Some Problems with Book of Mormon Historicity
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“in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah” (“historically suspicious”) This concise and irenic reference to the political state of affairs seems to be unaware that Judah had already been under Babylonian vassalage for several years. Jehoiachin had been taken into exile and Zedekiah had been appointed by the Babylonians as governor. The latter was not a king in the traditional sense (see e.g. Römer, 2007).
“manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah” (“historically unlikely”) There is no evidence that any part of the people of ancient Judah believed in a coming divine Messiah or Savior. The evidence actually strongly suggests that the concept of a future Messiah arose in the post-exilic period as a result of the demise of the monarchy and its lingering effects on those attempting to re-establish and consolidate a Jewish polity in Persian-controlled Yehud (see e.g. Collins, 2008).
Some Problems with Book of Mormon Historicity
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