Submissions should be attuned to both audiences.ģ. It thus aims at producing top-rate scholarship working at the highest academic level, even as it asks contributors to recognize the ethical complexity of dealing with a text held sacred by believers. The journal serves a general readership, including scholars interested in the Book of Mormon as an object of research and lay readers hoping to learn more about their sacred text. Primarily homiletic or devotional manuscripts are a better fit for other publishing venues.Ģ. The journal publishes research articles, research notes, book reviews, review essays, literature reviews, and interviews. Submissions are welcome from a variety of subdisciplines, including textual criticism, literary study, reception history, theological interpretation, and comparative scripture, among others. Please contact the Rights and Permissions Manager for more information.Īll submissions to the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies should be submitted to The Journal of Book of Mormon Studies publishes work that expands knowledge of the contexts (historical, linguistic, literary, social, cultural, theological, etc.) within which the text of the Book of Mormon originated and has subsequently been interpreted. UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the JBMS Webpage Personal and commercial Web sites Articles must be at least three years old.UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the JBMS webpage Non-profit archives and repositories Articles must be at least one year old.University repositories UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the preprint.All PDFs will include a statement of copyright and a provision that the articles will not be photocopied, distributed, or used for purposes other than the terms agreed to by UIP.Other requests to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Special workshops the author is moderating.PDFs are permitted and issued for the following: Maxwell Institute in Provo, Utah.Īcademic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Ultimate, ATLA Religion Database, TOC Premier The journal is available both electronically and in print and is published annually by the University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Neal A. Peer reviewers are drawn from a wide range of relevant disciplines and a variety of academic institutions. The journal publishes research articles, research notes, book reviews, review essays, literature reviews, and interviews focused on the Book of Mormon. Ricks, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies is the leading venue for scholarly work on the Book of Mormon. The leading venue for scholarly work on the Book of MormonĮstablished in 1992 by founding editor Stephen D.

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