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This week in Mormon Land: Joseph Smith’s ‘First Vision’ through a historical lens, a new take on ‘unwed pregnancy,’ a ‘decommissioned’ temple

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While they won’t be the last word on the “First Vision” this bicentennial year, newly released podcasts certainly offer ample words on the event that gave birth to the Mormon movement.

Editors of “The Joseph Smith Papers” project have posted six episodes — totaling more than two hours — of discussions with historians about the church founder’s reported 1820 encounter with deity.