How does the Book of Mormon fit into Old Testament history? Ep. 89

When Latter-day Saints (and others) study scripture, they often focus on a certain section, whether chapters, verses, or even a specific topic. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s sometimes at the expense of understanding the general arc of history, and where the Book of Mormon fits into it. In this episode, Dave gives a brief overview of biblical history from Eve and Adam down to the birth of Christ, and he points out where the Book of Mormon fits into the bigger picture.

See video transcript here: https://saintsunscripted.com/faith-and-beliefs/the-gospel-of-jesus-christ/book-of-mormon-fit-old-testament-history/
Watch our History of Everything episode here: https://bit.ly/3dUdcBu
Handy-dandy rough chronology of Old Testament events (though dates at the beginning of the timeline should be taken with a grain of salt): https://bit.ly/30pMzjS
A similar, alternative timeline (but starting with Abraham): https://bit.ly/3dIJjUq

Notes:

-It’s worth noting that there are lots of questions about the historicity of some of the ancient Bible stories mentioned in this video. Ascertaining the historicity of these events is beyond the scope of this video. The flood said to have occurred in the days of Noah may or may not have been global, the story of Esther may or may not be historically accurate, etc. The purpose of this episode was simply to show where these stories/events fall in the grand chronology of events.

-Each kingdom (the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah) had their own prophets, though some (like Isaiah) traveled between the two areas and preached in both. It’s interesting to note that the northern prophet Jonah (as in, Jonah and the whale) initially refused to preach to the people in Nineveh because, in part, Nineveh was an Assyrian city. While the Bible records that the city did repent, it is the Assyrian empire which eventually conquers the Northern Kingdom of Israel within the next few decades.

-Even though the Holy Land was not ruled by Greeks when the New Testament was written, the previous Greek rule had saturated the Holy Land with Greek culture. That culture stuck around through Egyptian (Ptolemaic), Syrian (Seleucid), and Roman rule (granted, Ptolomy and Seleucus were generals of the Greek ruler, Alexander the Great). Thus, the New Testament was originally written in Greek.

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