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The Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text
Joseph Smith's corrections to the Bible do not match known Biblical manuscripts
- 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?
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The Joseph Smith Translation (JST} of the Bible
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- Question: What is the nature of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST)?
- Question: What is the relationship between the JST and biblical manuscripts?
- Question: What was the translation procedure used by Joseph Smith and his scribes to produce the JST?
- Question: Did Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary significanly influence the JST?
- Question: Was the JST ever completed?
- Question: Why does the Church continue to use the KJV instead of the JST as its official bible?
- Question: Why does the JST translation of Genesis (the Pearl of Great Price's Book of Moses) contain New Testament language?
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