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Welch, John W.. "The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith." In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch, 17-53. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.

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Welch, John W.. "Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon: “Days [and Hours] Never to Be Forgotten”." BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 4 (2018): 10-50.

"Documented Visions of Joseph Smith." In Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestation, 1820-1844, edited by John W. Welch, 328-350. 2nd ed. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Brigham Young University Press/Deseret Book, 2017.

Welch, John W., and John F. Hall. The Holy Ghost. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.