"Secret Combinations": A Legal Analysis

Title

"Secret Combinations": A Legal Analysis

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2004

Authors

Oman, Nathan B. (Primary)

Journal

FARMS Review

Pagination

49-73

Volume

16

Issue

1

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

This article addresses the belief that the account of secret combinations in the Book of Mormon is a satire on Masonry. Many scholars claim that the term secret combinations was exclusively used in the 1820s to refer to Masonry. However, Nathan Oman points out that this term was also used in legal situations to refer to criminal conspiracies.

Table of Contents

Journal

The FARMS Review 16/1 (2004)
Early Church History
Secret Combinations
Anti-Mason
Criticism
Masonry
Smith, Joseph, Jr.

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