huckelberry wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:17 pmI find that these events seem to be in the Book of Mormon authors imagination, finding ways into the book.
Right. I don't believe for 2 seconds that Smith could read a king's name in Facsimile No. 3, anymore than he could about bones on gold plates. Smith made it all up -- both the Book of Abraham & the Book of Mormon, including the silly Explanations of the Facsimiles. He developed creative ideas and was influenced by the the things he learned in life. Bear in mind that Joseph Smith was not very old when he wrote that book and contents of the book bear that out. It reads like a novel written by an unlearned teenager who just so happened to be very brilliant and organized. There is a certain lack of experience and maturity about the way the Book of Mormon reads. I get the impression that it was written by someone who was young and inexperienced -- that would be, Joseph Smith.