Variety and Complexity in the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon

by Daniel C. Peterson

Overview

Abstract: This paper examines the testimonies of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon— not only the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses, but many others who experienced and testified of reality of the Book of Mormon plates. Together, these testimonies offer impressive support for the claims of Joseph Smith regarding the Book of Mormon and thus, the Restoration. The variety and complexity of their collective testimony makes finding a single, alternative, nondivine explanation for the witness experiences challenging, indeed.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162480426
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	03/19/2021
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #43
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	353 KB

About the Author

Daniel C. Peterson (Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles) is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University and is the founder of the University's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, for which he served as editor-in-chief until mid-August 2013. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and Mormon subjects. Formerly chairman of the board of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and an officer, editor, and author for its successor organization, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, his professional work as an Arabist focuses on the Qur’an and on Islamic philosophical theology. He is the author, among other things, of a biography entitled Muhammad: Prophet of God (Eerdmans, 2007).