Book Of Mormon Anachronisms
There are a variety of words and phrases in the Book of Mormon that are considered anachronistic—their existence in the text of the Book of Mormon is at odds with known linguistic patterns, archaeological findings, or known historical events.
Each of the anachronisms is a word, phrase, artifact, or other concept that critics, historians, archaeologists, or linguists believe did not exist in the Americas during the time period that the Book of Mormon claims to have been written in.
Latter Day Saint scholars and apologists respond to the anachronisms in several ways.
The list below summarizes the most prominent and problematic anachronisms, as well as perspectives by Mormon apologists, and rebuttals.
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