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English
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Echoes of Anti-Masonry : A Rejoinder to Critics of the Anti-Masonic Thesis
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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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275-320
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"In recent years Mormon apologists have begun to challenge what many researchers, myself included, long regarded as obvious: the Book of Mormon's reflection of the cultural milieu of early nineteenth-century America, particularly the anti-Masonic controversy that pervaded westen New York during the late 1820s. If the similarities between Masonry and the secret societies described in the book are not apparent to some modern readers, they were to its first readers, Mormon and non-Mormon, who almost immediately associated its warnings of latter-day 'secret combinations' with the dreaded Masons. Despite the book's use of the term 'secret combinations'--a favorite anti-Masonic epithet--several scholars now, for various reasons, object to the connection and, in some instances, offer alternative interpretations. In particular, I will examine and respond to the arguments put forth by Richard L. Bushman, Blake T. Ostler, D. Michael Quinn, and Daniel C. Peterson." [From author's introduction]
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A Great Leap Backward: Where Matters Stand Now Regarding the Book of Mormon's "Secret Combinations"
Cracking the Book of Mormon's "Secret Combinations"?
Gossamer Thin : 2 Nephi's 'Flaxen Cord' and the Anti-Masonic Thesis
Mormon Conquest : Whites and Natives in the Intermountain West
Mormon Parallels : A Bibliographic Source
Sacred Borders : Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America
Second Witness : Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon
Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks