The Annotated Book of Mormon

Grant Hardy is Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He has written or edited seven books, including Worlds of Bronze and Bamboo: Sima Qian's Conquest of History; The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition; The Establishment of the Han Empire and Imperial China (co-authored with Anne Kinney); The Oxford History of Historical Writing, Volume I: Beginnings to AD 600 (co-edited with Andrew Feldherr); and Understanding the Book of Mormon.

Editor's Preface
Abbreviations

Title Page

Introduction to the Small Plates
1 Nephi
2 Nephi
Jacob
Enos
Jarom
Omni

Words of Mormon

Introduction to Mormon's Abridgment of the Large Plates
Mosiah
Alma
Helaman
3 Nephi
4 Nephi
Mormon

Introduction to Moroni's Additions
Ether
Moroni

Testimonies
Three Witnesses
Eight Witnesses
Emma Smith
Joseph Smith

General Essays
The Origins of the Text
The Transmission and Language of the Text
The Book of Mormon and the Bible
Book of Mormon Theology
Lived Religion in the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon and the Latter-day Saints
The Book of Mormon in American History
The Book of Mormon as Literature
Reading the Book of Mormon as Ancient History
Reading the Book of Mormon as Fiction
Reading the Book of Mormon as Revealed Scripture
Reading the Book of Mormon as World Scripture
Further Reading

Maps and Charts
Possible Routes of Lehi's Journey
Mormon's Map
Book of Mormon Plates and Records
Record Keepers in the Book of Mormon
Key Families in the Book of Mormon
Jaredite Kings
Time Line of Nephite History
Chronology of the Translation

Glossary
Biblical Quotations, Allusions, and Verbal Parallels
Index of Names