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"B.H. Roberts' testimony of the Book of Mormon," FAIR Wiki (City Unknown: FAIR) This FAIR Wiki article examines the critical charge that B.H. Roberts lost his testimony in the Book of Mormon.

McKay V. Jones, "Did B.H. Roberts Lose His Faith in the Book of Mormon?," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, November 2004) Critics frequently claim that B.H. Roberts lost his faith in the Book of Mormon after considerable study of the issues suggesting that Joseph created the Book of Mormon from stories in his environment. Jones looks at this oft-repeated anti-Mormon claim.

McKay V. Jones, "Evasive Ignorance: Anti-Mormon Claims that B.H. Roberts Lost His Testimony," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, November 2004) An expanded version of Jones' article dealing with the anti-Mormon accusation that B.H. Roberts lost his testimony in the Book of Mormon.

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Davis Bitton, "B.H. Roberts and Book of Mormon Scholarship," JBMS (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999), 60-69 Professional historian, Davis Bitton, looks at B.H. Roberts approach to studying the Book of Momron as well as what questions he asked, and what questions he should have asked.

Davis Bitton, "B.H. Roberts as Historian," Dialogue (Winter 1968), 25-44 Historian, Davis Bitton, takes a look at B.H. Roberts contributions to LDS historical studies.

Truman G. Madsen, "B.H. Roberts: The Book of Mormon and the Atonement," The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1988), 297-314 An examination of B.H. Roberts' work on the Book of Mormon, particularly in relation to the Atonement.

John Welch and Jeff Lindsay, Did B.H. Roberts' Study Discredit the Book of Mormon?. Several critics have claimed that B.H. Roberts lost his faith in the Book of Mormon when he presented a study of Book of Mormon difficulties. This link connects to two articles that deal with this accusation.

 

 

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