chapter 9
1 Ezekiel 1:4 through 1:24.
chapter 14
1 The Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith–History, 1:17.
2 Ibid., 1:17.
3 Ibid., 1:19.
4 Ibid., 1:34.
5 Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons (Periodical of the Mormon), 1 March 1842.
6 Joseph Smith, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, vol. 4, p. 461.
7 Nephi, Book 2, 5:21.
chapter 20
1 From Temple Mormonism: Its Evolution and Meaning, W. M. Pagden (New York, 1930). Quoted from on-line sources.
2 Ibid.
chapter 22
1 The full text can be viewed at www.2think.org/hundredsheep/voh/voh_main.shtml
2 History of Joseph Smith by his mother, p. 83, 1954.
3 For an extensive discussion of Joe’s First Vision disparities see Mormonism, Shadow or Reality?, Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987, chapter 8.
4 It was eventually published as ‘New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision’, in BYU Studies, vol 9, spring 1969, p. 278ff. Also included in The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, Dean C. Jessee. How the ‘Strange Account’ came to be published is documented in Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? (as above).
5 Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, p. 5.
chapter 26
1 Deseret News, 19 May 1858, quoted from Under the Banner of Heaven, John Krakauer, Macmillan 2003, p. 118.
2 Main source is Under the Banner of Heaven, John Krakauer, chapter 11, ‘The Principle’, pp. 15–33.
3 Under the Banner of Heaven, p. 125.
4 In a speech given to the citizens of Nauvoo, ibid, p. 122.