Series: North American Book of Mormon Geography - David McKane

  • Tribe of Manasseh — North American Nephite Model

    Tribe of Manasseh — North American Nephite Model

    Dave Mack

    I have always loved apologetics. I enjoy discussing doctrine, scriptural versus and evidence that support or are seen as evidence against the Book of Mormon or LDS church. For that reason I have studied the most common complaints and evidence for and against the church.

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  • Tribe of Manasseh — Native American DNA

    Tribe of Manasseh — Native American DNA

    Dave Mack

    DNA Hap­logroup X a Mid­dle East and Euro­pean DNA mark­er found in North America Hap­logroup X in DNA dis­tri­b­u­tion match­es Hopewell and Book of Mor­mon migra­tion, expanse and trade system Leg­end of Fu Sang Chi­nese knowl­edge of the North Amer­i­can continent Hap­logroups A, B, C, D, and X are found…

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  • Tribe of Manasseh — Technology and Animals

    Tribe of Manasseh — Technology and Animals

    Dave Mack

    Metallurgy Hopewell gold, sil­ver, cop­per, and mete­oric iron arti­facts have been ver­i­fied by mod­ern day arche­ol­o­gist. List­ed below are pic­tures of con­firmed Hopewell arti­facts and accounts of ear­ly settlers. “Ornate plates or sheets of cop­per (Fig­ure 7), as well as effi­gies, head­dress­es (Fig­ure 8), bracelets, and rings were found in…

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  • Tribe of Manasseh — Hebrew and Native American Ties

    Tribe of Manasseh — Hebrew and Native American Ties

    Dave Mack

    Native American Hebrew and Greek language comparisons There are exam­ples of Hebrew cus­toms, char­ac­ters, beliefs and lan­guage among Native Amer­i­cans. Accord­ing to Mor­mon, they knew how to write in Hebrew and of course had Hebrew cus­toms and beliefs (Mor­mon 9:33). The Greek lan­guage is also com­pared to the Native Amer­i­can…

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  • Tribe of Manasseh — Geography Map and Supporting Verses

    Tribe of Manasseh — Geography Map and Supporting Verses

    Dave Mack

    Verses and Geography supporting the North American model There are two places that we know for sure were the Book of Mor­mon took place that would be the Hill Cumorah and Zara­hem­la found across from Nau­voo (D&C 125:3). Based on were the Hill Cumorah is we can know where the…

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  • Tribe of Manasseh — Conclusion and Sources

    Tribe of Manasseh — Conclusion and Sources

    Dave Mack

    Final Thoughts I have spent the last two years gath­er­ing evi­dence for this doc­u­ment. It has been frus­trat­ing and exhil­a­rat­ing all at the same time. There are peo­ple I need to thank, includ­ing Wayne May and Rod Mel­drum. I also thank Wes Trexler for help­ing review and edit this material.…

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