Price proposes reading the Book of Mormon as Joseph Smith’s modern scripture written in the voices of ancient figures, comparable to biblical pseudepigrapha. He argues that creative rewriting of biblical narratives can carry prophetic and religious meaning without requiring an ancient manuscript or reducing its author to a malicious deceiver.
- Robert M. Price, “Prophecy and Palimpsest,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 35, no. 3 (2002): 67–82.
The Book of Mormon was the inspired result—not an ancient text merely translated, but a creative extended metaphor.