Apologists think so. Skeptics think the King James Version of the Bible shows a better and more likely fit. Quest for the Gold Plates Read the fascinating story of Thomas Stuart Ferguson. He was an apologist who turned into a doubter. Hugh Nibley's methodologies are reviewed by Kent P. Jackson of BYU Scholarship and apologetics tend to operate in different universes.
Simple faith can get all messed up when apologetic literature is entered into the mix.
A brief look at the apologetic proof of chiasmus Nearly any repetative writings or speeches can show forms of ancient Hebrew styles if you look hard enough. The Book of Mormon Challenge Decades after Nibley introduced this piece of apologia, it continues to be used by Mormons dispite being filled with erroneous assumptions from beginning to end. For more on apologetics, from the Mormon apologists themselves, click here .