The Spalding Enigma Investigating The Mysterious Origin Of The Book Of Mormon
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The Spalding Enigma
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Author : Wayne Cowdrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-15
The Spalding Enigma written by Wayne Cowdrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with categories.
Readers' Edition Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history to examine this "Spalding Enigma." The authors have spent decades collecting and analyzing evidence to conclude that The Book of Mormon is an "adaptation of an obscure historical novel" written by Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Spalding during the War of 1812. They assert that Mormon founders Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and Joseph Smith Jr. adapted and embellished the Spalding manuscript to create the Book of Mormon. Follow along with Wayne Cowdrey (a relative of Oliver Cowdrey's family), Arthur Vanick, and Howard Davis as they pursue this enigma and present the evidence for you to draw your own conclusion. This Readers' Edition presents the authors' research and findings in a concise manner. Additional material is available in the Expanded Scholars' Edition.
How The Book Of Mormon Came To Pass
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Author : Lars Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Lars Pauling Nielsen
Release Date : 2024-04-01
How The Book Of Mormon Came To Pass written by Lars Nielsen and has been published by Lars Pauling Nielsen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-01 with Religion categories.
Several explanations for the seemingly sudden appearance of The Book of Mormon in 1829 (first published in 1830) have been put forth by both historians and apologists alike. Each holds some value to its advocates while displaying obvious inconsistencies and unexplained features. However, significant new evidence necessitates the revision of all such authorship theories, including and especially the sole-authorship hypothesis—that Joseph Smith, Jr. (between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-three) single-handedly composed all the sentences in The Book of Mormon through creative writing, automatic writing, or inspired dictation. Neoteric observations reveal deliberately hidden details in Mormonism’s keystone scripture that could not have been put there by Smith. What is the real story behind how the two bookending characters (Nephi and Mormon) got their names? Where did the idea of Nephi being guided through the wilderness by a spiritually magnetic compass—a curious ball having pointers, spindles, and writing on its sides—truly come from? In this book, such details are called “Kircherisms,” a new class of anachronisms in The Book of Mormon. These Kircherisms have revealed a fresh set of influences, an undiscovered source text, and a wellspring of intriguing evidence that has never been published anywhere else. With an infusion of new data, this book presents a novel and distinctive exegesis as well as a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive framework for organizing and evaluating the merits of all prior authorship theories. One mechanism, in particular, has emerged as the most comprehensive, evidence-based, and satisfying explanation for how The Book of Mormon came to pass. Trigger Warning: This book is not written for true-believing Mormons (TBMs). If you are a TBM and you do not yet have a robust support system outside of the Mormon church, do not read this book. If you continue to read it, you accept the responsibility of managing your immediate or eventual faith crisis in a way that will not result in harm to yourself or others.
Unlocking The Great Mormon Mystery
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Author : Robert Thurston
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-05
Unlocking The Great Mormon Mystery written by Robert Thurston and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05 with Religion categories.
A professional problem solver investigates Mormon origins through the eyes of Bible critics, forensic scientists, logicians, statisticians, and above all, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Based on these sources, Part 1 has important lessons in methodology, in non-technical language, for scholars and students of any ancient religious literature, including the Bible and the Book of Mormon. The remainder of the book applies these simple methods to the Book of Mormon, reconstructing the origins of the book in agreement with all of the evidence. It incorporates the work of the finest Mormon scholars and the most talented non-Mormon researchers. Many puzzling anomalies which have defied scholars on both sides are here explained for the first time. Yet the book doesn't claim to have the final answers. The concluding sections show what work remains to be done, especially by Mormon and non-Mormon scholars, working together. The book is written not only for scholars, but for average readers of the Book of Mormon, and even for non-Mormons. It should be of interest to anyone who loves a good mystery story, and is eager to see how it all comes out in the end.
Falling In Love With Joseph Smith
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Author : Jane Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-08-16
Falling In Love With Joseph Smith written by Jane Barnes and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-16 with Religion categories.
When award-winning documentary film writer Jane Barnes was working on the PBS Frontline/American Experience special series The Mormons, she was surprised to find herself passionately drawn to Joseph Smith. The product of an Episcopalian, “WASPy” family, she couldn’t remember ever having met a Mormon before her work on the series—much less having dallied with the idea of converting to a religion shrouded in controversy. But so it was: She was smitten with a man who claimed to have translated the word of God by peering into the dark of his hat. In this brilliantly written book, Barnes describes her experiences working on the PBS series as she moved from secular curiosity to the brink of conversion to Mormonism. It all began when she came across Joseph Smith's early writings. She was delighted to discover how funny and utterly unique he was—and how widely divergent his wild yet profound visions of God were from the Church of Latter-day Saints as we know it today. Her fascination deepened when, much to her surprise, she learned that her eighth cousin Anna Barnes converted to Mormonism in 1833. Through Anna, Barnes follows her family’s close involvement with Smith and the crises caused by his controversial practice of polygamy. Barnes’ unlikely path helps her gain a newfound respect for the innovative American spirit that lies at the heart of Mormonism—and for a religion that is, in many ways, still coming into its own. An intimate portrait of the man behind one of America’s fastest growing religions, Falling in Love with Joseph Smith offers a surprising and provocative window into the Mormon experience.
The Manuscript Found
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Author : Solomon Spaulding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
The Manuscript Found written by Solomon Spaulding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Book of Mormon categories.
The Oldest History Of The World
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Author : Benjamin Evangelist
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Oldest History Of The World written by Benjamin Evangelist and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The Oldest History of the World is a book literally titled. It is one man's attempt to chronicle human history, and God's affect there upon, from slightly before the beginning of time until one thousand years before Noah.
Project Beta
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Author : Greg Bishop
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2005-02-08
Project Beta written by Greg Bishop and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-08 with Business & Economics categories.
The horrifying true story of a government-authorized campaign of disinformation that defined an era of alien paranoia and destroyed the life of Paul Bennewitz, an electrical physicist--P. [4] of cover.
Life And Adventures Of Col L A Norton
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Author : Lewis Adelbert Norton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Life And Adventures Of Col L A Norton written by Lewis Adelbert Norton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Atlantic States categories.
Lewis Adelbert Norton (b. 1819) grew up in Canada and western New York. Banished from Canada for taking the Patriot side in the Rebellion of 1837-1838, Norton settled in Illinois, where he raised a regiment for the Mexican War. On his return home, he led an overland party to California. Life and adventures of Col. L.A. Norton (1887) describes Norton's early life and his journey west. Of his life in California, he chronicles careers as miner, lawyer, and merchant in Placerville. In 1856 he moves to Healdsburg, where his law practice involves him in the Squatter War on the Russian River. The book closes with his account of an 1874 rail trip east, revisiting Canada, New York, and New England before returning to Healdsburg.
The Heritage Crusade And The Spoils Of History
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Author : David Lowenthal
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-05-13
The Heritage Crusade And The Spoils Of History written by David Lowenthal and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-13 with History categories.
Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish Troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult of heritage. In this acclaimed book David Lowenthal explains the rise of this new obsession with the past and examines its power for both good and evil.'Timely and provocative...brilliant and stimulating pyrotechnic...everything from the Pilgrim Fathers to the Inuits, from Homer's Greece to the rainforests of Brazil.' Roy Strong, The Sunday Times'...entertaining and enthralling...' Ben Pimlott, The Guardian