Book of Mormon/Evidences/Hebraisms/If-and conditionals

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What are if-and conditionals? What can they tell us about the Book of Mormon translation?

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Examples of if-and conditionals in the Book of Mormon text

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If-and conditionals are not an English grammar form, and are not present in any Bible (or other) texts which Joseph Smith knew or even reasonably could have known. The presence of this grammatical structure has often been edited out in later editions, because it is poor English--but, it may provide evidence that the underlying plate text used Hebrew or a related structure.

This provides evidence that Joseph's claim to be translating an ancient record of Semitic origin was true.

== Notes ==

Further reading

External links

• Daniel C. Peterson, "Mormonism as a Restoration," FARMS Review 18/1 (2006): 390–417. off-site wiki
• "Hebraic Conditionals in the Book of Mormon," in Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, ed. John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999). off-site