El Libro de Mormón/Templo en el Nuevo Mundo

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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).
  • they claim that the sacrifices and rituals as presented are not consistent with Jewish ritual

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.

Ritual problems

Response

Only one temple?

info

Not enough people?

Jewish ritual

Conclusion

A summary of the argument against the criticism.

Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

Libro de Mormón "Anacronismos"

FAIR web site

  • FAIR Topical Guide:

External links

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. ISBN 0875796001 off-site (Inglés) FAIR link GL direct link