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Grant Palmer
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Grant Palmer is a former CES teacher. He wrote anti-Mormon work in private, but did not disclose his lack of belief publicly until his CES pension was secure. He then published An Insider's View of Mormon History with Signature Books.[1]
Palmer's criticisms are not new; they have all been asked and answered. Palmer's sole contribution is an attempt to link a German story "The Golden Pot" to the Book of Mormon. This theory was based on the Hofmann forgeries; Palmer persists in his claim despite the discovery that Hoffman's documents were fakes.
FAIR Wiki articles
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Reviews of author's work(s)
- James B. Allen, "Asked and Answered: A Response to Grant Palmer (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 235–286. off-site
- Davis Bitton, "The Charge of a Man with a Broken Lance (But Look What He Doesn't Tell Us) (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 257–272. off-site
- George E. Cobabe, "A Summary of Five Reviews of Grant Palmer's "An Insider's View of Mormon Origins" (with a Few Comments of My Own)," (FAIR). FAIR link
- Group, "Statement from the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 255–256. off-site
- Steven C. Harper, "Trustworthy History? (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 273–308. off-site
- Mark Ashurst-McGee, "A One-sided View of Mormon Origins (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 309–364. off-site
- Louis Midgley, "Prying into Palmer (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 365–410. off-site
Endnotes
[note] Louis Midgley, "Prying into Palmer (Review of: An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 365–410. off-site