cursor Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 The cover art for Mormon's Codex is being be done by James C. Christensen (a celebrated artist who lives in my father's ward [i believe]).Here are some samples of his work: [ link ]. The results will not doubt be exciting.
MormonMason Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Do we have an ETA on publication? Unlike ANACO, I actually am looking forward to publication.
Calm Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) One of my favourite artists, if not favourite in the sense of quality and quantity. There are other artists I like a picture or two better than his, but if I was restricted to only one artist for my whole house, it would be him.He was even my first branch president at BYU, but sadly this was before I knew of his awesomeness.Not being able to afford his pictures, we buy his work in his books and puzzles and now that the stairwell has finally been painted (we've only been in the house for 10 years), I plan on mounting them up on the wall.Reserve a copy for me!!! I don't usually go in for autographs, but it would be so fun to have one autographed by both Christensen and your dad.BYU magazine had an article on Christensen's custom home several years ago. If it is the same house, you should try and get a tour of it sometime if he goes in for that kind of stuff. Edited October 21, 2012 by calmoriah
cursor Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Not being able to afford his pictures, we buy his work in his books and puzzles and now that the stairwell has finally been painted (we've only been in the house for 10 years), I plan on mounting them up on the wall.Dad has a couple of his original works (all purchased early on, of course). What an eye for detail ... and a talent for visually recreating it.. 1
cursor Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Do we have an ETA on publication? Unlike ANACO, I actually am looking forward to publication.When my father presented at this year's FAIR Conference, he ended with a surprisingly bold statement that clearly voiced dissatisfaction with the lack of effort that Maxwell Institute had formerly exerted in marketing his works. Since then, they've very responsibly stepped up. Publication can be reasonably anticipated in the first couple of months of 2013. I am currently feverishly working on the final version of graphic maps that will will be published as an inserted color core to my father's textual offering. It has been seriously rewarding to work with him on this project over these last several months. Edited October 22, 2012 by cursor
cursor Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 We discussed the other day the possibility of foreign language ebook versions of Mormon's Codex. If so we'd start with Spanish, then (if successful) perhaps broaden to include Portuguese and German.There are a million Latter-day Saints in Mexico and Central America, most of them middle class and many with computers, plus the most of a million more in South America, Puerto Rico and Spain. And there are another million in Brazil. 1
nealr Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 The cover art for Mormon's Codex is being be done by James C. Christensen (a celebrated artist who lives in my father's ward [i believe]).Here are some samples of his work: [ link]. The results will not doubt be exciting.I was hoping the cover art would be and we get sneak peek....Oh well, Christensen will no doubt to a fabulous job.
cursor Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 I'm certain that the artwork is not yet completed (perhaps not even started, I don't know).
Popular Post Robert F. Smith Posted October 23, 2012 Popular Post Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) I cannot wait to make Mormon's Codex a central and prominent part of my personal library.This is because I have been thoroughly convinced by livy111us and FAIRLDS that the geography of the Book of Mormon is a peripheral aspect of the gospel.I learned this from reading wonderful articles at FAIRLDS.For example:"A common mistake is taking an obscure teaching that is peripheral to the Church’s purpose and placing it at the very center"&"When a man becomes a prophet, God does not instantly answer all questions and concerns about all aspects of the gospel (especially peripheral aspects such as geography)."If I were to state otherwise, MD&D would further restrict my membership which has its privileges. Currently, I cannot start a topic, nor can I post more than 12 messages a day. I am grieved.Yes, I cannot wait for Mormon's Codex with its purported 9,000 pages to be a central and prominent part of my personal library.Down with the Heartland! Down with the Hill Cumorah in New York being the hill Cumorah! Down with Joseph Smith knowing what he was talking about until he received a travel book on the Maya written by John Lloyd Stephens! Up with the peripheral aspects of the gospel!I now believe the geography of the Book of Mormon is a peripheral aspect of the gospel and join in full fellowship with FARMS/BAMF/FAIRLDS in spending the rest of my life on convincing others the location of a peripheral aspect of the gospel to be in Mesoamerica.Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. Let the earth geography break forth into singing!... among our colleagues are some who do not really like religion in its living forms, but find terribly interesting religion in its dead ones. That is why an old Christian text, one from the first century for example, is deemed a worthy subject of scholarship. But a fresh Christian expression (I think in this connection of the Book of Mormon) is available principally for ridicule, but never for study. Religious experience in the third century is fascinating. Religious experience in the twentieth century is frightening or absurd. Jacob Neusner22Council on the Study of Religion Bulletin, 8/5 (Dec 1977), 1. Edited October 23, 2012 by Robert F. Smith 5
mfbukowski Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 ... among our colleagues are some who do not really like religion in its living forms, but find terribly interesting religion in its dead ones. That is why an old Christian text, one from the first century for example, is deemed a worthy subject of scholarship. But a fresh Christian expression (I think in this connection of the Book of Mormon) is available principally for ridicule, but never for study. Religious experience in the third century is fascinating. Religious experience in the twentieth century is frightening or absurd. Jacob Neusner22Council on the Study of Religion Bulletin, 8/5 (Dec 1977), 1.Wow.
cursor Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) I've been working with my dad (via email and graphic attachments) on the finalization of the dozen maps' formats that will appear in the final publication of Mormon's Codex. What a thoroughly and wonderfully focussed perspective my father owns in his later years. He is indeed a latter-day Saint. In more modern terms, he "simply rocks." Edited October 29, 2012 by cursor 2
cursor Posted November 17, 2012 Posted November 17, 2012 Here is an overview [4.81 MB PDF] glimpse of the scope for the eleven maps that will be included in Mormon's Codex. Obviously, in order to understand the relevance of each, the Mormon's Codex final text will need to be examined.http://johnlsorenson.com/media/mcodex_final-map-evaluation.pdf 4
guerreiro9 Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 Hello cursor,This year for Christmas I would like to purchase a gift certificate for my father to purchase your father's upcoming book. It would have been nice to have the book itself in hand, but I certainly recognize that a book of this magnitude requires countless hours of work and that it will be finished as soon as possible. I was wondering if you had any additional information about how and when the book will be distributed so that I can purchase a gift certificate in accordance? Has a final release date been set? Has the distribution model been finalized (Deseret Book?). Has there been any mention of how much the book will cost? I would gladly pre-order the book if possible (as I'm sure many others would), and would like to make sure that the gift certificate I give my father can be redeemed directly for the book with out any additional money out of pocket on his end. Any suggestions would be appreciated.-guerreiro9
cursor Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 I apologize for not having responded earlier to your request for information regarding the release of Momon's Codex.I recently submitted final graphics for all eleven maps that will appear in the extensive volume to the Maxwell Institute (who will pass them forward to Deseret Book). Deseret Book will publish the text. I'm sorry, but I don't have an estimated cost for the book, nor am I familiar with how long this final process (printing, actual availability in stores, etc.) might take. 2
cursor Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) I just received from my father a textual product that offers an encapsulated version (44,751 words) of Mormon's Codex. I'll be publishing an ebook version of it within the next couple of months. It's title will be Summary of Mormon's Codex: An Ancient Mesoamerican Book. I'll offer a peek at the preface:The book Mormon’s Codex presents a wide array of evidence that the Book ofMormon is an ancient historical record that can only have been put into its original form by a person who lived in southern Mexico and northern Central America (Mesoamerica) many centuries before Spanish explorers reached that area.I have been involved in studying this topic since 1949, but Mormon’s Codex represents a quantum leap in the depth of my argument and documentation. Since this will probably be my final writing on the subject, I feel obliged to bring as much closure as I am able to my work on the relationship of the Book of Mormon to ancient Mesoamerican civilization.Mormon’s Codex is a complex work. In it I point out as many as four hundred ways in which the Nephite record correlates with Mesoamerican cultures; over 1200 publications are referenced, most of them technical treatments. Given the book’s length and detail, interested readers who are not scholars would probably remain unacquainted with its substance. The aim of this summary is to convey briefly in relatively non-technical language the gist of what the large book reports at length. Edited January 11, 2013 by cursor 2
canard78 Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 I just received from my father a textual product that offers an encapsulated version (44,751 words) of Mormon's Codex. I'll be publishing an ebook version of it within the next couple of months. It's title will be Summary of Mormon's Codex: An Ancient Mesoamerican Book. I'll offer a peek at the preface:The book Mormon’s Codex presents a wide array of evidence that the Book ofMormon is an ancient historical record that can only have been put into its original form by a person who lived in southern Mexico and northern Central America (Mesoamerica) many centuries before Spanish explorers reached that area.I have been involved in studying this topic since 1949, but Mormon’s Codex represents a quantum leap in the depth of my argument and documentation. Since this will probably be my final writing on the subject, I feel obliged to bring as much closure as I am able to my work on the relationship of the Book of Mormon to ancient Mesoamerican civilization.Mormon’s Codex is a complex work. In it I point out as many as four hundred ways in which the Nephite record correlates with Mesoamerican cultures; over 1200 publications are referenced, most of them technical treatments. Given the book’s length and detail, interested readers who are not scholars would probably remain unacquainted with its substance. The aim of this summary is to convey briefly in relatively non-technical language the gist of what the large book reports at length.I'll be getting this version then
cursor Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) Summary of Mormon' Codex The CliffNotes or Reader's DIgest version of Mormon's Codex. Edited January 13, 2013 by cursor
canard78 Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 Summary of Mormon's Codex ...the CliffNotes or Reader's Digest version of Mormon's Codex.Was this a request for opinions on potential names? I'd guess Reader's Digest is a protected name (but I prefer it over CliffNotes).
EllenMaksoud Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 For those who don't know, my father will be delivering the 10AM presentation (Aug 2) at this year's FAIR conference. It's entitled "Reading Mormon's Codex." It will provide an insightful introduction to his extensive Mormon's Codex volume, that should be released early next year.http://www.fairlds.o...ference/conf12aPlease additionally note that he will be interviewed on Monday, July 30th on KTKK 530 AM Radio, Drive Time Live, at 4PM MST.John L. Sorenson wrote:The book Mormon’s Codex presents a wide array of evidence that the Book of Mormon is an ancient historical record. The presence in it of a large number (over 420) of agreements with the picture of the ancient civilization of Mesoamerica (southern Mexico/northern Central America) that secular scholarship has established leads to the conclusion that the Book of Mormon can only have been put into its original form by a person who lived in that area many centuries before Spanish explorers reached there. To account for the presence of these “Mesoamericanisms” in the volume he published Joseph Smith had to have had in his possession an ancient native book or codex which he translated.This book establishes “correspondences” between the Book of Mormon text and data revealed in scholarly studies of Mesoamerica ranging from major parallels to specific minor details of fact and phrasing. The secular sources cited comprise a list of books and technical articles 130 pages long from the fields of history, archaeology, anthropology, geography and linguistics. It includes 12 maps and 19 illustrations.I have been involved in studying this topic since 1949, but since Mormon’s Codex may be the final piece I write on the subject, I have felt obliged to bring such closure as I can to my personal investigation of the relationship of the Book of Mormon to ancient Mesoamerica.The book is in final editing at the publisher, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU. Anticipated publication date is early in 2013. Deseret Book will be co-publisher.I am looking for the book. Can you tell me the exact title?
Calm Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Was this a request for opinions on potential names? I'd guess Reader's Digest is a protected name (but I prefer it over CliffNotes).CliffNotes would be as well.
Calm Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) I am looking for the book. Can you tell me the exact title?Mormon's Codex is the title, it is not published yet so you won't be able to find it.There will likely be the equivalent of fireworks on the board when it is published so just keep an eye out for the notification. Edited January 13, 2013 by calmoriah 1
canard78 Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 CliffNotes would be as well.Ah, yes - I had to google that. I don't think we get those over here.
mfbukowski Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 I just received from my father a textual product that offers an encapsulated version (44,751 words) of Mormon's Codex. I'll be publishing an ebook version of it within the next couple of months. It's title will be Summary of Mormon's Codex: An Ancient Mesoamerican Book. I'll offer a peek at the preface:The book Mormon’s Codex presents a wide array of evidence that the Book ofMormon is an ancient historical record that can only have been put into its original form by a person who lived in southern Mexico and northern Central America (Mesoamerica) many centuries before Spanish explorers reached that area.I have been involved in studying this topic since 1949, but Mormon’s Codex represents a quantum leap in the depth of my argument and documentation. Since this will probably be my final writing on the subject, I feel obliged to bring as much closure as I am able to my work on the relationship of the Book of Mormon to ancient Mesoamerican civilization.Mormon’s Codex is a complex work. In it I point out as many as four hundred ways in which the Nephite record correlates with Mesoamerican cultures; over 1200 publications are referenced, most of them technical treatments. Given the book’s length and detail, interested readers who are not scholars would probably remain unacquainted with its substance. The aim of this summary is to convey briefly in relatively non-technical language the gist of what the large book reports at length.Wow.
mfbukowski Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Mormon's Codex is the title, it is not published yet so you won't be able to find it.There will likely be the equivalent of fireworks on the board when it is published so just keep an eye out for the notification. Fireworks?Sounds more like an atomic bomb to me. 1
mfbukowski Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Ah, yes - I had to google that. I don't think we get those over here.You mean people there actually read the books they are supposed to, to get a degree?Cheesh! No wonder you guys sound all distinguished and everything just opening your mouths! 4
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