Mormon's Record

SKU: 1426724 Mormon's Record

Description

Although the ancient scriptural record known as the Book of Mormon contains profound doctrinal and theological content, it is foremost a history. Thus, it is not surprising that it has the earmarks of ancient rather than modern works of history. Yet few studies analyze the Book of Mormon as a legitimate work of ancient history. The author describes the sacral worldview that informed much of ancient writing, surveys four millennia of historical writings to show how the sacral worldview differs from modern historiography, and discusses many underlying historical themes found in the writings of Israelite and Greco-Roman historians that also figure in the composition of the Book of Mormon. That scripture’s sobering theological message is shown to emerge from the historical accounts that inform it.

Size: 6x9
Pages: 472

Gregory Steven Dundas received his PhD in Greek and Roman history from UCLA, a BA in history and classics from San Diego State University, and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School. He is the author of Explaining Mormonism: A Believing Skeptic’s Guide to the Latter-day Saint Worldview (2022). For several years he taught classes in history and Classics and then went on to work for two decades as an attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

SKU: 1426724 Mormon's Record The Historial Message of the Book of Mormon Gregory Steven Dundas

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