Category: Mormon Historians
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Review: Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
Dr. Ronald Huggins reviews the book, “Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy,” noting that its defense of Brigham Young ultimately deflates what could have been the more candid approach that was anticipated.
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LDS Church Suppresses Documents
A report of how the LDS church tried to obtain research and historical documents of the late Dr. Leonard Arrington, which had been deeded to the Utah State University.
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Quest for the Gold Plates
Stan Larson’s New Book By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Stan Larson, who was a scriptural exegete for Translation Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), has recently published a book entitled, Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon. In this book Dr.…
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Mormon Inquisition? LDS Leaders Move to Repress Rebellion
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner While the Mormon Church continues to grow at a rapid rate (it now has close to 9,000,000 members [1993]), it is obvious that internal problems are also beginning to mount. Consequently, church leaders have decided to take an uncompromising stand against Mormon historians who wish to tell the unvarnished truth…
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Mormon Scholars Scolded
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner As we have earlier indicated, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (F.A.R.M.S.) has made a vicious attack on some of the liberal Mormon scholars who are expressing doubts about the historicity of the Book of Mormon. These scholars are accused of being wolves in sheep’s clothing, and one…
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Wesley Walters’ Hope
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner We had just completed printing Wesley P. Walters’ Master’s thesis and were preparing to go to press with this newsletter, when we received word that he had passed away. We had known for some time that Wesley had serious heart problems, but his death still came as a real blow.…
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Ferguson’s Rejection of the Book of Mormon Verified
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In our book, Ferguson’s Manuscript Unveiled, we presented a great deal of evidence showing that the noted Mormon scholar, Thomas Stuart Ferguson, became a complete unbeliever in the Book of Mormon during the last 12 or 13 years of his life. Notwithstanding the fact that there is a collection of…
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Ferguson’s Two Faces
Mormon Scholar’s “Spoof” Lives On After His Death By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The word “spoof ” was apparently coined by a British comedian by the name of Roberts around the middle of the 19th century. It is defined as a “hoax, joke, or deception.” The following is the story of a man who felt…
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Crisis in LDS History
Mormon Scholars Question Book of Mormon By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Writing in the Salt Lake Tribune, September 28, 1985, Dawn Tracy claimed that “Tumultuous times may be ahead as Mormons wrestle with scholarly works challenging traditional stories about the origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” James L. Clayton, a Mormon…
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Tanners Found Guilty! (Clayton Diaries copyright suit)
Judge Threatens Damages “Many Times” $16,000 By Jerald and Sandra Tanner “The atmosphere in the courtroom was electric,” wrote Christine Rigby. “Many of the big guns in Mormon history were there. They would finally be testifying in a case against Jerald and Sandra Tanner, the notorious anti-Mormon publishers. . . . For years the Mormon historical establishment…