Craig s church callings included elders quorum president, gospel doctrine teacher, ward clerk, and nursery leader. Craig criddle2009who really wrote the book of mormon. Out of the top matches, we discovered a book called the late war between the united states and great britain, a scriptural style account of the war of 1812 published in new york in 1816. Infants on thrones interview with craig criddle, monday, october 14th, 20 who wrote the book of mormon part 2. Criddle s investigations contributed to a 2008 wordprint study of the spaldingrigdon claims the results of which were. Jockers, witten, and criddle 2 draft preprint of reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta and nearest shrunken centroid classification. When i first started investigating how the book of mormon was written, i thought this theory was compelling. Farnham, travels in the great western prairies, the anahuac and rocky mountains, and in the oregon territory, poughkeepsie, new york. Reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta andnearestshrunken centroid classification.
Reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta and. Ep 27 who wrote the book of mormon part 2 october 14, 20 glenn ostlund 7 comments glenn and randy continue the discussion on who wrote the book of mormon and are joined by dr. Campbellite doctrine in the book of mormon beggars bread. Reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta. Mosiah priority is a theory about the creation of the book of mormon arguing that the original manuscript began not with 1 nephi found at the beginning of the book of mormon, but midway through, starting with mosiah. The battle over mormonleaks two websites with one name and. Wikipedia article on the stonecampbell restorationist movement wikipedia article on alexander. The goal was to offer the public new evidence that the book of mormon. Stanford professor craig criddle believes that can be done and has compiled his investigative findings into a 2009 powerpoint lecture running some 90 minutes in length. Craig criddle s presentation at the exmo conference by randy butterfield on fri oct 30, 2009 12. Criddle, the primary inspiration for the study, is a former mormon who has long advocated the theory that sidney rigdon and solomon spalding were the real authors of the book of mormon. The theory that sidney rigdon was the true author of the book of mormon first appeared in print in an august 31, 1831.
Mormonleaks is a research project that seeks to reconstruct the authentic narrative of the origins of the mormon canon by combining macroanalytic computing tools with contemporary historical evidence. Joseph smith was to translate the book of mormon, and sidney rigdon was to take it, and gather israel. Our goal is to shed new light on historical and textual claims widely represented as truth within the mormon community. Craig criddle has also written extensively in support of the spalding explanation. Craig criddle 2009who really wrote the book of mormon.
Part of the research includes a wordprint study that attempts to show which chapters in the book of mormon. Glenn and randy continue the discussion on who wrote the book of mormon and are joined by dr. Selections from the old book of mormon studies homepage provide unique information and intriguing possibilities. Reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta and nearest shrunken centroid classification. I also summarized 24 pieces of evidence, pointing to sidney rigdon as a key contributor and likely mastermind for the 1830 version of the book of mormon. Before mormonism an online library of early texts origins of the book of mormon a presentation by craig criddle, oct. What can stylometry tell us about book of mormon authorship. The case against rigdon, spalding, pratt, cowdery, et al. The research is interesting, but it looks like theres a.
Also, since i gave the exmo conference talk in october, we have retested the book of mormon, including this new material as a signal for smith. D, is a professor and senior fellow, woods institute for the environment, stanford university. Not only has the msm ignored the book, even some prominent conservative talk. Matthew jockers center for digital research in the. Narrative for the book of mormon video clips exmormon conference, salt lake. The historical records reveal a small pool of candidate authors collaborating in western new york and northern ohio to create the mormon scriptures. Tracking authorship through the book of mormon spalding first, rigdon second, cowdery third by craig criddle. Authorship of the book of mormon using delta and nearest. The goal was to offer the public new evidence that the book of mormon, the churchs foundational scripture, was not an ancient record. The historical case against sidney rigdons authorship of. Ex mormon rants mormon truth interviews mormon truth podcastmy original mormon truth stories with demon of.
So says a new computerassisted authorship study out of stanford. Creating the book of mormon 8 oct 2005 craig criddle life sketch of sidney rigdon made for moores new yorker in 1967 image provided courtesy of dale broadhurst. By the early 90s, craig had basically left the church intellectually, and he began an investigation of the origins of the book of mormon in 2000. This project is the result of painstaking effort on the part of matt jockers, daniela m. My article campbellite doctrine in the book of mormon briefly discusses where many of the above doctrines can be found in the book of mormon. Ancient prophets on the american continent kept records over many centuries, and then the prophethistorian mormon compiled the records onto gold plates. The history of sidney rigdon the history of joseph smith. In the first essay i discussed why authorship of the book of mormon is important, how bias affects the analysis, and i critiqued some of the major authorship theories.
Mormonleaks is a research project that seeks to reconstruct the authentic narrative of the origins of the mormon canon by combining macroanalytic computing tools with contemporary historical evidence the historical records reveal a small pool of candidate authors collaborating in western new york and northern ohio to create the mormon. Who wrote the book of mormon part 2 infants on thrones. In 1888, walter sidney rigdon sidney rigdons grandson said that his grandfathers role in fabrication of the book of mormon was a family secret. Openmormon view topic craig criddles presentation at. Dec 09, 2008 a new wordprint study on the book of mormon breathes new life to a longchallenged theory for book of mormon authorship, the theory that its real author was solomon spalding secretly assisted by sidney rigdon. Lies, expletive deleted lies, and statistics fairmormon.
I offer you the following information for your consideration. We believe that the time has come for a candid conversation about the origins of the book of mormon and the rise of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Lies, expletive deleted lies, and statistics december 14, 2008 by steven danderson i recently perfunctorily read a new study written by three stanford university professors, titled reassessing authorship of the book of mormon. Spaldingrigdon theory of book of mormon authorship. Craig criddle, a professor at stanford university who believes the book of mormon. Spaldingrigdon theory of book of mormon authorship wikipedia. I really appreciate a comment by chris spencer on my previous post dueling wordprint studies. Mormonleaks is a research project that seeks to reconstruct the authentic narrative of the origins of the mormon canon by combining macroanalytic computing tools with contemporary historical evidence the historical records reveal a small pool of candidate authors collaborating in western new york and northern ohio to create the mormon scriptures. By the early 90s, craig had basically left the church intellectually, and he began an investigation of the origins of the book of mormon. In october 20, the authors conducted a data analysis comparing the book of mormon to over 100,000 books from the pre1830s era. For the past year or so, ive mentioned that information regarding book of mormon authorship would be forthcoming.
He maintained this in spite of extensive problems with the theory that has led some critics of the book of mormon. Sidney rigdon embraced mormonism without much investigation. According to mosiah priority, after the text of mosiah through the end of the book of mormon. This first article explains what stylometry is and gives readers a short history of stylometric studies performed on the book of mormon. Craig criddle evidence of rigdons involvement with the book of mormon manuscript. Supplementary data for reassessing authorship of the book of. The goal was to offer the public new evidence that the book of mormon, the churchs foundational scripture, was not an ancient record translated into english by founder joseph smith. The theory first appeared in print in the book mormonism unvailed, published in 1834 by e. Dale broadhurst spalding book of mormon textual parallels, plus an important study of unique word parallels. Stanford professor craig criddle believes that can be. Craig criddle is a professor and senior fellow, woods institute for the environment, stanford university, having taught at stanford since 1998.
The spaldingrigdon theory of book of mormon authorship is the theory that the book of mormon was plagiarized in part from an unpublished manuscript written by solomon spalding. Part of the research includes a wordprint study that attempts to show which chapters in the book of mormon were likely written by rigdon, cowdery, spalding, or parley p. What he learned about church origins contributed significantly to a divorce. Book of mormon authorship update from craig criddle post by mcb. Pdf reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta. The historical case against sidney rigdons authorship of the. Pratt, and oliver cowdery somehow colluded to write the book of mormon based. Book of mormon authorship update from craig criddle. The historical case against sidney rigdons authorship of the book of mormon. Craig criddles address at the exmormon foundation october 2009.
A few weeks ago when i asked about theories of joseph as a savant, i was. Feb 19, 2010 the inclusion of all the words is yet another indicator of the robustness of the findings. Examining a misapplication of nearest shrunken centroid. Creating the book of mormon, epaper, originally published 8 october 2005.
Craig criddle s address at the ex mormon foundation october 2009. The lord had said, in the book of mormon, that he would raise up to joseph smith a spokesman. He maintained this in spite of extensive problems with the theory that has led some critics of the book of mormon to abandon this theory as hopeless. Mormon discussions view topic book of mormon authorship. Somehow, he and dan vogel used this data to bolster their claims that joseph smith must have written the book of mormon. The theory that sidney rigdon was the true author of the book of mormon first appeared in print in an august 31, 1831, article by james gordon bennett, who had visited palmyramanchester area and. According to the spaldingrigdon theory, the book of mormon is the product of a pious fraud perpetrated by sidney.
Dec 14, 2008 lies, expletive deleted lies, and statistics december 14, 2008 by steven danderson i recently perfunctorily read a new study written by three stanford university professors, titled reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using delta and nearest shrunken centroid classification, and published in the latest issue of the journal. Draft preprint of reassessing authorship of the book of mormon using. Authorship who really wrote the book of mormon video presentation on the spauldingrigdon theory at the 2009 exmormon foundation conference additional resources. Jun 18, 2015 i know of three theories on how the book of mormon was written.
Craig criddle s presentation at the exmo conference by johndehlin on thu oct 29, 2009 3. In that post, i had discussed a controversial study completed by stanford researchers mathew jockers, daniela witten, and craig criddle who concluded that 57% the book of mormon. Craig criddle evidence of rigdons involvement with the book of mormon. Parallels with the bible, roman history, and other sources. No other book, aside from the first book of napoleon, approaches the density of rare phrases 4grams, specifically that are shared by the book of mormon. Mormon prophet joseph smith 18051844 claimed that more than twodozen ancient. Part 1 of craig criddle s 2009 ex mormon conference presentation.
Book of mormon authorship update from craig criddle page. I really appreciate a comment by chris spencer on my previous post dueling wordprint studies in that post, i had discussed a controversial study completed by stanford researchers mathew jockers, daniela witten, and craig criddle who concluded that 57% the book of mormon was authored by sidney rigdon and solomon spaulding. Day saints lds coauthors a book with two other prominent scholars proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that. The strength of the argument that the book of mormon is a remix of the late war rests on the cumulative improbability of finding all of these phrases somewhere else. One of the theories concerning book of mormon authorship is that somehow sidney rigdon, parley p. Young sidney rigdon seeking fame and fortune through religion. Including all of the words of one of the most repeated signature phrases of the book of mormon as evidenced by mark twains description of it when it is not a feature of spaldings work would be pretty risky if the study was actually a set up. Mormon prophet joseph smith 180544 claimed that more than twodozen ancient individuals nephi, mormon, alma, etc. Pratt as key players in the authorship of the book of mormon. The battle over mormonleaks two websites with one name. Craig criddle and ryan mcknight have a lot in common.
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