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The Disciple as Witness

Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson

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Richard Lloyd Anderson is a scholars’ scholar. Among Latter-day Saints, he is dean and master of two separate fields of academic study: the New Testament and early LDS Church history.

His passion for history has profoundly influenced his scholarly career; his passion for order and system has shaped his missionary work and directed him into studying law; and his love for Brigham Young University and loyalty to its mission and destiny have guided his academic path.

This volume, as you can see from the table of contents, contains essays written by outstanding LDS scholars on Book of Mormon Studies, Old Testament Studies and Ancient History, and New Testament Studies and Early Christian History.

About the Author & Editor

Stephen D. Ricks

Stephen D. Ricks (Ph.D. in Near Eastern Religions, University of California, Berkeley, and Graduate Theological Union) is Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Learning in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. He served as president of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies and as chairman of the board, as the founding editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, and as Associate Dean of General Education and Honors at Brigham Young University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Second Only to Christ: Joseph Smith in Modern Mormon Piety

The Ram and the Lion: Lyman Wight and Brigham Young

The Tomb of Joseph

Words of Comfort: Funeral Sermons of the Prophet Joseph Smith

Richard Lloyd Anderson and Worldwide Church Growth

The Return of Oliver Cowdery

Eyewitness, Hearsay, and Physical Evidence of the Joseph Smith Papyri

Every Kindred, Tongue, and People

David Whitmer and the Shaping of Latter-day Saint History

Pleasing the Eye and Gladdening the Heart: Joseph Smith and Life's Little Pleasures

Scenes from Early Latter-day Saint History

Antiquites, Curiosities, and Latter-day Saint Museums

The Role of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible in the Restoration of Doctrine

The Authorship Debate concerning Lectures on Faith: Exhumation and Reburial

John Gilbert's 1892 Account of the 1830 Printing of the Book of Mormon

Historical Perspectives on the Kirtland Revelation Book

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

Mormon Missiology: An Introduction and Guide to the Sources

A Topical Bibliography of the Works of Richard Lloyd Anderson

A Chronological Bibliography of the Works of Richard Lloyd Anderson

Contributors

Publication Information

Publication Year: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 13: 978-0934893459
Page Count: 624
Price: $ 34.95
Imprint: FARMS