The book of mormon a very short introduction examines the book of mormon primarily in terms of the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis its purpose as a sacred text and its meaning for an audience which shifts over the course of the history it unfolds five governing themes revelation christ zion scripture and covenant serve as vectors for analysis of the . Note 5 retrouvez the book of mormon a very short introduction library edition et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. Note 5 retrouvez the book of mormon a very short introduction et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. But for purposes of general orientation a synopsis of the book of mormon would go something like this the book of mormon tells the story of an israelite clan under the patriarch lehi that flees jerusalem just before the babylonian captivity ca 600 bce sails to the western hemisphere and establishes a colony