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Jonathan Edwards Influence on Book of Mormon

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Jonathan Neville believes Joseph Smith often used words and ideas from 18th century theologian Jonathan Edwards. Who is Jonathan Edwards? Neville claims Edwards was sort of a Billy Graham figure of his day. Neville believes that Smith used phrases like “natural man is an enemy to God” and other Edwards ideas in the Book of Mormon. Are you convinced? We’ll also talk about why Neville thinks Joseph didn’t use a seer stone, but the Urim & Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon, and that the translation is a loose, rather than tight translation. Check out our conversation…

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2 Responses

  1. Brian C. Hales says:
    January 13, 2023 at 8:24 am

    I want to clarify Rick’s comment that I (Brian Hales) “hate” William Davis. I expect Rick meant that I disagree with Davis’s assertions (made in his dissertation and book, Visions in a Seer Stone) that JS possessed the intellectual abilities needed to dictate the Book of Mormon.

    I do not hate William Davis and my brief interactions with him suggest he’s a nice guy. I count him as a pioneer. He is the very first author advancing the JS-was-smart-enough theory to try to tell us what was going on in JS’s mind while dictating. It seems that everyone else is just making the assumption without connecting the dots on the skills JS would have needed to successfully recite all 269,320 words.

  2. Rick B says:
    January 15, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    Brian, you’re right. I phrased that poorly. But would it be correct to say that you hate William’s thesis?

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  • Date: January 2, 2023
  • Guest: Jonathan Neville
  • Theology: Book of Mormon
  • Joseph Smith
  • Historical Mentions Jonathan Edwards
  • Tags: best Mormon history podcast, Church History, Gospel Tangents, GT Podcast, iTunes, Jonathan Edwards, Joseph Smith, seer stone, tight vs loose translation, urim & thummim
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