View of the hebrews is an 1823 book written by ethan smith, a congregationalist minister in vermont, who argued that native americans were descended from the ten lost tribes of israel, a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century. The only reason why this book continues to be in print is because its been cited as a possible source of influence on the writers of the book of mormon. Numerous commentators on mormon history, from lds church general authority b. In this novel one of the romans served as the narrator of what the group observed. View of the hebrews 1823 book of mormon 1829 very very similar stories. Would you respond to the theories that the book of mormon is based on the spaulding manuscript or on ethan smiths view of the hebrews. Ethan smiths view of the hebrews, published seven years before the book of mormon is thought to be source material for joseph smiths book of mormon. Book of mormon and view of the hebrews parallels life. View of the hebrews, or, the tribes of isreal in america and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. There are a significant number of differences between the two books. In an article published in the times and seasons on june 1, 1842, joseph quoted view of the hebrews in support of the book of mormon. View of the hebrews was published in 1823 and a second edition was published in 1825.
A look at the major differences between the view of the hebrews claims that the native americans are the lost ten tribes of israel, and the book of mormon claiming that the nephites are. The storyline outline for the book of mormon probably came from ethan smiths 1823 new york novel, view of the hebrews. Is view of the hebrews a source for the book of mormon. The author ethan smith was the pastor of the religious congregation in which the oliver cowdrey family attended. Roberts conducted an exhaustive comparison and analysis of these two books and concluded there is merit to this criticism. View of the hebrews, or, the tribes of isreal in america. View of the hebrews flooded the area in which joseph smith lived. Was the view of the hebrews theory of book of mormon. Numerous commentators on mormon history, from lds church general. For almost 200 years now, critics have been scrambling to prove that the book of mormon is nothing but a work of fiction. Joseph smith quoted view of the hebrews as supporting the book of mormon. Similarities between the book of mormon and view of the hebrews book duration. Did ethan smiths view of the hebrews furnish structural material for joseph smiths book of mormon.
Mormonism always advocated a human, rather than a divine or. There was, however, a reference to view of the hebrews within joseph smiths lifetime, but it came from the prophet himself. View of the hebrews1823 book of mormon1829 very very. You can read view of the hebrews online at no charge at in addition to that theres a lot of great information at the website as well. Ask one of the unparallel theory sites on the net to link back to here and youll receive an interesting response or a no response as the case may be.
Is the book of mormon plagiarized from view of the hebrews. View of the hebrews, or, the tribes of isreal in america illustrated. This video goes over the many similarities between the two books. One of the conspiracy theories that gained traction after the solomon spalding theory fell short see our episode on this was the idea that joseph.
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