Item Detail
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19814
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11
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20
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English
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An "American Mahomet" : Joseph Smith, Muhammad, and the Problem of Prophets in Antebellum America
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Journal of Mormon History
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Summer 2008
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34
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3
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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23-45
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[2009 Mormon Historical Association Winner for Best Article]
Fluhman discusses how the early American comparison of Joseph Smith to Mohammed was not merely based on both individuals' prophetic claim and authorship of new scriptures. It also followed a previously established pattern of comparing "Orthodox" Christian religion with what Protestants saw as dangerous religious imposters. Joseph Smith was only the latest in a long line of religious leaders (from the Pope to Mother Ann Lee) to be compared unflatteringly with the Muslim prophet, antebellum America's historical "arch-imposter."
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