Numerous Mormon scholars have come up with theories but none has been adopted by the church as correct.
It is unclear what kind of system "reckoning" and "measure" refer to, although most Book of Mormon scholars now believe they were weights, not coins.
Some Mormon scholars have argued for substantial parallels between the Jaredites and the Olmecs.
McConkie once wrote to a Mormon scholar in 1980, "It is my province to teach to the Church what the doctrine is.
Mormon scholars suggest this may have been because the 1996 letter contradicts some aspects of research published by Smithsonian staff members.
Mormon scholars conform to the traditional Christian belief that these passages were authored by Isaiah, who lived some 150 years earlier.
Many apologetic and devout Mormon scholars have debated Young's precise meaning.
Mormon scholars like Daniel C. Peterson have been known to post on the Recovery from Mormonism discussion board in defense of their religion.
Michael R. Ash (born 12 August 1961) is a Mormon scholar and apologist.
In what dissidents have described as a purge, church leaders took severe disciplinary action in September against six Mormon scholars and feminists.