Feeding the Flock: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Church and Praxis | Mormon Mavericks | No Man Knows My History | Studies of the Book of Mormon | Early Mormonism and the Magic World View | New Approaches to the Book of Mormon | Mormon Polygamy
Consider the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The nature of this volumeâin particular its claim to antiquityâis the theme of nine ground-breaking essays in American Apocrypha. Thomas W. Murphy discusses the Book of Mormonâs view that American Indians are descendants of ancient Hebrews. In recent DNA tests, Native Americans have proven to be of Siberian ancestry and not of ancient Jewish or Middle Eastern descent. Nor is the Book of Mormon a traditional translation from an ancient document, writes David P. Wright, as indicated by the underlying Hebrew in the bookâs Isaiah passages. Other contributors to American Apocrypha explore the evolution of ideas in the Book of Mormon during the course of its dictation.
Editors Dan Vogel and Brent Metcalfe have chosen essays by authors who represent a wide range of disciplines and perspectives: Robert Price edits the Journal of Higher Criticism; Thomas Murphy chairs the anthropology department at Edmonds Community College; David Wright teaches Hebrew Bible at Brandeis University. They are joined by Scott C. Dunn; Edwin Firmage, Jr.; George D. Smith; and Susan Stakerâall of whom explore what can be reasonably asserted about the Book of Mormon as scripture.
About: A fine line divides scripture from non-scripture, writes Robert M.
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