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The Imperative for a Historical Book of Mormon
Title
The Imperative for a Historical Book of Mormon
Publication Type
Blog Post
Year of Publication
2013
Authors
Smoot, Stephen O. (Primary)
Publisher
The Interpreter Foundation
Citation Key
2066
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Abstract
The Book of Mormon does not proclaim itself to be fiction. It uncompromisingly proclaims itself, and its message about Christ, to be historical fact. Although fiction about Jesus, including a hypothetically fictional Book of Mormon, may indeed be “inspiring” in a limited literary sense, such is not necessarily the same as it being inspired in a divine sense. As Joseph Smith declared, “Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations and where is our religion? We have none.”Subject Keywords
Early Church History
Translation
Historicity
Scripture
Book of Mormon
Scripture Study
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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