By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion
by Terryl L. Givens
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 019513818X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195138184
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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 Terryl Givens offers a full-length treatment of this highly influential work, illuminating many facets of this uniquely Americanscripture. Givens examines the Book of Mormon'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, first by a small Old World group in the era ofBabel, and later by tribes from Jerusalem in the age of Jeremiah. Givens explores how the Book of Mormon has been defined as a cultural product, the imaginative ravings of a rustic religion-maker more inspired by the winds of culture than the breath of God...
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- 1094610
- Title
- By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion
- Author
- Terryl L. Givens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Cash
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 019513818X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195138184
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- March 2002
- Pages
- 336
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