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*Richard L. Anderson, “‘Of Goodly Parents’,” New Era, December 1973, 34–39. | *Richard L. Anderson, “‘Of Goodly Parents’,” New Era, December 1973, 34–39. | ||
*Richard L. Anderson, “Joseph Smith’s Testimony of the First Vision,” ''Ensign'', April 1996, 10–21. | *Richard L. Anderson, “Joseph Smith’s Testimony of the First Vision,” ''Ensign'', April 1996, 10–21. | ||
− | *Richard L. Anderson, “Alvin Smith,” in Kyle R. Walker, ed., United By Faith: The Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2005), 83–121. | + | *Richard L. Anderson, “Alvin Smith,” in Kyle R. Walker, ed., ''United By Faith: The Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family'' (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2005), 83–121. |
*Carlos E. Asay, “‘Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning!’: Joseph Smith’s First Prayer and the First Vision,” ''Ensign'', April 1995, 44–49. | *Carlos E. Asay, “‘Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning!’: Joseph Smith’s First Prayer and the First Vision,” ''Ensign'', April 1995, 44–49. | ||
*{{BYUS1|author=Milton V. Backman Jr.|article=Awakenings in the Burned-over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision|date=1969|vol=9|num=3|start=301}}{{pdflink|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?prodid=906&type=7}} | *{{BYUS1|author=Milton V. Backman Jr.|article=Awakenings in the Burned-over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision|date=1969|vol=9|num=3|start=301}}{{pdflink|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?prodid=906&type=7}} | ||
− | *Milton V. Backman Jr. and James B. Allen, “Membership of Certain of Joseph Smith’s Family in the Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra,” ''BYU Studies'', vol. 10, no. 4 ( | + | *Milton V. Backman Jr. and James B. Allen, “Membership of Certain of Joseph Smith’s Family in the Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra,” ''BYU Studies'', vol. 10, no. 4 (Summer 1970), 482–84. |
*{{Ensign1|author=Milton V. Backman, Jr.|article=Joseph Smith's Recitals of the First Vision|date=January 1985|start=8}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1985.htm/ensign%20january%201985%20.htm/joseph%20smiths%20recitals%20of%20the%20first%20vision.htm}} | *{{Ensign1|author=Milton V. Backman, Jr.|article=Joseph Smith's Recitals of the First Vision|date=January 1985|start=8}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1985.htm/ensign%20january%201985%20.htm/joseph%20smiths%20recitals%20of%20the%20first%20vision.htm}} | ||
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*{{Ensign1|author=Milton V. Backman, Jr.|article=Confirming Witnesses of the First Vision|date=January 1986|start=32}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1986.htm/ensign%20january%201986.htm/confirming%20witnesses%20of%20the%20first%20vision.htm?fn=document-frameset.htm$f=templates$3.0}} | *{{Ensign1|author=Milton V. Backman, Jr.|article=Confirming Witnesses of the First Vision|date=January 1986|start=32}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1986.htm/ensign%20january%201986.htm/confirming%20witnesses%20of%20the%20first%20vision.htm?fn=document-frameset.htm$f=templates$3.0}} | ||
− | *Milton V. Backman Jr., Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Cornerstone of a Latter-day Faith,” in Robert L. Millet, ed., To Be Learned Is Good, If . . . (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1987), 21–41. | + | *Milton V. Backman Jr., Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Cornerstone of a Latter-day Faith,” in Robert L. Millet, ed., ''To Be Learned Is Good, If...'' (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1987), 21–41. |
*Milton V. Backman Jr., “Lo, Here! Lo, There! Early in the Spring of 1820,” in Larry C. Porter and Susan Easton Black, eds., ''The Prophet Joseph: Essays on the Life and Mission of Joseph Smith'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988), 19–35. | *Milton V. Backman Jr., “Lo, Here! Lo, There! Early in the Spring of 1820,” in Larry C. Porter and Susan Easton Black, eds., ''The Prophet Joseph: Essays on the Life and Mission of Joseph Smith'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988), 19–35. | ||
− | *Milton V. Backman Jr., “Verification of the 1838 Account of the First Vision,” in H. Donl Peterson and Charles D. Tate Jr., eds., The Pearl of Great Price: Revelations from God (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989), 237–48. | + | *Milton V. Backman Jr., “Verification of the 1838 Account of the First Vision,” in H. Donl Peterson and Charles D. Tate Jr., eds., ''The Pearl of Great Price: Revelations from God'' (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989), 237–48. |
*Milton V. Backman Jr., “Did Brigham Young Confirm or Expound on Joseph Smith’s First Vision?” ''Ensign'', April 1992, 59–60. | *Milton V. Backman Jr., “Did Brigham Young Confirm or Expound on Joseph Smith’s First Vision?” ''Ensign'', April 1992, 59–60. | ||
*{{EoM|author=Milton V. Backman|article=First Vision|vol=2|start=515|end=516}}{{link|url=http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/emmain.asp?number=84}} | *{{EoM|author=Milton V. Backman|article=First Vision|vol=2|start=515|end=516}}{{link|url=http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/emmain.asp?number=84}} | ||
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*Marvin S. Hill, “A Note on Joseph Smith’s First Vision and Its Import in the Shaping of Early Mormonism,” ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 1979), 90–99. | *Marvin S. Hill, “A Note on Joseph Smith’s First Vision and Its Import in the Shaping of Early Mormonism,” ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 1979), 90–99. | ||
*Marvin S. Hill, “The First Vision Controversy: A Critique and Reconciliation,” ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 1982), 31–46. | *Marvin S. Hill, “The First Vision Controversy: A Critique and Reconciliation,” ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 1982), 31–46. | ||
− | *Kent P. Jackson, “The First Vision,” in Kent P. Jackson, | + | *Kent P. Jackson, “The First Vision,” in Kent P. Jackson, ''From Apostasy to Restoration'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996), 66–79. |
*Kent P. Jackson, “Lessons from the Sacred Grove,” in Kent P. Jackson, ''From Apostasy to Restoration'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996), 80–89. | *Kent P. Jackson, “Lessons from the Sacred Grove,” in Kent P. Jackson, ''From Apostasy to Restoration'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996), 80–89. | ||
*{{BYUS|author=Dean C. Jessee|article=Early Accounts of Joseph Smith (1831–1839)|date=1969|vol=9|num=3|start=275|end=294}}{{pdflink|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?prodid=662&type=7}} | *{{BYUS|author=Dean C. Jessee|article=Early Accounts of Joseph Smith (1831–1839)|date=1969|vol=9|num=3|start=275|end=294}}{{pdflink|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?prodid=662&type=7}} | ||
− | *Dean C. Jessee, “The Early Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” in Robert L. Millet and Kent P. Jackson, eds., Studies in Scripture, Volume 2: The Pearl of Great Price (Salt Lake City: Randall Book, 1985), 303–314. | + | *Dean C. Jessee, “The Early Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” in Robert L. Millet and Kent P. Jackson, eds., ''Studies in Scripture, Volume 2: The Pearl of Great Price'' (Salt Lake City: Randall Book, 1985), 303–314. |
*{{OpeningtheHeavens1| author=Dean C. Jessee|article=The Earliest Documented Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision|start=1–33}} | *{{OpeningtheHeavens1| author=Dean C. Jessee|article=The Earliest Documented Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision|start=1–33}} | ||
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*Neal E. Lambert and Richard H. Cracroft, “Literary Form and Historical Understanding: Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” ''Journal of Mormon History'', vol. 7 (1980), 31–42. | *Neal E. Lambert and Richard H. Cracroft, “Literary Form and Historical Understanding: Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” ''Journal of Mormon History'', vol. 7 (1980), 31–42. | ||
*Truman G. Madsen, “The First Vision and Its Aftermath,” in Truman G. Madsen, ''Joseph Smith the Prophet'' (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1989), 7–18. | *Truman G. Madsen, “The First Vision and Its Aftermath,” in Truman G. Madsen, ''Joseph Smith the Prophet'' (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1989), 7–18. | ||
− | *Adele Brannon McCollum, “The First Vision: Re-Visioning Historical Experience,” in Neal E. Lambert, ed., Literature of Belief: Sacred Scripture and Religious Experience (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1981), 177–96. | + | *Adele Brannon McCollum, “The First Vision: Re-Visioning Historical Experience,” in Neal E. Lambert, ed., ''Literature of Belief: Sacred Scripture and Religious Experience'' (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1981), 177–96. |
*Melvin J. Peterson, “Does D&C 84:19–22 Indicate that a Person Has to Have the Melchizedek Priesthood in Order to See God? Joseph Smith Didn’t Have the Priesthood at the Time of the First Vision,” ''Ensign'', December 1985, 60–61. | *Melvin J. Peterson, “Does D&C 84:19–22 Indicate that a Person Has to Have the Melchizedek Priesthood in Order to See God? Joseph Smith Didn’t Have the Priesthood at the Time of the First Vision,” ''Ensign'', December 1985, 60–61. | ||
*Paul H. Peterson, [review of Marquardt and Walters, Inventing Mormonism,] ''BYU Studies'', vol. 35, no. 4 (1995–96), 209–15. | *Paul H. Peterson, [review of Marquardt and Walters, Inventing Mormonism,] ''BYU Studies'', vol. 35, no. 4 (1995–96), 209–15. | ||
*Larry C. Porter, “Reverend George Lane—Good ‘Gifts,’ Much ‘Grace,’ and Marked ‘Usefulness,’” ''BYU Studies'', vol. 9, no. 3 (Spring 1969), 321–40. | *Larry C. Porter, “Reverend George Lane—Good ‘Gifts,’ Much ‘Grace,’ and Marked ‘Usefulness,’” ''BYU Studies'', vol. 9, no. 3 (Spring 1969), 321–40. | ||
− | *Larry C. Porter, “Reinventing Mormonism | + | *{{FR-7-2-7}}<--*Larry C. Porter, “Reinventing Mormonism--> |
*Larry C. Porter, “Solomon Chamberlain’s Missing Pamphlet: Dreams, Visions, and Angelic Ministrants,” ''BYU Studies'', vol. 37, no. 2 (1997–98), 113–29. | *Larry C. Porter, “Solomon Chamberlain’s Missing Pamphlet: Dreams, Visions, and Angelic Ministrants,” ''BYU Studies'', vol. 37, no. 2 (1997–98), 113–29. | ||
*Larry C. Porter, “The Youth of the Grove and the Prophet of the Restoration,” in Susan Easton Black and Andrew C. Skinner, eds., ''Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 36–46. | *Larry C. Porter, “The Youth of the Grove and the Prophet of the Restoration,” in Susan Easton Black and Andrew C. Skinner, eds., ''Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 36–46. |
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