According to Robert Price, a fine line divides scripture from non-scripture, especially in the area of historical accuracy. These essays -- on the cutting edge of that question as it relates to the Book of Mormon -- look at DNA research on Native Americans and document the Book of Mormon's dictation. The life stories of the three witnesses are ...
It was not uncommon for early Americans to report and interpret metaphysical experiences as direct communications from God. Joseph Smith's father had dreams that he considered to be divinely inspired. The difference with Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, is that his experiences involved elements from the tangible world: a stone box, gold plates, ...
The third in an award-winning series (Mormon History Association Award for Best Documentary Book), this volume contains lesser-known, hard-to-find sources relating to the 1820s-30s. They include statements and reminiscences of some of the first converts to Mormonism (Silas Hillman, Emer Harris); of shopkeepers Joseph Smith worked for (William Hyde ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on April 6, 1830, in Manchester, New York. The official history assigns this founding event to the nearby town of Fayette, but the Fayette gathering has been confused with an earlier Manchester meeting. Why the confusion? The reason could be as simple as old age. David Whitmer, one of ...
From South Bainbridge and Colesville, New York, to Harmony, Pennsylvania, the editor's painstaking research allows us to follow events in the lives of Joseph Knight, Isaac Hale, and Josiah Stowell in great detail. Also included in this volume are letters by Eber D. Howe and Charles Anthon. Joseph Smith's marriage, three arraignments for money ...
The Word of God is a collection of thought-provoking discussions of Mormon canon. In particular, the anthology asks to what extent scripture can be considered historical, revelatory, and authoritative. Topics include literalism versus metaphor, nineteenth-century elements in the Book of Mormon, Christian readings of the Old Testament, conditional ...
These documents derive from testimonials by neighbors and "witnesses" to the events that occurred at the Palmyra/Manchester residence of the Joseph Smith family. Collections include the statements and interviews of Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, Philastus Hurlbut, William H. and Edmund L. Kelley, C. C. Thorne, John H. Gilbert, and Arthur B. Deming ...
As historians continue to sort through the beginnings of Mormonism, Dan Vogel's transcriptions of all primary documents is an unparalleled achievement. In the first of a multi-volume series, Joseph Smith's family -- Emma, Katharine, Lucy, Joseph Sr., William, and others -- recount how they became convinced of his high calling, feeling "the spirit ...
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