G St John Stott
Biographic Data
| ID | 4879582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G St John Stott |
| GIVEN NAMES | G St John |
| FAMILY NAME | Stott |
| SIGNATURE | STOTT G S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Modern Languages, Arab American UniversityP.O. Box 240, Jenin, Palestinian Territories |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Talking to Angels; Talking of Angels
Vision narratives report experiences that cannot be confirmed because they cannot be shared. Those who see angels can only receive confirmation and reassurance from the way that their testimony is accepted by others. Taking the publication of the vision reports found in the Book of Mormon (1830) as an example of a visionary’s concern for validation, the paper shows how Joseph Smith, Jr. (the book’s “author and translator”) could rely on his reade…
Joseph Smith's 1823 vision
J oseph Smith, Jr claimed to have seen an angel in the autumn of 1823, and to have learned from that angel of the Book of Mormon. He further claimed that the da y after his vision he found the Book of Mormon plates. An analysis of Smith's vision narratives-the earliest of which dates to 1832-shows that such claims were anachronistic. Smith could not have found the plates that year. Possibly Smith invented the vision in order to gain status in his…
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Joseph Smith's 1823 vision
J oseph Smith, Jr claimed to have seen an angel in the autumn of 1823, and to have learned from that angel of the Book of Mormon. He further claimed that the da y after his vision he found the Book of Mormon plates. An analysis of Smith's vision narratives-the earliest of which dates to 1832-shows that such claims were anachronistic. Smith could not have found the plates that year. Possibly Smith invented the vision in order to gain status in his…
Talking to Angels; Talking of Angels
Vision narratives report experiences that cannot be confirmed because they cannot be shared. Those who see angels can only receive confirmation and reassurance from the way that their testimony is accepted by others. Taking the publication of the vision reports found in the Book of Mormon (1830) as an example of a visionary’s concern for validation, the paper shows how Joseph Smith, Jr. (the book’s “author and translator”) could rely on his reade…
Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mormonism, Religion, and History (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anachronism (1 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (1 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 works) · Christian ministry (1 works)