Understanding the Book of Mormon : a reader's guide / Grant Hardy.

Author/creator Hardy, Grant, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxix, 346 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Sons and brothers: characterization -- Prophets of old: scriptural interpretation -- Mormon's dilemma: competing agendas -- Other voices: embedded documents -- Providential recurrence: parallel narratives -- The day of the Lord's coming: prophecy and fulfilment -- Weakness in writing: a sense of audience -- Strategies of conclusion: allusion.
Abstract In "Understanding the Book of Mormon," Hardy offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work's narrative structure in its 180 year history. He identifies the book's literary techniques, such as characterization, embedded documents, allusions, and parallel narratives, and shows how the narrators--Nephi, Mormon, and Moroni--each has a distinctive voice woven into an integral whole.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-327) and indexes.
LCCN 2009026675
ISBN9780199731701 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0199731705

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BX8627 .H33 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold