It Came from Beyond

by Daniel C. Peterson

Overview

Abstract: The early Latter-day Saints viewed the Book of Mormon not only as a symbol of Joseph Smith's prophetic calling but also as the most powerful evidence for that calling. However, perhaps because they were ardent believers in the Bible who had been formed in a distinctly Bible-drenched culture and perhaps also because many of them had come to the Book of Mormon relatively late in their lives, they tended to quote from the Nephite record only rarely. Surprisingly, this was the case even for Joseph Smith himself — which can be taken as a sign that he didn't write the book.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162735021
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	11/05/2020
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #40
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	318 KB

About the Author

Daniel C. Peterson (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles) is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University and is the founder of the University’s Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, for which he served as editor-in-chief until mid-August 2013. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and Mormon subjects. Formerly chairman of the board of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and an officer, editor, and author for its successor organization, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, his professional work as an Arabist focuses on the Qur’an and on Islamic philosophical theology. He is the author, among other things, of a biography entitled Muhammad: Prophet of God (Eerdmans, 2007).