Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/The Wonders of Nature

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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

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Conclusion

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Endnotes

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Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

Book of Mormon plagiarism accusations—wiki articles

• Plagiarism accusations (Summary article)
  • Alexander Campbell  ^{[needs work]}
  • Apocrypha
  • The Golden Pot
  • The King James Bible
  • Shakespeare
  • The Spalding manuscript
  • View of the Hebrews
    • Analysis of Isaiah use in View of Hebrews
    • "Unparallels"
  • The Westminster Confession
  • The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed by Josiah Priest
  • North American place names
  • The Comoros Islands and Moroni

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