722, March 12, 2024
  • Joseph Smith’s day:  Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day?  —  #589, January 11, 2021
  • Joseph Smith:   Was Joseph Smith the ‘author’ of the Book of Mormon? —  #507, March 22, 2019
  • Joseph Smith:  Why could Joseph Smith testify in court at age 13? — #590, January 15, 2021
  • Joseph Smith:  Why was Joseph Smith accused of being a ‘disorderly person’ in 1826?  — #594, February 2, 2021
  • Joseph Smith:  How did Joseph Smith’s family testify of the First Vision? —  #772, January 14, 2025
  • Joseph Smith, revelations:  Why did the Lord invite people to try to produce revelations like Joseph Smith’s revelations?  —  #797, June 17, 2025
  • Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible:  What does the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible teach us about Melchizedek? — #643, August 23, 2022
  • Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible:  Did the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible rely on scholarly commentaries? — #786, April 3, 2025
  • Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible:  How did the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible serve as a springboard for many revelations? — #800, July 8, 2025
  • Joseph Smith, vision of the 3 kingdoms:  Why is Joseph Smith’s vision of the three kingdoms so important?  —  #799, July 1, 2025
  • Judges:  How were judges elected in the Book of Mormon?  —  #107, May 28, 2016
  • Judges, reign of the:  What did the Jaredites have to do with the reign of the Judges?  — #106, May 26, 2016
  • Judges, reign of the:    What caused the famine in the 73rd year of the reign of the Judges?  — #750, September 5, 2024
  • Just and holy principles:  What are the ‘just and holy principles’ of the U.S. Constitution? — #615, September 7, 2021

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