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English
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B. H. Roberts : Book of Mormon Apologist and Skeptic
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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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123-155
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"Brigham Henry Roberts developed the primary apologetic arguments used to define the antiquity of the Book of Mormon, a book most Latter-day Saints believe narrates the story of the ancestors of the American Indian. While speaking to the Church as a general authority, Roberts addressed the book as an ancient record; privately, however, he voiced doubts. In the last twelve years of his life, he encountered questions about Book of Mormon language, archeology, and geography that he could not answer. As he reexamined his earlier writings on the subject, he turned to his colleagues with two critical treatises that asked whether the prophet had created a 'wonder tale' which, 'I sorrowfully submit, points to Joseph Smith' as its author. He expressed his public faith and private doubts to the end of his life." [From author's introduction]