The series was ed in 1990, but was not completed until 1993. The book of mormon by church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Book of mormon, an account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. Large parts of the book of mormon were found to be the same as parts of the 1769 version of the king james version of the bible. The book of mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the bible. It is a record of gods dealings with ancient inhabitants of the americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel. The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. The original 1830 book of mormon text in a single pdf file.
This is a version of the book of mormon adapted into plain english by timothy b. Provo company creates book of mormon journal edition the. The book includes two blank front flyleaves and two blank back flyleaves other copies have three back flyleaves. The book of mormon by church of jesus christ of latterday saints and smith. Free download or read online book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of great price pdf epub book. The book is bound in brown calfskin, with a black label on the spine. It makes the text of the work more accessible and understandable to those who are not familiar with the style used in the original book of mormon, which resembles that of the king james version of the bible. We know it was the 1769 version because even translation errors unique to that bible were copied into the original 1830 book of mormon. This is followed by two paragraphs, believed to be authored by the book of mormon prophet moroni, son of mormon. To the inside front cover are affixed four clippings of descriptions of different versions of first edition copies of the book of mormon and of an 1854 edition of the. It is not an attempt to reinterpret doctrine, rather an attempt to simplify the language somewhat so that it does not distract the reader from the meaning in the words. The original edition of the book of mormon contained dozens of misspelled words, documenting that the writer had a very poor knowledge of the english language.
Print the pdf, doublesided, on a laser printer, or take it to a copy and print shop and have them print it for you. Mormon books digitized materials rare book and special. Bible, inspired version book of mormon doctrine and covenants lectures on faith. Some minor errors in the text have been perpetuated in past editions of the book of mormon. Book of mormon, 1830, page 0 the joseph smith papers. Pdf book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of. If you love the book of mormon, consider donating to book of mormon. A pdf copy of the wide margin edition of the book of mormon.
The prophet joseph smith explained that the titlepage of the book of mormon is a literal. The book of mormon, the hit musical by matt stone and trey parker, creators of south park and bobby lopez avenue q, frozen. We are a nonprofit organization supported by people like you. Rlds church history times and seasons messenger and advocate evening and morning star.
The book of mormon the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. The first edition of the novel was published in 1950, and was written by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. This new version of the book of mormon means that owners of the book can have scriptures and a journal in one, making a huge difference to those. For this readers edition, ive removed the verse numbers, reparagraphed the text. Book of mormon plain english version wikisource, the. This file contains the entire text of the 1830 edition of the book of mormon referred to hereafter as, bom, as written by joseph.
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