Skousen: creative and cultural translation

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_Kishkumen
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Re: Skousen: creative and cultural translation

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I would say that a creative and cultural translation is one in which the real history and culture of an ancient people is overlaid and obscured by a hybrid of European and later Native American ideas via the Ghost Committee. The results are so far from the real history of Ancient America that some would be tempted to call it fiction.
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_Tom
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Re: Skousen: creative and cultural translation

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For the benefit of Dr. Peterson and other readers here, I wish to note that video of Dr. Skousen's presentation has been posted online here. Drs. Peterson and Carmack provide introductions.
“A scholar said he could not read the Book of Mormon, so we shouldn’t be shocked that scholars say the papyri don’t translate and/or relate to the Book of Abraham. Doesn’t change anything. It’s ancient and historical.” ~ Hanna Seariac
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