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Visions in a seer stone : Joseph Smith and the making of the Book of Mormon / William L. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, William L., 1968- author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book of Mormon.
- Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844.
- Smith, Joseph.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- In this interdisciplinary work, William Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter-Day Saint movement. Davis examines both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early 19th-century America.
- Contents:
- Seer stones and western esotericism
- Laying down heads in written and oral composition
- Revival sermons in the burned-over district
- The King Follett sermon
- Sermon culture in the Book of Mormon
- Constructing Book of Mormon historical narratives
- A theory of translation
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 4, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908577-8-1
- 979-88-908577-9-8
- 1-4696-5568-3
- OCLC:
- 1149924407
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