Matthew C. Godfrey, Brenden W. Rensink, Alex D. Smith, Max H Parkin, and Alexander L. Baugh, eds., Documents, Volume 4: April 1834–September 1835, vol. 4 of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Ronald K. Esplin and…
TL;DR As Joseph Smith was laying the foundations of Zion, his efforts to prophetically render ancient texts continued unabated. By 1831 Smith was revealing esoteric words that he said were from the prelapsarian language that Adam and Eve taught their…
In the coming weeks and months, a few podcasts will examine the Gospel Topic “Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham.” To give listeners a glimpse of emerging trends in BoAbr research, see my essay “The Curious Textual History…
