Theodore Clarke Smith, when comparing the Book of Mormon and the Spalding Manuscript, argues that the use of "adieu" in both volumes are anachronistic.

Date
1912
Type
Book
Source
Theodore Clarke Smith
Critic
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Theodore Clarke Smith, The External Evidences of the Book of Mormon (N.P.: Theodore Clarke Smith, 1912), 94

Scribe/Publisher
Theodore Clarke Smith
People
Theodore Clarke Smith
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

(4 ) In both books the word "adieu,' is used. Twice in the Ms. and in the B. M. Jacob ends his book with, "Brethren, adieu ." A French word appearing many hundreds of years before the French language was spoken.

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