The Testimony of Two Nations: How the Book of Mormon Reads, and Rereads, the Bible (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252087479)

Understanding the Book of Mormon on its own terms and through its two-way connection with the Bible

Like the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible, the Book of Mormon uses narratives to develop ideas and present instruction. Michael Austin reveals how the Book of Mormon connects itself to narratives in the Christian Bible with many of the same tools that the New Testament used to connect itself to the Hebrew Bible to create the Christian Bible. As Austin shows, the canonical context for interpreting the Book of Mormon includes the Christian Bible, the Book of Mormon itself, and other writings and revelations that hold scriptural status in most Restoration denominations. Austin pays particular attention to how the Book of Mormon connects itself to the Christian Bible both to form a new canon and to use the canonical relationship to reframe and reinterpret biblical narratives. This canonical context provides an important and fruitful method for interpreting the Book of Mormon.

Author: Michael Austin
ISBN-10: 025208747X
ISBN-13: 9780252087479
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2024
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.63d