Item Detail
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29880
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4
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4
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English
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A Rhetorical Approach to the Book of Mormon : Rediscovering Nephite Sacramental Language
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New Approaches to the Book of Mormon : Explorations in Critical Methodology
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Salt Lake City
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Signature Books
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53-80
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"Much contemporary research on the Book of Mormon focuses on historical claims at the expense of understanding the book’s message. A few researchers have suggested setting aside historical claims in order to focus on interpretation. Justification for this is based on the fact that the Book of Mormon presents a universal, providential history that transcends any particular history and points to a universal path of personal and social salvation. Yet the book’s message finds expression in an idiom that cannot be fully interpreted outside of history. All literature to a greater or lesser degree is attached to history. Therefore there needs to be some mediation between textual interpretation and historical setting." [From Author]