Others in the Book of Lehi

Post by **_CaliforniaKid** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:54 am

MormonMason writes at MADB,

Wish we had the real Book of Lehi right about now. It contained that information from what I heard from one source, which now I can no longer seem to locate. It mentioned spies, other inhabitants and the fact that they needed to move northward to avoid those who were already there. Unfortunately, as I said I can no longer locate that information. Bummer...

My first thought was, "my, how very convenient." However, maybe MormonMason really is remembering something. What say you, archive-diggers? Ever seen anything remotely answering to this description of the Book of Lehi?

Post by **_charity** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:07 am

I am not an archivist, but in my years in the Church and my study, I have never seen anything by Joseph about what the Book of Lehi contained.

Post by **_skippy the dead** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:08 am

I saw that post. I don't recall ever hearing about any specifics about the Book of Lehi - just the general description of it being an account of their travels, etc.

MormonMason seems to have some specific information in mind (spies, relocations, etc.). I'd be most interested in his source for this.

by the way - all this talk about the "others" on MADB makes me think an episode of Lost is about to break out over there. At least that would be interesting!

Post by **_CaliforniaKid** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:18 am

skippy the dead wrote:I saw that post. I don't recall ever hearing about any specifics about the Book of Lehi - just the general description of it being an account of their travels, etc.

MormonMason seems to have some specific information in mind (spies, relocations, etc.). I'd be most interested in his source for this.

by the way - all this talk about the "others" on MADB makes me think an episode of Lost is about to break out over there. At least that would be interesting!

Indeed. I'm thinking about sleeping until Thursday.

Post by **_John Larsen** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:32 am

The beautiful things about the book of Lehi for an apologist, is that you can put whatever you want into it.

Post by **_charity** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:47 am

John Larsen wrote:The beautiful things about the book of Lehi for an apologist, is that you can put whatever you want into it.

I don't know of any apolotgist or Book of Mormon scholar who has ever argued for anything specifically said in the Book of Lehi. Do you?

Post by **_John Larsen** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:54 am

charity wrote:
John Larsen wrote:The beautiful things about the book of Lehi for an apologist, is that you can put whatever you want into it.

I don't know of any apolotgist or Book of Mormon scholar who has ever argued for anything specifically said in the Book of Lehi. Do you?

See OP

Post by **_Runtu** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:06 am

charity wrote:
John Larsen wrote:The beautiful things about the book of Lehi for an apologist, is that you can put whatever you want into it.

I don't know of any apolotgist or Book of Mormon scholar who has ever argued for anything specifically said in the Book of Lehi. Do you?

I've actually heard people on MADB suggest that the others are mentioned in the Book of Lehi, but that's as far as it went. Maybe it was MormonMason, but this isn't the first time I've heard that.

Post by **_CaliforniaKid** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:10 am

The only thing I've ever heard about the Book of Lehi is that it said more about wars and such.

Post by **_skippy the dead** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:12 am

Runtu wrote:I've actually heard people on MADB suggest that the others are mentioned in the Book of Lehi, but that's as far as it went. Maybe it was MormonMason, but this isn't the first time I've heard that.

But it's a thing of beauty, isn't it? An apologist can point to the "empty chair", so to speak, and declare that the explanation for these very valid questions is found there. It's nearly as layering authors and editors and translators (i.e., the book of Ether) to explain away pesky anachronisms.