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06-Aug-2017 11:15
The principal theme of the Jaredite story is familiar in the genre of the ancient Near East.
One reference to a shining stone in Noah's ark appears in the Jerusalem Talmud, stating that a stone in the ark shone brighter in the night than in the day so that Noah could distinguish the times of day (Pesachim I, 1; discussed in CWHN 7-38, 349).
Shining stones were also said to be present in the Syrian temple of the goddess Aphek (see CWHN 3) and are mentioned several times in the pseudepigraphic Pseudo-Philo (e.g., ).