The Pearl of Greatest Price - Givens, Terryl; Hauglid, Brian
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The Pearl of Greatest Price narrates the history of Mormonism's fourth volume of scripture, canonized in 1880 as The Pearl of Great Price. The authors track its predecessors, describe its several components, and assess their theological significance within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the disputed origins of Smith's "Book of Abraham," to perceived discrepancies between Smith's canonized visionary account and other versions, thestatus of this text is vital to the church's present health and future prospects.

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The Pearl of Greatest Price narrates the history of Mormonism's fourth volume of scripture, canonized in 1880 as The Pearl of Great Price. The authors track its predecessors, describe its several components, and assess their theological significance within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the disputed origins of Smith's "Book of Abraham," to perceived discrepancies between Smith's canonized visionary account and other versions, thestatus of this text is vital to the church's present health and future prospects.
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Terryl Givens did graduate work in intellectual history at Cornell and in comparative literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the Jabez Bostwick Professor of Literature and Religion Emeritus at the University of Richmond, and currently works as a Senior Research Fellow at BYU's Neal A. Maxwell Institute. His writings have been praised by the New York Times as "provocative reading," and include most recently a two-volume history of Mormon thought, Wrestling the Angel and Feeding the Flock (Oxford 2014; 2017). Brian M. Hauglid is Associate Professor and Visiting Scholar at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University.