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- noun Any of the descendants of
Jared , mentioned in theBook of Mormon .
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The Mormons have claimed that the Jaredite people from the Middle East discovered America 4,000 years ago, and others have argued that Leif Eriksson, the Norse explorer, got there first, half a millennium before Columbus.
Sailing Against Conventional Wisdom Dalya Alberge 2010
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Joseph Smith claimed to "translate a portion of them" and found them to contain a genealogy of a Jaredite (a Book of Mormon people) back to Pharoah, son of Ham.
Latest Articles Angelfire 2009
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As we pay close attention to Ether 2 and 6 in the Book of Mormon, we need to keep in mind that the Jaredite ships are described as built following the direct personal instructions of God himself.
Latest Articles Packham 2009
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In these Jaredite boats, reported as designed by the highest divine intelligence, why is there no cross ventilation for three hundred and forty-four days?
Latest Articles Packham 2009
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In treating these relics (in the chiastic order of Nephite, Jaredite, Nephite again), there is a steady theme of gaining eternal life through revealed guidance and grace from the Lord.
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