Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon, 2d ed.McFarland, 27.07.2010 - 336 Seiten Just as a growing interest in millennialism at the turn of this century has rejuvenated religious debate and questions concerning the fate of the world, so did Mormonism develop from millennial enthusiasm early in the nineteenth century. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and a provocative, even controversial figure in history, declared that he had been given the authority to restore the true church in the latter days. The primary source of Smith's latter-day revelation is The Book of Mormon, and to fully understand his role as the founder of the Mormon faith, one must also understand The Book of Mormon and how it came to be. Unfortunately, the literature about Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon is permeated with contradiction and controversy. In the first edition of this impressive work, David Persuitte provided a significant amount of revealing biographical information about Smith that resolved many of the controversies concerning his character. He also presented an extensive comparative analysis positing that the probable conceptual source for The Book of Mormon was a book entitled View of the Hebrews; or the Tribes of Israel in America, which was written by an early New England minister named Ethan Smith. Now in an expanded and revised second edition incorporating many new findings relating to the origin of The Book of Mormon, Mr. Persuitte's book continues to shed much new light on the path Joseph Smith took toward founding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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... Wood Scrape” B. Tbe Boob ofMorman and Ancient America C. The Spalding Theory D. Tbe Boob offlbrabam NoTEs AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Notes Bibliograpby Index 201 214 225 232 241 251 254 259 268 281 298 313 317 List of Illustrations Title page of ...
... wood, from his back— woods home; sometimes patronizing a village grocery too freely; sometimes find an odd job to do about the store of Sey— more Scovall; and once a week he would stroll into the ofi'ice of the old Palmyra Register, for ...
... woods. Occasionally, the preacher would hold a “camp meeting,” which was a large gather— ing that sometimes lasted several days. In various localities along his circuit, each preacher would also establish a “class” that he would place ...
... woods to ask guidance of the Lord. There, he claimed, God the Father and Jesus the Son appeared to him: It was . . . early in the spring of eigh— teen hundred and twenty.... After I had retired into the place where I had previ— ously ...
... woods, and learn more in two hours, than you can learn at meeting in two years, if you should go all the time." To gratify me, my husband attended some two or three meetings, but peremp— torily refused going to any more, either for my ...
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ANOTHER BOOK OF GOD? | 100 |
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11 | 191 |
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Epilogue | 251 |
Notes | 298 |
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Bibliograpby | 313 |
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