Author: J. A. Washburn
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781258835736
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.
Author: Richard Hauck
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780875791289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hugh Nibley
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780877476382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brent Lee Metcalfe
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781560850175
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Joseph Smith presented the Book of Mormon for sale in early 1830, questions surfaced immediately regarding its claim to be an ancient history of America. In this ten-essay compilation, scholars outline the broad contours of contemporary research bearing on this question. Drawing from a variety of disciplines, contributors discuss historicity from the standpoint of physical and cultural anthropology, geography, linguistics, demographics, literary forms, liturgical context, theology, and evolution of the original manuscript to published work. The message of the Book of Mormon is one of socio-economic equality and divine intervention. That message can be obscured by people who revere it as an icon and prooftext rather than read it for understanding. Furthermore, attempts to make the book safe for Sunday school audiences can gloss over context. Returning to a nineteenth-century understanding restores the book's spiritual rather than symbolic importance. By asking hard questions, contributors modify, even transform, previous theories regarding the nature of LDS scripture. Still, through painstaking research, they share a wealth of fresh perspectives and offer an array of new directions for future investigation.
Author: Jerry D. Grover (Jr.)
Publisher:
Published: 2015-01-05
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780986318900
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An analysis of all geologic references in the Book of Mormon. Geologic parameters for Book of Mormon geographical models are established. Includes an analysis of the Mesoamerican geographic model for the Book of Mormon
Author: Elizabeth Fenton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-07-18
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0190056533
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As the sacred text of a modern religious movement of global reach, The Book of Mormon has undeniable historical significance. That significance, this volume shows, is inextricable from the intricacy of its literary form and the audacity of its historical vision. This landmark collection brings together a diverse range of scholars in American literary studies and related fields to definitively establish The Book of Mormon as an indispensable object of Americanist inquiry not least because it is, among other things, a form of Americanist inquiry in its own right--a creative, critical reading of "America." Drawing on formalist criticism, literary and cultural theory, book history, religious studies, and even anthropological field work, Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon captures as never before the full dimensions and resonances of this "American Bible."