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The Book of Mormon in the Light of Recent Jewish Archaeological Research

TitleThe Book of Mormon in the Light of Recent Jewish Archaeological Research
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1931
AuthorsSmith, J.R.
MagazineImprovement Era
Volume34
Issue Number9
Pagination522–523, 559–560
Date PublishedJuly 1931
KeywordsApologetics; Archaeology; External Evidence; Hebraic Indian Theory; Pre-Columbian Contact
Abstract

Based on the findings of a Jewish archaeologist, Isadore Lhevinne, who affirms that Jews discovered America, this article claims that evidence shows that Jews reached Mexican shores on more than one occasion hundreds of years before Columbus.