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==Ancient aspects of Book of Mormon warfare: Differences from Bible and Joseph's era==
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The wars and battles described in the Book of Mormon include some of the most detailed narratives of the book. Those accounts provide us with an excellent chance to examine how consistent and complex the text is. Joseph Smith lived in an age of warfare with guns, yet the Book of Mormon displays patterns of warfare that made sense only before gunpowder was used. This can be seen in both the general patterns and in the tiny details of the text. Descriptions of weapons and tactics in the Book of Mormon are definitely ancient. Furthermore, the warfare in the Book of Mormon differs from what we read about in the Bible. It differs in the same way that war in ancient Mesoamerica (Mexico and northern Central America) differed from biblical warfare.<ref>{{Book:Sorenson Thorne:Rediscovering the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1111&index=23 Chapter 22]|author=William J. Hamblin|article=Warfare in the Book of Mormon}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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[[Category:Rediscovering the Book of Mormon]]
[[Category:Old Testament/Elements in the Book of Mormon|Old Testament and the Book of Mormon]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Out of place in 19th century/Warfare|Warfare in 19th century versus Book of Mormon]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Culture/New World|New World]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Warfare|Warfare]]