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The LDS Church published its first edition of the Bible in English in 1979. [1] [2] The text of the Bible is that of the Authorized King James Version. [1] [3] Both the Old and New Testaments are included, but the Apocrypha is not. Each chapter includes a succinct heading, typically a descriptive summary, though some serve as commentaries. [4]
The Joseph Smith Translation ( JST ), also called the Inspired Version of the Holy Scriptures ( IV ), is a revision of the Bible by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, who said that the JST/IV was intended to restore what he described as "many important points touching the salvation of men, [that] had been taken from the ...
The Book of Moses, dictated by Joseph Smith, is part of the scriptural canon for some denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement.The book begins with the "Visions of Moses", a prologue to the story of the creation and the fall of man (Moses chapter 1), and continues with material corresponding to the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible's (JST) first six chapters of the Book of Genesis ...
The Book of Moses begins with the "Visions of Moses", a prologue to the story of the creation and the fall of man (Moses chapter 1), and continues with material corresponding to Smith's revision (JST) of the first six chapters of the Book of Genesis (Moses chapters 2–5, 8), interrupted by two chapters of "extracts from the prophecy of Enoch" (Moses chapters 6–7).
The difference between Egyptologists' translation and Joseph Smith's interpretations has caused considerable controversy. The Book of Abraham is a collection of writings from several Egyptian scrolls discovered in the early 19th century during an archeological expedition by Antonio Lebolo. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and claims more than 17 million members worldwide; [1] Community of Christ is headquartered in Independence, Missouri, and reports a worldwide membership of approximately 250,000. [2]
The Genesis group provided meetings for Black members of the LDS church; specifically, Relief Society, Primary, Young Men, Young Women and testimony meetings. Members of Genesis were still expected to attend Sunday meetings in their home wards, [2] which at the time were sacrament meeting, Priesthood meetings, and Sunday School. [3]
Ham[ a] (in Hebrew: חָם ), according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah [ 1] and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. [ 2][ 3] Ham's descendants are interpreted by Josephus and others as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egypt as "the land of Ham" in ...