Why Is Jacob’s Distinctive Voice Significant? KnoWhy #725

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Why Is Jacob’s Distinctive Voice Significant? KnoWhy #725 by Scripture Central

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0:00.0	Wherefore I Jacob gave unto them these words as I taught them in the temple, having first obtained mine Aaron from the Lord.
0:12.2	Hello, listeners, this is Nick from Scripture Central, and today's podcast addresses the question,
0:18.5	Why is Jacob's distinctive voice significant?
0:27.6	The Book of Mormon, like the Bible, is a compendium of inspired writings by several authors over
0:33.6	centuries. Thus, although Mormon is the primary compiler and editor, and although it was received
0:39.9	through inspired translation, the book includes the individual voices of dozens of individuals.
0:46.1	Even though God spoke through all these prophets, their linguistic identities and personality
0:50.8	remained to a considerable extent intact, unique, and recognizable to readers of
0:56.8	the Book of Mormon. These unique voices in the Book of Mormon have been analyzed by linguistic
1:01.5	methods known as stylometry, also called wordprint studies. These same techniques have been
1:08.2	called upon to identify unknown authors of books,
1:11.0	letters, and other literature, and even to apprehend criminals like the Unabomber.
1:16.2	Stylometric studies have demonstrated that the Book of Mormon was written by multiple authors
1:20.9	who exhibit an impressive differentiation of style compared to fictional characters in 19th century literature. Long before stylometry was developed, various scholars, including John S. Tanner and John Hilton III,
1:34.3	have noted that the Prophet Jacob, the second author of the small plates,
1:38.3	particularly stands out as a unique voice amongst Book of Mormon authors.
1:43.3	Although his words only account for about 3% of amongst Book of Mormon authors. Although his words only account for about
1:46.0	3% of the Book of Mormon text, Jacob is the seventh most frequently heard voice in the
1:52.1	Book of Mormon. Particularly noteworthy are, one, his uses of God's name, two, his emotional
1:59.2	language, and three, his unique phrases.
2:03.1	Jacob had the name Christ revealed to him by an angel and was thus probably intentional
2:08.3	about his use of divine names. Hilton, drawing on John W. Welch, has noted some of the titles
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