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Brian · 05-30-2006, 03:38 PM

Ahoy all,
I need some book recomendations. I'm an early morning seminary teacher in our stake and D&C is next year. Can anyone recommend some good reading material on the DC in prep for next year? I see a lot of stuff on deseretbook.com, but have no idea what is interesting and what is lame. The DC doesn't have much of a story line like the BoM, NT, etc, so I'd like to mix it in with church history, a topic that bores me, so I haven't really studied it much, although the JSmith biography is helping there....
Anyone have a recomendation?

Regards,
Brian

Mormon Red Death · 05-31-2006, 12:07 PM

The gathering of Zion - by Wallace Stegner - the best book on the mormon migration out there IMO

Ok anything else by Wallace Stegner

Sleeping in EQ · 05-31-2006, 12:57 PM

There is a real dearth of good books structured around the D&C itself, but I'd steer you to Dean Jessee's "The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith." It's the best original source material out there on J.S. Jr. until the Joseph Smith project finishes.

I've taken letters from it and discussed them alongside D&C sections that were written at the same time or near the same time.

Brian · 05-31-2006, 02:35 PM

thanks for the suggestions.
i've seen a number of suggestions for the Ostler, McConkie book Revelations of the Restoration. Is that any good? It seems to be aligned with might help most teaching teenagers.
Amazon cheerfully suggested Palmer's An Insiders view of Mormon Origins and Bergera's Conflict in the Quorum. Anyone recommend, dis-recommend them?

Regards,
Brian

fusnik11 · 05-31-2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian

Amazon cheerfully suggested Palmer's An Insiders view of Mormon Origins and Bergera's Conflict in the Quorum. Anyone recommend, dis-recommend them?

Regards,
Brian

I just read Conflict in the Quorum...

Solid read, unless you want to discuss the different philosophies Brigham and Orson had, and the 'marriage proposal' of Joseph to Orson Pratt's wife, I wouldn't recommend it for a Teacher's Quorum discussion. Otherwise I think it a solid read especially if you want to read a little more about Adam/God...

05-30-2006, 03:38 PM	#1
Brian Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oak Ridge, TN Posts: 1,308	D&C books Ahoy all, I need some book recomendations. I'm an early morning seminary teacher in our stake and D&C is next year. Can anyone recommend some good reading material on the DC in prep for next year? I see a lot of stuff on deseretbook.com, but have no idea what is interesting and what is lame. The DC doesn't have much of a story line like the BoM, NT, etc, so I'd like to mix it in with church history, a topic that bores me, so I haven't really studied it much, although the JSmith biography is helping there.... Anyone have a recomendation? Regards, Brian __________________ e^(i * pi) + 1 = 0 5 great numbers in one little equation.

05-31-2006, 12:07 PM	#2
Mormon Red Death Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clinton Township, MI Posts: 3,126	The gathering of Zion - by Wallace Stegner - the best book on the mormon migration out there IMO Ok anything else by Wallace Stegner __________________ Its all about the suit

05-31-2006, 12:57 PM	#3
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	There is a real dearth of good books structured around the D&C itself, but I'd steer you to Dean Jessee's "The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith." It's the best original source material out there on J.S. Jr. until the Joseph Smith project finishes. I've taken letters from it and discussed them alongside D&C sections that were written at the same time or near the same time. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

05-31-2006, 02:35 PM	#4
Brian Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oak Ridge, TN Posts: 1,308	thanks for the suggestions. i've seen a number of suggestions for the Ostler, McConkie book Revelations of the Restoration. Is that any good? It seems to be aligned with might help most teaching teenagers. Amazon cheerfully suggested Palmer's An Insiders view of Mormon Origins and Bergera's Conflict in the Quorum. Anyone recommend, dis-recommend them? Regards, Brian __________________ e^(i * pi) + 1 = 0 5 great numbers in one little equation.