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English
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The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books : Out of Darkness unto Light
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
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"If it existed in only one ancient copy, says John Tvedtnes, the Book of Mormon may have been unique. But in virtually every other way it resembles many ancient books. In this present volume, Tvedtnes shows perhaps fifty things about ancient records that must have been hilarious in 1830 but make perfect sense today : the ubiquity of intentionally hiding books in all kinds of ingenious containers made of many materials, including stone boxes and ceramic jars; books incised on obdurate surfaces, like metals, bones, and ivory; inked papyri and parchments treated with swaddling cloths soaked in cedar and citrus oils to prevent decay; many sealed and open records; waterproofing sealants like bitumen and white lime mortar; caves serving as repositories of treasures buried in many sacred mountains; the ancient perception of permanence and eternalism associated with the preservative functions of writing; and numerous ancient traditions of angels as writers and guardians of written records. Many twentieth-century discoveries of ancient documents have made all of this visible." [Book Summary]
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Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon
Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem
In God’s Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses
Labor Diligently to Write : The Ancient Making of a Modern Scripture
Lehi and Nephi as Trained Manassite Scribes
Paradigms Regained : A Survey of Margaret Barker's Scholarship and Its Significance for Mormon studies
Revelation, Reason, and Faith : Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen
The Book of Mormon as a Resurrected Book and a Type of Christ
The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith -
An Address to All Believers in Christ. By a Witness to the Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon
An Approach to the Book of Mormon
Ancient Aspects of Nephite Kingship in the Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon Witnesses
Comments on the Book of Mormon Witnesses : A Response to Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Early Mormon Documents : Volume I
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Enoch the Prophet
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
History of the Prophet Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Smith
Introduction to the Study of the Book of Mormon
Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses
Labors in the Vineyard
Latter-day Saint Prayer Circles
Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites
Masterful Discourses and Writings of Orson Pratt
Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World : Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson
Since Cumorah : The Book of Mormon in the Modern World
Symbols in Stone : Symbolism on the Early Temples of the Restoration
The Angel of the Prairies ; or, a Dream of the Future
The Historical Record
The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri : An Egyptian Endowment
The 'New Translation' of the Bible, 1830-1833 : Doctrinal Development during the Kirtland Era
The Original Book of Mormon Manuscript
The Prophetic Book of Mormon
The Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority and Kingship