Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-265) and index.
Contents
A note on Mormon organization and nomenclature -- Introduction : the Bible in antebellum America -- Before Mormonism : Joseph Smith and the Bible, 1820-1830 -- From the birth of the Church to the death of the prophet -- Diversity and development : the Bible moves west -- The Mormon response to higher criticism -- Why the King James version? -- The late twentieth century -- Summary : the ambiguities of a new religious tradition.