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000350302 020__ $$a9780195369311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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000350302 1001_ $$aGivens, Terryl.
000350302 24514 $$aThe Book of Mormon :$$ba very short introduction /$$cTerryl L. Givens.
000350302 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2009.
000350302 300__ $$ax, 140 p. :$$bill. ;$$c18 cm.
000350302 4901_ $$aVery short introductions ;$$v219
000350302 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000350302 5050_ $$aThe Book of Mormon speaks for itself -- Origins, narrators, and structure -- Themes -- Stories and characters -- The Book of Mormon as literature -- Teachings -- The coming forth of the Book of Mormon -- The Book of Mormon and its audiences -- Joseph Smith and the angel -- The life and reception of the Book of Mormon -- The Book of Mormon in LDS faith and worship -- Book of Mormon wars -- Conclusion: The Book of Mormon in the 21st century.
000350302 520__ $$aWith over 140 million copies in print, and serving as the principal proselytizing tool of one of the world's fastest growing faiths, the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly one of the most influential religious texts produced in the western world. Written by Terryl Givens, a leading authority on Mormonism, this compact volume offers the only concise, accessible introduction to this extraordinary work. Givens examines the Book of Mormon first and foremost in terms of the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis, its purpose as a sacred text, and its meaning for an audience which shifts over the course of the history it unfolds. The author traces five governing themes in particular--revelation, Christ, Zion, scripture, and covenant--and analyzes the Book's central doctrines and teachings. Some of these resonate with familiar nineteenth-century religious preoccupations; others consist of radical and unexpected takes on topics from the fall of Man to Christ's mortal ministries and the meaning of atonement. Givens also provides samples of a cast of characters that number in the hundreds, and analyzes representative passages from a work that encompasses tragedy, poetry, sermons, visions, family histories and military chronicles. Finally, this introduction surveys the contested origins and production of a work held by millions to be scripture, and reviews the scholarly debates that address questions of the record's historicity. Here then is an accessible guide to what is, by any measure, an indispensable key to understanding Mormonism. But it is also an introduction to a compelling and complex text that is too often overshadowed by the controversies that surround it.
000350302 63000 $$aBook of Mormon$$vIntroductions.
000350302 830_0 $$aVery short introductions ;$$v219.
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