Category: B. H. Roberts
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The Book of Mormon: Ancient or Modern
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Joseph Smith claimed that in 1823 an angel appeared to him and stated that gold plates were buried in a hill near his home. The angel explained that the plates contained “an account of the former inhabitants of this continent,” and that they also contained “the fullness of the everlasting…
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Mormonism and Plagiarism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner For almost thirty years the editors of this newsletter have studied the contents of LDS documents in an attempt to determine the truth about Mormon history. Over the years we have found a number of documents (both Mormon and anti-Mormon) that bear all the earmarks of forgery. The Mormon scholar…
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B. H. Roberts’ Manuscripts Revealed
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the December 1979 issue of the Messenger we pointed out that the famous Mormon historian and General Authority B. H. Roberts wrote some material concerning the Book of Mormon which is very embarrassing to the Church. For instance, in a manuscript entitled, “A Book of Mormon Study,” Part 1,…
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B. H. Roberts’ Secret Manuscript
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner We are often asked how a young man like Joseph Smith could produce a work like the Book of Mormon. As we have already indicated, we feel that the Bible was the main source. Many of the stories found in the Bible were simply rewritten and inserted into the Book…