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The Lost Gems of Genesis
The Lost Gems of Genesis
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The Bible is the most important book in the world, and the most important book of the Bible is Genesis. So when an uneducated farm-hand in backwoods Pennsylvania purported to receive revelations from God rewriting the Genesis story, he was touching a nerve. Long after Joseph Smith Jr.’s Bible-loving neighbors had murdered him, few of his critics ever paid any mind to these alleged gems of Genesis.
But also overlooked was the steady creep of new archaeological discoveries that trickled into museums and libraries in subsequent centuries. Unbeknownst to the world is how impossibly these new texts illuminate the stories of Genesis in precisely the ways Joseph Smith claimed.
Today, using philology and paleography, independent researcher Jonah Barnes has harmonized these texts against the Genesis revelations of Joseph Smith Jr. Together they illuminate the answers to questions like:
- Who the heck are the Giants mentioned in Genesis 6?
- Why did God flush the entire human race down with the Great Flood? What specifically were they doing that was so wicked?
- How could God command the slaughter of the Canaanites?
- What’s the straight story on the mysterious prophet Enoch?
- What really happened to Isaac on Mount Moriah? (Hint: not what you think)
- Is the Book of Abraham authentically ancient or is it a fraud?
- Why is Jacob the Captain America of the Bible?
- Have the lost 116 pages been right under our noses all along?
Anything but boring, The Lost Gems of Genesis will illuminate how Joseph Smith Jr. filled the biggest gaps in the most important book in the world. This book will show that the genuine Genesis is crucial to understanding the rest of the Bible and that it was originally centered around the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. After reading Gems, you’ll never look at the Bible the same way again.
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Faith-filled and fun to read. There is an easiness to Jonah's writing style that makes it accessible to everyone, while still being doctrinally thick in a good way. This is another win for the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my book, as it helps show Jesus has always been involved and we have the key to unlocking that truth.
This is the second time I have bought this book. I loved the first book and gave that book to a friend. Now I am rereading the second copy. I love this book as well as Key to Keystone and In the Language of Adam. I am really excited for Jonah's new book to come out. I am already signed up for it. Love The Lost Gems of Genesis!
Eye-opening, insightful, inspiring, witty and fun to read.
I liked it, it kept me engaged, I listened to the audio version and it didn’t put me to sleep, it had great energy
Love the book!