Full color images on every spread provide unprecedented access to Joseph Smith's revelation texts.
This volume features two manuscript books into which scores of Joseph Smith's revelations, dated from 1828 to 1834, were copied by early church scribes. The revelations copied into these two books became the primary basis for the canonized books of Joseph Smith's revelations: the Book of Commandments, published in 1833, and the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants (1835). These revelation books rank among the most important documents in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 
In this oversize, full-color volume, the handwritten revelations are reproduced on the left-hand pages, with the corresponding transcriptions (including annotations) on the right-hand pages. This landmark work provides easy access to accurate and complete texts of these foundational documents.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books

Religion & Spirituality

Robin Scott Jensen

Robert J. Woodford

Steven C. Harper

Christian Books & Bibles

Church Historian's Press

Provides full access to the complete texts of two early books into which Joseph Smith's revelations were copied by hand.
Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books is a sister volume to the oversize facsimile edition. This version is the smaller, library edition. Like the facsimile edition, it presents scores of Joseph Smith's revelations, dated from 1828 to 1834, that became the basis for the canonized books of revelations: the Book of Commandments (1833) and the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants (1835). Unlike the earlier facsimile edition, this edition does not include reproductions of the handwritten revelations themselves. However, this volume does include: 
-Complete, color-coded transcripts of the handwritten revelations, rendering each scribe's handwriting in a different color, to facilitate analysis of revisions made by various scribes. 
-Introductions to place these vital documents in their historical settings and enhance understanding of them. 
-Selected photographs. 
This volume provides easy access to all who want to carefully study and more fully appreciate these foundational documents.

The Joseph Smith Papers, Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books

The first volume of the Documents series, the backbone series of the Joseph Smith Papers Project. This series allows readers to trace Joseph Smith's activities month by month in chronological order through his life.
When complete, the Documents series will publish more than a thousand documents created, authorized, or owned by Joseph Smith, including each of his revelations in its earliest form, reports of his discourses, and correspondence. Also found in the series are articles and editorials he wrote for newspapers, minutes of meetings in which he participated, and records of his ecclesiastical administration. 
This first volume of the Documents series consists of documents written from July 1828 to June 1831. Among the contents of this volume are more than five dozen revelations that were presented in the first-person voice of Jesus Christ, including texts later published in the Doctrine and Covenants, the expansive visions of Moses (now found in the Pearl of Great Price), and revelations never canonized. In addition, several documents in this volume trace the process of translating and printing the Book of Mormon, as well as early efforts to evangelize using the book and its message.
These texts provide the earliest textual insights into Joseph Smith and the founding of what was then called the Church of Christ. They offer glimpses into the religious leader's thoughts, concerns, and initiatives in a crucial early period of the religious movement he started. This book allows the reader not only to study Joseph Smith but also to gain a greater understanding of his followers and the millenarian movement they participated in during the Second Great Awakening.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Volume 1: July 1828-June 1831

MIchael Hubbard Mackay

Gerrit J. Dirkmaat

William G. Hartley

Grant Underwood

History

Winner of the Mormon History Association Best Documentary History/Bibliography Award, 2014. This second volume of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers opens in the summer of 1831 with the designation of Jackson County, Missouri, as the location of Zion and follows a period of administrative growth and doctrinal development in the church Joseph Smith founded. The volume contains revelations, correspondence, minutes of meetings in which Joseph Smith participated, and licenses provided to church officers. It documents the creation of the United Firm, the decision to print Joseph Smith's revelations, and the first meeting of the School of the Prophets. The volume also illuminates Joseph Smith's family life through two poignant letters from Joseph to his wife Emma.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Volume 2: July 1831-January 1833

Matthew C. Godfrey

Mark Ashurst-McGee

Become more personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and early Church history through the engrossing volumes of the Documents series. Each volume contains reproductions of 75 to 100 revelations, letters, and other papers presented in chronological order. Historical introductions to each document explain where, when, and why it was created. From revelations to sermons to newspaper editorials to personal correspondence, the documents of this series allow you to see through the eyes of Joseph as early Church history unfolded. A primary focus of the time period covered in Volume 3 is the effort to build temples and develop Zion in Missouri. Volume 3 also documents the challenges Joseph Smith faced as the population of the Church grew in both Ohio and Missouri and as the violent persecution of the Saints in Jackson County intensified. As with the first two volumes, this volume includes many revelations, including the Word of Wisdom (D&amp;C 89), that were later published in the Doctr

Joseph Smith Papers: Documents: February 1833 - March 1834

Brent M. Rogers

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