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Another Scholar Speaks—The Rigdon-Spaulding Theory Re-Examined

TitleAnother Scholar Speaks—The Rigdon-Spaulding Theory Re-Examined
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1934
AuthorsBousquet, George H.
MagazineThe Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star
Volume96
Issue Number40
Pagination626–630
Date Published4 October 1934
KeywordsBook of Mormon Authenticity; Book of Mormon Authorship; Fraud; Manuscript Found; Spaulding Manuscript; Spaulding, Solomon; Witnesses
Abstract

In this article, a non-Mormon scholar states that the Spaulding theory is false and that Joseph Smith is not a fraud, arguing that the Book of Mormon witnesses who left the Church would have exposed the Book of Mormon story if it truly were fraudulent.