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Title: Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon by Stan Larson ISBN: 0-9634732-6-3 Publisher: Freethinker Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Textbook Example of Extremist Disillusionment
Comment: Ferguson's story, as sympathetically reported by Larson, is a textbook study of how one loses religious faith, especially in a Mormon context. So many people want absolute proof that what they believe is true. That's why there were so many alleged sacred relics in the middle ages, like pieces of the true cross. And that's why so many Mormons like Ferguson went on futile trips to South America to try and find physical evidence of the Book of Mormon. It won't be found. God won't allow us to be boxed in a corner by "proof." It would violate our free will. If, like Ferguson, you are fanatical enough to spend 30 years and thousands of dollars looking for it, you court inevitable, bitter disappointment. Larson tells this sad story well, and reminds us that our faith will always be necessarily "existential": that is, we must listen for the spirit in things first and always.
Rating: 5
Summary: Insightful Book Of Mormon Archeology
Comment: I bought this book while reading and studying the Book of Mormon. I was intrigued by the various aspects of ancient life that Joseph Smith describes in the Book of Mormon from their cities to their great battles to even their coinage, food, and animals (including elephents, horses, sheep, cows). I wondered who was right since I have been taught by non-LDS antropologist that none of the above listed in the Book of Mormon has been found.
Then I bought this book. This book is both the story and the findings of Stuart Ferguson in his search for archeological remains of various Book of Mormon listings. He begins his search in Central America (the most common area believed by Mormons to be the site of the Book of Mormon accounts). The books is neither pro-Mormon nor anti-Mormon but is simply Ferguson's own pursuit of the truth. What he finds will amaze you!
The book also deals with Ferguson's desire to know the truth concerning the papyrus that Joseph Smith claimed to have translated from Egyptian into the Books of Abraham and Joseph (although he did not publish the Book of Joseph). Modern Egyptianologist have since disproven Smith and his "translation" of the papyrus but Ferguson was bent on disproving the modern findings in favor of Smith. Again, his findings will amaze you.
Whether you are a Mormon or not, this book will offer great insight into not accepting the standard answers for faith but willing to search out evidences for your faith and religion to see if they are objectable and clear. You will be glad you read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent account of Ferguson's search for the gold plates
Comment: Leaving the faith of one's parents is often a very difficult thing. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be in Thomas Stuart Ferguson's position. Here we have a man who devoted so much in the way of time and treasure to prove that the Book of Mormon was true. He wrote many books defending the Book of Mormon from an archeological point of view. Yet he came to see that archeology and history will not vindicate the book of Mormon. He lost faith in the Book of Mormon completely.
I had the good fortune some years past to meet the author of this book. He gave a presentation on his findings with regards to Ferguson. I came away from that presentation somewhat amazed at the chameoleon nature of Thomas Stuart Ferguson. He had no faith in the Book of Mormon and even indicated so to Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Yet, he still continued to attend church regularly. To those who had questions about the Book of Mormon, he could give answers in either direction. To faithful Mormons seeking faith building material, he could and would give out much information that would confirm them in their faith. To Mormons questioning the historical veracity of the Book of Mormon, he could and would give out much information that would demonstrate the historical and archeological problems involved in the Book of Mormon.
He was a complex character. However, his story is very much worth telling. He is fortunate to have found a sympathetic biographer in Stan Larson.
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Title: By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles M. Larson ISBN: 0962096326 Publisher: Institute For Religious Research Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: No Man Knows My History : The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn M. Brodie ISBN: 0679730540 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant H. Palmer ISBN: 1560851570 Publisher: Signature Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon (2nd Edition) by David Persuitte ISBN: 078640826X Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn ISBN: 1560850892 Publisher: Signature Books Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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