Project Gutenberg 2015-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 76 Reynolds, George 1842 1909 The Myth of the "Manuscript Found," or the Absurdities of the "Spaulding Story" Eleventh Book of the Faith-promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints. Produced by McKayla Hansen, Mormon Texts Project Intern (http://mormontextsproject.org) "The Myth of the 'Manuscript Found,' or the Absurdities of the 'Spaulding Story'" by Elder George Reynolds is a historical treatise written in the late 19th century. The work aims to refute the claims of critics asserting that the Book of Mormon was derived from Solomon Spaulding's fictional manuscript, the "Manuscript Found." Reynolds argues that the Spaulding story is a myth perpetuated by those opposing the Latter-day Saint movement, emphasizing the significance of the Book of Mormon as a genuine divine revelation. At the start of the treatise, the author discusses the history and implications of the "Spaulding story," which posits that Joseph Smith plagiarized Spaulding's work in creating the Book of Mormon. Reynolds outlines the various stages of the Spaulding manuscript's alleged history and critiques the inconsistencies in claims made by its proponents. He cites testimonies from witnesses associated with both Spaulding and the Book of Mormon to dismantle the narrative of this supposed literary fraud. The introductory sections provide a foundation for exploring these themes further, as the author promises to examine the evidence comprehensively in the ensuing chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Book of Mormon BX Text Latter Day Saints Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 262803 262659 2024-09-20T14:24:23.762687 2023-09-21T10:46:12.288754 text/html text/html 257973 2015-07-12T15:32:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 141558 2015-07-12T15:32:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149476 2024-09-20T14:24:27.070670 application/epub+zip 151197 2024-09-20T14:24:24.253688 application/epub+zip 151198 2024-09-20T14:24:24.013689 application/epub+zip 238663 2024-09-20T14:24:29.629739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216822 2024-09-20T14:24:26.830689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217036 2022-09-22T11:47:59.618032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251455 251376 2024-09-20T14:24:23.302725 2023-09-21T10:46:11.983748 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 251590 2015-07-12T15:32:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90300 2015-07-12T15:32:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18743 2024-09-20T14:24:29.756657 application/rdf+xml 13389 2024-09-20T14:24:24.086691 image/jpeg 2171 2024-09-20T14:24:24.050672 image/jpeg 142931 2024-09-20T14:24:23.787700 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia