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‘Joseph the Prophet’: What we know about the new Joseph Smith biography
During the seventh annual Joseph Smith Papers Conference on Friday, President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new biography of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
“Joseph the Prophet” will be written using the comprehensive and recently completed Joseph Smith Papers project.
“A firm foundation has been laid on which additional works can be solidly built,” President Oaks said at the end of his conference keynote.
The most recent biography of Joseph Smith, “Rough Stone Rolling” by Richard L. Bushman, was published in 2005 before the Joseph Smith Papers was completed. Bushman is part of the national advisory board for the project.
Who will write the new Joseph Smith biography?
Former assistant church historian and recorder Richard E. Turley Jr. will write the new biography. He has written more than 20 books, including:
Turley served as managing director of the Church Historical Department when the Joseph Smith Papers project first started. He als
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First Presidency Commissions New Biography of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned former Assistant Church Historian and Recorder Richard E. Turley Jr. to write a new biography of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The book will be called “Joseph the Prophet.”
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President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency made the announcement at the end of his keynote remarks at the seventh annual Joseph Smith Papers conference in the Conference Center Theater in Salt Lake City on Friday, September 15, 2023.
“With the completion of the Joseph Smith Papers [in June 2023], a firm foundation has been laid on which additional works can be solidly built,” President Oaks said.
The new biography will take years to complete. Teams aiding on the project include Church History Department scholars, inc
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Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
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Franz Joseph Haydn[a] (HY-dən; German:[ˈfʁantsˈjoːzɛfˈhaɪdn̩]ⓘ; 31 March[b] 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio.[2] His contributions to musical form have led him to be called "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String quartet".
Haydn arose from humble origins, the child of working people in a rural village. He established his career first by serving as a chorister at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, then through an arduous period as a freelance musician. Eventually he found career success, spending much of his working life as music director for the wealthy Esterházy family at their palace of Eszterháza in rural Hungary. Though he had his own orchestra there, it isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become origin
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