Article Title

Joseph Smith and Mohammed

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Keywords

Mormon Studies, Joseph Smith, Mohammed, modern prophets

Abstract

In his book The World and the Prophets, Hugh Nibley observes that critics are not slow to point out superficial resemblances between our modern prophets and other men of their time. For example, Joseph Smith founded a church, and so did other men; he claimed revelation from heaven, and so did they; he was persecuted, and so were they; he read the Bible, and so did they; and because they were impostors, so accordingly was he. This last point, of course, is not supported by the superficial resemblances. What we must ask in the case of the modern prophet is what we must ask in the case of Jesus: where was he essentially different from all the rest?

Recommended Citation

(1999) "Joseph Smith and Mohammed," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 19: No. 4, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol19/iss4/6