About Stan Spencer

Stan Spencer earned a BS from Brigham Young University and a PhD from Claremont Graduate University, both in botany. He has worked as a research scientist at Brigham Young University and the Smithsonian Institution’s Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and now works as a consultant in California. He has a particular interest in the textual origins of Mormon scripture.

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Missing Words: King James Bible Italics, the Translation of the Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith as an Unlearned Reader

Stan Spencer | July 10, 2020 | 21 Replies

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What Did the Interpreters
(Urim and Thummim) Look Like?

Stan Spencer | September 6, 2019 | 14 Replies

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Seers and Stones: The Translation of the Book of Mormon as Divine Visions of an Old-Time Seer

Stan Spencer | March 10, 2017 | 35 Replies

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The Faith to See: Burning in the Bosom and Translating the Book of Mormon in Doctrine and Covenants 9

Stan Spencer | February 12, 2016 | 24 Replies

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Reflections of Urim: Hebrew Poetry Sheds Light on the Directors-Interpreters Mystery

Stan Spencer | March 6, 2015 | 12 Replies

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