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Journal Article

English

Tvedtnes, John A.

Variants in the Stories of the First Vision of Joseph Smith and the Apostle Paul

Interpreter : A Journal of Mormon Scripture

2

Orem, UT

The Interpreter Foundation

2012

73-86

Some critics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have noted that the different accounts of Joseph Smith's first vision, though written by the prophet himself, vary in some details. They see this as evidence that the event did not take place and was merely invented to establish divine authority for his work. They fail to realize that the versions of Paul's vision on the road to Damascus, in which the risen Christ appeared to him, also differ from one another. Indeed, they vary more than Joseph Smith's accounts of his experience. This article examines those variants.

https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/variants-in-the-stories-of-the-first-vision-of-joseph-smith-and-the-apostle-paul/

Smith, Joseph, Jr., First Vision
Bible, textual parallels
Visions

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