- Hardcover: 460 pages
- Publisher: Signature Books (Jun 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1560850175
- ISBN-13: 978-1560850175
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.1 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,126,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Contrary to the incorrect information provided by the reviewer below, this book was not written by ex-Mormons. It was written by Mormon scholars who are more concerned with truth than continuing to perform the Mormon practice of "Lying for the Lord". For writing an honest book based on evidence--rather than faith--several of the authors were excommunicated from the Mormon church (against their wishes). If you are interested in the Book of Mormon's historicity you need to read this book and the FARMS review.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book really changed my views about the Book of Mormon. The writers (mostly LDS) contend that the Book of Mormon looks more like a 19th century work of "inspired fiction" than like a genuine ancient document. Some writers argue that it isn't important for the Book of Mormon to be historical; most focus their energies on the archaeological, linguistic, and historical questions raised by the book. Since I'd read a lot of Hugh Nibley and John Sorensen's writings, and was exposed to a lot of mainstream LDS apologetics at Brigham Young University, I had some idea of what the arguments in favor of historicity were. This collection took solid swipes at many of them. I'm sure that future research will modify many of the conclusions presented here, but this work is the best collection that I know of bringing together well-researched liberal Book of Mormon scholarship.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This collection of essays by a group of ex-Mormons is an exercise in attempting to sooth their consciences and reduce the dissonance between the life they once led and the life they now lead. The authors and publisher are well-known for the deceptive packaging of their views; they portray themselves as Mormons and academics, but only two of them hold any sort of academic post. The articles portray themselves as new, but most of them were reprints are articles that had been circulating for decades. Most of the points raised in the essays were refuted in the "Review of Books on the Book of Mormon" 6/1 (1994), which can be read along with this volume as a means of obtaining a balanced view of the subject. A more recent assessment of the issues addressed in the volume may be found in Noel B. Reynolds, ed., "Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997).
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