tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post5438208882679316040..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Joseph Smith PapersPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-40768605430438970012009-03-05T01:05:00.000-07:002009-03-05T01:05:00.000-07:00Thanks for the post. I have yet to read my copy t...Thanks for the post. I have yet to read my copy that I received for Christmas because school and work are dictating my schedule this semester. I happened across the title of this post and decided to see what I have been missing. Thanks again, I can't wait to dig into my copy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-27159053125407220302009-01-23T13:45:00.000-07:002009-01-23T13:45:00.000-07:00Thanks for the review, John.The JSP folks are also...Thanks for the review, John.<BR/><BR/>The JSP folks are also planning a leather-bound edition of Journals, vol. 1 (and I presume the subsequent volumes), for the higher-end crowd. With copies of first editions of the Book of Mormon (1830) selling for half a million dollars and other rare Mormon books from the 1830s going for close to a million, there are not only large numbers of people willing to pay for historical works on Mormonism, there are also individuals with considerable funds willing to own pieces of the Mormon past.David G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12000130591757911580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-24171855898145012152009-01-23T13:08:00.000-07:002009-01-23T13:08:00.000-07:00Yeah, those Congolese Presbies. Unfair how much e...Yeah, those Congolese Presbies. Unfair how much easier it is for them to read Calvin in the original French.<BR/><BR/>By the way, happy 500th birthday, John C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-51342736227220351892009-01-23T12:15:00.000-07:002009-01-23T12:15:00.000-07:00Paul, the trouble is that even if we were so motiv...Paul, the trouble is that even if we were so motivated, there are fewer and fewer of us every year (at least in the United States -- the Congolese Presbyterians now outnumber the Americans Presbies).John G. Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08461094355047650502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-66991881607147952102009-01-23T11:28:00.000-07:002009-01-23T11:28:00.000-07:00Wow. Come on, John, get your Presbyterian butts in...Wow. Come on, John, get your Presbyterian butts in gear for those Calvin editions!Paul Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-13518000022090167302009-01-23T11:13:00.000-07:002009-01-23T11:13:00.000-07:00One would expect tremendous interest in Joseph Smi...One would expect tremendous interest in Joseph Smith or Joseph Smith's writings, but the numbers are staggering for a scholarly, footnoted edition.John G. Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08461094355047650502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-66826702781540930312009-01-23T10:40:00.000-07:002009-01-23T10:40:00.000-07:00Thanks for the post, John. Regarding print runs, h...Thanks for the post, John. <BR/><BR/>Regarding print runs, here's the latest (I'm in the JSP office as I write this): <BR/><BR/>The second printing (of 16,000 copies) is all but sold out, and the third printing (25,000 copies) will be out by mid-February. A potential fourth printing is in the works as well, and would probably appear in April.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com