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"New Light: Smithsonian Statement on the Book of Mormon Revisted," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, 1998), 77

Stephen R. Gibson, "Did the Smithsonian Refute The Book of Mormon?," One-Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers) If the Book of Mormon is true, why does the Smithsonian Institute put out letters stating that there is no connection between the Book of Mormon and Central and South American archaeology?

Jeff Lindsay, The Smithsonian Institution's 1996 "Statement Regarding the Book of Mormon". For many years, critics of the Book of Mormon have made much a statement issued by the Smithsonian Institution's Anthropology Department replying to those who ask about evidences for the Book of Mormon. This article deals with those issues.

Jeff Lindsay, The Smithsonian Statement Regarding the Book of Mormon.

John L. Sorenson, "A New Evaluation of the Smithsonian Institution "Statement regarding the Book of Mormon"," (Provo, Utah: FARMS) Anti-Mormons frequently refer to a long-standing form letter sent by the Smithsonian Institution in response to inquiries about the Book of Mormon. In this paper, John Sorenson makes note of serious flaws in this Smithsonian statement, pointing out that parts of the form letter are based on unsubstantiated assumptions by the Smithsonian staff who are unqualified to make such generalizations. Also included in this paper is a more responsible letter recently issued by the Smithsonian Institution on this matter.

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