Did JESUS Beat Columbus to the Americas?

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So, I’m a Youtuber, and I’ve been doing this series about the crackpot theories about people who discovered America before Columbus, and, well you’re gonna be in the penultimate episode! How good for you!

So, let me tell you about the claims that Semitic peoples came to America before Columbus, and yes, that includes the Mormon claim that one of those people was Jesus.

This series explores the question, "Was Columbus really the first person to land in America?". It explores theories that range from the confirmed, to bizarre in this tour of alternate explorers who made it to America's Shores

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Boa, Kenneth. Cults, world religions, and the occult. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1990.

Docevski, Boban. "A theory that says the ancient Phoenicians were the first to discover the Americas." The Vintage News. March 26, 2017. Accessed October 23, 2017.

McKenzie, Sheena. "Transatlantic crossingDid Phoenicians beat Columbus by 2000 years?" CNN. March 05, 2013. Accessed October 23, 2017.

"The Restorationist movement's view of Native American origins." The Book of Mormon and North American archeology. Accessed October 23, 2017.