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27 And they brought a record with them, even a record of the people whose bones they had found; and it was <span style="color:blue">engraven on plates of ore</span>. | 27 And they brought a record with them, even a record of the people whose bones they had found; and it was <span style="color:blue">engraven on plates of ore</span>. | ||
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Contents
- 1 Question: Could Gilbert Hunt's The Late War have given Joseph Smith the idea of using brass plates as a way of recording information?
- 1.1 Critics' comparison: Both books mention engraving a record on metal [1]
- 1.2 3 Nephi 10꞉17 talks of "plates of brass"
- 1.3 1 Nephi 19꞉1 talks of "engraven" records
- 1.4 Mosiah 21꞉27 talks of records "engraven on plates of ore"
- 1.5 The Late War 36 (p. 134) mentions "imaginary evils" that are "graven in brass" and "good deeds" that are "graven in sand" off-site
- 1.6 The Late War 31 (p. 112) mentions a "silver plate" with "gravings thereon" off-site
Question: Could Gilbert Hunt's The Late War have given Joseph Smith the idea of using brass plates as a way of recording information?
Critics' comparison: Both books mention engraving a record on metal [1]
Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, ""A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/
One critic of the Church misinterprets this data to mean that both books talk about "Brass plates". [2]
3 Nephi 10꞉17 talks of "plates of brass"
17 Behold, our father Jacob also testified concerning a remnant of the seed of Joseph. And behold, are not we a remnant of the seed of Joseph? And these things which testify of us, are they not written upon the plates of brass which our father Lehi brought out of Jerusalem?
1 Nephi 19꞉1 talks of "engraven" records
1 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore I did make plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the record of my people. And upon the plates which I made I did engraven the record of my father, and also our journeyings in the wilderness, and the prophecies of my father; and also many of mine own prophecies have I engraven upon them.
Mosiah 21꞉27 talks of records "engraven on plates of ore"
27 And they brought a record with them, even a record of the people whose bones they had found; and it was engraven on plates of ore.
The Late War 36 (p. 134) mentions "imaginary evils" that are "graven in brass" and "good deeds" that are "graven in sand" off-site
26 But the imaginary evils which the children of men commit are oftentimes graven in brass, whilst their actual good deeds are written in sand.
The Late War 31 (p. 112) mentions a "silver plate" with "gravings thereon" off-site
33 Likewise, the people gave him much silver plate, with gravings thereon, mentioning his deeds.
Notes
- ↑ Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, "A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/
- ↑ Jeremy Runnells, "Letter to a CES Director" (October 2014 revision).