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Improvement Era 51, no. 2 (February 1948)
Smith, George Albert
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Original Words of the Book of Mormon
Title
Original Words of the Book of Mormon
Magazine
Improvement Era
Publication Type
Magazine Article
Year of Publication
1948
Authors
Lundstrom, Harold (Primary)
Pagination
84–86, 116
Date Published
February 1948
Volume
51
Issue Number
2
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Abstract
Defending the originality of the Book of Mormon, this article discusses how during the period of 1820-1830 coining words was less common than at any subsequent time in America. The fact that the Book of Mormon contains so many unfamiliar words is a testimony of its divinity. B. H. Roberts studied the names in the Book of Mormon and found that Jaredite names end with consonants and Nephite names in vowels. One hundred eighty-one new words came forth out of seventy-five working days of translation.
Table of Contents
Subject Keywords
Authenticity
Linguistic Analysis
Onomastics
Book of Mormon Authorship
Book of Mormon Anachronisms
Bibliographic Citation
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