Source:Echoes:Ch5:19:Alphabet from Arabia and Anthon transcript - Revision history

GregSmith at 02:47, 14 September 2014

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	Perhaps even more remarkable are the possible connections between the ancient alphabet of people in Arabia and that which appears on the so-called Anthon Transcript of the Book of Mormon, a one-page document in possession of the RLDS Church (now known as the Community of Christ).88 A preliminary review has shown that twenty-five of the characters reproduced in the Anthon Transcript (some are duplicates of one another) are at home in Old North Arabian, a dialect of ancient Arabic spoken and written in northwest Arabia, where Lehi and Sariah set up their first camp. In addition, twelve of the characters on the transcript (again, some are duplicates) are the same as those known from Old South Arabian. This latter dialect was spoken and written in an area south and east of Nahom through which Lehi and Sariah would have passed.89 Since the party of Lehi and Sariah spent no less than "eight years" in the Arabian Peninsula ({{s\|1\|Nephi\|17\|4), it may be possible to see a connection coming through these travelers.<ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon\|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=5 Chapter 5], {{sofr}}\|author=S. Kent Brown\|article=New Light from Arabia on Lehi's Trail}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>		Perhaps even more remarkable are the possible connections between the ancient alphabet of people in Arabia and that which appears on the so-called Anthon Transcript of the Book of Mormon, a one-page document in possession of the RLDS Church (now known as the Community of Christ).88 A preliminary review has shown that twenty-five of the characters reproduced in the Anthon Transcript (some are duplicates of one another) are at home in Old North Arabian, a dialect of ancient Arabic spoken and written in northwest Arabia, where Lehi and Sariah set up their first camp. In addition, twelve of the characters on the transcript (again, some are duplicates) are the same as those known from Old South Arabian. This latter dialect was spoken and written in an area south and east of Nahom through which Lehi and Sariah would have passed.89 Since the party of Lehi and Sariah spent no less than "eight years" in the Arabian Peninsula ({{s\|1\|Nephi\|17\|4}}), it may be possible to see a connection coming through these travelers.<ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon\|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=5 Chapter 5], {{sofr}}\|author=S. Kent Brown\|article=New Light from Arabia on Lehi's Trail}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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Perhaps even more remarkable are the possible connections between the ancient alphabet of people in Arabia and that which appears on the so-called Anthon Transcript of the Book of Mormon, a one-page document in possession of the RLDS Church (now known as the Community of Christ).88 A preliminary review has shown that twenty-five of the characters reproduced in the Anthon Transcript (some are duplicates of one another) are at home in Old North Arabian, a dialect of ancient Arabic spoken and written in northwest Arabia, where Lehi and Sariah set up their first camp. In addition, twelve of the characters on the transcript (again, some are duplicates) are the same as those known from Old South Arabian. This latter dialect was spoken and written in an area south and east of Nahom through which Lehi and Sariah would have passed.89 Since the party of Lehi and Sariah spent no less than "eight years" in the Arabian Peninsula ({{s|1|Nephi|17|4), it may be possible to see a connection coming through these travelers.<ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=5 Chapter 5], {{sofr}}|author=S. Kent Brown|article=New Light from Arabia on Lehi's Trail}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Culture/Old World/Bedouin/Desert travel|Desert travel]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Geography/Old World/Arabia|Arabia]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthon transcript|Anthon transcript]]

Source:Echoes:Ch5:19:Alphabet from Arabia and Anthon transcript - Revision history

GregSmith at 02:47, 14 September 2014

GregSmith at 02:46, 14 September 2014

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GregSmith: Created page with "{{FME-Source |title=Lehi's desert journey: Alphabet |category= |catname= }} ==Lehi's desert journey: Alphabet== Perhaps even more remarkable are the..."

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