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So no, the Late War does not, as one critic put it, “completely obliterate[] the Hebraism argument.” In fact, with the lack of evidence to support this assumption, it strengthens it. | So no, the Late War does not, as one critic put it, “completely obliterate[] the Hebraism argument.” In fact, with the lack of evidence to support this assumption, it strengthens it. | ||
+ | Below is a brief analysis of Chiasmus in the Late War. "Their 'chiasmus' includes a bunch of phrases that never exist, phrases that are not at all similar, parts of different combined verses, and include phrases that show up dozens or hundreds of times throughout the book.<ref>Conflict of Interest, "Did The Book ‘Late War Between The United States & Great Britain’ Influence The Book Of Mormon?" <http://www.conflictofjustice.com/late-war-between-the-united-states-great-britain-book-of-mormon/> (accessed 7 February 2019)</ref> | ||
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Other than the fact that the Late War left a n-gram footprint of 0.16 % in the Book of Mormon[1], we can examine a few other important details to strengthen the argument that Joseph could not have learned how to create hebraisms before translation by using the Late War.
So no, the Late War does not, as one critic put it, “completely obliterate[] the Hebraism argument.” In fact, with the lack of evidence to support this assumption, it strengthens it.
Below is a brief analysis of Chiasmus in the Late War. "Their 'chiasmus' includes a bunch of phrases that never exist, phrases that are not at all similar, parts of different combined verses, and include phrases that show up dozens or hundreds of times throughout the book.[3]
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