{"id":822,"date":"2015-01-12T14:51:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidbokovoy\/?p=822"},"modified":"2015-01-12T14:52:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T20:52:45","slug":"book-of-mormon-as-literature-course-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidbokovoy\/2015\/01\/book-of-mormon-as-literature-course-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Book of Mormon as Literature Course 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_21\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/413\/2014\/01\/1238795_10201272439466448_439379034_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/413\/2014\/01\/1238795_10201272439466448_439379034_n-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holding a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon engraved with Joseph Smith's signature.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holding a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon engraved with Joseph Smith\u2019s signature.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br>\nI have a smaller class this year, but I\u2019m pleased to announce that the Book of Mormon as Literature course will be taught again this semester at the University of Utah.  The course is labeled as CLCS 4900-01.  We meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:15-8:35 PM in room 114 of MBH.  This course in Mormon Studies is sponsored by the Tanner Humanities Center.<\/p>\n<p>We will again use Grant Hardy\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Book-Mormon-Readers-Edition\/dp\/025207341X\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reader\u2019s Edition of the Book of Mormon<\/a><\/em> as our primary text.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a smaller class this year, but I\u2019m pleased to announce that the Book of Mormon as Literature course will be taught again this semester at the University of Utah. The course is labeled as CLCS 4900-01. We meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:15-8:35 PM in room 114 of MBH. 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