Becoming a People of the Books: Early Converts and the Book of Mormon
Title
Becoming a People of the Books: Early Converts and the Book of Mormon
Publication Type
Video
Year of Publication
2018
Authors
Johnson, Janiece L. (Primary)
Publisher
Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Place Published
Provo, UT
Citation Key
4838
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Bibliographic Citation
Abstract
As Joseph Smith’s translation of the Book of Mormon neared completion, he assured close associates that “a great call for our books” had already commenced. Fresh leather-bound copies of the first edition were published and sold beginning March 26, 1830, before the translator had become prophet, before a new church had been founded. How did its initial readers respond to this “Golden Bible”? Was it counterfeit or divine? Was it the “greatest piece of superstition” or a “revelation from God”? What would it be to them, personally? How did early Latter-day Saints develop a relationship with this new scriptural text?
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