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The initial wordprint studies by Larsen, Rencher, and Layton were critiqued in Ernest H. Taves, ''Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon'' (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1984), 225-60. John Hilton characterized Teves' review as "fundamentally flawed," and noted that his effort "therefore did nothing to add to or detract from their work." (Hilton, 1990). | The initial wordprint studies by Larsen, Rencher, and Layton were critiqued in Ernest H. Taves, ''Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon'' (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1984), 225-60. John Hilton characterized Teves' review as "fundamentally flawed," and noted that his effort "therefore did nothing to add to or detract from their work." (Hilton, 1990). | ||
An LDS author considered some of Larsen, Rencher, and Layton's work in D. James Croft, "Book of Mormon 'Wordprints' Reexamined," ''Sunstone'' 6 (March-April 1981): 15-21. Croft pointed out some flaws in their assumptions, and was cautious about | An LDS author considered some of Larsen, Rencher, and Layton's work in D. James Croft, "Book of Mormon 'Wordprints' Reexamined," ''Sunstone'' 6 (March-April 1981): 15-21. Croft pointed out some flaws in their assumptions, and was cautious about whether wordprint evidence should be accepted or rejected as it then stood. | ||
===John Hilton and the Berkeley Group=== | ===John Hilton and the Berkeley Group=== | ||
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Question
What are wordprints? What do they have to do with the Book of Mormon?
Answer
What is a wordprint?
Initial efforts
Intro to Larsen et al
The initial wordprint studies by Larsen, Rencher, and Layton were critiqued in Ernest H. Taves, Trouble Enough: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1984), 225-60. John Hilton characterized Teves' review as "fundamentally flawed," and noted that his effort "therefore did nothing to add to or detract from their work." (Hilton, 1990).
An LDS author considered some of Larsen, Rencher, and Layton's work in D. James Croft, "Book of Mormon 'Wordprints' Reexamined," Sunstone 6 (March-April 1981): 15-21. Croft pointed out some flaws in their assumptions, and was cautious about whether wordprint evidence should be accepted or rejected as it then stood.
John Hilton and the Berkeley Group
Conclusion
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide:
External links
Printed material
- Tim Hiatt and John Hilton, "Can Authors Alter their Wordprints? Faulkner's Narrators in As I Lay Dying," Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Symposium, edited by Melvin Luthy (Provo, Utah: Deseret Language and Linguistic Society, 1990).
- John L. Hilton, "On Verifying Wordprint Studies: Book of Mormon Authorship," BYU Studies 30:3 (1990): 89-108, reprinted in Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, (Provo, Utah : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997).
- John L. Hilton, "Review of Ernest Tares' Book of Mormon Stylometry," (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1986).
- John L. Hilton and Kenneth D. Jenkins, "On Maximizing Author Identification by Measuring 5000 Word Texts" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1987).
- Wayne A. Larsen, Alvin C. Rencher, and Tim Layton, "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints," BYU Studies 20 (Spring 1980): 225-51.
- Frederick W. Mosteller and David L. Wallace, Inference and Disputed Authorship: The Federalist Papers (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1964); second edition published as Frederick Mosteller and David L, Wallace, Applied Bayesian and Classical Inference: The Case of the Federalist Papers (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984).