Author: | BYU Studies | ISBN: | 9781938896293 |
Publisher: | Deseret Book Company | Publication: | August 10, 2012 |
Imprint: | BYU Studies | Language: | English |
Author: | BYU Studies |
ISBN: | 9781938896293 |
Publisher: | Deseret Book Company |
Publication: | August 10, 2012 |
Imprint: | BYU Studies |
Language: | English |
This compilation of groundbreaking articles about Joseph Smith is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles on young Joseph Smith’s leg surgery, the historical setting and early accounts of the First Vision, friends’ and family members’ recollections of Joseph’s early religious experiences, Joseph’s 1826 trial, and more.
Contents
Joseph Smith’s Boyhood Operation: An 1813 Surgical Success
LeRoy S. Wirthlin
Awakenings in the Burned-over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision
Milton V. Backman Jr.
The Earliest Documented Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision
Dean C. Jessee
Katharine Smith Salisbury’s Recollections of Joseph’s Meetings with Moroni
Kyle R. Walker
The Colesville Branch and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
Larry C. Porter
Joseph Knight’s Recollection of Early Mormon History
Dean C. Jessee
Joseph Smith and the Manchester (New York) Library
Robert Paul
Money-Digging Folklore and the Beginnings of Mormonism: An Interpretive Suggestion
Marvin S. Hill
Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial: The Legal Setting
Gordon A. Madsen
This compilation of groundbreaking articles about Joseph Smith is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles on young Joseph Smith’s leg surgery, the historical setting and early accounts of the First Vision, friends’ and family members’ recollections of Joseph’s early religious experiences, Joseph’s 1826 trial, and more.
Contents
Joseph Smith’s Boyhood Operation: An 1813 Surgical Success
LeRoy S. Wirthlin
Awakenings in the Burned-over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision
Milton V. Backman Jr.
The Earliest Documented Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision
Dean C. Jessee
Katharine Smith Salisbury’s Recollections of Joseph’s Meetings with Moroni
Kyle R. Walker
The Colesville Branch and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
Larry C. Porter
Joseph Knight’s Recollection of Early Mormon History
Dean C. Jessee
Joseph Smith and the Manchester (New York) Library
Robert Paul
Money-Digging Folklore and the Beginnings of Mormonism: An Interpretive Suggestion
Marvin S. Hill
Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial: The Legal Setting
Gordon A. Madsen