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Originally Posted by Chapel-Hill-Coug
P.S. God did forbid Nephi to write down his vision that was also recorded by John the Beloved in Revelation, so I'll concede that book has value too.
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Scholars as early as the 3rd century knew that John the Beloved did not write Revelation. And if you read Greek it is equally obvious. I don't even know how Revelation made it into the canon. That was nigh unto a miracle itself. That's a Book of Mormon "oops".[/QUOTE]
I agree with this. It's "apocalyptic literature," written pseudonymously, like the apocalyses of Paul and Peter and the Secret Book of John. I find the arguments that it's describing Christian persecution under Domitian and Nero quite persuasive.