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Visions in a Seer Stone : Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon /
"In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter-Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2020]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter-Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion for self-improvement, Davis elucidates both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early nineteenth-century America"-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (264 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781469655680 |