This is the link to a recording of a talk by James Lucas about "Restoring Translation to the Restoration" and discussion following.
Historical narratives are created by word and image. Eventually they acquire a reality of their own. Most content produced by LDS historians is excellent, but errors and omissions have crept in. This blog offers suggestions for improvement, based on President Nelson teaching that "good inspiration is based upon good information." Good history is also based on good information.
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Reviewing Rough Stone Rolling
One of the most popular "Pages" on this blog is the commentary on Richard Bushman's Rough Stone Rolling , but many readers don...
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Discussions about the origin of the Book of Mormon inevitably involve quotations from Emma Smith's "Last Testimony," an interv...
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One of the most fundamental truth claims of the Restoration is the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, including its origin as a translatio...
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This week, critics created a false narrative that is a good example of how such narratives often originate, whether ignorantly, negligently,...