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Autore: | Givens Terryl |
Titolo: | By the hand of Mormon : the American scripture that launched a new world religion / / Terryl L. Givens |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
Disciplina: | 289.3/22 |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | By the hand of Mormon |
ISBN: | 0-19-530245-1 |
9786610480975 | |
1-280-48097-1 | |
9786612563522 | |
1-282-56352-1 | |
0-19-803161-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818578203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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