The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons
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The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons is a book by T. B. Stenhouse written in 1873 which gives a thorough treatment of the origins of the Latter Day Saint movement
from the perspective of an outsider. The book is critical in tone, and is considered by many Mormons to be anti-Mormon
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The book is notable in that it was the first widely available publication containing a critique of the facsimiles in the Book of Abraham
, which was made by the renowned Egyptologist Theodule Deveria
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Latter Day Saint movement
The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members...
from the perspective of an outsider. The book is critical in tone, and is considered by many Mormons to be anti-Mormon
Anti-Mormon
Anti-Mormonism is discrimination, persecution, hostility or prejudice directed at members of the Latter Day Saint movement, particularly The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
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The book is notable in that it was the first widely available publication containing a critique of the facsimiles in the Book of Abraham
Book of Abraham
The Book of Abraham is a 1835 work by Joseph Smith, Jr. that he said was based on Egyptian papyri purchased from a traveling mummy exhibition. According to Smith, the book was "a translation of some ancient records....purporting to be the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt, called the Book...
, which was made by the renowned Egyptologist Theodule Deveria
Theodule Deveria
Theodule Deveria was a prominent French Egyptologist who lived in the 19th century.-Background and contribution to Egyptology:...
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