Uncovering The Original Text Of The Book Of Mormon

Author : Miles Gerald Bradford,Alison V. P. Coutts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111525932

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Uncovering the Original Text of the Book of Mormon by Miles Gerald Bradford,Alison V. P. Coutts Pdf

This colorful, informative book features reports on the multipronged effort to determine as far as possible the original English-language translation of the Book of Mormon. Royal Skousen, the editor and principal investigator of the original and printer's manuscripts of the Book of Mormon, details the project's history and some of the more significant findings. Robert Espinosa reviews his team's painstaking work of preserving and identifying remaining fragments of the original manuscript. Ron Romig narrates the investigation into the printer's manuscript, and Larry Draper explains how the press sheets for the 1830 edition reveal overlooked details of the printing process. In an insightful response, Daniel C. Peterson interpolates evidence from Skousen's research to show the divine manner in which the Book of Mormon came forth.

Author : Royal Skousen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300263376

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The Book of Mormon by Royal Skousen Pdf

Now in paperback, this corrected text is based on the earliest sources and represents the most accurate and readable edition of the Book of Mormon ever published "The product of over two decades of painstaking labor by Royal Skousen . . . this Yale edition aims to take us back to the text Smith envisioned as he translated, according to the faithful, from golden plates that he unearthed in upstate New York."--Stephen Prothero, Wall Street Journal "Will forever change the way Latter-day Saints approach modern scripture. Two hundred years from now... students of the Book of Mormon will still be poring over Skousen's work. What he has accomplished is nothing short of phenomenal."--Grant Hardy, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies First published in 1830, the Book of Mormon is the authoritative scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over the past thirty years, editor Royal Skousen has pored over Joseph Smith's original manuscripts and earliest editions and identified about 2,250 textual errors, although many of these discrepancies stem from inadvertent errors in copying and typesetting the text. The first edition of The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text, published in 2009 to critical acclaim, contained over 600 corrections that had never before appeared in any standard edition of the Book of Mormon, with about 250 of them affecting the text's meaning. This revised, second edition, issued in paperback, includes additional corrections as well as an illuminating new introduction by Royal Skousen. It will provide a portable, accessible version of this important text.

Author : A. Keith Thompson
Publisher : Ethics International Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781804410837

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A Collection of Insights Flowing from The Book of Mormon by A. Keith Thompson Pdf

This collection of insights about the Book of Mormon adds to and complements the author’s legal publications about freedom of conscience, evidence and comparative constitutional law. The book includes insights distilled from contemporary anthropology, careful analysis of the doctrine of resurrection taught in the Book of Mormon, philosophical questions about the rule of law which inform life in contemporary society, and how reflection on the pervasive New Testament intertexuality in the Book of Mormon should increase the knowledge of modern readers. Important reading for scholars of religion and faith, and particularly those interested in understanding the beliefs and practices of member of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints around the world.

Author : Royal Skousen
Publisher : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Reference
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026002563

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The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon by Royal Skousen Pdf

Author : Mark Ashurst-McGee,Robin Jensen,Sharalyn D. Howcroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190274382

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Foundational Texts of Mormonism by Mark Ashurst-McGee,Robin Jensen,Sharalyn D. Howcroft Pdf

Joseph Smith, founding prophet and martyr of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, personally wrote, dictated, or commissioned thousands of documents. Among these are several highly significant sources that scholars have used over and over again in their attempts to reconstruct the founding era of Mormonism, usually by focusing solely on content, without a deep appreciation for how and why a document was produced. This book offers case studies of the sources most often used by historians of the early Mormon experience. Each chapter takes a particular document as its primary subject, considering the production of a document as an historical event in itself, with its own background, purpose, circumstances, and consequences. The documents are examined not merely as sources of information but as artifacts that reflect aspects of the general culture and particular circumstances in which they were created. This book will help historians working in the founding era of Mormonism gain a more solid grounding in the period's documentary record by supplying important information on major primary sources.

Author : Brant A. Gardner
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon by Brant A. Gardner Pdf

Stop looking for the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica and start looking for Mesoamerica in the Book of Mormon! Second Witness, a new six-volume series from Greg Kofford Books, takes a detailed, verse-by-verse look at the Book of Mormon. It marshals the best of modern scholarship and new insights into a consistent picture of the Book of Mormon as a historical document. Taking a faithful but scholarly approach to the text and reading it through the insights of linguistics, anthropology, and ethnohistory, the commentary approaches the text from a variety of perspectives: how it was created, how it relates to history and culture, and what religious insights it provides. The commentary accepts the best modern scholarship, which focuses on a particular region of Mesoamerica as the most plausible location for the Book of Mormon’s setting. For the first time, that location—its peoples, cultures, and historical trends—are used as the backdrop for reading the text. The historical background is not presented as proof, but rather as an explanatory context. The commentary does not forget Mormon’s purpose in writing. It discusses the doctrinal and theological aspects of the text and highlights the way in which Mormon created it to meet his goal of “convincing . . . the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.”

Author : Robert F. Smith
Publisher : Deep Forest Green Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781736176115

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EGYPTIANISMS IN THE BOOK OF MORMON AND OTHER STUDIES by Robert F. Smith Pdf

Three studies of the Book of Mormon: (1) Detailed analysis of the Egyptian characteristics of the Book of Mormon, (2) editorial markers in the Book of Mormon, and (3) a broad look at the realia of the Book of Mormon as evidences of historical authenticity.

Author : Elizabeth Fenton,Jared Hickman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780190221928

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Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon by Elizabeth Fenton,Jared Hickman Pdf

As the sacred text of a modern religious movement of global reach, The Book of Mormon has undeniable historical significance. That significance, this volume shows, is inextricable from the intricacy of its literary form and the audacity of its historical vision. This landmark collection brings together a diverse range of scholars in American literary studies and related fields to definitively establish The Book of Mormon as an indispensable object of Americanist inquiry not least because it is, among other things, a form of Americanist inquiry in its own right--a creative, critical reading of "America." Drawing on formalist criticism, literary and cultural theory, book history, religious studies, and even anthropological field work, Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon captures as never before the full dimensions and resonances of this "American Bible."

Author : Daniel C. Peterson
Publisher : The Interpreter Foundation
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781530842933

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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 18 (2016) by Daniel C. Peterson Pdf

This is volume 18 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "Cloud Illusions and the Perfect Day," "Viewing the Temple Through Wilford Woodruff’s Eyes," "The 'Fiery Darts of the Adversary' in 1 Nephi 15:24," "'He Did It': A Christmas Message," "Jesus Christ’s Interactions with the Women of the New Testament," "The More Part of the Book of Mormon Is Early Modern English," "Joseph Smith Read the Words," "Untangling Scripture from the Philosophies of Men," "The Case of the {-th} Plural in the Earliest Text," "The Case of Plural?Was in the Earliest Text," "To 'See and Hear'," "Samuel the Lamanite, Christ, and Zenos: A Study of Intertextuality," "The Yoke of Christ: A Light Burden Heavy With Meaning," "The Faith to See: Burning in the Bosom and Translating the Book of Mormon in Doctrine and Covenants 9," "'They Were Moved with Compassion' (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon," and "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon."

Author : Royal Skousen,Robin Scot Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 162972971X

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The Joseph Smith Papers by Royal Skousen,Robin Scot Jensen Pdf

Author : Mark J. Johnson,Ann Madsen,Robert A. Rees,Craig L. Foster,Noel B. Reynolds,John S. Robertson,Brian C. Hales,Matthew L. Bowen,A. Keith Thompson,Brian J. Baird,Stanford Carmack,Bruce E. Dale,Benjamin McMurtry,Jeff Lindsay
Publisher : The Interpreter Foundation
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781974315109

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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 25 (2017) by Mark J. Johnson,Ann Madsen,Robert A. Rees,Craig L. Foster,Noel B. Reynolds,John S. Robertson,Brian C. Hales,Matthew L. Bowen,A. Keith Thompson,Brian J. Baird,Stanford Carmack,Bruce E. Dale,Benjamin McMurtry,Jeff Lindsay Pdf

This is volume 25 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "The Life-giving “Water” of the Restoration," "Scriptures with Pictures: Methodology, Unexamined Assumptions, and the Study of the Book of Abraham," "The Healing and Exalting Powers of Christ Weave Together at Easter," "Looking Deeper into Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Imagery, Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Construction of Memory," "Overcoming Obstacles: Becoming a Great Missionary," "On Doubting Nephi’s Break Between 1 and 2 Nephi: A Critique of Joseph Spencer’s An Other Testament: On typology," "Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages," "Joseph Smith: Monogamist or Polygamist?," "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications," "Apostate Religion in the Book of Mormon," "Understanding Jacob’s Teachings about Plural Marriage from a Law of Moses Context," "How Joseph Smith’s Grammar Differed from Book of Mormon Grammar: Evidence from the 1832 History," "How Big A Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the Book of Mormon Plates," "The Amlicites and Amalekites: Are They the Same People?," "The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 1," "The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 2."

Author : The Interpreter Foundation
Publisher : The Interpreter Foundation
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781482691290

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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 3 (2013) by The Interpreter Foundation Pdf

This is volume 3 (2013) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture by the Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on diverse topics such as the relationship between faith and reason, a book review of Comparing and Evaluating the Scriptures: A Timely Challenge for Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Mormons, the biblical and non-biblical quotes from Paul, a book review of Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism, an analysis of the parallel narratives of Ammon1 and Ammon2, a book review of Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics, an analysis of directions in the Book of Mormon, Nephite insights into Israelite worship, a book review of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, and a possible explanation for "one day to a cubit" as found in facsimile 2 of the Book of Abraham.

Author : Daniel C. Peterson
Publisher : The Interpreter Foundation
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781536830255

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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 20 (2016) by Daniel C. Peterson Pdf

This is volume 20 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "Reflecting on the 'Marks of Jesus'," "Dating Joseph Smith’s First Nauvoo Sealings," "A Pilgrim’s Faith," "'Idle and Slothful Strange Stories': Book of Mormon Origins and the Historical Record," "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18," "Now That We Have the Words of Joseph Smith, How Shall We Begin to Understand Them? Illustrations of Selected Challenges within the 21 May 1843 Discourse on 2 Peter 1," "Reading 1 Peter Intertextually With Select Passages From the Old Testament," "Turning to the Lord With the Whole Heart: The Doctrine of Repentance in the Bible and the Book of Mormon," "Many Witnesses to a Marvelous Work," "Nephi’s Change of Heart," "The Ammonites Were Not Pacifists," "'O Ye Fair Ones' — Revisited," and "Beauty Way More Than Skin Deep."

Author : The Interpreter Foundation
Publisher : The Interpreter Foundation
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781499602777

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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 9 (2014) by The Interpreter Foundation Pdf

This is volume 9 (2014) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including reflections on the mission of The Interpreter Foundation, the doctrinal and temple implications of Peter's surnaming, literacy and orality in the Book of Mormon, the temporality of sin, an analysis of epistemology in historiography, and two book reviews of David Bokovoy's Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis-Deuteronomy.

Author : Gerbern S. Oegema,Loren T. Stuckenbruck,Henry W. Morisada Rietz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567701305

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Fountains of Wisdom by Gerbern S. Oegema,Loren T. Stuckenbruck,Henry W. Morisada Rietz Pdf

Leading international contributors on biblical texts, including the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, intersect with the work of James H. Charlesworth and examine Charlesworth's vast contribution to the field of biblical studies, honoring the work of one of the most significant biblical scholars of his generation. Divided into five sections, this volume begins with a section on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament texts, with particular focus on the Gospel of John and Jesus studies. The contexts of these texts are considered, with a focus on the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds, and the varying intersections between texts and the worlds that created them. The contributors then focus on the most significant body of Charlesworth's work, the apocrypha/pseudepigrapha and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the journey concludes with an assessment of the history of scholarship on the core areas addressed across the book.