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Joseph Smith And The Bible: "Extending The Text And Filling The Silences", Sylvan Eugene Needham Iii
Joseph Smith And The Bible: "Extending The Text And Filling The Silences", Sylvan Eugene Needham Iii
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
In the first chapter, the underlying argument of the thesis indicates that Smith was very familiar with the Bible. His written work that reflects the scriptural nature of the Bible and is today canonized by Mormons is argued that it "extends the Bible's text and fills [many of] its [doctrinal] silences." A complete reading of this thesis could make some readers think that the doctrine of a plurality of Gods is integral to the sense of the Bible and a novel explanation for the existence of the universe.
The second chapter indicates that many have grappled with the summary doctrine …