Spaulding Manuscript
A discredited theory claiming the Book of Mormon derived from Solomon Spaulding's fictional writing.
12 documents · 7 libraries · 1990–2025
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 3 documents in 2019
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
- BYU Studies3 documents
- Scripture Central3 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- BYU Speeches1 document
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies1 document
- Religious Educator1 document
Latest
Interpreter
The Flimsiest Show on Earth (opens in a new tab)
Blake T. Ostler · 2025
Scripture Central
Why Did Joseph Smith File a Legal Complaint against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Oct 2021
Scripture Central
Is the Book of Mormon Like Any Other Nineteenth Century Book? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · May 2021
Scripture Central
Why Are Mormon's Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Sep 2019
Interpreter
Brad Wilcox, Bruce L. Brown, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Sharon Black, Dennis L. Eggett · 2019
BYU Studies
Naturalistic Explanations of the Origin of the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Brian C. Hales · 2019
BYU Speeches
The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given? (opens in a new tab)
Tad R. Callister · Nov 2016
Religious Educator
Sharon Black and Brad Wilcox and Wendy Baker Smemoe and Bruce L. Brown · 2016
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Stylometric Analyses of the Book of Mormon: A Short History (opens in a new tab)
Matthew Roper; Paul J. Fields; G. Bruce Schaalje · 2012
BYU Studies
Joseph Smith and the 1834 D. P. Hurlbut Case (opens in a new tab)
David W. Grua · 2005
Earliest
BYU Studies
On Verifying Wordprint Studies (opens in a new tab)
John L. Hilton · 1990
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