Review and Responses to Various Books and Articles

• Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Cricism of "Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon" vol 1, by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 6, no. 2
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 6, no. 2
• Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Cricism Raised by Mormon Defenders, by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 9, no. 1.
• "Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity" by Brent Lee Metcalfe. Dialogue 26/3 (Fall 1993):153-84.
• Reviewed by William J. Hamblin (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1
• Reviewed by Alan Goff FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 7, no. 1.
• Archaeology and the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
• reviewed by William J. Hamblin. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 5.
• Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable? by Harry L. Ropp, with revisions from Wesley P. Walters
• Reviewed by Diane E. Wirth. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 2
• Ashamed of Joseph: Mormon Foundations Crumble by Charles Crane and Steven Crane
• Reviewed by LeIsle Jacobson (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 1
• Behind the Mask of Mormonismby John Ankerberg and John Weldon
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 2
• Beyond Mormonism & Have You Witnessed to a Mormon Lately? by Jim Spencer
• Analyzed by Kerry A. Shirts.
•  "THE BOOK OF MORMON: ANCIENT OR MODERN?" from the Salt Lake City Messenger, November 1993, pp. 5-11.
• Research by Russell C. McGregor.
• Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look by Vernal Holley
• Reviewed by L. Ara Norwood.FARMS Review of Books vol. 1
• "Book of Mormon Christology" by Melodie Moench Charles in New Approaches to the Book of Mormon, Brent Lee Metcalfe, ed.
• Reviewed by Robert L. Millet. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Martin S. Tanner. FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 7, no. 2.
• Reviewed by Ross David Baron FARMS Review of Books, Vol 7, no. 1
• Book of Mormon vs. the Bible (or common sense) CRI paper by Marian Bodine
• Review and Commentary by D. Charles Pyle
• . . . By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles M. Larson
• Reviewed by John Gee with an addendum by John L. Sorenson). (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4
• Reviewed by Michael D. Rhodes (free)Farms Review of Books, Vol 4
• Reviewed by Kerry A. Shirts
• Wings or Hands by Kerry A. Shirts
• Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
• Reviewed by Tom Nibley (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 5
• Reviewed by L. Ara Norwood (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 3
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 3
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 3
• Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism by Ed Decker
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 7, no. 2.
• Die Mormonen: Sekte oder neue Kirche Jesu Christi? by Rüdiger Hauth
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 2.
• Does the Bible Teach Salvation for the Dead? A Survey of the Evidence by Luke P. Wilson
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 10, no. 1
• Did Jesus Establish Baptism for the Dead? by Luke P. Wilson
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 10, no. 2.
• "Does the Shoe Fit? A Critique of the Limited Tehuantepec Geography." by Deanne G. Matheny, New Approaches to the Book of Mormon, Brent Lee Metcalfe, ed.
• Reviewed by John L. Sorenson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism by John Ankerberg and John Weldon
•  Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 5.
• Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory by Stephen Williams
• Reviewed by Diane E. Wirth. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4
• Reviewed by John L. Sorenson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4
• In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton.
• Reviewed by Danel W. Bachman. (for an Adobe .pdf version, click here)
• Reviewed by Alma Allred (for an Adobe .pdf version, click here)
• Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record by H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters
• Reviewed by Richard L. Bushman (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 2
• Response by Russell Anderson
• Reviewed by Larry C. Porter (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 7, no. 2.
• Is Mormonism Christian? By Gordon H. Fraser
• Reviewed by Terry DeGuire.
• Is The Mormon My Brother by James White
• Review by Darryl L. Barksdale.
• Joseph Smith and Kabbalah: The Occult Connection, Dialogue27/3 (1994): 117-94. by Lance S. Owens
• Reviewed by William J. Hamblin. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 2
• Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon by David Persuitte
• Reviewed by L. Ara Norwood. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 2
• Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined by Rodger I. Anderson
• Reviewed by Richard Lloyd Anderson FARMS Review of Books, Vol 2
• Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism by Robert N. Hullinger
• Reviewed by Gary F. Novak. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 7, no. 1
• Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 2
• Letters to a Mormon Elder by James R. White
• Reviewed by L. Ara Norwood. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 5.
• Letters to a Mormon Elder: EyeOpening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them by James R. White
• Reviewed by Russell C. McGregor with Kerry A. Shirts FARMS Review of Book,  Vol 11, no. 1.
• Maze of Mormonism by Walter Martin
• Reviewed by Richard Lloyd Anderson.
• Meeting the Book of Mormon Challenge in Chili by Dean Maurice Helland
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 5.
• Mormon Neo-Orthodoxy: A Crisis Theology by O. Kendall White, Jr.
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6., no. 2.
• Mormonism by Kurt Van Gorden.
• Reviewed by L. Ara Norwood. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 2
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 1
• Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors by John R. Farkas and David A. Reed
• Reviewed by Craig L. Foster. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 1
• Mormonism: The Prophet, the Book and the Cult by Bartley, Peter
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, vol 2
• Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition by Jan Shipps
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley. FARMS Review of Books, vol 7, no. 2
• Mormonism: Shadow or Realityby Gerald & Sandra Tanner
• Reviewed by a Latter-day Saint Historian.
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4
• Book of Abraham chapter by Kerry Shirts.
• Mormons Answered Verse by Verse by David A. Reed and John R. Farkas
• Reviewed by Keith J. Wilson. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 1
• New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, Brent Lee Metcalfe, ed.
• Reviewed by John Wm. Maddox. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Davis Bitton. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes.  FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by John Gee.  FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Royal Skousen.  FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by John W. Welch.  FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson.  FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Kevin Christensen.  FARMS Review of Books, Vol 7, no. 2.
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by James E. Smith. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by John Sorenson. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Richard Lloyd Anderson. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by Martin S. Tanner. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Reviewed by William J. Hamblin. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 1.
• Of Cities and Swords: The Impossible Task of Mormon Apologetics. by James White
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 1
• No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie
• Overview
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 2
• No Ma'am That's Not History by Hugh Nibley
• Reviewed by Kerry A. Shirts. and Another Review by Kerry.
• Quest for the Gold Plates by Stan Larson
• Reviewed by Kerry A. Shirts
• Reviewed by John Gee. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 10, no. 2
• Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Challenging the Claims of Latter-day Saints in a Constructive Manner by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson
• Reviewed by D. Charles Pyle. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 8, no. 2
• Reviewed by LeIsle Jacobson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 7, no. 1.
• Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology by John L. Brooke
• Reviewed by Kerry A. Shirts.
• Reviewed by William J. Hamblin, Daniel C. Peterson, and George L. Mitton. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 6, no. 2.
• The Best Kept Secrets in the Book of Mormon by Loftes Tryk
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson. FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 3
• Same Sex Dynamics Among Nineteen-Century Americans: A Mormon Example by D. Michael Quinn
• Reviewed by George L. Mitton and Rhett S. James. FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 10, no. 1
• The 1996 Directory of Cult Research Organizations: A Worldwide Listing of 752 Agencies and Individuals by Keith Edward Tolbert and Eric Pement
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 10, no. 1
• The Disappointment of B. H. Roberts: Five Questions That Forced a Mormon General Authority to Abandon the Book of Mormon by James R. Spencer
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 1
• The God Makers by Ed Decker
• Several Reviews.
• The Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin
• Reviewed by John K. Wise.
• The Mormon Concept of God: A Philosophical Analysis by Francis J. Beckwith and Stephen E. Parrish
• Reviewed by Blake T. Ostler. FARMS Review of Books, Vol. 8, no. 2
• The Mormon Corporate Empire by John Heinerman and Anson Shupe
• Reviewed by Malin L. Jacobs.
• The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
• Reviewed by Duane Boyce. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 2
• The Mormon Puzzle: Understanding and Witnessing to Latter-day Saints. North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1997.   Various manuals, a video, and pamphlets.
• Reviewed by Daniel C. Peterson. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 10, no.1
• The Truth about Mormonism: A Former Adherent Analyzes the LDS Faith by Weldon Langfield
• Reviewed by Matthew Roper. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4.
• The Use of Egyptian Magical Papyri to Authenticate the Book of Abraham: A Critical Review by Edward H. Ashment
• Reviewed by John Gee.FARMS Review of Books, Vol 7, no. 1.
• The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon by Wesley P. Walters
• Reviewed by John A. Tvedtnes. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4
• Reviewed by Stephen D. Ricks. (free) FARMS Review of Books, Vol 4
• The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture by Dan Vogel, ed.
• Reviewed by Louis Midgley. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 3.
• Reviewed by Stephen E. Robinson. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 3.
• To Moroni With Loveby Ed Decker - Reviewed by James A. Carver.
• "Through the Maze," Issue Number 8-98 by Jim Spencer
• Research by Kerry A. Shirts.
• View of the Hebrews, by Ethan Smith
• Research by Andrew H. Hedges. FARMS Review of Books, Vol 9, no. 1,
• What's With the Dudes at the Door? by James White and Kevin Johnson
• Reviewed by Malcolm Ross.

• F.A.R.M.S. Reviews of anti-Mormon books