The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies is proud to present to you a series of articles authored by rising star Dr. Symmachus, whose trailblazing scholarship on Jaredite history and linguistics, not to mention Nephite history, has forever raised the bar for groundbreaking work in these fields. Any new comprehensive theory in any of these areas will surely have to respond to the masterful arguments of Dr. Symmachus.
In the summer of 2015, fresh off of his research sabbatical in Central America, Dr. Symmachus offered this shot across the bow to the entire field of Jaredite Studies via his revolutionary argument regarding the Indo-European origins of Jareditish, "The Indo-European Background of Deseret":
http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=895871#p895871A short two years later, Dr. Symmachus returned to quell all objections to his theory by laying out a daring new explanation of Gazela/em ("New Light on Gazela/em") as a scribal gloss, partly in response to Elliot Jolley's "Gazelem the Jaredite," published in
Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017) 85-105:
http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1093862#p1093862In support of Dr. Symmachus' work, Prof. Johannes offered a beautful translation of the Jaredite oracle of Alma 37 back into PIE:
bherso h1eghs nekwithtos / h1endo-kwithe leukom
olja werga ghighta / h1eti ghalhxra
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http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1094175#p1094175In response to further queries and challenges, and to the shock of the entire Jaredite Studies establishment, Dr. Symmachus published in very short order the most comprehensive treatment of the political and religious history of Nephite scribal culture to date:
http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1094210#p1094210The entire field of Jaredite Studies and Book of Mormon Studies is forever in the debt of Dr. Symmachus, who has singlehandedly transformed these fields in a shockingly brief span of time. Thank you, Dr. Symmachus. We look forward to publishing the full text of these offerings in
The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies very soon!
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