Terryl L. Givens, By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 110–11. Givens argues that while Roberts "found himself incapable of solving the dilemmas he uncovered ... neither did he find his doubts sufficient to overpower his faith" in Book of Mormon historicity, basing this conclusion partly on a 1923 letter by Roberts in which he wrote that his research "does not represent any conclusions of mine" and that Latter-day Saint "faith is unshakeable in the Book of Mormon". For a view that researching and writing "A Book of Mormon Study" did lead Roberts to reject belief in Book of Mormon historicity, see Brigham D. Madsen, "B. H. Roberts's Studies of the Book of Mormon,"Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought26 (Fall 1993), 77–86; and "Reflections on LDS Disbelief in the Book of Mormon as History,"Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought30 (Fall 1997), 87–97. Madsen contends that after writing "A Book of Mormon Study", Roberts's references to the Book of Mormon in sermons focused on "ethical teachings and aphorisms" more than "historical events".
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