Historian Ashurst-McGee perspective on Joseph's progression from village seer to prophet.
- Type
- Academic / Technical Report
- Source
- Mark Ashurst-McGee LDS
- Hearsay
- Secondary
- Reference
Mark Ashurst-McGee, "A Pathway to Prophethood: Joseph Smith Junior as Rodsman, Village Seer, and Judeo-Christian Prophet," MA thesis, Utah State University, 2000, 27
- Scribe/Publisher
- Utah State University
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Joseph was born into a family tradition of wisdom divination. Coming out of this background, he learned to use a divining rod. After becoming a rodsman, he then progressed to village seer. Finally, he attained prophethood. With each step, Joseph moved further from mechanical divination and closer to ecstatic revelation.
- Source Link
- https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6873/
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