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{{Epigraph|"...Mormon archivists have assembled a large amount of evidence -- some of it impressive -- to rebut the Spalding theory. They scored a coup of sorts when they discovered that a manuscript page from another Mormon book, Doctrine and Covenants, is apparently in the same handwriting as that of the Unidentified Scribe in the Book of Mormon manuscript. It is dated June, 1831 -- fifteen years after Spalding's death.... The average layman can readily note the striking dissimilarities between Spalding's specimens and the others...."<br><br>— Edward E. Plowman, ''Christianity Today'' (21 October 1977): 38-39).}} | {{Epigraph|"...Mormon archivists have assembled a large amount of evidence -- some of it impressive -- to rebut the Spalding theory. They scored a coup of sorts when they discovered that a manuscript page from another Mormon book, Doctrine and Covenants, is apparently in the same handwriting as that of the Unidentified Scribe in the Book of Mormon manuscript. It is dated June, 1831 -- fifteen years after Spalding's death.... The average layman can readily note the striking dissimilarities between Spalding's specimens and the others...."<br><br>— Edward E. Plowman, ''Christianity Today'' (21 October 1977): 38-39).}} | ||
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Response to Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon
| A FAIR Analysis of: Who Wrote the Book of Mormon A work by author: Wayne L. Cowdrey, Howard A. Davis, and Arthur Vanick
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"...Mormon archivists have assembled a large amount of evidence -- some of it impressive -- to rebut the Spalding theory. They scored a coup of sorts when they discovered that a manuscript page from another Mormon book, Doctrine and Covenants, is apparently in the same handwriting as that of the Unidentified Scribe in the Book of Mormon manuscript. It is dated June, 1831 -- fifteen years after Spalding's death.... The average layman can readily note the striking dissimilarities between Spalding's specimens and the others...."
— Edward E. Plowman, Christianity Today (21 October 1977): 38-39).
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Reviews of this work and its claims
- Robert L. and Rosemary Brown, They Lie In Wait To Deceive, Vol. 2: The Amazing Story of How "Dr" Walter Martin, Wayne Cowdrey, Howard Davis, and Donald Scales, and Other Professional Anti-Mormons Work to Obstruct and Distort the Truth (Brownsworth Publishing Co. Inc., 1984).
- Matthew Roper, "The Mythical "Manuscript Found" (Review of: Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Spalding Enigma)," FARMS Review 17/2 (2005): 7–140. off-site