Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

“The Wind and the Fire to Be My Chariot”: The Anachronism that Wasn’t

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
3/17/2022
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
28 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
Babylonia, book of abraham, chariots, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, lds, Mormonism

Abstract: In the Book of Abraham, God tells Abraham in Haran, “I cause the wind and the fire to be my chariot” (Abraham 2:7). While this initially might appear to be an anachronism, as the chariot is normally thought to have been introduced later, archaeological finds of chariots at the site of Harran predate Abraham by hundreds of years.

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