LEADER 03920nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910815548103321 005 20230801221856.0 010 $a1-78268-561-8 010 $a1-280-49459-X 010 $a9786613589828 010 $a1-4008-4161-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841615 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155724 035 $a(EBL)868303 035 $a(OCoLC)779828665 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11374663 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10590774 035 $a(PQKB)10612506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC868303 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37032 035 $a(DE-B1597)447356 035 $a(OCoLC)1054865654 035 $a(OCoLC)979755092 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL868303 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539186 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358982 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155724 100 $a20111020d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Book of Mormon $ea biography /$fPaul C. Gutjahr 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton ;$aOxford $cPrinceton University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 225 1 $aLives of great religious books 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14480-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tA Note on Usage -- $tPart I. Germination -- $t3 Prologue -- $tChapter 1. Joseph's Gold Bible -- $tChapter 2. Holy Writ or Humbug? -- $tPart II. Budding -- $tChapter 3. Multiplying Prophets -- $tChapter 4. Great Basin Saints And The Book -- $tPart III. Flowering -- $tChapter 5. Missionary Work and the Book -- $tChapter 6. Scholars And The Book -- $tChapter 7. Illustrating the Book -- $tChapter 8. The Book on Screen and Stage -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix 1. Notable Book of Mormon Editions in English -- $tAppendix 2. Book of Mormon Translations -- $tNotes -- $tFurther Reading -- $tIndex 330 $aLate one night in 1823 Joseph Smith, Jr., was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. According to Smith, Moroni told him of a buried stack of gold plates that were inscribed with a history of the Americas' ancient peoples, and which would restore the pure Gospel message as Jesus had delivered it to them. Thus began the unlikely career of the Book of Mormon, the founding text of the Mormon religion, and perhaps the most important sacred text ever to originate in the United States. Here Paul Gutjahr traces the life of this book as it has formed and fractured different strains of Mormonism and transformed religious expression around the world. Gutjahr looks at how the Book of Mormon emerged from the burned-over district of upstate New York, where revivalist preachers, missionaries, and spiritual entrepreneurs of every stripe vied for the loyalty of settlers desperate to scratch a living from the land. He examines how a book that has long been the subject of ridicule--Mark Twain called it "chloroform in print"--has more than 150 million copies in print in more than a hundred languages worldwide. Gutjahr shows how Smith's influential book launched one of the fastest growing new religions on the planet, and has featured in everything from comic books and action figures to feature-length films and an award-winning Broadway musical. 410 0$aLives of great religious books. 606 $aSacred books 615 0$aSacred books. 676 $a289.3/22 700 $aGutjahr$b Paul C$01711371 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815548103321 996 $aThe Book of Mormon$94102637 997 $aUNINA