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Gerrit J. Dirkmaat

Studies early Latter-day Saint history and the documentary record of the Book of Mormon’s production.

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Degree
PhD, History, University of Colorado
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Gerrit J. Dirkmaat received his PhD in history in 2010 from the University of Colorado.

Gerrit J. Dirkmaat — Religious Studies Center

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Affiliation
Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University
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Dirkmaat is Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University.

Gerrit J. Dirkmaat — BYU Studies Author Profile

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Positions

How was the Book of Mormon text produced?

In their joint historical work, Dirkmaat and MacKay suggest that Smith’s procedures varied, including the use of one stone or two and dictation with the plates out of view. They place the witness accounts in their historical settings without treating them as a direct record of Smith’s consciousness.

He seems to have alternated between one stone and two.

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