The Book of Mormon
$56.98
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2011
Summary
The spiritual text that forms the basis of Mormonism, in the last edition edited by its founder, Joseph Smith, Jr.
The Book of Mormon is one of the most influential, as well as controversial, religious documents in American history, and is regarded as sacred scripture by followers around the world, including members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the fourth-largest religious body in the United States.
According to Mormon belief, The Book of Mormon was insc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143105534 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143105531 |
| Author: | Joseph Smith, Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 488g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith, Jr., is the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is regarded as a divine prophet and the translator of The Book of Mormon, having been given the divine gift of interpretation after he was led to the golden plates on which the book was written. He translated the book in 1829.
Laurie Maffly-Kipp, PhD, is the Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. Her publications are many and include Women’s Work- From Antebellum America to the Harlem Renaissance; American Scriptures- An Anthology of Sacred Writings; and Setting Down the Sacred Past- African-American Race Histories. Maffly-Kipp taught for twenty-four years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Religious Studies and American Studies. She holds a PhD in American History from Yale University.
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