Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

Mormon, Moses, and the Representation of Reality

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
8/16/2021
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
28 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
Book of Mormon, Book of Moses, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, deity, lds, Mormonism, Prophets

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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