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Priest, Josiah. American Antiquities, 79. 5th ed. Albany: Hoffman and White, 1835.
This gentleman is decidedly, and we may say severely, opposed to this doctrine,
and alleges that the Ten Tribes were never lost, but are still in the countries of the east
about the region of ancient Syria, in Asia. He ridicules all those authors who have
attempted to find in the customs of the Indians, traits of the Jews, and stamps them with
being egregriously ignorant of the origin of things pertaining to this subject. This is
taking a high stand, indeed, and if he can maintain it, he has a right to the honor thereof.
Upon this notion, he says, a new sect of religion has arisen, namely, the Mormonites, who
pretend to have discovered a book with golden leaves, in which is the history of the
American Jews, and their leader, Mormon, who came hither more than 2,000 years ago.
This work is ridiculous enough, it is true; as the whole book of Mormon bears the stamp
of folly, and is a poor attempt at an imitation of the Old Testament Scriptures, and is
without connection, object, or aim; shewing every where language and phrases of too late
construction to accord with the Asiatic manner of composition, which highly
characterises the the style of the Bible, and how can it be otherwise as it was written in
Ontario county, New York.
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| Author | Priest, Josiah, 1788-1851; |
| Title | American Antiquities |
| Edition | Electronic reproduction |
| Abstract | Paragraph from page 79 of American Antiquities, deriding the Book of Mormon as "folly." |
| Publisher Original | Hoffamn and White |
| Date Original | 1835 |
| Digital Publisher | Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University |
| Date Digital | 2009-06 |
| Owning Institution | Brigham Young University |
| Subject | Book of Mormon--History; |
| Geographic Place Name | Albany (N.Y.) |
| Genre | Books; |
| Keywords | Book of Mormon; Lost Ten Tribes; |
| Source | American Antiquities, 79. 5th ed. Albany: Hoffman and white, 1835. |
| Language | English; eng; en; |
| Patron Usage Instructions | http://www.lib.byu.edu/genericnote_copyright.html |
| Copyright status/owner | Public Domain, Courtesy Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Conversion specifications | E-Image Data Scanpro 1000; 600dpi; pdf |
| Full text | Transcriptions provided by the Maxwell Institute |
| Identifier | 1835_Priest |
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