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Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and of the broader Latter-day Saint movement,
produced several volumes of scripture between 1829, when he
translated the Book of Mormon, and 1844, when he was murdered. The
Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is well known. Less read and
studied are the subsequent texts that Smith translated after the
Book of Mormon, texts that he presented as the writings of ancient
Old World and New World prophets. These works were published and
received by early Latter-day Saints as prophetic scripture that
included important revelations and commandments from God. This
collaborative volume is the first to study Joseph Smith's
translation projects in their entirety. In this carefully curated
collection, experts contribute cutting-edge research and incisive
analysis. The chapters explore Smith's translation projects in
focused detail and in broad contexts, as well as in comparison and
conversation with one another. Authors approach Smith's sacred
texts historically, textually, linguistically, and literarily to
offer a multidisciplinary view. Scrupulous examination of the
production and content of Smith's translations opens new avenues
for understanding the foundations of Mormonism, provides insight on
aspects of early American religious culture, and helps
conceptualize the production and transmission of sacred texts.
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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Published Revelations (Hardcover)
Joseph Smith; Edited by Dean C. Jesse, Ronald K Esplin, Richard Lyman Bushman, Mark Ashurst McGee, …
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R2,104
Discovery Miles 21 040
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Revelations and Translations, Volume 2: Published Revelations,
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