A new biography finds both “prophet” and “scoundrel” in Joseph Smith | Episode 394
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A new biography finds both “prophet” and “scoundrel” in Joseph Smith | Episode 394

2025-06-04
In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a bigger fish to pursue, namely Joseph Smith, the “white whale” of Mormon history, the religious icon who gave birth to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Turner’s voyage is now complete and the resulting book, “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet,” is available this month. Infused with the latest scholarsh...
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