Understanding the Book of Mormon

Title

Understanding the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2016

Authors

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

37-51

Volume

25

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Abstract

This essay evaluates Grant Hardy’s Understanding the Book of Mormon, particularly assessing Hardy’s claim that narrative theory can allow readers from a variety of perspectives to (at least temporarily) sidestep the Book of Mormon’s controversial history and engage with the text as a literary artifact. The paper argues that Hardy’s approach facilitates a deeper understanding of the book’s complex deployments of narrative voice and temporality but ultimately cannot efface the interpretive differences that stem from such divergent positions as belief and unbelief.

Scripture Study
Narrator
Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Moroni (Son of Mormon)
Mormon (Prophet)
Narrative Theory

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