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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818578203321
• Autore: Givens Terryl
• 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
• 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: "A seer shall the Lord my God raise up": the prophet and the plates -- "Out of the dust": the Book of Mormon comes forth -- "A marvelous work and a wonder": the Book of Mormon as a sacred sign -- "I, Nephi, wrote this record": the Book of Mormon as ancient history, part 1, the search for a Mesoamerican Troy -- "I, Nephi, wrote this record": the Book of Mormon as ancient history, part 2, the search for a rational belief -- "Devices of the devil": the Book of Mormon as cultural product or sacred fiction -- "Plain and precious truths": the Book of Mormon as New Theology, part 1, the encounter with Biblical Christianity -- "Plain and precious truths": The Book of Mormon as new theology, part 2, dialogic revelation -- "A standard unto my people": the Book of Mormon as cultural touchstone.
• 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.