LifeOnaPlate Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 I don't know. According to LOaP and Dan, this criticism seems to have surfaced by anti-Mormons during the mid to late 1970s--a time far removed from the late 1820s when the BoM was produced/translated.Something tells me I've seen it earlier, though. I just don't have access to the source right now. I could be wrong, but I thought I'd seen it in a much earlier work.
Mike Reed Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Something tells me I've seen it earlier, though. I just don't have access to the source right now. I could be wrong, but I thought I'd seen it in a much earlier work.Wouldn't it be nice if there was a searchable anti-Mormon litterature database? Hopefully someone can find earlier examples (if they exist), and post them in this thread. I don't have time to search for them, unfortunately. I also said in my post (which you responded to, before I finished editing it--you are too fast for me!) :Besides... the criticism of anti-Mormons (like Martin) has focused on the name's meaning in ancient Hebrew, and therefore says nothing about whether or not they believed it to be a relatively common American name for males in Smith's (or even Martin's) day.quote edited for clarity.
Mike Reed Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Wouldn't it be nice if there was a searchable anti-Mormon litterature database? Hopefully someone can find earlier examples (if they exist), and post them in this thread. I don't have time to search for them, unfortunately. I also said in my post (which you responded to, before I finished editing it--you are too fast for me!) :quote edited for clarity.Sigh... it is hard to stay on task when I have other things on my mind. That is what I get for jumping in this thread. Oh well. This is what I found."Have any of your readers noticed, that among the books in the Book of Mormon is one entitled 'The Book of Alma, the son of Alma the first, and Chief Judge over the People of Nephi'?" Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication, (London: October 27, 1855)http://books.google.com/books?id=uIrWLegNZ...TYPES#PPA326,M1No explicit criticism given... but I'd agree that this person is probably alluding to an understanding that the name is feminine in Hebrew. I suppose it is also possible that they believe the name was strictly femine in English, but I doubt it. But even if they were criticizing the name based on what was common in english... the publication is from London, not the U.S.; and therefore... again... the argument says nothing about what was (and was not) a common American name in Smith's day.
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