Item Detail
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Welch, John W.
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Book, Section
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305
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305-21
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Jacob, book of; Zenos
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In the late nineteenth century a work called Biblical Antiquities or Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum surfaced. It includes the history of a great prophet-warrior-leader named Kenaz. Spelling variants are Cenez, Zenec, and Zenez. He is mentioned by Josephus as Keniazos. These writings concerning him closely resemble Jacob 4-6. It is unlikely that Cenez is either Zenos or Zenoch found in the Book of Mormon. These writings were published in Latin in 1893 and were not translated into English until 1917.