000448626 000__ 03307cam\a2200409Ia\4500 000448626 001__ 448626 000448626 005__ 20210513154903.0 000448626 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000448626 007__ cr\cu\nnnunnun 000448626 008__ 120827s2012\\\\njua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000448626 010__ $$z 2011044063 000448626 020__ $$a9781400841615$$q(electronic book) 000448626 020__ $$z9780691144801 000448626 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn787846200 000448626 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC868303 000448626 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539186 000448626 035__ $$a448626 000448626 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000448626 05014 $$aBX8627$$b.G88 2012eb 000448626 08204 $$a289.3/22$$223 000448626 1001_ $$aGutjahr, Paul C. 000448626 24514 $$aThe Book of Mormon$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba biography /$$cPaul C. Gutjahr. 000448626 260__ $$aPrinceton ;$$aOxford :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c2012. 000448626 300__ $$a1 online resource (xix, 255 p.) :$$bill. 000448626 440_0 $$aLives of great religious books 000448626 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000448626 5050_ $$aJoseph's gold bible -- Holy writ or humbug? -- Multiplying prophets -- Great Basin saints and the book -- Missionary work and the book -- Scholars and the book -- Illustrating the book -- The book on screen and stage -- Appendix 1. Notable Book of Mormon editions in English -- Appendix 2. Book of Mormon translations. 000448626 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000448626 520__ $$aLate 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 featured in everything from comic books and action figures to feature-length films and an award-winning Broadway musical. - Publisher. 000448626 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000448626 63000 $$aBook of Mormon$$xHistory. 000448626 63000 $$aBook of Mormon$$xCriticism, interpretation, etc. 000448626 650_0 $$aSacred books. 000448626 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aGutjahr, Paul C.$$tBook of Mormon.$$dPrinceton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2012], ©2012$$z9780691144801$$w(DLC) 2011044063$$w(OCoLC)758973671 000448626 8520_ $$bacq 000448626 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000448626 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=868303$$zOnline Access 000448626 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:448626$$pGLOBAL_SET 000448626 980__ $$aEBOOK 000448626 980__ $$aBIB 000448626 982__ $$aEbook 000448626 983__ $$aOnline