Episode Details

In this interview, Sandra Tanner talks about her journey with the book of Mormon from an LDS member who believed the Book of Mormon to be scripture, to a born-again Christian who continued to use the Book of Mormon as scripture, to her doubts about the Book of Mormon, to her ultimate rejection of the book as Scripture, and finally to her later work as a critic of the book.

Show Notes:

• Jerald and Sandra Tanner: Their Story by Ronald V. Huggins, coming from Signature Books in 2022
• "Jerald and Sandra Tanner: The Early Years," on Mormon Stories
• "Reflections on Mark Hofmann and Murder Among the Mormons," with Sandra Tanner on Mormon Stories
• "Mormon Polygamy Apologetics," with Sandra Tanner on Mormon Stories
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• "Pauline Hancock and Her 'Basement Church,'" by Jason R. Smith,The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, April 2022
• Transcript of the 1826 "Glass-Looker" Trial, State of New York v. Joseph Smith, Jr.
• The Tanners’ "Dear Friend" Letter, explaining why they were resigning from the LDS Church, reproduced in full in "Comments on the Book of Mormon Witnesses: A Response to Jerald and Sandra Tanner," by Matthew Roper, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, July 1993
• A New Witness for Christ in America: Evidence of Divine Power in the "Coming Forth" of the Book of Mormon by Francis W. Kirkham
• The Golden Bible: Or, The Book of Mormon, Is It From God? by Rev. M.T. Lamb
• Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
• Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible by Jerald Tanner
• Studies of the Book of Mormon by B.H. Roberts, a compilation of manuscripts that suggest some General Authorities knew as early as 1922 that the Church's truth claims had significant factual problems
• View of the Hebrews, or the Tribes of Israel in America by Ethan Smith
• Archives of Salt Lake City Me