عنوان

The Book of Mormon :

شابک

0195369319

شابک

9780195369311

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

The Book of Mormon :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a very short introduction /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Terryl L. Givens

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Oxford University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2009

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 140 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

18 cm

عنوان فروست

Very short introductions ;

مشخصه جلد

219

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-135) and index

متن يادداشت

The 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

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

With 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

موضوع مستند نشده

Book of Mormon

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Givens, Terryl

تاريخ عمليات

20160623075102.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y