The emerging image was startling to many, who know Smith only from a portrait that ... That’s not a real human face. So I think maybe we get that. There’s been this desire to really get ...

Seeing is believing, so the saying goes, and that was instantly true for some viewers of the recently discovered daguerreotype purporting to be Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith. “My immediate ...

(RNS) — The polarized response to the photo reveals less about Joseph Smith than it does about us. (RNS) — On July 21, Mormons were rocked by news that a great-great-grandson of Joseph Smith ...

The Visual Image of Joseph Smith Jr." Although an 1842 oil portrait of Smith has been circulating around since the 19th century, historians said that it is not the real portrayal of the Mormonism ...

On this week’s show, Mackay answers questions about the photo, the process historians used to authenticate it and why he’s convinced that it’s an image of Joseph Smith.

Joseph Smith, top left, and some of his wives, later in life, clockwise from top middle: Emma Hale Smith; Eliza R. Snow; ...

SALT LAKE CITY — What did Joseph Smith look like? His death mask ... There are other features of the face that Mackay thinks match up, such as the mouth on the right, the eyelid on the left ...

Imagine if Joseph Smith belonged to the church in Corinth. Paul taught the Corinthian Christians how to discipline anyone in the church who was sexually immoral and unrepentant: "Expel the wicked man ...

In the days and weeks after the reported discovery of the first known photograph of Joseph Smith, a debate erupted: Is this really him? Here’s why it could be; here’s why it couldn’t be.