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A limited geography model for the Book of Mormon is one of several theories by Latter Day Saint movement scholars that the book's narrative was a historical record of people in a limited geographical region, rather than of the entire Western Hemisphere as believed by some early Latter Day Saints.〔Coon, W. Vincent ("How Exaggerated Settings for the Book of Mormon Came to Pass" )〕 These models, developed in an effort to reconcile claims in the Book of Mormon with archaeology and geography, have situated the book's events in South America, Mesoamerica, and the Great Lakes area. One popular LDS theory places the setting for the Book of Mormon in the vicinity of Mexico and Central America surrounding the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.〔Southerton claims that "()here is only one serious contender accepted by most Mormon academics, which proposes that most Book of Mormon events took place in a restricted part of Mesoamerica. Only in Mesoamerica are there ruins of civilizations of the magnitude evident in the Book of Mormon."〕 Others recognize a setting among the mound builders as the book's original setting.〔(Olive ) ''The Lost Empires and Vanished Races of Prehistoric America''; (Coon ), ''Choice Above All Other Lands – Book of Mormon Covenant Lands According to the Best Sources''〕 This North American setting has gained support from some notable members of the LDS community, including LDS filmmaker Keith Merrill.〔Haddock, Sharon, "LDS filmmaker says Book of Mormon set in North America, ''Mormon Times'', October 3, 2009. "LDS filmmaker Kieth Merril says he picked the background for ''The Testaments'' by default, and if he had it to do over, he would have sought locations in North America rather than Central and South America... Merrill said, "I'm the guy who made the biggest, most expensive film (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ) has ever made, and I put it in the wrong place."〕 The mound builder setting parallels traditional settings of the Book of Mormon accepted during the 19th century, but is still a minority view in LDS academia.〔Coon, for instance, (("How Exaggerated Settings for the Book of Mormon Came to Pass" )) cites literary historian Robert Silverberg.〕 These models have not changed the academic consensus that the Book of Mormon is not an accurate description of ancient American history.〔.〕 ==Background== The limited geography models are the result of a growing school of thought among Latter Day Saint scholars that for the text of the Book of Mormon to realistically be interpreted as a historical document, the events described therein must be limited to an area of several hundred square miles. Proponents of these theories find support in the text of the Book of Mormon, as well as the interpretation and correlation of archeological findings. However, as with all archaeological interpretations of the Book of Mormon, most LDS researchers believe that nothing has yet been found to conclusively link the events of the book with any particular geographical location. There are significant challenges to the Central American setting, as the Hill Cumorah (in New York) and the remains of Zelph (in Illinois) were found many thousands of miles away from Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence supporting the Book of Mormon's "Mound-builder" literary setting is not interpreted by mainstream academia as proving the historicity or divinity of the work.〔(Coon, "Olive's Near Cumorah Setting by Deduction and Best Fit" )〕 The Book of Mormon is regarded by mainstream historians and literary experts as a work of 19th century American literature, in the "Mound-builder" genre〔Roger G. Kennedy, ''HIDDEN CITIES – THE DISCOVERY AND LOSS OF ANCIENT NORTH AMERICAN CIVILIZATION'', 1994, pp. 228-231; Robert Silverberg, "and the mound-builders vanished from the earth",''American Heritage Magazine'', June 1969, Volume 20, Issue 4〕 but not as history. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「limited geography model」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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