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English
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Intertextuality and the Purpose of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible
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Foundational texts of Mormonism
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New York, NY
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Oxford University Press
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74-100
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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. By studying the documents not merely as sources of information, but as artifacts that reflect the culture in which they were created, truths about that culture are revealed. 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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A Commentary on Joseph Smith’s Revision of First Corinthians
A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon
A Guide to the Book of Abraham
'Behold, Other Scriptures I Would that Ye Should Write' : Malachi in the Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith, Adam Clarke, and the Making of a Bible Revision
Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity
Returning to the Sources : Integrating Textual Criticism in the Study of Early Mormon Texts and History
Rewriting Eden With The Book of Mormon : Joseph Smith and the Reception of Genesis 1-6 in Early America
The Book of Moses: From the Ancient of Days to the Latter Days
Translation as Expansion : The Method of Joseph Smith's Revision of Genesis in Moses 1 and 7