If the Book of Mormon was written by someone else with expertise in Hebraisms, Mesoamerica etc., then who was it and what is our evidence?

While the Book of Mormon was initially deemed a production beneath contempt, and utterly unworthy the reception of a schoolboy, over time it has become apparent that if Joseph was the sole author he would have needed a deep understanding of:

• The Bible
• Hebrew
• Egyptian
• The Near East
• Jewish customs
• Mesoamerica
• Olive tree horticulture
• Ancient sermons
• Ancient warfare
• Ancient laws
• Etc.

However it is highly unlikely that Joseph would have had expertise in any of these areas, let alone all of them. So if Joseph did not have the expertise to write the Book of Mormon then who did? Who had the expertise to do what Joseph was not able to? Some early theories were that Sidney Rigdon or Oliver Cowdery were responsible but how do we know they had all the expertise and why is there no evidence at all of their involvement?  

See: 

• Mark J. Stoddard – Joseph Could Neither Have Written nor Directly Translated the Book of Mormon

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