tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post8283171946609790283..comments2024-01-17T03:54:39.225-05:00Comments on Hieing to Kolob: Letters From a Learned ManBored in Vernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-21945337252732474822008-03-24T14:31:00.000-04:002008-03-24T14:31:00.000-04:00Sorry so long. Ashurst-McGee's thesis is avai...Sorry so long. Ashurst-McGee's thesis is available electronically from UMI if you are close to a university that has access.<br><br>From memory, it is the spectacles for the 116 pages, then white stone only to go back to his brown stone for the balance. His analysis is great. Definitely a must read.J. Stapleyhttp://www.splendidsun.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-5286560806828420102008-03-23T07:17:00.001-04:002008-03-23T07:17:00.001-04:00Sanford--still googling...brbSanford--still googling...brbBored in Vernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-13969672169993425262008-03-23T06:57:00.000-04:002008-03-23T06:57:00.000-04:00J--I would LOVE to "see Mark Ashurst-McGee&qu...J--I would LOVE to "see Mark Ashurst-McGee"s thesis! (I'll put it on the list for the next time I am at USU.) Have you read it? Do you know what conclusions he has made about which stones/spectacles were used when?Bored in Vernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-69055380506130769962008-03-20T23:10:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:10:00.000-04:00BiV – a couple of questions 1) In JS-H 1:63 - 65 J...BiV – a couple of questions 1) In JS-H 1:63 - 65 Joseph uses the account of Martin Harris. The account even uses quotation marks. Do you know the source of the original quote or was that simply Joseph’s recollection of what he heard from Martin Harris? 2) Are the two Anton letters the only other accounts of the incident from participants? Did Martin Harris ever talk about it? Did anyone else close to the events discuss it? and 3) Does the fact that the Smith/Harris account is scripture make it accurate?<br><br>I realize you’re not a scholar but I am enjoying watching you work through this. Good luck.Sanfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276948499916713520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-75667953886844712902008-03-19T20:27:00.000-04:002008-03-19T20:27:00.000-04:00For a detailed analysis of the extant translation ...For a detailed analysis of the extant translation accounts including a parsing of which stones/spectacles were used when, see Mark Ashurst-McGee, "A Pathway to Prophethood: Joseph Smith Junior as Rodsman, Village Seer, and Judeo-Christian Prophet" (MA thesis, Utah States University, 2000).J, Stapleyhttp://www.splendidsun.comnoreply@blogger.com