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31976
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English
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“Having Many Things to Write to You” : Biblical Intertextuality in Joseph Smith's Two Colesville Letters
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Journal of Mormon History
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2021
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47
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2
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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23-47
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"This article will focus on two of Smith’s earliest extant letters, namely two letters he wrote to the Colesville Branch of his restoration movement shortly after the movement’s organization in 1830. Over the course of this article, I argue that Joseph Smith’s two Colesville letters display a remarkably complex intertextuality with the Bible that puts them, at the very least, on par with his canonized revelations. Due to these intertextual similarities, I will suggest that Smith’s letters must become part of the conversation when we talk about Joseph Smith and his biblical projects, whether that means the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, or Joseph Smith’s Bible translation. Each of the next two sections begins with the text of the two Colesville letters, with the intertextual connections identified and cited. I follow with an analysis of the letters themselves—what biblical phrases are present and how they are being used. Finally, I consider the place of these two letters and their impact within Joseph Smith’s scriptural corpus." [Author]
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