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Early Publications on the Book of Mormon

TitleEarly Publications on the Book of Mormon
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsRoper, Matthew
JournalJournal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
Volume18
Issue2
Pagination38-51
KeywordsBook of Mormon; Early Church History
Abstract

Articles from early newspapers and other publications give rare insights into the way in which the original audience of the Book of Mormon, both believers and critics, viewed the document. A large-scale collection of these documents was not initiated until the 1930s by Francis Kirkham, with encouragement from President George Albert Smith. Kirkham later published his collection in two volumes. His work, while extensive, was not exhaustive. The 19th-Century Publications about the Book of Mormon (1829–1844), a project partnered by the Maxwell Institute and the Harold B. Lee Library, builds on Kirkham’s original research and seeks to preserve every extant published text discussing the Book of Mormon. The collection includes more than six hundred publications related to the Book of Mormon—almost one million words of text.

URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol18/iss2/5