Joseph Smith's First Vision: A Guide to the Historical Accounts

I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it.

From the moment Joseph Smith first spoke of it, many have considered, examined, and questioned his account of God and Christ appearing to him in a grove of trees in upstate New York. As the only tangible evidence of the miraculous event, Joseph's recorded statements on the first vision are important today for both believers and critics: the truth of these records attests to Joseph's prophetic calling, the ...