LDS historical narratives

Historical narratives are created by word and image. Eventually they acquire a reality of their own. I focus on the New York Cumorah, the translation of the plates, and the 1842 Times and Seasons and related issues because of how influential the material remains to this day. I think Joseph and Oliver were honest and candid, that Joseph Smith had little to do with the Times and Seasons and never wrote or edited the unattributed articles about women and the Church, Central America, etc.

Gospel Topics Essay on Translation - Analysis

The current version of the Gospel Topics Essay on Book of Mormon Translation is available here:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng

Note: the Gospel Topics Essays are subject to change at any time without notice.

I provided an analysis of the version as of 2021 in the Appendix of my book, A Man that Can Translate.

https://www.amazon.com/Man-that-Can-Translate-Interpreters/dp/1944200797

For easy reference, a version of that analysis, with numbered paragraphs, is available online here:

https://www.ldshistoricalnarratives.com/2022/09/analysis-gospel-topics-essay-on-book-of.html

If/when the essay is updated, I'll update my analysis as well.

LDS historical narratives

Gospel Topics Essay on Translation - Analysis

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