The Annotated Book of Mormon

This is the first fully annotated, academic edition of the Book of Mormon in its 200-year history.Modelled after the Oxford line of annotated Bibles, it provides readers with the information they need to understand this classic text of American religious history.This edition reformats the complete scriptural text in the manner of modern Bible translations with paragraphs, quotation marks, poetic stanzas, and section headings, all of which clarify the book's complicated narrative structure.As a result, readers experience a more accessible and readable presentation than the standard version.Annotations explain the meaning and context of specific passages, delineate extended arguments, identify rhetorical patterns, explore theological implications, highlight ancient and modern parallels, and point out intertextual connections, particularly with the Bible. The Book of Mormon is subdivided into internal books; in this edition, each book is preceded by an introduction that discusses its key