Comments on: Review: The Reader’s Book of Mormon, 7 vol. boxed set

By: molly bennion

molly bennion — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:28:11 +0000

Regarding availability, Benchmark will be mailing the collection at the end of the month.

By: Floyd the Wonderdog

Floyd the Wonderdog — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:25:29 +0000

I took apart a BoM and xeroxed it’s normal sized pages centered on 8.5×11 sheets. This gives me plenty of room for notes. I put it in a 3-ring binder so that I can print and insert more extensive notes, etc. I print the notes and quotes pages on colored paper, making them more easily seen. The binder is heavy plastic for durability. All in all, I’m pleased with my study copy of the BoM.

Several years ago I read the 1830 edition of the BoM and found as the other poseters did that the change in the format jogged the mind enough to allow me to see some things more clearly.

Then again, re-reading our old friends (i.e. books we love) after time has passed often gives new insights because of changes in us. I started re-reading the books I was required to read in High School and College and found some old friends therein.

By: Clark

Clark — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:12:57 +0000

Could someone scan in a page or two so we can see the format since that’s its main selling point.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:29:53 +0000

Thanks for the review. I compltely agree that shaking the format up is very helpful in allowing us to see the text with fresh eyes.

Anyone looking for actual commentary on the text simply must get Brant Gardner’s Second Witness in six volumes from Kofford.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:49:26 +0000

Julie, It is simply an introductory essay then the 1830 text of the Book, without any annotation or commentary. The paragraph form of the original. Grant Hardy’s volume on the other hand uses the 1921 text but formats it like a modern edition of the Bible (quotations in bold, poetry in poetic form, text aranged in paragraphs with superscript verse numbers).

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:42:56 +0000

Can you say a little more about the format? Is this a verse-by-verse commentary? Essays on each chapter? Or what?

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:39:37 +0000

Very interesting, J. Thanks for the recommendation; I definitely will get this.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:17 +0000

Mark, I think that it just hasn’t been released yet. They say that sometimes when the release date passes and they don’t have it in stock yet.

By: Mark IV

Mark IV — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:35:52 +0000

The Amazon link says out of stock. Dang it.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:29:40 +0000

Thanks guys. For the uninitiated, Ronan is being sarcastic.

Steve, they only sent out the first volume. You are welcome to borrow that, though.