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Voices From The Dust: New Light On An Ancient American Record
by Glenn A. Scott, Jr.
A NOTE REGARDING QUOTATIONS
All scriptural quotations are from the Three Standard Books of Scripture as originally published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
*The Book of Mormon, RLDS 1908 Authorized Edition, which was carefully (but NOT carefully enough! The Restored Covenant Edition is nearly 100% more accurate!-BLSKV) compared with the Kirtland Edition of 1837.
*The Holy Scriptures, Inspired Version
*Book of Doctrine and Covenants.
NOTE: All quotations from the Book of Mormon first show the RLDS system of chapter and verse. For readers who use the LDS system of versification, chapter and verse are shown immediately following [within brackets].
Quotations from the Doctrine and Covenants first refer to the RLDS version, followed by corresponding LDS sections and verses [within brackets].
Biblical quotations are taken from the Inspired Version, followed by corresponding references from the King James Version. If the quotation is the same in both versions, it is followed by the initials IV;KJ.
Quotations other than scriptural, are immediately followed by a small superscript number (within the text) and the source is cited by a footnote of the same number at the bottom of the same page.
DO YOU MAKE EASY ASSUMPTIONS?
Welcome to VOICES FROM THE DUST: New Light on an Ancient American Record.
If you usually skip forewards, prefaces, and introductions, PLEASE DO NOT SKIP THIS ONE! It holds a key that you will need in order to understand much of what follows, and to avoid a trap into which many innocently fall--that of making easy assumptions.
These are studies of an ancient codex recovered in 1827 from a stone box buried in what is now western New York state. It was engraved (and part of it was also etched, we learn-BLSKV) on metal sheets bound by three rings (the original loose leaf notebook). Though found in New York, it originated some 2,700 miles to the south in Mesoamerica. It is basically a religious record of a now extinct colony who migrated from the Near East to the New World. They called themselves Nephites and occupied Guatemala and southern Mexico from the early sixth century BC. They were finally destroyed in AD 385 by indigenes calling themselves Lamanites, better known as Mayas. The record also includes a brief account of an earlier culture (3114 BC to 200 BC) called Jaredites, better known as Olmec.
This record was named by its editor, The Book of Mormon (Meaning Book of The Restoration of the Covenant, the Covenant of Baptism made at the Waters of Mormon-BLSKV). Most people have at least heard of it, and most have made some easy assumptions about it.
by Glenn A. Scott, Jr.
A NOTE REGARDING QUOTATIONS
All scriptural quotations are from the Three Standard Books of Scripture as originally published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
*The Book of Mormon, RLDS 1908 Authorized Edition, which was carefully (but NOT carefully enough! The Restored Covenant Edition is nearly 100% more accurate!-BLSKV) compared with the Kirtland Edition of 1837.
*The Holy Scriptures, Inspired Version
*Book of Doctrine and Covenants.
NOTE: All quotations from the Book of Mormon first show the RLDS system of chapter and verse. For readers who use the LDS system of versification, chapter and verse are shown immediately following [within brackets].
Quotations from the Doctrine and Covenants first refer to the RLDS version, followed by corresponding LDS sections and verses [within brackets].
Biblical quotations are taken from the Inspired Version, followed by corresponding references from the King James Version. If the quotation is the same in both versions, it is followed by the initials IV;KJ.
Quotations other than scriptural, are immediately followed by a small superscript number (within the text) and the source is cited by a footnote of the same number at the bottom of the same page.
DO YOU MAKE EASY ASSUMPTIONS?
Welcome to VOICES FROM THE DUST: New Light on an Ancient American Record.
If you usually skip forewards, prefaces, and introductions, PLEASE DO NOT SKIP THIS ONE! It holds a key that you will need in order to understand much of what follows, and to avoid a trap into which many innocently fall--that of making easy assumptions.
These are studies of an ancient codex recovered in 1827 from a stone box buried in what is now western New York state. It was engraved (and part of it was also etched, we learn-BLSKV) on metal sheets bound by three rings (the original loose leaf notebook). Though found in New York, it originated some 2,700 miles to the south in Mesoamerica. It is basically a religious record of a now extinct colony who migrated from the Near East to the New World. They called themselves Nephites and occupied Guatemala and southern Mexico from the early sixth century BC. They were finally destroyed in AD 385 by indigenes calling themselves Lamanites, better known as Mayas. The record also includes a brief account of an earlier culture (3114 BC to 200 BC) called Jaredites, better known as Olmec.
This record was named by its editor, The Book of Mormon (Meaning Book of The Restoration of the Covenant, the Covenant of Baptism made at the Waters of Mormon-BLSKV). Most people have at least heard of it, and most have made some easy assumptions about it.