The gift and power
Subtitle: translating the Book of Mormon
By: Brant A. Gardner
Publisher: Greg Kofford Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589581319
Subjects: Translating; Mormon Church; Occultism; Book of Mormon
Description: Book length treatment of the wide spectrum of questions about the Joseph Smith's translation of the Book of Mormon. Includes discussion about the role of folk magic, how the English text replicates the original plate text, and the use of seer stones.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Translation stories become history; title: Understanding Joseph : magician or prophet?; title: What is a magic worldview?; title: The social interface between magic and religion; title: Magic and religion in tradition and transition; title: Joseph's two Palmyras; title: Magic in Palmyra : divining rods and seer stones; title: Money-digging, confidence men, and Joseph; title: The event which changed everything; title: Miracle, not magic : establishing Mormonism; title: The creation of a sacred communal story; title: Important stories, told importantly; title: What does it mean to translate?; title: Theories of Book of Mormon translation; title: Evidence for literalist equivalence; title: Evidence for functional or conceptual equivalence; title: Structures in the Book of Mormon; title: Joseph's translations involving Biblical texts; title: From plate text to English translation; title: Who translated the Book of Mormon?; title: How did Joseph translate?; title: Assembling the puzzle.