Joseph’s Luckiest “Guess” From the Book of Moses (About Enoch’s Pal, Mahujah)

[Third Hour]

Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley once wrote that the story of Enoch found in the Book of Moses "offers the nearest thing to a perfectly foolproof test—neat, clear-cut, and decisive—of Joseph Smith’s claim to inspiration." Why? Because, unlike The Book of Mormon, we have actual ancient records about Enoch that we can use as a measuring stick against what Joseph wrote about Enoch. This article explores just one striking similarity between Joseph's Enoch, and the Enoch we've come to know from ancient documents. I apologize in advance for how academic this is going to get, but when trying to answer the "How do we know this?" questions, academia is usually the answer. Enoch and Mahujah The Old Testament briefly mentions Enoch in Genesis 4 and 5. After that, he's not mentioned until Luke 3 (and then only as one name in a looong genealogical list.) He shows up again in Hebrews 11, which casually mentions how Enoch was so righteous that he never died, but was translated. The final mention...

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