Book of mormonauthorship theoriesview of the hebrews. Mormonism and masonry, the sub ject of josephs possible reliance on. From the view given of their language, and from the similarity of their customs and religious rites, with those of ancient israel. First of 15 parts of online version of 1824 book view of the hebrews by ethan smith. Ethan smith, pastor of the congregational church in poultney, vermont, argued that the native americans were scattered israelites who would soon be restored into the gospel fold. View of the hebrews 1825 edition introduction mormons in transition. For almost a century critics of the authenticity of the book of mormon have claimed that view of the hebrews, first published by ethan smith in 1823 2d ed. Book of mormonauthorship theoriesview of the hebrewsnon. This video goes over the many similarities between the two books. Vi ew of the hebrews, and have been highly entertained, and instructed. View of the hebrews is an 1823 book written by ethan smith, a united states congregationalist minister, who argued that native americans were descended from the ten lost tribes of israel. A look at the major differences between the view of the hebrews claims that the native americans are the lost ten tribes of israel, and the book of mormon claiming that the nephites are.
Since the book of mormon was first published in 1830, its critics have endeavored to find explanations for it other than the one given by joseph smith. Roberts conducted an exhaustive comparison and analysis of these two books and concluded there is merit to this criticism. View of the hebrews is an 1823 book written by ethan smith, a congregationalist minister in vermont, who argued that native americans were descended from the ten lost tribes of israel, a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century. Ethan smiths view of the hebrews for parts of the book of mormon has. This book is significant for it contains parallels to the content of the book of mormon.
Palmer, an insiders view of mormon origins salt lake city. View of the hebrews, or, the tribes of isreal in america and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Numerous significant dissimilarities exist between view of the hebrews and the book of mormon hugh nibley observed. Another more recent theory, also open to criticism, suggests that joseph smith used ethan smiths no relation view of the hebrews, which was published during. This was a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century, as most europeans and americans had a view of history as biblical. The book of mormon was emphatically a new revelation, and it insists that miracles continue today mormon 9. The view of the hebrews theory of book of mormon authorship. Similarities between the book of mormon and view of the. The prevailing theory of the day was the spalding theory, which quickly lost credibility upon the discovery of an actual spalding manuscript in 1884 which bore no resemblance to the book of mormon. The storyline outline for the book of mormon probably came from ethan smiths 1823 new york novel, view of the hebrews. The connection between view of the hebrews and the book of mormon has been thoroughly debunked many times. Would you respond to the theories that the book of mormon is based. View of the hebrews 1825 edition introduction mormons in. Learn more view of the hebrews, or, the tribes of isreal in america 2nd edition.
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