Sunday, June 24, 2012

Church History: Podcast 06 - "Coming Forth of The Book of Mormon" by Susan Easton Black



 
          This podcast is in a series of recordings of Dr. Susan Easton Black lecturing on the life of founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Joseph Smith. To view the initial podcast click HERE.
Dr. Susan Easton Black is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) where she has taught since 1978.  She is a past Eliza R. Snow Fellow, Associate Dean of General Education and Honors, and Director of Church History in the BYU Religious Studies Center. She is the recipient of numerous academic awards including the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award in 2000, the highest award given a professor on the BYU Provo campus. Dr. Black has authored, edited, and compiled more than 100 books and 250 articles.
Dr. Black Specializes in research on Joseph Smith and the early Latter-day Saints, and in particular on the Missouri and Nauvoo periods. Dr. Black is the widow of Harvey B. Black, the mother of eight children and currently serves as a ward Young Women’s president.
For indexing and informational purposes I will detail the contents, topics, stories, and question discussed in the associated podcasts.  In this installment of Dr. Black podcasts many contents, topics, stories, and question are discussed which include:
Joseph Smith's Treasure Hunting Days
o   Rumors of lost gold in Harmony Pennsylvania
o   Peepers
o   William Hale's search for gold on Issac Hales property
o   William Hale hires both Joseph Smith Sr. and Joseph Smith Jr. to help in the search for gold

Joseph's Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage to Emma Hale 
o   Joseph's courtship and attempted engagement to Emma Hale
o   Joseph and Emma elope and move to Palmyra
o   The secret acquisition of Emma's dowery from Issac Hal
o   The friendship between Emma Hale Smith and Lucy Mac Smith
o   Joseph takes Emma to the Hill Cumorah to his annual visit with the angel Moroni
The Acquisition of the Plates and Move to Harmony
o   Joseph obtained the Golden Plates and discusses the matter with Josiah Stole, who was at his house
o   Treasure Hunters seek the Golden Plates through force
o   Joseph and Emma Flees back to Harmony
o   Joseph borrows $50 from Martin Harris
o   Lucy Harris takes Joseph Smith to court for "stealing" $50 from her husband Martin Harris
Joseph and Emma in Harmony
o   Joseph Moves denied stay with the Hales due to refusal to show him the contents of his glass box 
o   Martin Harris goes to Harmony and scribes for Joseph while under the guise of going to New York City to get farm equipment and a dress for Lucy Harris
o   Lucy seeks after her husband and has a altercation with Martin and Joseph, and eventually allies with Issac Hale
o   Martin Harris went to New York to get the Book of Mormon characters authenticated, Charles Anthon transcript incident occurs  
o   Martin Harris obtained the 116 pages and is instructed only to show them to Lucy Harris, his parents, and his brother and sister-in-law
o   Joseph and Emma have their first child -Alvin
o   Martin loses the manuscript, Joseph loses translation powers and plates
o   Issac Hale accepts Joseph now that he is no longer a "looker in stone" and give him an inheritance

Click HERE to listen to the podcast or click on the banner at the top of the post.  Below is a list of the published podcasts so far. Click on the name to take you to the corresponding post. Enjoy!
Church History Q&A: Podcasts by Susan Easton Black
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Church History: Podcast 05 - "A Period of Preparation 1823-1829" by Susan Easton Black


 

 This podcast is in a series of recordings of Dr. Susan Easton Black lecturing on the life of founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Joseph Smith. To view the initial podcast click HERE.
Dr. Susan Easton Black is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) where she has taught since 1978.  She is a past Eliza R. Snow Fellow, Associate Dean of General Education and Honors, and Director of Church History in the BYU Religious Studies Center. She is the recipient of numerous academic awards including the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award in 2000, the highest award given a professor on the BYU Provo campus. Dr. Black has authored, edited, and compiled more than 100 books and 250 articles.
Dr. Black Specializes in research on Joseph Smith and the early Latter-day Saints, and in particular on the Missouri and Nauvoo periods. Dr. Black is the widow of Harvey B. Black, the mother of eight children and currently serves as a ward Young Women’s president.
For indexing and informational purposes I will detail the contents, topics, stories, and question discussed in the associated podcasts.  In this installment of Dr. Black podcasts many contents, topics, stories, and question are discussed which include:
Joseph Smith's Follies of Youth
o   Joseph's early friendship with Orrin Porter Rockwell
o   Joseph in flight - Joseph in the blacksmith shop
o   Joseph in fight - Joseph's physical altercation with his neighbour
Religious Instruction by Angels
o   Joseph's repentance and first vision from the angel Moroni
o   The history of Hill Comorah
o   The Urm and Thumim
o   The first site of the plates of Moroni and his subsequent annual visits by angel Moroni
o   Joseph's stories and descriptions of Book of Mormon lands and people including interviews with historical figures
o   Alvin dies due to oral prescription of calamine
Translation
o   Joseph's account of finding his "seer stone" while digging a well
o   Joseph's method of translating the plates
o   Martin Harris "stone swap" designed to test the prophets validity 
George Albert Smith
o   His patriarchal blessing  
o   His study at Brigham Young University
o   His calling as an Apostle while at the Utah State Fair
o   His initiation of buying historic church sites

Click HERE to listen to the podcast or click on the banner at the top of the post.  Below is a list of the published podcasts so far. Click on the name to take you to the corresponding post. Enjoy!
Church History Q&A: Podcasts by Susan Easton Black
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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Church History: Podcast 04 - "The First Vision" by Susan Easton Black


 

 This podcast is in a series of recordings of Dr. Susan Easton Black lecturing on the life of founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Joseph Smith. To view the initial podcast click HERE.
Dr. Susan Easton Black is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) where she has taught since 1978.  She is a past Eliza R. Snow Fellow, Associate Dean of General Education and Honors, and Director of Church History in the BYU Religious Studies Center. She is the recipient of numerous academic awards including the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award in 2000, the highest award given a professor on the BYU Provo campus. Dr. Black has authored, edited, and compiled more than 100 books and 250 articles.
Dr. Black Specializes in research on Joseph Smith and the early Latter-day Saints, and in particular on the Missouri and Nauvoo periods. Dr. Black is the widow of Harvey B. Black, the mother of eight children and currently serves as a ward Young Women’s president.
For indexing and informational purposes I will detail the contents, topics, stories, and question discussed in the associated podcasts.  In this installment of Dr. Black podcasts many contents, topics, stories, and question are discussed which include:
            Joseph Smith Sr. in Palmyra
o   His move to Palmyra prior to his families move to scout out the town 
o   His employment actions in Palmyra including the use of divining, or witching, rods 
o   Smith's Cake and Beer Shop 
o   Hired Caleb Howard to pick up his family
The Family Travel to Palmyra
o   Caleb Howard's prejudice against Joseph Smith 
o   Caleb's Attempt to steal the Smith's possessions 
o   Joseph Smith's abandonment and travel to Palmyra
The Religious Affairs and Demographics of Palmyra
o   The preaching and revivals in the "west" creating "the Burned Over District"
o   The religious presences and makeup of Palmyra 
o   The Smith's Sunday Bench -- their only property
o   The religious division in the Smith family 
o   Religious teachings and origins leading Joseph Smith to the grove
Different Accounts of the First Vision
1838 Account
o   Released in 1851 by Franklin D. Richards
o   The origins and contents of "Franklin's Pearl of Great price", a precursor of the now official "Pearl of Great Price"
1832 Account 
o   Origins, content, and focus on repentance 
o   The grove as if on fire when the Lord appears
1835 Account
o   Origins and content
o   Description of his struggle with a dark being 
o   Personages appear separately
1841 Account
 o   Origins and content
o   His struggle with the evil power
o   Two personages appear to Joseph Smith
Reception of the First Vision  
Click HERE to listen to the podcast or click on the banner at the top of the post.  Below is a list of the published podcasts so far. Click on the name to take you to the corresponding post. Enjoy!

Church History Q&A: Podcasts by Susan Easton Black

01 - "The Value of Studying Church History"

02 - "Prelude to the Restoration"

03 - "Joseph Smith's New England Heritage"

04 - "The First Vision"

05 - "A Period of Preperation 1823-1829"
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