Clark Braden argues that Laban's steel sword is an anachronism in the volume; attributes this mistake to Sidney Rigdon.

Date
Feb 12, 1884 - Mar 8, 1884
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Clark Braden
Critic
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Clark Braden, "Mr. Braden's Tenth Speech," in E.L. Kelley and Clark Braden, Public Discussion of the Issues between the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of Christ [Disciples] (Lamoni, Iowa: The Herald Publishing House, 1913), 109

Scribe/Publisher
The Herald Publishing House
People
Clark Braden, Sidney Rigdon
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Laban's sword was steel, when it is a notorious fact that the Israelites knew nothing of steel for hundreds of years afterwards. Who but as ignorant a person as Rigdon would have perpetrated all these blunders?

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