Book of Mormon Predecessor?

The LDS apologist world had a relatively stark eruption this week due to a publicized find. There were some people doing word print studies of the Book of Mormon and they discovered two books that had a good number of hits. They were written and published before the Book of Mormon so what influence they had is still being considered.

Late War
First Book of Napolean

They both were written in a scriptural style, Jacobian English, similar in tone and meter of the KJV. This is significant because now the Book of Mormon falls within a genre. It isn't the only book that was published at the time telling a story in this particular way. Now there are other 19th century works that clearly put the Book of Mormon within that timeframe.

The book, Late War, contains some interesting parallels, but I have no idea if they are significant. There is a brass ball "of curious workmanship" employed in both, with descriptive equality, but not similar contexts. Stripling warriors are mentioned in both. Righteous bands of 2000 warriors are found in both. The concept of Title of Liberty, or a flag on a pole, is also present, but is also a general theme of many histories of the American Revolution. The civil war of Kingmen/Freemen is present also. This might be because many have mentioned that the war chapters of the Book of Mormon are a stylized retelling of the American Revolution/War of 1812 anyway, so that parallel might already exist.

Of greater significance is that someone else wrote "scripture" at the same time Joseph Smith did. The finessed apologetics of the last decade in the Book of Mormon were swept away. Hebraisms found in the Book of Mormon are also found in the stylized history of Late War. What few things that the Book of Mormon had going for it in relation to being an ancient record are now under scrutiny because of a children's history book written by a fellow New Yorker, years before the Book of Mormon made its appearance.

Is this a silver bullet? No. Is this the source of the Book of Mormon, at least the war chapters? Maybe not, but the uniqueness of the Book of Mormon took a serious hit. This doesn't explain the supernatural occurrences that surround the Book of Mormon, but those issues are questioned in other venues, with other methods employed. As a scholarly endeavor, the Book of Mormon took a solid body blow this week.

Mormon Discussions
David Wright's Work on KJV english
Hidden in Plain Sight (presentation notes)

Depression

I feel it coming over me
I’m still a slave to these dreams
Is this the end of everything?
Or just a new way to bleed?
--Evanescence

Again, an abbreviated blog post. I've been prone to depression much of my life. It isn't anything that I'm medicated for. I tend to savor it a bit, and then push through it. I'm going through a bit of it. I'm not all that happy with my life right now. I know, I know, Facebook is all about "Joy, Joy, Look how wonderful my life is!" Well, I do have a good life, but not feeling it all presently. People aren't always happy, and some are going through difficult times. I'm not, so I know that this is either empathy, or just sick and tired of flat, troubled Illinois. Maybe it is just that I've been with my job for too long. Not sure. I'll push through it and get to the other side. I always do.

New Way To Bleed