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Ethan Smith (other)
Ethan Smith may refer to: *Ethan Smith (clergyman) Ethan Smith (1762–1849) was a New England Congregationalist clergyman in the United States who wrote ''View of the Hebrews'' (1823), a book that argued that Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost T ..., writer of '' View of the Hebrews'' * Ethan Smith (''Neighbours''), fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' {{hndis, Smith, Ethan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Smith (clergyman)
Ethan Smith (1762–1849) was a New England Congregationalist clergyman in the United States who wrote ''View of the Hebrews'' (1823), a book that argued that Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. His position was not uncommon among religious scholars, who based their history on the Bible. Historians including Fawn McKay Brodie, a 20th-century biographer of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, suggest that ''View'' influenced the Book of Mormon (1830), because of the strong "parallelisms" found between the two. Early life and education Born in 1762 into a pious home in Belchertown, Massachusetts, Smith abandoned religion following the early deaths of his parents.William B. Sprague, ''Annals of the American Pulpit'' (New York: Robert Carter & Bros., 1866), II, 296–300. After a prolonged inner struggle, he joined the Congregational Church in 1781, and shortly thereafter began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
View Of The Hebrews
''View of the Hebrews'' is an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith (clergyman), Ethan Smith, a Congregationalist minister in Vermont, who argued that Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century. Numerous commentators on Mormon history, from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, LDS Church general authority B. H. Roberts to Fawn M. Brodie, biographer of Joseph Smith, have noted similarities in the content of ''View of the Hebrews'' and the Book of Mormon, which was first published in 1830, seven years after Ethan Smith's book. Content Ethan Smith suggested that Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans were descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel; according to Mormon historian Richard Lyman Bushman, this theory was held by many theologians and laymen of his day who tried to fit new populations into what they understood of biblical his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |