How a Book of Mormon copyright dispute almost led to a fist fight
Joseph Smith was forced to defend the copyright for the Book of Mormon before it was even published. Find out more.
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When was the Book of Mormon copyrighted and is it still protected?
Joseph Smith was forced to defend the copyright for the Book of Mormon before it was even published. Find out more.
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Read Your Way Through Utah
Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books to help you explore the state’s many facets.
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The faithful scholar
Richard Bushman, author of ‘Rough Stone Rolling’ and ‘Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates’ reflects on the prophet Joseph Smith and the relationship of religion and scholarship.
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'God is my friend': What we can learn from how Joseph Smith dealt with adversity
Joseph Smith was born to poor tenant farmers in Vermont. At age 38, he was shot by a mob, in a jail, in a small town in Illinois. In between, he faced so much adversity that his story is almost the stuff of myth. Around age 7, Joseph endured a painful leg surgery that required him to use crutches for several years. At 14, he was rejected and ridiculed when he reported on his First Vision to a minister. When Joseph was 17, his older brother Alvin died—one of four brothers who predeceased him. At 20, Joseph was criminally prosecuted for using a seer stone—the first of many times the law was...
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