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Others in the Book of Lehi
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:54 am
by _CaliforniaKid
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?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:07 am
by _charity
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:08 am
by _skippy the dead
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!
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:18 am
by _CaliforniaKid
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:32 am
by _John Larsen
The beautiful things about the book of Lehi for an apologist, is that you can put whatever you want into it.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:47 am
by _charity
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?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:54 am
by _John Larsen
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
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:06 am
by _Runtu
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:10 am
by _CaliforniaKid
The only thing I've ever heard about the Book of Lehi is that it said more about wars and such.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:12 am
by _skippy the dead
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.