Positivism and the Priority of Ideology in Mosiah-First Theories of Book of Mormon Production

Title

Positivism and the Priority of Ideology in Mosiah-First Theories of Book of Mormon Production

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2004

Authors

Goff, Alan (Primary)

Journal

FARMS Review

Pagination

11-36

Volume

16

Issue

1

Abstract

Review of “The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis” (1993), by Brent Lee Metcalfe; “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter” (2002), by Edwin Firmage Jr.; and “Secret Things, Hidden Things: The Seer Story in the Imaginative Economy of Joseph Smith” (2002), by Susan Staker.

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Subject Keywords

Early Church History
Translation
Historicity
Criticism
Seerstones
Smith, Joseph, Jr.

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