Im posting an alternate possible theory that has a grounding here in the natural world. I am not here to give you facts on Joe... In truth I dont know a whole lot about Joe or mormons.
However in this theory.. this guy wasnt even a scholar. He was a kook. He inherited some money and a place to live and became fascinated with reading and writing and wanted to go down in history. Unfortunately a flood destroyed his entire library and he never had any real friends... just some acquantances at the local grocer who called him Merl. The only book that survived was one on ancient semitic names and joe purchased it at a tag sale. He read it intently but ultimately became bored halfway through and fell asleep reading it under an oak tree. While he slumbered it began to rain and he ran into the house to escape the rain forgetting his book but glad to be dry. The book was of course destroyed and Merl fell into obscurity with the only proof of his existance laying hidden in the book of mormons among common names but he was never credited with his contribution.
Poor Merl.
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