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The following is proof that I do research the LDS. Do you know about these changes?
The 1830 Book of Mormon - Summary of Changes
There are a few changes which affect the narrative of the Book of Mormon itself. These are summarised below.
I Nephi 11:18 And he said unto me, Behold, the virgin which thou seest, is the mother of God, after the manner of flesh.
I Nephi 11:21 And the angel said unto me, behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father!
I Nephi 11:32 …And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he was taken by the people; yea, the Everlasting God, was judged of the world…
I Nephi 13:40 …that the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father and the Saviour of the world…
In Each of the above instances, the text was corrected by adding the phrase ‘son of’ in the appropriate places.
It appears that after beginning this revision, Smith realised that he would have to make a very large number of changes to the text, and thus abandoned the project.
And now Limhi was again filled with joy, on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king Benjamin had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings; yea, and Ammon also did rejoice.
The problem, of course, is that king Benjamin was dead by this time (Mosiah 6:5). This reference was changed to ‘Mosiah’ in the 1837 and subsequent editions. However, it appears that this was not the only place where such a change was made. The original text of Ether 4:1 reads:
…and for this cause did king Benjamin keep them, that they should not come unto the world until after Christ shew himself unto his people.
Again, this was changed to ‘Mosiah’ in subsequent editions. The fact that there are two such changes leads one to speculate that Smith may possibly have had a slightly different course for the narrative in mind. Recall that the 116 lost pages included the story of king Benjamin. It is possible that in this version king Benjamin lived longer. Smith may have got confused between the two versions of the narrative, and inadvertently killed off his protagonist prematurely while rewriting the lost pages.
…yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and Jesus Christ, which is the Lamb of God…
The problem here is that the name ‘Jesus Christ’ was not revealed to the Nephites until II Nephi 10:3.
Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ–for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name–should come among the Jews…
In order to correct this contradiction, the text of I Nephi 12:18 was changed to read ‘Messiah’ instead of ‘Jesus Christ’.
As an aside, this whole episode reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the word ‘Christ’ on the part of Joseph Smith. ‘Christ’ and ‘Messiah’ are actually synonymous (see John 1:41), the former being derived from Greek, and the latter from Hebrew. ‘Messiah’ is used correctly in the Book of Mormon as a title, but ‘Christ’ is used incorrectly as a proper name, a fairly common mistake among those not fully acquainted with the etymology of the word. The statement in II Nephi 10:3 thus actually makes very little sense.
Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel; yet they swear not in truth, nor righteousness.–
The phrase ‘or out of the waters of baptism’ was inserted in the 1840 edition.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
This is a quotation from the King James Version of the Bible, specifically Isaiah 6:2. In a rare grammatical mistake, the KJV has an incorrect plural for ‘seraph’. The correct plural, of course, should be ‘seraphim’, as the later text of II Nephi 16:2 reads. What this indicates is that the Book of Mormon has a much deeper reliance on the King James Version than Mormon scholars would like to admit.
And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Camorah, by the hill which was called Camorah, and there we would give them battle.
PAX DOMINI
Shalom Aleichem
The following is proof that I do research the LDS. Do you know about these changes?
The 1830 Book of Mormon - Summary of Changes
There are a few changes which affect the narrative of the Book of Mormon itself. These are summarised below.
- Changes to the Godhead
I Nephi 11:18 And he said unto me, Behold, the virgin which thou seest, is the mother of God, after the manner of flesh.
I Nephi 11:21 And the angel said unto me, behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father!
I Nephi 11:32 …And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he was taken by the people; yea, the Everlasting God, was judged of the world…
I Nephi 13:40 …that the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father and the Saviour of the world…
In Each of the above instances, the text was corrected by adding the phrase ‘son of’ in the appropriate places.
It appears that after beginning this revision, Smith realised that he would have to make a very large number of changes to the text, and thus abandoned the project.
- Changing Benjamin to Mosiah
And now Limhi was again filled with joy, on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king Benjamin had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings; yea, and Ammon also did rejoice.
The problem, of course, is that king Benjamin was dead by this time (Mosiah 6:5). This reference was changed to ‘Mosiah’ in the 1837 and subsequent editions. However, it appears that this was not the only place where such a change was made. The original text of Ether 4:1 reads:
…and for this cause did king Benjamin keep them, that they should not come unto the world until after Christ shew himself unto his people.
Again, this was changed to ‘Mosiah’ in subsequent editions. The fact that there are two such changes leads one to speculate that Smith may possibly have had a slightly different course for the narrative in mind. Recall that the 116 lost pages included the story of king Benjamin. It is possible that in this version king Benjamin lived longer. Smith may have got confused between the two versions of the narrative, and inadvertently killed off his protagonist prematurely while rewriting the lost pages.
- Introducing Christ
…yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and Jesus Christ, which is the Lamb of God…
The problem here is that the name ‘Jesus Christ’ was not revealed to the Nephites until II Nephi 10:3.
Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ–for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name–should come among the Jews…
In order to correct this contradiction, the text of I Nephi 12:18 was changed to read ‘Messiah’ instead of ‘Jesus Christ’.
As an aside, this whole episode reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the word ‘Christ’ on the part of Joseph Smith. ‘Christ’ and ‘Messiah’ are actually synonymous (see John 1:41), the former being derived from Greek, and the latter from Hebrew. ‘Messiah’ is used correctly in the Book of Mormon as a title, but ‘Christ’ is used incorrectly as a proper name, a fairly common mistake among those not fully acquainted with the etymology of the word. The statement in II Nephi 10:3 thus actually makes very little sense.
- Baptism in the Old Testament
Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel; yet they swear not in truth, nor righteousness.–
The phrase ‘or out of the waters of baptism’ was inserted in the 1840 edition.
- Seraphim or Seraphims
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
This is a quotation from the King James Version of the Bible, specifically Isaiah 6:2. In a rare grammatical mistake, the KJV has an incorrect plural for ‘seraph’. The correct plural, of course, should be ‘seraphim’, as the later text of II Nephi 16:2 reads. What this indicates is that the Book of Mormon has a much deeper reliance on the King James Version than Mormon scholars would like to admit.
- Covering up Camorah
And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Camorah, by the hill which was called Camorah, and there we would give them battle.
PAX DOMINI
Shalom Aleichem
