Item Detail
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8128
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8
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English
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Sealed in a Book : Preliminary Observations on the Newly Found 'Anthon Transcript'
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BYU Studies
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Summer 1980
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20
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321-45
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The recently discovered Anthon manuscript is discussed, including the circumstances of its discovery, a description and analysis of its contents, and possible explanations of its symbols. Bachman concludes that the importance of the discovery is likely to be more historical than theological. 'For now it may simply be enough to suggest that the importance of the document lies in the fact that it is the earliest known Mormon document and also the earliest known Joseph Smith holograph. Caution must be taken in assessing what it does and does not say about the Book of Mormon, but it is one more piece of the puzzle, a piece that suggests that Joseph Smith did what he said he did--copy some characters and give them to Martin Harris to take to New York.' (p. 344)
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