Joseph Smith
Founding prophet of the Restoration, translator of the Book of Mormon, martyred in 1844.
Also known as: Prophet Joseph Smith
563 documents · 10 libraries · 1955–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 51 documents in 2025
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference232 documents
- BYU Studies97 documents
- Interpreter59 documents
- Scripture Central54 documents
- BYU Speeches51 documents
- Religious Educator36 documents
- Liahona Articles16 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions8 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies7 documents
- Hymns3 documents
Latest
Scripture Central
God Held Noah's Ark (opens in a new tab)
May 2026
Scripture Central
Intertextuality with 1 Enoch and Psalm 85 (opens in a new tab)
Feb 2026
Interpreter
Joseph Smith and the Twin Priesthood Keys of Authority and Knowledge (opens in a new tab)
Matthew Scott Stenson · 2026
Religious Educator
Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Ryan Jenkins · 2026
BYU Studies
Joseph’s School (opens in a new tab)
Justin Collings · 2026
Interpreter
Melchizedek in Extra-Biblical Sources and in Joseph Smith’s Revelations (opens in a new tab)
Tyler Ahlstrom · 2026
Scripture Central
How Did Modern Prophets Celebrate Christmas? — Part 1 (opens in a new tab)
Dec 2025
BYU Speeches
Joseph’s School (opens in a new tab)
Justin Collings · Sep 2025
Liahona Articles
A Lesson from Church History Taught Me That Our Mistakes Do Not Define Us (opens in a new tab)
Tori Stone · Apr 2025
General Conference
The Times of Restitution of All Things (opens in a new tab)
David A. Bednar · Apr 2025
Earliest
BYU Speeches
The Profile of a Prophet (opens in a new tab)
Hugh B Brown · Oct 1955
Most frequent voices
- Gordon B. Hinckley23 documents
- Bruce R. McConkie11 documents
- LeGrand Richards11 documents
- Brian C. Hales9 documents
- Neal A. Maxwell9 documents
- Unattributed8 documents
- Henry B. Eyring7 documents
- James E. Faust7 documents
- M. Russell Ballard7 documents
- Robert D. Hales7 documents
- Craig L. Foster6 documents
- David L. Paulsen6 documents
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