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Golden Pot theory of Book of Mormon authorship
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Criticism
Former LDS Institute teacher Grant Palmer argues that Joseph Smith developed his story of visits by Moroni and the translation of a sacred book from The Golden Pot, a book by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Source(s) of the Criticism
- Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), chapter 5.
Response
Conclusion
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
- Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews
- Book of Mormon authorship theories
- Book of Mormon historicity
- Book of Mormon and Spaudling manuscript
- Book of Mormon witnesses
- Joseph Smith and money digging
- Joseph Smith and seer stones
- Joseph Smith and the occult
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External links
- E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Golden Flower Pot, online text at blackmask.com (accessed 5 October 2005).
- Jeff Lindsay, "Plagiarism in the Book of Mormon: Is It Derived from Modern Writings?, jefflindsay.com (accessed 5 October 2005).
FARMS Review
- Mark Ashurst-McGee, "A One-sided View of Mormon Origins"
- Davis Bitton, "The Charge of a Man with a Broken Lance (But Look What He Doesn't Tell Us)"
- Steven C. Harper, "Trustworthy History?"
- Louis Midgley, "Prying into Palmer"
- Statement from the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History on Grant Palmer's work