Joseph Smith's education - Revision history

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	===B.H. Roberts was a believer in the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, and talked of young Joseph Smith as he sat up late detailing to the family the wonderful conversations he had with the angel===		===B.H. Roberts was a believer in the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, and talked of young Joseph Smith as he sat up late detailing to the family the wonderful conversations he had with the angel===

	B.H. Roberts retained his belief that the Book of Mormon was of divine origin up until the end of his life. Yet, according to one critical website, B.H. Roberts "postulated that it was certainly possible for Joseph Smith to have come up with the Book of Mormon on his own." <ref>"Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon?", MormonThink.com</ref> Roberts, however, believed that Joseph had conversations with the Angel Moroni.		B.H. Roberts [[B.H. Roberts' testimony of the Book of Mormon\|retained his belief that the Book of Mormon was of divine origin]] up until the end of his life. Yet, according to one critical website, B.H. Roberts "postulated that it was certainly possible for Joseph Smith to have come up with the Book of Mormon on his own." <ref>"Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon?", MormonThink.com</ref> Roberts, however, believed that Joseph had conversations with the Angel Moroni.

	B.H. Roberts, in his critical study of the Book of Mormon, pointed out how future critics might make use of this.		B.H. Roberts, in his critical study of the Book of Mormon, pointed out how future critics might make use of this.

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 Joseph Smith could neither write nor dictate a coherent and well-worded letter, let alone dictate a book like the Book of Mormon. And, though I was an active participant in the scenes that transpired, and was present during the translation of the plates, and had cognizance of things as they transpired, it is marvelous to me, 'a marvel and a wonder,' as much so as to anyone else.<ref>Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (October 1, 1879): 289–90; and Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Advocate'' 2 (October 1879): 50–52.</ref>
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	Joseph Smith could neither write nor dictate a coherent and well-worded letter, let alone dictate a book like the Book of Mormon. And, though I was an active participant in the scenes that transpired, and was present during the translation of the plates, and had cognizance of things as they transpired, it is marvelous to me, 'a marvel and a wonder,' as much so as to anyone else.<ref>Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (October 1, 1879): 289–90; and Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Advocate'' 2 (October 1879): 50–52.</ref>		Joseph Smith could neither write nor dictate a coherent and well-worded letter, let alone dictate a book like the Book of Mormon. And, though I was an active participant in the scenes that transpired, and was present during the translation of the plates, and had cognizance of things as they transpired, it is marvelous to me, 'a marvel and a wonder,' as much so as to anyone else.<ref>Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (October 1, 1879): 289–90; and Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Advocate'' 2 (October 1879): 50–52.</ref>
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	Joseph Smith could neither write nor dictate a coherent and well-worded letter, let alone dictate a book like the Book of Mormon. And, though I was an active participant in the scenes that transpired, and was present during the translation of the plates, and had cognizance of things as they transpired, it is marvelous to me, 'a marvel and a wonder,' as much so as to anyone else.<ref>Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (October 1, 1879): 289–90; and Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Advocate'' 2 (October 1879): 50–52.</ref>		Joseph Smith could neither write nor dictate a coherent and well-worded letter, let alone dictate a book like the Book of Mormon. And, though I was an active participant in the scenes that transpired, and was present during the translation of the plates, and had cognizance of things as they transpired, it is marvelous to me, 'a marvel and a wonder,' as much so as to anyone else.<ref>Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (October 1, 1879): 289–90; and Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''Saints' Advocate'' 2 (October 1879): 50–52.</ref>
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	I was born in the town of Charon [Sharon] in the <ins>State</ins> of vermont North America on the twenty third day of December AD 1805 of goodly Parents who spared no pains to instructing me in <ins>the</ins> christian religion at the age of about ten years my Father Joseph Smith Siegnior moved to Palmyra Ontario County in the State of New York and being in indigent circumstances were obliged to labour hard for the support of a large Family having nine chilldren and as it required the exertions of all that were able to render any assistance for the support of the Family therefore we were deprived of the bennifit of an education suffice it to say I was mearly instructid in reading <del>and</del> writing and the ground <ins>rules</ins> of Arithmatic which constuted my whole literary acquirements. <ref>Joseph Smith Letterbook 1, pp. 1-6. Published in: Dean Jessee, Personal Writings of Joseph Smith. This text was copied from Wikisource. The editor notes that insertions are indicated like this and deletions are indicated like this. Text in blue is in Smith's own handwriting, the remainder in the handwriting of Frederick G. Williams. {{link\|url=http://en.fairmormon.org/Primary_sources/Joseph_Smith,_Jr./First_Vision_accounts/1832}}</ref>		I was born in the town of Charon [Sharon] in the <ins>State</ins> of vermont North America on the twenty third day of December AD 1805 of goodly Parents who spared no pains to instructing me in <ins>the</ins> christian religion at the age of about ten years my Father Joseph Smith Siegnior moved to Palmyra Ontario County in the State of New York and being in indigent circumstances were obliged to labour hard for the support of a large Family having nine chilldren and as it required the exertions of all that were able to render any assistance for the support of the Family therefore we were deprived of the bennifit of an education suffice it to say I was mearly instructid in reading <del>and</del> writing and the ground <ins>rules</ins> of Arithmatic which constuted my whole literary acquirements.<ref>Joseph Smith Letterbook 1, pp. 1-6. Published in: Dean Jessee, Personal Writings of Joseph Smith. This text was copied from Wikisource. The editor notes that insertions are indicated like this and deletions are indicated like this. Text in blue is in Smith's own handwriting, the remainder in the handwriting of Frederick G. Williams. {{link\|url=http://en.fairmormon.org/Primary_sources/Joseph_Smith,_Jr./First_Vision_accounts/1832}}</ref>
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	The Church never taught that Joseph Smith was "illiterate." The official account of the First Vision refutes this, since it demonstrates that Joseph was fully capable of reading and understanding the Bible. The statement from the critics that Joseph's family "wasn't a family of illiterates" argues against a point that is never being made.		The Church never taught that Joseph Smith was "illiterate." The official account of the First Vision refutes this, since it demonstrates that Joseph was fully capable of reading and understanding the Bible. The statement from the critics that Joseph's family "wasn't a family of illiterates" argues against a point that is never being made.

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	==Was Joseph Smith illiterate?==		==Was Joseph Smith illiterate?==
	The Church never taught that Joseph Smith was "illiterate." The official account of the First Vision refutes this, since it demonstrates that Joseph was fully capable of reading and understanding the Bible. The statement from the critics that Joseph's family "wasn't a family of illiterates" argues against a point that is never being made.		The Church never taught that Joseph Smith was "illiterate." The official account of the First Vision refutes this, since it demonstrates that Joseph was fully capable of reading and understanding the Bible. The statement from the critics that Joseph's family "wasn't a family of illiterates" argues against a point that is never being made.