Were the people who wrote the Book of Mormon Jews?

Question

Was Lehi a Prophet to the Jews before he left Jerusalem?
Are they the "other sheep" (If you haven't read it, forget it)

Answer 1

Jews are descendants of the tribe of Judah. Lehi and his family were of the tribe of Manasseh. The Book of Mormon is the stick of Joseph spoken of by Ezekiel. The Bible is the stick of Judah.

Lehi was a prophet in Jerusalem, at around the time of Jeremiah.

The Book of Mormon people were among the other sheep. There are people today in India that say Jesus visited them as well.

Answer 2

Lehi was supposedly a jew. Curiously, there aren't any references to jewish culture or traditions in the BoM, except possibly the building of a temple "like unto Solomon" several decades after arriving in either New York or Guatemala.

Somehow, within a few generations these guys knew all about metallurgy, architecture, agriculture and animal husbandry (using old world grains and livestock not found in the Americas before 1492), and their population grew at an incredible rate from a couple dozen refugees to hundreds of thousands. Apparently 'Lehite" females had the incredible capacity to be born pregnant with octuplets over an 80 year fertility range, with no mortality rate. God works in mysterious ways, don't he?

Or it's simply a nonsensical story written by a clever individual without much regard to reality.

Answer 3

Lehi and all his family were Jews and yes, he was a prophet to them, but of course, like all the prophets of old and today, he was not listened to. The other sheep that are mentioned, are the people of the Americas that Jesus visited after His resurrection.

Answer 4

Yes to your questions,as prove by scriptures,

4 For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days);................
(Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 1:4)

16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
(New Testament | John 10:16)

21 And verily I say unto you, that ye are they of whom I said: Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
22 And they understood me not, for they supposed it had been the Gentiles; for they understood not that the Gentiles should be converted through their preaching.

(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 15:21 - 22)

Answer 5

These are all the teachings of Mormonism. The one group that were not of Israel were the Jaredites that The BofM say came to America at the time of the Tower of Babel.. The other Sheep is a misinterpretation of John 10:16. The Other sheep were the Gentiles... Jim

Answer 6

The people who wrote the book of mormon were gentiles in the early 1800's.
The other sheep are the gentiles in the old world (and us by extension)

Answer 7

In theory, yes...

But Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, and Solomon Spalding weren't jews.

The 'other sheep' in John 10:16 were the gentiles. If Lehi and his family were indeed jews, then they technically would be of the 'same fold' as those jews in Jerusalem. Contextually, Israel and the Jewish Family were commonly referred to as the "fold of God" at that time in history, and the pagan/gentile nations were "of other folds". So when Jesus said he had sheep that weren't of "this fold", and that he would bring them into the fold and that there would be "One Fold, and One Shepherd", the apostles easily understood that it was the Gentiles. This prophecy is accomplished in the Acts and the Epistles, when it is shown that gentiles were baptized, and that the Israeli nation was no longer the only people that God would save.

Guitar: No, I'm sorry, Rigdon never recorded for JSmith, according to Mormon history. However, "Manuscript Found", written by Spalding about 25 years before the BoM was printed, contains the names Nephi, Lehi, Ammon, and Lamoni, and was originally supposed to be a fictional novel to explain the history of the Native Americans. It started with a boy digging up an old manuscript from under a rock in the Forest, hence the title 'Manuscript Found'.

Before Spalding got sick, he wanted to fund his old age (retirement) with the book sales. Unfortunately, he got sick and was unable to publish it. Rigdon, who lived in Pittsburgh and frequented the same Post Office and Printing Shop (where 'Manuscript Found' was left by Spalding for almost two years), actually met Joseph Smith in 1826, five years before their "official" meeting according to LDS History. This explains why Sidney Rigdon became Joseph's second-man immediately after his baptism, displacing Cowdery (which is what originally caused Cowdery's jealousy) Several years earlier, 'Manuscript Found' had disappeared from the Printing Shop, and who did Spalding accuse? Sidney Rigdon himself!

For the first 8 years of the Church, it was taught that Rigdon was the 'revelator', and Smith was the 'translator', and the two had a power struggle, Smith eventually coming out on top. They received several 'revelations' together, including Sec 76 of the D&C, which preached the 3 heavens, a concept Rigdon himself had advocated as a Campbellite preacher over the 12 years previous to his joining the Church. Additionally, Rigdon-branded Campbellite principles are all over the sections of the BoM that most closely resemble 'Manuscript Found' (1/2 Nephi, the 'little books', Moroni, 3 Nephi, Alma).

No, there is no way Joseph Smith could've done the BoM in less than 60 days with his education. However, Rigdon, as a highly-educated preacher, could easily convert a non-religious fictional history such as 'Manuscript Found' into a religious document and take several years to come up with a script, which Joseph Smith could easily recite in 60 days. This would make sense, since no one ever SAW Joseph Translate the plates. If he already had a script, it would also explain why he could "pick up where he left off", as Emma said, without asking her to read the last sentence he had 'translated'.

Think about it.

Also: The Spalding manuscript that was certified as "not being the source of the Book of Mormon wasn't 'Manuscript Found', it was a different story Spalding had also written.

Answer 8

Joseph Smith wrote the book of mormon and made it up or copied it from the bible, so no. No gold plates or angels, Jo smith was on some good drugs

Answer 9

A big yes to all your questions.

Footnote: Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, and Spaulding did not write the Book of Mormon. Rigdon recorded as Joseph Smith TRANSLATED.

Answer 10

No, the person who wrote the Book of Mormon is named Joseph Smith .

I have read it, Joseph Smith stole a book another man who wrote and translated some old ship logs and rewrote it using bible verses and changing names and events to suit his own self.