Item Detail
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24086
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12
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English
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The Validity of the Witnesses' Testimonies
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American Apocrypha : Essays on the Book of Mormon
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Salt Lake City
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Signature Books
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79-121
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"In this essay I will examine the published testimonies of the witnesses, as well as other related historical sources, to try to determine more accurately the nature of their experiences. Hence, I will not explore the question of the witnesses' honesty and trustworthiness; this has been exploited at great length by those whose intent has been to present a false dichotomy: either the witnesses told the truth about their experiences, and therefore Joseph Smith's claims about the plates are true, or they lied and the plates never existed. This either/or reduction misrepresents the situation facing those who wish to examine the historical nature of these events." [From author's introduction]
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A New Witness to the World
Attempts to Redefine the Experience of the Eight Witnesses
Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon
Editor's Introduction, Not So Easily Dismissed : Some Facts for acts for Which Counterexplanations of the Book of Mormon Will Need to Account
Eighth Witness : The Biography of John Whitmer
Evaluating the Book of Mormon Witnesses
History and the Claims of Revelation : Joseph Smith and the Materialization of the Golden Plates
"Idle and Slothful Strange Stories" : Book of Mormon Origins and the Historical Record
Scattering of the Saints : Schism within Mormonism
The Expanded Canon : Perspectives on Mormonism and Sacred Texts
The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith