Article Title

Language Shifts Provide Evidence

Authors

Keywords

Angela M. Crowell, Exodus, Biblical Hebrew, Samuel, Kings, Biblical dating

Abstract

In a recently published article, "Dating the Book of Mormon to Pre-exilic Language Structure," Angela M. Crowell reports her findings from a study of language patterns. Crowell bases her findings on recent research about Classical Biblical Hebrew and Late Biblical Hebrew, the languages of Judah before and after the Babylonian exile in 586 B.C. Scholars have identified the books of Samuel and Kings as classic examples of preexilic writing. Because much of the same historical account is given in postexilic Chronicles, they can observe the change in language patterns and terminology that took place during the exile.

Recommended Citation

(1996) "Language Shifts Provide Evidence," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 16: No. 6, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol16/iss6/8