Book of Mormon/Warfare/Weapons

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Weapons in the Book of Mormon

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• Book of Mormon warfare: Swords
• Book of Mormon anachronisms: Cimeters/Scimeters
• Bows and arrows in the Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon warfare: Swords

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• Matthew Roper: "the Mesoamerican weapon the macuahuitl fits the criteria for the Book of Mormon "sword"
• Question: Should we expect to find ancient swords in either the Old World or the New World?
• Question: Are all swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon made of metal?
• Question: Did the use of metal swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon persist?
• Question: Did swords exist in Pre-Columbian America during the Book of Mormon time period?
• Hamblin and Merrill: "The Book of Mormon mentions the sword 156 times"

Cimeters or Scimeters in the Book of Mormon

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• Hoskisson: "the mistaken assumption that scimitars did not exist in the pre-Islamic Old World"
• Egyptian Scimiter from Tell El-Dab'a in the Eastern Nile Delta (circa before 1500 BC)
• Roper: "a strange double-curved weapon held in the left hand of the warrior figure on the Loltún cave relief might be considered a scimitar/cimeter"
• Book of Mormon Central: Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimiters?

Bows and arrows in the Book of Mormon

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• William Hamblin: "After the sword, the bow is the second most frequently mentioned weapon in the Book of Mormon"

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