Keywords
Jacob, false prediction, Book of Mormon
Abstract
The Neal A. Maxwell Institute recently published a volume on the encounter between Jacob and Sherem in Jacob 7. Adam Miller’s contribution to this book is a reiteration of views he published earlier in his own volume. One of Miller’s claims is that Jacob made a false prediction about the reaction Sherem would have to a sign if one were given him — an assertion that is already beginning to shape the conventional wisdom about this episode. This shaping is unfortunate, however, since the evidence indicates that this view of Jacob’s prediction is a mistake. Once we see this, it is easier to avoid other mistakes that seem evident in Miller’s approach.
Recommended Citation
Boyce, Duane
(2022)
"Jacob Did Not Make a False Prediction,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 33, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol33/iss1/9
