The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents: Volume 5: October 1835 - January 1838

by Brent M. Rogers, Danny Burns' Defectors, The Farangs, Steven C. Harper, Deon Nox, Alexander L. Baugh

Overview

The fifth volume of the Documents series, to be published in spring 2017, contains revelations, discourses, prayers, legal documents, personal letters, a map, and banknotes, among other documents. The volume chronicles a period in Joseph Smith’s life marked by both exuberance and turbulence. Specific topics addressed in these documents include the completion of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio, and the attendant endowment of power; the forced migration of the Latter-day Saints from Clay County, Missouri; the economic collapse in Kirtland in 1837; and Joseph Smith’s attempts to overcome dissent in the church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629735641
Publisher:	The Church Historian's Press
Publication date:	05/15/2017
Series:	The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Brent M. Rogers is a historian for the Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.; Elizabeth A. Kuehn is a historian for the Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.; Christian K. Heimburger is a historian for the Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.; Steven C. Harper is a historian for the Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.; Max H Parkin is a retired instructor for the Latter-day Saint Institute of Religion at the University of Utah.; Alexander L. Baugh was born and raised in Logan, Utah. He completed a master's degree at BYU in history in 1986 with an emphasis in western American and Mormon history. He became a full-time faculty member in Religious Education at BYU after completing his PhD in American history. In addition to his professorship, he also serves as a co-director of research for the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University. Professor Baugh and his family reside in Highland, Utah.