Samuel Hawthornthwaite says "cimeters" in the Book of Mormon are an anachronism.

Date
1857
Type
Book
Source
Samuel Hawthornthwaite
Resigned
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Samuel Hawthornthwaite, Mr. Hawthornthwaite's Adventures Among the Mormons (Manchester: The Author, 1857), 69

Scribe/Publisher
Samuel Hawthornthwaite
People
Samuel Hawthornthwaite
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The cimeter, a Turkish weapon, not known until after the time of Mohommed ; and the word Bible, which belongs only to modern theology, are familiarly spoken of by these ancient worthies.

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