Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness

About the Author

John W. Welch

John W. Welch (J.D., Duke University) is the Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, editor in chief of BYU Studies, and director of publications for the university's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History. He is the founder of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. He serves on the executive committee of the Biblical Law Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

About the Editor

Larry E. Morris

Larry E. Morris (MA, Brigham Young University) is a writer and editor with the Joseph Smith Papers Project. He recently published a book with Yale University Press on the ultimate fate of the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Acknowledgements

Chronology

A Brief Biography of Oliver Cowdery

Oliver Cowdery's Vermont Years and the Origins of Mormonism

The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon

Translating and Printing the Book of Mormon

Oliver Cowdery and the Mythical "Manuscript Found"

Oliver Cowdery and the Restoration of the Priesthood

An Examination of the 1829 "Articles of the Church of Christ" in Relation to Section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants

The Impact of the First Preaching in Ohio

Oliver Cowdery's 1835 Response to Alexander Campbell's 1831 "Delusions"

Oliver Cowdery's Kirtland, Ohio, "Sketch Book"

Oliver Cowdery and the Kirtland Temple Experience

James H. Hart's Contribution to Our Knowledge of Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer

"The Private Character of the Man Who Bore That Testimony": Oliver Cowdery and His Critics

The Return of Oliver Cowdery

The Dedication of the Oliver Cowdery Monument in Richmond, Missouri, 1911

An Original Daguerreotype of Oliver Cowdery Identified

Reuben Miller, Recorder of Oliver Cowdery's Reaffirmations

Further Reading and Selected Bibliography

Name Index

About the Authors

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