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Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011 Volume 16 Number 1 Article 25 1-1-2004 Vol. 16 Num. 1 The FARMS Review FARMS Review Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Review, FARMS (2004) "Vol. 16 Num. 1 The FARMS Review," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011: Vol. 16 : No. 1 , Article 25. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr/vol16/iss1/25 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011 by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. The FARMS Review The FARMS Review Editor Daniel C. Peterson Associate Editors Louis C. Midgley George L. Mitton Production Editor Shirley S. Ricks Cover Design Andrew D. Livingston Layout Mary M. Rogers Jacob D. Rawlins Institute Board Chair Douglas M. Chabries Vice-Chair David Rolph Seely S. Kent Brown John E. Clark Gary R. Hooper Daniel Oswald Donald W. Parry Daniel C. Peterson Executive Director Noel B. Reynolds Michael D. Rhodes Stephen D. Ricks Andrew C. Skinner John W. Welch The FARMS Review Volume 16 • Number 1 • 2004 ! 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The purpose of the FARMS Review is to help serious readers make informed choices and judgments about books published on the Book of Mormon and associated topics, as well as to publish substantial freestanding essays on related matters. We hope, thereby, to encour- age reliable scholarship with regard to such subjects. Reviews and articles are written by invitation. Any person inter- ested in writing for the FARMS Review should first contact the editor. Style guidelines will be sent to the authors. vi • The FARMS Review 16/1 (2004) The opinions expressed in these reviews and articles are those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, its editors, Brigham Young University, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the authors’ employers. No portion of the reviews or ar- ticles may be used in advertising or for any other commercial purpose without the express written permission of the Institute. The FARMS Review is published semiannually. Contents Editor’s Introduction, “Anti-Mormon Writings: Encountering a Topsy-Turvy Approach to Mormon Origins,” by George L. Mitton .......................................................................... xi The Book of Mormon Hardy, Grant, ed., The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition (Kevin L. Barney, “An Elegant Presentation”) ................................ 1 Metcalfe, Brent Lee, “The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon Exegesis.” In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon Firmage, Edwin, Jr., “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter.” In American Apocrypha Staker, Susan, “Secret Things, Hidden Things: The Seer Story in the Imaginative Economy of Joseph Smith.” In American Apocrypha (Alan Goff, “Positivism and the Priority of Ideology in Mosiah-First Theories of Book of Mormon Production”) ...........11 Price, Robert M., “Prophecy and Palimpsest” (William J. Hamblin, “Priced to Sell”) .......................................... 37 Articles Nathan Oman, “ ‘Secret Combinations’: A Legal Analysis” ............... 49 Benjamin N. Judkins, “Recent Trends in Book of Mormon Apologetics: A Critical Assessment of Methodological Diversity and Academic Viability” ................................................. 75 viii • The FARMS Review 16/1 (2004) Mormon Studies Abanes, Richard, One Nation under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (Michael G. Reed, “Abanes’s ‘Revised’ History”) ......................... 99 Denton, Sally, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 (Robert H. Briggs, “Sally Denton’s American Massacre: Authentic Mormon Past versus the Danite Interpretation of History”) .......................................................................................111 (Robert D. Crockett, “The Denton Debacle”) ............................. 135 Krakauer, Jon, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of a Violent Faith (Craig L. Foster, “Doing Violence to Journalistic Integrity”) ... 149 Larson, Stan, Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon (Daniel C. Peterson and Matthew Roper, “Ein Heldenleben? On Thomas Stuart Ferguson as an Elias for Cultural Mormons”) ....................................................................................... 175 Article Daniel C. Peterson, “On the New World Archaeological Foundation” ..................................................................................... 221 Palmer, Grant H., An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins (James B. Allen, “Asked and Answered: A Response to Grant H. Palmer”) .......................................................................... 235 Articles Kevin Christensen, “Truth and Method: Reflections on Dan Vogel’s Approach to the Book of Mormon” ....................... 287 Davis Bitton, “Spotting an Anti-Mormon Book” .............................. 355 Louis Midgley, “The Signature Books Saga” ...................................... 361 Contents • ix Early Christianity Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and Thomas A. Wayment, eds., From the Last Supper through the Resurrection: The Savior’s Final Hours (M. Gerald Bradford, “The Savior’s Final Hours”) ..................... 407 Nickelsburg, George W. E., 1 Enoch 1: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 1–36; 81–108 (John W. Welch, “Enoch Translated”) ......................................... 413 Trumbower, Jeffrey A., Rescue for the Dead: The Posthumous Salvation of Non-Christians in Early Christianity (Gaye Strathearn, “Did the Early Christian Church Seek Salvation for the Dead?”) ............................................................... 419 Miscellaneous Menzies, Gavin, 1421, the Year China Discovered America (John A. Tvedtnes, “Can Early Chinese Maritime Expe- ditions Shed Light on Lehi’s Voyage to the New World?”) ....... 427 Book Notes Anderson, Larry, Two Hour Book of Mormon: A Book of Mormon Primer ............................................................................................... 429 Bassett, K. Douglas, comp., Commentaries on Isaiah in the Book of Mormon .............................................................................. 429 Book of Mormon Family Heritage Edition .......................................... 430 Brown, S. Kent, Voices from the Dust: Book of Mormon Insights .... 430 Bushman, Richard Lyman, Believing History: Latter-day Saint Essays ...................................................................................... 431 Christianson, Jack, and K. Douglas Bassett, Life Lessons from the Book of Mormon .............................................................. 431 Evans, Arza, The Keystone of Mormonism .......................................... 432 x • The FARMS Review 16/1 (2004) Fronk, Camille, Brian M. Hauglid, Patty A. Smith, Thomas A. Wayment, eds., The Fulness of the Gospel: Foundational Teachings from the Book of Mormon ............................................ 432 Fuller, Robert C., Religious Revolutionaries: The Rebels Who Reshaped American Religion ......................................................... 433 Garner, Brian D., Search These Things Diligently: A Personal Study Guide to the Book of Mormon ............................................. 433 Hahn, Kristin, In Search of Grace: A Journey across America’s Landscape of Faith ........................................................................... 434 Keele, Alan, In Search of the Supernal: Pre-Existence,