The Book of Mormon [Paperback]

Joseph Smith (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2005

Ever since its appearance in 1830, the Book of Mormon has been a contentious volume. Claimed by millions of Latter Day Saints to be a record of the ancient Israelites and their journeys in the Americas, this volume has earned its place amongst the classics of apocryphal biblical literature. Here is reprinted the original 1830 edition of this revered text, uncorrected, undoctored, and unimproved. It is an important re-source for comparison with the current "official" edition published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. At once scandalous and devotional, the Book of Mormon continues to fascinate and inspire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: Apocryphile Press (December 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976402513
• ISBN-13: 978-0976402510
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #874,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Functional but klunky on Kindle, January 22, 2010

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Tor Kinlok - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Book of Mormon (Kindle Edition)

This is a review of MacMay's version of the Book of Mormon (Kindle edition).

This appears to be the standard contemporary version of the text, but is missing the LDS chapter summaries. Also it does *not* have a table of contents and is thus difficult to navigate. For starting at the beginning and reading straight through, it will suffice. But for going to any specific book or chapter, there is no easy way to do so except for text searching. Regarding the formatting, each sentence has a title. ie, a sentence will start:

1 Nephi 2:20

20 (a single sentence)

1 Nephi 2:21

21 (a single sentence)

complete with 2 or three lines of white space between each sentence. This makes the text look awkward and interrupts the flow, but it does give the user something to search on when navigating.

Recommended only for the price; if ease-of-use and/or readability is more important to you, I suggest getting a different version.

57 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Racist, boring and poorly written, January 12, 2011

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E. E. - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of Mormon (Kindle Edition)

And it came to pass that every sentence starts with "and it came to pass" in this exceptionally ridiculous book. The faux King James English boreth me ever so much. However, the anachronisms are a hoot- Jews riding chariots and horses in the Americas pre-Columbus, and using steel and elephants. (Oops, Smith forgot his pre-Columbian history.) It is all so silly except for the overt racism. The bad guys, Lamanites, are cursed with a dark skin and become a "degenerate" people i.e. the Native Americans. It is so repugnant.

It is also humorous that the author, Smith, condemns polygamy in the Book of Mormon and then goes on several years later to marry over 30 women himself! Some of his wives like Helen Mar Kimball were as young as fourteen- quite pathetic.

51 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Read, prayed and got a stupor of thought, January 12, 2011

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Art Vandalay (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of Mormon (Kindle Edition)

It's said that if the Book of Mormon is true, all other religions are not. What if it is false? Smith said he translated the plates which were written in Reformed Egytpian. He also claimed he translated Regular Egyptian in the Book of Abraham. Egyptologists have looked at Smith's translation of facsimiles and papyri and determined he could not translate Egyptian in the least. He had lied. I read the Book of Mormon and got a bad feeling about it. Learning that he lied about translating Egyptian, I don't believe the Book of Mormon is true in the least.