The BofM relates the story of, primarily, one colony of people who migrated from Israel to America about 600 years B.C. These people populated a fairly small part of the vast lands that now comprise the Southern and Northern hemispheres. Mormon scholars quite readily allow the likelihood that most of the native tribes on these two hemispheres are not directly descended from BofM people (not of Semitic descent). 1992 January 21, Doug Gould, “Jesus After the Ascension”, in bit.listserv.christia (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:
Was that part of the BofM that was added later? 2013 July 31, Logan Sacket, “reality anthon harris exchange”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:
The tradition is NOWHERE in the Bible, but certainly is claimed in the BofM to go back way into hoary antiquity, and now the ancient legends and ideas coming out show the ships and shining stones to be strictly authentic. 1996 April 6, Kerry Shirts, “Jaredites SHINING STONES ACID TEST FOR BOOK OF MORMON”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026: