@scriptureplus: Look, I share a lot of Book of Mormon evidence on my account, but this one’s my favorite. It’s really huge. For the first time, we may have found evidence for the Book of Mormon’s Ishmael. . In 1 Nephi 16, it says that they buried Ishmael in a place which was called Nahom. Well, researchers have discovered: . - A funerary stela (or gravestone) - Around the Nahom tribal region - That dates to the 6th century BC (Lehi’s time) - With an inscription on it of the name Ishmael. . The Nahom of the Book of Mormon likely refers to the Nihm tribal area in Yemen, which is in the southwestern portion of the Arabian peninsula. Now the provenance of this funerary stela is a little tricky but it for sure is an ancient, authentic stela and was likely found in this Wadi Jawf area. . Here is the stela itself, which has a crude drawing of a face on it, as well as an inscription of a name in ancient South Arabian script. And this is what the South Arabian inscription is. It transliterates to yasma’il or the South Arabian version of Ishmael. Interestingly, some scholars say that funerary stelae of this kind were done for foreigners, or travelers coming through a caravan, like Lehi’s family in the Book of Mormon . Now I’ll be clear, there is no way to prove that this is THE Ishmael of the Book of Mormon. It’s just impossible. . But what it does do is bolster PLAUSIBILITY of the claim that the Book of Mormon makes. This stela shows that there could have been AN Ishmael buried in the right place, at the right time as Lehi’s family. . And by the microscopic chance that this is THE Ishmael of the Book of Mormon, we just might have our first portrait of a Book of Mormon character. . Super cool. If you want to learn more about this, check out article 258 on Ishmael’s Burial at Evidence Central. . #lds #prolds #latterdaysaint #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #bookofmormon #josephsmith #bookofmormonevidence #archaeology #nahom

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Wednesday 31 January 2024 01:07:12 GMT