Thanks for sharing this and having Brant Gardner on. I have read and enjoyed his book "Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History" and also recently purchased the 2 books that he talks about in this interview. I have also begun reading his several volume Book of Mormon commentaries. He has done a lot of excellent scholarship on the Book of Mormon with a focus on the Sorenson Mesoamerican Model, which I favor currently.
There are at least 2 red letter editions. I put in spaces so you can see for yourself, but take them out. David Hocking has a red letter version: https :// amzn.to/3FyCuoO and the Bickertonite Church has a red letter electronic version. Just look it up on Google Play or Apple Store. You can also get one from them. (Josh Gehly gifted one to me.) ruclips.net/video/93dvoCQIwk0/видео.html David's is cool because not only does he put the words of Jesus in red, but he puts angels in blue.
I find it fascinating how he can construct an entire worldview around this BoM model but at the same time he has to ignore the direct statements of more that a dozen prophets, including Joseph who said he had visions and interactions with the BoM prophets describing where they live in the NE and midwest. Also he has to discount Zelph the white Lamanite. We also have Mayan and Aztec archaeology in meso america which thorougly disproves the meso american model, unless you discount all the evidence that disproves your model.
There's is so much evidence that disproves every model. Saying one theory is better than another is really silly. Who is more powerful, Santa or the Easter Bunny?
The creator of time and space; the father of our spirits, while imparting details of the restoration, got hung up by lost paperwork. The scale of anti-enormity defies terminology.
That's the nature of God's method of working through us fallible humans & is to be expected. We make mistakes and God has ways of compensating for that. Joseph Smith, Martin Harris, and Martin Harris' family and their acquaintances were the fallible humans who made mistakes in that particular case and God actually foresaw that and provided a 'workaround', so to speak.
Thanks for sharing this and having Brant Gardner on. I have read and enjoyed his book "Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History" and also recently purchased the 2 books that he talks about in this interview. I have also begun reading his several volume Book of Mormon commentaries. He has done a lot of excellent scholarship on the Book of Mormon with a focus on the Sorenson Mesoamerican Model, which I favor currently.
Another great interview!
Thanks for having some from the Mesoamerican camp on. I believe it is the right idea with BOM geography.
I love Brant Gardner!!
Me too!
If there were a 'Red Letter Edition' of the Book of Mormon, what percentage of it would be the direct words of Jesus?
There are at least 2 red letter editions. I put in spaces so you can see for yourself, but take them out. David Hocking has a red letter version: https :// amzn.to/3FyCuoO and the Bickertonite Church has a red letter electronic version. Just look it up on Google Play or Apple Store. You can also get one from them. (Josh Gehly gifted one to me.) ruclips.net/video/93dvoCQIwk0/видео.html
David's is cool because not only does he put the words of Jesus in red, but he puts angels in blue.
David discusses his BoM as well as Bible, and other scriptures here: ruclips.net/video/K6osuaogbT0/видео.html
I find it fascinating how he can construct an entire worldview around this BoM model but at the same time he has to ignore the direct statements of more that a dozen prophets, including Joseph who said he had visions and interactions with the BoM prophets describing where they live in the NE and midwest. Also he has to discount Zelph the white Lamanite. We also have Mayan and Aztec archaeology in meso america which thorougly disproves the meso american model, unless you discount all the evidence that disproves your model.
There's is so much evidence that disproves every model. Saying one theory is better than another is really silly. Who is more powerful, Santa or the Easter Bunny?
The creator of time and space; the father of our spirits, while imparting details of the restoration, got hung up by lost paperwork.
The scale of anti-enormity defies terminology.
That's the nature of God's method of working through us fallible humans & is to be expected. We make mistakes and God has ways of compensating for that. Joseph Smith, Martin Harris, and Martin Harris' family and their acquaintances were the fallible humans who made mistakes in that particular case and God actually foresaw that and provided a 'workaround', so to speak.