1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003770869707536

Autore

Schlein, Alan M

Titolo

Find it online : the complete guide to online research / [by Alan M. Schlein ; edited by James R. Flowers, Jr., Shirley Kwan Kisaichi, Peter Weber]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tempe, AZ : Facts on Demand, c1999

ISBN

9781889150062

Descrizione fisica

480 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Collana

Online ease

Altri autori (Persone)

Flowers, James Robert

Kisaichi, Shirley Kwan

Weber, Peter Julius

Disciplina

025.04

Soggetti

Internet searching

Database searching

Web sites - Directories

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966199303321

Autore

Givens Terryl

Titolo

By the hand of Mormon : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.