Christopher Nemelka and the "Sealed Portion"

[Stargazer]

It isn't necessary to bash on Nemelka, even though he is eminently bashable.

However, he and his works will apparently be brought forward from time to time, and thus some kind of discussion of his work is in order.

The first time he and his Sealed Portion came to my attention, his "Book of Lehi" (allegedly from the lost 116 page manuscript) was the initial thing I started reading. Without much delay, Nemelka's work starts falling apart rather dramatically.

In the first chapter of the Book of Lehi, we have verse 7 stating that Lehi's father was Jeshron, a HIgh Priest among the Jews after the order of Aaron. The problem with this are that Lehi was not of the tribe of Levi, let alone the son of the High Priest; Lehi was of Joseph, a Mannassehite. In the next few verses, Nemelka names the male-line ancestry of Lehi all the way back to Ephraim and Joseph, so he is aware of Lehi's actual ancestry.

We don't even get out of the first chapter before we discover to our chagrin that Lehi was also a HIgh Priest. In fact, there are apparently lots of High Priests, and they appear to be organized into quorums, or a quorum. The obvioius problem with this is that in Israel there was only ever one High Priest at a time, and he was a Levite and a descendant of Aaron, not Joesph. Oh,, and by the way, Laban is also a High Priest. What Nemelka appears to have done here is to take his experience amongst the Latter-day Saints and assumes that ancient Israel was organized the same way. He is clearly caught here in an obvious anachronism. A big time Boo Boo.

Based on this alone, absent all of his personal foibles, Nemelka is utterly without any credibility.

[CQUIRK]

It isn't necessary to bash on Nemelka, even though he is eminently bashable.

However, he and his works will apparently be brought forward from time to time, and thus some kind of discussion of his work is in order.

The first time he and his Sealed Portion came to my attention, his "Book of Lehi" (allegedly from the lost 116 page manuscript) was the initial thing I started reading. Without much delay, Nemelka's work starts falling apart rather dramatically.

In the first chapter of the Book of Lehi, we have verse 7 stating that Lehi's father was Jeshron, a HIgh Priest among the Jews after the order of Aaron. The problem with this are that Lehi was not of the tribe of Levi, let alone the son of the High Priest; Lehi was of Joseph, a Mannassehite. In the next few verses, Nemelka names the male-line ancestry of Lehi all the way back to Ephraim and Joseph, so he is aware of Lehi's actual ancestry.

We don't even get out of the first chapter before we discover to our chagrin that Lehi was also a HIgh Priest. In fact, there are apparently lots of High Priests, and they appear to be organized into quorums, or a quorum. The obvioius problem with this is that in Israel there was only ever one High Priest at a time, and he was a Levite and a descendant of Aaron, not Joesph. Oh,, and by the way, Laban is also a High Priest. What Nemelka appears to have done here is to take his experience amongst the Latter-day Saints and assumes that ancient Israel was organized the same way. He is clearly caught here in an obvious anachronism. A big time Boo Boo.

Based on this alone, absent all of his personal foibles, Nemelka is utterly without any credibility.

Which further shows the utter blind stupidity for those like Ida to think he's the 'real deal'.