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Book of Mormon Authorship
Book of Mormon | Authorship Theories
Book of Mormon Authorship
There have been numerous attempts at explaining the Book of Mormon through naturalistic means. Click the links below to learn more about the theories and how to respond to them.
- Responding to Accusations of Plagiarism
- Joseph Smith listed as author and proprietor
- Spalding theory
- View of the Hebrews theory
- Late War theory
- Golden Pot theory
- Mushrooms and entheogenics theory
- Creative fiction theories
- Possible 19th Century influences on Book of Mormon
- Theory of Book of Mormon place names from area around Joseph Smith's home
- Theory of Book of Mormon place names from Comoros Islands
- Understanding accusations of plagiarism