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English
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A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon
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New York, New York
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Oxford University Press
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"The story of the creation of the Book of Mormon has been told many times, and often ridiculed. A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon presents and examines the primary sources surrounding the origin of the foundational text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the most successful new religion of modern times.The scores of documents transcribed and annotated in this book include family histories, journal entries, letters, affidavits, reminiscences, interviews, newspaper articles, and book extracts, as well as revelations dictated in the name of God. From these texts emerges the captivating story of what happened (and what was believed or rumored to have happened) between September 1823 - when the seventeen-year-old farm boy Joseph Smith announced that an angel of God had directed him to an ancient book inscribed on gold plates - and March 1830, when the Book of Mormon was first published. By compiling for the first time a substantial collection of both first- and secondhand accounts relevant to the inception of the divine revelation - or clever fraud - that launched a new world religion, A Documentary History makes a significant contribution to the rapidly growing field of Mormon Studies." [Publisher]
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Apologetics and Antiquity: Book of Mormon Reception, 1830–1844
Did Joseph Smith Use a Seer Stone in the Translation of the Book of Abraham?
“From the Catecombs of Egypt” : Latter-day Saint Engagement with Ancient Egypt and the Contest of Religious Identity
Joseph Smith at the Veil: Significant Ritual, Symbolism, and Temple Influence at Latter-day Saint Beginnings
Joseph Smith’s Education and Intellect as Described in Documentary Sources
Know Brother Joseph : New Perspectives on Joseph Smith's Life and Character
Music History of the Salt Lake Theater : The Formative Years, 1862-1870
"None That Doeth Good": Early Evidence of the First Vision in JST Psalm 14
Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity
Rewriting Eden With The Book of Mormon : Joseph Smith and the Reception of Genesis 1-6 in Early America
The Lost 116 Pages : Reconstructing the Book of Mormon’s Missing Stories
The Secular Binary of Joseph Smith's Translations
Verbal Punctuation in the Book of Mormon I: (And) Now
Visions in a Seer Stone : Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon -
A Descriptive Analysis of the Current Status of Paid Religious Broadcasting on National Television
A History of Illinois : From Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847
'All My Endeavors to Preserve Them' : Protecting the Plates in Palmyra, 22 September-December 1827
A Masonic Martyrdom : Freemason Involvement in the Martyrdom of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith
American Apocrypha : Essays on the Book of Mormon
Among the Mormons : A Survey of Current Theses and Dissertations
An Address to All Believers in Christ. By a Witness to the Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon
An American Prophet's Record : The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith
A New Witness for Christ in America : Evidence of Divine Power in the "Coming Forth" of the Book of Mormon
An Examination of the 1829 'Articles of the Church of Christ' in Relation to Section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins
A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, And of the Late Discovery of Ancient American Records
Another Look at Joseph Smith's First Vision
A Pathway to Prophethood : Joseph Smith Junior as Rodsman, Village Seer, and Judeo-Christian Prophet
A Pillar of Light : The History and Message of the First Vision
A Preliminary Analysis of the Dating of Section 10
A Study of the Origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816-1831
A Textual and Archival Reexamination of Lucy Mack Smith's History
A Visit to Nauvoo in 1856
Battlestar Galactica and Mormon Theology
Behind the Scene : Zach Proctor's Paintings of the Railmen
Believing History : Latter-day Saints Essays
B. H. Roberts : Studies of the Book of Mormon
Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations
Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited : The Evidence for Ancient Origins
By the Hand of Mormon : The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion
Charles Anthon - The Man Behind the Letters
Circumstantial Confirmation of the First Vision Through Reminiscences
Conscience and Community : Sterling M. McMurrin, Obert C. Tanner, and Lowell L. Bennion
Constructing Zion : Faith, Grit, and the Realm of Possibilities
Cooke's Journal of the March of the Mormon Battalion, 1846-1847
Copyright Laws and the 1830 Book of Mormon
Dale Morgan on Early Mormonism : Correspondence and a New History
David Hale's Store Ledger : New Details about Joseph and Emma Smith, the Hale Family, and the Book of Mormon
David Whitmer Interviews : A Restoration Witness
Days Never to Be Forgotten : Oliver Cowdery
Does Being Liberal Push Some Members Out of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Early Church History Sites along the Susquehanna River : A Photographic Essay
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Early Publications on the Book of Mormon
Eighth Witness : The Biography of John Whitmer
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery : A Historical Reflection of Her Life
Eyes Single to the Glory : The History of the Heavenly City of Zion
Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration
Far West Record : Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1844
"For the Sum of Three Thousand Dollars"
From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni : Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism
Genetic Research a 'Galileo Event' for Mormons
"Git Them Translated" : Translating the Characters on the Gold Plates
Gleanings By the Way
Global Mormonism in Political Context
Hearken, O Ye People : The Historical Setting for Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations
History and the Claims of Revelation : Joseph Smith and the Materialization of the Golden Plates
History of Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : A source- and text-critical edition
History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : Index
History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and Morris' Reserve
How Witnesses Described the "Gold Plates"
'I Have Sinned against Heaven, and Am Unworthy of Your Confidence, but I Cannot Live without a Reconciliation' : Thomas B. Marsh Returns to the Church
Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon : Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith
Influenza's Progress : The Great Epizootic Flu of 1872–1873 in the North American West
In Sacred Loneliness : The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith
Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith : Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon
Intertextuality and the Purpose of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible
In the Press : Early Newspaper Reports on the Initial Publication of the Book of Mormon
Inventing Mormonism : Tradition and the Historical Record
Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses
James Arlington Bennett and the Mormons
John Gilbert's 1892 Account of the 1830 Printing of the Book of Mormon
Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History
Joseph Smith and the 1826 Trial : New Evidence and New Difficulties
Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism
Joseph Smith and the Conspicuous Scarcity of Early Mormon Documentation
Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith as Translator
Joseph Smith Papers : Histories, 1832-1844, Vol. 1
Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's 1826 Trial : The Legal Setting
Joseph Smith's 1828-1843 Revelations
Joseph Smith's Bainbridge, N.Y. Court Trials
Joseph Smith's First Vision : A Guide to the Historical Accounts
Joseph Smith's First Vision : The First Vision in its Historical Context
Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined
Joseph Smith's Seer Stones
Joseph Smith : the First Mormon
Joseph Smith : 'The Gift of Seeing'
Joseph Smith : The Making of a Prophet
Joseph Smith : The Palmyra Seer
Joseph Smith : The Prophet, The Man
Katharine Smith Salisbury and Lucy Smith Millikin's Attitudes Toward Succession, the Reorganized Church, and Their Smith Relatives in Utah
Lost Apostles : Forgotten Members of Mormonism's Original Quorum of Twelve
Lucy Harris : Toward a Compassionate Reinterpretation
Lucy's Book : A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir
Margarito Bautista, Mexican Politics, and the Third Convention
Martin Harris : The Kirtland Years, 1831-1870
Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
Massacre at Mountain Meadows : An American Tragedy
Measuring Press Release Placement from Brigham Young University's Public Communications Office to Utah's Newspapers
Mormon Enigma : Emma Hale Smith
Mormonism and American Politics (Religion, Culture, and Public Life)
Mormonism; Or, Life among the Mormons
Mormonism : The Story of a New Religious Tradition
Mormonism Unvailed : Or, a Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion From Its Rise to the Present Time
Mormons and Politics in New Zealand
Mormons and the Bible : The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion
Moroni : Angel or Treasure Guardian?
Natural Born Seer : Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1805-1830
New Approaches to the Book of Mormon : Explorations in Critical Methodology
No Man Knows My History : The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet
Old Mormon Palmyra and New England : Historic Photographs and Guide
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe
Oliver Cowdery : Scribe, Elder, Witness : Essays from BYU Studies and FARMS
Oliver Cowdery's Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism
Opening the Heavens : Accounts of Divine Manifestations 1820-1844
Opening the Road to Chesler Park : How Al Scorup Inadvertently Helped Create Canyonlands National Park
Organizing Farmers in Utah : Charles G. Patterson and the Intermountain Association of Sugar Beet Growers, 1917–1922
Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism
Polygamy on the Pedernales : Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845 to 1858
Polygamy under the Red Cliffs : Women's Voices and Historical Memory at Centennial Park
"Read This I Pray Thee" : Martin Harris and the Three Wise Men of the East
Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History : New York
“Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time”
Reuben Miller, Recorder of Oliver Cowdery's Reaffirmations
Revelation, Reason, and Faith : Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen
Revelations and Translations
Sacred Places Volume 2 : New York and Pennsylvania : A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites
“Same-Sex Marriage?! What Next Polygamy?” : Mormonism in US Political Culture
Samuel Tyler Lawrence : A Significant Figure in Joseph Smith's Palmyra Past
"Securing" the Prophet's Copyright in the Book of Mormon : Historical and Legal Context for the So-called Canadian Copyright Revelation
Seers and Stones : The Translation of the Book of Mormon as Divine Visions of an Old-Time Seer
Separated from Oliver in Death : The Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery Memorial Dedication
Silk Industry in Utah
Sojourner in the Promised Land : Forty years among the Mormons
Solomon Chamberlain-Early Missionary
Stand By My Servant Joseph : The Story of the Joseph Knight Family and the Restoration
The Alvin Smith Story : Fact and Fiction
The American Religion : The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation
The Anthon Transcript : People, Primary Sources, and Problems
The Book of Mormon : A Biography
The "Caractors" Document : New Light on an Early Transcription of the Book of Mormon Characters
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery
The Development in Mongolia of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Disciple as Witness : Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine : In Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson
The Early Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision
The First Vision Controversy : A Critique and Reconciliation
The Gift and Power : Translating the Book of Mormon
The Impact of the First Preaching in Ohio
The James Gordon Bennetts : Father and Son, Proprietors of the New York Herald
The Joseph Smith Papers : Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846
The Joseph Smith Papers : Histories. Volume 2, Assigned Histories, 1831-1847
The Joseph Smith Papers : Revelations and Translations, Volume 1 : Manuscript Revelation Books
The Joseph Smith Papers : Revelations and Translations, Volume 2 : Published Revelations
The Joseph Smith, Sr., Family : Farmers of the Genesee
The Journals of William E. McLellin 1831-1836
The Locations of Joseph Smith's Early Treasure Quests
The Mature Joseph Smith and Treasure Searching
The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon
The New Mormon History : Revisionist Essays on the Past
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1 : Autobiographical and Historical Writings
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2 : Journal, 1832-1842
The Persisting Idea of American Treasure Hunting
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith
The Prophet Puzzle : Interpretive Essays on Joseph Smith
The Prophet Puzzle : Suggestions Leading Toward a More Comprehensive Interpretation of Joseph Smith
The Refiner's Fire : The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844
The Reliability of Joseph Smith's History
The Return of Oliver Cowdery
The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith : A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants
The Rise of Mormonism : 1816-1844
"The Scriptures is a Fulfilling" : Sally Parker's Weave
The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book : A Twenty-first Century Believer's View of the Book of Mormon Translation
The Story of the Mormons : From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901
The Sword of Laban : Joseph Smith, Jr. and the Dissociated Mind
The True Origin of The Book of Mormon
'The Truth is the Most Important Thing' : The New Mormon History According to Mark Hofmann
The William E. McLellin Papers, 1854-1880
The Word of God : Essays on Mormon Scripture
The Writing of Joseph Smith's History
“The Writing of the Fruit of Thy Loins” : Reading, Writing, and Prophecy in The Book of Mormon
Thomas Gregg : Early Illinois Journalist and Author
Translating the Book of Mormon : Evidence from the Original Manuscript
Truman Coe's 1836 Description of Mormonism
"We Have Ever Regarded Mr. Harris as an Honest Man" : An Erroneous Death Report and Obituary of Martin Harris
Where was the Aaronic Priesthood Restored? : Identifying the Location of John the Baptist's Appearance, May 15, 1829
Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? : The Spalding Enigma
William E. McLellin's Testimony of the Book of Mormon
William Smith on Mormonism