LDS Church, Where is the Hebrew Language?

Question

None of the languages in the Americas resembled the Hebrew Language. There have never been any Hebrew texts found from the time period before Europeans landed on the continent. If the book of Mormon is true then the Israelites that supposedly came to the Americas would have landed on the contintent with the language intact. So where are the books?

When I said there are no texts, I'm not refering to holy texts. What I mean is that there are none, period. One answer claims that the language changed over a thousand or so years, but if that were the case then there would be a thousand or so years worth of texts-- common books like stories, news, history etc.-- that we could find to follow this drastic change. Not to mention that the Jews have historically been a stubborn people. The Israeli's still have their language even though at some point in time the country ceased to exist altogether for a number of years.

John R said that the Book of Mormon is "one such book." And, that is my point, it is the only book. Where are all the other books a civilization as advanced as the one that supposedly came to America do not exist without writing books. Another of you claims that they were destroyed. This is a moot point, the Nephites were supposedly destroyed by the Lamanites. Both of these peoples supposedly came from Israel. So why aren't there any books written in the Hebrew Language?

Answer 1

The languages found in South America and such are ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures that have been around for many millenia. the Book of Mormon is not true and there are many other things in the book that cause questions like this.

Answer 2

There is something called limited geography, the BofM covered a small group of people in a pretty small portion of the 2 continents, plus, the language was altered as time went on. They intermingled, etc. with other civilizations and this probably changed the language a lot. If you want an example of how fast a language can change or disappear, there are a small group of islands of the Carolina Coast that used to have a Creole type language spoken. Within the last 50 years or so, those speaking the language have died out, and the language is almost extinct, although there are a few over the age of 60 who still speak it, at least there were about 10 years ago. But within a few decades, the language has almost disappeared. With the BofM you're talking centuries....no surprise that you don't find anything with the limited geography and the rapidity of language changes.

Answer 3

Look at how Americans is Different from the British, just a mere few hundred years, the language is already changing.

The same reasoning can applied to the language in the Book of Mormon, besides being merge with other languages, its is a record period of over a thousand years, and almost 2000 years after the Nephites got killed off by the lamanites, and the lamanites being such as they are, do not keep written records.

2 Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
(Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 1:2)

Nephi stated, he make the record using "Learning of the Jews and the language of the Egytians".
That already shows that, what Nephi wrote is no longer pure Hebrew as you implied.

Answer 4

The book of Mormon talks about how their language had become altered over the thousands or so years of time that it covers. A big reason for this is that the descendants of the original family in the Book of Mormon joined in with a civilization that was already there, they intermingled and became one society and culture. But for what it's worth, there was a linguistics professor in New York that looked at a copy of some characters from the Book of Mormon and their english translation, and confirmed that it was a true translation, and that the characters seemed reminiscent of Egyptian. I'm not exactly holding my breath for you to pay attention to anything I wrote, because it sounds like your pretty convinced no matter what people say.

best wishes.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

There are evidences
http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=jbms&id=376#_edn7

As far as records - The Book of Mormon is once such record! The people of The BOM were all killed by 400 AD, so it's no surprise that there's not a lot left of them, since other people inhabited their lands for the last 1500 years.

Answer 7

You are absolutely right! and if a Mormon comes up to you saying that when Jesus said "there is another flock" meaning he went to south america to spread the gospell... Remember this: When Jesus talked about another flock, he talked about the gentiles. He came first and foremost for the children of Israel, the chosen people and also for the gentiles. Read Roman 12. The mormons are not the chosen people. They are very nice people, but not the chosen people!

Answer 8

And why is the book written in "King James English"? Why not Hebrew or Aramaic or Greek, like the rest of the Bible?

Answer 9

You have pointed out one of many, many obvious contradictions in Mormonism. Chances are they have an answer for it that defies logic.

Answer 10

research a nonmormon history of joseph smith...
he was into witcraft (crystal balls etc) and the church and law were very angry with him, so he ran off and found a reason why they shouldnt--he made himeslf holy. sounds crazy huh?