Book of Mormon Intro - "Principal Ancestors" wording changed

[_beastie]

I do know that certain FAIR apologists have supported this change for quite a while. Whether or not they talked to "the brethren" about it, that I do not know, but believe it is reasonable to suspect.

[_LifeOnaPlate]

People as far back as the early 1900's had issues with the "principle" ancestor view. B.H. Roberts, for one.

[_cksalmon]

People as far back as the early 1900's had issues with the "principle" ancestor view. B.H. Roberts, for one.

I'm not sure what work you have in mind, but that's a good point. Roberts's issues centered around perceived empirical problems--including the absence of linguistic evidence supportive of Israelite migrations to the New World.

He writes, "Moreover, there is also the possibility that other peoples may have inhabited parts of the great continents of America, contemporaneously with the peoples spoken of by the Book of Mormon, though candor compels me to say that nothing to that effect appears in the Book of Mormon" (Studies of the Book of Mormon). Roberts felt that, if this were true, then it would go a long way to solve the linguistic problems with which he was struggling.

Roberts's questioning of the "principal" ancestor view was based on empirical data points that didn't mesh with the received view of Book of Mormon historicity. It would make sense that the stepping back from "principal" to "among" in the Doubleday edition is an example of the same sort of reevaluation process (vis-a-vis Charity's insistence that the change is insignificant and merely substitutes a simpler synonymous expression for a more difficult one).

CKS

[_harmony]

Here Charity: you can learn a lot about geneology from this video: It takes about fifty minutes to watch but would likely save you writing time in the long run. It gives a very simple lesson on tracing your lineage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svfxSscxh8o

Sorry. I got my education on genealogy from college level courses, not from guys in their garages with a video camera.

What courses? What college? I've looked through the catalogs of numerous univerisities, but I've don't recall seeing any courses on genealogy.

[_charity]

Here Charity: you can learn a lot about geneology from this video: It takes about fifty minutes to watch but would likely save you writing time in the long run. It gives a very simple lesson on tracing your lineage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svfxSscxh8o

Sorry. I got my education on genealogy from college level courses, not from guys in their garages with a video camera.

What courses? What college? I've looked through the catalogs of numerous univerisities, but I've don't recall seeing any courses on genealogy.

BYU. back when I was a student there. But I msut say, you didn't look very far. Just google "college genealogy courses" and you will come up with a lot. And not just BYU either. I am a little disappointed in your research. It didn't take much to find many, many options were a person so interested.

[_harmony]

Here Charity: you can learn a lot about geneology from this video: It takes about fifty minutes to watch but would likely save you writing time in the long run. It gives a very simple lesson on tracing your lineage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svfxSscxh8o

Sorry. I got my education on genealogy from college level courses, not from guys in their garages with a video camera.

What courses? What college? I've looked through the catalogs of numerous univerisities, but I've don't recall seeing any courses on genealogy.

BYU. back when I was a student there. But I msut say, you didn't look very far. Just google "college genealogy courses" and you will come up with a lot. And not just BYU either. I am a little disappointed in your research. It didn't take much to find many, many options were a person so interested.

BYU. 'Nuff said.

[_charity]

BYU. 'Nuff said.

Nothing to say about insinuating there aren't any genealogy courses around when they are many and how shallow your research was?

And of course, it is really easy to just put down anything BYU. Which is one of the best schools in the nation.

[_harmony]

BYU. 'Nuff said.

Nothing to say about insinuating there aren't any genealogy courses around when they are many and how shallow your research was?

And of course, it is really easy to just put down anything BYU. Which is one of the best schools in the nation.

I'd forgotten you attended BYU, charity. 'Nuff said. My opinion of the education available at BYU is well known and well documented.

[_Trevor]

Which is one of the best schools in the nation.

BYU is a good school in many ways.

[_Blixa]

Which is one of the best schools in the nation.

BYU is a good school in many ways.

That's true. And it depends on the department/program/discipline, too. In my own academic baliwick, however, its not thought of as one of the best schools in the nation.

Even so, talented and challenging individual teachers and students can be found pretty much anywhere---even in places which don't much encourage them!