Their belief is that the original polynesian island people descended from the book of mormon followers of hagoth, descendent of the hebrew lehi and a white nephite ship builder in alma 63. Mormon does not mention hagoth because he built a ship. The interest in the people of the pacific comes from a brief account in the book of mormon of one hagoth, a nephite shipbuilder who left the americas and sailed away and was never heard of more alma 63. Many book of mormon scholars think that the polynesians originated from among the nephites, having descended from some of hagoth s lost expeditions.
Many statements have been made by presidents of the church and members of the twelve apostles in regard to their belief that the polynesian people originated from lehis american colony. Book of mormon of one hagoth, a nephite shipbuilder who left the americas and sailed away and was. This belief, at least in part, stems from the story of hagoth in the book of mormon, who built ships which eventually carried an undetermined number of people to. Hagoth eventually built even more ships and many people set sail in these vessels toward the land northward. The lost fleet of hagoth a grayeyed girl adventure. Someone claims to have found the book of hagoth provopulse. There are two specific matters discussed in connection with hagoths. And it came to pass that they were never heard of more. If you alter the pattern, all bets are off that you will receive a proper witness. The ships hagoth built were ships that took migrants to far off lands, that. This blog is about a threeyear total refit of oceanus, our 1971 columbia 43, turning this classic bill tripp racer into a comfortable and fast cruising boat. Hagoth was not on either of the first two ships, incidentally, and the.
One of them, a man named hagoth, built a large ship and launched it into the west sea. Book of mormon, a nephite who built several ships and sailed away with a large. The lost fleet of hagoth a grayeyed girl adventure raubell, c. Those who went north in hagoths ships part v nephicode. The story of hagoth in the book of mormon, a nephite who built several ships and sailed away with a large group of nephites alma 63. Olive also states p189 that hagoth, once he reached the northern shores of the lake, the crew and passengers may have disembarked, unloaded and then carried their craft over the hills of the escarpment and into the waters of lake ontarioand from there to more distant lands. Invite the young women to search the scriptures suggested in this outline and the title page of the book of mormon to find answers to the question why do we need the book of mormon. I have been trying to avoid the topic of book of mormon geography for. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books.
The book of mormon reports that an exceedingly curious man named hagoth went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship alma 63. The book of hagoth connors conundrums connor boyack. If this is the case, did the polynesians get the double hulled canoe from hagoth s design. Continued from the previous post, regarding those who went north in the ships that hagoth built that is recorded in alma 63. Hagoth eventually built even more ships and many people set sail in. Hagoth and the polynesians religious studies center. Now, this book of hagoth and the whole mentinah archives bit. We are now in hawaii and plan to cruise these beautiful islands before returning to the northwest. There are two specific matters discussed in connection with hagoth s ships that have a bearing on where the nephites and some lamanites went in his hips. As clearly stated in the closing verses of the book of alma, he was a. According to the book of mormon, hagoth was a nephite ship builder who lived in or around 55 bce. Book of mormonlamanitesrelationship to polynesiansare they.
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