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O Livro de Mórmon/Teorias de Autoria/Manuscrito Spalding
A teoria Spalding do Livro de Mórmon autoria
O Mormon Bible.-A origem deste trabalho que tem intrigado muitos para dar conta, evidentemente, a produção de uma mente cultivada, ainda encontrada nas mãos de pessoas extremamente ignorantes e analfabetos é longamente explicou.
— “The Mormon Bible,” Trumpet and Universalist Magazine (Boston) 11, no. 48 (18 May 1839), n.p.. off-site
Perguntas e Respostas
Pergunta: What is the Spalding Theory of Book of Mormon authorship?
Pergunta: Is the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon authorship credible?
Pergunta: What do most critics think of the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon origin?
Fonte:Plowman:Christianity Today:1977:Mormon archivists have assembled a large amount of evidence -- some of it impressive -- to rebut the Spalding theory
Fonte:Gospel Topics:Spaulding Manuscript:Similarities between his manuscript and the Book of Mormon are general and superficial
Fonte:Rigdon:Manuscript found:in all of my intimacy with Joseph Smith he never told me but one story
Pergunta: Did Solomon Spaulding's doctor state that Spaulding talked to him about the Nephites in his manuscript?
Fonte:Howe:Spalding theory:I could better believe that Spaulding wrote it than that Joe Smith saw an angel
Fonte:William Smith:The Old Soldier's Testimony:1884:It was not written from the Spaulding Romance. That story is false
Fonte:Roper:The Mythical "Manuscript Found":Subsequent variants of this hypothesis have been published from time to time
Pergunta: Did Joseph Smith know Sidney Rigdon prior to 1830?
Para mais informações relacionadas a este tópico
Sidney Rigdon as Book of Mormon author/co-conspirator
Resumo: Some claim that Sidney Rigdon authored the Book of Mormon, and conspired with Joseph Smith well ahead of time to compose it and start a religion.
Early reactions to the Book of Mormon
Resumo: The Book of Mormon was met by a storm of criticism from early critics. This page archives examples of these early responses.
The Hurlbut Spalding affidavits
Resumo: Joseph's neighbors claimed that Joseph had copied the Spalding manuscript
Vernal Holley map—Book of Mormon place names from North America?
Resumo: Common place names in the region around New York used as Book of Mormon names?
See also: Source(s) of the criticism
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