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*Critics claim that Joseph Smith plagiarized Josiah Priest's ''The Wonders of Nature'' in order to write portions of ''The Book of Mormon''. | *Critics claim that Joseph Smith plagiarized Josiah Priest's ''The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed'' in order to write portions of ''The Book of Mormon''. | ||
===Source(s) of the criticism=== | ===Source(s) of the criticism=== | ||
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*Jerald and Sandra Tanner, ''Mormonism - Shadow or Reality?'' (Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987) 84-85. | *Jerald and Sandra Tanner, ''Mormonism - Shadow or Reality?'' (Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987) 84-85. | ||
*{{AntiBook:Tanner:Changing World|pages=128}} | *{{AntiBook:Tanner:Changing World|pages=128}} | ||
*Wikipedia page "Origin of the Book of Mormon" | *Wikipedia page "Origin of the Book of Mormon" | ||
==Response== | ==Response== | ||
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Criticism
- Critics claim that Joseph Smith plagiarized Josiah Priest's The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed in order to write portions of The Book of Mormon.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church, (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003), 68.
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism - Shadow or Reality? (Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987) 84-85.
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 128.( Index of claims )
- Wikipedia page "Origin of the Book of Mormon"
Response
Conclusion
Endnotes
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