Becoming a People of the Books: Toward an Understanding of Early Mormon Converts and the New Word of the Lord

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Research Article| April 01 2018 Becoming a People of the Books: Toward an Understanding of Early Mormon Converts and the New Word of the Lord Janiece Johnson Janiece Johnson Janiece Johnson has master’s degrees in American Religious History and Theology from Brigham Young University and Vanderbilt University, respectively, and a doctorate from the University of Leicester in England. She is general editor (with co-editors Richard L. Turley Jr. and LaJean Purcell Carruth) of the Mountain Meadows Massacre: Complete Legal Papers (2017) and co-author (with Jennifer Reeder) of The Witness of Women: Firsthand Experiences and Testimonies of the Restoration (2016). She is currently the Laura F. Willis faculty research associate at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (2018) 27: 1–43. https://doi.org/10.5406/jbookmormstud2.27.2018.0001 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Janiece Johnson; Becoming a People of the Books: Toward an Understanding of Early Mormon Converts and the New Word of the Lord. Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1 April 2018; 27 1–43. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jbookmormstud2.27.2018.0001 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of Book of Mormon Studies Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: ARTICLES You do not currently have access to this content.