Mormon Textual Atlas — A Textual Analysis
An 8-layer analytical project on the Book of Mormon. It extracts analytical atoms from the English source text (Project Gutenberg), and builds interconnected layers of entities, terminology, narrative, theology, criticism, and biblical intertextuality above them.
Statistics
- 15 books
- 239 chapters
- 2,912 analytical atoms
- 1,764 unified entities
- 1,174 terms
The Books
Browse narrative and theological analysis by book:
- First Nephi — 265 atoms, 22 chapters
- Second Nephi — 400 atoms, 33 chapters
- Third Nephi — 369 atoms, 30 chapters
- Fourth Nephi — 12 atoms, 1 chapter
- Alma — 780 atoms, 63 chapters
- Enos — 12 atoms, 1 chapter
- Ether — 186 atoms, 15 chapters
- Helaman — 201 atoms, 16 chapters
- Jacob — 87 atoms, 7 chapters
- Jarom — 12 atoms, 1 chapter
- Mormon — 114 atoms, 9 chapters
- Moroni — 99 atoms, 10 chapters
- Mosiah — 350 atoms, 29 chapters
- Omni — 13 atoms, 1 chapter
- Words of Mormon — 12 atoms, 1 chapter
Architectural Layers
- Source — The English text from Project Gutenberg
- Atoms — Fine-grained observation units (2,912 atoms)
- Entities — Persons, places, groups, concepts (1,764 entities)
- Glossary — Specialized terminology (1,174 terms)
- Narrative — Indexing narrative events
- Theology — Indexing theological claims
- Criticism — Critical analytical questions
- Intertextuality — Biblical intertextual links
Methodology
Research and Analysis Methodology
Human-Written Editorial Content
Editorial pages — Characters, concepts, internal books, reading paths, and more. 2,912 analytical atoms underpin these pages.