by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Was Egyptian the ‘language of our fathers?’ (see 1 Nephi 3:19). Nephi says that having the plates would enable them to ‘preserve unto [their] children the language of [their] fathers…’ But the language of their fathers was Hebrew, not Egyptian. If the plates...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Why would those records [brass plates] be written in Egyptian and not in Hebrew? The impression is that the plates were official or semi-official records. Jews did not keep important records such as that in Egyptian. Hebrew was the national language. There would be...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“How could some of the prophets whose writings appear on the brass plates have Greek names? ‘Ezias’ and ‘Zenos’ are Greek names. But the Hebrews of 600 B.C. had not had any significant contact with Greeks. Why then would Hebrew prophets have Greek names?” Richard...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“How could the [brass] plates contain whole chapters from Isaiah that had not yet been written? Lehi obtained the plates about 600 B.C., just before the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonians and the exile of the population to Babylon. Biblical scholars are almost...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Why did Nephi only summarize Zenos and Zenock, but chose to copy long passages of Isaiah word for word? Didn’t he know that Isaiah’s words would be well-preserved in the modern Bible, but Zenos and Zenock would not?” 1 Nephi 19:23-24, Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City,...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Why would not the discovery of the naked, decapitated body of an important man such as Laban stir up an immediate search for his killer? And for the missing plates and servant?” Richard...
