Earl M. Wunderli
Â A major theme in the Book of Mormon is the depictionÂ of Native Americans as descendants of ancientÂ Hebrews. Other prominent ideas are the restorationÂ of pure Christianity to an apostate world, the visit ofÂ Jesus to the western hemisphere, and recurring cyclesÂ of ruin and renewal. All of this begs the question: â€œIs allÂ of this true?â€ Wunderli has made an avocation of examiningÂ this and related questions by digging deeply intoÂ the Book of Mormon and surveying the large body ofÂ research that has been generated by scholars of variousÂ disciplines. He succinctly summarizes his own findingsÂ and this mass of often conflicting information, thenÂ adds his own trenchant analysis to the mix.Â Fascinating reading due to how Wunderli has structuredÂ the book as his own personal quest for answers,Â AnÂ Imperfect BookÂ is an accessible but thorough overview ofÂ major controversies involving authorship, use of idiom,Â anachronisms, contrived names, borrowed passages,Â and prophecies made and fulfilled within the bookâ€™sÂ own narrative frame. Wunderli includes a discussion ofÂ dozens of â€œcuriositiesâ€ such as the presence of a solitaryÂ polygamist, Amulek, in the book.Â Wunderli has examined the arguments and reducedÂ the data to a collection of informative observations andÂ reasoned arguments in an altogether readable work.Â 
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An Imperfect Book: What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about Itself