Joseph Smith's translation : the words and worlds of early Mormonism / Samuel Morris Brown.
2020
BX8622 .B76 2020
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Title
Joseph Smith's translation : the words and worlds of early Mormonism / Samuel Morris Brown.
ISBN
9780190054267 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (344 pages).
Call Number
BX8622 .B76 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
289.32
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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 29, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190054236
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