Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan

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Ethan Smith’s Book, View of the Hebrews, as structural Material for the Book of Mormon; Unity of the American Race; American Language from One Source—The Hebrew

A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: B.H. Roberts, edited by Brigham D. Madsen

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• The first chapter of View of the Hebrews talks of the destruction of Jerusalem and scattering of Israel. The first chapter of the Book of Mormon also discusses the impending destruction of Jerusalem and the scattering of Israel.

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• One of the Isaiah passages regarding the gathering of Israel that was quoted by Moroni to Joseph Smith is also quoted in View of the Hebrews. “The Lord shall set his hand the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria and from Egypt… (Isaiah 11꞉11-16

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• Both View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon extensively quote Isaiah. The Book of Mormon quotes 21 chapters of Isaiah, and View of the Hebrews quotes from twenty chapters of Isaiah.

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• Many of the Isaiah chapters quoted in View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon are the same.

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