The Complete Joseph Smith Translation Of The Old Testament

SUB TITLE:A Side-By-Side Comparison with the King James Version

This volume--the work of a lifetime--brings together all the Joseph Smith Translation manuscript in a remarkable and useful way. Now, for the first time, readers can take a careful look at the complete text, along with photos of several actual manuscript pages. The book contains a typographic transcription of all the original manuscripts, unedited and preserved exactly as dictated by the Prophet Joseph and recorded by his scribes. In addition, this volume features essays on the background, doctrinal contributions, and editorial procedures involved in the Joseph Smith Translation, as well as the history of the manuscripts since Joseph Smith's day.

The complete text of the Bible revision made by Joseph Smith, the Latter-day Saint prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presented with modern punctuation and spelling and with the original chapter and verse divisions created by Joseph Smith and his scribes. In his lifetime, he and his contemporaries referred to this work as the New Translation. Since the late 1970s it has most often been called the Joseph Smith Translation. Published in parallel columns with the corresponding verses of the King James Bible.

Joseph Smith translation of the bible. Over 3900 verses revised.

Verse-by-verse comparison of the Inspired Version of the Bible with the King James Version, notating every difference.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly." The Prophet Joseph Smith said that he "believe[d] the Bible as it read when it came from the pen of the original writers. Ignorant translators, careless transcribers, or designing and corrupt priests have committed many errors." The Prophet also observed that "it was apparent that many important points touching the salvation of men, had been taken from the Bible, or lost before it was compiled." From the early days of the restoration of the gospel, the Lord told Joseph Smith that a translation of the Bible was necessary to restore these doctrines. The Prophet began his inspired revision of the Bible in June 1830 and finished it in July 1833.Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke of the effect that the Prophet Joseph had on the Bible when he said: "[The Prophet] revised and added to the King James Version of the Bible by the spirit of inspiration, doing more to perfect that volume of holy writ and to return it to its state of pristine perfection than any single person has ever done." This Study Version is not meant to replace the official King James Version of the Bible published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book is meant to be a study tool to help you engage in a more meaningful and comprehensive study of Jesus Christ and His words. It contains the entire text of the Old Testament from Genesis through Deuteronomy and Isaiah and shows the Prophet's inspired revisions in bold type. As you read these inspired revisions seamlessly verse by verse and chapter by chapter you will begin to discover the "pristine perfection"of the Old Testament as restored through Joseph Smith, the Prophet.