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.

This new translation of the New Testament is based on the best available Greek manuscripts, with extensive footnotes to Restoration scripture, new maps, historical notes, and short introductory essays to each book of scripture that describe the authors, the purpose for writing, and connections to Restoration beliefs.

This Study Version of the Joseph Smith Translation contains the full text of the New Testament and includes the inspired corrections and additions by the Prophet Joseph Smith. These corrections and additions are shown in bold type. Verse number changes in the JST are in bold type and the King James verse numbers are in parenthesis. The foundation of the text comes from an original copy of the Inspired Version published in 1867 owned by the compiler. This 1867 edition was meticulously compared to the original manuscripts of the New Testament translation as prepared by the Prophet Joseph and his scribes available at josephsmithpapers.org. The Study Version does not show any words or verses that were deleted by the Prophet Joseph. The JST Study Version was also compared to the masterful work of Dr. Robert J. Matthews "A Plainer Translation Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible" to ensure accuracy. Additional insights and corrections from the Prophet Joseph mentioned in his sermons are also included.

Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and of the broader Latter-day Saint movement, produced several volumes of scripture between 1829, when he translated the Book of Mormon, and 1844, when he was murdered. The Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is well known. Less read and studied are the subsequent texts that Smith translated after the Book of Mormon, texts that he presented as the writings of ancient Old World and New World prophets. These works were published and received by early Latter-day Saints as prophetic scripture that included important revelations and commandments from God. This collaborative volume is the first to study Joseph Smith's translation projects in their entirety. In this carefully curated collection, experts contribute cutting-edge research and incisive analysis. The chapters explore Smith's translation projects in focused detail and in broad contexts, as well as in comparison and conversation with one another. Authors approach Smith's sacred texts historically, textually, linguistically, and literarily to offer a multidisciplinary view. Scrupulous examination of the production and content of Smith's translations opens new avenues for understanding the foundations of Mormonism, provides insight on aspects of early American religious culture, and helps conceptualize the production and transmission of sacred texts.

A detailed look at the Book of Moses in the Latter-day Saint scriptures as well as discussion of how it fits in whith the Joseph Smith Translation manuscripts.