Narrative Of Zosimus

[nosmelone]

So I stumbled across the article by John Welch written in 1982 entitled, "The Narrative of Zosimus and The Book of Mormon". It points out many interesting parallells in between the two but during the conclusion he admits that more research needs to be done in reference to authorship of the Narrative. Does anyone know if there has been any more indepth research done either on the Narrative of Zosimus or on the comparison of it to the Book of Mormon since 1982?

Edited November 22, 2012 by nosmelone

[Kevin Christensen]

Welch updated his article slightly for Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins. (FARMS, 1997), edited by Noel Reynolds.

Also, there is a chapter in Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem on The Rechabites: A Model Group in Lehi's World" by Jefferey Thompson and John W. Welch. I was going to talk about them a bit in my essay in the same book, but Jack said I shouldn't overlap what they had.

Margaret Barker occasionally talks about the Narrative of Zosimus and the Rechabites as well. She refers to Welch's essay, and makes some additional comments. She notes that the Rechabites as mentioned in Jeremiah are an example of non-Levitical priesthood, since Jeremiah 35:19 ends with a technical term ("stand before me") for temple service.

FWIW

Kevin Christensen

Bethel Park, PA