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Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Shiz struggles to breathe
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Criticism
In Ether 15:31, a final showdown occurs between two warriors, Shiz and Coriantumr. Coriantumr "smote off the head of Shiz...[and] after he had smitten off the head...Shiz raised up on his hands and fell; and after that he had struggled for breath, he died." Critics insist that this description is
(Book of Mormon | Ether 15:30 - 31)
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External links
- John W. Welch, in "The 'Decapitation' of Shiz," Insights (November 1994): 2.
Printed material
- M. Gary Hadfield, "Neuropathology and the Scriptures," BYU Studies 33:2 (1993): 313-28.