By the hand of Mormon : the American scripture that launched a new world religion /
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.
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2002.
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Table of Contents:
- "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.