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Folks

Today I've published an ebook about the Book of Mormon. Here is a summary I wrote of it:

This is a historical and literary analysis of the Book of Mormon, focusing on First Nephi. Nephi's small plates are a time capsule from the sixth century B.C., containing a "loser's eye view" of religion that strongly contrasts with the ideology of the Jerusalem establishment of the time. Lehi's dream and Nephi's interpretive vision are visionary-literary accounts of the two temple ordinances at the heart of the worship of Lehi's 'visionary men': the Peace Offerings and the Day of Atonement. Learning to see and understand those ordinances opens up the rest of the Book of Mormon, and ancient scripture in general.

Plain and Precious Things is short and punchy, and it's an ebook. You can get it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007...

You can also get it on Smashwords:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

The book also has a Facebook page. There I talk a little bit about the writing of the book, and you can Like the page to follow further developments:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Plain-a...

Thanks.

Dave