Book of Mormon Evidence: Serpents in the Wilderness - “fiery serpents”

[kirtland r.m.]

Historical accuracy and knowledge in some unusual and strange descriptions and settings can be really helpful in understanding things as they really are. Forum readers might find this interesting.

...All of these sources indicate that the desert regions to the south of Jerusalem were the primary habitat of fiery and/or flying serpents.5 This is the same region Lehi and his family passed through as they fled from Jerusalem, going down to the “borders near the shore of the Red Sea” and setting up a long-term camp along the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba (1 Nephi 2:6).6

Based on the details in biblical, historical, and archaeological sources, Israeli biblical scholar Nissim Amzallag argued that the “fiery flying serpent” should be identified with the saw-scaled viper (Echis coloratus), a venomous snake whose habitat includes most of western Arabia still today.8 If this correlation is correct, then Lehi and his family likely would have continued to encounter “fiery flying serpents” (the saw-scaled viper) even as they journeyed farther south into the Arabian wilderness.9https://evidencecentral.org/evidence/se ... wilderness

[JohnnyL]

Really? Not even a picture of the wings in that article?? ;(

Thanks for this--we were wondering about this a few nights ago during our BoM reading!

[kirtland r.m.]

More on this subject, something not readily apparent to someone unfamiliar with biblical Hebrew, such as Joseph Smith was in 1829.Book of Mormon Evidence: Flying Fiery Serpents

And, Book of Mormon Evidence: Positive Serpent Symbolismhttps://evidencecentral.org/evidence/po ... -symbolism

My, my, positive and negative usage of serpents, just like the "familiar spirits" usage that enemies of the church want to ignore on their occult binges on the Book of Mormon.

[JohnnyL]

More on this subject, something not readily apparent to someone unfamiliar with biblical Hebrew, such as Joseph Smith was in 1829.Book of Mormon Evidence: Flying Fiery Serpents

And, Book of Mormon Evidence: Positive Serpent Symbolismhttps://evidencecentral.org/evidence/po ... -symbolism

My, my, positive and negative usage of serpents, just like the "familiar spirits" usage that enemies of the church want to ignore on their occult binges on the Book of Mormon.

Literature and symbology! "In bono" and "in malo".