Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Joseph Smith
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Joseph (1805–44) US religious leader and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons). In 1827, according to his own account, he was led by divine revelation to find the sacred texts written by the prophet Mormon, which he later translated and published as the Book of Mormon in 1830. He founded the Mormon Church in the same year and established a large community in Illinois, of which he became mayor. He was murdered by a mob while in prison awaiting trial for conspiracy.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. By Richard Lyman...linked spiritual with earthly power. Joseph Smith's revelations led him to establish...foibles into "triumphant in the making." Joseph Smith remains a human who at times lies, loses...
|
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
|
Books on Joseph Smith
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/1/2005; ; 638 words
; Twelve books on Joseph Smith (recent, new and in the works) "Joseph Smith: the Man, the Mission...Stories from the Life of Joseph Smith," by Richard E. Turley and...stories of the prophet. "Joseph Smith: Praise to the Man...
|
|
|
Joseph Smith's complexity a tough test for scholars
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...historians have invariably portrayed Joseph Smith as either a money-digger and...inspired?" added Remini. But as Joseph Smith is examined and re-examined through...past. There are many histories of Joseph Smith, as many as there are authors...
|
|
|
Magazine gets an F for Joseph Smith picture
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Latter-day Saints doing a double take. A photo of Joseph F. Smith mistakenly accompanied a description of Joseph...is not LDS and wasn't able to identify either Joseph Smith Jr. or Joseph F. by their photos, but took a stab at it anyway...
|
|
|
D.C. opens arms to Joseph Smith
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON -- In late 1839, Joseph Smith, leader of the still- fledgling...examining different aspects of Joseph Smith's life and legacy. The event...preacher Jonathan Edwards. The Joseph Smith bicentennial conference came...
|
|
|
MormonTimes.com: Joseph Smith Papers will change landscape, editor says
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...seven-year development of the Joseph Smith Papers Project was a highlight...to be the go-to source about Joseph Smith in academia -- not just among...volume has to do with the world Joseph Smith lived in that would have encouraged...
|
|
|
'Joseph Smith' filming proceeds at a fast clip
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/26/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Previous church films about Smith -- "The First Vision...Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith Jr.," has been...Theatre of the renovated Joseph Smith Memorial Building in July...Elder Hallstrom said "Joseph Smith: Prophet of the...
|
|
Dec. 23 marks Joseph Smith's birthday
News Wire article from: University Wire; 12/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...inspired. The man is the prophet Joseph Smith, who, with the help of God...his eyes beheld thee, my son: [Joseph Smith, Jr.] his heart rejoiced and...eternal significance. Because Joseph Smith was in direct communication with...
|
|
|
Joseph Smith celebration tonight
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/23/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...visitors center at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial...anniversary of the birth of Joseph Smith. The LDS prophet...being placed upon Joseph Smith, and during the Christmas...reality of Jesus Christ than Joseph Smith, the prophet...
|
|
Was Joseph Smith for Real?(19th-century founder of Mormonism)
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; Joseph Smith, the nineteenth-century prophet and...the night of September 21-22, 1823, Joseph Smith saw what he described as a spirit or angel...box in a hill near his father's farm. Joseph Smith was given a vision of the hill...
|
|
Joseph Smith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joseph Smith Joseph Smith (1805-1844), American religious leader, was the founder of...the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. On Dec. 23, 1805, Joseph Smith was born in Vermont; in 1816 his family migrated to western New...
|
|
Smith, Joseph (1805-1844)
Book article from: American Eras
Joseph Smith (1805-1844) Sources Mormon prophet Family Background...by contemporaries and later writers about the person of Joseph Smith. He was born in Western New York to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, the third of eight children...
|
|
Smith, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Smith, Joseph (1805–44),founder of the...plates. After the angel delivered them to Smith (1827), he moved to Pennsylvania and...Brigham Young, moved to Utah (1847). Joseph Smith (1832–1914), his son...
|
|
Arthur (Smith), Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Arthur [Smith], Joseph (1848–1906), playwright. One of the most successful turn‐of‐the‐century melodramatists...
|
|
August, Joseph H.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
AUGUST, Joseph H. Cinematographer. Nationality...of Mining. Family: Son: Joseph August, Jr. Career: 1911...of Luke McVane ) (Hart and Smith—short); The Imposter...Two Gun Hicks ) (Hart and Smith—short); Pinto...
|
