Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon[1] is a 1985 book by David Persuitte.

It provides detailed biographical information about Joseph Smith and background information about the origin of the Book of Mormon.

In the book, Persuitte provides a large number of parallels in support of the idea that Joseph Smith used an earlier work, View of the Hebrews, as a source of ideas in creating the Book of Mormon.

[2] One FARMS reviewer, L. Ara Norwood, dubbed Persuitte's book anti-Mormon.

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