MormonTimes.com: Project's goal is documenting, not defense
Study of the Prophet's papers leads to knowing 'who we are'
Defending Joseph Smith, however, is not among them.
Esplin's field is documentary editing, not apologetics. But as managing editor of the Joseph Smith Papers, a project that operates under the history department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Esplin and his colleagues are aware of their work's religious and scholarly significance. They also know that if they just do their jobs, the Prophet will fare well enough.
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