Matthew C. Godfrey, Brenden W. Rensink, Alex D. Smith, Max H Parkin, and Alexander L. Baugh, eds., Documents, Volume 4: April 1834–September 1835, vol. 4 of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Ronald K. Esplin and…
TL;DR As Joseph Smith was laying the foundations of Zion, his efforts to prophetically render ancient texts continued unabated. By 1831 Smith was revealing esoteric words that he said were from the prelapsarian language that Adam and Eve taught their…
Martin Harris’s visit with Charles Anthon is iconic,[1] almost on par with Mormon foundational events such as the First Vision or the angel’s visitation on the eve of the 1823 autumnal equinox. Anthon played an unwitting actor along with Harris…
Joseph Smith’s divine encounter known as the First Vision occurred within a cultural matrix where others also reported having seen deity in redemptive visions. For instance, Billy Hibbard, a native of Norwich, CT, who became a Methodist preacher, recalled: I…
In the coming weeks and months, a few podcasts will examine the Gospel Topic “Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham.” To give listeners a glimpse of emerging trends in BoAbr research, see my essay “The Curious Textual History…
My friends over on the Rational Faiths blog were kind enough to interview me about the Mormon Studies podcast. (More Mormon Studies podcasts and supplemental content are on the way!)
Thank you for joining me on this new adventure in podcasting. An exhilarating, collaborative journey awaits us—so don’t hesitate to share your perspectives on directions our exploratory paths will take. Please excuse the bumps that we’ll undoubtedly encounter as this website emerges as…
