Book of Mormon anachronisms/Temple in New World

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Criticism

Critics attack the presence of an Israelite temple built by the Nephites. They do so on one or more of the following grounds:

• they claim that Israelites considered the Jerusalem temple the sole legitimate site of worship, and so would not have reproduced it.
• they claim that the Nephite population would have been too small to match the work required to built a temple "like unto Solomon's temple" (2 Nephi 5:16).

Source(s) of the Criticism

No temple besides Jerusalem:

Not enough people:

• John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 322.
• Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 83.

Response

Only one temple?

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Conclusion

A summary of the argument against the criticism.

Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

Book of Mormon anachronisms/Temple in New World

FAIR web site

• FAIR Topical Guide:

External links

• David E. Bokovoy, "The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon: Still Losing the Battle: Review of The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon by Joel P. Kramer and Scott R. Johnson," FARMS Review 18/1 (2006): 3–19. off-site wiki
• "Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings in the Book of Mormon," (Provo, Utah: FARMS). off-site

Printed material

• Daniel C. Peterson, "Is the Book of Mormon True? Notes on the Debate," in Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins (chapter 6), edited by Noel B. Reynolds, (Provo: FARMS, 1997). GospeLink
• John L. Sorenson, "Kingship and Temple in 2 Nephi 5–10," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992), 66–68.GL direct link