Comments on: Teancum, Amalickiah and the New Year http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:55:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bookslinger http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96686 Bookslinger Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:27:32 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96686 Ah, the old "let's get the Lamanites drunk" trick. That worked most of the time too. Ah, the old “let’s get the Lamanites drunk” trick. That worked most of the time too.

]]> By: queuno http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96584 queuno Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:09:35 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96584 Maybe we're missing the detail that there was a ragin' NYE party, completely with photos being taken for Facebook (Faceplates?), and that they found Amalickiah drunk... Maybe we’re missing the detail that there was a ragin’ NYE party, completely with photos being taken for Facebook (Faceplates?), and that they found Amalickiah drunk…

]]> By: Bookslinger http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96544 Bookslinger Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:44:37 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96544 Didn't Teancum try that trick one too many times? It's going to be so cool to talk to those people in the Millennium, or afterwards, and get their stories first hand. Didn’t Teancum try that trick one too many times?

It’s going to be so cool to talk to those people in the Millennium, or afterwards, and get their stories first hand.

]]> By: danithew http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96500 danithew Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:59:52 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96500 It's entirely speculative as to whether Teancum was motivated by the date in the year. I would be surprised though if the timing was entirely coincidental. What Teancum did shows an unusual level of personal initiative, determination - perhaps even ruthlessness. Maybe the last day of the year, or the evening of the last day of the year, should be a time of unique and special dedication to completing some kind of important task(?). That's the type of application I'm grasping for here. It’s entirely speculative as to whether Teancum was motivated by the date in the year. I would be surprised though if the timing was entirely coincidental.

What Teancum did shows an unusual level of personal initiative, determination – perhaps even ruthlessness.

Maybe the last day of the year, or the evening of the last day of the year, should be a time of unique and special dedication to completing some kind of important task(?). That’s the type of application I’m grasping for here.

]]> By: Clark http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96498 Clark Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:44:10 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96498 Actually I found <a href="http://mi.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=7&num=1&id=170&cat_id=366" rel="nofollow">this very interesting article</a> on the Nephite calendar. Regarding Teancum's motivations, I don't know. It's an interesting question if it was also a Lamanite significant day. It might be a bit more devastating to them. Actually I found this very interesting article on the Nephite calendar.

Regarding Teancum’s motivations, I don’t know. It’s an interesting question if it was also a Lamanite significant day. It might be a bit more devastating to them.

]]> By: danithew http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96497 danithew Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:37:24 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96497 Of course their calendar wasn't the Gregorian calendar. I'm not trying to argue that the Nephite calendar was the same as ours. I just wonder if Teancum was thinking that he would like to get rid of a major Nephite problem on his calendar's version of New Year's Eve. Of course their calendar wasn’t the Gregorian calendar. I’m not trying to argue that the Nephite calendar was the same as ours.

I just wonder if Teancum was thinking that he would like to get rid of a major Nephite problem on his calendar’s version of New Year’s Eve.

]]> By: Clark http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96496 Clark Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:32:22 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96496 It probably wasn't. I seem to recall a very interesting paper in <i>Warfare and the Book of Mormon</i> making an argument from times of battles for what the calendar was like. Unfortunately I'm not at home to lookup what exactly the claim was... I do recall it not mapping onto our calendar. Short of that the Hebrew new year varies relative to our year but is typically in September. (This year it was on the 29th and next year it is on the 18th) It probably wasn’t. I seem to recall a very interesting paper in Warfare and the Book of Mormon making an argument from times of battles for what the calendar was like. Unfortunately I’m not at home to lookup what exactly the claim was… I do recall it not mapping onto our calendar. Short of that the Hebrew new year varies relative to our year but is typically in September. (This year it was on the 29th and next year it is on the 18th)

]]> By: ed42 http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/12/31/teancum-and-the-new-year.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96494 ed42 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:01:21 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=1067#comment-96494 You do know, don't you, that their first morning of the first month was/is not our Jan 1? You do know, don’t you, that their first morning of the first month was/is not our Jan 1?

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