Abinadi's Fire wrote:I think it is evidence that the book was composed along a contemporary timeline, and reflects an error in the redaction process. The contemporary error was due to the death of one of the characters who reflected a real-life person and in the redaction process the error was not noticed until a late date.
Unless it's not an error?
If it wasn't an error, it begs the question of why it was changed in 1837.
However, I think more can be made of an analysis of the episode and surrounding text, though, which would help explain the error, taking a look back at chapter 8 and ahead to chapter 28.
What is interesting is the abrupt insertion of the Zeniff flashback surrounding the translation events. I'll work on a coherent post and get back to you.
Abinadi's Fire wrote:I think it is evidence that the book was composed along a contemporary timeline, and reflects an error in the redaction process. The contemporary error was due to the death of one of the characters who reflected a real-life person and in the redaction process the error was not noticed until a late date.
Unless it's not an error?
If it wasn't an error, it begs the question of why it was changed in 1837.
However, I think more can be made of an analysis of the episode and surrounding text, though, which would help explain the error, taking a look back at chapter 8 and ahead to chapter 28.
What is interesting is the abrupt insertion of the Zeniff flashback surrounding the translation events. I'll work on a coherent post and get back to you.
I'm guessing it was changed because some Apostle saw it as an error and the Brethren had had far less time to analyze the Book so they just changed it. I think the same thing happened with the Jaredite barges' ventilation systems.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
The Nehor wrote:I'm guessing it was changed because some Apostle saw it as an error
I think it was seen as an error because in chapter 28 it is Mosiah who translates the plates, though Ammon and Moroni (well after the fact) mentioned King Benjamin as "having the gift" and "keeping the plates" in the 1830 version.
SatanWasSetUp wrote:The great thing about making changes to the Book of Mormon is nobody cares. 99.8% of the people in the world will never read the book. ...
90% of the LDS church members did never read the book.
This is my (nonscientific) data from Hungary. If we include US/Utah, the percentage may reach the 75%.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Sorry I mean, [sheesht... The alarm just went off, then stopped. I didn't want to go out in my PJ's so I just checked it wasn't our place and it stopped. I wouldn't have gone out. I think I am the only person in. I am making toast and beans.] I mean so people wouldn't have reason to turn people against church. in my opinion, believe what you like, it doesn't really matter.
Imwashingmypirate wrote:But white symbolises pure.
Exactly, that's why the white guys in the Book of Mormon are good and the dark skin guys are bad.
That's why all the evil people like Laman, Lemuel, King Noah etc all had black hair & beards and Nephi and the righteous was blond/white haired and delightsome...
..in the Dramatized Scriptures.
(the evil people always looked so angry and sinister too - not like all the bad people I know today)
The Nehor wrote:I'm guessing it was changed because some Apostle saw it as an error
I think it was seen as an error because in chapter 28 it is Mosiah who translates the plates, though Ammon and Moroni (well after the fact) mentioned King Benjamin as "having the gift" and "keeping the plates" in the 1830 version.
It couldn't be a group effort?
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
SatanWasSetUp wrote:The great thing about making changes to the Book of Mormon is nobody cares. 99.8% of the people in the world will never read the book. ...
90% of the LDS church members did never read the book. This is my (nonscientific) data from Hungary. If we include US/Utah, the percentage may reach the 75%.
Hence my wondrous theory that virtually everyone is going to hell.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
The Nehor wrote:I'm guessing it was changed because some Apostle saw it as an error
I think it was seen as an error because in chapter 28 it is Mosiah who translates the plates, though Ammon and Moroni (well after the fact) mentioned King Benjamin as "having the gift" and "keeping the plates" in the 1830 version.