THE LATE WAR, THE BOOK OF MORMON,

AND BIG DATADuane Johnson

MOTIVATIONGiven the Book of Mormon is

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Can we, who have studied it for decades of our lives, better

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THE LATE WARBetween the United States and Great Britain

by Gilbert J. Hunt

(War of 1812)

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THE RIVER BATTLE

And the battle raged with great violence, and the men of Britain strove hard to pass over the river called Saranac; But the men of war of Columbia, who were upon the opposite side of the water, opposed them, and slew them with great slaughter. And the brave Grosvenor, and Hamilton, and Riley, and the gallant Cronk, drove them back from crossing the bridges. Likewise, many were slain in the river, so that the waters of the Saranac were dyed with the blood of the servants of the king.

But Alma, with his guards, contended with the guards of the king of the Lamanites, until he slew and drove them back; and thus he cleared the ground, or rather the bank, which was on the west side of the river Sidon, throwing bodies of the Lamanites which had been slain, into the waters of Sidon, that thereby his people might have room to cross and contend with the Lamanites and the Amlicites, on the west side of the river Sidon.

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THE TOWER SPEECHSo it came to pass that the husbandmen from the surrounding country gathered together, and pitched their tents hard by the city. And the number that came to the defence of the place was about thirty thousand valiant men ... the inhabitants assembled together in the midst of the city, ... the people began to gather themselves together; and, from the porch of the hall, the aged Willet, with the star-spangled banner of Columbia waving over his silvery head, addressed the surrounding multitude. And the people shouted with a loud voice, for the words of his mouth were pleasant to the sons of Liberty, and were in this wise : Lo ! three score and fourteen years have brought with them their bodily infirmities ; but were my strength as unimpaired as my love for my country, and that soul which still animates me, ye would not have found me in the rostrum, but in the midst of the battle!

And it came to pass that ... the people gathered themselves together throughout all the land, And ... they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his family ... for the multitude being so great, ... he caused a tower to be erected, that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them. ... I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, ... at this period of time when I am about to go down to my grave ... my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly, while attempting to speak unto you; ... And they all cried with one voice, saying, Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us.

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“HEBRAISMS” IN THE LATE WAR

Chiasmus Cognate Accusative Negative Questions Construct State Compound Prepositions Adverbials Extra Ands Poetic Parallelisms

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Simile Curse It Came To Pass Plural Amplification Enumeration Repetition of “The” Repetition of Preposition Repetition of Possessive Pronoun Lexical Hebraisms

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The list of Hebraisms admissible as proof for an ancient origin of the Book of Mormon seems to change, but here are some claimed proofs:

For Further Details, see Rick Grunder’s excellent analysis: http://www.rickgrunder.com/parallels/mp193.pdf

SCORING DOCUMENTS

I Nephi, having been born of goodly parents100861

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SCORING DOCUMENTS

I Nephi, having been born of goodly parents10086

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my birth was of the lower sort,

having been born of plain honest Parents327

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—Jonathan Swift

PSEUDOBIBLICAL BOOKS

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The Chronicle of the Kings of England, 1st Book - Robert Dodsley - 1744 The Chronicle of the Kings of England, 2nd Book - Robert Dodsley - 1744 A Chronicle of the Chiefs of Muttonville - White Griswold - 1830 The First Book of the American Chronicles - John Leacock - 1775 Parable Against Persecution - Benjamin Franklin - 1755 The American Revolution - Richard Snowden - 1802 The Book of Preferment - Horace Walpole - 1742 Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith - 1830 Chronicles - Massachusetts Centinal - 1786 Chronicles of Andrew - Jesse Denson - 1815 Chronicles of Nathan Ben Saddi - 1758 Chronicles, The Maryland Journal - 1766 History of Anti-Christ - Elias Smith - 1811 Reformer Chronicles - 1832 The Book of America - 1766

The Conquest of Canaan - Timothy Dwight - 1785 The Epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp - 1827 The Fall of Samuel the Squomicutite - 1763 The First Book of Napoleon - Michael Linning - 1809 The First Book of the Chronicles of John - 1812 The French Gasconade Defeated - 1743 The Late War - Gilbert Hunt - 1816

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

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Book of MormonJoseph Smith

1830

The American RevolutionRichard Snowden

1802

The Conquest of CanaanTimothy Dwight

1785

The Epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp1827

The First Book of Napoleon1809

The Late WarGilbert Hunt

1816

(first translated into English)

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