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Joseph Smith Jr Reappraisals After Two Centuries

Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith

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Brodhead, RH
January 1, 2009

This chapter finds that by contextualizing Smith's history as prophetic autobiography alongside Nat Turner's, uncannily similar aspects emerge. As a result, what the chapter calls a history of prophetism takes shape that delineates some of the forms and tragic consequences of prophetic selfassertion. The implications may be translatable across a spectrum of times and cultures.

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Brodhead, R. H. (2009). Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith. In Joseph Smith Jr Reappraisals After Two Centuries. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195369786.003.002
Brodhead, R. H. “Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith.” In Joseph Smith Jr Reappraisals After Two Centuries, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195369786.003.002.
Brodhead RH. Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith. In: Joseph Smith Jr Reappraisals After Two Centuries. 2009.
Brodhead, R. H. “Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith.” Joseph Smith Jr Reappraisals After Two Centuries, 2009. Scopus, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195369786.003.002.
Brodhead RH. Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith Jr Reappraisals After Two Centuries. 2009.

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January 1, 2009