Book of Mormon authorship abnormal psychology

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Contents 1 Criticism 1.1 Source(s) of the criticism 2 Response 3 Conclusion 4 Endnotes 5 Further reading 5.1 FAIR wiki articles 5.2 FAIR web site 5.3 External links 5.4 Printed material

Criticism

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Source(s) of the criticism

• New York Weekly Herald, reprinted in Times and Seasons (2 May 1842).
• Lawrence Foster, "The Psychology of Religious Genius: Joseph Smith and the Origin of New Religious Movements," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 26:{{{num}}} (Winter 1993): 1–22.
• Mark Thomas, "Was Joseph Smith for Real? How He Lied, Perhaps Even to Himself," Free Inquiry 20/1 (1999): 37–39;
• Mark Thomas, "Form Criticism of Joseph Smith's 1823 Vision of the Angel Moroni," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 35:3 (2002): 145–160.

Response

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See: Louis Midgley, "The Shipps in Retrospect," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/2 (1995): 219-252 at 227 n#26.

Conclusion

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Endnotes

None

Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

Book of Mormon authorship theories

• Authorship theories (Summary page)
  • Automatic writing
  • Epilepsy
  • Joseph Smith as "author and proprietor"
  • Joseph Smith, Sr.'s dream and Lehi's vision
  • Seer stones, use of
  • Wordprint studies

Book of Mormon plagiarism accusations—wiki articles

• Plagiarism accusations (Summary page)
  • Apocrypha
  • The King James Bible
  • The Golden Pot
  • The Westminster Confession
  • The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed by Josiah Priest
  • The Spalding manuscript
  • View of the Hebrews
  • North American place names
  • The Comoros Islands and Moroni

FAIR web site

FAIR Authorship links

• FAIR Topical Guide: Authorship and Evidences FAIR link
  
• FAIR Topical Guide: Environmental Influences FAIR link
  
• FAIR Topical Guide: New World Context FAIR link
  
• FAIR Topical Guide: Old World Context FAIR link
  
• Daniel C. Peterson, "The Divine Source of the Book of Mormon in the Face of Alternative Theories Advocated by LDS Critics" FAIR link
• Daniel C. Peterson, "The Protean Joseph Smith" FAIR link

External links

• Davis Bitton and Gary Bunker, "Mesmerism and Mormonism," Brigham Young University Studies 15:2 (1975): 146. PDF link

Book of Mormon authorship general links

• Philip A. Allred, "Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon: Evidence of Multiple Authorship," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5/1 (1996): 140–146. off-site PDF link wiki
• Richard Lloyd Anderson, "The Modern-Text Theory (Review of "A Rhetorical Approach to the Book of Mormon: Rediscovering Nephite Sacramental Language" by Mark D. Thomas," FARMS Review of Books 6/1 (1994): 379–419. off-site PDF link
• Kevin L. Barney, "A More Responsible Critique (Review of: Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near Eastern Boackground?)," FARMS Review 15/1 (2003): 97–146. off-site PDF link
• Kevin Christensen, "Truth and Method: Reflections on Dan Vogel’s Approach to the Book of Mormon (Review of: Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 287–354. off-site PDF link
• James E. Faulconer, "Takayama: Restoration Revelation as Poetry rather than Fraud," FARMS Review of Books 13/1 (2001): 127–132. off-site PDF link
• Alan Goff, "Dan Vogel's Family Romance and the Book of Mormon as Smith Family Allegory (Review of: Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet)," FARMS Review 17/2 (2005): 321–400. off-site PDF link
• Garth L. Mangum, "The Economics of the Book of Mormon: Joseph Smith as Translator or Commentator," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2/2 (1993): 78–89. off-site PDF link wiki
• Larry E. Morris, "'I Should Have an Eye Single to the Glory of God’: Joseph Smith’s Account of the Angel and the Plates (Review of: "From Captain Kidd’s Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism")," FARMS Review 17/1 (2005): 11–82. off-site PDF link
• L. Ara Norwood, "Review of Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon by David Persuitte," FARMS Review of Books 2/1 (1990): 187–204. off-site
• Gary F. Novak, "Examining the Environmental Explanation of the Book of Mormon (Review of Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism by Robert N. Hullinger)," FARMS Review of Books 7/1 (1995): 139–154. off-site PDF link
• Daniel C. Peterson, "Editor's Introduction—Not So Easily Dismissed: Some Facts for Which Counterexplanations of the Book of Mormon Will Need to Account," FARMS Review 17/2 (2005): xi–lxix. off-site PDF link
• Noel B. Reynolds, "The Book of Mormon Today (Review of By the Hand of Mormon)," FARMS Review 15/1 (2003): 5–17. off-site PDF link
• Stephen D. Ricks, "Testaments: The Literary Riches of the Book of Mormon (Review of: Testaments: Links Between the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible)," FARMS Review 16/2 (2004): 55–58. off-site PDF link
• Matthew Roper, "The Mythical "Manuscript Found" (Review of: Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Spalding Enigma)," FARMS Review 17/2 (2005): 7–140. off-site PDF link
• Sidney B. Sperry, "Literary Problems in the Book of Mormon involving 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and Other New Testament Books," farms.byu.edu off-site
• John L. Sorenson, "A Rare Gem (Review of By the Hand of Mormon)," FARMS Review 15/1 (2003): 15–17. off-site PDF link
• John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, "Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha: Shadow or Reality? (Review of Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha by Jerald and Sandra Tanner)," FARMS Review of Books 8/2 (1996): 326–372. off-site PDF link
• Richard N. Williams, "The Spirit of Prophecy and the Spirit of Psychiatry: Restoration or Dissociation? (Review of The Sword of Laban: Joseph Smith Jr. and the Dissociated Mind)," FARMS Review of Books 12/1 (2000): 435–444. off-site PDF link

Printed material

Book of Mormon authorship general printed works

• Louis Midgley, "Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Critics and Their Theories," Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, (Provo, Utah : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997), 101–139 ISBN 093489325X ISBN 0934893187 ISBN 0884944697. off-site GospeLink
• John W. Welch, "Joseph Smith: Author and Proprietor," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992), 154–156. ISBN 0875796001 off-site FAIR link GospeLink GL direct link