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Alleged anachronisms related to Book of Mormon geography


Geography

Summary: Alleged Book of Mormon anachronisms related to geography.

Bethabara

Summary: Alexander Campbell, an early Book of Mormon critic, complained that the Book of Mormon "makes John [the Baptist] baptize in the village of Bethabara." The Book of Mormon, however, uses the same term as the King James Bible: "These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing." (John 1:28)

River runs into a fountain

Summary: Is the description of "a river’s running into a fountain" in 1 Nephi absurd?