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Critics of the Book of Mormon claim that olives are anachronistic to it as a means of weakening the possibility of the Book of Mormon’s historicity and suggesting naturalistic origins for the Book. This article examines the claim.
Olives are only mentioned in a few locations in the Book of Mormon. Those are:
Whether olives existed in the New World or not, they do not present any anachronism for the Book of Mormon and thus have no bearing on the question of its historicity. Ironically, the descriptions of olive horticulture provide evidence for the Book of Mormon’s historical authenticity.
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