Evidence of The Book of Mormon | Horses in Ancient America? – Latter-day Life Hacker

Image via Scripture Central. Image via Scripture Central. ABSTRACT Recent evidence from carbon dated materials suggests that horses may have been present in the Americas during Book of Mormon times. EVIDENCE SUMMARY Horses in the Book of Mormon When Lehi and his family arrived in the promised land, according to Nephi’s account, they found “beasts in the forests of every kind, … the ass and the horse, … and all manner of wild animals” (1 Nephi 18:25). The inclusion of horses in the Book of Mormon is a subject that has long perplexed many readers since conventional thinking among scientists maintains that horses went extinct in the Americas around the end of the last Ice Age (ca. 10,000 BC). Some have used this apparent discrepancy to try to discredit the Book of Mormon. Others, however, have argued that various possibilities could account for it.1 For example, it has been suggested that the use of the term “horse” is an instance of what scholars call “loanshifting” or “referential extension,” where a familiar word is applied to a foreign item or concept.2 This has happened frequently when new cultures encountered the horse in both the Old and New Worlds.3 Some scholars propose that something similar may have happened when Lehi’s family first explored the promised land—that is, they may have extended their term for “horse” to a new, unfamiliar species.4 Others have noted that translation sometimes introduces anachronisms into a text and so propose that words like “horse” may be a result of the Book of Mormon’s translation into English.5

1.9K views
2 minute read

Evidence of The Book of Mormon | Horses in Ancient America?

dyejo
18 January 2023

.

Reimagining Jesus' Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26) // Messages of Christ

1 minute read
93 views

Reimagining Jesus’s Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26) // Messages of Christ

22 April 2025

VIDEO: 2022 BYU Easter Conference — Full Program

1 minute read
114 views

Presdient Nelson testifies of Christ on Easter Sunday

20 April 2025

Utah’s first Olympic gold medalist subject of new film // Alma Richards

2 minute read
248 views

Utah’s first Olympic gold medalist subject of new film // Alma Richards // Raising The Bar

17 April 2025

Celebrating Jesus's TRIUMPHANT Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday

3 minute read
301 views

Celebrating Jesus’s TRIUMPHANT Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday

13 April 2025

Pin It on Pinterest