The Book of Mormon : a biography
Title:
The Book of Mormon : a biography
Author:
Gutjahr, Paul C.
ISBN:
9780691144801
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
c2012.
Physical Description:
xix, 255 pages : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Series:
Lives of great religious books
Contents:
Joseph's gold bible -- Holy writ or humbug? -- Multiplying prophets -- Great Basin saints and the book -- Missionary work and the book -- Scholars and the book -- Illustrating the book -- The book on screen and stage -- Appendix 1. Notable Book of Mormon editions in English -- Appendix 2. Book of Mormon translations.
Abstract:
Shows how Joseph Smith, Jr.'s influential Book of Mormon launched one of the fastest growing new religions on the planet.
