{"product_id":"the-three-nephites-saints-service-and-supernatural-legend-paperback-softback-9780252088926","title":"The Three Nephites; Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252088926","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Three Nephites\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSaints, Service, and Supernatural Legend\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulie Swallow (Author), Christopher James Blythe (Author), Eric A. Eliason (Author), Jill Terry Rudy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252088926\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 1 black \u0026amp; white photograph, 10 charts\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Based on a massive engaging and eclectic collection of narratives, \u003ci\u003eThe Three Nephites\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating scholarly examination of the Three Nephites narrative tradition. Those interested in the stories themselves will not be disappointed by the vast and varied narrative content, but neither will those hoping for serious and insightful folkloristic, historical, and religious, analysis of this persistent and yet dynamic tradition. The authors have done credit to Bert Wilson's remarkable collection and to the moving and sometimes quirky Nephite tradition.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Diane E. Goldstein, author of \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Virus: AIDS Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHundreds of Nephite stories with essays on the genre’s place in the lives of Latter-day Saints\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stories of encounters with the Three Nephites, immortal saint-like figures, dominate the folklore of the Latter-day Saint tradition. The authors of this volume use hundreds of legends collected by the renowned folklorist William A. Wilson from across a lifetime of research, study, and interviews to focus on the different themes exhibited by the Three Nephites and show that LDS culture, beliefs, and values are embodied by and through the Three Nephites.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52742490915096,"sku":"9780252088926","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-three-nephites-saints-service-and-supernatural-legend-paperback-softback-9780252088926","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}