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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46 (2021)
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Mormon, Moses, and the Representation of Reality
Title
Mormon, Moses, and the Representation of Reality
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2021
Authors
Bushman, Richard L. (Primary)
Journal
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Pagination
291-312
Volume
46
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Abstract
In this essay, Richard Bushman borrows a critical perspective from Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature. He analyzes the representation of antiquity in two of Joseph Smith’s striking translations, the Book of Mormon and the Book of Moses. The two texts, produced within a few years of one another, created distinctive stages on which to dramatize the human-God relationship. The question is: What can we learn from this comparison about God, prophets, and human destiny?
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