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| − | |subject=Secular authorship theories for the Book of Mormon
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| − | |subject=An overview of secular authorship theories for the Book of Mormon
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| − | |summary=An overview of the various authorship theories that critics have created to explain the existence of the Book of Mormon.
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Spalding manuscript
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| − | |subject=Spalding manuscript
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| − | |summary=Some claim that Joseph Smith either plagiarized or relied upon a manuscript by Solomon Spaulding to write the Book of Mormon. There is a small group of critics who hold to the theory that the production of the Book of Mormon was a conspiracy involving Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery and others. These critics search for links between Spalding and Rigdon. Joseph Smith is assumed to have been Rigdon's pawn.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: What is the Spalding Theory of Book of Mormon authorship?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: Is the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon authorship credible?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: What do most critics think of the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon origin?
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| − | |sublink4=Question: Did Solomon Spaulding's doctor state that Spaulding talked to him about the Nephites in his manuscript?
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| − | |sublink5=Question: Did Joseph Smith know Sidney Rigdon prior to 1830?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/View of the Hebrews
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| − | |subject=View of the Hebrews
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| − | |summary=Some claim that a 19th century work by Ethan Smith, View of the Hebrews, provided source material for Joseph Smith's construction of the Book of Mormon. Critics also postulate a link between Ethan Smith and Oliver Cowdery, since both men lived in Poultney, Vermont while Smith served as the pastor of the church that Oliver Cowdery's family attended at the time that View of the Hebrews was being written.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Could Joseph Smith have used Ethan Smith's ''View of the Hebrews'' as a guideline for creating the Book of Mormon?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: Was the ''View of the Hebrews'' theory of Book of Mormon origin advanced during the lifetime of Joseph Smith?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: What did B.H. Roberts say about ''View of the Hebrews'' and the Book of Mormon?
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| − | |sublink4=Question: What are the similarities and differences between ''View of the Hebrews'' and the Book of Mormon?
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| − | |sublink5=Question: Has the book ''View of the Hebrews'' been readily available?
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| − | |sublink6=Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of ''View of the Hebrews'', and Oliver Cowdery?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Place names from North America
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| − | |subject=North American place names
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| − | |summary=It is claimed that Joseph Smith is clearly the author of the Book of Mormon because many Book of Mormon place names supposedly have clear evidence of "borrowing" from geographic locations in the United States and Canada.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Could Joseph Smith have utilized place names and locations from the region in which he lived to create the Book of Mormon?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: What is the Vernal Holley map?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: Does Vernal Holley rely on modern maps to create his comparison of actual place names with Book of Mormon names?
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| − | |sublink4=Question: How valid are the names used in the Holley Map?
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| − | |sublink5=Question: Are the names on the Holley Map in the correct locations relative to one another?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Epilepsy
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| − | |subject=Epilepsy
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| − | |summary=Some have claimed that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon while under the influence of an "epileptic fit," thus perpetuating a fraud without knowing it.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon under the influence of an "epileptic fit?"
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Automatic writing
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| − | |subject=Automatic writing
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| − | |summary=Some attempt to explain the complexity of the Book of Mormon through appeals to "automatic writing" or "spirit writing."
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon through a process known as "automatic writing?"
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Golden Pot
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| − | |subject=The Golden Pot
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| − | |summary=Former LDS Church Education System (CES) teacher Grant Palmer argues that Joseph Smith developed his story of visits by Moroni and the translation of a sacred book from The Golden Pot, a book by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Did Joseph Smith develop the story of Moroni's visit based upon information contained in the story ''The Golden Pot''?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: What influences led to the development of Grant Palmer's "Golden Pot" theory of Book of Mormon origin?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/The Late War
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| − | |subject=Was the Book of Mormon influenced by the language and themes of "The Late War" by Gilbert Hunt?
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| − | |summary=It is claimed that Joseph Smith was influenced by Gilbert Hunt's 1819 book "The late war between the United States and Great Britain from June, 1812, to February, 1815," which was written in Biblical style.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Did Joseph Smith plagiarize passages from Gilbert Hunt's book The Late War, between the United States and Great Britain, from June, 1812, to February, 1815?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: Does the Book of Mormon phrase "curious workmanship" originate from Gilbert Hunt's The Late War?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: Does Gilbert Hunt's The Late War talk of 2000 "striplings" who go to war?
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| − | |sublink4=Question: Is Gilbert Hunt's phrase "the fourth day of this seventh month" in The Late War a source for the Book of Mormon phrase "the fourth day of this seventh month" in Alma 10:6?
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| − | |sublink5=Question: Was the Book of Mormon description of a cataclysm at the time of Christ's death derived from a similar description in Gilbert Hunt's The Late War?
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| − | |sublink6=Question: Are there similarities between the description of forts in the Book of Mormon and Gilbert Hunt's The Late War?
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| − | |sublink7=Question: Does the Book of Mormon mention "steel" of "fine workmanship" as described in Gilbert Hunt's The Late War?
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| − | |sublink8=Question: Does the Book of Mormon, like Gilbert Hunt's The Late War, talk of "freemen who came to the defence of the city, built strong holds and forts, and raised up fortifications in abundance"?
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| − | |sublink9=Question: Were the Three Nephites of the Book of Mormon based upon three of the "lying prophets among the savages" in Gilbert Hunt's The Late War?
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| − | |sublink10=Question: Is there significance to the fact that both the Book of Mormon and Gilbert Hunt's The Late War mention a "rod of iron"?
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| − | |sublink11=Question: Do both the Book of Mormon and Gilbert Hunt's The Late War talk about people maintaining a "standard of liberty"?
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| − | |sublink12=Question: Could Gilbert Hunt's The Late War have given Joseph Smith the idea of using brass plates as a way of recording information?
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| − | |sublink13=Question: Does Gilbert Hunt's The Late War describe "Boats and barges built from trees after the fashion of the ark"?
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| − | |sublink14=Question: Was the Book of Mormon phrase "it came to pass" derived from Gilbert Hunt's The Late War?
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| − | |sublink15=Question: Does Gilbert Hunt's book The Late War contain rare phrases that do not appear in other works but only appear in the Book of Mormon?
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