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American Apocrypha : Essays on the Book of Mormon
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Signature Books
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"A fine line divides scripture from non-scripture, writes Robert M. Price in American Apocrypha. There are books that are not in the Bible that are as powerful and authoritative as anything in the canon. At the same time, much of the Bible was written centuries after the events it narrates by scribes using fictitious names. Clearly, the hallmark of scripture is not historical accuracy but rather its spiritual impact on individuals; exclusion from the canon is not reason to dismiss a book as heretical. Consider the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The nature of this volume—in particular its claim to antiquity—is the theme of nine ground-breaking essays in American Apocrypha. Thomas W. Murphy discusses the Book of Mormon’s view that American Indians are descendants of ancient Hebrews. In recent DNA tests, Native Americans have proven to be of Siberian ancestry and not of ancient Jewish or Middle Eastern descent. Nor is the Book of Mormon a traditional translation from an ancient document, writes David P. Wright, as indicated by the underlying Hebrew in the book’s Isaiah passages. Other contributors to American Apocrypha explore the evolution of ideas in the Book of Mormon during the course of its dictation." [Publisher]
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A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon
A Great Leap Backward: Where Matters Stand Now Regarding the Book of Mormon's "Secret Combinations"
A Kingdom Transformed : Early Mormonism and the Modern LDS Church
Alma's Prophetic Commissioning Type Scene
A Malay Site for Book of Mormon Events
A Matter of Many Wives: Joseph Smith's Courting in Secret Nauvoo
An Accidental Church Historian : On the Trail of a Book of Joseph
An American Book of Chronicles : Pseudo-Biblicism and the Cultural Origins of The Book of Mormon
A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon : A Literary and Theological Introduction
Appropriation and Adaptation of J Material in The Book of Mormon
Archaeological Trends and Book of Mormon Origins
Automatic Writing and the Book of Mormon : An Update
'Behold, Other Scriptures I Would that Ye Should Write' : Malachi in the Book of Mormon
Beneath, Below, Under: Joseph Smith's Queen Kahtoumun, Summer 1835
Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
Defending the Kingdom, Rethinking the Faith : How Apologetics is Reshaping Mormon Orthodoxy
Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-day Saint Experiences in the Twentieth Century
Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon
Editor's Introduction, Not So Easily Dismissed : Some Facts for acts for Which Counterexplanations of the Book of Mormon Will Need to Account
Envisioning Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Revelations in Their Early American Contexts
Et Incarnatus Est : The Imperative for Book of Mormon Historicity
Explaining Mormonism: A Believing Skeptic's Guide to the Latter-day Saint Worldview
Glorious in Persecution : Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1839–1844
Joseph Smith's Family Dynamics
Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History
Joseph's Temples : The Dynamic Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism
Line Within Line : An Intertextual Analysis of Mormon Scripture and the Prologue of the Gospel of John
Missing Words : King James Bible Italics, the Translation of the Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith as an Unlearned Reader
Mormon Conquest : Whites and Natives in the Intermountain West
Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology
Naturalistic Explanations of the Origin of the Book of Mormon : A Longitudinal Study
Nephi's Neighbors : Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations
No Weapon Shall Prosper : New Light on Sensitive Issues
Nuestros Hermanos Lamanitas : Indios y Fronteras en la Imaginación Mormona
Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon
Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity
Reckoning with Race in the Book of Mormon : A Review of Literature
Revisiting Thomas F. O'Dea's The Mormons : Contemporary Perspectives
Rewriting Eden With The Book of Mormon : Joseph Smith and the Reception of Genesis 1-6 in Early America
Scattering of the Saints : Schism within Mormonism
Science and Fiction: Kennewick Man/Ancient One in Latter-day Saint Discourse
Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks
The Book of Mormon and DNA Research : Essays From the Farms review and the Journal of Book of Mormon studies
The Book of Mormon and Its Redaction of the King James New Testament : A Further Evaluation of the Interaction between the New Testament and the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon as Amerindian Apocalypse
The Book of Mormon as Amerindian Apocalypse
The Expanded Canon : Perspectives on Mormonism and Sacred Texts
The Inevitability of Epistemology in Historiography : Theory, History, and Zombie Mormon History
The LDS Gospel Topics Series : A Scholarly Engagement
The Limits of Naturalistic Criteria for the Book of Mormon : Comparing Joseph Smith and Andrew Jackson Davis
The Psychology of Prophetic Charisma : New Approaches to Understanding Joseph Smith and the Development of Charismatic Leadership
The Worlds of Joseph Smith : A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress
Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon : “Days [and Hours] Never to Be Forgotten”
Understanding the Book of Mormon : A Reader's Guide
Visions in a Seer Stone : Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon
Writing Mormon History : Historians and Their Books -
A Companion to Your Study of the Doctrine and Covenants
A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A Mosaic for a Religious Counterculture : The Bible in the Book of Mormon
'A Most Sacred Possession' : The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
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
An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon
A New Witness for God
Anti-Universalist Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon
'A Plainer Translation' : Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible : A History and Commentary
'A Record in the Language of My Father' : Evidence of Ancient Egyptian and Hebrew in the Book of Mormon
A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People: Containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter-day Saints, Commonly Called Mormons.
B. H. Roberts and Book of Mormon Scholarship : Early Twentieth Century : Age of Transition
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 Archaeology : The Myths and Alternatives
Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited : The Evidence for Ancient Origins
Book of Mormon Compendium
Book of Mormon Geography
Book of Mormon Witnesses
Brigham Young University : A House of Faith
Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon
Dale Morgan on Early Mormonism : Correspondence and a New History
David Whitmer Interviews : A Restoration Witness
Defender of the Faith : The B. H. Roberts Story
Defending the Keystone : Book of Mormon Difficulties
Defending the Keystone : The Comparative Method Reexamined
Delusions : An Analysis of the Book of Mormon ; with an Examination of Its internal and External Evidences, and a Refutation of Its pretences to Divine Authority
Did B. H. Roberts Lose Faith in the Book of Mormon?
Digging in Cumorah : Reclaiming Book of Mormon narratives
Doctrines of Salvation : Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Does the Shoe Fit? : A Critique of the Limited Tehuantepec Geography
Early Mormon Documents : Volume I
Early Mormon Documents : Volume II
Early Mormon Documents : Volume III
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Europe, The Church in
Evolution and Mormonism : A Quest for Understanding
From Racist Stereotype to Ethnic Identity : Instrumental Uses of Mormon Racial Doctrine
Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon : A Personal Encounter
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon : Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith
'In Plain Terms that We May Understand' : Joseph Smith's Transformation of Hebrews in Alma 12-13
In Search of Cumorah : New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico
Inventing Mormonism : Tradition and the Historical Record
Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History
Joseph Smith and the Manchester (New York) Library
Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator : An Inquiry
Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's 'Inspired Translation' of Romans 7
Joseph Smith's Interpretation of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith’s Response to Skepticism
Joseph Smith : the First Mormon
Joseph Smith : 'The Gift of Seeing'
Laban's Ghost : On Writing and Transgression
Line Upon Line : Essays on Mormon Doctrine
Mesmerism and Mormonism
Missouri Mormon Manuscripts : Sources in Selected Societies
Mormon Answer to Skepticism : Why Joseph Smith Wrote the Book of Mormon
Mormon Democrat : The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle
Mormon Doctrine
Mormonism and Freemasonry : The Illinois Episode
Mormonism and the American Experience
Mormonism's 'Anti-Masonick Bible'
Mormonism Unvailed : Or, a Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion From Its Rise to the Present Time
Mormons and Archaeology : An Outside View
Mormons and the Bible : The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion
Mr. Couch and Elder Roberts
Naked Truths about Mormonism
New Approaches to the Book of Mormon : Explorations in Critical Methodology
New Light : The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History
No Man Knows My History : The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet
Other Mormon Histories : Lamanite Subjectivity in Mexico
Quest for Refuge : The Mormon Flight from American Pluralism
Quest for the Gold Plates : Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Search for the Book of Mormon
Reexploring the Book of Mormon
Reinventing Mormonism : Guatemala as a Harbinger of the Future?
Religion and Sexuality : Three American Communal Experiments in the Nineteenth Century
Religious Seekers and the Advent of Mormonism
Revival Language in the Book of Mormon
Science and Mormonism : Past, Present, Future
'Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry' : The Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism
Since Cumorah : The Book of Mormon in the Modern World
Spiritualism and Mormonism : Some Thoughts on Similarities and Differences
Studies in Scripture
The Angel and the Beehive : The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation
The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon--A Literal Translation?
The Book of Mormon as a Modern Expansion of an Ancient Source
The Book of Mormon Authorship : New Light on Ancient Origins
The Burned-Over District : The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800-1850
The Development of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony
The Earliest Mormon Concept of God
The First Months of Mormonism : A Contemporary View By Rev. Diedrich Willers
The Founder of Mormonism : A Psychological Study of Joseph Smith, Jr.
The Geography of Book of Mormon Events : A Source Book
The Historical Development of the Doctrine and Covenants
The Historical Record
The Intellectual Tradition of the Latter-day Saints
The Joseph Smith Revelations : Text and Commentary
The Keystone of Mormonism : Little Known Truths about the Book of Mormon
The Millenarian World of Early Mormonism
The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-day Saints
The Mormons
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1 : Autobiographical and Historical Writings
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2 : Journal, 1832-1842
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith
The Priority of Mosiah : A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis
The Real Mormonism : A Candid Analysis of an Interesting but Much Misunderstood Subject in History, Life and Thought
The Refiner's Fire : The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844
The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith : A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants
The Story of the Mormons : From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901
The Thirteenth Witness to the Book of Mormon
The Translation of the Book of Mormon
The Truth, The Way, The Life : An Elementary Treatise on Theology
The Word of God : Essays on Mormon Scripture
Warfare in the Book of Mormon
Wilford Woodruff's Journals
William Smith on Mormonism