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Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"Benjamin" changed to "Mosiah"
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Criticism
In the text currently found in Mosiah 21:28 and Ether 4:1 of the Book of Mormon, the 1830 edition reads "Benjamin", while all subsequent editions read "Mosiah." Critics claim that "either God made a mistake when He inspired the record or Joseph made a mistake when he translated it."
Source(s) of the criticism
- John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mormonism (Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House, 1992), p. 310.
- Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House, 1985), p. 186.
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism-Shadow or Reality? (Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1972), p. 90.
- James White, Letters to a Mormon Elder (Southbridge, Massachusetts: Crowne, 1990), pp. 184-185.
Response
Conclusion
Endnotes
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Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
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- L. Ara Norwood, Benjamin or Mosiah? Resolving an Anomaly in Mosiah 21:28