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Guide Home > Scripture and Influential Writings > Book of Mormon > Environmental Influences > Spalding Theory

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Matthew B. Brown, "Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, February 2003) Did Joseph Smith plagiarize the writings of Solomon Spaulding to produce the Book of Mormon?

Encyclopedia of Mormonism

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Lance D. Chase, "Spaulding Manuscript," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 1402-1403

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Bruce D. Blumell, "Would you respond to the theories that the Book of Mormon is based on the Spaulding manuscript or on Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews?," Ensign, September 1976.

Other Resources

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Michael R. Ash, Solomon Spaulding.

Lance D. Chase and Jeff Lindsay, Was the Spaulding Manuscript the Real Source for the Book of Mormon?. Two articles refuting the frequent accusation that the Spaulding Manuscript was the real source for the Book of Mormon.

Wade Englund, "The Spalding Enigma: The Fallacy of Repetition Continued?," (July 2002) An ongoing examination of the Spalding theory. Specifically addresses the work "The Spalding Enigma."

Michael T. Griffith, The Book of Mormon and the Spaulding Theory.

Ara Norwood, Book review of Vernal Holley, Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look, reviewed in "Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look," FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1989) The Spaulding Theory periodically resurfaces. This book review examines one such resurfacing in recent years.