03920nam 2200661Ia 450 991081554810332120230801221856.01-78268-561-81-280-49459-X97866135898281-4008-4161-510.1515/9781400841615(CKB)2670000000155724(EBL)868303(OCoLC)779828665(SSID)ssj0000631336(PQKBManifestationID)11374663(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631336(PQKBWorkID)10590774(PQKB)10612506(MiAaPQ)EBC868303(MdBmJHUP)muse37032(DE-B1597)447356(OCoLC)1054865654(OCoLC)979755092(DE-B1597)9781400841615(Au-PeEL)EBL868303(CaPaEBR)ebr10539186(CaONFJC)MIL358982(EXLCZ)99267000000015572420111020d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Book of Mormon a biography /Paul C. GutjahrCourse BookPrinceton ;Oxford Princeton University Press20121 online resource (276 p.)Lives of great religious booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-14480-X Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Usage -- Part I. Germination -- 3 Prologue -- Chapter 1. Joseph's Gold Bible -- Chapter 2. Holy Writ or Humbug? -- Part II. Budding -- Chapter 3. Multiplying Prophets -- Chapter 4. Great Basin Saints And The Book -- Part III. Flowering -- Chapter 5. Missionary Work and the Book -- Chapter 6. Scholars And The Book -- Chapter 7. Illustrating the Book -- Chapter 8. The Book on Screen and Stage -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Notable Book of Mormon Editions in English -- Appendix 2. Book of Mormon Translations -- Notes -- Further Reading -- IndexLate one night in 1823 Joseph Smith, Jr., was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. According to Smith, Moroni told him of a buried stack of gold plates that were inscribed with a history of the Americas' ancient peoples, and which would restore the pure Gospel message as Jesus had delivered it to them. Thus began the unlikely career of the Book of Mormon, the founding text of the Mormon religion, and perhaps the most important sacred text ever to originate in the United States. Here Paul Gutjahr traces the life of this book as it has formed and fractured different strains of Mormonism and transformed religious expression around the world. Gutjahr looks at how the Book of Mormon emerged from the burned-over district of upstate New York, where revivalist preachers, missionaries, and spiritual entrepreneurs of every stripe vied for the loyalty of settlers desperate to scratch a living from the land. He examines how a book that has long been the subject of ridicule--Mark Twain called it "chloroform in print"--has more than 150 million copies in print in more than a hundred languages worldwide. Gutjahr shows how Smith's influential book launched one of the fastest growing new religions on the planet, and has featured in everything from comic books and action figures to feature-length films and an award-winning Broadway musical.Lives of great religious books.Sacred booksSacred books.289.3/22Gutjahr Paul C1711371MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815548103321The Book of Mormon4102637UNINA