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Lost Scripture and "the Interpolations of Men": Joseph Smith's Revelation on the Apocrypha
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Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press
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285-303
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[Joseph] Smith's declaration that he would not attempt a 'translation' of the Apocrypha like he had with the Bible remains inscrutable to historians. Given the affinity and interest of newly believing followers of his nascent church in lost doctrines, teachings, and scriptures-- and their willingness to accept as authoritative any translation Joseph Smith produced involving actual or alleged ancient texts-- Smith might have readily supplied exactly what his parishioners were searching for by translating the Apocrypha anew: newly recovered teachings of scripture that had the authority of ancient origin but specifically responded to the theological concerns of his early nineteenth-century followers. This chapter examines the context of Smith's decision to set the Apocrypha aside as a translation project and explores questions about the consistency with which Smith approached his various translation projects." [Abstract from chapter]
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Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints
Approaching Antiquity : Joseph Smith and the Ancient World
Joseph Smith, Revelation, and the Hermeneutics of Theological Innovation: Joseph Smith and the Record of John
Joseph Smith's Developing Relationship with the Apocrypha
Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Sacred Borders : Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America
The Joseph Smith Papers : Documents, Volume 2 : July 1831–January 1833
The Joseph Smith Papers : Documents, Volume 3 : February 1833-March 1834
The Joseph Smith Papers : Histories. Volume 2, Assigned Histories, 1831-1847
The Joseph Smith Papers : Journals, Volume 2 : December 1841-April 1843
The Tarrying of the Beloved Disciple: The Textual Formation of the Account of John