A. Dean Wengreen responds to M. D. Bown's similarities between the Spaulding manuscript and the Book of Mormon.
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- Academic / Technical Report
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- A. Dean Wengreen LDS
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A. Dean Wengreen, "An Analysis of 'One Hundred Similarities Between the Book of Mormon and The Spaulding Manuscript," May 1964, Box 6, 29, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah
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- University of Utah Libraries
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My impression of the Spaulding story--while I am reading it, and also after I had read Bown's "100 similarities"--was that it had no connection with the Book of Mormon. I found nothing to lead me to suspect that Joseph Smith had any knowledge of the Spaulding story.
The "100 Similarities" of course point out the parallels. As one reads the two books, the great differences become very apparent. They just don't convey the same message or reflect the same tone or atmosphere. I felt this--in spite of the many apparent parallels between the two works.
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