By the hand of Mormon
Subtitle: the American scripture that launched a new world religion
By: Terryl L. Givens
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781423726524
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Book of Mormon
Notes: "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2003."

Originally published: c2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: "A seer shall the Lord my God raise up": the prophet and the plates; title: "Out of the dust": the Book of Mormon comes forth; title: "A marvelous work and a wonder": the Book of Mormon as a sacred sign; title: "I, Nephi, wrote this record": the Book of Mormon as ancient history, part 1, the search for a Mesoamerican Troy; title: "I, Nephi, wrote this record": the Book of Mormon as ancient history, part 2, the search for a rational belief; title: "Devices of the devil": the Book of Mormon as cultural product or sacred fiction; title: "Plain and precious truths": the Book of Mormon as new theology, part 1, the encounter with biblical Christianity; title: "Plain and precious truths": The Book of Mormon as new theology, part 2, dialogic revelation; title: "A standard unto my people": the Book of Mormon as cultural touchstone.