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Autore |
Givens Terryl |
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By the hand of Mormon [[electronic resource] ] : the American scripture that launched a new world religion / / Terryl L. Givens |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002 |
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0-19-530245-1 |
9786610480975 |
1-280-48097-1 |
9786612563522 |
1-282-56352-1 |
0-19-803161-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (333 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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- |
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