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Date: November 10, 2011 11:10AM
Not sure why I'm on Moroni Books mailing list, but the catalog provided DH and I some entertainment last night as we read some of the book descriptions. Here's one of my personal faves:
THE GIFT AND POWER:TRANSLATING THE BOOK OF MORMON by Brant A. Gardner, "As reported by the LDS Church News, Gardner explores the various issues and processes surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon, asking questions such as: Did Joseph Smith or the marvelous instruments do the actual work of translation? Why are there lengthy passages of King James English? Why didn't Joseph retranslate the book of Lehi? And why couldn't Oliver Cowdery translate? By exploring the history, culture, and science surrounding the translation, Gardner offers answers to these and many other questions and gives a faithful description of how God used a hum,an prophet to translate these important scriptures." Uh...I could answer those questions for you: Neither, because he's a plagiarist, because he didn't want to be caught in a lie, and because he was to busy writing stuff down while helping Joe cook up the story. And I don't think there's any "science" to it.
Another fave:
MESOAMERICA AND THE BOOK OF MORMON, IS THIS THE PLACE? by Dr. John L. Lund, "'Don't lose faith in what you know because of what you don't know!' In this book are answers to many questions about the historicity of the Book of Mormon. Did you know: A DNA study by Emory University, accepted by the Smithsonian, acknowledges that some Native Americans have ancestry in common with peoples in modern Israel and the Mediterranean area. Joseph Smith declared that the city of Zarahemla stood upon the land of Guatamala, which was part of southern Mexico in his day. There are two hills named Cumorah. Find out why!"
Back in the day, I would have been drawn to any book that claimed evidence proving the authenticity of the BoM. Now I just thinks it's sad.