Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life [Hardcover]

John L. Sorenson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 241 pages
• Publisher: Foundation for Ancient Research & (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934893284
• ISBN-13: 978-0934893282
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interested in ancient American cultures and/or Mormons?, March 29, 2000

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D. Rasmussen (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (Hardcover)

The title describes exactly what this book is. Sorenson takes us into his world as a socio-cultural anthropologist, helping us understand what the different archeological and historical remains can tell us about the many aspects of the everyday lives of ancient peoples. The book is intentionally simple, you won't find in depth hypothosis' or commentary, but it is written at a level beneficial for newcomers as well as for those who already know much about ancient American culture. A small section of each topic cites Book of Mormon references that may be relative to the subject matter. Sorenson's intent is not to validate the history in the Book of Mormon through archeological discovery, but rather to help us understand the cultures that were a part of, or influenced, the peoples in that book-much like knowing about ancient Jewish culture helps us better understand the events in the New Testament. This book has added an important aspect to my study of the Book of Mormon, and as a visitor to ruins in Mexico, added life and meaning to what I saw there.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It will help you focus on a more specific view, July 13, 2002

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Craig Matteson (Saline, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (Hardcover)

This is a terrific book and helps as a way of refocusing the view of how you think about the culture described in the Book of Mormon. If you are a believer, ... it helps to make things more specific and yet less cut and dried. Just like real life.

If you aren't a believer, and in fact if you actively disbelieve the Book of Mormon, that is OK too. You will get a more specific look at the vision of things you actively disbelieve.

In either case it is a helpful and valuable book, as are all of Sorenson's works.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great resource, July 8, 2009

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P. Bennett (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (Hardcover)

While collective history of Central America is frustratingly scarce, John Sorenson has done a great job of pulling together a variety of images and artifacts to help the reader understand what the area may have been like 2,000 years ago and how the findings relate to the information in the Book of Mormon.

The book is well presented and well categorised - broken down into easy to digest chunks and is heavy on images (which is the point of it really).

This book is a good resource for anyone wanting to get more out their study of the Book of Mormon or wanting to increase their understanding of Book of Mormon people and geography.