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Author : Hugh Nibley
Release : 1964
Genre : Book of Mormon
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 382/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Approach to the Book of Mormon by : Hugh Nibley
Download or read book An Approach to the Book of Mormon written by Hugh Nibley. This book was released on 1964. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lynn Rosenvall
Release : 2017-02
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 807/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by : Lynn Rosenvall
Download or read book A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ written by Lynn Rosenvall. This book was released on 2017-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A formatted version of the Book of Mormon organized by events emphasizing narrators, speakers, locations, dates and quoted passages
Author : Brent Lee Metcalfe
Release : 1993
Genre : Book of Mormon
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 175/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis New Approaches to the Book of Mormon by : Brent Lee Metcalfe
Download or read book New Approaches to the Book of Mormon written by Brent Lee Metcalfe. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Elizabeth Fenton
Release : 2019-07-18
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 533/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon by : Elizabeth Fenton
Download or read book Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon written by Elizabeth Fenton. This book was released on 2019-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."
Author : Grant Hardy
Release : 2010-04-07
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 447/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Understanding the Book of Mormon by : Grant Hardy
Download or read book Understanding the Book of Mormon written by Grant Hardy. This book was released on 2010-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain once derided the Book of Mormon as "chloroform in print." Long and complicated, written in the language of the King James version of the Bible, it boggles the minds of many. Yet it is unquestionably one of the most influential books ever written. With over 140 million copies in print, it is a central text of one of the largest and fastest-growing faiths in the world. And, Grant Hardy shows, it's far from the coma-inducing doorstop caricatured by Twain. In Understanding the Book of Mormon, Hardy offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work's narrative structure in its 180 year history. Unlike virtually all other recent world scriptures, the Book of Mormon presents itself as an integrated narrative rather than a series of doctrinal expositions, moral injunctions, or devotional hymns. Hardy takes readers through its characters, events, and ideas, as he explores the story and its messages. He identifies the book's literary techniques, such as characterization, embedded documents, allusions, and parallel narratives. Whether Joseph Smith is regarded as author or translator, it's noteworthy that he never speaks in his own voice; rather, he mediates nearly everything through the narrators Nephi, Mormon, and Moroni. Hardy shows how each has a distinctive voice, and all are woven into an integral whole. As with any scripture, the contending views of the Book of Mormon can seem irreconcilable. For believers, it is an actual historical document, transmitted from ancient America. For nonbelievers, it is the work of a nineteenth-century farmer from upstate New York. Hardy transcends this intractable conflict by offering a literary approach, one appropriate to both history and fiction. Regardless of whether readers are interested in American history, literature, comparative religion, or even salvation, he writes, the book can best be read if we examine the text on its own terms.
