Edwin Firmage, Jr., argues that "Jew" in 1 Nephi 1:2 is anachronistic.

Date
2002
Type
Book
Source
Edwin Firmage, Jr.
Disaffected
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Edwin Firmage, Jr., “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter,” in American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 15n.2

Scribe/Publisher
Signature Books
People
Edwin Firmage, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The anachronistic reference to “Jews” is worth noting but remains tangential to the present discussion.

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