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English
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Joseph Smith’s Use of Pseudo- Intralingual and Intersemiotic Translation in the Creation of the Mormon Canon : The Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Book of Abraham
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Across Languages and Cultures
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2014
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15
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Akadémiai Kiadó
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219-241
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"The 19th century Book of Mormon, which was at the base of the creation and spread of a new religious movement in the United States, has been used as an example of what translation scholars have called pseudo-translations (Toury 1995, 2005; Hermans 2007; Vidal 2010). However, the Mormon canon is based upon other documents, also presented as translations to Mormon believers. This paper examines the use of translation as the instrument of normalization of the Mormon movement. The first sections provide a short introduction to the emergence of Mormonism in New York State and to the role of translation in the spread of Christianity. From here we move to study the three types of translations Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church, claimed to have resorted to for the production of his three major works, i.e. The Book of Mormon, the translation of the Bible and the Book of Abraham. In other words, pseudo-translation, interlingual translation and intersemiotic translation. The final section contends that translation is the key element that gives cohesion to the three. It also discusses a controversial component of the original “translated” doctrine : the allegations that racism is present in the original works and the ways in which the Church has coped with such allegations." [Abstract from Article]
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A Conjectural Reading of The Book of Mormon
Before Mormonism : Joseph Smith's Use of the Bible, 1820-1829
By the Hand of Mormon : The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion
Church, Sect, and Scripture : The Protestant Bible and Mormon Sectarian Retrenchment
Joseph (Smith) in Egypt : Babel, Hieroglyphs, and the Pure Language of Eden
Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's Revision of the Bible : Fraudulent, Pathologic, or Prophetic?
Mound-builders, Mormons, and William Cullen Bryant
Reflections on the Mormon 'Canon'
Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds : Conflicting Visions, Contested Boundaries
The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri : A Complete Edition
The Rise of Mormonism
The Rise of Mormonism : 1816-1844
The Social Sources of Mormonism
The Story of the Book of Abraham : Mummies, Manuscripts, and Mormonism
Translating Time : The Nature and Function of Joseph Smith's Narrative Cannon