The a Biography Gutjahr, Paul C. creator text Electronic books. nju Princeton Princeton University Press 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (276 p.) Late 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. Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON USAGE; PART I: Germination; Prologue; CHAPTER 1 Joseph's Gold Bible; CHAPTER 2 Holy Writ or Humbug?; PART II: Budding; CHAPTER 3 Multiplying Prophets; CHAPTER 4 Great Basin Saints and the Book; PART III: Flowering; CHAPTER 5 Missionary Work and the Book; CHAPTER 6 Scholars and the Book; CHAPTER 7 Illustrating the Book; CHAPTER 8 The Book on Screen and Stage; Epilogue; APPENDIX 1 Notable Book of Mormon Editions in English; APPENDIX 2 Book of Mormon Translations; NOTES; FURTHER READING; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M. No; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z. Book of Mormon Criticism, interpretation, etc Book of Mormon History Religion History Criticism, interpretation, etc RELIGION / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) BX8627 .G88 2012 289.3/22 289.322 Gutjahr, Paul C. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012 9781400841615 (electronic bk.) 1400841615 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=868303 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=439323 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=868303 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=439323 EBLCP 120312 20200709055503.0 ocn779828665 eng