Item Detail
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8749
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10
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0
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English
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Money-Digging Folklore and the Beginnings of Mormonism : An Interpretive Suggestion
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BYU Studies
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Fall 1984
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24
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473-88
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"Over the years, LDS church historians have responded to claims that the Mormon movement because as a money-digging speculation with accounts that minimize or deny any such connections. It has been seemingly assumed until very recently that if Joseph Smith believed in and practiced magic to find buried treasure then his story of the inspired discovery of the plates of the Book of Mormon may be suspect. Needless to say, the recent appearance of two letters with gold digging implications gave new life to the discussion of Mormon origins in these terms. The first is purportedly written by Joseph Smith in 1825 to Josiah Stowell. The second is attributed to Martin Harris, written in 1830 to W. W. Phelps." [Publisher's abstract]
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Cunning Distortions: Folk Christianity and Witchcraft Allegations in Early Mormon History
Folklore in Utah
From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni : Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism
Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd Lore, and Treasure-Seeking in New York and New England during the Early Republic
Joseph Smith's 1823 Vision : Uncovering the Angel Message
Knowing Brother Joseph Again : Perceptions and Perspectives
Moroni : Angel or Treasure Guardian?
Naturalistic Assumptions and the Book of Mormon
One Face of the Hero : In Search of the Mythological Joseph Smith
Put On Your Strength, O Daughters of Zion': Claiming Priesthood and Knowing the Mother