Infinite Goodness

Résumé du livre

Building on the conclusions reached in A Man that Can Translate, author Jonathan Edward Neville offers a surprising new way to tell that Joseph Smith actually translated the ancient Nephite record. Although much of the Book of Mormon uses biblical language, it contains more than 700 non-bibical sophisticated terms, phrases and concepts. Where did these originate? When a visitor asked about the establishment of the Church, Joseph said: I commenced and gave him a brief relation of my experience while in my juvenile years, say from 6 years old up to the time I receive the first visitation of Angels which was when I was about 14 years old. This book uses extensive, detailed analysis to propose that, from ages 6 to 14, Joseph developed an intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations, such as the influential writings of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), which gave him the Christian lexicon he needed to translate the plates after the manner of [his] language. Joseph's translations, revelations, and personal writings are all drawn from his mental language bank--convincing evidence that God prepared and inspired him. By corroborating the testimony of Joseph and Oliver, this exciting evidence reaffims the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon as a translation of ancient records. The Book of Mormon belongs to the entire world. The new faith-affirming approach in this book opens up the text as an integral and necessary component of God's plan for the fulfillment of the hopes and dreams of the Biblical prophets and Christian teachers such as Jonathan Edwards.--Back cover.