“Joseph Smith imposed an interpretation on the text which was foreign to the ancient text … The prophet is an active participant in revelation, conceptualizing and verbalizing God’s message in a framework of thought meaningful to the people … Smith’s revelatory experiences naturally assumed the world view arising from his culture.”
Blake T. Ostler, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought – Volume 20, ‘The Book of Mormon as a Modern Expansion of an Ancient Source’ (Salt Lake City, UT: Dialogue Magazine, Spring 1987), 111-112.
