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Digging in Cumorah Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives by Mark D. Thomas Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999 (236p.) |
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Summary: Despite being one of the most influential books of scripture since the Koran, the Book of Mormon remains largely an undiscovered text, according to Mark D. Thomas. In this interpretive primer, he provides an eclectic framework for understanding Mormonism's founding scripture, including textual, historical, and literary approaches. [from publisher website] Table of Contents: 1. Methodology and the Art of Nephite Narrative 2. Warning Prophets and Lehi's Migration Narrative 3. Jaredites in the Wilderness 4. Captivity and Deliverance in the Zeniff Narratives 5. Lehi's Dream and Nephi's Visions: The American Apocalypse 6. Conversion Stories 7. Wars and Captivity: Aristocracy and the Monarchical Narrative Form in the Book of Mormon 8. Dying Heretics 9. The Visit of Christ to the Nephites 10. The "Final Destruction" Form: Secret Combinations as the Sword of Social Destruction More info at publisher website http://www.signaturebooks.com/digging.htm HBLL Call No: BX 8622.04 .T365d 1999
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