John L. Sorenson’s Complete Legacy: Reviewing Mormon’s Codex
Keywords
book review, Mormon's Codex, Book of Mormon
Abstract
Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book is unquestionably a monument to an impressive career defending, defining, and explaining the Book of Mormon. John L. Sorenson has been for the New World setting of the Book of Mormon what Hugh Nibley was for the Old World setting. From his earliest 1952 publications using anthropology and geography to defend the Book of Mormon to the 2013 publication of Mormon’s Codex, Sorenson has been the dominant force in shaping scholarly discussions about the Book of Mormon in its New World setting. With an impressive 714 pages of text with footnotes, Mormon’s Codex is physically an appropriate capstone to his long publishing career.
Original Publication Citation
John L. Sorenson’s Complete Legacy:Reviewing Mormon’s Codex(Deseret Book, 2013). Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture. 14 (2015): 209-221. Co-authored with Brant Gardner.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Gardner, Brant A. and Wright, Mark Alan, "John L. Sorenson’s Complete Legacy: Reviewing Mormon’s Codex" (2015). Faculty Publications. 4318.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4318
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2015
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7126
Publisher
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Language
English
College
Religious Education
Department
Ancient Scripture
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