Foundational Texts of Mormonism - Examining Major Early Sources (Hardcover)

Joseph Smith, founding prophet and martyr of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, personally wrote, dictated, or commissioned thousands of documents. Among these are several highly significant sources that scholars have used over and over again in their attempts to reconstruct the founding era of Mormonism, usually by focusing solely on content, without a deep appreciation for how and why a document was produced. This book offers case studies of the sources most often used by historians of the early Mormon experience. Each chapter takes a particular document as its primary subject, considering the production of a document as an historical event in itself, with its own background, purpose, circumstances, and consequences. The documents are examined not merely as sources of information but as artifacts that reflect aspects of the general culture and particular circumstances in which they were created. This book will help historians working in the founding era of Mormonism gain a more solid grounding in the period's documentary record by supplying important information on major primary sources.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2018
Editors:	Mark Ashurst McGee (Senior Historian) • Robin Scott Jensen (Associate Managing Historian and Project Archivist) • Sharalyn D. Howcroft (Archivist and Document Specialist)
Dimensions:	243 x 164 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-027437-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches
LSN:	0-19-027437-9
Barcode:	9780190274375

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