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Imperfect Book : What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about Itself by Earl M. Wunderli (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSignature Books, LLC
ISBN-101560852305
ISBN-139781560852308
eBay Product ID (ePID)150505302
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameImperfect Book : What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about Itself
Publication Year2013
SubjectChristianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), Christianity / General, Motivational & Inspirational
TypeTextbook
AuthorEarl M. Wunderli
Subject AreaReligion, Self-Help
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2013-008372
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingAn
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal289.3/22
SynopsisA major theme in the Book of Mormon is the depiction of Native Americans as descendants of ancient Hebrews. Other prominent ideas are the restoration of pure Christianity to an apostate world, the visit of Jesus to the western hemisphere, and recurring cycles of ruin and renewal. All of this begs the question: "Is all of this true?" Wunderli has made an avocation of examining this and related questions by digging deeply into the Book of Mormon and surveying the large body of research that has been generated by scholars of various disciplines. He succinctly summarizes his own findings and this mass of often conflicting information, then adds his own trenchant analysis to the mix. Fascinating reading due to how Wunderli has structured the book as his own personal quest for answers, An Imperfect Book is an accessible but thorough overview of major controversies involving authorship, use of idiom, anachronisms, contrived names, borrowed passages, and prophecies made and fulfilled within the book's own narrative frame. Wunderli includes a discussion of dozens of "curiosities" such as the presence of a solitary polygamist, Amulek, in the book. Wunderli has examined the arguments and reduced the data to a collection of informative observations and reasoned arguments in an altogether readable work., My first impression in reading this text was that it was rightly named in its title. Indeed the author intends to lead the reader through an exploration of a book that he describes as an imperfect book, and does so in a way that enables the book to speak for itself. Given the fact that so many approach the Book of Mormon through lenses already adjusted to read the text for apologetic purposes, I found the author's engagement of the Book of Mormon to be respectfully and critically refreshing. Feeling unable to rely on historians, archeologists, self-designated authorities, or others with sure knowledge of the Book of Mormon, the author turns to the book itself for what it might reveal about itself. Rather than turning to external evidences to vindicate the central claims of the Book of Mormon, the author invites the reader to explore internal evidences to be discovered in the book itself. He does this while engaging a broad range of contemporary scholarship. Dale E. Luffman, Association for Mormon Letters, My first impression in reading this text was that it was rightly named in its title. Indeed the author intends to lead the reader through an exploration of a book that he describes as an imperfect book, and does so in a way that enables the book to speak for itself. Given the fact that so many approach the Book of Mormon through lenses already adjusted to read the text for apologetic purposes, I found the author s engagement of the Book of Mormon to be respectfully and critically refreshing. Feeling unable to rely on historians, archeologists, self-designated authorities, or others with sure knowledge of the Book of Mormon, the author turns to the book itself for what it might reveal about itself. Rather than turning to external evidences to vindicate the central claims of the Book of Mormon, the author invites the reader to explore internal evidences to be discovered in the book itself. He does this while engaging a broad range of contemporary scholarship. Dale E. Luffman, Association for Mormon Letters"
LC Classification NumberBX8627.W86 2013
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