Item Detail
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30065
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English
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Does Joseph’s Letter to Emma of 4 November 1838 Show that He Knew about Chiasmus?
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought (Dialogue Paperless)
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Fall 2006
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4
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Stanford, CA
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Dialogue Foundation
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1-9
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"A letter by Joseph Smith to his wife Emma dated 4 November 1838 has
been cited as evidence that he knew about chiasmus. We analyze the
chiastic structure of this letter statistically in order to assess the strength of
this evidence. We calculate a likelihood of 68% that this structure could
have appeared by chance, and conclude that this letter is inadmissible as
evidence that Joseph Smith knew about chiasmus. We discuss the
conditions under which chiastic structure can be considered as valid
evidence of intentionality." [Author] -
Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity
A Steady Stream of Significant Recognitions
Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon
Does Chiasmus Appear in the Book of Mormon by Chance?
How Much Was Known about Chiasmus in 1829 When the Book of Mormon Was Translated?
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith
Rediscovering the Book of Mormon
Reexploring the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon Text Reformatted According to Parallelistic Patterns