Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011
Volume 19 Number 2 Article 1
2007
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Editor’s Introduction, “God and Mr. Hitchens,” by Daniel C. Peterson...... xi
Book of Mormon Schofield, Keith Bailey. How to Increase Your Enjoyment of the Book of Mormon: Striking New Insights into the Life of Mormon and His Work (Paula W. Hicken, “Mormon’s Spiritual Treasure, ‘Dazzling’ or Otherwise”)...... 1 Norman, V. Garth. Book of Mormon Geography— Mesoamerican Historic Geography (Larry Poulsen, “The Light Is Better Over Here”)...... 11
Remembrance Articles Louis Midgley. “Preserving and Enlarging the Memory of the Saints”...... 21 Steven L. Olsen. “The Theology of Memory: Mormon Historical Consciousness”...... 25 viii • The FARMS Review 19/2 (2007)
Gary Novak and Louis Midgley. “Remembrance and the Past”...... 37 John Murphy. “Acquiring and Preserving Written Records: A Sacred Commission”...... 67 James E. Faulconer. “Remembrance”...... 71
Interfaith Studies Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (Ted Lyon, “In the Forecast: Global Christianity Alive and Well”)...... 89
Article Raphael Jospe. “The Glory of God Is Intelligence”: A Note on Maimonides...... 95
Church History Topping, Gary. Utah Historians and the Reconstruction of Western History (Larry E. Morris, “Sister Brodie and Sister Brooks”)...... 99 Hardy, B. Carmon. Doing the Works of Abraham: Mormon Polygamy, Its Origin, Practice, and Demise (Allen L. Wyatt, “Plural Marriage and the Half-Empty-Glass School of Historiography”) ...... 117 Cain, Christopher, producer. September Dawn (Craig L. Foster, “Massacring the Truth”)...... 137
New Testament Judd, Frank F., Jr., and Gaye Strathearn, eds. Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament Contents • ix
Jackson, Kent P., and Frank F. Judd Jr., eds. How the New Testament Came to Be: The 35th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Kevin L. Barney, “The Sperry Symposium and the New Testament”)...... 177
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Eric D. Huntsman, and Thomas A. Wayment. Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament: An Illustrated Reference for Latter-day Saints (Kevin L. Barney, “Finally!”)...... 193
Price, Robert M. The Pre-Nicene New Testament: Fifty-four Formative Texts (Thomas A. Wayment, “Maverick Scholarship and the Apocrypha”)...... 209
Hull, Michael F. Baptism on Account of the Dead (1 Cor 15:29): An Act of Faith in the Resurrection (John A. Tvedtnes, “The Quick and the Dead”)...... 215
The New Atheism Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion (David Grandy, “Ideology in the Guise of Science”)...... 239
Book of Abraham Article
John Gee. “New Light on the Joseph Smith Papyri”...... 245
Book Notes Campbell-Jack, W. C., and Gavin McGrath, eds. New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics...... 261
Fletcher, Allen J. A Scriptural Discussion of Light...... 262 x • The FARMS Review 19/2 (2007)
Lilla, Mark. The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West...... 262 McConkie, Clay. A Man Named Peleg: An Exploration into the Days of Peleg...... 264 Nichols, Larry A., George A. Mather, and Alvin J. Schmidt. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions...... 265 Partridge, Christopher, ed. Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World: Exploring Living Faiths in Postmodern Contexts...... 267 Witherington, Ben. The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism and Wesleyanism...... 268 Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim. Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory...... 272
About the Contributors...... 275