Item Detail
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31936
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6
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14
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English
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Literacy and Orality in the Book of Mormon
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Interpreter : A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
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2014
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9
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Interpreter Foundation
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29-85
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"The Book of Mormon is a literate product of a literate culture. It references written texts. Nevertheless, behind the obvious literacy, there are clues to a primary orality in Nephite culture. The instances of text creation and most instances of reading texts suggest that documents were written by and for an elite class who were able to read and write. Even among the elite, reading and writing are best seen as a secondary method of communication to be called upon to archive information, to communicate with future readers (who would have been assumed to be elite and therefore able to read), and to communicate when direct oral communication was not possible (letters and the case of Korihor). As we approach the text, we may gain new insights into the art with which it was constructed by examining it as the literate result of a primarily oral culture." [Article Abstract]
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Labor Diligently to Write : The Ancient Making of a Modern Scripture
Lehi and Nephi as Trained Manassite Scribes
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Future of Comparative and Historical Approaches
The Last Nephite Scribes -
Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited : The Evidence for Ancient Origins
Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon
Internal Evidence of Widespread Literacy in the Book of Mormon
Nephi as Scribe
'Our Weakness in Writing' : Oral and Literature Culture in the Book of Mormon
Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon
Rediscovering the Book of Mormon
Reexploring the Book of Mormon
Repetitive Resumption in the Book of Mormon
Second Witness : Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon
Textual Consistency
The Gift and Power : Translating the Book of Mormon
Uncovering the Original Text of the Book of Mormon : History and Findings of the Critical Text Project
Warfare in the Book of Mormon