The series was ed in 1990, but was not completed until 1993. Book of mormon plain english version wikisource, the. The prophet joseph smith explained that the titlepage of the book of mormon is a literal. Free download or read online book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of great price pdf epub book. The book includes two blank front flyleaves and two blank back flyleaves other copies have three back flyleaves. Book of mormon, an account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. For this readers edition, ive removed the verse numbers, reparagraphed the text. We are a nonprofit organization supported by people like you. The first edition of the novel was published in 1950, and was written by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. The book of mormon by church of jesus christ of latterday saints. The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation.
The book is bound in brown calfskin, with a black label on the spine. The book of mormon the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Pdf book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of. This is a version of the book of mormon adapted into plain english by timothy b. 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. 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. This file contains the entire text of the 1830 edition of the book of mormon referred to hereafter as, bom, as written by joseph. 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.
It is a record of gods dealings with ancient inhabitants of the americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel. 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. Print the pdf, doublesided, on a laser printer, or take it to a copy and print shop and have them print it for you. The book of mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the bible. This is followed by two paragraphs, believed to be authored by the book of mormon prophet moroni, son of mormon. A plain english reference to the book of mormon timothy b.
The original 1830 book of mormon text in a single pdf file. 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. A pdf copy of the wide margin edition of the book of mormon. Mormon books digitized materials rare book and special. Bible, inspired version book of mormon doctrine and covenants lectures on faith. The book of mormon by church of jesus christ of latterday saints and smith. If you love the book of mormon, consider donating to book of mormon. 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. Book of mormon, 1830, page 0 the joseph smith papers. Provo company creates book of mormon journal edition the. Visual overview of the flow of events in the book of mormon. We know it was the 1769 version because even translation errors unique to that bible were copied into the original 1830 book of mormon. The book of mormon, the hit musical by matt stone and trey parker, creators of south park and bobby lopez avenue q, frozen. Rlds church history times and seasons messenger and advocate evening and morning star.
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