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==Question: What did Nathaniel Lewis claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits?==
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#REDIRECT[[The Hurlbut affidavits]]
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===Nathaniel Lewis claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. was an impostor, hypocrite and liar===
 
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(Brother-in-law to Isaac Hale and a Methodist deacon)
 
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. asked his advice on whether or not he should translate the plates.
 
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*Claimed that Joseph told him that God commanded him to translate the plates, but that he was "afraid of the people."
 
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. "frequently said to me that I should see the plates at the time appointed."
 
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. said that "he, himself was deceived."
 
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. was "an impostor, hypocrite and liar."
 
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===Hugh Nibley: This contradicts the claims by other critics that the ''Book of Mormon'' was intended to be a "publicity stunt"===
 
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Nibley notes that the claim made by Lewis that Joseph was "afraid of the people" contradicts the claims by other critics that the ''Book of Mormon'' was intended to be a "publicity stunt." <ref>{{Nibley11_1|start=65}}</ref>
 
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[[pt:Pergunta: O que Nathaniel Lewis reclamar sobre Joseph Smith nos depoimentos Hurlbut?]]
 

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