Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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Mormon Studies Review

Authors

Mason K. Allred

Keywords

Mormonism, genealogy, ancestral ties

Abstract

Mormonism has a legacy of digging up the dead. It had early desires to excavate the past, not only metaphorically (through meticulous record keeping and strong ancestral ties), but literally by actually digging up dead material. Think Alvin, Zelph, gold plates, treasure, spirits, and angels.2

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