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|title=Right on Target: Boomerang Hits and the Book of Mormon | |||
|author=Matthew Roper | |||
|authorlink=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/authors/roper-matthew | |||
|publication=Proceedings of the 2001 FAIR Conference | |||
|date=August 2001 | |||
|summary=Alma 11:5-15 describes various monetary units which the Nephites used at one point in their history. Alma 11:16 in our current edition of the Book of Mormon states that one of these units was a “shiblum.” However, both the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon and the Printer’s manuscript indicate that this originally read “shilum.” Significantly, Shilum is a perfectly good Hebrew word. It literally means “retribution…a fee: recompense, reward.” That makes sense in a monetary context doesn’t it? | |||
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The name "Shilum" in the Book of Mormon
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Matthew Roper, "Right on Target: Boomerang Hits and the Book of Mormon"
Matthew Roper, Proceedings of the 2001 FAIR Conference, (August 2001)Alma 11:5-15 describes various monetary units which the Nephites used at one point in their history. Alma 11:16 in our current edition of the Book of Mormon states that one of these units was a “shiblum.” However, both the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon and the Printer’s manuscript indicate that this originally read “shilum.” Significantly, Shilum is a perfectly good Hebrew word. It literally means “retribution…a fee: recompense, reward.” That makes sense in a monetary context doesn’t it?
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