The Book of Mormon: A Reader's EditionGrant Hardy Regarded as sacred scripture by millions, the Book of Mormon -- first published in 1830 -- is one of the most significant documents in American religious history. This new reader-friendly version reformats the complete, unchanged 1920 text in the manner of modern translations of the Bible, with paragraphs, quotations marks, poetic forms, topical headings, multichapter headings, indention of quoted documents, italicized reworkings of biblical prophecies, and minimized verse numbers. It also features a hypothetical map based on internal references, an essay on Book of Mormon poetry, a full glossary of names, genealogical charts, a basic bibliography of Mormon and non-Mormon scholarship, a chronology of the translation, eyewitness accounts of the gold plates, and information regarding the lost 116 pages and significant changes in the text. The Book of Mormon claims to be the product of three historical interactions: the writings of the original ancient American authors, the editing of the fourth-century prophet Mormon, and the translation of Joseph Smith. The editorial aids and footnotes in this edition integrate all three perspectives and provide readers with a clear guide through this complicated text. New readers will find the story accessible and intelligible; Mormons will gain fresh insights from familiar verses seen in a broader narrative context. This is the first time the Book of Mormon has been published with quotation marks, select variant readings, and the testimonies of women involved in the translation process. It is also the first return to a paragraphed format since versification was added in 1879. |
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Page x
... written by a long line of Nephite prophets — a sequence of texts known collectively as the Large Plates of Nephi . At some point , Mormon added to his own abridgment the Small Plates of Nephi , another early text that covered the events ...
... written by a long line of Nephite prophets — a sequence of texts known collectively as the Large Plates of Nephi . At some point , Mormon added to his own abridgment the Small Plates of Nephi , another early text that covered the events ...
Page xi
... writing a long , elaborate narrative was beyond his limited abilities and supposed that he had somehow plagiarized an unpublished novel written by Solomon Spaulding . This hypothesis , however , was disproven when Spaulding's manuscript ...
... writing a long , elaborate narrative was beyond his limited abilities and supposed that he had somehow plagiarized an unpublished novel written by Solomon Spaulding . This hypothesis , however , was disproven when Spaulding's manuscript ...
Page xiii
... written : " The naked implausi- bility of gold plates , seer stones , and warrior - angels finds little by way of scien- tific corroboration , but attributing to a young farmboy the 90 - day dictated and unrevised production of a 500 ...
... written : " The naked implausi- bility of gold plates , seer stones , and warrior - angels finds little by way of scien- tific corroboration , but attributing to a young farmboy the 90 - day dictated and unrevised production of a 500 ...
Page xv
... writing down what they heard , without paragraph- ing , punctuation , or even a knowledge of how a given sentence might ... written by God himself . Rather , the translation process required Joseph Smith to reformulate the Nephite record ...
... writing down what they heard , without paragraph- ing , punctuation , or even a knowledge of how a given sentence might ... written by God himself . Rather , the translation process required Joseph Smith to reformulate the Nephite record ...
Page xxiii
... writing . The Book of Mormon is an intriguing and provocative religious text . It is complex enough to reward many different types of readers and approaches , and its increasing prominence makes it ... Written by the Hand INTRODUCTION xxiii.
... writing . The Book of Mormon is an intriguing and provocative religious text . It is complex enough to reward many different types of readers and approaches , and its increasing prominence makes it ... Written by the Hand INTRODUCTION xxiii.
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šAnd 2And 3And 5And Abinadi abominations according afflictions Alma Amalickiah Ammon Ammonihah Ammoron Amulek angel armies baptized began behold believe blessed Book of Mormon brother cast cause children of men Christ church cometh commandments concerning Coriantumr covenant death deliver destroy doth earth Ether exceeding faith father Gentiles give unto hand hath hearts heaven Helaman Holy Ghost House of Israel iniquity insomuch Isaiah Jacob Jared Jaredite Jerusalem Jesus judges king King Benjamin kingdom Laman Lamanites Lamoni land of Nephi land of Zarahemla Lehi Limhi mercy Moroni Mosiah Original chapter break Pahoran pass Plates of Nephi preach prophecies prophets record reign repent righteous saith the Lord say unto seed servants Shiblon sins slain slay sons of Mosiah soul spake unto speak unto Spirit spoken sword Teancum thereof things thou hast unto the Lord vineyard wherefore wickedness wilderness words Zoramites