tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post1187040566026194632..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: Another look at Ziff – Part IIDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-2116890991177011082019-11-20T16:28:00.470-08:002019-11-20T16:28:00.470-08:00The representation that it would not make sense fo...The representation that it would not make sense for the Book of Mormon to refer to an alloy, instead it would have broken the alloy out into it's metallic constituents is belied by the fact that the very section cited identifies the alloy "brass" which consists of copper and zinc.grinchpiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565232401188434247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-86398674734022509092019-11-18T19:24:52.173-08:002019-11-18T19:24:52.173-08:00With regards to bismuth, this blog is completely w...With regards to bismuth, this blog is completely wrong and misquoting the original work of Ziff, Magic Goggles, and Golden Plates as bismuth is specifically listed as one of the 37 possibilities considered on page 5 of the book, and evaluated. http://bmslr.org/books/Ziff,%20Magic%20Goggles,%20and%20Golden%20Plates.pdf.<br />Contrary to assertions in this blog, bismuth was a known metal at the time of the translation of the Book of Mormon and used in the English language. http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/bismuth As a result, if ziff is bismuth than it presumably would have been translated as bismuth. Any argument for bismuth as ziff that does not consider this reality is indeed the actual indication of a "cop-out."grinchpiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565232401188434247noreply@blogger.com