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If the Book of Mormon is truly the “word of God” it shows that God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, and that His concern for the souls of men and women is timeless. As well, it sheds new light on the past and reveals God’s great plans for the future.
Jan 15, 2012 · This is a digital replica of the 1830 (first) edition of the Book of Mormon, written by Joseph Smith Jr.
- Introduction to the Facsimiles
- A Facsimile from the Book of Araham, No. 2
- Commentary on Facsimile No. 2
- Commentary on Facsimile No. 3
- Joseph Smith—Matthew
- Joseph Smith—History
- Structure
- Preface to the 1851 First Edition of the Pearl of Great Price
- Pearl of Great Price Bibliography
- About the Author
The facsimiles of the book of Abraham have accompanied its text in each edition of the Pearl of Great Price since the 1851 first edition. Although the facsimiles have historically had only marginal influence or significance in the oficial canon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, readers of the book of Abraham have nevertheless long...
Figure 1. Kolob, signifying the first creation, nearest to the celes-tial, or the residence of God. First in government, the last pertaining to the measurement of time. The mea-surement according to celestial time, which celestial time signifies one day to a cubit. One day in Kolob is equal to a thousand years according to the measurement of this e...
Facsimile 2 of the book of Abraham is a type of Egyptian document called a hypocephalus. The name derives from Greek (hypo tēn kephalēn) and means literally “under the head” (corresponding to the Egyptian ẖr tp). The hypo-cephalus was a specialized funerary amulet that was placed under (or some-times just near) the head of the deceased and served t...
Facsimile 3 originally appeared on the same papyrus as Facsimile 1 at the end of the Book of Breathings. The name of the owner of the papyrus, Hor, is visible in the bottom row of hieroglyphs. This facsimile in its Egyptian context has been persuasively argued to be a presentation scene in which the deceased (Hor) is brought into the presence of th...
An Extract From Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible The Apostles Inquire of Jesus “For I say unto you, that ye shall not see me henceforth, and know that I am he of whom it is written by the prophets, until ye shall say, ‘Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, in the clouds of heaven, and all the holy angels with him. ’” Then und...
An Extract From the History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet Prologue: The Purpose behind the History 1Owing to the many reports which have been put in circu-lation by evil-disposed and de-signing persons in relation to the rise and progress of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—all of which have been designed by the authors thereof to mil...
The Articles of Faith are a succession of short, declarative statements of faith. Although authored by Joseph Smith, they are made with first-person plu-ral pronouns, thereby signaling their significance for the Latter-day Saints as a faith community. As mentioned, they were originally composed to be the culmination of a longer historical narrative...
The following compilation has been induced by the repeated solicitations of several friends of the publisher, who are desirous to be put in possession of the very important articles contained therein. Most of the Revelations com-posing this work were published at early periods of the Church, when the cir-culation of its journals was so very limited...
Selected bibliographies pertaining to each book in the Pearl of Great Price can be found in their respective introductions.
Stephen O. Smoot is a doctoral student in the department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literature at the Catholic University of America. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations with a concentration in Egyptology and bachelor’s de-grees from Brigham Young University in Ancient Near ...
This expanded institute manual includes 56 chapters of interpretive commentary and student application materials, as well as an appendix with maps and charts and a subject index. For institute courses Religion 121 and 122. Also useful for individual and family study.
The Book of Mormon (Downloadable PDF) Church of Christ Board of Publications. ·. March 1830. ·. 1990 Independence Edition; compared with the Printer’s Manuscript, the 1830 Palmyra Edition, and the RLDS 1908 Authorized Edition. BofM_1990_Edtion_Church_of_Christ Download. Contributor Profile.
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Feb 16, 2022 · The Book of Mormon : a reader's edition. "Regarded as sacred scripture by millions, the Book of Mormon - first published in 1830 - is one of the most significant documents in American religious history. For this new reader's edition, Grant Hardy has reformatted the complete, unchanged 1920 text in the manner of modern translations of the Bible ...
