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Mormonism Unveiled: Or, The Life and Confessions of a Late Mormon Bishop.
by John Doyle Lee, William W. Bishop - 1877 - 390 pages

Mormonism and Prostitution, article in the Medical Council 1909

The Sex Determinant in Mormon Theology, A Study in the Erotogenesis of Religion, article in The Alienist and Neurologist 1908

Mormonism- a serio-comic poem by Peter Dodds 1890

Incest in Mormonism, article in American Journal of Urology and Sexology 1915

Joseph the Prophet ("There is more connection between Mormonism and Spiritualism than many dream of.") article in Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine 1881

The True Origin of the Book of Mormon by Charles Shook 1914

Psychological Tests for the Authorship of the Book of Mormon, article in The American Journal of Psychology

The "Manuscript Found" by Solomon Spaulding 1886 (some believe the Book of Mormon copied from this book)

Mormon Fanaticism Exposed by T Parsons 1841

The Mysterious Book of Mormon by Charles J. Sundberg 1917

The Two Prophets of Mormonism, article in The Catholic World 1878

Mormonism, its leaders and designs by John Hyde 1857

Book of Mormon - Is It from God by MT Lamb 1885

Through America by Walter Gore Marshall 1881

An Exposition of the Blasphemous Doctrines and Delusions of the Mormons by AB Hepburn 1852

Doctrine of the Mormonites 1840

Figures of the Past by Josiah Quincy 1883

His Three Wives by Jeannette Walworth 1885

Joseph Smith Jr as a Translator by Robert C Webb 1913

Marcus King, Mormon by Nephi Anderson 1916 (fiction)

Piney Ridge Cottage, the Love Story of a Mormon Country Girl by Nephi Anderson, 1912

A Daughter of the North by Nephi Anderson 1915

Mormon Saints by W Herbert Thomas 1890

The Book of Mormon, article in the Unitarian Magazine 1834


The Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Mormon group life by Ephraim Ericksen 1922

The Truth about Mormons, article in Munsey's magazine 1900

The Mormon of Little Manitou Island - an Historical Romance by N Hawkins 1916

The Book of Mormon on Trial by Walter J Haworth 1900

The Book of Mormon an essay on its Claims and Prophecies by Wingfield Watson 1884

Ezra the Mormon by W Graham 1908

Adventures in the Far West and Life Among the Mormons by CV Waite 1882

Mormonism - its Rise, Progress, and Present Condition by Mary Ettie Smith 1870

Latter-Day Saints in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake by John W Gunnison 1856

The Mormons: A Popular History by Winifred Graham 1913

The Gospel in All Lands 1887

Mormon Doctrines Analyzed and their Errors Demonstrated in the Light of the Holy Scriptures by Wilfred S Hale 1904

The Galax Gatherers - the Gospel among the Highlanders by Edward O Guerrant 1910

The True Origin of Mormon Polygamy by Charles A Shook 1914

A Moses of the Mormons by Henry Legler 1897

The Mormons by SE Wishard 1904

The Truth about the Mormons - Secrets of Salt Lake City by C Sheridan Jones 1920

Leaves of Truth - Utah and the Mormons by John P Meakin 1909

The City of the Mormons - Three Days at Nauvoo by Henry Caswell 1842

The Mormons and the Theatre - The History of Theatricals in Utah by John S Lindsay 1905

The City of the Saints 1894

The Mormon trials at Salt Lake City by George A Townsend 1871

Saint Abe and his Seven Wives by Robert W Buchanan 1896

Brigham's Destroying Angel, being the life, confession, and startling disclosures of the notorious Bill Hickman, the Danite chief of Utah by JH Beadle 1904

The Rose of Deseret by Emily Spencer 1887

Unchastity the Dominant Evil of the Age by Joseph F Smith 1915

The Life of Brigham Young by Edward Anderson 1893

A Hand-book of Reference to the History, Chronology, Religion and Country of the Latter-Day Saints by Andrew D White 1884

The Angel of the Prairies by Parley Pratt 1880

The Evolution of Religions by Everard Bierer 1906

Some Modern Isms By Thomas Cary Johnson 1919

Isms, Fads & Fakes by Jasper Newton Field 1904

What the World Believes, the False and the True by Albert Leighton Lawson 1886

Mormonism Unscriptural, Pagan and Immoral by F. Scott Hershey 1900

New Religions of the 19th Century - Mormonism, article in The Homiletic Review 1903

Mormonism- Its Origin Doctrines and Dangers by Rev TW Young 1900

The Mormons and their Bible by MT Lamb 1901

Mormonism - Unscriptural Pagan and Immoral by Scott Hershey 1900

Mormonism Unveiled 1855

"Christian" and "Mormon" Doctrine by Charles Ellis 1902

The Prophet of Palmyra - Mormonism Reviewed and Examined by T Gregg 1890

Joseph Smith, an Imposter by J Dunlop 1851

The Mormon Propaganda, article in The Homiletic review 1899

Blood atonement as taught by leading elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Charles Penrose 1916

Blood atonement and the origin of plural marriage by Joseph Fielding Smith 1900

Mormonism Explained and Exposed by Dawson Burns 1853

Mormonism Exposed by Richard Whitehead Young 1885

Mormonism exposed, the other side, a Clergyman's View of the case by Rev. John C. Kimball 1884

Mormonism Exposed. Joseph Smith an Imposter and the Book of Mormon a fraud by GB Hancock 1902

Quiet chats on Mormonism (Deseret News) 1902

The Birth of Mormonism by John Quincy Adams 1916

The Fruits Of Mormonism by Franklin S Harris 1922

The Mormon monster by E Fold 1900

A Study of Mormonism, article in Bibliotheca Sacra 1902

A Crisis in the Mormon Church, article in The Independent 1898

Lights and shadows of Mormonism by Josiah Gibbs 1909

Under the Prophet in Utah - the national menace of a Political Priestcraft by Frank Cannon 1911

Mormonism and the Mormons by Alonzo Mansfield Bullock 1898

An authentic account of the massacre of Joseph Smith 1844

The Authorship of the Book of Mormon by Theodore Schroeder 1919

The Latter Day Saints - a study of the Mormons in the light of economic conditions by Ruth Kauffman

Modern Messiahs and Wonder Workers by William Oxley - 1889



An Encyclopædia of Occultism by Lewis Spence 1920

The story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by William A Linn 1902

Visions of Joseph Smith the Seer 1897

Joseph Smith the great American Pmpostor - Mormonism proved to be false by Thomas Tyson 1852

Mysteries and Miseries of America's Great Cities By James William Buel 1883

Faiths of famous men in their own words by John Kenyon Kilbourn 1900

Life of Joseph the Prophet by Edward Tullidge 1880

The life of Joseph Smith, the prophet by George Cannon 1907

Mormonism and the Mormons - a historical view of the rise and progress of the sect self-styled Latter-Day Saints by D Kidder 1856

A Detective's Experience among the Mormons by Fred Bennett 1887

Mormonism the Islam of America by Bruce Kinney 1912

The Doctrines and Dogmas of Mormonism examined and refuted by DH Bays 1897

Delusions - an analysis of the Book of Mormon by Alexander Campbell 1832

Male Life among the Mormons by Austin Ward 1863

The Mystery of Mormonism by Stuart Martin 1920

New Light on Mormonism by Ellen Dickinson 1885

Objections to the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants Refuted by Joseph R. Lambert1894

Polygamy - The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism by JH Beadle 1882

The religious, social, and political history of the Mormons by Charles Mackay 1859

The Pearl of Great Price 1882

Doctrine and Covenants 1922

A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon 1891 by George Reynolds

The Book of Mormon 1854

The Book of Mormon 1921

The Holy Scriptures, Inspired Version by Joseph Smith 1867

The Acts of the Elders: commonly called the Book of Abraham 1846

A Complete Concordance to the Book of Mormon by George Reynolds 1900

The Lesser Priesthood and notes on church government with a Concordance of the Doctrine and Covenants by JB Keeler 1906

Mormonism in all Ages - The rise, progress, and causes of Mormonism with the biography of its author and founder, Joseph Smith by JB Turner 1842

Fallacies and Frailties of Faith, article in The Free thought magazine 1898

The Bible and Polygamy. Does the Bible sanction polygamy? (Debate) by Orson Pratt etc, 1874

Polygamy in Utah by D Gooch 1860

The Polygamy Question by Eli Thayer 1860

Sources of the Dangers of Mormonism, article in Bibliotheca Sacra 1901

The History of the Saints - An Exposé of Joe Smith and Mormonism by JC Bennett 1842

Plural marriage in America - a critical examination by J Smith 1903

The History and Philosophy of Marriage - Polygamy and monogamy compared by EN Jencks 1885

An Appeal to the American Congress, the Bible law of marriage against Mormonism 1873

Was Joseph Smith a polygamist? by H Smith 1899

The Mormon's Own Book - Mormonism tried by its own Standards - Reason and Scripture by TWP Taylder 1855

A Castout Mormon by Alva A. Tanner 1919

Scientific Aspects of Mormonism by NL Nelson 1918

Brigham Young and his Mormon empire by Frank Cannon 1913

Mormonism. The relation of the church to Christian sects by BH Roberts 1903

Religious Delusions- Studies of the False Faiths of Today by James Vincent Coombs 1904

True Succession in Church Presidency of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by H Smith 1898

The Plausible Logic of Mormonism Refuted by Peter Drummond 1854

Mormonism Refuted in the Light of Scripture and History by John Larsen 1899

The False Prophet Tested - Mormonism Refuted by J. F. Fishwick 1853

The Mormons - article in The American Catholic Quarterly Review 1879

Origin of the "Reorganized" Church and the Question of Succession by JF Smith 1909

Christ or Barabbas? a Word on Mormonism by J Smith 1850

Utah and the Mormons - the history, government, doctrines, customs, and prospects of the Latter-Day Saints by Benjamin Ferris 1854

Joseph Smith, the great American impostor by Thomas Tyson 1852

A Defence of the Claims of James J. Strang to the authority now usurped by the Twelve and shewing him to be the true successor of Joseph Smith, as first president of the high priesthood by R Miller 1846

2000 Qospel Quotations from the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price by Henry H Rolapp 1918

Origin and History of the Mormonites, article in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature 1850

Orpheus: a General History of Religions by Salomon Reinach 1909

The Profits of Religion- an essay in Economic Interpretation by Upton Sinclair 1918

Some Outlines of the Religion of Experience by HJ Bridges 1916

Curious Literary Frauds, article in The Era Magazine 1903

The Tragedy of the Mormon Woman by Marian Bonsall 1908

A Mormon Wife by Grace Wilbur Trout 1912

Dictionary of Sects and Heresies by JH Blunt 1874

Religion Theology and Morals by Harvey Scott, Volume 1, 1917

Religion Theology and Morals by Harvey Scott, Volume 2, 1917

The Story of the Book of Mormon by George Reynolds 1888

The Mormon Question (Article) in the The Magazine of Christian Literature 1890

Economic Aspects of Mormonism (Article) in Harper's Magazine 1903

The Women of Mormonism - The Story of Polygamy by Jennie Froiseth 1882

Wife No. 19 - A Life in Bondage, A Complete Ezpose of Mormonism ny Ann E Young 1875

Women Under Polygamy by Walter Matthew Gallichan 1915

The case against Mormonism by Robert Webb 1915

A Complete Concordance to the Book of Mormon 1900 by George Reynolds

A Concordance of the Doctrine and Covenants, and The lesser Priesthood by JB Keeler 1903

Heroines of Mormondom 1884

History of Woman Suffrage By Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage
Excerpt: Many Protestant divines have written in favor of polygamy. John Lyser, a Lutheran minister, living in the latter part of the seventeenth century, defended it strongly in a work entitled "Polygarnia Triumphatrix." A former general of the Capuchin Order, converted to the Protestant faith, published, in the sixteenth century, a book of " Dialogues in Favor of Polygamy." Rev. Mr. Madan, a Protestant divine, in a treatise called " Thalypthora," maintained that Paul's injunctions that bishops should be the husbands of one wife, signified that laymen were permitted to marry more than one. The scholarly William Ellery Channing could find no prohibition of polygamy in the New Testament. In his "Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton," he says: "We believe it to be an indisputable fact, that although Christianity was first preached in Asia, which had been from the earliest days the seat of polygamy, the apostles never denounced it as a crime, and never required their converts to put away all wives but one. No express prohibition of polygamy is found in the New Testament."

"Tell it All": the Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism: An Autobiography Inluding a Full Account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre by T. B. H. Stenhouse 1878

An Old Mormon City in Missouri (Article) in The Magazine of American History 1886

The Mormon Church and the Sugar Trust (Article) in Hampton's Magazine 1910

Mormon or Patriot (Article) in Leslie's Monthly Magazine 1904

WS Godbe on Polygamy in Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine 1881

Mormonism and the Mormons in Graham's Magazine 1858

DELUSIONS - AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON WITH AN EXAMINATION OF ITS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVIDENCES, AND A REFUTATION OF ITS PRETENCES TO DIVINE AUTHORITY by Alexander Campbell 1832

The Mormons. or Latter Day Saints in Arthurs Home Magazine 1853

Absurdities of Immaterialism - Reply to Remarks on Mormonism by Orson Pratt

Spiritualism Among the Mormons in Spiritualism Magazine 1860 (some difficult to read)

American Anthropology Disproving the Book of Mormon by Charles Shook 1916

Who wrote the Book of Mormon? by Robert Patterson

The Letters of an Apostate Mormon to his Son by Hans Freece 1908

The Mormon Puzzle and How to Solve it by RW Beers 1887

The Mormon's Mistake, or, What is the Gospel? by HA Ironside

Plus you get mp3 files of a female computer voice reading, AN ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON WITH AN EXAMINATION OF ITS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVIDENCES

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Henry Roberts - 1902

The Book of Mormon: An Account by Joseph Smith - 1854

The True Origin of the Book of Mormon by Charles Augustus Shook

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates by Joseph Smith - 1920 - 568 pages

The Mormon Country: A Summer with the "Latter-Day Saints"
by John Codman 1874

A Visit to Salt Lake: Being a Journey Across the Plains, and a Residence in ...
by William Chandless - 1857 - 346 pages

The Mormon Menace;
by John Doyle Lee, Alfred Henry Lewis - Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 - 1905 - 368 pages
Louis, 1881) published under title: Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of John D. Lee .

My Summer in a Mormon Village
by Florence Merriam Bailey 1894

The Mormon Battalion: Its History and Achievements
by Brigham Henry Roberts - 1846-1848 - 1919 - 96 pages

William Clayton's Journal: A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original Company of Mormon Pioneers
by William Clayton 1921

The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains with an examination of the Mormon Principle
by Fitz Hugh Ludlow 1870

The Story of the Book of Mormon
by George Reynolds - 1888 - 494 pages


 
Twelve Mormon Homes Visited in Succession on a Journey Through Utah to Arizona
by Elizabeth Wood Kane 1874

The Mormon Wife: A Life Story of the Sacrifices, Sorrows and Sufferings of a Woman
by Maria Ward 1873

The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century; Or, The Rise, Progress, and Present State of Mormons with an Analysis of the Book of Mormon
by Henry Caswall 1843

The Mormon Problem the Nation's Dilemma by T. W. Curtis - 1885

Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy
by John Andreas Widtsoe - 1908 - 173 pages

A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War. 1846-1847
by Daniel Tyler, John Taylor, Thomas Leiper Kane 1846-1848 - 1881

The Mormon Menace: A Discourse Before the New West Education Commission
by George Whitfield Phillips, New West Education Commission - 1885

The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion, to ...
by Brigham Henry Roberts, Cyril Van der Donckt - 1903 - 296 pages

Fifteen Years Among the Mormons: Being the Narrative of Mrs. Mary Ettie V Smith
by Nelson Winch Green - 1859 - 408 pages

The Mormon Saints: The Story of Joseph Smith, His Golden Bible, and the Church he Founded
by George Seibel 1919 - 103 pages

History of Utah: Comprising Preliminary Chapters on the Previous History of her Founder...The Advent of the Mormon Pioneers
by Orson Ferguson Whitney 1892

Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect : with an Examination of the Book of Mormon
by James H. Hunt, G. W. Westbrook - 1844 - 338 pages

Exposé of Pologamy in Utah: A Lady's Life Among the Mormons.
by T. B. H. Stenhouse 1872 - 221 pages

The Inside of Mormonism: A Judicial Examination of Endowment Oaths ...
by United States District court. Utah, Henry G. McMillan, United States 1903 - 93 pages

The Golden Bible: Or, The Book of Mormon. Is it from God?
by Martin Thomas Lamb - 1887 - 344 pages

The psychological and ethical aspects of Mormon group life
by Ephraim Edward Ericksen - 1922 - 101 pages

The Mormon Menace
by Bp Samuel Fallows, Helen May (Fallows) Williams - 1903 - 122 pages

Cosmopolitan Magazine Versus the Mormon Church (1911)

Article One: The Viper on the Hearth - Mormonism - Its Plots, Plans and Intrigues Against American Homes by Alfred Henry Lewis

Article Two: The Trail of the Viper - How the slimy trail of Mormonism, blazed by Prophet Smith and his political satellites, stretches across the continent in the nation's Capitol, foreshadowing the vicious domination of Mormon influence by Alfred Henry Lewis

Also comes with the article from the Missouri Historical Review entitled "Mormon Troubles in Missouri."

Also comes with an article in McClure's Magazine (1911) entitled, "The Mormon Revival of Polygamy" by Burton J. Hendrick

Apples of Sodom: A Story of Mormon Life
by Rosetta Luce Gilchrist - 322 pages

The Mormon Prophet and His Harem; Or, An Authentic History of Brigham Young by Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite - 1867 - 298 pages

The Martyrdom of Joseph Standing; Or, The Murder of a "Mormon" Missionary
by John Nicholson - 1886

The Real Mormonism: A Candid Analysis by Robert C. Webb - 1916

Female Life Among the Mormons: A Narrative of Many Years' Personal Experience by Maria Ward 1858

White Supremacy and Negro Subordination; Or, Negroes a Subordinate Race by John H. Van Evrie 1870
Excerpt: Some have supposed that at some remote period the ancestors of the people discovered by the Spanish adventurers on this continent crossed over Behring's Strait, and that very likely there was a continuous link of islands connecting the continents of Asia and America. Others have fancied regular migrations, at various times, from the Asiatic continent; and even apparently intelligent persons in other respects have supposed that the "ten lost tribes" found their way to America.
Indeed, this is rather a favorite speculation with a great many who have undertaken to account for the presence of human beings on this continent; and oddly enough, a large and notorious religious sect have not only accepted it, but have made it the fundamental basis of their religious belief.

The Founder of Mormonism: A Psychological Study of Joseph Smith, Jr.
by Woodbridge Riley 1903
 
Early Days of Mormonism: Palmyra, Kirtland, and Nauvoo
by James Harrison Kennedy 1888

Ames on Forgery: Its Detection and Illustration, with Numerous Causes Celecres by Daniel T. Ames 1900

Questioned Documents: A Study of Questioned Documents with an Outline of Methods by which the facts may be discovered.
by Albert Sherman Osborn 1910

A Treatise on Disputed Handwriting and the Determination of Genuine from Forged Signatures by William Elijah Hagan 1894

Abuses of Justice: Illustrated by My Own Case : Disclosing Various Practices
by John Mackcoull- 1812

Forgeries and False Entries
by William Edward Hingston 1909

The Real Mormonism: A Candid Analysis
by Robert C. Webb 1916
Chapter 27 "Did Solomon Spaulding write the Book of Mormon"

Cumorah Revisited: Or, "The Book of Mormon" and the Claims of the Mormons
by Charles Augustus Shook 1910

A Fourfold Test of Mormonism
by Henry Clay Sheldon 1914

THE ORIGIN OF THE SPAULDING  STORY, CONCERNING  THE M A N U S C R I P T   F O U N D; WITH A  SHORT  BIOGRAPHY  OF  DR. P.  HULBERT,
THE ORIGINATOR OF THE SAME; AND SOME TESTIMONY ADDUCED, SHOWING IT TO BE A SHEER FABRICATION, SO FAR AS ITS CONNECTION WITH THE BOOK  OF  MORMON  IS  CONCERNED. 1840
(in txt format)

The "manuscript story" of Reverend Solomon Spalding : or, "Manuscript found" : from a verbatim copy of the original now in the Library of Oberlin College, Ohio : including correspondence touching the manuscript, its preservation and transmission until it came into the hands of the publishers (1885?)

Plus you get the following Book written by Mormons:

The 1830 Palmyra Book of Mormon (featured in the picture)

Songs from the Golden Gate
by Ina Donna Coolbrith, William Keith - 1895
 
A Voice from the Silence
by Charles Philip Nettleton, Ina Donna Coolbrith 1904

Poetical tributes to the memory of Abraham Lincoln
1865 INA D. COOLBRITH

"In 1851 a the age of ten, Ina traveled to California with her mother and step father, William Pickett.  Her first poems were published when she was only 12.  At the age of 17, her infant son died tragically and her marriage dissolved.  In 1906, she lost her home and all her possessions in the San Francisco fire.  Through the generosity of the best known writers of the day, another home was built for her.  During her lifetime, she received many honors.  In 1915, she was named the first poet laureate of California.
She was born in Nauvoo to Don Carlos Smith (Joseph's brother) and Agnes Coolbrith.  They named her Josephine Donna Smith.  Her father died of malaria the year of her birth.  Her mother became a plural wife to Joseph Smith and then George A. Smith"

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Period 1, History of Joseph Smith the Prophet by Himself, Volume VI by by Brigham Henry Roberts - 1912

Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission by James Edward Talmage - 1915

The Great Apostasy: Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History
by James Edward Talmage 1909

The Story of "Mormonism,"
by James Edward Talmage 1920

The Vitality of Mormonism
by James Edward Talmage 1919

The Articles of Faith: A Series of Lectures on the Principle Doctrines of the Church of Latter Day Saints by by James Edward Talmage 1899

The Philosophical Basis of "Mormonism": An Address Delivered by Invitation
by James Edward Talmage 1915

Domestic Science: A Book for Use in Schools and for General Reading
by James Edward Talmage 1892

History of Utah Vol. 4
by Orson Ferguson Whitney 1904

A Series of Pamphlets on the Doctrines of the Gospel
by Orson Pratt - 1899
Excerpt: Bellarmiae testifies that the Greek copies of the Old Testament are so corrupted, that they seem to make a new translation, quite different from the translations of other copies. All, therefore, is Uncertainty as to the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament ; they can be proved to be changed, added unto and corrupted in almost every text. It is abundantly proved by various learned writers, that the Greek copies of the New Testament are awfully corrupted in almost every text.

An Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism - Page 323
by T. B. H. Stenhouse 1880

The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons
by Thomas B. H. Stenhouse 1873

Reminiscences of Latter-day Saints
by Lyman Omer Littlefield 1888

A Voice of Warning, and Instruction to All People
by Parley Parker Pratt 1854

Key to the Science of Theology: Designed as an Introduction
by Parley Parker Pratt 1891

The Children's Friend (Volume 3) 1903

From Kirtland to Salt Lake City
by James A. Little 1890



The pearl of great price by Joseph Smith - 1882

The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Joseph Smith 1923 - 300 pages

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates
by Joseph Smith - 1920 - 560 pages

The Mormon Saints: The Story of Joseph Smith, His Golden Bible
by George Seibel (not sure if he is actually Mormon) - 1919

Prophecies of Jesus: Or The Fulfillment of the Predictions of Our Saviour and his Prophets
by John Gotlieb Matteson 1895

Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect : with an Examination of the Book of Mormon, also, Their Troubles in Missouri and Final Expulsion from the State
by James H. Hunt, G. W. Westbrook (not sure if they are actually Mormon) 1844

Book of Mormon Ready References: For the Use of Students and Missionaries
by William A. Morton 1898

The Martyrdom of Joseph Standing; Or, The Murder of a "Mormon" Missionary by John Nicholson 1886

Philosophy of Popular Superstitions and the effects of credulity and imagination upon the moral, social, and intellectual condition of the human race by Samuel Emmons 1853

Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia - a compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 1, 1901

Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia - a compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 2, 1901

Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia - a compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 3, 1901

Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia - a compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 4, 1901

THREE BIBLES - Scholarship and Inspiration Compared.
An Arrangement in Parallel Columns of Prominent Passages from the King James' and Revised Versions of the Bible, as well as the Holy Scriptures, translated by Inspiration through Joseph Smith by ELDER R. ETZENHOUSER 1903

What it means to be a Mormon by Adam S Bennion 1917

Whence came the Red Man? by RLDS 1920

Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission by James Edward Talmage - 1915

Why I am a Mormon by Octave Ursenbach 1910

Are we of Israel by Elder George Reynolds 1916

The Myth of the "Manuscript found" or the Absurdities of the "Spaulding Story" by Elder George Reynolds 1883

Questions and Answers on the Book of Mormon by Abraham Cannon 1886

Cowley's talks on Doctrine by Matthias Cowley 1902

Gospel Problems by Heber Bennion 1920

Gospel problems supplement 1920

The 10 Tribes Discovered and Identified by Stephen Malan 1912

A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon by George Reynolds 1891

The Divinity of the Book of Mormon Proven by Archaeology by Louise Palfrey 1908

New Witnesses for God Part 1- The Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon Continued by BH Roberts

New Witnesses for God Part 2- The Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon Continued by BH Roberts 1909

New Witnesses for God Part 3- The Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon Continued by BH Roberts 1909

Heroines of Mormondom by Joseph F. Smith 1884

Ready References - a Compilation of Texts Subjectively Arranged with Annotations 1917

The Restoration of the Gospel by Widtsoe 1912

Defense of the Faith and the Saints Volume 2 by BH Roberts 1912

The Reign of Antichrist - the Great Falling Away by JM Sjodahl 1913

The Great Apostasy: Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History
by James Edward Talmage 1909

The Story of "Mormonism,"
by James Edward Talmage 1920

The Vitality of Mormonism
by James Edward Talmage 1919

The Articles of Faith: A Series of Lectures on the Principle Doctrines of the Church of Latter Day Saints by by James Edward Talmage 1899

Gospel Philosophy by JH Ward

Joseph Smith. Was he a prophet of God by J.M. Sjödahl 1891

Outlines of Mormon Philosophy 1905

2000 Gospel Quotations from the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price by HH Rolapp 1918

Mormon Doctrine, Plain and Simple by Charles Penrose 1897

Trean - The Mormon's Daughter. A Romantic Story of Life among the Latter-day Saints 1889 by AM Kerr

Joseph Smith as Scientist by John Widtsoe 1908

The Life of Nephi by George Cannon 1888

Scrapbook of Mormon Literature, Religious tracts Volume 1 1911 by Ben Rich

The book Unsealed - an exposition of Prophecy and American Antiquities, the claims of the Book of Mormon Examined and Sustained 1892 by R. Etzenhouser

The Philosophical Basis of "Mormonism": An Address Delivered by Invitation
by James Edward Talmage 1915

Domestic Science: A Book for Use in Schools and for General Reading
by James Edward Talmage 1892

Helps to the study of the Book of Mormon by Joel Ricks 1916

The pearl of great price by Joseph Smith - 1882

The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Joseph Smith 1923 - 300 pages

The Book of Mormon - 1828 edition

The Martyrdom of Joseph Standing  - The Murder of a "Mormon" missionary, written in prison by John Nicholson 1886

View of the Hebrews: Exhibiting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Ethan Smith 1823
"These Indians have many wild pagan notions of this one God. But they have brought down by tradition, it seems, the above essentially correct view of him, in opposition to the polytheistical world. Their name of God is remarkable — Wahconda. It has been shown in the body of this work, that various of the Indians call God Yohewah, Ale, Yah, and Wah, doubtless from the Hebrew names Jehovah, Ale, and Jah, And it has been shown that these syllables which compose the mime of God,
sire compounded in many Indian words, or form the roots from which they are formed."

Indian Myths Or, Legends, Traditions, and Symbols of the Aborigines
by Ellen Russell Emerson 1884
"the form Jehovah, instead of Yahweh or Yahaveh, has been adopted; but it may be justly claimed that
the two latter words are the more accurate. In these we trace a still more remarkable resemblance to the sacred name of Indian invocation. An instance is quoted by M. Remusut from one of the works of a Chinese philosopher of the sixth or seventh century before Christ, in which the name appears in Chinese scriptures. The reference is as follows...Here again reappears the name as J-hi-wai, which, with due regard to phonetic and vernacular changes, may be claimed as identical with that of the Indian's sacred name, Yo-he-wah. The universality of the use of the syllable yo, or jo, in a divine name may be illustrated by other examples. lio was the Coptic name of the moon ; Java, or Kara-Java, was a name said to be given the Supreme Being by a tribe in the jungles of Burmah.
Page 638

A Discourse on the Religion of the Indian Tribes of North America: Delivered by Samuel Farmar Jarvis 1820 (only first 119 pages)
"Much stress has been laid upon the supposed use of the Hebrew words Jehovah and Halliluiah among the Indians. With regard to the invocation of God, by the name of Jehovah, the fact, in the first place, is not certain. Some travellers assert that the Indians, when assembled in council, and on
other solemn occasions, express their approbation by ejaculating Ho, ho, ho, with a very guttural emission. In the minutes of a treaty, held at Lancaster, I think in 1742, on which occasion Conrad Weiser was interpreter, it is said that the chiefs expressed their approbation in the usual manner, by saying, "Yo-wah." p. 90

Light and Truth: Collected from the Bible and Ancient and Modern History by Robert Benjamin Lewis 1844
"In their sacred dances, these authors assure us the Indians sing "Halleluyah Yohewah;"—praise to Jah Jehovah. When they return victorious from their wars, they sing, Yo-he-wah; having been by tradition taught to ascribe the praise to God. The same authors assure us, the Indians make great
use of the initials of the mysterious name of God, like the tetragrammation of the ancient Hebrews; or the four radical letters which form the name of Jehovah; as the Indians pronounce thus, Y-O-He-wah." p. 261

The External Evidences of the Book of Mormon 1912


The Book of Mormon vindicated by Isaac M. Smith 1917

The Book of Mormon - an account of its origin, with evidences of its genuineness and authenticity by James E Talmage 1899

Scriptural Evidences in Support of Polygamy by Parley Pratt 1886

Does the Bible sanction polygamy by Orson Pratt 1874

Defence of Polygamy, by a lady in Utah 1854

Mother Stories from the Book of Mormon by William Morton 1913

Joseph the Seer - his Prophetic Mission Vindicated, and the Divine Origin of the Book of Mormon defended and Maintained by William Blair 1877

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The Questionable Accuracy of the NIV Bible


The NIV's Commitment to Accuracy states: "Fidelity to Scripture is the first priority of the New International Version (NIV). The NIV translators bring a wealth of experience in the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages of the Bible. The result? An accurate, reliable translation of God’s Word you can read and understand. When it comes to Bible translation, accuracy means getting as close to the original text as is possible in natural, contemporary English. It means translating with precision and clarity. Which is exactly what the NIV Bible does. Accuracy means honoring the Bible."

Daniel B. Wallace (Dallas Theological Seminary) adds: "The scholarship that produced this version is excellent, both in text and translation decisions."

However, many others have taken a dim view of the NIV Bible:

From N.T. Wright’s latest book, Justification

"When the New International Version was published in 1980, I was one of those who hailed it with delight. I believed its own claim about itself, that it was determined to translate exactly what was there, and inject no extra paraphrasing or interpretative glosses. This contrasted so strongly with the then popular New English Bible, and promised such an advance over the then rather dated Revised Standard Version, that I recommended it to students and members of the congregation I was then serving. Disillusionment set in over the next two years, as I lectured verse by verse through several of Paul’s letters, not least Galatians and Romans. Again and again, with the Greek text in front of me and the NIV beside it, I discovered that the translators had had another principle, considerably higher than the stated one: to make sure that Paul should say what the broadly Protestant and evangelical tradition said he said."

"Once the committee got at its task, one discovered that his preparation was far too scanty. If one had written a PhD dissertation on each verse that was to be considered, he might have been qualified to deal with all the questions that could be raised. The individual traits of each committee member quickly surfaced. One had a special talent for recalling where a particular form had occurred before. Another could offer his training in Akkadian and Ugaritic; another in Latin and Greek. The Old Testament specialists were sometimes not aware that a passage was also used in the New Testament." Jack Lewis, The New International Version, Restoration Quarterly 24, p. 3

"Our conclusion is that the goal of accuracy frequently has been badly missed. In terms of style the NIV manifests many weaknesses, although very often it is extremely readable. But the number of stylistic problems is large, and the overall style seems to lack a certain cohesiveness. The lack of consistency in the NIV is also a major problem." The NIV Reconsidered by Radmacher/Hodges, p. 131

"The NIV is not worthy of becoming the standard version of the English-speaking world. Its accuracy is suspect in too many ways." P. 70, Accuracy of Translation-The Primary Criterion of Evaluating Bible Versions with Special Reference to the New International Version
Why? This same author goes on to say, "The dynamic equivalence translator tends to be relatively unrestrained in his theologizing. What a formal equivalence [Literal] translator generally does only as a matter of necessity, the dynamic equivalence translator often does as a matter of choice."

From James Barr, in Modern English Bible Versions as a Problem for the Church_ Quarterly  Review/Fall 1994"

"But this was not the end of the story. If on the one hand the conservative acceptance of the RSV as usable betokened a certain willingness to work along with the main currents of Christendom, there still existed the impulse to evangelical separatism, the unwillingness to do anything or accept anything that was not totally and purely "evangelical." The most important manifestation of this latter tendency is the so-called NIV, or New International Version, (New Testament, 1973; whole Bible, 1978).
The preface to this version begins with one of the most whopping falsehoods ever to be written into a Bible version by a group of "Bible believers" such as the promoters of the version were, for it says that the people who worked on the version came from many denominations and this "helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias." The contrary is the case; the NIV was a sectarian project from the beginning. It was, as it itself says, planned by committees of the Christian Reformed Church and the National  Association of Evangelicals. The name International, as is well known to anyone experienced in the literature, is a code word meaning "acceptable for conservatives and fundamentalists." The reason for the existence of the NIV is not, and never was, that it was in any way better, or had better principles of translation, or better scholarship behind it, or that it had solved the problem of style as between archaic "biblical" style and conversational "modern" style. Its reason for existence was purely and simply that it was produced by and for evangelicals and for them only."

The NIV Reconsidered: A Fresh Look at a popular translation by Radmacher & Hodges, "It (the NIV) does not possess either enough accuracy or enough stylistic to replace the versions that preceded  it." p. 132

Accuracy of Translation by Robert Martin, "The NIV is not worthy of becoming the standard version of the English-speaking world." p. 70

The Bible in Translation by Bruce Metzger, "It is surprising that translators [of the NIV] who profess to have 'a high view of Scripture' should take liberties with the text by omitting words or,  more often, by adding words that are not in the manuscripts." p. 140

See also "The Word of God in English - Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation" by Leland Ryken

See also Poor and Misleading Translation in the New International Version (NIV)

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Two Yale Scholars on Philippians 2:6

See also Two Leading Biblical Scholars on John 1:1 

From two Yale scholars (Adele Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins) in the book, King and Messiah as Son of God:

Commentators have debated whether one should translate "did not con equality with God something to be seized" or "something to be held onto tenaciously." Those who choose the latter translation seem to affirm that being in the form of God" is equivalent to "being equal to God." This reading is undercut by the last part of the hymn in which God highly exalts Jesus. If he had been equal to God at the beginning, then he would simply return to that state. The hymn implies that the exaltation is something new and climactic.

 The word translated "something to be seized" here is hARPAGMOS. This exact word does not occur in the Jewish scriptures that were written in or translated into Greek. But members of its word-family occur frequently in these works, and they always have the negative connotation of robbery or taking plunder. Except for the usage of being snatched up to heaven, the word-group usually has a negative connotation in the Greek Pseudepigrapha, Philo, Josephus, and the New Testament. In some cases, plundering is portrayed as the typical activity of rulers. Furthermore, the notion of equality with God on the part of entities that are not aspects of God has a strongly negative connotation in biblical, Jewish, and early Christian literature. Finally, an important cultural context for such imagery is traditions about the typical ruler who is violent and who presumes to take a divine role. Verse 6, therefore, means that, although Christ had a divine form, he did not attempt to make himself equal to God, unlike the typical arrogant ruler.

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Jesus as the Angel of the LORD


The early Fathers of the Church, such as Justin Martyr, identify the angel of the Lord as the pre-incarnate Christ whose appearance (Christophany) is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. On the reason why some early Christians viewed Jesus as the angel of the Lord, Susan Garrett says:

    [The logic behind the] reading of Jesus into accounts of the angel of the LORD went deeper. Many Jews before and during the time of Jesus were deeply interested in angels. Some understood the angel of the LORD as a being completely separate from God—a sort of angelic vizier or righthand angel, who served as head of the heavenly host and in other important capacities, including as a mediator between God and humans. Further, some Jews routinely appropriated language used in Scripture to describe the angel of the LORD and used it to characterize certain of God’s attributes, including God’s word, glory, wisdom, spirit, power, and name—almost as if these aspects of the Deity were themselves independent angels. In other words, quite apart from Christianity there was talk among ancient Jews of God’s word, God’s glory, and so forth in terms highly reminiscent of the angel of the LORD. So, when early Christian authors like Justin Martyr connected Jesus with God’s word and that word, in turn, with the angel of the LORD, they were not inventing from scratch so much as adding a new layer to well-established ways of reading Scripture.[Garrett, Susan R. (2008). No Ordinary Angel: Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims about Jesus. Yale University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-300-14095-8.]

Friday, February 22, 2019

Lost Christianities: 170 PDF Books on Early Christian Sects to Download


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Contents of Disk (created on a Windows computer):

History of the Donatists by David Benedict 1875

A Short history of the Donatists by J. Trevor 1741

Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity by George Fisher 1866

Dictionary of Christian Biography and Sects by Henry Wace 1911

The Origins of Christianity by Charles Biggs 1909

The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries by JB Lightfoot 1875

The Fragments of Heracleon the Gnostic

Buddhist and Christian Gospels - being Gospel parallels from Pali texts reprinted with additions 1914 by Albert Edmunds Volume 1

Buddhist and Christian Gospels - being Gospel parallels from Pali texts reprinted with additions 1914 by Albert Edmunds Volume 2

Origin and History of the Books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal by CE Stowe 1867

A Text-book of the History of Doctrines by Karl Hagenbach 1861 Volume 1

A Text-book of the History of Doctrines by Karl Hagenbach 1861 Volume 2

Lectures on the history of Christian dogmas (1858) Volume 1 by Dr. Augustus Neander

Lectures on the history of Christian dogmas (1858) Volume 2 by Dr. Augustus Neander

Tertullian against Marcion

The Gnostics and Their Remains by CW King 1887

The Belief of the First Three Centuries Concerning Christ's Mission to the underworld by F. Huidekoper 1854

The Life of Apollonius Tyanaeus, with a comparison between the Miracles of Scripture and those elsewhere related, as regards their respective object, nature, and evidence by John Henry Newman 1850


Apollonius of Tyana, and other essays by Thomas Whittaker 1906

A Sketch of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana of the first ten decades of our era by Daniel Tredwell 1886

Apollonius of Tyana, article in the Christian Examiner 1868

Apollonius of Tyana, the Pagan Christ of the 3rd Century by Albert Reville 1866

Apollonius of Tyana, the philosopher-reformer of the first century A.D., a Critical Study of the only existing record of his life, with some account of the war of opinion concerning him, and an introduction on the religious associations and brotherhoods of the times and the possible influence of Indian thought on Greece by GRS Mead 1901

Apollonius, who lived in the first century, also performed miracles, had disciples, died, and appeared after his death the same as Jesus.

Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Trinitarian Theology in the second, third, and succeeding centuries, and of the manner in which its doctrines gradually supplanted the unitarianism of the primitive church; compiled from the works of various theological and historical writers by James Forrest 1853

Arius the Libyan; a romance of the primitive church by Nathan Chapman Kouns 1914

Studies of Arianism by Henry Melville Gwatkin 1900

The Arians of the Fourth Century by John Henry Newman 1888

The Nestorian monument in China

Pagan Christs by John M Robertson



Nestorius and his Teaching by JF Bethune Baker 1908

Echoes from the Gnosis Volume 1 by GRS Mead 1907

Echoes from the Gnosis Volume 2 by GRS Mead 1907

A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer 1913

The Early Years of Christianity by Edmond Pressense 1871

Christianity in Early Britain by Hugh Williams 1912

The Environment of Early Christianity by Samuel Angus 1915

The Early Conflicts of Christianity by William Kip 1853

The History of Early Christianity by L. Pullan 1898

The Early Days of Christianity by FW Farrar 1885

Phases of Early Christianity, 6 Lectures by JE Carpenter 1916

The Logical Connections of Sabellianism in the Congregational Review 1867

Brief Analysis of the Sects, Heresies, and Writers of the First Three Centuries 1857

History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ by I.A.Dorner 1870 Volume 1

History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ by I.A.Dorner 1870 Volume 2

History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ by I.A.Dorner 1870 Volume 3

The Gospels as Historical Documents Volume 1 by Vincent Henry Stanton 1903

The Gospels as Historical Documents Volume 2 by Vincent Henry Stanton 1903

The Gospels as Historical Documents Volume 3 by Vincent Henry Stanton 1903
"There is other evidence which is, to my mind, even stronger. The Quartodecimans of Asia, in the middle of the second century and later, defended their practice in regard to the observance of Easter by claiming that in this they followed the example of John who had resided amongst them."

THE WRITINGS OF HIPPOLYTUS 1871 (contains Against the Heresy of one Noetus, Fragments of an Anonymous Work against the Heresy of Artemon ascribed by some to Cains...)

The Historical Proofs of Christianity in the Princeton Review 1881
"The Quartodeciman observance in Asia Minor is a topic closely connected with the foregoing. That was on the 14th of Nisan; but what did it commemorate? Many scholars have thought that it was the crucifixion of Jesus. If this be so, it is a direct argument for the interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, which would make the crucifixion on the morning of the day when the lamb was killed and eaten, and at the same time confirms the evangelist's accuracy on this point."

A manual of church history by Albert Henry Newman Volume 1

A manual of church history by Albert Henry Newman Volume 2
Volume 1 has Heretical Sects: Ebionites, Gnostics, Manicheans, Monarchians
Reactionary and Reforming Parties : Montanists Novatianists, Donatists

The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors by Kersey Graves



The Doctrine of the Incarnation (1896) Volume 1 by Robert Ottley

The Doctrine of the Incarnation (1896) Volume 2 by Robert Ottley
(Has chapters on Apollinarianism, Nestorianism and Eutychianism)

History of Dogmas by J Tixeront Volume 2, 1914
Articles on The Beginnings of Judaizing Gnosticism, The Nicolaitans, Cerinthus, Gnosticism, Marcionitism, Tatian and the Encratites, Montanism, Millenarianism etc

Patrology, the lives and works of the Fathers of the Church 1908 by Otto Bardenhewer

Manual of Patrology by Bernard Schmid 1899

A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought Volume 1 1899

A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought Volume 2 1899

A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought Volume 4 1899
(Has sections on Antinomianism, Arianism, Gnosticism, Sabellianism & more)

Historical Presentation of Augustinism and Pelagianism 1840

The Variations of Popery by Samuel Edgar 1848
(Discusses Pelagianism, Monotheletism, Arianism etc)

The Age of the Fathers Volume 1 By William Bright 1903

The Age of the Fathers Volume 2 By William Bright 1903

Pistis Sophia - the Gnostic Gospel 1896

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First 3 Centuries by Adolf von Harnack 1908 Volume 1

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First 3 Centuries by Adolf von Harnack 1908 Volume 1

The Church and its Corrupters in the Apostolic Age, Article in the The Church of England magazine 1839

Fraser's magazine - Criticism and the Gospel History 1864

Recent Statement on the Trinity as the Faith of the Early Christian Fathers - Article in the Unitarian Review 1881

A History of the Corruptions of Christianity 1871

Views of Sabellius, article in The Biblical Repository and Classical Review 1835

An Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age by Edward Burton 1829

Primitive Trinitarianism by Elijah Bailey 1826 (poor quality)

A Manual of Christian doctrine by John S Banks 1897

Principles of Sabellianism, article in The Unitarian Advocate and Religious Miscellany 1830

The Ancient Church by WD Killen 1883

The Theology of the Early Christian Church by James Bennett 1855

A Literary History of Early Christianity, Volume 1 by Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1893 (Ebionites, Gnostics, Monarchianism, Marcion etc)

A Literary History of Early Christianity, Volume 2 by Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1893

Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, Volume 1 by James Hastings 1916

Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, Volume 2 by James Hastings 1916

Burton and the Ebionites, article in The Unitarian Magazine 1834

The Book of Religions by John Hayward 1843

The Key of Truth, a Manual of the Paulician church of Armenia by FC Conybeare 1898

The Arian Controversy by Henry M Gwatkin 1908

Studies of Arianism by Henry M Gwatkin 1900

The Arian Movement in England by J Hay Colligan 1913

A History of the Christian Councils by Charles Joseph Hefele 1894

History of Congregationalism from about A. D. 250 to 1616 by G Punchard 1841

Phallicism Heathen and Christian, its connexion with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics and its foundation in Buddhism by Hargrave Jennings 1884

The Ancient History of Universalism by Hosea Ballou 1842

Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman 1922

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 1 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 2 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 3 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 4 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Early Christianity and Paganism by H Donald M Spence 1902

Early Christianity by SB Black 1914

Memorials of Early Christianity by James G Miall 1853

Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain 1908

The Beginnings of Christianity by George P Fisher 1877

Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Kirsopp Lake 1920

The Social Results of Early Christianity by Charles Schmidt 1885

Early Sources of English Unitarian Christianity by Gaston Bonet-Maury 1884

Early Christianity in Arabia by Thomas Wright 1855

The Dawn of Christianity by Alfred Martin 1914

A Study of Primitive Christianity by Lewis G Janes 1887

Early Christianity outside the Roman Empire by F Crawford Burkitt 1899

The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement by Lyford Paterson Edwards 1919

The Apology and Acts of Apollonius and other Monuments of Early Christianity by FC Conybeare 1894

The Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism by Gerhard Uhlhorn 1908

Judaistic Christianity by Fenton John Anthony Hort 1894

The First Age of Christianity and the Church, Volume 1 by John Ignatius Von Dollinger 1877

The First Age of Christianity and the Church, Volume 2 by John Ignatius Von Dollinger 1877

A Study of the Classic Pagan References to Nascent Christianity by John Robert Brauer 1906

Christianity and Greek Philosophy by BF Cocker 1870

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by TR Glover 1910

The History of Teachings of the Early Church 1893

A Sketch of the History of the Apostolic Church by Oliver J Thatcher 1898

From the Gospel to the Creeds - Studies in the Early History of the Christian Church by William L Sullivan 1919



Montanism and the Primitive Church by John De Soyres 1878

Crises in the Early Church by John Alfred Faulkner 1912

Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions, Volume 1 by Adin Ballou 1870

Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions, Volume 2 by Adin Ballou 1870

Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions, Volume 3 by Adin Ballou 1870

Characteristics of the Early Church by JJ Burke 1899

Studies in Early Church History by Henry T Sell 1906

The Church in the Roman Empire Before AD 170 WM Ramsay 1897

Christian Life in the Primitive Church by Ernst von Dobschutz 1904

The Early Church from Ignatius to Augustine by George Hodges 1915

The Church of the Fathers by John Henry Newman 1840

The Apostolic Age - a Study of the Early Church and its Achievements by William B Hill 1922

History of the Christian Religion to the Year 200 by Charles B Waite 1881

The Pleroma, an Essay on the Origin of Christianity by Paul Carus 1909

The Post-Apostolic Age by Lucius Waterman 1898

History of the Church to A.D. 325 by HN Bate 1907

The Church of the Early Fathers by Alfred Plummer 1913

The Apostolic Age in the Light of Modern Criticism by James Hardy Ropes 1906

Lectures on the Influence of the Apostle Paul on the Development of Christianity by Otto Pfleiderer 1885

The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages upon the Christian Church by Edwin Hatch 1897

The Organization of the Early Christian Churches by Edwin Hatch 1888

Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter 1921

The Evolution of Early Christianity- a genetic study of first-century Christianity in relation to its religious environment by Shirley Case 1920

Christ and other Masters - historical inquiry into some of the chief parallelisms and contrasts between Christianity and the religious systems of the ancient world by Charles Hardwick 1882

A manual of the sects and heresies of the early Christian Church (poor scan) by Thomas Jackson 1835

The Christian Platonists of Alexandria by Charles Bigg 1886

Buddhism in Christendom - Jesus the Essene by Arthur Lillie 1887

Tertullian and the Doctrine of the Trinity, article in The Princeton theological review 1904

Dissertations on the Apostolic Age by JB Lightfoot 1892

The Filioque Controversy, article in The Church quarterly review 1877

Ecce Orienti - an epitome of the history of the ancient Essenes by MW Redding 1870

Dictionary of Sects and Heresies by JH Blunt 1874

A Brief Analysis of the Sects, Heresies, and Writers of the First Three centuries 1857

An historical view of heresies and vindication of the primitive faith by A McFarland 1806

An Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age by Edward Burton 1829

The Angel-Messiah of the Buddhists, Essenes and Christians by Ernest De Bunson 1880

The Essenes: their History and Doctrines by Christian David Ginsburg 1864

Dictionary of Doctrinal and Historical Theology by John Henry Blunt 1870

Canonicity - a Collection of Early Testimonies to the Canonical Books of the New Testament by AH Charteris 1880

A Historical Introduction to the Study of the Books of the New Testament by George Salmon 1889 (THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE QUARTODECIMANS)

Early Christian Doctrine by Leighton Pullan 1899

Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity during the first 325 years, Volume 1, by JL Mosheim 1852

Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity during the first 325 years, Volume 2, by JL Mosheim 1852

Heresy and Christian doctrine by E de Pressensé 1873

A Manual of the History of Dogmas, Volume 1 by BJ Otten 1917

A Manual of the History of Dogmas, Volume 2 by BJ Otten 1917 (Gnosticism, Modalism etc)

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 1 1891

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 2 1891

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 3 1891

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 4 1891 (light scan, often hard to read)

Unitarianism - its Origin and History 1890

Thursday, February 21, 2019

143 Alternative Translations of John 1:1c



This book by Grzegorz Kaszynski [143 translations not rendering theos en ho logos as “the Word was God” (John 1:1)] can be viewed on Scribd by clicking here.

This book is now 196 translations, and it can be viewed on Google Drive

This page will be updated frequently as new additions are found.

You can also download this book by clicking here

The latest addition is in French:

À l’origine, le Logos était,
le Logos était auprès de Dieu
et dieu était le Logos. ~Didier FONTAINE Évangile de Jean

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Defending Rolf Furuli's Book on Translation


Webmaster: The following is my (very old) review of James Stewart's review of Professor Furuli's book, The Role of Theology and Bias in Bible Translation. The reason for a review of this review is that it posted in many places in order to undermine the New World Translation, and anyone who dares come to its defense. This was posted initially on amazon.com, and then used by permission on other sites with an anti-JW agenda. It should be noted that of the ten reviews listed of this book on amazon for Furuli's book, this was the only negative one, a the time

James Stewart: If you are looking for a book on The Role of Theology and Bias in Bible Translation, (in my opinion) you won't find it here. This book claims to be, "...a philological and linguistic approach to the issues, rather than a theological one."(Page xvii)
On page 155, Mr. Furuli states,
As we proceed with our discussion, we should keep in mind that the following section of this chapter (or any other part in this book) is not written to defend the renditions of the NWT or the arguments behind them.
Again on page 292 he states,
There is therefore, a need for literal Bible translations with extensive footnotes and appendices, so as to inform the reader of the different choices that have been made on his or her behalf. Because the NWT is just such a translation, it was chosen as the object of our study.
Mr. Furuli does state in note 8 on page xvii, "Any work will, to a certain extent, be colored by the author's theology, this is of course also the case with this book." This is too weak of an admission. What you find is a book that should have been entitled 'New World Translation Defended.'  This book picks out three books critical of the New World Translation to refute. These three books are Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and The Gospel of John by Robert M. Bowman, Jr.; The Jehovah's Witnesses' New Testament [Out of print] by R.H. Countess; and So Many Versions [Out of print] by S. Kubo and W.F. Specht.
Considering the author's claims of providing an objective analysis, it is surprising that he attempts to refute books that are critical of the New World Translation.

Reply: Well, the book IS subtitled "With a special look at the New World Translation of Jehovah's Witnesses." The Introduction explains further:
"The Bible translation chosen as the object of study in this book is The New World Translation. As of 1996, 91 million copies have been printed in 16 languages. It is quite different from the mainline translations in its dynamic renderings of Greek and Hebrew verbs, in its many novel renderings of traditional and familiar terms, and in its renderings of passages traditionally used as evidence for the trinity doctrine. It is extremely literal, closely following the sentence structure of Hebrew and Greek, but at the same time has several elegant, idiomatic renderings. The quality of the translation, however, is widely disputed. Thus we have an ideal situation for study: A modern, literal Bible translation that, more than any other translation, is accused of being dogmatic, biased and at times even dishonest. A study of this translation and of the criticisms brought against it will throw light on how theology and bias influence Bible translation and the readers dependence upon the translators." p. xvi
Didn't Mr. Stewart read this??

James Stewart: This book is just a Jehovah's Witness apologetic. In the description of the author, it does not state that he is one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Reply: I own hundreds of books on Bible translation, and Bible theology. Few, and I mean few authors actually list the demomination that they belong to. They will, however, list their credentials, just as Rolf Furuli has:
"The Author: Rolf Furuli has earned his B.A. and mag.art degrees from the University of Oslo, Norway, with an emphasis on Hebrew. He has also studied Accadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Greek, Latin, Middle Egyptian, Syriac and Ugaritic, and has done postgraduate studies in applied linguistics and semantics. At present he is a lecturer in Semitic languages at the University of Oslo, and is also working on a project where the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient inscriptions are studied with the goal of redefining the verbal system of classical Hebrew."
Why should he be held to a different standard than other academic works? Is it because Stewart works under the assumption that any author that is a member of a mainstream church will not have biased thoughts clouded by theology, and that anyone who is a JW is naturally a liar and cannot work beyond his commitment to "Mother" or the "Borg?" Judging from his comments below, prejudice is hard to dismiss.

James: On pages XV and 45, he states that translation is interpretation. On page 27, he criticizes the TEV for some of its translations of SARX stating, ...thus, the interpreting is done for the reader, when it should be done by the reader.
But didn't he say that translation is interpretation (rhetorical question)?

Reply: The difference is the level of interpretation involved, as is pointed out even in other books:
"The dynamic equivalence translator tends to be relatively unrestrained in his theologizing. What a formal equivalence [Literal] translator generally does only as a matter of necessity [hence Rolf's "interpretation" on pp. xv and 45], the dynamic equivalence translator often does as a matter of choice." [See page 27 of Rolf's book]
P. 70, Accuracy of Translation-The Primary Criterion of Evaluating Bible Versions with Special Reference to the New International Version.
As explained, "human nature" is not the meaning of SARX. "It is not demanded by the context; it is an expression of the translators views." AND THEN, Professor Furuli goes on to equate this meaning of "interpretation" as "paraphrase", all of this still on page 27. Did the reviewer even read the entire book?

James: Again on page 31, he states, Idiomatic translations convey words that represent the interpretations of the  translators. Literal translations convey concepts that the readers can interpret. But didn't he say that translation is interpretation (rhetorical question)?

Reply: There is a point that Stewart failed to grasp in reading this book. The reader takes part in the interpretation process.
As explained by Professor Duthie:
"If you belong to a small group of serious students of the Bible who are trying to appreciate to learn the Hebrew or Greek languages, then you will appreciate the value of a 'crib' or 'gloss' translation, especially an interlinear one, or a relatively word-for-word one like the NASB, KJ2, NWT, YOUNG, DARBY, RV, DOUAY, Concordant." p. 67, Bible Translations and How to Choose Between Them by Alan S. Duthie [emphasis his]
"for detailed word-studies and similar interests in the original languages, we suggest either a very literal version like NAS, NWT, LTB-KJ2; or preferably an interlinear version [Kingdom {Interlinear Translation}, Marshall]. p. 225, How to Choose Your Bible Wisely, Duthie
With a literal translation as the NWT, the reader becomes the Dynamic Equivalent translator or Paraphraser, and hence, becomes the interpreter. The reader though loses out on this when he resorts to using a Bible like the TEV, CEV, the Message, etc. He is not given the opportunity to think for himself how the passage should be interpreted, but has allowed himself to be spoon-fed by a borg-like, mother-like translator. Others have no problem seeing this. Speaking of the NIV, Radmacher and Bible translator Zane Hodges write:
"It [the NIV] is trying to do the work of a commentary. Yet this is really not a translator's task. A version of the Bible cannot try to eliminate the need for elaborations of meaning which commentators provide, or for the information found in Bible dictionaries. Here the NIV oversteps its proper role." P. 40, The NIV Reconsidered, by Earl Radmacher and Zane C. Hodges
Robert L. Thomas, Professor of New Testament-The Master's Seminary, states:
A certain degree of interpretation is unavoidable, no matter how hard the translator tries to exclude it. Yet a  characteristic of formal equivalence is its effort to avoid interpretation as much as possible by transferring directly from the surface structure of the source language to the surface structure of the receptor language. By omitting the step of analysis that is built into the D-E approach, interpretation can be excluded to a much higher degree. Since D-E intentionally incorporates interpretation, it obviously has a significantly higher degree of interpretation than formal equivalence and is in a much stronger sense a system of hermeneutics than is formal equivalence.
P. 6, DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE: A METHOD OF TRANSLATION OR A SYSTEM OF HERMENEUTICS?
Perhaps it is time for James Stewart to get on the same page.

James: On page 42, he states that Nida & Taber's translation (interpretation) of Eph. 1:4 is forced upon the reader. But this is a two-edged sword. The New World Translation of Eph. 1:4 is forced upon the reader.

Reply: The reference here is regarding the words PRO KATABOLHS KOSMOU, which the NWT-1950, NRSV, NKJV, NAB, Byington, NASB, Perschbacher, KJV, Zerwick, Douay, Thayer's, Robertson, BAGD, HCSB, Lattimore, RSV, LITV, MKJV, ESV, YLT, render "foundation of the world," the NWT-1984, Thayer's, Strong's, BAGD and Rotherham render "founding of the world," while Moffatt and the New Berkeley Version prefer "before the world was founded." But Nida & Taber recommended the translation of "(God) creates the world." Now tell me, honestly, which one is *forced.* The DE translator has very little use for word-study, and discourages its target audience away from lexical references:
"The 1986 work by de Waard and Nida does refer to standard tools of lexicography, but it casts them in a negative light. Traditional bilingual dictionaries are labeled as deficient because they depend almost entirely on  "glosses," i.e. surface structure transfer of meanings. The same authors criticize Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich-Danker for being very unsystematic and in failing to cover the ranges of meaning of individual words. It is evident from these criticisms that the analysis step in the D-E process covers the same ground that has traditionally been covered by exegesis, an exegesis based on principles of interpretation that compose the field of hermeneutics." Page 5 DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE: A METHOD OF TRANSLATION OR A SYSTEM OF HERMENEUTICS?
James: The largest problem with all of this is that he is contradicting his organization! In The Watchtower, 7/1/73,
page 402, it stated,
Only this organization functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his praise. To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book.
And, in The Watchtower, 10/1/67, page 587, it stated,
Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible. For this reason, the Bible cannot be properly understood without Jehovah's visible organization in mind.

Reply: So...what is it? Is he or is he not a JW apologist? If the above, according to Stewart, proves that Furuli is "contradicting his organization" then he is not a JW, and your entire review was in vain.
When we look at the context of the above quotes, we get the following from the WT67:
"All the Law or Torah that Jehovah inspired Moses to write was for this theocratic organization of Israel. So were all the other books that now comprise the Hebrew Scriptures, or the “Old Testament” as some persons refer to them. But over fifteen centuries later, Paul, himself an Israelite and an apostle of Jesus Christ, wrote concerning these books that make up three-quarters of our Bible: “For all the things that were written aforetime were written for our instruction, that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Rom. 15:4) By this, Paul meant that the Bible, as an instruction book for the theocratic organization of Israel, had now become a book of instructions for the organization of the Christian congregation.
 As the canon of books of God’s Word was expanded and the Christian Greek Scriptures were added to complete the Bible, each book was written directly to the Christian congregation or to a member of the Christian congregation in its behalf."
I can agree with those comments, can't you.

The WT73 goes on to quote"
"For it is to us God has revealed them through his spirit, for the spirit searches into all things, even the deep things of God." (1 Cor. 2:10)
It seems to me that most fundamental and mainstream Christian groups make the same claim, often at the point of deriding other groups to prop their supposed superiority:
"if you present the Bible verses to them, they will not hear them. They are not capable of hearing them. They do not have the Holy Spirit living inside them to bring that understanding."
http://home.earthlink.net/~defender/de01018.htm 
"The Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to glorify Jesus—an indication that they do not have the Holy Spirit."
http://www.mission.org/jesuspeople/cultofjw.htm 
"The unsaved cannot really grasp spiritual teachings because they are not born again and do not have the Holy Spirit within to teach them these things."
http://www.gracenet.org/gnhtml/PEBhtml/PEB1.html 
From a Catholic Website:
"We have found, in our own personal experiences, that Baptists and other so-called fundamentalists are among the least receptive to the fullness of the Gospel message, because they labor under the false impression that they, alone among Christians, adhere to the basic doctrines set forth in the Bible."
http://members.aol.com/uticacw/baptist/bibletruth.html 
"This [the NWT] has obviously been changed to support their belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but not God the Son. At this point you have to ask yourself, why do they do this? The answer is that they are not saved and do not have the Holy Spirit dwelling within them."
http://associate.com/ministry_files/The_Reading_Room/False_Teaching_n_Teachers_3/What_Is_A_Cult.shtml 
"Unfortunately, the pope does not teach rightly. He teaches contrary to God's Word, thus revealing that he disobeys God, whose Word proclaims that the Holy Spirit is given ONLY to those that OBEY God."
http://www.localline2.com/~nicholas/page6.htm
Critics of Jehovah's Witnesses are often talking out of both sides of their mouths.

Even Radmacher and Hodges, quoted above, admit that Evangelicals have a superiority complex:
"In today's evangelical world, biblical scholars are the new class of 'priests' who hold in their hands the 'secret' knowledge which the average lay person cannot himself comprehend. To be told that a translation is done by a large array of evangelical scholars may impart to that translation an aura of authority that it does not actually deserve."
p. 23, The NIV Reconsidered
James: One glaring deficiency in this book is no discussion of the concepts of 'marked' and 'unmarked' meanings of words. This is fundamental to any book on translation. If you want to read a real book on Bible translation, Mr. Furuli  references two books I would highly recommend. They are "The Theory and Practice of Translation by" E.A. Nida & C.R. Taber published by Leiden: Brill, 1974 and From One Language to Another by J. de Waard & E.A. Nida published by Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1986.

Reply: It would have been nice if James would have expanded on how deficient Professor Furuli's book is in this regard, and how the host of other books on Bible translation have remarked on this. The accusation is made, and left open. The end.

Perhaps more reading into "presuppositional pools" and how many are incorporating a later theology into an earlier text is demanded.

At any rate, Stewart's review is unfair and discriminatory. Incorporating quotes from old Watchtowers into a work that is not a Watchtower magazine apologetic is unwarranted, especially when it really had nothing to do with the subject at hand. It was just a chance for Stewart to appeal to a myopic mindset hell-bent on placing his lessers in a bad light, thereby creating a distinction of superiority for others, in that, "We would never say such a thing." All in all, it was inappropriate, and frankly, disturbing. In doing this he has placed himself into the realm of pseudo-scholarship as we have seen in Walter Martin, Ankerberg & Weldon, Gail Riplinger, Peter Ruckman, Ron Rhodes, and a host of others.