Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.? (Knowhy #474)

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“For behold, methought I saw in my dream, a dark and dreary wilderness.”
1 Nephi 8:4

Joseph Smith, Sr., had a number of remarkable dreams or visions in the years leading up to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. One of these dreams is remarkably similar to the Tree of Life vision in the Book of Mormon. What is the relationship between Joseph Sr.'s vision and the Book of Mormon? Careful historical analysis reveals the matter is much more complicated than simple accusations of plagiarism might make it otherwise seem.

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