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*'''"In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day..."'''
 
 
*{{SourceQuotePhrase|In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day}}
 
*{{SourceQuotePhrase|In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day}}
 
**''Emma Smith Bidamon Interview with Joseph Smith III'', February 1879, cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', Vol. 1. p. 541.  
 
**''Emma Smith Bidamon Interview with Joseph Smith III'', February 1879, cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', Vol. 1. p. 541.  
 
**{{MissingCitation}}
 
**{{MissingCitation}}
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*'''"Smith's wife Emma supported Harris's and Whitmer's versions of the story..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|Smith's wife Emma supported Harris's and Whitmer's versions of the story}}
 
**Personal interview Emma Smith-Bidamon gave to a committee of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1879, cited in Robert N. Hullinger, ''Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism, pp. 9-10.
 
**Personal interview Emma Smith-Bidamon gave to a committee of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1879, cited in Robert N. Hullinger, ''Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism, pp. 9-10.
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*'''"I will now give you a description of the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated..."'''  
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|I will now give you a description of the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated..."'''  
 
**David Whitmer, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ''] (Richmond, MO: n.p., 1887), 12.  
 
**David Whitmer, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ''] (Richmond, MO: n.p., 1887), 12.  
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=4|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}  
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=4|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}  
 
**The actual source document may be read on the neutral site Wikisource here: [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ''].
 
**The actual source document may be read on the neutral site Wikisource here: [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ''].
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*'''"I, as well as all of my father's family, Smith's wife, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, were present during the translation..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|I, as well as all of my father's family, Smith's wife, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, were present during the translation}}
 
**Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', p. 12. Also, Interview given to ''Kansas City Journal'', June 5, 1881, reprinted in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ''Journal of History'', vol. 8, (1910), pp. 299-300.  
 
**Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', p. 12. Also, Interview given to ''Kansas City Journal'', June 5, 1881, reprinted in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ''Journal of History'', vol. 8, (1910), pp. 299-300.  
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=5|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=5|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}
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*'''"Martin Harris related an incident that occurred during the time..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|Martin Harris related an incident that occurred during the time}}
 
**Edward Stevenson, "One of the Three Witnesses," ''Millennial Star'', Vol. 44:86-87.  
 
**Edward Stevenson, "One of the Three Witnesses," ''Millennial Star'', Vol. 44:86-87.  
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=7|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=7|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}
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*'''"chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well}}
 
**B. H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', 1:129.
 
**B. H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', 1:129.
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*'''"By aid of the Seer Stone, sentences would appear..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|By aid of the Seer Stone, sentences would appear}}
 
**B. H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', 1:29.
 
**B. H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', 1:29.
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*'''"The manner in which he pretended to read and interpret..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|The manner in which he pretended to read and interpret}}
 
**Hale, Isaac (1834), "Affidavit of Isaac Hale", in Howe, Eber Dudley, Mormonism Unvailed, Painesville, Ohio: Telegraph Press, pp. 262–66.  
 
**Hale, Isaac (1834), "Affidavit of Isaac Hale", in Howe, Eber Dudley, Mormonism Unvailed, Painesville, Ohio: Telegraph Press, pp. 262–66.  
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=8|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon}}
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=8|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon}}
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*'''"When Joseph was translating the Book of Mormon [I] had occasion more than once to go into his immediate presence..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|When Joseph was translating the Book of Mormon [I] had occasion more than once to go into his immediate presence..."'''
 
**The first-hand account of Michael Morse, Emma Smith's brother-in-law, was published in an 1879 article in the RLDS publication Saint's Herald.
 
**The first-hand account of Michael Morse, Emma Smith's brother-in-law, was published in an 1879 article in the RLDS publication Saint's Herald.
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*'''"Now the way he translated was he put the urim and thummim into his hat..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|Now the way he translated was he put the urim and thummim into his hat}}
 
**Joseph Knight, MANUSCRIPT OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.
 
**Joseph Knight, MANUSCRIPT OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.
 
**{{MissingCitation}}
 
**{{MissingCitation}}
 
**The text of the entire source document may be read on the Maxwell Institute web site here: Dean C. Jessee, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=46 "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History"].
 
**The text of the entire source document may be read on the Maxwell Institute web site here: Dean C. Jessee, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=46 "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History"].
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*'''"These were days never to be forgotten..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|These were days never to be forgotten}}
 
**Oliver Cowdery, ''Messenger and Advocate'', Vol. 1, No. 1. p. 14.
 
**Oliver Cowdery, ''Messenger and Advocate'', Vol. 1, No. 1. p. 14.
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=6|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}  
 
**{{MisdirectedLink|cite=6|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}}  
 
**The source text is available on the FAIR Wiki here: {{MAfairwiki|author=Oliver Cowdery|vol=1|num=1|date=October 1834|start=14}}
 
**The source text is available on the FAIR Wiki here: {{MAfairwiki|author=Oliver Cowdery|vol=1|num=1|date=October 1834|start=14}}
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*'''I have sometimes had seasons of skepticism..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|I have sometimes had seasons of skepticism}}
 
**Dialogue, Volume 15, No 2 summer 1982, pg 51
 
**Dialogue, Volume 15, No 2 summer 1982, pg 51
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*'''"The manner in which this was done was by looking into the Urim and Thummim..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|The manner in which this was done was by looking into the Urim and Thummim}}
 
**Francis Kirkham, ''A New Witness for Christ in America'' 2:417
 
**Francis Kirkham, ''A New Witness for Christ in America'' 2:417
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*'''"A fellow by the name of Joseph Smith, who resides in the upper part of  Susquehanna county..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|A fellow by the name of Joseph Smith, who resides in the upper part of  Susquehanna county}}
 
**''Cincinnati Advertiser'', June 2, 1830
 
**''Cincinnati Advertiser'', June 2, 1830
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*'''""through the aid of a pair of Interpreters, or spectacles - (known perhaps, in ancient days as Teraphim, or Urim and Thummim)"'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|through the aid of a pair of Interpreters, or spectacles - (known perhaps, in ancient days as Teraphim, or Urim and Thummim)}}
 
**W.W. Phelps, ''Evening and Morning Star'' (Jan. 1833)  
 
**W.W. Phelps, ''Evening and Morning Star'' (Jan. 1833)  
 
**The primary source text may be read here: {{EMSfairwiki|vol=1|num=8|start=57}}
 
**The primary source text may be read here: {{EMSfairwiki|vol=1|num=8|start=57}}
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*'''"The statement has been made that the Urim and Thummim was on the altar in the Manti Temple..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|The statement has been made that the Urim and Thummim was on the altar in the Manti Temple}}
 
**Joseph Fielding Smith
 
**Joseph Fielding Smith
 
**{{MissingCitation}}
 
**{{MissingCitation}}
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*'''"he used a stone called a "Seers stone," the "Interpreters" having been taken away from him..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|he used a stone called a "Seers stone," the "Interpreters" having been taken away from him}}
 
**1885 interview, Zenas H. Gurley, RLDS Saints' Herald
 
**1885 interview, Zenas H. Gurley, RLDS Saints' Herald
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*'''"The Seer Stone referred to here was a chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|The Seer Stone referred to here was a chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone}}
 
**B.H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'', vol. 1, page 129
 
**B.H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'', vol. 1, page 129
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*'''""The sum of the whole matter, then..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|The sum of the whole matter, then}}
 
**B.H. Roberts, B.H. Roberts, The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year, p.111
 
**B.H. Roberts, B.H. Roberts, The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year, p.111
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*'''"He said there was a book deposited..."'''
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|He said there was a book deposited}}
 
**History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, 2:34-35
 
**History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, 2:34-35
  

Revision as of 11:39, 27 May 2012

Source analysis of MormonThink page "Translation of the Book of Mormon"

MormonThink's practice of copying blocks of text from a variety of websites produces a very confusing citation scheme. In many cases, citation links simply lead back to the main page of an anti-Mormon website without providing a path to the actual source document. This page lists the actual cited sources and provides links to them where possible. Since MormonThink does not provide a consistent citation list, we identify quotes using the first few words.

Primary sources

  • "In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day..."
    • Emma Smith Bidamon Interview with Joseph Smith III, February 1879, cited in Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, Vol. 1. p. 541.
    • The website does not provide this citation.
  • "Smith's wife Emma supported Harris's and Whitmer's versions of the story..."
    • Personal interview Emma Smith-Bidamon gave to a committee of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1879, cited in Robert N. Hullinger, Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism, pp. 9-10.
  • {{SourceQuotePhrase|I will now give you a description of the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated..."
    • David Whitmer, An Address to All Believers in Christ (Richmond, MO: n.p., 1887), 12.
    • Misdirected link—The citation "4" does not link to the text of the actual source document, but instead links to the main page of the anti-Mormon countercult site "Mormons in Transition"
    • The actual source document may be read on the neutral site Wikisource here: An Address to All Believers in Christ.
  • "I, as well as all of my father's family, Smith's wife, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, were present during the translation..."
    • Whitmer, An Address to All Believers in Christ, p. 12. Also, Interview given to Kansas City Journal, June 5, 1881, reprinted in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Journal of History, vol. 8, (1910), pp. 299-300.
    • Misdirected link—The citation "5" does not link to the text of the actual source document, but instead links to the main page of the anti-Mormon countercult site "Mormons in Transition"
  • "Martin Harris related an incident that occurred during the time..."
    • Edward Stevenson, "One of the Three Witnesses," Millennial Star, Vol. 44:86-87.
    • Misdirected link—The citation "7" does not link to the text of the actual source document, but instead links to the main page of the anti-Mormon countercult site "Mormons in Transition"
  • "chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well..."
    • B. H. Roberts, Comprehensive History of the Church, 1:129.
  • "By aid of the Seer Stone, sentences would appear..."
    • B. H. Roberts, Comprehensive History of the Church, 1:29.
  • "The manner in which he pretended to read and interpret..."
    • Hale, Isaac (1834), "Affidavit of Isaac Hale", in Howe, Eber Dudley, Mormonism Unvailed, Painesville, Ohio: Telegraph Press, pp. 262–66.
    • Misdirected link—The citation "8" does not link to the text of the actual source document, but instead links to the main page of the anti-Mormon site "Mormons in Transition"
  • "{{{1}}}..."
  • http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech4.htm
  • http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no95.htm
  • http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no65.htm
  • http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon430.htm
  • http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/ftruth/ft1.doc
  • http://www.irr.org/mit/divination.html

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