Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation

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Articles about Joseph Smith

Life and Character	Status in Latter-day Saint belief Joseph Smith's family as trustworthy and hard-working Education Trustworthiness The Hurlbut affidavits Alleged narcissism Money digging Folk magic or the occult The Word of Wisdom
Revelations and the Church	Use of seer stones as a youth First Vision Book of Mormon Joseph Smith's inspired revision of the Bible The restoration of the priesthood Personages who appeared to Joseph Smith
Prophetic Statements	The U.S. Civil War Rocky Mountain prophecy The White Horse prophecy Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith
Society	Legal issues 1826 trial Creation of the Kirtland Safety Society Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society Campaign for President of the United States
Plural marriage (polygamy)	Initiation of the practice of plural marriage Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife Joseph Smith hid polygamy from the general Church membership Joseph Smith's marriage to young women Did Joseph Smith coerce women to marry him? Mormon women refusing offers of plural marriage Joseph Smith and children through plural marriage Joseph Smith was sealed to other men's wives Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages Did Joseph have lustful motives for practicing polygamy? Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to steal their wives? Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy for the purpose of monetary gain? Notable plural wives: Fanny Alger Helen Mar Kimball Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde
Death	The Nauvoo Expositor Events surrounding the death of Joseph Smith Firing a gun at Carthage Jail Qualification as a martyr 1844 Succession to Joseph Smith

The "Joseph Smith Translation" of the Bible

Summary: Video published by BYU Religious Education.

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• Joseph Smith's corrections to the Bible do not match known Biblical manuscripts
• Use of the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible
• Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible to the Book of Mormon
• Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation to the Book of Abraham
• Accusations of Plagiarism Leveled Against the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Joseph Smith's corrections to the Bible do not match known Biblical manuscripts

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• Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text?
• Question: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts?
• Matthews: "To regard the New Translation...as a product of divine inspiration given to Joseph Smith does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text"
• Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood?
• Question: Was Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible ever completed?

Use of the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible

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• Question: Why don't Mormons use the "Joseph Smith Translation" as its official Bible?
• Question: Is the Church "embarrassed" by the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?
• Question: What have Church leaders said about the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?

Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation

Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation to the Book of Abraham

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• Question: When Joseph performed his inspired translation of the Bible, why didn't he rewrite the creation account in Genesis to read more like that in the Book of Abraham?

Accusations of Plagiarism Leveled Against the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Summary: Some critics have accused Joseph Smith of plagiarism for the production of the Joseph Smith Translation. These articles address these accusations.

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• Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?