Book of Mormon Trivia

[pam]

It is interesting though..Nephi was so detailed about so many other things..why didn't he mention who this king was he annointed?

[Vort]

Originally Posted by pam

It is interesting though..Nephi was so detailed about so many other things..why didn't he mention who this king was he annointed?

Nephi either did not write in his record after finishing 2 Nephi, or else he wrote it in the large plates, which were redacted by Mormon. The 116 lost pages (or Book of Lehi) may possibly have named the kings between Nephi and Mosiah I, but alas, they have been lost and are not likely to be coming back any time soon.

[stickybuzz]

Originally Posted by Vort

Note that Jacob explicitly mentions being given charge of the small plates, but does not mention being given charge of the large plates -- despite talking about those plates. Clearly, Jacob was given the small plates, but it appears he was not given the large plates. Who was?

That's not a safe assumption to make. Not mentioning the large plates does not mean that he didn't have them. It only means that he didn't mention them.

Originally Posted by Vort

Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from generation to generation until the days of king Benjamin.

Ahh, now that's exactly what I was looking for! Here we have scriptural proof that the large and small plates where kept by separate people for at least some of the time. Thanks for that! That hadn't sunk in before.

Because of that, I concede that it's much more likely that the second king got the large plates than did Jacob. However since it doesn't actually say that, were I to write a trivia question about this I'd phrase it as "most likely" and then I'd leave Jacob out as a possibility in the answer choices just to avoid argument.

[pam]

Note that Jacob explicitly mentions being given charge of the small plates, but does not mention being given charge of the large plates -- despite talking about those plates. Clearly, Jacob was given the small plates, but it appears he was not given the large plates. Who was?

I think this could be a safe assumption. As I quoted in the talk earlier..it shows the large plates were kept by kings while the small plates by Prophets. Jacob was a prophet.

[Vort]

Originally Posted by stickybuzz

Ahh, now that's exactly what I was looking for! Here we have scriptural proof that the large and small plates where kept by separate people for at least some of the time. Thanks for that! That hadn't sunk in before.

It only took me a trifling 25+ times reading the Book of Mormon to spot the connections. Some of us are just preternaturally gifted in these areas.

[pam]

Stickybuzz I just want you to know that I wasn't arguing this with you. Vort brought up a good question and it was fun to do some research on it. Made me think and do some reading.

[pam]

Okay I need another Book of Mormon trivia question. hahaha That was fun.

[Vort]

Originally Posted by pam

Okay I need another Book of Mormon trivia question. hahaha That was fun.

How old was Moroni (captain) when he died? Can you give probable causes of death?

[Vort]

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I want to post more trivia questions.

[Wingnut]

Originally Posted by pam

It is interesting though..Nephi was so detailed about so many other things..why didn't he mention who this king was he annointed?

Ironically, he probably did. In the Large Plates. The king wasn't a major enough character to warrant discussion in the Small Plates.

Originally Posted by Vort

How old was Moroni (captain) when he died? Can you give probable causes of death?

He was 43. (Reference: Alma 43:3 gives 18th year of the reign of judges, while Alma 43:17 tells us Moroni was 25 at the time. Alma 63:3 tells us Moroni died in the 36th year of the reign of judges.)

Cause of death? I'm going with an old war wound.