Item Detail
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30057
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English
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The Second Sacred Grove : The Influence of Greenville, Indiana, on Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision Account
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Journal of Mormon History
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October 2018
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44
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Champaign, IL
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University of Illinois Press; Mormon History Association
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On June 6, 1832, Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife, Emma, from Greenville, Indiana, where he was staying with Newel K. Whitney until Whitney recovered from a broken leg and foot. The letter is interesting for many reasons, including the fact that it provides a human side to Joseph Smith by showing the grief he felt for the death of one of his children. But one portion of the letter is particularly intriguing. Smith describes a wrestle that he had in Greenville for forgiveness of his sins—a wrestle that occurred in a grove of trees in the small town. That same summer Smith also wrote an account of what members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints refer to as his First Vision. The similarities between what occurred in Greenville in 1832 and how Smith remembered his 1820 vision that summer indicates that the experience in Greenville impacted his memory. This article explores these similarities.
[Author's Introduction] -
Documents, Volume 4: April 1834-September 1835
Joseph Smith Papers : Histories, 1832-1844, Vol. 1
Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's First Vision : New Methods for the Analysis of Experience-Related Texts
Joseph Smith : The Making of a Prophet
Literary Form and Historical Understanding : Joseph Smith's First Vision
No Man Knows My History : The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet
"Seeking after Monarchal Power and Authority" : Joseph Smith and Leadership in the Church of Christ, 1831-1832
The Joseph Smith Papers : Documents, Volume 2 : July 1831–January 1833
The Joseph Smith Papers : Journals, Volume 1 : 1832–1839
The Joseph Smith Papers : Revelations and Translations, Volume 1 : Manuscript Revelation Books