Michael Hubbard MacKay is associate professor in the
Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young
University and a former historian and coeditor at the Joseph Smith
Papers project.
Mark Ashurst-McGee is a senior historian in the Church
History Department and the senior research and review editor for
the Joseph Smith Papers project, where he serves as a specialist in
document analysis and documentary editing methodology.
Brian M. Hauglid is associate professor and visiting fellow
at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.
"An impressive collection of essays that offers the most
sophisticated, multifaceted, and detailed examination to date of
Joseph Smith's career-long process of translation and his projects
in producing new scripture. This landmark study has significantly
elevated the scholarly discourse surrounding the nature of Smith's
revelatory process, and the essays of all the participating
scholars offer major contributions to the understanding of Joseph's
prophetic methodology. The resulting synthesis of these
wide-ranging essays prompts the proverbial saying that the whole is
greater than the sum of its parts."
--The Journal of Mormon History
"The essays in Producing American Scripture are an invitation to
engage with the production of texts in early America to far more
scholars than simply those specializing in early Mormon history.
The paperback edition can easily be used as a textbook in
undergraduate courses on early American religion and represents
some of the best current work in this field."
--Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture
"The comprehensiveness of the treatment of Joseph Smith's
translation projects, the quality and depth of the specific papers,
and the way in which many papers confirm or interact with the
others in the book, support the assertion that this is currently
the most important single work examining the whole of Joseph
Smith's translation projects. For many years to come, anyone
attempting to discuss any of Joseph Smith's translation projects
must refer to Producing Ancient Scripture."
--Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and
Scholarship
"The editors are to be congratulated on pulling together an
excellent collection of articles by seasoned historians, laying a
new, higher foundation for a thorough understanding of Joseph
Smith's translations. This book is essential reading for those
interested in an in-depth exploration of Joseph Smith's language
and translation projects."
--Worlds Without End: A Mormon Studies Roundtable
"These essays collectively revise our understanding of Joseph
Smith's many translation projects. I found each essay stimulating
and thought-provoking. I cannot imagine writing or teaching about
the Joseph Smith period of Mormonism without having this book
nearby as a source to consult."
--John Turner, professor of American religion, George Mason
University, and author of The Mormon Jesus: A Biography and Brigham
Young: Pioneer Prophet "A fantastic contribution--both to the field
of Mormon studies and to the larger field of religious studies as
well. The volume will immediately become the standard work on the
subject of Joseph Smith's translation projects, far and away the
best analyses of the topic available."
--Joseph Spencer, assistant professor of ancient scripture at
Brigham Young University and editor of the Journal of Book of
Mormon Studies
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