By The Hand Of Mormon

Author : Terryl L. Givens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198031611

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With over 100 million copies in print, the Book of Mormon has spawned a vast religious movement, but it remains little discussed outside Mormon circles. Now Terry L. Givens offers a full-length treatment of this influential work, illuminating the varied meanings and tempestuous impact of this uniquely American scripture. Givens examines the text's role as a divine testament of the Last Days and as a sacred sign of Joseph Smith's status as a modern-day prophet. He assesses its claim to be a history of the pre-Columbian peopling of the Western Hemisphere, and later explores how the Book has been defined as a cultural product--the imaginative ravings of a rustic religion-maker. Givens further investigates its status as a new American Bible or Fifth Gospel, one that displaces, supports, or, in some views, perverts the canonical Word of God. Finally, Givens highlights the Book's role as the engine behind what may become the next world religion. The most wide-ranging study on the subject outside Mormon presses, By the Hand of Mormon will fascinate anyone curious about a religious people who, despite their numbers, remain strangers in our midst.

Author : Grant Hardy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199745449

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Understanding the Book of Mormon by Grant Hardy Pdf

Mark Twain once derided the Book of Mormon as "chloroform in print." Long and complicated, written in the language of the King James version of the Bible, it boggles the minds of many. Yet it is unquestionably one of the most influential books ever written. With over 140 million copies in print, it is a central text of one of the largest and fastest-growing faiths in the world. And, Grant Hardy shows, it's far from the coma-inducing doorstop caricatured by Twain. In Understanding the Book of Mormon, Hardy offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work's narrative structure in its 180 year history. Unlike virtually all other recent world scriptures, the Book of Mormon presents itself as an integrated narrative rather than a series of doctrinal expositions, moral injunctions, or devotional hymns. Hardy takes readers through its characters, events, and ideas, as he explores the story and its messages. He identifies the book's literary techniques, such as characterization, embedded documents, allusions, and parallel narratives. Whether Joseph Smith is regarded as author or translator, it's noteworthy that he never speaks in his own voice; rather, he mediates nearly everything through the narrators Nephi, Mormon, and Moroni. Hardy shows how each has a distinctive voice, and all are woven into an integral whole. As with any scripture, the contending views of the Book of Mormon can seem irreconcilable. For believers, it is an actual historical document, transmitted from ancient America. For nonbelievers, it is the work of a nineteenth-century farmer from upstate New York. Hardy transcends this intractable conflict by offering a literary approach, one appropriate to both history and fiction. Regardless of whether readers are interested in American history, literature, comparative religion, or even salvation, he writes, the book can best be read if we examine the text on its own terms.

Author : Walter Rane
Publisher : Shadow Mountain
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1570089191

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By the Hand of Mormon by Walter Rane Pdf

Author : Terryl L. Givens,Terryl Givens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195168884

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By the Hand of Mormon by Terryl L. Givens,Terryl Givens Pdf

Finally, in exploring what Martin Marty refers to as the Book of Mormon's "revelatory appeal," Givens highlights the Book's role as the engine behind what may become the next world religion."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Terryl L. Givens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199708949

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The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction by Terryl L. Givens Pdf

With over 140 million copies in print, and serving as the principal proselytizing tool of one of the world's fastest growing faiths, the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly one of the most influential religious texts produced in the western world. Written by Terryl Givens, a leading authority on Mormonism, this compact volume offers the only concise, accessible introduction to this extraordinary work. Givens examines the Book of Mormon first and foremost in terms of the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis, its purpose as a sacred text, and its meaning for an audience which shifts over the course of the history it unfolds. The author traces five governing themes in particular--revelation, Christ, Zion, scripture, and covenant--and analyzes the Book's central doctrines and teachings. Some of these resonate with familiar nineteenth-century religious preoccupations; others consist of radical and unexpected takes on topics from the fall of Man to Christ's mortal ministries and the meaning of atonement. Givens also provides samples of a cast of characters that number in the hundreds, and analyzes representative passages from a work that encompasses tragedy, poetry, sermons, visions, family histories and military chronicles. Finally, this introduction surveys the contested origins and production of a work held by millions to be scripture, and reviews the scholarly debates that address questions of the record's historicity. Here then is an accessible guide to what is, by any measure, an indispensable key to understanding Mormonism. But it is also an introduction to a compelling and complex text that is too often overshadowed by the controversies that surround it. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

Author : Terryl L. Givens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199839551

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By the Hand of Mormon by Terryl L. Givens Pdf

With over 100 million copies in print, the Book of Mormon has spawned a vast religious movement, but it remains little discussed outside Mormon circles. Now Terry L. Givens offers a full-length treatment of this influential work, illuminating the varied meanings and tempestuous impact of this uniquely American scripture. Givens examines the text's role as a divine testament of the Last Days and as a sacred sign of Joseph Smith's status as a modern-day prophet. He assesses its claim to be a history of the pre-Columbian peopling of the Western Hemisphere, and later explores how the Book has been defined as a cultural product--the imaginative ravings of a rustic religion-maker. Givens further investigates its status as a new American Bible or Fifth Gospel, one that displaces, supports, or, in some views, perverts the canonical Word of God. Finally, Givens highlights the Book's role as the engine behind what may become the next world religion. The most wide-ranging study on the subject outside Mormon presses, By the Hand of Mormon will fascinate anyone curious about a religious people who, despite their numbers, remain strangers in our midst.

Author : Joseph Smith
Publisher : Amwaaw Lc
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 160135701X

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1830 Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Pdf

This 1830, 1st Edition Book of Mormon is unique in that it contains an original Index; a Cross Reference to current LDS versification; modern day photos of significant Book of Mormon historical sites; and early revelations pertaining to The Book of Mormon.

Author : Terryl Givens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:896661619

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By the Hand of Mormon by Terryl Givens Pdf

Author : Brigham Henry Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Book of Mormon
ISBN : WISC:89067427609

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New Witness for God by Brigham Henry Roberts Pdf

Author : Brant Gardner
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Book of Mormon
ISBN : 1589581318

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The Gift and Power by Brant Gardner Pdf

Book length treatment of the wide spectrum of questions about the Joseph Smith's translation of the Book of Mormon. Includes discussion about the role of folk magic, how the English text replicates the original plate text, and the use of seer stones.

Author : Paul C. Gutjahr
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691217659

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The Book of Mormon by Paul C. Gutjahr Pdf

Late 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 been featured in everything from comic books and action figures to feature-length films and an award-winning Broadway musical.--Publisher.

Author : DAVID J. RIDGES.
Publisher : Cedar Fort
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1599556375

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The Book of Mormon Made Easier Part 2 by DAVID J. RIDGES. Pdf

Author : John L. Sorenson
Publisher : Shadow Mountain
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 087747608X

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An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon by John L. Sorenson Pdf

Author : Charles M. Larson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Book of Abraham
ISBN : UOM:39015061004548

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By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus by Charles M. Larson Pdf

Author : Meredith Ray Sheets
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1939179009

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Book of Mormon Book of Lies by Meredith Ray Sheets Pdf

The Book of Mormon is one of the boldest hoaxes of all time. And millions of people have fallen for it. Co-author, Kendal M. Sheets: Joseph Smith Jr. claimed that an angel gifted him-an uneducated farm boy-with ancient golden plates and the ability to translate their hieroglyphics. From that improbable premise sprang The Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with its millions of followers, known as Mormons. In Book of Mormon, Book of Lies, authors Meredith Ray Sheets and Kendal M. Sheets expose The Book of Mormon and the story surrounding its creation as one of the greatest deceptions in the history of America, if not the entire world. The result of twenty-five years of research, Book of Mormon, Book of Lies will alter the course of global religion, finance, and politics. Book of Lies proves that Smith's manuscript, which he published in 1830, is nothing more than cleverly disguised plagiarism of The Travels of Marco Polo, the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World as recorded by his son, histories of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and travel journals . . . all readily available to Smith. In Book of Lies, Meredith Sheets, a retired petroleum executive, and Kendal M. Sheets, an experienced intellectual property attorney, compare content from historic books with the content of The Book of Mormon. The results are astonishing. For the first time ever, the authors show exactly how the American-born religion of Mormonism and its religious scriptures were created by man and not by God.