Walking on water : Joseph Smith, Jemima Wilkinson, and the folklore of religious imposture, 2006

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The work Walking on water : Joseph Smith, Jemima Wilkinson, and the folklore of religious imposture, 2006 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Brigham Young University. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Manuscript, Books.

Label

Walking on water : Joseph Smith, Jemima Wilkinson, and the folklore of religious imposture, 2006

Title remainder

Joseph Smith, Jemima Wilkinson, and the folklore of religious imposture

Inclusive dates

2006

Creator

• Thayne, Stanley Jame

Subject

• College students' writings, American -- Utah | Provo
• Smith, Joseph, Jr, 1805-1844 -- Legends
• Folklore -- United States

Genre

• Folklore
• College students' writings, American
• Legends

Language

eng

Summary

Thayne examines the purported accounts of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as staging a walking-on-water demonstration as an act of his power as a Prophet of God. Through the following of many folktales and legends as recorded by those who lived in areas in question in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds, Thayne seeks to give these account a proper place as entertaining folk legends, as apposed to historical truth

Biography type

contains biographical information

Biographical or historical data

Thayne was born and raised in Orem, Utah as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thayne attended Brigham Young University, where he quickly gained a strong interest in LDS history.

Cataloging source

UPB

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction