Thursday, January 12, 2023

Thom Hobson: "Nauvoo" is a Genuine Hebrew Word

Although the book was frankly piss poor, at least Thom Hobson in his 2019 anti-LDS book admitted that contra Fawn Brodie, "Nauvoo" is indeed a real Hebrew word:


Joseph and some of his leaders did have a few Hebrew lessons from a Jew named Joshua Seixas. Joseph is correct when he names his city of Nauvoo after the Hebrew word “beautiful” (nawū). (Thom Hobson, The Historical Jesus and the Historical Joseph Smith [Nashville, Tenn.: Elm Hill, 2019], 72)

 

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Is "Nauvoo" a genuinely Hebrew Word?