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==Question: Was the ''View of the Hebrews'' theory of Book of Mormon origin advanced during the lifetime of Joseph Smith?== | ==Question: Was the ''View of the Hebrews'' theory of Book of Mormon origin advanced during the lifetime of Joseph Smith?== | ||
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[[es:Pregunta: ¿Era la teoría de que "Vista de los Hebreos" fue el origen del Libro de Mormón propuso durante la vida de José Smith?]] | [[es:Pregunta: ¿Era la teoría de que "Vista de los Hebreos" fue el origen del Libro de Mormón propuso durante la vida de José Smith?]] | ||
[[pt:Pergunta: Se desenvolveu a teoria da origem do Livro de Mórmon proveniente do "View of the Hebrews" durante a vida de Joseph Smith?]] | [[pt:Pergunta: Se desenvolveu a teoria da origem do Livro de Mórmon proveniente do "View of the Hebrews" durante a vida de Joseph Smith?]] | ||
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The theory the Joseph Smith plagiarized View of the Hebrews was never advanced during his lifetime. The prevailing theory of the day was the Spalding Theory, which quickly lost credibility upon the discovery of an actual Spalding manuscript in 1884 which bore no resemblance to the Book of Mormon. There are no records which indicate that Joseph Smith came into contact with the View of the Hebrews during the period of time that he was translating the Book of Mormon. The View of the Hebrews theory was in fact first proposed by I. Woodbridge Riley in 1902, 58 years after the death of the prophet.[1]
There was, however, a reference to View of the Hebrews within Joseph Smith's lifetime, but it came from the prophet himself. In an article published in the Times and Seasons on June 1, 1842, Joseph quoted View of the Hebrews in support of the Book of Mormon:
It strains credulity to claim that Joseph drew attention to the work from which he derived most of his ideas. Why would he call attention to the source of his forgery?
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