LEADER 02842nam 22006254a 450 001 9910792242703321 005 20230607230554.0 010 $a0-19-530245-1 010 $a9786610480975 010 $a1-280-48097-1 010 $a9786612563522 010 $a1-282-56352-1 010 $a0-19-803161-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000299983 035 $a(EBL)3051829 035 $a(OCoLC)60563350 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085703 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11120977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085703 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10024878 035 $a(PQKB)11124629 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074997 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5292339 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10084726 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5292339 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256352 035 $a(OCoLC)1028231670 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000299983 100 $a20010809d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBy the hand of Mormon$b[electronic resource] $ethe American scripture that launched a new world religion /$fTerryl L. Givens 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-513818-X 311 $a0-19-983421-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"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. 330 8 $aTerryl 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. 676 $a289.3/22 700 $aGivens$b Terryl$01097578 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792242703321 996 $aBy the hand of Mormon$93796366 997 $aUNINA