Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Volume 25 | Number 1 Article 1
1-1-2016 Front Matter Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
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Editors’ Introduction v
A Journal of Book of Mormon Studies Retrospective: Twenty-Five Years of Scholarship 1
A Book of Mormon Studies Prospective 13 Brian M. Hauglid, Mark Alan Wright, Joseph M. Spencer, and Janiece Johnson
Understanding Understanding the Book of Mormon: An Interview with Grant Hardy 20
Understanding the Book of Mormon 37 Elizabeth Fenton
An Apologetically Important Nonapologetic Book 52 Daniel C. Peterson
Comprehending the Book of Mormon through Its Editors 76 Jana Riess
Mixing the Old with the New: The Implications of Reading the Book of Mormon from a Literary Perspective 85 Adam Oliver Stokes iv Contents
A View from the Outside—An Appreciative Engagement with Grant Hardy’s Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide 93 John Christopher Thomas
Beyond Understanding: Narrative Theory as Expansion in Book of Mormon Exegesis 116 Amy Easton-Flake
The Book of Mormon Book Club 139 Grant Hardy