One might think that knowing these divinely appointed names would result in their adoption into the common mormon lexicon. The most correct book not everything it is cracked up to be. The book of abraham is a book of lds scripture that joseph smith translated from a collection of ancient egyptian papyri the church purchased. The situation with the book of abraham, which parallels parts of genesis with substantial changes and additions, is dramatically different. So it is helpful to remember how abraham understood the word sister when reading the following. Haran brother of abraham amazing bible timeline with. Big brother was the name of the everwatchful government in george orwells dystopian novel 1984. Ive been noticing that you watch my videos occasionally on this subreddit. Whereas the supposed gold plates are not available to compare with the book of mormon, the ancient egyptian papyrus from which joseph smith said he translated the book of abraham has been found.
Im sorry to announce that due to holidayrelated laziness, the publishing schedule for part 2 of brother jake defends the book of mormon has been pushed to the end of the month. Chiasmus hebraisms king james translation errors deutero isaiah. God called abraham into a covenant of faithful service, as is told at the beginning of genesis 12. One of his grandchildren was lot, whose father, haran, had died at ur. Brother jake fights the antimormon tides of ignorance and persecution with his fearless video series. I read this book just to see how much i spent on it and get mad at myself. When the book of abraham was first published to the world in 1842, it was published as a translation of some ancient records that have fallen. Brother jake summarizes the book of mormon youtube. And abraham said of sarah his wife, she is my sister gen. Abraham, the first patriarch in the book of genesis, is a figure of memory, legend, and faith. Evidences of the divine authenticity of the book of abraham bonus features.
Abraham is a significant figure in the new testament, both as an example of faith paul, hebrews, sacrifice james and forefather of jesus mattluke. If you have any questions for me, id be happy to answer them. It sounds like bushman talked about the book of mormon as pseudepigrapha, which is defined on wikipedia as. Hi all, its been an incredible journey over the past 6 years since i created the first brother jake video. Brother jake summarizes the book of mormon duration. After serving a mission in peru, he married a violinist, transferred schools, and finished his undergrad at indiana university.
By leaving the territory of his faithless extended family and following gods call, abraham distinguished himself sharply from his distant relatives who stayed in mesopotamia and attempted to build the tower of babel, as was told at the close of genesis 11. Part 1 by marvelousexodus in exmormon brotherjake 2 points 3 points 4 points 1 year ago 0 children thats either the greatest compliment ive ever gotten or a huge diss on your sexual partners. The truth of the book of abraham is ultimately found through careful study of its teachings, sincere prayer, and the confirmation of the spirit. October 26, 20 posted by brandon barr mormonism 4 comments. Leviticus 18 does not prohibit the marriage of a man and his niece. Brothers and bones is the first book i ever hateread. Nearly half of the book of abraham shows a dependence on the king james version of the book of genesis. Stenhouse published his book, the rocky mountain saints.
A forum for exmormons and others who have been affected by mormonism to share news, commentary, and comedy about the mormon church. The book of abraham imparts profound truths about the nature of god, his relationship to us as his children, and the purpose of this mortal life. Abram better known by his later name abraham, haran, and nahor ii. Smith explained the similarities by reasoning that when moses penned genesis, he used the book of abraham as a. Brother jake explains himself rational faiths mormon blog. Excellent documentation for the egyptian scholars and book of abraham can be found at. Jeremy runnells and the book of abraham rational faiths. Its supposed to be the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. From there abraham journeyed toward the territory of the negeb and lived between kadesh and shur. Brother jake defends the book of mormon part 4 youtube. John dehlin is at this conference today and posted comments to his facebook wall to indicate what bushman was saying. Brother jake returns for part 3 of his 4part series defending the book of mormons historicity. Genesis and the book of abraham why christianity is true.
Christian heimburger and robin scott jensen discuss the process that gave us the book of abraham, giving background on joseph smiths. I promise to make it extra amazing to make up for it. Brother jake sets the record straight about how simple the gospel really is. As he lived in ur of the chaldees, a city set on the flood plain between two rivers perhaps it means someone who tries hard to attain his goals. In the final installment of the defends the book of mormon series, brother jake makes his strongest argument for historicity yet.
So abraham knew gods law very well and would have known it was improper for him to marry his sister. Noteworthy as well is that lot does not make it into the book of chronicles genealogy. Bushman admitted the book of mormon is pseudepigrapha. Brothers and bones is a tragic waste of time for any reader. Well, hes a member the lds church, a blogger, and a really nice guy who ive had the privilege of chatting back and forth with over emails. Brother jake explains how absurd the idea that mormonism is a cult really is. I sincerely appreciate the support youve given over that time, as well as the support given to me and my family over the past year.
I love all brother jake s videos, but this one is just amazingly good. According to the book, all over the land of oceania, there are posters with pictures of eyes on. Joseph smith, the making of a prophet, dan vogel a thorough examination of how joseph smith and the book of mormon came to be natural born seer, richard van wagoner an astonishingly detailed chronicle of the smith family only up to 1830 studies of the book of mormon, b. Michael marquardt, it seems clear that smith had the bible open to genesis as he dictated this section i. Pseudepigrapha also anglicized as pseudepigraph or pseudepigraphs are falselyattributed works, texts whose claimed author. Terahs father was nahor, son of serug, descendants of shem. Growing up mormon part 4 finding out about the book of abraham. American indians atheismatheists baptism for the dead batshit crazy beliefs bishop blacks black skin blood atonement book of abraham book of mormon brigham young byu children christianity church history cognitive dissonance comedy. He is currently pursuing a masters degree in analytics a dumb word for statistics at nc state. They and many of their ancestors were polytheistic. It was also the name of the place to which abraham and his family. Glenn sits down with jake to chat about the conflict he feels being brother jake the energetic naive apologist, and the real jake, whos shelf is just about to break.
A full and complete history of the mormons, which republished deverias study of the book of abraham facsimiles. It was filed under blacksracism and was tagged with blacks, book of mormon, brother jake, curse, lazy, lds church, mormons, parody, priesthood, racism, satire, skin of blackness, war in heaven. After listening to him explain of the details, you suggest that he consider changing his training routineit seems like an anemic training schedule to youand you think he could do better. We learn in the book of abraham gods name for the sun, the moon, and the stars. His book was republished four times by the year 1905. Watch brother jake battle the tides of ignorance as he explains some of the thorniest issues of mormonism in simple terms. I just deleted the part 1 off the title of my brother jake explains. Part 1 of 4 in brother jakes series defending the book of mormons. It should come as little surprise then that in ps genealogical list lot is presented as the son of abraham s brother haran gen 11.
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