This<\/a> actually has some relevance to the Middle Eastern roots of the Book of Mormon.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Were the Israelites around the time of Lehi and Nephi largely illiterate? \u00a0Was literacy very rare?<\/p>\n
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(Thanks to Charles Dayton for bringing this article to my notice.)<\/p>\n
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