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From: healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy)
Subject: Re: Studies on Book of Mormon
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 02:13:01 GMT
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In article <735023059snx@enkidu.mic.cl> agrino@enkidu.mic.cl (Andres Grino Brandt) writes:
>From: agrino@enkidu.mic.cl (Andres Grino Brandt)
>Subject: Studies on Book of Mormon
>Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 14:15:33 CST
>Hi!
>
>I don't know much about Mormons, and I want to know about serious independent
>studies about the Book of Mormon.
>
>I don't buy the 'official' story about the gold original taken to heaven,
>but haven't read the Book of Mormon by myself (I have to much work learning
>Biblical Hebrew), I will appreciate any comment about the results of study
>in style, vocabulary, place-names, internal consistency, and so on.
>
>For example: There is evidence for one-writer or multiple writers?
>There are some mention about events, places, or historical persons later
>discovered by archeologist?
>
>Yours in Collen
>
>Andres Grino Brandt               Casilla 14801 - Santiago 21
>agrino@enkidu.mic.cl                        Chile
>
>No hay mas realidad que la realidad, y la razon es su profeta
I don't think the Book of Mormon was supposedly translated from Biblical 
Hebrew.  I've read that "prophet Joseph Smith" traslated the gold tablets 
from some sort of Egyptian-ish language.  
Former Mormons, PLEASE post.

Tammy "no trim" Healy

