Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History

By Brant A. Gardner 2015 Best Religious Non-fiction Award, Association for Mormon Letters “Provides readers with illuminating, prismatic views of the Book of Mormon.” — Mark Alan Wright “Rich, thorough, provocative.” — Association for Mormon Letters “Careful readers of the Book of Mormon ... will be both challenged and deeply rewarded.” — Journal of Book of Mormon Studies   Available in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Google Play, and Apple. Also available through Amazon and Deseret Book. Download a free sample preview. Book Description: The focus of the Book of Mormon is unquestionably on the things of God. Similar to the Bible, its sermons and explications of religious principles are presented against the framework of the story of a people. It is a story that covers a thousand years. In this book Brant Gardner looks around and behind the religious purposes of the book and teases out how those thousand years of Book of Mormon history correspond to those same years in t