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Joseph Smith's translation : the words and worlds of early Mormonism / Samuel Morris Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Samuel Morris, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Sacred books--History and criticism.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Bible--Translating.
- Bible.
- Book of Mormon--Translating.
- Book of Mormon.
- Pearl of Great Price. Book of Abraham--Translating.
- Pearl of Great Price.
- Translating and interpreting--United States--History--19th century.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Latter Day Saint churches--Sacred books--History and criticism.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- Among many remarkable claims, Mormon founder Joseph Smith reported that he had translated ancient scriptures. He dictated the Book of Mormon, an American Bible from metal plates associated with Native antiquity; directly rewrote the King James Bible; and produced a scripture, derived from Egyptian funerary papyri, that he called the Book of Abraham. Smith and his followers used the term "translation" to describe the genesis of these English texts, which remain canonical for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most commenters see these scriptures as merely linguistic objects; the central and controversial question has been whether Smith's English texts are literal translations of extant source documents. On closer inspection, though, his translations are far more metaphysical than linguistic.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-005425-5
- 0-19-005426-3
- 0-19-005424-7
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