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Just saw your edit: as I believe I've mentioned before on Hatrack, what I like about Jeff Lindsay is that he actually has a sense of humour (something rare in apologetics, in my experience). I honestly haven't read much of his stuff -- just skimmed through his site and generally take a look at this blog posts -- but his writing style is a cut above most apologetists, I think.
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quote: the simple fact is that the Book of Mormon has failed to stand up -- as far as I am aware -- to every single bit of independent research done on its historicity and/or authenticity
A major reason for that (accepting that it's true) is that those studies have assumed it was a product of the Western frontier of 1830. If you're going to test something you have to measure it against the background it claims for itself, and the only ones that have been doing that have been Mormon scholars.
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Not to get back on the original topic or anything, but I picked up the Doubleday edition today. It's actually quite attractive, and looks nice on my shelf.
It includes the same introductory notes as the Church edition (as well as the reports of the witnesses and Title Page, of course). The text is typeset in a different font, but the chapter and section headings remain - but since the footnotes were all removes, the approximate date footers now follow the chapter headings.
The appendeces are arranged differently, and isn't as exhaustive, I think, as the Church edition. Apart from the same pronunciation guide, it has a few special headings in the index for JESUS CHRIST, DOCTRINES, PEOPLE, and PLACES AND EVENTS.
I like this arrangement, and think that for non-members interested in a quick-find, this is a great decision. Heck, even members could find it useful, and a little less cumbersome than the Church Edition Index.
Doubleday has produced a fine work, and I'm interested in seeing if this has any effect on nationwide awareness and readership.
Question: how gold is the cover? Is it shiny? I hope not. It didn't look that way from the cover image released, but I read a news story that suggested that it was gold gold.
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Did you guys see the missionary edition of the B/M that came out in the early 80s. It was a representation of the gold plates with the characters on them. SHINY gold, very tacky looking, a bit embarrasing really.
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