Studies of the "Book of Mormon" - Hardcover

Roberts, B. H.; Adsen, Brigham D.M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252010434 ISBN 13: 9780252010439

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1985

Synopsis

Essays examine the foundation of the Mormon Church and the origins of the Book of Mormon

About this title

About the Author:

Brigham Henry Roberts, born in England in 1857, was president of the LDS First Quorum of the Seventy and assistant church historian. His numerous historical (A Comprehensive History of the Church; Joseph Smith, The Prophet-Teacher; Life of John Taylor; The Missouri Persecutions; The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements; Outlines of Ecclesiastical History; The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo; Succession in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and theological works (A New Witness for God;The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van der Donckt Discussion; The Seventy s Course in Theology; Studies of the Book of Mormon;The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology) which are still considered authoritative, earned him the epithet defender of the faith. He died in 1933.
Brigham D. Madsen is Professor Emeritus of History and past vice president of the University of Utah, recipient of a Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the Distinguished Service Award from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. He is the author ofGlory Hunter: A Biography of Patrick Edward Connor(Utah State Historical Society Best Military History Award), North to Montana! Jehus, Bullwhackers, and Mule Skinners on the Montana Trail(Westerners International Best Book Award), The Shoshoni Frontierand theBear River Massacre(Westerners International Best Book Award), Studies of the Book of Mormon(John Whitmer Historical Association Best Book Award), and other volumes, including his own popular autobiography, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Western Historian."

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0252010434
• ISBN 13: 9780252010439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412