|
Page 17
Though the Oberlin MS resembles the Book of Mormon only in part, it is still possible to chart a comparison of their common themes, vocabulary, and phrases.
When these textual similarities are charted on a diagram of the Mormon "plates," we find that they appear as distinct clusters in that book.
These clusters are marked in red on the plates diagram. The longest continuous cluster is found in the last part of the Book of Alma. Here the resemblances to Spalding's work are particularly distinct, dense, and detailed.
|
|