Thomas F. O'Dea lists steel and animals as anachronistic; argues against the Book of Mormon based on the Jaredites uses swine "despite the Mosaic Law."
- Type
- Book
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
Thomas F. O’Dea, The Mormons (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1957), 39
- Scribe/Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Every commentator on the Book of Mormon has pointed out the many cultural and historical anachronisms, such as the steel sword of Laban in 600 B.C. (I Nephi 4:9) and the use of steel throughout; the finding of horses, cows, oxen, and asses in the New world (I Nephi 18:25) and their possession by the Nephites and Lamanites and also the Jaredites. Some have pointed to the use of swine by the Jaredites despite the Mosaic Law (Ether 9:18).
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