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| − | *Fawn Brodie, ''No Man Knows My History'' (New York, A. A. Knopf, 1945), 63 | + | *Fawn Brodie, ''No Man Knows My History'' (New York, A. A. Knopf, 1945), 63–66. |
| − | *John L. Brooke, ''The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644 | + | *John L. Brooke, ''The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644–1844'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 168–171, 174–177, 226, 230, 233. |
| − | *Ed Decker, ''Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism'' (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 210 | + | *Ed Decker, ''Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism'' (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 210–211, 280. |
| − | *Robert N. Hullinger, ''Mormon Answer to Skepticism: Why Joseph Smith Wrote the Book of Mormon'' (St. Louis, Mo.: Clayton, 1980), 100 | + | *Robert N. Hullinger, ''Mormon Answer to Skepticism: Why Joseph Smith Wrote the Book of Mormon'' (St. Louis, Mo.: Clayton, 1980), 100–119; republished as ''Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism'' (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1992), 99–120. |
| − | *David Persuitte, ''Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon'' (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1985), 173 | + | *David Persuitte, ''Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon'' (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1985), 173–180. |
*Latayne Colvett Scott, ''The Mormon mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church'' (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 75. | *Latayne Colvett Scott, ''The Mormon mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church'' (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 75. | ||
| − | *Dan Vogel, "Mormonism's 'Anti-Masonick Bible,'" ''John Whitmer Historical Association Journal'' 9 (1989): 17- | + | *Dan Vogel, "Mormonism's 'Anti-Masonick Bible,'" ''John Whitmer Historical Association Journal'' 9 (1989): 17–30. |
| + | *Dan Vogel, "Echoes of Anti-Masonry: A Rejoinder to the Critics of the Anti-Masonic Thesis," in American Apocrypha, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 275–320. | ||
==Response== | ==Response== | ||
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Contents
Criticism
Critics claim that the Gadianton robbers are thinly disguised references to the anti-Masonic panic of Joseph Smith's era.
Source(s) of the Criticism
- Fawn Brodie, No Man Knows My History (New York, A. A. Knopf, 1945), 63–66.
- John L. Brooke, The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644–1844 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 168–171, 174–177, 226, 230, 233.
- Ed Decker, Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 210–211, 280.
- Robert N. Hullinger, Mormon Answer to Skepticism: Why Joseph Smith Wrote the Book of Mormon (St. Louis, Mo.: Clayton, 1980), 100–119; republished as Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1992), 99–120.
- David Persuitte, Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1985), 173–180.
- Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 75.
- Dan Vogel, "Mormonism's 'Anti-Masonick Bible,'" John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 9 (1989): 17–30.
- Dan Vogel, "Echoes of Anti-Masonry: A Rejoinder to the Critics of the Anti-Masonic Thesis," in American Apocrypha, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 275–320.
Response
The response should be brief and summary in nature.
Conclusion
A summary of the argument against the criticism.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
Freemasonry and the Book of Mormon
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide:
External links
- Daniel C. Peterson, "'Secret Combinations' Revisited," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1:1 (1992): 184–188.
Printed material
- Daniel C. Peterson, "Notes on 'Gadianton Masonry,'" in Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990), 174-224 ISBN 0875793002.