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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465454403321

Autore

Givens Terryl

Titolo

By the hand of Mormon [[electronic resource] ] : the American scripture that launched a new world religion / / Terryl L. Givens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-19-530245-1

9786610480975

1-280-48097-1

9786612563522

1-282-56352-1

0-19-803161-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

289.3/22

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: "A Seer Shall the Lord My God Raise Up": The Prophet and the Plates; TWO: "Out of the Dust": The Book of Mormon Comes Forth; THREE: "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder": The Book of Mormon as Sacred Sign; FOUR: "I, Nephi, Wrote This Record": The Book of Mormon as Ancient History, Part 1-The Search for a Mesoamerican Troy; FIVE: "I, Nephi, Wrote This Record": The Book of Mormon as Ancient History, Part 2-The Search for a Rational Belief; SIX: "Devices of the Devil": The Book of Mormon as Cultural Product or Sacred Fiction

SEVEN: "Plain and Precious Truths": The Book of Mormon as New Theology, Part 1-The Encounter with Biblical ChristianityEIGHT: "Plain and Precious Truths": The Book of Mormon as New Theology, Part 2-Dialogic Revelation; NINE: "A Standard Unto My People": The Book of Mormon as Cultural Touchstone; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Terryl Givens offers a full-length treatment of the Book of Mormon's history and argues that it is the most religiously influential, hotly contested, and, in the secular press at least, intellectually under-



investigated book in America.