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Contents Editor’s Introduction, “Knowing Brother Joseph Again,” by Louis Midgley ................................................................................ xi Book of Mormon Brinley, Geri. The Book of Mormon: A Pattern for Parenting (Thomas W. Draper and Lindsey Kenny, “Book of Mormon Parenting”) ......................................................... 1 Kramer, Joel P., and Scott R. Johnson. The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon (film) (David E. Bokovoy, “The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon: Still Losing the Battle”) ..................................................... 3 Riess, Jana, annotator. The Book of Mormon: Selections Annotated and Explained (Shirley S. Ricks, “The Book of Mormon Abridged Anew”) ...............................................................................21 Articles Mark Ashurst-McGee. “Moroni as Angel and as Treasure Guardian” .............................................................. 35 John M. Butler. “Addressing Questions surrounding the Book of Mormon and DNA Research” ..................................101 David G. Stewart Jr. “DNA and the Book of Mormon” .................... 109 John S. Welch. “Keep the Old Wine in Old Wineskins: The Pleasing (Not Pleading) Bar of God” .................................... 139 viii • The FARMS Review 18/1 (2006) Daniel C. Peterson. “Authority in the Book of Mosiah” .................. 149 Royal Skousen. “Conjectural Emendation in the Book of Mormon” ..................................................................... 187 Mormon Studies Harris, Sam. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (Michael D. Jibson, “Imagine”) ..................................................... 233 McMurrin, Sterling M. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion (Ted Vaggalis, “The Gospel and the Captive Woman”) ............ 265 Ostler, Blake T. Exploring Mormon Thought: The Attributes of God Ostler, Blake T. Exploring Mormon Thought: The Problems of Theism and the Love of God (Richard Sherlock, “Blake Ostler’s Mormon Theology”) .......... 291 Evenson, William E., and Duane E. Jeffery. Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements (Frank B. Salisbury, “The Church and Evolution: A Brief History of Official Statements”) ...................................... 307 Stephens, Trent D., and D. Jeffrey Meldrum, with Forrest B. Peterson. Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding (Frank B. Salisbury, “Creation by Evolution?”) ...........................313 Vogel, Dan. Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Larry E. Morris, “Joseph Smith and ‘Interpretive Biography’ ”) .............................................................. 321 Articles Paul Y. Hoskisson. “Aaron’s Golden Calf” ......................................... 375 Daniel C. Peterson. “Mormonism as a Restoration” ......................... 389 Contents • ix Scriptural Studies Clark, E. Douglas. The Blessings of Abraham: Becoming a Zion People (Brian M. Hauglid, “ ‘Look unto Abraham Your Father’ ”) .................................................................................. 419 Kitchen, Kenneth A. On the Reliability of the Old Testament (John Gee, “The Old Testament as Reliable History”) ............... 425 Article Stephen D. Ricks. “Dexiosis and Dextrarum Iunctio: The Sacred Handclasp in the Classical and Early Christian World” ............................................................................ 431 Book Notes Bridgstock, Ben. The Joseph Smith Family .......................................... 437 William J. Hamblin. Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC: Holy Warriors at the Dawn of History ......................... 437 Hansen, Carol. Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church: Is It Christian? ................................................................... 438 Hatch, John P., ed. Danish Apostle: The Diaries of Anthon H. Lund, 1890–1921 ...................................................... 439 Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and Thomas A. Wayment, eds. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, Volume 2: From the Transfiguration through the Triumphal Entry ............ 439 Trask, Paul. Part Way to Utah: The Forgotten Mormons; A Look at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints .........................................................................440 About the Contributors .........................................................................443 Editor’s Introduction Knowing Brother Joseph Again Louis Midgley, associate editor The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness. William Shakespeare here have been times when I have been, as my former students Tmight testify, obsessed with the words and deeds of James Madi- son and Alexis de Tocqueville, as well as various theologians and phi- losophers. I know these authors only by pondering texts written by or about them. But they have, despite my passion for their writings, been for me merely of secondary concern. There are a few others— Joseph Smith is an example—who are permanently in my thoughts, even more so than my own parents. Why am I haunted by him? Why should all of us come to know Brother Joseph? I will try to explain. I will also describe and then draw some preliminary conclusions from my own initial encounters with challenging explanations and jarring bits of information about Joseph. More than those others about whom I have or once had an intel- lectual curiosity, for me Brother Joseph holds a key to something deep in my soul. His words and deeds ground my faith. From time to time I have revisited him in the hope of knowing him better. When a new essay or book appears, even—or especially—an attack on him, I am back at it again. I very much want to be aware of and reflect on all that . The Tempest, 2.1.138 (Riverside ed.). xii • The FARMS Review